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<h1 itemprop="headline">Wrapping Up 2017—GM Stars, Conventions, and PAX Unplugged!</h1>
<p class="date">Wednesday, December 6, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">As I write the final "First of the month blog" for 2017, my thoughts roam back over the year. The Organized Play community delivered more games in 2017 than ever before—kudos to everyone involved! The biggest news of 2017 was the launch of our new organized play program—Starfinder Society. Though it had its hiccups, overall it was a resounding success. We are seeing players return to organized play, and many more who are new to Paizo and organized play are finding us at events around the world. Over the next few weeks, the team and I will write more about our thoughts on 2017 and what we have in store for 2018. Keep an eye on this space!</p>
<h2>PAX Unplugged</h2>
<p>Several members of Paizo staff, along with a cadre of volunteers, spent the weekend of November 17th in Philadelphia at the inaugural PAX Unplugged. There wasn't an empty seat in the booth as we ran hour long demos using <a href = "/products/btpy9u7x?Starfinder-Society-Roleplaying-Guild-Quest-Into-the-Unknown"><em>Starfinder Society Quest: Into the Unknown</em></a>. We had a few repeats, but most of our players were new. The enthusiasm and excitement in the booth kept me going through some long days. A huge thank you to the volunteers that came out and helped, both in the booth and the organized play tables downstairs. We greatly appreciate your efforts in spreading the word of the Society!</p>
<p>Paizo and Organized Play are looking to return to PAX Unplugged in 2018, with more demos and organized play tables. Currently, PAX is listing November 29th to December 2nd as their dates for the 2018 show. Right now the plans are nebulous, but if you're interested in helping out in the booth or running Pathfinder/Starfinder Society scenarios, save the date and watch this space mid-year for more info!</p>
<h2>DIY Terrain Contest</h2>
<p>In August, we opened a competition for the best homemade terrain and in November, we presented four entries to our community and asked them to vote for their favorite. It is my pleasure to announce the winner! The competition was tight, but the entry that received top honors, or should I say honours, is <b>Chris Manning</b> from the UK/Online community, for their <b>3D ship</b>. Congratulations Chris! A huge kudos to all our participating artists, for their wonderful creations—Sam Sampson, Quinn Shannon, Scott Young, and Chris Manning</p>
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<h2>5• GM Recognition</h2>
<p>Our GMs haven't let up the pace in running games and several of them achieved recognition in the past month. We saw more additions to the Nova Club, as GMs ran and reported games of Starfinder. We also had several GMs completed their 5-star requirements for Pathfinder Society. The requirements include running 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 be special scenarios, but are not indicative of hours spent preparing for events. A conservative estimate of time needed to reach 5• is 650 hours! To those listed below, who earned their 5th star over the past few weeks, welcome to the club and thank you for your dedication to our Society</p>
<ul><li>Jack Amy</li>
<li>Elizabeth R Corrigan</li>
<li>Andreas Frederiksen</li>
<li>Mario Grande</li></ul>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>2018 is filling up with conventions, thanks to the effort of our volunteer event organizers! Check out the list below for upcoming events with Starfinder Society and Pathfinder Society play. This iteration, we added a column of where you can find the Organized Play staff hitting the tables and rolling the dice.</p>
<p>While our convention schedule is pretty set for 2018, if you are an event organizer and want to invite us out at your event in 2019, drop an email to <a href = "mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com">organizedplay@paizo.com</a> before next summer. We review our schedule in the fall and try to get all decisions wrapped by the end of the year.</p>
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<thead><tr><th><b>Convention Name</b></th><th><b>Location</b></th><th><b>Start Date</b></th><th><b>Paizo Staff Attending</b></th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>Aus East Coast Interactive 4</td><td>Sydney/Brisbane, Australia</td><td>12/8/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pathfinder Christmas Party 2017</td><td>Turku, Finland</td><td>12/9/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>30 Hour Food Drive 2017</td><td>Spokane Valley, WA</td><td>12/15/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>A Queen City Holiday 2017</td><td>Cincinnati, OH</td><td>12/15/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>CoolCon IV (2017)</td><td>Maitland, FL</td><td>12/27/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Path Mas 17</td><td>Leon, Spain</td><td>12/28/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>#real GAPFS Holiday Party 2017</td><td>Winder, GA</td><td>12/30/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Start of the Year 2018</td><td>Geneva, Switzerland</td><td>1/4/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>SacAnime Winter 2018</td><td>Sacramento, CA </td><td>1/5/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>PAX South 2018</td><td>San Antonio, TX</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>MAGFest 2018</td><td>Washington ,DC</td><td>1/4/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>ShadowCon 2018</td><td>West Memphis, AR</td><td>1/5/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Midwinter Gaming Convention 2018</td><td>Milwaukee, WI</td><td>1/11/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>MarsCon 2017</td><td>Williamsburg, VA</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>Tonya</td></tr>
<tr><td>Niu yia 2018</td><td>León, Spain</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Paradise City Comic Con 2017</td><td>Miami, FL</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>SCARAB 2018</td><td>Columbia, SC</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>John</td></tr>
<tr><td>Swampcon 2018</td><td>Gainesville, FL</td><td>1/13/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Winter War 45 (2017)</td><td>Urbana, IL</td><td>1/25/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cancon 2018</td><td>Australia</td><td>1/26/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manaleak 2017</td><td>Birmingham, UK</td><td>1/27/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>FlintCon 2018</td><td>Flint, MI</td><td>2/3/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>LodgeCon 2018</td><td>Peotone, IL </td><td>2/10/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>TotalCon 2018</td><td>Marlborough, MA</td><td>2/22/18</td><td>TBD</td></tr>
<tr><td>OwlCon 2018</td><td>Houston, TX</td><td>2/23/18</td><td>Tonya</td></tr>
<tr><td>CoNfUsIoN 2018</td><td>Gouda, Netherlands</td><td>3/9/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Marmalade Dog 23</td><td>Kalamazoo, MI</td><td>3/30/18</td><td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p>We have a few more updates to get to, mostly involving Starfinder Society, which seemed like a good thing to put in its own blog. So check back later to see what new developments are in store!</p>
<p>Next week, John brings us news on the faction front, including the results of the Leader's in Liberty contest. If you haven't voted, you have until <b>tonight at 11:59 PM Pacific time</b> to record your choice. <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lk9d?Leaders-in-Liberty-2#discuss">Vote now for your favorite!</a></p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Wrapping Up 2017—GM Stars, Conventions, and PAX Unplugged!</h1>
