Writer’s block. It happens to everyone eventually. It can happen to professionals or hobbyists. You reach a point beyond which it feels like you’ve nothing left to say or nothing decent to commit to paper. Fear not! I’m experiencing...
My Case for Firearms at Your Pathfinder Table I’m going to start by saying something very unpopular. My favorite class in Pathfinder is the Gunslinger. I love the luck based bravado and the flair that comes with the class....
Welcome to Guidance, Private Sanctuary’s source for tips and techniques for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, we’re going to be talking about the rules for blindness. Do you know which rule set is...
Welcome to Iconic Design, Private Sanctuary’s source for innovative and evocative character builds for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, we’re going to be looking at a build for a samsaran warpriest. My Dynastic...
This week’s blog was going to be about some thoughts on Starfinder, but then something horrible happened in Orlando, Florida. As of this writing, 49 people were murdered and 53 people are injured, presumably attempted murder. I had planned...
One of the challenges of designing a campaign setting as inhospitable as our demiplane, is that we’re constantly looking for ways to explain how civilization can survive in such a hostile world. If you’ve been keeping up with the...
Welcome to the latest installment of the Burst of Insight blog where we discuss game design. In the last blog, I was talking about agency specifically its absence as a key element of horror design, this week I’d like...
Welcome to Guidance, Private Sanctuary’s source for tips and techniques for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, we’re going to be talking about perspective in rules. I’ve had a few weeks to let this...
Dear DovahQueen: Tome of Magic contains a chapter on Shadow Magic, which I feel could be refluffed into Void Magic fairly easily for a Spelljammer-like campaign. If you were going to make a character that used Void as their...
Welcome to Iconic Design, Private Sanctuary’s source for innovative and evocative character builds for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by Everyman Gamer Alexander Augunas. Today, we’re going to be looking at a build for a naga aspirant. Hey everyone!...