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20120531-Blog5

Paizo Publishing's 10th Anniversary Retrospective—Year 3 (2005)—Laying the Foundation

Paizo Publishing's 10th Anniversary Retrospective—Year 3 (2005) Laying the Foundation Thursday, May 31, 2012 This blog entry is the fourth in a series of blogs commemorating Paizo's 10th anniversary. ... Click here to read the first installment.At the start of 2005, the loss of our friends and co-workers who had worked on Undefeated and Amazing Stories still lay heavily on our hearts, but the feeling in the company that we had already hit bottom and there was nowhere left to go but...
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A Tomb of Winter's Plunder—Chapter One: Taking the Waters

A Tomb of Winter's Plunderby Tim Pratt ... Chapter One: Taking the WatersAlaeron sat, naked, on a natural stone bench in the sacred pool, the chest-deep water just a bit warmer than his own blood. He leaned into a fortuitous hollow in the rock, closed his eyes—hardly necessary, considering the depth of darkness in the cave—and let the healing waters soothe him. Or tried to. He'd paid enough to be soothed, at the very least. ... The Balneal Springs retreat, nestled in the northern hills of...
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Pathfinder Companion: Gnomes of Golarion (PFRPG)

Pathfinder Society in the Netherlands (or Join the Crew of the Flying Dutchman)

Pathfinder Society in the Netherlands (or Join the Crew of the Flying Dutchman) Tuesday, May 29, 2012 ... Illustration by ... Christopher BurdettLast month, we highlighted Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia, and Venture-Captain Zrinka Znidarcic's efforts to grow Pathfinder Society there. We now shift our focus back to the northwest and the land of the Dutch. I present to you, Venture-Captain Auke Teeninga's report on Pathfinder Society in the Netherlands. ... The Netherlands is a small country in...
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Pathfinder Battles Preview: Big Bads (Volume 2)

Pathfinder Battles Preview: Big Bads (Volume 2) Friday, May 25, 2012Here we are on the precipice of a three-day weekend, and I got so excited I completely forgot to put together a blog for today's Pathfinder Battles preview! So let's cut to the chase and get to the previews of two of the Big Bads from the Rise of the Runelords set of prepainted Pathfinder Battles miniatures! ... Both of these characters come from the fifth volume of the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path, “Sins of the...
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Race Guide (OGL)

Advanced Race Guide Art Preview

Advanced Race Guide Art Preview Thursday, May 24, 2012It's time for another art preview from the Advanced Race Guide, hitting stores near you next month! ... While I think we can all agree on how awesome the wayang and ifrit are, for me this entire book is made complete by the wide-eyed grippli. I usually try not to make inflammatory statements on the blog, but I feel comfortable saying that anybody who isn't inspired by the adorable courage of this bold amphibian archer is a little bit dead...
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Tags: Ben Wootten J. P. Targete Jorge Fares

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GameMastery Module U2: Hangman's Noose (OGL)

City of the Fallen Sky Sample Chapter—Chapter Five

City of the Fallen Sky Sample Chapter Wednesday, May 23, 2012In City of the Fallen Sky, a young alchemist named Alaeron flees an apprenticeship with the dark scholars of Numeria's Technic League, only to find himself in trouble once more as a chance encounter sends him and several reluctant companions into the jungles of the Mwangi Expanse. Tracked by a high-tech assassin, and armed only with his inquisitive nature—and a few mysterious artifacts stolen from the Technic...
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Tags: Eric Belisle Pathfinder Tales Tim Pratt

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Advanced Race Guide Preview: Of Dreams and Nightmares—Dreamweaver (Witch)

Advanced Race Guide Preview: Of Dreams and Nightmares Tuesday, May 22, 2012 While every child may curse her mother as a hag from time to time, changelings are justified to make such claims. Cursed offshoots of hag liaisons in the mortal world who are dropped at the door of mortal adoptive parents, all changelings are affected by their heritage in some way. Some rebel against it, but many come to terms with it, using the power of their heritage for their own purposes or to aid the innocent....
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A Preview of the Grand Convocation

A Preview of the Grand Convocation Monday, May 21, 2012There are always interesting things taking place in the Pathfinder Society. Take, for example, this message that has been sent out to Pathfinders across Golarion... ... Amara Li—Lantern Lodge LeaderPathfinder, ... We hope this message finds you in good health, wherever you are operating from. ... This year has seen the Society endure many hardships alongside equal victories. Our achievements in the Ruby Phoenix Tournament have not...
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20120518-Nom3

Fuel for the Machine!

