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    29 January

    Iconic Design — The One Where Alex Usurps His Friend’s Idea

    Written by Alex Augunas
    As one might expect, I have a lot of friends who are Pathfinder players, what being a Venture-Agent and all that. One of my friends (he was actually our healer in our now-complete Reign of Winter group) loves making...
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    26 January

    Monstrous Physique — Bowser

    Written by Luis Loza
    We are keeping things classic this week. Over the last few months, I’ve been playing Super Mario Odyssey. The series’ villain, Bowser, seemed like the perfect candidate for stating up. He’s a big scary lizard and I know that...
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    25 January

    Inspire Confidence – Adventure writing, part 3

    Written by Monica Marlowe
    Maps! I love maps, maps of towns, countries, floor plans, buildings, caves, space ships, if you can draw it, I love it. I have loved maps for as long as I can remember. I remember getting graph paper and...
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    24 January

    Keyword Design – “Singleton”

    Written by Ryan Costello
    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 “Singleton” as suggested by Peter. Peter’s suggestions were technical and tied...
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    23 January

    Burst of Insight—Three Random Bursts

    Written by Andrew Marlowe
    Burst of Insight
    Today, I’m presenting a miscellany of three mini blogs. Why three mini blogs? Why not expand each one out to a full length and pad out my content? Well, two are time sensitive and only came to my attention...
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    22 January

    Guidance—Iconic Design: Dealing With Death

    Written by Alex Augunas
    On Friday, January 12th, James and I lost a close friend. He was the manager of the FLGS that I ran Pathfinder Society out of, and a member of my Strange Aeons campaign. For those who knew him, Howard...
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    19 January

    Monstrous Physique — Predator

    Written by Luis Loza
    Earlier this week, due to a silly bit of joking around, I ended up watching Predator for the first time ever in my life! What a travesty! That movie is just pure fun, 80’s action. I would highly recommend...
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    18 January

    Know Direction 170 – Every Pathfinder RPG Book Re-Reviewed

    Written by Jefferson Thacker
    We look back at every Pathfinder RPG hardcover, our thoughts when they came out, and how they’ve changed today. ALL OF THEM.
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    18 January

    Behind the Screens – How PCs Roll

    Written by Ryan Costello
    I have declared on the podcast on a number of occasions that making players roll their damage dice with their to-hit dice to save time is the worst commonly given advice to GMs. However, before today, I haven’t articulated...
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    17 January

    Dear DovahQueen – Updating Absentees

    Written by Loren Sieg
    Dear DovahQueen: One of my players misses a lot, about once a month. My GM and all the other players are all right with this situation, and I am too, except for one thing: keeping them up to date....
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