<p class="date">Wednesday, December 6, 2017</p>
<div itemprop="articlebody">
<p itemprop="description">As I write the final "First of the month blog" for 2017, my thoughts roam back over the year. The Organized Play community delivered more games in 2017 than ever before—kudos to everyone involved! The biggest news of 2017 was the launch of our new organized play program—Starfinder Society. Though it had its hiccups, overall it was a resounding success. We are seeing players return to organized play, and many more who are new to Paizo and organized play are finding us at events around the world. Over the next few weeks, the team and I will write more about our thoughts on 2017 and what we have in store for 2018. Keep an eye on this space!</p>
<h2>PAX Unplugged</h2>
<p>Several members of Paizo staff, along with a cadre of volunteers, spent the weekend of November 17th in Philadelphia at the inaugural PAX Unplugged. There wasn't an empty seat in the booth as we ran hour long demos using <a href = "/products/btpy9u7x?Starfinder-Society-Roleplaying-Guild-Quest-Into-the-Unknown"><em>Starfinder Society Quest: Into the Unknown</em></a>. We had a few repeats, but most of our players were new. The enthusiasm and excitement in the booth kept me going through some long days. A huge thank you to the volunteers that came out and helped, both in the booth and the organized play tables downstairs. We greatly appreciate your efforts in spreading the word of the Society!</p>
<p>Paizo and Organized Play are looking to return to PAX Unplugged in 2018, with more demos and organized play tables. Currently, PAX is listing November 29th to December 2nd as their dates for the 2018 show. Right now the plans are nebulous, but if you're interested in helping out in the booth or running Pathfinder/Starfinder Society scenarios, save the date and watch this space mid-year for more info!</p>
<h2>DIY Terrain Contest</h2>
<p>In August, we opened a competition for the best homemade terrain and in November, we presented four entries to our community and asked them to vote for their favorite. It is my pleasure to announce the winner! The competition was tight, but the entry that received top honors, or should I say honours, is <b>Chris Manning</b> from the UK/Online community, for their <b>3D ship</b>. Congratulations Chris! A huge kudos to all our participating artists, for their wonderful creations—Sam Sampson, Quinn Shannon, Scott Young, and Chris Manning</p>
<div class = "blurbCenter"><a href = "//cdn.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20171101-Ship.jpg"><img src = "//cdn.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20171101-Ship_360.jpeg"></a></div>
<h2>5• GM Recognition</h2>
<p>Our GMs haven't let up the pace in running games and several of them achieved recognition in the past month. We saw more additions to the Nova Club, as GMs ran and reported games of Starfinder. We also had several GMs completed their 5-star requirements for Pathfinder Society. The requirements include running 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 be special scenarios, but are not indicative of hours spent preparing for events. A conservative estimate of time needed to reach 5• is 650 hours! To those listed below, who earned their 5th star over the past few weeks, welcome to the club and thank you for your dedication to our Society</p>
<ul><li>Jack Amy</li>
<li>Elizabeth R Corrigan</li>
<li>Andreas Frederiksen</li>
<li>Mario Grande</li></ul>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>2018 is filling up with conventions, thanks to the effort of our volunteer event organizers! Check out the list below for upcoming events with Starfinder Society and Pathfinder Society play. This iteration, we added a column of where you can find the Organized Play staff hitting the tables and rolling the dice.</p>
<p>While our convention schedule is pretty set for 2018, if you are an event organizer and want to invite us out at your event in 2019, drop an email to <a href = "mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com">organizedplay@paizo.com</a> before next summer. We review our schedule in the fall and try to get all decisions wrapped by the end of the year.</p>
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<thead><tr><th><b>Convention Name</b></th><th><b>Location</b></th><th><b>Start Date</b></th><th><b>Paizo Staff Attending</b></th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>Aus East Coast Interactive 4</td><td>Sydney/Brisbane, Australia</td><td>12/8/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pathfinder Christmas Party 2017</td><td>Turku, Finland</td><td>12/9/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>30 Hour Food Drive 2017</td><td>Spokane Valley, WA</td><td>12/15/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>A Queen City Holiday 2017</td><td>Cincinnati, OH</td><td>12/15/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>CoolCon IV (2017)</td><td>Maitland, FL</td><td>12/27/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Path Mas 17</td><td>Leon, Spain</td><td>12/28/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>#real GAPFS Holiday Party 2017</td><td>Winder, GA</td><td>12/30/17</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Start of the Year 2018</td><td>Geneva, Switzerland</td><td>1/4/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>SacAnime Winter 2018</td><td>Sacramento, CA </td><td>1/5/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>PAX South 2018</td><td>San Antonio, TX</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>MAGFest 2018</td><td>Washington ,DC</td><td>1/4/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>ShadowCon 2018</td><td>West Memphis, AR</td><td>1/5/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Midwinter Gaming Convention 2018</td><td>Milwaukee, WI</td><td>1/11/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>MarsCon 2017</td><td>Williamsburg, VA</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>Tonya</td></tr>
<tr><td>Niu yia 2018</td><td>León, Spain</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Paradise City Comic Con 2017</td><td>Miami, FL</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>SCARAB 2018</td><td>Columbia, SC</td><td>1/12/18</td><td>John</td></tr>
<tr><td>Swampcon 2018</td><td>Gainesville, FL</td><td>1/13/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Winter War 45 (2017)</td><td>Urbana, IL</td><td>1/25/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cancon 2018</td><td>Australia</td><td>1/26/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manaleak 2017</td><td>Birmingham, UK</td><td>1/27/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>FlintCon 2018</td><td>Flint, MI</td><td>2/3/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>LodgeCon 2018</td><td>Peotone, IL </td><td>2/10/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>TotalCon 2018</td><td>Marlborough, MA</td><td>2/22/18</td><td>TBD</td></tr>
<tr><td>OwlCon 2018</td><td>Houston, TX</td><td>2/23/18</td><td>Tonya</td></tr>
<tr><td>CoNfUsIoN 2018</td><td>Gouda, Netherlands</td><td>3/9/18</td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>Marmalade Dog 23</td><td>Kalamazoo, MI</td><td>3/30/18</td><td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p>We have a few more updates to get to, mostly involving Starfinder Society, which seemed like a good thing to put in its own blog. So check back later to see what new developments are in store!</p>
<p>Next week, John brings us news on the faction front, including the results of the Leader's in Liberty contest. If you haven't voted, you have until <b>tonight at 11:59 PM Pacific time</b> to record your choice. <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lk9d?Leaders-in-Liberty-2#discuss">Vote now for your favorite!</a></p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