Fuel for the Machine! Monday, May 21, 2012A gigantic, pepperoni-, tomato-, and beer-scented thank you from all of us here at Paizo to Venture-Captain Jason Roeder (kikai13 on the boards) and the entire Missouri Pathfinder Lodge for the surprise stack of more than a dozen pizzas that showed up for lunch today. It's been a hectic series of weeks here at the office, with teams getting our year's major hardcover release—Ultimate Equipment—out the door, starting up a Kickstarter for...
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Pathfinder Battles Preview: Of Sins and Saviors

Pathfinder Battles Preview: Of Sins and Saviors Friday, May 18, 2012There's something really cool about the fifth volume of the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path, Stephen S. Greer's “Sins of the Saviors.” After venturing through volumes loosely themed around goblins, ghouls, ogres, and giants, this fifth installment kicks the campaign backstory into high gear, with the player characters exploring a vast dungeon known as the Runeforge, a relic from the era of the ancient Runelords...
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Pathfinder Tales: City of the Fallen Sky

Where to Next?

Where to Next? Thursday, May 17, 2012 City of the Fallen Sky, the latest Pathfinder Tales novel, is in our warehouse and on its way to stores and subscribers, offering readers a chance to explore two of the Inner Sea's most fascinating and asked-about settings: the barbarians-and-technology land of Numeria, and the legendary crashed flying city of Kho. Looking back on the other seven books in the line so far, we've been to a lot of great places: Ustalav, the Worldwound, Irrisen—even...
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Hell or High Water—Chapter Four: In the Lair of the White Leech

Hell or High Waterby Ari Marmell ... Chapter Four: In the Lair of the White LeechWhich one's the Gullet want? ... Don't think he cares, long as it ain't one of the new ones. Someone been in there at least a few days. ... The two warriors—muscle-bound, covered in scars of both battle and pestilence—waded into the waters, making for the stump from which the pulley could be operated. ... What about that gussied-up Shackles pirate we took? He oughta be about ripe by now, yeah? ......
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Race Guide (OGL)

Advanced Race Guide Preview: Letting the Cat out of the Bag—Catfolk Rogue Talents

Advanced Race Guide Preview: Letting the Cat out of the Bag Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Actually, we are letting the cat out of the book. Last week, after previewing the tengu section of the Advanced Race Guide, we asked you what you wanted to see next. We received many good suggestions, but it seems that many of you wanted to see the catfolk. ... These lithe and agile creatures make excellent monks, rangers, and especially rogues, but they also have a mysterious side, as they are sometimes able to...
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The Evolution of the Multipart Scenario

The Evolution of the Multipart Scenario Monday, May 14, 2012 ... Illustration by Yngvar AsplundAs early as Season 1, the Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign has featured a number of multipart scenarios—mini campaign arcs designed to tell longer and more complex stories than a single 4-hour gaming session can provide. Whether in the form of four-part series like The Devil We Know, Echoes of the Everwar, and the Tier 12 retirement arc The Eyes of the Ten; a three-part arc like this...
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Pathfinder Battles Preview: A Small Update

Pathfinder Battles Preview: A Small Update Friday, May 11, 2012We're getting to deep into the previews for the Rise of the Runelords Pathfinder Battles set that I've almost run out of pictures to show you! A handful of minis remain yet to be revealed, but I'm pleased to report that some of them are among the coolest in the set! ... Today I'd like to show off two Small miniatures from the set that leave a very big impression. ... Up first is the dreaded Kobold Champion! This lizard-like...
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Kicking Off Pathfinder Online

