Welcome to Guidance! Every so often I dive back into this special category of blog for Guidance called the Algalon Paradigm. Its named for the World of Warcraft character, Algalon the Observer, who’s basically this celestial dude who’s been...
Welcome to Iconic Design! Paizo’s third hardcover for Starfinder, Starfinder RPG: Pact Worlds, has a surprising amount of cool new content for players hidden in its pages, and one of the most significant places that this lies in is...
Welcome to Guidance! Last week I said I was going to do an Iconic Design this week, a pirate build for Starfinder. Well, sad to say that isn’t happening. You see, I went to Disney World at the end...
Header by dziwaczka. Welcome to Guidance! There are a lot of factors that go into presentation when you’re designing something new for an RPG, especially when you intend for your design to fill a niche that is similar to a...
Welcome to Guidance! As many of you know, I’m currently running James Ballod of KDN’s Code Switch Blog (as well as a few of our local gamers) through the Strange Aeons adventure path. I absolutely ADORE Strange Aeons for...
Hello, and welcome to Guidance! I think we’re at the point where its safe to say that basically everyone who knows about me and my articles knows that I am a huge fan of Pathfinder’s kitsune race. Seriously, this...
Hello, and welcome to Guidance! Today’s topic is one that I’ve wanted to cover for a few weeks now, but it’s a difficult one for me to talk about because it edges on the notion that I am going...
Last week I mentioned that I was going to be talking about designing purposeful mechanics today, but I’ve seen the topic of “Imposter Syndrome” fly around the internet a lot lately, so I wanted to take a week to...
Hello, and welcome to Guidance! Let me tell you a story about me and cooking. Believe it or not, I’m a pretty okay cook when I follow directions. But sometimes I like to try things new and exciting, and...
Hello, and welcome back to Guidance! For three long weeks we’ve been discussing how to go about designing something for your Pathfinder or Starfinder game that fills in gaps in the system. We’ve been looking at the armored solarian...