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<p class="date">Wednesday, November 15, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Back in July, the organized play team launched an exciting contest called <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljz1?Leaders-in-Liberty">Leaders in Liberty</a> to name and detail a new character in <a href = "/pathfinderSociety/rpg">Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild</a> canon. We read the entries, narrowed it down to our top picks, and invited the community to vote on the best candidate. In mid October we had our winner, Karisa Starsight as presented by Sam Sampson!</p>
<p>When we first launched the contest, we were a little coy about exactly how this character might feature in the campaign. We were, after all, several weeks away from releasing <a href = "/products/btpy9tlb?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-902-A-Case-of-Missing-Persons"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-02: A Case of Missing Persons</em></a>, which provides considerably more context. If you haven't played it yet, I both strongly encourage that you do so, and I will be providing only the slimmest spoilers (you can see more in the spoil-tagged section below). Namely, Major Colson Maldris is not currently available to provide the Liberty's Edge faction the necessary guidance and oversight. While this faction is likely one of the best equipped to operate without a leader, we want to bring in someone who can not only provide leadership in the difficult time, but also guide the faction's vision and steer its reforms in the wake of Maldris's rather spotty legacy.</p>
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<p>Major Colson Maldris has gone missing, and it seems he's enlisted some very questionable allies. Without an appointed leader, the Liberty's Edge faction needs someone to keep the operation running smoothly and coordinate the hunt for Maldris.</p>
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<p>That's right, we're asking you to help pick a faction leader.</p>
<p>We have two candidates, whose backstories I'll summarize below along with a snapshot of their strengths and style. The first is Leaders in Liberty contest winner Karisa Starsight, who you can read about in more detail <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lk4a?Leaders-in-Liberty-Voting-Now-Open">in this September blog</a>. The second is Tamrin Credence, a halfling smuggler and freelance freedom fighter. Let's meet them both.</p>
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<p><i>Illustration by Tom Ventre</i></p>
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<h3>Karisa Starsight</h3>
<p>The slaver Kolm Redarax found the infant Karisa aboard a derelict Bonuwat ship, and he was so taken by her unexplained presence and strikingly blue eyes that he adopted her as his daughter. She worked hard aboard that ship, tending to the slaves her adoptive father shuttled from port to port. Whereas he saw these souls as chattel, she quietly grew to respect and pity them. As she reached adulthood, Karisa struggled between her love and loyalty for her father and the plights of the people he bought and sold.</p>
<p>Several years ago, Andoren privateers known as the Gray Corsairs assaulted their ship, subduing the crew and freeing the slaves. When the Corsairs' captain was on the verge of slaying Redarax, Karisa intervened, swearing her own life, service, and freedom to Andoran in exchange for his life. Not want to condemn the young woman to anything resembling slavery, the captain provided a different offer: she could instead apprentice to an upstanding Eagle Knight, and Redarax would live out his sentence in an Andoren prison. Karisa eagerly accepted.</p>
<p>Her mentor was none other than Major Colson Maldris, and she has excelled as his aide. Over the past year, her duties have more resembled those of a steward, overseeing some of the Liberty's Edge faction's operations while Maldris traveled farther afield. Even so, there's a side of Maldris that she's only now uncovering as she tries to find his current whereabouts and holds together the initiatives he set in motion. All the while she wonders at the irony that no matter his morals, Karisa's father is in chains while she promotes liberty in the Inner Sea region and beyond.</p>
<p><b>Strengths</b>: Karisa Starsight has a much more intimate familiarity with the faction's operations, which inclines her toward making changes and executing missions "within the system" while also watching for hypocrisies that undermine the faction's goals. She has solid connections within the Eagle Knights without being one herself. She's also the more self-reflective candidate, likely to examine the faction's moral pillars and assess how the faction could do better. Even so, her childhood on the seas leaves her ready to tackle threats head-on when needed.</p>
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<p><i>Illustration by Kenneth Camaro</i></p></div>
<h3 class = "spaced-header-small">Tamrin Credence</h3>
<p>Trained as a sommelier, butler, and shopping assistant, the halfling now known as Tamrin Credence spent his first 26 years as a Chelish slave, albeit a well-treated one. When a tiller (a member of the halfling liberation group called the Bellflower Network) infiltrated the estate and laid plans to lead a few halfling slaves to freedom, Tamrin made a counter-offer: he would create a distraction so the tiller could escape with twice as many souls. The plan worked, albeit at a cost. By the time the tiller returned to lead him out of Cheliax, the halfling butler had received many scars for his deception.</p>
<p>Tamrin Credence is a self-styled name that the halfling adopted in the decade since, both to distance him emotionally from his subjugated past and to create a new identity that wouldn't lead to his recapture. He's continued to assist the Bellflower Network as a spy and supplier, often leading him into dangerous territory or treacherous relationships. Although he's infiltrated and worked with the Aspis Consortium and Cheliax's port authorities to this end, his most infamous rivalry is that with Zarta Dralneen, whom he regularly undermined while she served Cheliax as that nation's liaison to the Pathfinder Society. Only once she fell from Cheliax's good graces, suffered unforgiveable offenses by her former allies, and sought refuge with the Society did the two agents begin finding common ground. They've now worked together on coordinating several missions, though years of thwarting each other's ambitions leave them prone to verbally sniping at each other over unresolved gripes they're yet to bury.</p>
<p>Tamrin's experience with the Liberty's Edge faction is modest, having only worked with Major Colson Maldris a few times before the former began more concerted collaboration in the past 18 months. Even so, he's a proud "liberator of humanoid assets" with criminal and business contacts in dozens of cities. What he lacks in faction experience, he makes up for in gutsiness, survivability, cunning, and a willingness to lead from the front as needed.</p>
<p><b>Strengths</b>: Tamrin Credence is a pragmatic individual who doesn't mind breaking a few unreasonable rules if he can mitigate the harm to innocent bystanders and maximize the benefit for oppressed people. He's witnessed the dark underbelly of several infamous operations firsthand, and he knows that no matter how seductive those groups might seem at times, they're ultimately immoral. These experiences have left him hardened against corruption, and he takes a more decisive stance on correcting the faction's embarrassing past misdeeds. He has strong Bellflower Network connections, though he would broaden his agenda considerably if made the leader of Liberty's Edge.</p>
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<h2>Voting</h2>
