I’ll be honest, healing might not be the strongest option in the game, but man if I’m not a sucker for it! As a result, it was SUPER exciting to get to work on the Healer’s Handbook, and I’m...
Recent news in regards to the naming of the upcoming Star Wars movie as well as a recent fling with the X-Wing miniatures game have me with galaxies far, far away on the mind. The Star Wars universe is...
Readers, today I had hoped to bring you Part 2 of GM resources the Bestiaries, but I can’t bring myself to write that yet. It’s no secret that this is blog focuses on inspiring people to find ways to...
Third Party People is a twice monthly series on the people behind the third party publishers that innovate new options for the Pathfinder Roleplaying game, and provide hungry young freelancers a venue for their creations. Today we speak with...
We’ve talked about creating backgrounds even touched on a few unusual background concepts, this week I’d like to discuss rewarding players for creating effective backgrounds by letting them bring their backgrounds into the action. Assuming your players have turned...
With RPG Superstar officially on hiatus, prospective game designers might be asking how to get their ideas out there and get noticed by Paizo. Special guests Robert Brookes (CEO: Encounter Tables Publishing) and Lj Stephens (Art Director: Rite Publishing,...
Last installment, we discussed the origins of the terms “Mark,” “Smart Mark” (aka “Smark”) and “Smart” as they pertained to the WWE. We also discussed how those terms related back to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game—specially how different people view...
The monsters continue to wander this Fighting Friday! Following up from the last Wandering Monsters article, today I present the second half of the Forest Ruins. While the two can be used independently, using them together can create a...
Last time we went over the pros and cons of multi-table events and what the types of challenges and rewards that they might offer a GMs and players. For today, I thought we might go over some different types...
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 cat. Even someone as outspoken against pigeon-holing people with stereotypes and labels has...