James blossomed into geekdom like a piranha plant in the crack of a sidewalk. Watered by the muscle-brained lore of Warhammer 40,000 and nurtured in the rough bosom of World of Warcraft, tabletop RPGs came late in life to James. The rich lore and real-world influences in games like Pathfinder inspire James to explore them from every angle. When not being an annoying anime-fanboy he can be found discussing the history of various cuisines and over-analyzing real world influences in works of fiction.
Coming back from a gaming convention this weekend we got into a conversation about Pathfinder, surprising no one. What did come up was a question I wasn’t prepared to answer, “If you could cast any first level spell from...
Last article I presented the question “should enchantment spells be considered evil?” I presented Pathfinders Wheel of Morality (that dang alignment chart), presented Pathfinders definition of an enchantment spell, and wrote about what evil actually is. After examining all...
Whether you’re conscious of it or not; every opinion, every judgment, every action you make is in accordance with a set of personal beliefs. Things are bad, good, or neutral depending on how they appear in your context of...
Your enjoyment in an RPG like Pathfinder is contingent on your ability to grasp the setting and the events happening in it, that’s even before you decide if you like it. If you don’t have a frame of reference...
When I’m not at work, playing Battlefield 1, or rolling some D20’s, I’m usually watching anime. The wide variety of genres and settings coupled with the low cost of a Crunchyroll subscription always give me something to enjoy. One...
I’m getting over a cold unlike one I’ve ever had; I lost my voice and had to stay home from work for almost a week as to not Patient Zero my office. This got me thinking about how sickness and...
Companies like Paizo have done a really good job of including a variety of people in their products. In non-Earth RPGs you don’t have the same ethnicities that you do on Earth, but often the people in those non-Earth...
Language is hard. There’s a dizzying array of ways to say anything you could possibly want, like “good” has 52 synonyms as per Thesaurus.com. Each of those synonyms also has its own definition and individual meaning. To reiterate; Language...
A friend of mine cautiously told me he’d be making his first ever woman RPG character. This person has easily two dozen characters in various RPGs, and none of them were women. I didn’t believe him, I had him...
Ohana Means Family and Family Never Gets Left Behind What is a family? Is it a mother, father, 2.5 children and a dog? Is it grandmom, grandpop, and everyone else down? Is your community your family? I’ve been playing...