<p>Voting begins now! Let us know which of these two candidates should step up to lead the Liberty's Edge faction in Major Colson Maldris's absence. You'll have three weeks to pick your favorite candidate, and the winner will be announced on <b>Wednesday, December 13</b>. Our plan is to feature both of these characters at least once, so even the candidate that doesn't receive the most votes will still play a role in a future scenario. We're also looking forward to pursuing more of the Liberty's Edge storyline later in Season 9, discovering just what Maldris has set in motion!</p>
<p>John Compton<br />
<i>Organized Play Lead Developer</i></p>
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<p class="date">Wednesday, November 15, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Back in July, the organized play team launched an exciting contest called <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljz1?Leaders-in-Liberty">Leaders in Liberty</a> to name and detail a new character in <a href = "/pathfinderSociety/rpg">Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild</a> canon. We read the entries, narrowed it down to our top picks, and invited the community to vote on the best candidate. In mid October we had our winner, Karisa Starsight as presented by Sam Sampson!</p>
<p>When we first launched the contest, we were a little coy about exactly how this character might feature in the campaign. We were, after all, several weeks away from releasing <a href = "/products/btpy9tlb?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-902-A-Case-of-Missing-Persons"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-02: A Case of Missing Persons</em></a>, which provides considerably more context. If you haven't played it yet, I both strongly encourage that you do so, and I will be providing only the slimmest spoilers (you can see more in the spoil-tagged section below). Namely, Major Colson Maldris is not currently available to provide the Liberty's Edge faction the necessary guidance and oversight. While this faction is likely one of the best equipped to operate without a leader, we want to bring in someone who can not only provide leadership in the difficult time, but also guide the faction's vision and steer its reforms in the wake of Maldris's rather spotty legacy.</p>
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<p>That's right, we're asking you to help pick a faction leader.</p>
<p>We have two candidates, whose backstories I'll summarize below along with a snapshot of their strengths and style. The first is Leaders in Liberty contest winner Karisa Starsight, who you can read about in more detail <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lk4a?Leaders-in-Liberty-Voting-Now-Open">in this September blog</a>. The second is Tamrin Credence, a halfling smuggler and freelance freedom fighter. Let's meet them both.</p>
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<h3>Karisa Starsight</h3>
<p>The slaver Kolm Redarax found the infant Karisa aboard a derelict Bonuwat ship, and he was so taken by her unexplained presence and strikingly blue eyes that he adopted her as his daughter. She worked hard aboard that ship, tending to the slaves her adoptive father shuttled from port to port. Whereas he saw these souls as chattel, she quietly grew to respect and pity them. As she reached adulthood, Karisa struggled between her love and loyalty for her father and the plights of the people he bought and sold.</p>
<p>Several years ago, Andoren privateers known as the Gray Corsairs assaulted their ship, subduing the crew and freeing the slaves. When the Corsairs' captain was on the verge of slaying Redarax, Karisa intervened, swearing her own life, service, and freedom to Andoran in exchange for his life. Not want to condemn the young woman to anything resembling slavery, the captain provided a different offer: she could instead apprentice to an upstanding Eagle Knight, and Redarax would live out his sentence in an Andoren prison. Karisa eagerly accepted.</p>
<p>Her mentor was none other than Major Colson Maldris, and she has excelled as his aide. Over the past year, her duties have more resembled those of a steward, overseeing some of the Liberty's Edge faction's operations while Maldris traveled farther afield. Even so, there's a side of Maldris that she's only now uncovering as she tries to find his current whereabouts and holds together the initiatives he set in motion. All the while she wonders at the irony that no matter his morals, Karisa's father is in chains while she promotes liberty in the Inner Sea region and beyond.</p>
<p><b>Strengths</b>: Karisa Starsight has a much more intimate familiarity with the faction's operations, which inclines her toward making changes and executing missions "within the system" while also watching for hypocrisies that undermine the faction's goals. She has solid connections within the Eagle Knights without being one herself. She's also the more self-reflective candidate, likely to examine the faction's moral pillars and assess how the faction could do better. Even so, her childhood on the seas leaves her ready to tackle threats head-on when needed.</p>
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<h3 class = "spaced-header-small">Tamrin Credence</h3>
<p>Trained as a sommelier, butler, and shopping assistant, the halfling now known as Tamrin Credence spent his first 26 years as a Chelish slave, albeit a well-treated one. When a tiller (a member of the halfling liberation group called the Bellflower Network) infiltrated the estate and laid plans to lead a few halfling slaves to freedom, Tamrin made a counter-offer: he would create a distraction so the tiller could escape with twice as many souls. The plan worked, albeit at a cost. By the time the tiller returned to lead him out of Cheliax, the halfling butler had received many scars for his deception.</p>
<p>Tamrin Credence is a self-styled name that the halfling adopted in the decade since, both to distance him emotionally from his subjugated past and to create a new identity that wouldn't lead to his recapture. He's continued to assist the Bellflower Network as a spy and supplier, often leading him into dangerous territory or treacherous relationships. Although he's infiltrated and worked with the Aspis Consortium and Cheliax's port authorities to this end, his most infamous rivalry is that with Zarta Dralneen, whom he regularly undermined while she served Cheliax as that nation's liaison to the Pathfinder Society. Only once she fell from Cheliax's good graces, suffered unforgiveable offenses by her former allies, and sought refuge with the Society did the two agents begin finding common ground. They've now worked together on coordinating several missions, though years of thwarting each other's ambitions leave them prone to verbally sniping at each other over unresolved gripes they're yet to bury.</p>
<p>Tamrin's experience with the Liberty's Edge faction is modest, having only worked with Major Colson Maldris a few times before the former began more concerted collaboration in the past 18 months. Even so, he's a proud "liberator of humanoid assets" with criminal and business contacts in dozens of cities. What he lacks in faction experience, he makes up for in gutsiness, survivability, cunning, and a willingness to lead from the front as needed.</p>
<p><b>Strengths</b>: Tamrin Credence is a pragmatic individual who doesn't mind breaking a few unreasonable rules if he can mitigate the harm to innocent bystanders and maximize the benefit for oppressed people. He's witnessed the dark underbelly of several infamous operations firsthand, and he knows that no matter how seductive those groups might seem at times, they're ultimately immoral. These experiences have left him hardened against corruption, and he takes a more decisive stance on correcting the faction's embarrassing past misdeeds. He has strong Bellflower Network connections, though he would broaden his agenda considerably if made the leader of Liberty's Edge.</p>
