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25 April

PaizoCon Is Coming

Written by Ryan Costello

Know Direction PaizoCon Countdown correspondent Darran Caldemeyer writes a guest post about what new con-goers should know about the amazing upcoming convention known as PaizoCon. This year will mark his 5th attendance to PaizoCon since 2013. Some of you...

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25 April

Dear DovahQueen – Roleplaying the Part

Written by Loren Sieg

No two groups play the same way; sometimes adjusting to a new style takes a little work. Let’s look at how we can move from a combat-focused game to a more story oriented one.

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24 April

Groundbreaking – The Docks

Written by Randal Meyer

Welcome back for more Groundbreaking. Last time we took a good look at how the mountain was made, and what the current natural features are. This week, we are going to learn a little bit about what it took...

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24 April

Code/Switch – Is Magic Powerful, or is Power Just Imitating Magic?

Written by James Ballod

Hi, my name is James and welcome to Code/Switch. Today I want to talk about magic. Magic is pretty powerful; it can move mountains, summon extraplanar beings, bring the dead back to life, and even make you look like...

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22 April

Guidance — Designer’s Water Cooler: Finishing Up the Armor Crystals

Written by Alex Augunas

Hello, and welcome back to Guidance! For three long weeks we’ve been discussing how to go about designing something for your Pathfinder or Starfinder game that fills in gaps in the system. We’ve been looking at the armored solarian...

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20 April

Monstrous Physique — Diablo

Written by Luis Loza

A lot of the monsters I make on this blog are ones that I have strong ties to, usually from my childhood. This week on another nostalgia-powered blog I take a look at another game that I spent way...

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20 April

Adventurous 001 – Joining The Party

Written by Ryan Costello

In this, the first episode of Know Direction’s new actual play podcast, taking us through Paizo’s war For The Crown adventure path, meet: Jefferson Jay Thacker as Glanville Placid Humphrey Alencroft – Human Wizard (illusionist), Senatorial Hopeful Cathy Dolan as...

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19 April

Inspire Confidence – OMG They split the party!

Written by Monica Marlowe

Anyone who has ever watched a horror or adventure movie or gamed for more than an hour knows you never split the party. But we also know that if you don’t split the party, things don’t get done and...

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18 April

Craft (Adventure)—Disguise Self

Written by Vanessa Hoskins

After creating the basic premise of an adventure, the next thing I usually do is to figure out who my major NPCs are. It’s important to try and create a broad mix of interesting people for the PCs to...

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17 April

Burst of Insight—Three Tips for Great One Shot Games

Written by Andrew Marlowe

I used to run one-shot RPG games frequently, as filler between campaigns, holiday events, and sometimes just because players were free on an unexpected night. I still run a fair share of one-shot games and (as then) most are...

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