In Keyword Design, I use a single word as inspiration for a mundane item, a magic item, a feat, a spell, and a class option. Today’s word is “Intelligence” as suggested by… well, no one. In the last Keyword...
Sometimes life gets away from us, Andrew and I are swapping days this week. You’re regularly scheduled Burst of Insight will appear on Thursday. I make no pretense that my blog here is anything other than the things I...
Ryan here, taking over for Alex to expand upon my latest PFS character, as mentioned in the banter segment of Know Direction episode 172. My understanding of Hollywood changed when I heard The Joker described as a dream character...
Every once in a while, a game will have a character or enemy that is instantly iconic. One of these, I would say, is the Big Daddy from Bioshock. It’s a big, imposing, and terrifying looking enemy that just...
Crystal Frasier, the developer of the latest Adventure Path, War for the Crown, and author of the next Pathfinder comic miniseries, Spiral Of Bones, joins us to talk about the many projects she’s handling and answer all your questions!
Inspired By is a new Behind the Screens subseries in which Ryan talks about something everyday he cames across -be it a book, song, toy, etc- that inspired him as a GM. In today’s installment, he talks about the...
We’ve all been there. You carefully crafted a robust story involving war, intrigue, adventure, and cool battles. Then your players decide to do something completely different and miss it all. Let’s explore some ways we can help them choose...
Making up half your character sheet, find out how things have changed in Starfinder as we put our skills to work.
Hi, my name is James and welcome to Code/Switch. Today I want to talk about collisions, more specifically collisions in space. While trawling the Know Direction Discord Server I got into a conversation about the realism of space combat...
Last week I did something completely different for one of my Iconic Design articles—I designed a shifter aspect. Normally I just make builds. This week I’m going to break another mold—I’m going to walk you step-by-step through my process...