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<h2>Voting</h2>
<p>Voting begins now! Let us know which of these two candidates should step up to lead the Liberty's Edge faction in Major Colson Maldris's absence. You'll have three weeks to pick your favorite candidate, and the winner will be announced on <b>Wednesday, December 13</b>. Our plan is to feature both of these characters at least once, so even the candidate that doesn't receive the most votes will still play a role in a future scenario. We're also looking forward to pursuing more of the Liberty's Edge storyline later in Season 9, discovering just what Maldris has set in motion!</p>
<p>John Compton<br />
<i>Organized Play Lead Developer</i></p>
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<p class="date">Wednesday, November 1, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">In the couple of weeks since I got back from PaizoCon Oz, I keep looking at our blog schedule for an opportunity to write of my travels and share some of the photos I took at the event. That there hasn't been a gap testifies to how much is going on in the realm of organized play. So, I'm going to share a couple of photos today and I promise to give a full account of my travels next week.</p>
<h2>Extra Life</h2>
<p>Paizo is a major partner with Extra Life this year. Extra Life is a charity that raises funds for local Children's Hospitals. We have a Super Team and welcome anyone that wishes to help raise money for the kids. <a href = "https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=35870" target = "_blank">You can find our team page here.</a> Feel free to make an account and join our efforts!</p>
<p>As part of our fundraising efforts, we will be live-streaming games the 25 hours of the Extra Life event. Starting at 10:00 AM Saturday and running through 10:00 AM Sunday, you can watch Paizo staffers and a few guests roll their dice, move their mice, and hope no one gets hurt. Organized play events start at 2:00 AM Pacific standard time with a PFS scenario brought to us by the local Seattle Venture-Officers and GMs. From 6:00-10:00 AM Pacific standard time, John Compton takes the helm to run a Starfinder Scenario. Tune in to watch our scenarios and help with the hijinks. Visit <a href = "https://go.twitch.tv/officialpaizo" target = "_blank">our Twitch stream</a> to watch the event and qualify for the chance to earn special prizes, such as limited edition boons, Paizo books, a Gen Con badge, and more.</p>
<p>Participating in the live stream event gives the Paizo organized play team an opportunity to reveal another way in which we're distributing race boons: via online events. From this weekend, when an organized play team member appears on a podcast, streamed charity event, or other online public appearance, they'll bring a few boons with them. Which boons, you ask? How about <b>Ghorans</b> (for Pathfinder Society) and <b>Skittermanders</b> (for Starfinder Society)! To whet your interest in these boons, please note that <em>Ultimate Wilderness</em> (releasing in November) features new options for Ghorans. I encourage you to join John, Thurston, myself, and a few other staffers from 6:00-10:00 AM Pacific standard time this Sunday when we're giving away the first of these via raffle. We are working on the method of disbursement, which will most likely involve a $20 donation to Extra Life and some variety of raffle, but regardless of dispersal method, you must be logged in and watching to win.</p>
<p>In addition to the Paizo live-stream, there are quite a few other conventions running events for Extra Life as well. So the organized play team decided to encourage the spirit of generosity by shaking things up a bit. The following modifications to Society rules apply for any games played at a venue supporting Extra between November 2 and November 6, 2017.</p>
<ul><li>The Retail Incentive Program applies for all locations, regardless of whether the event takes place in a location selling items. Monies donated to Extra Life qualify as purchases for the program, regardless of whether donated by players, GMs, or spectators.</li>
<li>We've sent a special Extra Life boon to locations running events. This boon is eligible for dispersal to players the same way other boons are available or to anyone who makes a $10 or more donation to Extra Life.</li>
<li>Spectators may donate money to Extra Life and change up the action of the game, as long as it does not modify the adventure mechanics or the GMs ability to run the adventure as written. So make the players talk in funny voices, dance a jig at the table, or swap character sheets with a neighbor.</li></ul>
<p>Don't forget to check out our Twitch stream and root for Paizo and its partners in our quest of helping sick children.</p>
<h2>Online Organized Play</h2>
<p>Over the past two years, the numbers of GMs running games in the aether doubled, then doubled again and is continuing to grow at lightening pace. Players with mobility issues, or in remote locations, or on non-traditional schedules, are joining the online games as a way to connect with other players and experience organized play. Paizo's partnerships with online VTT platforms and hosting of Play-by-Post games on its forums support player opportunities for online gaming. For these reasons, and to keep up with the growing demands on the organizers' time and energy, we are expanding the team. It is our great pleasure to announce the creation of an eleventh region—the Online region, under the guidance of Jesse Davis, also known as Ironhelixx.</p>
<p>One of the biggest changes in the online region is the addition of Pathfinder Society Adventure Card Guild play. Stemming from our playtests of the various base sets, we are looking to introduce more players to the Society based stories of the Season of Faction's Favor and Season of Plundered Tombs, the swashbuckling adventures of the Season of the Shackles, the holy fury contained in the Season of the Righteous, the virtues and sins of the Season of the Runelords and the fire and chaos of Season of the Goblins. If you want to experience the fun of the card game, but haven't had a group near you, this may well be your answer.</p>
<p>Both the Retail Support Program and the Regional Support Program will have online components. We are currently fleshing out the details and will post them in the next few weeks. It is a balancing act, as we don't want to deny the online players the benefits of the programs, but we don't want to negate the benefits for physical locations either. At this time we are soliciting feedback for how to integrate these programs. If you have ideas, feel free to send them to me at <a href = "mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com">organizedplay@paizo.com</a></p>
<p>To assist Jesse, we are promoting three people to the position of Venture-Captain. Each will oversee one aspect of online play. Please welcome the following individuals to the VC ranks:</p>
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<p><b>Venture-Captain—PbP</b>: Hilary Moon-Murphy<br />
<b>Venture-Captain—ACG</b>: Tyler Beck<br />
<b>Venture-Captain—VTT</b>: James Bartlett</p>
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<p>Rounding out the team are the Venture-Lieutenants and Venture-Agents: Gerard van Konijnenburg, Phillip Wood, Christine Bussman, Sylvain Corbaz, Michael Hallet. Andrew Warner, Richard Lowe, Helen Yau, and Hannes Schunk. Contact information for the above listed individuals, as well as all volunteers, is available on <a href = "/organizedplay/coordinators">the Coordinators Page</a>.</p>
<p>We are always looking for more volunteers, both online and around the globe. If you are interested in helping organize games and joining the ranks of the Venture-Officers, please email me with your location and area of interest at <a href = "mailto:tonya.woldridge@organizedplayfoundation.org">tonya.woldridge@organizedplayfoundation.org</a> to open a discussion.</p>
