Everyone at a Pathfinder table plays at least one character. What makes a character good? What makes them fun for the player versus fun for everyone else? What role do mechanics play? We're looking forward to a lively conversation about characters past, present, and future. With author Neal Litherland of the Improved Initiative blog.

The Battle Zoo Bestiary -collecting the winning entry’s of Roll For Combat’s RPG Superstar- is coming soon to Kickstarter. Stephen Glicker and Mark Seifter join Ryan and Perram to go over what to expect from the Kickstarter, from the book and beyond.

Secrets of Magic kicks off a new era of Pathfinder RPG hardcover products. With exciting new options like the Magus and Summoner, excerpts from in-world texts on magical theory, new subsystems and alternate spellcasting, and further pushing the boundaries of an RPG rulebook's visual presentation, there's a lot of Secrets of Magic to breakdown. Fortunately, design lead Logan Bonner joins us to do just that.

Gen Con 2021 is next week! Paizo and Know Direction won't be there in person, but we will be there online! Find out all about the Paizo seminars you can participate in. Plus, Owl Cat's second Pathfinder CRPG, Wrath of the Righteous, is out and Perram has thoughts!

Ryan and Perram cover all of the news from Gen Con 2021: New book announcements, the new classes playtest, and, of course, #paizoaccountability. Whatever we can't fit into the episode will spill over into the Patron's Private Sanctum aftershow.