Robot Viking

1st-level Pathfinder characters are already the masters of a considerable range of skills and knowledge. The Genius Guide to Apprentice-Level Characters shows you what those characters knew before they hit first level.

We have established two basic facts: Kobold Quarterly is awesome, and getting things for free is awesome. As everyone knows, awesome + awesome = double awesome!

In a fantasy RPG world you are often only as good as your magic items, and getting some magic defenses is often a PC’s first order of business. Rite Publishing’s #30 Rings of Defense broadens the options for characters of every level who are looking for their own One True Ring, or at least One [...]

The title Strategists & Tacticians seems to cover an awful lot of ground, so you’d think it would be fairly easy to fit the contents under that broad umbrella. While this Pathfinder sourcebook from 4 Winds offers a lot of interesting ideas, it isn’t quite as focused as it could have been.

The fine folks at Rite Publishing clearly decided that Super Genius Games’ time thief was too good an idea to be used for just one class, so they’ve introduced Secrets of the Taskshaper. The taskshaper is a a hybrid class with all kinds of proficiencies and skills.

What if dozens of designers all contributed to the creation of a new RPG campaign setting, each one lovingly crafting detail and depth into their part of the world? What if the creation of that world was overseen by award-winning editors with decades of RPG design and world-building experience between them? And what if you [...]

Advanced Options: Witches’ Hexes from Super Genius Games is designed to focus on the one unique element of the witch class, hexes. It offers new hexes at every power level, and does a great job of expanding a witch character’s options, without boosting power level or introducing a lot of complex new rules.

Being one of the most recent Pathfinder classes, the witch does not have as much support as the core classes. In an attempt to rectify this, Open Design has published The Witch’s Brew, a collection of feats and character construction tips. The Witch’s Brew offers a lot for a new witch player, and opens up [...]

Who guards the temples of lawful evil and chaotic good gods in a Pathfinder campaign? No one from the core rules seems suited to the job. Enter The Genius Guide to the Templar, an 11-page Pathfinder-compatible PDF just released by long-time Pathfinder supporter Super Genius Games.

When I said I didn’t have any grandiose plans for Robot Viking in 2011, I meant it. But shortly after the changing of the year, in the deep hours of the night, I received a mysterious message, and within the span of a few hours, arrangements had been made. The result: our newest contributing writer, [...]

The Faerie Ring: Along the Twisting Way is a new line of Pathfinder/3.5 guides to the world of fey creatures by Zombie Sky Press. It will attempt to redefine the fey within D&D as alien, mysterious and deadly beings, and Prelude sets the stage.

Today I’ll be reviewing the Abbey of the Golden Sparrow by Tricky Owlbear Publishing. This is the first of their locale supplements, a product that focuses on a location designed to fit into any setting, rather than a simple list of feats. I really like this idea, because it gives the GM in a hurry [...]

A lot of fantasy fiction and gaming material is decidedly English in origin. Open Design’s Tales of the Old Margreve wraps its adventures around Eastern Europe’s folk tales and mythology instead, giving Pathfinder characters a dark, mysterious fey playground that will carry them from level one to 10.

After a break of far too long, here’s the Cleric, Druid, and Bard portion of Rite Publishing’s 101 5th Level Spells for 3.5/Pathfinder D&D (read part 1 here).