D&D 5E (2014) Does anybody else wish that WOTC would release paper pawns, similar to Paizo?
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aramis erak
Legend
Fiery Dragon makes decent pogs for use with D&D. The sets are available in PDF now, but physical sets have been sold in the past. The T&T 7e box has a nice starting bunch, too.
ETA: they seem to be switching over to metal buttons (like typical pins, but without the pin-back).
ETA: they seem to be switching over to metal buttons (like typical pins, but without the pin-back).
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jodyjohnson
Adventurer
For mass numbers I prefer Monster Vault-style pogs, for individuals I prefer the PF Pawns.
I think it is more likely they reissue the MV pogs than "copy" Paizo's pawns (even though that basic idea goes back to Battletech and the stand-up minis in many of the 2e era products - like in Rules Compendium adventures).
I just use them to supplement a mini collection though.
I'd like to see someone license these.
P.S. And bring back the Huge-inator ring for large to huge conversion.
I think it is more likely they reissue the MV pogs than "copy" Paizo's pawns (even though that basic idea goes back to Battletech and the stand-up minis in many of the 2e era products - like in Rules Compendium adventures).
I just use them to supplement a mini collection though.
I'd like to see someone license these.
P.S. And bring back the Huge-inator ring for large to huge conversion.
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I'd say about a third of our encounters have been pure ToM, so minis haven't been necessary for those, but for the other two-thirds, I've been using a combination of Pathfinder pawns and MV pogs. The pawns are used mostly for PCs, and it has been a little frustrating for a couple of the players, since I don't have a great selection of halflings or gnomes at this point, or anything to represent a dragonborn. As others noted, though, the PCs in question could probably find a way to make whatever it is they want.
Lancelot
Adventurer
I have a pretty massive plastic miniatures collection, so... no. I wouldn't be interested. If they were included in WotC products, I'd either ignore them or throw them away. The latter might seem like an extreme response, but I find that sort of thing annoying. In the 3e days, about a dozen issues of Dungeon magazine came with cardboard sheets with monster tokens you could cut out. I'm never going to use these, and the cardboard sheet protrudes from the magazine if you slip it inside the pages (which means it gets dog-eared, and may ruin the actual magazine). Similarly, in 4e Essentials, there were a few releases that came with sheets of thick cardboard "pogs" that you could punch out. Even more annoying! Individually, you can ignore them... unless you get all the books/supplements, and you suddenly have an inch-thick stack of unpunched cardboard that you'll never use.
Plus, I have an extensive collection of good-looking 3d scenery. I went deep in both the Dwarven Forge kickstarters, lots of Warhammer and Battlefront scenery, etc. I'm big on the visual aspects of tabletop roleplaying. There are so many CRPGs out there. I like my games to bring something to the table that no CRPG can emulate. So, I either want a tactile 3d scene that blows away my players (has them reaching for their cellphones to take photos of the triple-masted wooden schooner in 28mm scale, resting on a painted water surface next to a wooden dock with a half-dozen Warhammer buildings filling the waterfront)... or I'd want to do Theater of the Mind (the imagination is the most powerful graphics card in existence!). The halfway point (paper figures or circular pogs) just isn't satisfying for me.
Plus, I have an extensive collection of good-looking 3d scenery. I went deep in both the Dwarven Forge kickstarters, lots of Warhammer and Battlefront scenery, etc. I'm big on the visual aspects of tabletop roleplaying. There are so many CRPGs out there. I like my games to bring something to the table that no CRPG can emulate. So, I either want a tactile 3d scene that blows away my players (has them reaching for their cellphones to take photos of the triple-masted wooden schooner in 28mm scale, resting on a painted water surface next to a wooden dock with a half-dozen Warhammer buildings filling the waterfront)... or I'd want to do Theater of the Mind (the imagination is the most powerful graphics card in existence!). The halfway point (paper figures or circular pogs) just isn't satisfying for me.
Bupp
Adventurer
I use paper minis. A google image search for "figure flats" pulls up sheets of them you can print out. Card stock works out well. I have plastic bases, but just folding the bottoms out on larger ones works just as well.
I've also found individual pictures I want, resized and print for monsters not on the sheets.
I've also found individual pictures I want, resized and print for monsters not on the sheets.
steeldragons
Steeliest of the dragons
Not really interested. I don't see it happening.
PF is not 5e. 5e does not require minis of any medium. Theatre of the Mind works just fine with no production costs.
PF is not 5e. 5e does not require minis of any medium. Theatre of the Mind works just fine with no production costs.
Jeff Carlsen
Adventurer
I wouldn't mind it, but I wouldn't buy them. I tend to prefer metal miniatures that I swear I'll get to painting someday.
That said, if I could just buy sets of plastic miniatures without the random part, I'd probably collect the whole monster manual. But I'm likely enough of a minority that such a product set would never be profitable.
That said, if I could just buy sets of plastic miniatures without the random part, I'd probably collect the whole monster manual. But I'm likely enough of a minority that such a product set would never be profitable.
Vael
Legend
I don't see WotC getting into doing paper minis. But, it's been noted, there are other vendors out there. I was at a convention awhile ago and got a set of skeletons from this artist. They're really cool, cause they're illustrated with a front and a back, so if you're using facing rules, they're still useful.
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