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04 September

Gen Con 2018 Seminar 06 – Designing Planets for Starfinder

Written by Jefferson Thacker
Starfinder’s designers, developers, and editors offer tips on creating compelling planets for science-fantasy adventuring.
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04 September

Gen Con 2018 Seminar 05 – Designing Pathfinder Monsters

Written by Jefferson Thacker
Tips from the pros on how to design better balanced, more challenging monsters to set against your Pathfinder players!
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04 September

Terraforming – Simple Reminders for Believability

Written by Randal Meyer
So, you wanna build your own world, eh? Great, what key elements do you want to see when you view it from space? Barren desert except for a single thriving oasis? I don’t think you understand how worlds work....
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31 August

Monstrous Physique — Halo, Part 2

Written by Luis Loza
To help keep this series going, make sure you click here first. While doing research for this series, I realized that the original Halo trilogy has fewer enemies than I thought. This week, I keep the series going with...
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30 August

Code/Switch – They Just Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To…

Written by James Ballod
Hi, my name is James and welcome to Code/Switch, today I want to talk about industrialization and its impact on Starfinder. This one’ll be a little shorter than most as this is more of an opinion piece rather than...
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30 August

Behind The Screens: Playtest Death Revamp Flow Chart

Written by Ryan Costello
Anyone who listened to the first episode of Doomsplay, Know Direction’s Actual Play podcast of the Pathfinder Second Edition Playtest module Doomsday Dawn knows that things were running smoothly until Alex’s paladin was reduced to 0 hp. The new...
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29 August

Dear DovahQueen – What is a Playtest? A Miserable Little Pile of Secret Checks!

Written by Loren Sieg
The 2nd Edition playtest is here, and we’re all still getting used to some of the new mechanics. Old habits die hard, and secret checks are easy to forget. Here’s a few ideas for how to make them easier...
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28 August

Groundbreaking – The Forgotten Locations, and Names

Written by Randal Meyer
I thought you said this desert was devoid of life? Aye, I did. So we are not going to encounter anything except possibly giant scorpions? Correct. Then what the bloody heck is a dwarven keep doing in this ravine?...
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27 August

Know Direction: Doomsplay 001 – The Lost Star

Written by Ryan Costello
GM Ryan takes network members Perram, Alex, Andrew, James, and Loren through the first part of the Pathfinder Playtest module, Doomsday Dawn.
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27 August

Guidance — Playtest Ponderings: Ancestries and Designable Space

Written by Alex Augunas
Hello everyone, and welcome to Guidance! Well, it’s as I promised last week—I’ve scurried out of the woodworks to give some of my thoughts on this new, big playtest thing that Paizo is currently doing. For more intel on...
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