![]() ![]() To sum up, this is an over priced but quality product most useful to people playing the "Pathfinder Society" game. I think this is a missed opportunity on the part of publishers to capitalize on just the basics. Everything seems to be specialized to some world or specific setting, module, or campaign. It is unfortunate that, genre wide, there is a dearth of pawns for plain old normal PCs, city denizens, and oft' used generic monsters (orcs, skeletons, rats, trolls, giants, dragons, etc.). ![]() I can make them work of course, but none of my newbies will be playing anything as exotic as a kitsune, nor will my beginner's dungeon contain a Minasako Himiju. Sadly for my needs, these pawns are for a specific Pathfinder setting. I was hoping for a selection of normal class & race characters that could be used by my newbie D&D players, with some average monsters and city folk thrown in for a little excitement. According to my understanding of the description (granted, not researched studiously, but I didn't think buying pawns should require an in-depth investigation of a known & respected publisher) I was going to get a diverse selection of "society" pawns that could be used in any fantasy-type RPG. Since I am unfamiliar with Pathfinder, I let myself be influenced by the title of this item: Pathfinder Society. And with a wet/dry-erase surface, a large pawn (with pic of several such monsters) could represent a group/swarm with the exact number hand written on the pawn as needed. Heck, they could even make the cardboard thinner and still have a quality product (and put on a slick protective coating while they're at it.) Once created, they could remain in market indefinitely due to their generic nature, and at a lower price, people could afford to purchase multiple sets in order to have larger groups of monsters (like orcs & rats). By cutting the cost in half they would sell more than twice as many and still make money. Since I'm not familiar with all the monsters nor any of the characters of the Pathfinder system (and to make this set truly pan-genre friendly), it would be useful to find some way to differentiate between the two.įor cardboard and ink this entire genre of products (not just PF) is avariciosly over priced. ![]() These pawns are printed more or less in alphabetical order (some larger pawns are printed out of order together on seperate pages), but it would be useful to provide some kind of cross reference as to race & class for those of us who don't use the PF Society system (sorry, my vision isn't that good so I have to examine each one with magnifying glass to tell specifics).Īdditionally, proper names are printed in the same all-caps style as generic descriptions. And, again mentioned by another reviewer, there are no bases included. ![]() Additionally, images have no back image: the face side is repeated on side two, although it IS reversed, so weapons hang off the same side unique to the pawn (in other words, looking at the front side, a weapon hangs to the left looking at the back, the weapon hangs to the right). Hopefully I'll be able to cobble them back together with an Exacto knife, some glue, a snip of paperclip wire, and a little finesse.Īlso mentioned in another review, there is no storage box. The paper has a matte finish, so don't go touching them with Cheeto/Dorito-finger or your print will forever be remembered in the Annals of History as the Orange Mark of Shame.Īs another reviewer mentioned, several characters' equippage is cut off (no, not ~that~ equippage) as if the image were slightly too large. Every pawn has a name printed on it and some kind of numerical value* off to one side, which I assume is for the Pathfinder Society system (possibly hit points?). The production is consistently good (no sloppily cut pieces, smeared ink, etc.). There is a wide selection, including a few duplicate characters for small groups of same-type NPCs. I wasn't sure exactly what to expect, my past experience being solely with metal figs. Let me note, these are the first such pawns I have purchased so pls bear that in mind. I am both disappointed and delighted with these pawns. ![]()
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