I am always excited to see a new Board Enterprises product "hit the shelves" here at RPGNOW. It means that I get to spend some pocket change that is equal to the tax on most other products of its scope, quality and substance. Thus I never has to hesitate to purchase, knowing that I'm going to get something good here.

So, 13 Archtypical Chracters, in 3 stages of advancement, retro-fittable (a word or not?) to at least five to 10 races, depending on your game. That amounts to around 400 possible ready-made stats, backgrounds, attribute sets, skills-sets, MO's, and equipment bundles for me to place anywhere that I need. Do these characters have names, complex backstories and familiars?...No. That's for me to decide. However with one character I can create a fully fleshed out party of attached NPCs ready to go, with Campaign-specific names and backstories (if any) and I'm ready to go; for LegendQuest, character creation can SEEM daunty to the unitiated, but that is simply a matter of having unlimited control during the process with LQs point based creation system. However, that said, this product let's me ALWAYS have characters ready to go, with a name and some tweaks for setting.
If you are a newbie to LegendQuest, Josten gives us a useful tutorial at the end of this supplement for creating your own characters, and it IS a useful, quick way to get yourself into a creation groove. However, no need when you can tweak these premade characters (or use them as-made) in your campaign, be you a player or GM.
I have been slowly adopting LegendQuest into my story mechanics for quite some time now, ad find it to be a wonder for my low magic campaigns; where most Paizo and friends products and systems are heavily weighted to either melee damage or magc-oriented emphases. LQ is about roleplaying, and gives me the freedom and great supplements like this to spark my imagination, whatever I have in mind.

A Baker's Dozen Archtypical Characters gets a solid Five Stars for giving me a dangerous bunch of adventurers and NPCs for a yankee buck. And not only that, Boad Enterprises gave me a product filled with characters that I MAKE MY OWN, just by filling in some details. No proprietary settings, names, equipment or magic rescrictions or insane abilities, just characters ready for adventure. And for me, being a bit skimpy on fleshing out the numbers sometimes, I can fit any of my character ideas into these "suits" without any difficulty.

BTW, these characters are useful in your PFRPG or any OSR campaigns as well. The conversion process is easy, but try LQ, you will never feel fulfilled again without it.

For me, the Sword & Board Warrior, Prospecting Warrior, Mentalist Spellsinger and Illusionist Scout immediately found a home in my current story, giving me stats for my adventurrs beyond vagueries and forcing me to print them a decent sheet and find a good picture on DeviantArt for them. Oh yes, do yourself a favour and have a folder of character portraits to match up with these characters, it'll spark backstory, quirks and make it all come together that much easier.

Thanks BE! A.