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What if you were the champion of a god, constantly sent on deific errands at the bidding of an angelic messenger? And what if you didn’t really worship that god, but regretted with every fiber of your being the day you begged her for help, binding your fate to her forever after? That would kind [...]

Paizo has packaged the basic rules for the Pathfinder RPG into an easy to use box that comes with everything a D&D newbie needs to play. We took it for a serious test drive to find out how well it introduces game concepts, how fun it is to play and if the introductory adventure works [...]

Open Design’s Divine Favor series of Pathfinder supplements serves as a set of player’s option books and optimization guides for paladins, clerics, druids and oracles. They’re fairly straightforward splatbooks with some cool ideas and a few powerful feats and spells that DMs may have to keep an eye on for balance purposes (and if there [...]

Howard Andrew Jones’ Plague of Shadows is a solid entry in the “what happens to adventurers in their twilight years?” sub-genre of fantasy. The elf Elyana used to wander the world with her doughty companions, slaying evil wizards and malicious dragons. As the years passed, some friends died, others got old, and some treaded less [...]

Earlier this week I released my first product that included Hero Lab support: Book of Magic: Signature Spells 1. If you don’t know what Hero Lab is, it’s a character building program for many of the major game systems. Pathfinder, D&D (both 3.5 and 4E), Mutants and Masterminds 2E and 3E, nWoD, Savage World and [...]

Rich, detailed world? Check. Numerous factions to strive against or ally with? Check. Weird and awesome monsters? Check. Fantastic art? Check. Glorious poster map? CHECK! This update to Golarion, the official Pathfinder campaign world, is simply one of the best setting books I’ve ever seen.

The indignities an adventurer suffers are many, sometimes too many to keep track of. Whether you’re Dazed and Confused, Blinded by the Light, Shaken All Over or just Helpess Helpless Helpless, these hapless goblins from Paizo’s Gamemastery line will get you sorted out.

It’s called Mega Dungeon 1. The name alone carries a lot of weight, but it’s the 100 double-sided map sheets that really tip the scales. Those of you with fond memories of the 2nd edition Undermountain boxed sets will be delighted by this giant stack of dungeon maps and the accompanying adventures.

Your PCs are probably really tired from their last adventure. They want some time off, a relaxing vacation where they can spend some of their gold, cash in a few unneeded magic items, enjoy the local sights and just have a pleasant time. May I humbly suggest they go somewhere other than the place known [...]

The Faerie Ring: Along the Twisting Way by Zombie Sky Press is a series of campaign guides introducing the world of the fae to the Pathfinder RPG. Red Jack takes a classic trope from Japanese folklore and warps it into a fae nemesis that could vex your PCs in this life and the next.

I had a chance to talk to Paizo’s James Sutter at Gen Con 2011, and calling Pathfinder a mindblowing success is understating it.

With a compelling Pathfinder adventure called The Gift, Rite Publishing begins an ambitious three-part series called Curse of the Golden Spear. Filled with tales and creatures from Japanese folklore, this campaign carries players to land wracked by angry spirits, where death is never truly the end.

If your D&D group has grown weary of dungeons, kings and earthly quests, perhaps they’d care for a visit to the heavens and hells of the outer planes. Open Design’s Dark Roads and Golden Hells looks like just the thing to turn your planar adventures up to 11. And like all Open Design patronage projects, [...]

Most of my time lately has been spent getting ready for (and recovering from) PaizoCon. Without a doubt, I had more fun there than at any other con I’ve attended, and I was working the whole time. Attendees say it was even more fun for them. We played games, hung out with a lot of [...]