<p>Thank you to the team of volunteers helping spin up the new region and to all the Venture-Officers worldwide, without whom we would not have an organized play program.</p>
<h2>DIY Terrain Contest</h2>
<p>Last August, we asked GMs to submit their best <b>DIY Terrain</b> photos. The four submissions below impressed us and we couldn't choose between them, so we are posting them all and asking you to choose a winner. Please give them a good look over and vote for your favorite!</p>
<p>We will leave the polls open for 2 weeks and announce the winner on November 22nd.</p>
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<h2>5• GM Recognition</h2>
<p>With the turn of the seasons, the convention pace slows down a bit, but continues to provide many opportunities for GMs to run games. Several of those GMs completed their 5-star requirements. These include running 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 be special scenarios. These requirements don't include the hours spent preparing their scenarios or gathering their supplies. The time needed to reach 5• is well over 600 hours! To those listed below, who earned their 5th star over the past few weeks, welcome to the club and thank you for your dedication to our Society.</p>
<ul><li>Matt Hill</li>
<li>James Hines</li>
<li>Alan Kaekel</li>
<li>Jussi Leinonen</li>
<li>Michael Lindner</li></ul>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>For those wanting to get a few more conventions in before the end of the year, you are in luck, Thanks to the dedication and effort of our volunteer organizers, Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society appears at quite a few locations all around the globe. Barring unforeseen circumstances, you can catch up with Paizo staffers at Gamehole Con, PAX Unplugged, AetherCon, and MarsCon. So check out the list and find a Society event near you!</p>
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<tr><td>Gamehole Con V</td><td>Madison, WI</td><td>11/2/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carnage XX (2017)</td><td>Killington, VT</td><td>11/3/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>NekoCon 2017</td><td>Hampton, VA</td><td>11/3/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Enchanted Realms Fall Charity Event</td><td>Colorado Springs, CO</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extra Life 2017</td><td>Boise, ID</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extra Life Day 2017</td><td>Austin, TX</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gryphcon Shadow 2017</td><td>Toronto, Canada</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jet City Comic Show 2017</td><td>Tacoma, WA</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rolecon 2017</td><td>Moscow, Russia</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Con on the Cob 2017</td><td>Richfield, OH</td><td>11/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Acadecon 2017</td><td>Dayton, OH</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>AetherCon 2017</td><td>Online</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arkansas Anime Festival 2017</td><td>Bentonville, AR</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fall MepaCon 2017</td><td>Allentown, PA</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>InvictaCon 2017</td><td>Porto, Portugal</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mace 2017</td><td>Charlotte, NC</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>PentaCon XXXIII (2017)</td><td>Fort Wayne, IN</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>TridentCon 2017</td><td>Parkville, MD</td><td>11/11/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Conquest Avalon 2017</td><td>Sacramento, CA</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>JimCon 2017</td><td>Winnipeg, Canada</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention 2017</td><td>Memphis, TN</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>NerdLouvia 2017</td><td>Louisville, KY</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>PAX Unplugged 2017</td><td>Philadelphia, PA</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Final Con-tdown 2017</td><td>Sioux Falls, SD</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Beacon 2017</td><td>Belfast, N. Ireland</td><td>11/18/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dreieichcon 2017</td><td>Germany</td><td>11/18/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>GobbleCon 2017 </td><td>Burlingame, CA</td><td>11/24/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ludo-Outaouais 2017</td><td>Gatineau, Canada</td><td>11/24/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wolfcon 2017</td><td>Chicago, IL</td><td>11/24/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SP "Assault on Absalom" DAU '17</td><td>Barcelona, Spain</td><td>11/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>AnonyCon 2017</td><td>Stamford, CT</td><td>12/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dragonmeet 2017</td><td>London, United Kingdom</td><td>12/2/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aus East Coast Interactive 4</td><td>Sydney/Brisbane, Australia</td><td>12/8/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Midwinter Gaming Convention 2018</td><td>Milwaukee, WI</td><td>1/11/18</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arisia 2018</td><td>Boston, MA</td><td>1/12/18</td></tr>
<tr><td>MarsCon 2018</td><td>Williamsburg, VA</td><td>1/12/18</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cancon 2018</td><td>Australia</td><td>1/26/18</td></tr>
<tr><td>TotalCon 2018</td><td>Marlborough, MA</td><td>2/22/18</td></tr>
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<h2>PAX Unplugged</h2>
<p>Paizo has a booth at the show, where we will run demo games of Starfinder, Pathfinder RPG, and Pathfinder ACG. We need help running the tables, and helpers will get room, badge, and store credit similar to Gen Con rewards. If you want to help out by running demos, email <a href = "mailto:tonya.woldridge@paizo.com">tonya.woldridge@paizo.com</a>. Space is limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis, so if you want to attend, send your email today! in the next few weeks regarding our presence at the show.</p>
<p>Until next week—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
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<p class="date">Wednesday, November 1, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">In the couple of weeks since I got back from PaizoCon Oz, I keep looking at our blog schedule for an opportunity to write of my travels and share some of the photos I took at the event. That there hasn't been a gap testifies to how much is going on in the realm of organized play. So, I'm going to share a couple of photos today and I promise to give a full account of my travels next week.</p>
<h2>Extra Life</h2>
<p>Paizo is a major partner with Extra Life this year. Extra Life is a charity that raises funds for local Children's Hospitals. We have a Super Team and welcome anyone that wishes to help raise money for the kids. <a href = "https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=35870" target = "_blank">You can find our team page here.</a> Feel free to make an account and join our efforts!</p>
<p>As part of our fundraising efforts, we will be live-streaming games the 25 hours of the Extra Life event. Starting at 10:00 AM Saturday and running through 10:00 AM Sunday, you can watch Paizo staffers and a few guests roll their dice, move their mice, and hope no one gets hurt. Organized play events start at 2:00 AM Pacific standard time with a PFS scenario brought to us by the local Seattle Venture-Officers and GMs. From 6:00-10:00 AM Pacific standard time, John Compton takes the helm to run a Starfinder Scenario. Tune in to watch our scenarios and help with the hijinks. Visit <a href = "https://go.twitch.tv/officialpaizo" target = "_blank">our Twitch stream</a> to watch the event and qualify for the chance to earn special prizes, such as limited edition boons, Paizo books, a Gen Con badge, and more.</p>
