The Kingmaker 10th Anniversary materials have gone out to backers! The moment I got my notification to download my PDFs I was on Paizo’s site so I could get to reading. I’ve been eager to read through the Pathfinder...
This is a fun level one encounter inspired by Pathfinder Dark Archive and NPC Index: Warriors/NPC Index: Spellcasters. The idea behind the encounter is to test your party’s compatibility, give your party insights into their backstories and motivations, and...
Every week, Now You Know recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, previews the Know Direction content of the week to come, and shares the thoughts on the state of the network from the director of operations,...
Yesterday’s Game Design Unboxed inspired today’s Behind The Screens. In it, James Hewitt and Sophie Williams discussed the game they co-designed, Mantic Games’ Hellboy: The Board Game. Even though it’s not a roleplaying game, they described the mechanics that...
Dear Oras, God of flesh hoarding, genetic fraudulence, and biological monopolies, I find your continued silence on the matter of my ascension to be increasingly frustrating. It was one thing to be ignored when I unleashed my little fleshy...
“Welcome to our latest guidebook, Golarion’s Finest Guide to the Inner Sea! Are you a world-spanning traveler from Arcadia or Tian Xia, planning the trek of a lifetime across the numerous and varied lands of the Inner Sea? Are...
Sometimes characters are intended to be a cohesive group working under the same system with the same bonuses: free archetypes, aftermath feats, deviant powers, and so forth. But sometimes you want an ecletic party of characters with their own...
Every week, Now You Know recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, previews the Know Direction content of the week to come, and shares the thoughts on the state of the network from the director of operations,...
GMs use “it’s what my character would do” as shorthand for selfish, chaotic players disrupting the game and blaming their characters. Well, in what is probably my most controversial tabletop gaming opinion, I think “it’s what my character would...
Writing this blog has been a real treat, you know. A pretty sweet deal, even. I might even describe the experience as delicious. And since my blog is absolutely caked up with twenty one posted articles, I think I’ll...