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Although most of the original PF2e pawns are sold out you can still get the PDFs and print them yourself.
I've also seen some people hand-draw pawns, that can range from I know how to draw to just stick figures. Someone even posted a down load for hand-drawn pawns for a Starfinder free RPG day adventure.
Our local PFS group the GM used pawns and the players used minis, it made it easy to tell what side everyone was on.
The begginers box has a few PC pawns but mostly just for the pregens in the box.
As long as everyone can tell who is who anything can work. One of the players at our table made a clay figure that even had yarn for hair and a cloth robe. Another player used Lego people.
For a long time, my group used beer bottle caps.
As we've gotten older, we have gotten nicer minifigs, printed pawns, and other representations. A lot of the gaming even happens in a digital format, so whatever digital image you can find or create can be turned into a digital pawn.
Just depends what your group is into.
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Although most of the original PF2e pawns are sold out you can still get the PDFs and print them yourself.
I've also seen some people hand-draw pawns, that can range from I know how to draw to just stick figures. Someone even posted a down load for hand-drawn pawns for a Starfinder free RPG day adventure.
Our local PFS group the GM used pawns and the players used minis, it made it easy to tell what side everyone was on.
The begginers box has a few PC pawns but mostly just for the pregens in the box.
As long as everyone can tell who is who anything can work. One of the players at our table made a clay figure that even had yarn for hair and a cloth robe. Another player used Lego people.
Lots of great resources in this response especially!! I'm bad at painting, so I've absolutely used Lego minifigs before. Although, once I used a really pretty pebble that I felt represented my character well.
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I like using Hero Forge, as well, even if I don't plan on actually buying the minis. Very good tool for realizing your character concept, even if it doesn't have everything perfect I want (compromising is good practice in and of itself, I think).
For online VTTs, pretty much anything works, obviously. Meme images or official art, as long as you think it represents your concept properly. My Hell's Vengeance Oread Gnome named Chrysoberyl has a raw chunk of crystal as his token on Foundry.
If physically playing and money is a concern, Errenor's suggestion is pretty perfect, especially if you like to recycle old boxes you have lying around. We had a boatload of dice when I played 5e with friends a while back, and so we just used different dice whenever we had to pull out the battlemap.
We've still got all our old 1E pawns, like the boxes from Inner Sea World Guide and Villain Codex, so we usually fish them out of there. Pawns are system agnostic, after all!
I'm not sure if they're available physically anymore, but if they still have the PDFs up for sale, you could get those and print the ones you want, maybe.
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once I used a really pretty pebble that I felt represented my character well.That reminds me of something. I used to have a neighbor who made little people figures out of acorns and other seed or plant parts, that could be a fun project for leshys minis.
This sounds incredible for a beautiful myriad of reasons!!
Although, once I used a really pretty pebble that I felt represented my character well.
Okay there is a story here and I am curious. As a corvid I want to hear all about the pretty pebble hero.
I like using Hero Forge, as well, even if I don't plan on actually buying the minis. Very good tool for realizing your character concept, even if it doesn't have everything perfect I want (compromising is good practice in and of itself, I think).
For online VTTs, pretty much anything works, obviously. Meme images or official art, as long as you think it represents your concept properly. My Hell's Vengeance Oread Gnome named Chrysoberyl has a raw chunk of crystal as his token on Foundry.
If physically playing and money is a concern, Errenor's suggestion is pretty perfect, especially if you like to recycle old boxes you have lying around. We had a boatload of dice when I played 5e with friends a while back, and so we just used different dice whenever we had to pull out the battlemap.
Another use for Hero Force is to take a screenshot of a character and use it as their VTT icon. That's what I'm doing for my current campaign. They have a premium membership if you want to add some fancy effects too.
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Although, once I used a really pretty pebble that I felt represented my character well.Okay there is a story here and I am curious. As a corvid I want to hear all about the pretty pebble hero.
First Pathfinder character ever! A fey-touched gnome bard named Yofyx! I put a deep connection to nature and the forest in their backstory, and I encountered the rock while humming on a path IRL, so it reminded me of the character!
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Oi! Shiny! Pretty! My rock!