<p>Participating in the live stream event gives the Paizo organized play team an opportunity to reveal another way in which we're distributing race boons: via online events. From this weekend, when an organized play team member appears on a podcast, streamed charity event, or other online public appearance, they'll bring a few boons with them. Which boons, you ask? How about <b>Ghorans</b> (for Pathfinder Society) and <b>Skittermanders</b> (for Starfinder Society)! To whet your interest in these boons, please note that <em>Ultimate Wilderness</em> (releasing in November) features new options for Ghorans. I encourage you to join John, Thurston, myself, and a few other staffers from 6:00-10:00 AM Pacific standard time this Sunday when we're giving away the first of these via raffle. We are working on the method of disbursement, which will most likely involve a $20 donation to Extra Life and some variety of raffle, but regardless of dispersal method, you must be logged in and watching to win.</p>
<p>In addition to the Paizo live-stream, there are quite a few other conventions running events for Extra Life as well. So the organized play team decided to encourage the spirit of generosity by shaking things up a bit. The following modifications to Society rules apply for any games played at a venue supporting Extra between November 2 and November 6, 2017.</p>
<ul><li>The Retail Incentive Program applies for all locations, regardless of whether the event takes place in a location selling items. Monies donated to Extra Life qualify as purchases for the program, regardless of whether donated by players, GMs, or spectators.</li>
<li>We've sent a special Extra Life boon to locations running events. This boon is eligible for dispersal to players the same way other boons are available or to anyone who makes a $10 or more donation to Extra Life.</li>
<li>Spectators may donate money to Extra Life and change up the action of the game, as long as it does not modify the adventure mechanics or the GMs ability to run the adventure as written. So make the players talk in funny voices, dance a jig at the table, or swap character sheets with a neighbor.</li></ul>
<p>Don't forget to check out our Twitch stream and root for Paizo and its partners in our quest of helping sick children.</p>
<h2>Online Organized Play</h2>
<p>Over the past two years, the numbers of GMs running games in the aether doubled, then doubled again and is continuing to grow at lightening pace. Players with mobility issues, or in remote locations, or on non-traditional schedules, are joining the online games as a way to connect with other players and experience organized play. Paizo's partnerships with online VTT platforms and hosting of Play-by-Post games on its forums support player opportunities for online gaming. For these reasons, and to keep up with the growing demands on the organizers' time and energy, we are expanding the team. It is our great pleasure to announce the creation of an eleventh region—the Online region, under the guidance of Jesse Davis, also known as Ironhelixx.</p>
<p>One of the biggest changes in the online region is the addition of Pathfinder Society Adventure Card Guild play. Stemming from our playtests of the various base sets, we are looking to introduce more players to the Society based stories of the Season of Faction's Favor and Season of Plundered Tombs, the swashbuckling adventures of the Season of the Shackles, the holy fury contained in the Season of the Righteous, the virtues and sins of the Season of the Runelords and the fire and chaos of Season of the Goblins. If you want to experience the fun of the card game, but haven't had a group near you, this may well be your answer.</p>
<p>Both the Retail Support Program and the Regional Support Program will have online components. We are currently fleshing out the details and will post them in the next few weeks. It is a balancing act, as we don't want to deny the online players the benefits of the programs, but we don't want to negate the benefits for physical locations either. At this time we are soliciting feedback for how to integrate these programs. If you have ideas, feel free to send them to me at <a href = "mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com">organizedplay@paizo.com</a></p>
<p>To assist Jesse, we are promoting three people to the position of Venture-Captain. Each will oversee one aspect of online play. Please welcome the following individuals to the VC ranks:</p>
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<p><b>Venture-Captain—PbP</b>: Hilary Moon-Murphy<br />
<b>Venture-Captain—ACG</b>: Tyler Beck<br />
<b>Venture-Captain—VTT</b>: James Bartlett</p>
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<p>Rounding out the team are the Venture-Lieutenants and Venture-Agents: Gerard van Konijnenburg, Phillip Wood, Christine Bussman, Sylvain Corbaz, Michael Hallet. Andrew Warner, Richard Lowe, Helen Yau, and Hannes Schunk. Contact information for the above listed individuals, as well as all volunteers, is available on <a href = "/organizedplay/coordinators">the Coordinators Page</a>.</p>
<p>We are always looking for more volunteers, both online and around the globe. If you are interested in helping organize games and joining the ranks of the Venture-Officers, please email me with your location and area of interest at <a href = "mailto:tonya.woldridge@organizedplayfoundation.org">tonya.woldridge@organizedplayfoundation.org</a> to open a discussion.</p>
<p>Thank you to the team of volunteers helping spin up the new region and to all the Venture-Officers worldwide, without whom we would not have an organized play program.</p>
<h2>DIY Terrain Contest</h2>
<p>Last August, we asked GMs to submit their best <b>DIY Terrain</b> photos. The four submissions below impressed us and we couldn't choose between them, so we are posting them all and asking you to choose a winner. Please give them a good look over and vote for your favorite!</p>
<p>We will leave the polls open for 2 weeks and announce the winner on November 22nd.</p>
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<a href = "//cdn.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20171101-PathfinderLodge.jpg"><img src = "//cdn.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20171101-PathfinderLodge_180.jpeg"></a>
<p class = "tiny">Entry #1—Pathfinder Lodge</p>
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<p class = "tiny">Entry #2—Ship </p>
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<p class = "tiny">Entry #3—Tornado in a Tower</p>
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<p class = "tiny">Entry #4—Extra-dimensional Oubliette</p>
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<h2>5• GM Recognition</h2>
<p>With the turn of the seasons, the convention pace slows down a bit, but continues to provide many opportunities for GMs to run games. Several of those GMs completed their 5-star requirements. These include running 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 be special scenarios. These requirements don't include the hours spent preparing their scenarios or gathering their supplies. The time needed to reach 5• is well over 600 hours! To those listed below, who earned their 5th star over the past few weeks, welcome to the club and thank you for your dedication to our Society.</p>
<ul><li>Matt Hill</li>
<li>James Hines</li>
<li>Alan Kaekel</li>
<li>Jussi Leinonen</li>
