Welcome to Essential Builds. It’s a builder blog, in an essential world. Adapting plastic, with statistics. I’m Ryan Costello, one of the designers of the Essence20 system and an author on the G.I. JOE, Transformers, and My Little Pony...
Would you look at that, it’s already near the end of the year. I hope you’re having a nice holiday season. Me? Mine is a little somber, a little quiet, and a little reflective. But there’s a lot to...
The focus of every Pathfinder game is the player characters—they’re the stars of the show and appear in every scene that plays out in-game. But what about those scenes? What stories are being told? What old legends are being...
Welcome and Introductions [00:00:00] Esther: Hello and welcome to Know Direction, your number one source for Pathfinder news, reviews, and interviews. I’m Esther. [00:00:29] Navaar: And I’m Navaar. [00:00:31] Esther: And today, we are wrapping up the year by bringing...
Every week, Now You Know recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, previews the Know Direction content of the week to come, as the director of operations, Ryan Costello, shares his thoughts on the state of the...
“It’s December 15th,” I thought with some fear. “I need a build idea for Christmas. It’s practically here!” Welcome to Essential Builds, the blog that steals popular culture icons to give the gift of Essence20 Player Characters all year round....
Common wisdom in Pathfinder and it’s draconically aligned counterpart is that characters start with simple beginnings, rising from their meager lives to become great heroes of the land. From level 1 in rustic havens to level 20 in majestic...
Every week, Now You Know recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, previews the Know Direction content of the week to come, as the director of operations, Ryan Costello, shares his thoughts on the state of the...
“The more people who come forward and talk about how much they love gaming, how much they talk about individuality and diversity, the more gamers of color that come out and gay gamers that come out and everybody talking...
Welcome to Essential Builds, the blog that never says never when it comes to turning pop culture champions into Essence20 Player Characters. I’m Ryan Costello, one of the designers of the Essence20 system and an author on the G.I....