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04 May

Inspire Confidence – Not All Men

Written by Monica Marlowe

Since 2014 the hashtag #notallmen began popping up, sometimes from frustrated individuals who are upset that men are lumped together, sometimes ironically from individuals who are tired of being the subject of systemic power imbalance, and all sorts of...

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03 May

Dear DovahQueen – Tabletop Consent

Written by Loren Sieg

Today we discuss consent and romance around the table–when it matters, why it matters, and what you can do about it.

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02 May

Know Direction 155 – Pathfinder Softcover Reviews

Written by Jefferson Thacker

In this week’s Know Direction, Ryan and Perram are joined by Know Direction’s own Alex Augunas and Andrew Marlowe to review several of Pathfinder’s Softcover releases. We then goof off and talk about our campaigns and other fun nonsense.

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02 May

Burst of Insight—Magic of the Maze part 2

Written by Andrew Marlowe

About a month ago, I promised we’d return to take another look at the Magic of The Maze. At the time, I thought I would be combining bits of different optional rules to make a whole new magic system...

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01 May

Guidance — Gibbering Mouth: Making Our Own Monsters (Or Lack Thereof)

Written by Alex Augunas

As many of you know, I’m a fan of the non-human races. My logic is simple—I’m a human 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the real world. I legitimately like being human, mind you, but during...

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28 April

Wandering Monsters — Mage’s Tower

Written by Luis Loza

This week, we continue our romp through iconic locales with a look at one of the most mysterious and mystifying places of all, the mage’s tower. Wizards and mages are a staple of high fantasy and a lot of...

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27 April

Behind the Screens – Doing What You Love

Written by Anthony Li

Annnd I’m back! This week I thought I might present a bit of an introspective offering. There’s an oft repeated axiom out there that goes a little bit like this, “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day...

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26 April

Keyword Design – “Key”

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 “key” as suggested by Caroline. First of all, we must all...

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25 April

Laying Death to Rest.

Written by James Ballod

Dying sucks. I had the misfortune last week of kicking the bucket at a Pathfinder Society Table, and I barely survived our latest session in our Reign of Winter game. All of this death surrounding me started to make...

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24 April

Iconic Design — The One Where Alex Builds the Magus Completely Wrong

Written by Alex Augunas

So I was sitting at Redcaps Corner for PFS on Tuesday, and my three-man party consisted of myself (a flying blade / weapon master swashbuckler) and two magi. Naturally, everything died. However, it really got me thinking about the...

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