Know Direction

10 January

Burst of Insight—Session Zero

Written by Andrew Marlowe

Character development begins with an effective background and progresses through the entire life of a campaign. About a month ago I talked about character backgrounds and offered suggestions for GMs and players to effectively integrate those backgrounds into the...

Burst of Insight Leave a Comment

09 January

Guidance — Gibbering Mouth: Marks, Smarks, and Roleplaying Games

Written by Alex Augunas

I’m 100% stealing this line from my friend N. Jolly, but there are literally two types of Tabletop RPGs—Marks and Smarks. I don’t care who you are or what you say you believe in, you’re either a Mark or...

06 January

Wandering Monsters — Forest Ruins, Part 1

Written by Luis Loza

It’s a new year and a new year brings new opportunities. For me, that means a new blog! Fridays are now entirely my domain and I’m choosing to make them Fightin’ Fridays. Every Friday I will provide GMs something...

Wandering Monsters Leave a Comment

05 January

Behind the Screens – Multi-Table Events (Part 1)

Written by Anthony Li

For the first Behind the Screens article of 2017, I thought I might start us off with a closer look at that rarest of game-type, the multi-table event. If you’ve had the opportunity to go to GenCon and secured...

Behind the Screens, Events, Multi-Table Articles, Behind the Screens 3 Comments

05 January

Know Direction 148 – Video Game Inspiration [Video]

Written by Jefferson Thacker

There’s a lot we can learn as tabletop RPG gamers from video games. Ryan and Perram and special guest Ariadne MacGillivray talk about the video games that have inspire how they play characters, create worlds, and run games.

Ariadne MacGillivray, Jefferson Jay Thacker, Perram, Ryan Costello Know Direction Video Leave a Comment

05 January

Know Direction 148 – Video Game Inspiration [Audio]

Written by Jefferson Thacker

Ariadne MacGillivray, Jefferson Jay Thacker, Pathfinder, Perram, Ryan Costello, video games Know Direction Audio 1 Comment

04 January

Keyword Design – “Canada”

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 Canada. A dedicated group of Internet pranksters is trying to convince the...

Keyword Design Leave a Comment

03 January

Code/Switch – Adapting Culture

Written by Ryan Costello

I’ll be filling in for James this week, taking this opportunity to remind you that I’m Canadian, how Canadian I am, how great I think Canada is, and a brief history of being Canadian. Seriously. As mentioned yesterday, I’ll...

Code Switch 1 Comment

02 January

New Year, New Direction

Written by Ryan Costello

We hope we were a bright spot of your last year, delivering informative, insightful, and entertaining podcast and blog content to you, our fellow Pathfinder enthusiasts, once again. For Pathfinder, 2016 was fine but transitional, like a Mick Foley title...

News Leave a Comment

30 December

Monstrous Physique — Chrono-Golem

Written by Luis Loza

The end of the year is nigh and it is up to me to close the door on the 2016 Know Direction blogs. I’m up for the challenge! The only way to close out the year is with something...

Monstrous Physique Leave a Comment