Kicking Off Pathfinder Online Wednesday, May 9, 2012You've probably heard that Paizo is working with Goblinworks to produce Pathfinder Online, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. Goblinworks has been giving you snippets of our plans in the biweekly blog posts on goblinworks.com, and we've been getting your feedback on the Pathfinder Online messageboards here on paizo.com. Well, we're now ready to kick off the next phase of Pathfinder Online. ... Today we announced a Kickstarter...
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Hell or High Water—Chapter Three: Over Their Heads

Hell or High Waterby Ari Marmell ... Chapter Three: Over Their HeadsThe undead crocodile lashed out with its tail now, rather than its mangled jaw, and Ameyanda could not entirely avoid the blow. She staggered almost to the edge of the wobbling—and now disintegrating—tussock. ... For an instant, she seriously considered drawing a mambele across her own throat. Considered, and dismissed. ... If they keep me alive, that's their mistake. ... Still, she'd prefer not to leave herself...
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Advanced Race Guide Preview: Wark, Wark, Wark!—Tengu Equipment

Advanced Race Guide Preview: Wark, Wark, Wark! Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Some time ago I played in a campaign that Jason Bulmahn was running. One of the many highlights of the campaign was Chuko. This was James Jacobs's tengu character, who always shouted Wark! when he was excited. My whole conception of tengus comes from Chuko. They are strange little creatures that steal and mark things with flags. Tengus can be unreasonable and stupidly heroic. Chuko was not the sharpest egg in the nest, just a...
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Pathfinder Society in Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia (or South Eastern Europe Calling)

Pathfinder Society in Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia (or South Eastern Europe Calling) Monday, May 7, 2012Last month, we highlighted Denmark and Venture-Captain Diego Winterborg's efforts to grow Pathfinder Society there. We now shift our focus to southeast Europe. Venture-Captain Zrinka Znidarcic's report on Pathfinder Society in Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia was a very interesting read for me and I hope all of you find it interesting as well. It is interesting being a Venture-Captain of the...
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Pathfinder Battles Preview: The Gross, the Bad, and the Ugly

Pathfinder Battles Preview: The Gross, the Bad, and the Ugly Friday, May 4, 2012We're getting close to having revealed all of the miniatures in the upcoming Pathfinder Battles set, Rise of the Runelords! It seems like only a few weeks ago that I started showing of sculpts and paint masters, but in fact it's been months, and as I type this the production run of miniatures is trundling through the factory. All of the paint schemes have been approved, all the decisions have been made, and now...
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Hell or High Water—Chapter Two: Murky Waters

Hell or High Waterby Ari Marmell ... Chapter Two: Murky WatersI know that the Imjaka, dwelling so near those reaches, have made a greater study of these ‘scavenger gangs' than I, Seyusth continued. That, Ameyanda, is why I come to you, though finding you proved far from simple. ... This time, Ameyanda didn't bother to suppress her sigh. All right, she said, once more hefting her pack. Lead the way, shaman, and tell me what you know. ... Seyusth spoke of his travails as they began to walk, and...
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PaizoCon 2012: Register Your PaizoCon Events!

PaizoCon 2012: Register Your PaizoCon Events! Wednesday, May 2, 2012Are you coming to PaizoCon 2012? Want to run one or more events during the show? Attendee event submission is now open! All you need to do is copy and paste the following event questionnaire into an email sent to events@paizo.com, and we'll consider your event for the convention. Make sure to answer all questions for every event you plan to run at Paizo Con. ... This event submission process is for attendee-run games; don't...
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Race Guide (OGL)

Advanced Race Guide Preview: Kill it With Fire!—Fire Bomber (Alchemist)

Advanced Race Guide Preview: Kill it With Fire! Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Everyone knows goblins have an unnatural love of fire. They love to see it flicker and burn to the sounds of their enemies' screams. While goblin adventurers, in an effort to get along with other more squeamish races, may control their pyromaniac urgings, others learn to harness that power and focus it into devastating force. ... Of course, since the goblin section of the Advanced Race Guide has plenty of options for fiery...
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Tags: Alchemists Andrew Hou Goblins Pathfinder Roleplaying Game