Do you run your game in a sandbox or does your story run on rails? Today, we shine a light on some of the struggles of both GMing styles and look at some ways to get the best of...
At this point, it should be no secret I like house rules and variations on a game’s typical mechanics. Whether it’s Pathfinder or another RPG I just like tinkering. Effective house rules and variants should improve the play experience...
Hey, everyone! Continuing last week’s trend where I talk about things I’m currently doing and relate them to Pathfinder, this week I am on vacation! Huzzah! (To give you some idea, I usually get a proper vacation once every...
Things at the Know Direction get a bit… silly at times. The short story is that Ryan mentioned human/horse wrestling and things just kind of took off from there. Being the fan of all things lycanthropic that I am,...
I’m taking a bit of a break from world-building this week to stew on some ideas. So instead I thought that I’d bring forward a different collection of thoughts that I’ve had on the back burner. It should come as little...
In Keyword Design, I use a single word as inspiration for a mundane item, a magic item, a feat, a spell, and a class option. Today’s word is “leech” as suggested by Nick V. Now I’m not qualified to...
Hi, my name is James and welcome to Code/Switch where today we’ll be going to Hell and beyond. Fiends are numerous in Pathfinder, so much so that you can’t even talk an evening stroll through the Abyss without being...
So this past week, I had an Everyman Gaming product earn a rating of 5 Stars + Seal of Approval from Endzeitgeist, an acclaimed and trusted reviewer of 3rd Party content. Now, this isn’t my first high-marks rating from...
Note: This article has the slightest of spoilers for the Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path. If you would prefer not see a very basic version of a map from about halfway through the AP, you might want to avoid reading...
I wrote this blog just prior to Paizo’s 2014 RPG Superstar contest. I’m resharing it this week for two reasons, writing this week’s blog was trickier to schedule than I originally planned and because I needed to hear this...