Hello and welcome back to Inspire Confidence! I am you host Monica Marlowe, you may remember me from such projects as Paizo RPG Superstar 2015, Pathfinder Society Season 7 episode 13, Childhood Adventures, and much, much more. As you...
As is life’s way, mine has led me to an opportunity that I cannot pass up if I am to follow my chosen field as a professional cleric. Sadly this new appointment will prevent me from having the time...
Earlier this month I found myself involved in a … conversation with some so called allies who doubled down when I suggested that sexist language isn’t okay and inclusive language is the best way to show the people you...
With Pathfinder 2E on the horizon and my sometimes limited time on the Know Direction Discord channel (and if you haven’t joined us there, what are you waiting for? There are some awesome people hanging out there) I called...
We are rapidly approaching several large conventions (although there are large conventions all year long) so I thought we’d talk about gaming with new to you players and GMs. Some of these may feel a little harsh, but as...
As gamers we experience terrible events that occur to our PCs – loss of equipment, allies, animal companions, familiars, and the PCs themselves. As nerds and geeks living in the present, chances are you’ve watched at least one franchise...
Anyone who has ever watched a horror or adventure movie or gamed for more than an hour knows you never split the party. But we also know that if you don’t split the party, things don’t get done and...
In a world full of dragons, trolls, and faeries the most important creatures are the Player Characters, without PCs we have no reason to play RPGs. How do we help our player create fun to play PCs though? If...
Earlier this week I discovered that my RPG Superstar adventure has been in print 2 years. I spent that anniversary in Chicago with 18 orchestra teenagers, including my own 15 year old daughter. It was a whirlwind 36 hours...
On March 6th, Paizo through the words of Jason Bulmahn dropped a not so unexpected piece of news on our community – Pathfinder 2.0. After the success of Starfinder’s streamlined rules system it was only a matter of time...