<li>Michael Lindner</li></ul>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>For those wanting to get a few more conventions in before the end of the year, you are in luck, Thanks to the dedication and effort of our volunteer organizers, Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society appears at quite a few locations all around the globe. Barring unforeseen circumstances, you can catch up with Paizo staffers at Gamehole Con, PAX Unplugged, AetherCon, and MarsCon. So check out the list and find a Society event near you!</p>
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<tr><td>Gamehole Con V</td><td>Madison, WI</td><td>11/2/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carnage XX (2017)</td><td>Killington, VT</td><td>11/3/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>NekoCon 2017</td><td>Hampton, VA</td><td>11/3/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Enchanted Realms Fall Charity Event</td><td>Colorado Springs, CO</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extra Life 2017</td><td>Boise, ID</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extra Life Day 2017</td><td>Austin, TX</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gryphcon Shadow 2017</td><td>Toronto, Canada</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jet City Comic Show 2017</td><td>Tacoma, WA</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rolecon 2017</td><td>Moscow, Russia</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Con on the Cob 2017</td><td>Richfield, OH</td><td>11/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Acadecon 2017</td><td>Dayton, OH</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>AetherCon 2017</td><td>Online</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arkansas Anime Festival 2017</td><td>Bentonville, AR</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fall MepaCon 2017</td><td>Allentown, PA</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>InvictaCon 2017</td><td>Porto, Portugal</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mace 2017</td><td>Charlotte, NC</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>PentaCon XXXIII (2017)</td><td>Fort Wayne, IN</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>TridentCon 2017</td><td>Parkville, MD</td><td>11/11/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Conquest Avalon 2017</td><td>Sacramento, CA</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>JimCon 2017</td><td>Winnipeg, Canada</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention 2017</td><td>Memphis, TN</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>NerdLouvia 2017</td><td>Louisville, KY</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>PAX Unplugged 2017</td><td>Philadelphia, PA</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Final Con-tdown 2017</td><td>Sioux Falls, SD</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Beacon 2017</td><td>Belfast, N. Ireland</td><td>11/18/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dreieichcon 2017</td><td>Germany</td><td>11/18/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>GobbleCon 2017 </td><td>Burlingame, CA</td><td>11/24/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ludo-Outaouais 2017</td><td>Gatineau, Canada</td><td>11/24/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wolfcon 2017</td><td>Chicago, IL</td><td>11/24/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SP "Assault on Absalom" DAU '17</td><td>Barcelona, Spain</td><td>11/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>AnonyCon 2017</td><td>Stamford, CT</td><td>12/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dragonmeet 2017</td><td>London, United Kingdom</td><td>12/2/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aus East Coast Interactive 4</td><td>Sydney/Brisbane, Australia</td><td>12/8/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Midwinter Gaming Convention 2018</td><td>Milwaukee, WI</td><td>1/11/18</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arisia 2018</td><td>Boston, MA</td><td>1/12/18</td></tr>
<tr><td>MarsCon 2018</td><td>Williamsburg, VA</td><td>1/12/18</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cancon 2018</td><td>Australia</td><td>1/26/18</td></tr>
<tr><td>TotalCon 2018</td><td>Marlborough, MA</td><td>2/22/18</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<h2>PAX Unplugged</h2>
<p>Paizo has a booth at the show, where we will run demo games of Starfinder, Pathfinder RPG, and Pathfinder ACG. We need help running the tables, and helpers will get room, badge, and store credit similar to Gen Con rewards. If you want to help out by running demos, email <a href = "mailto:tonya.woldridge@paizo.com">tonya.woldridge@paizo.com</a>. Space is limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis, so if you want to attend, send your email today! in the next few weeks regarding our presence at the show.</p>
<p>Until next week—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
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<p class="date">Wednesday, October 11, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">The past 48 hours saw me on three flights traveling thorugh three countries and crossing a date line. Today I am in New Zealand and heading to the coast for a few hours sightseeing before meeting up with the PaizoCon OZ attendees in Matamata, New Zealand. Over the next few days I'm running a few out of retirement games, some Starfinder Society, and playing a few games. Saturday night brings us dinner and <a href = "/products/btpy9tld?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-900-Assault-on-Absalom"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario 9-00: Assault on Absalom</em></a> in the Green Dragon Inn in Hobbiton. Thanks to VCs Glen Irving, Paul Trani, and crew for putting together what looks like a fantastic event! Look for photos and a full report in an upcoming blog!</p>
<h2>5• GM Recognition</h2>
<p>The end of summer con season brings with it quite a few new 5• GMs. To reach this achievement, the GMs must run 150 games, including at least 50 unique scenarios and 10 special scenarios. These requirements don't include the hours spent preparing their scenarios or gathering their supplies. The time needed to reach 5• is well over 600 hours! To those listed below, who earned their 5th star over the past few weeks, welcome to the club and thank you for your dedication to our Society.</p>
<ul><li>Milan Badzic</li>
<li>Trevor Burroughs</li>
<li>Jim Crase</li>
<li>Gustavo Cruz Mellado</li>
<li>Mike Eckrich</li>
<li>Joshua Hubbell</li>
<li>Rich McKean</li>
<li>Bradley McTeer</li>
<li>Everett Mitola</li>
<li>Mitch Mutrux</li>
<li>Alison Ooms</li>
<li>Greg Rebelo</li>
<li>Derek Schubert</li>
<li>Nathan Schwalm</li>
<li>Jay Zicht</li></ul>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>There are a few more months in the 2017 convention season, which means more Starfinder and Pathfinder goodness for players around the world. Here's a list of upcoming conventions who notified us of their intent to run our organized play programs!</p>
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<tr><td>Another Anime Convention 2017</td><td>Manchester, NH</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>FG Con 11 (2017)</td><td>Online</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Imperial Outpost Con 2017</td><td>Glendale, AZ</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Oddcon XI</td><td>Telford, UK</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>PaizoCon Oz 2017</td><td>Matamata, New Zealand</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pathcon 4.0</td><td>Salt Lake City, UT</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Save Against Fear 2017</td><td>Harrisburg, PA</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Snap-Con 2017</td><td>Cape Girardeau, MO</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>the Unseelie Court 2017</td><td>Philadelphia, PA</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Viking Con 2017</td><td>Copenhagen, Denmark</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Xenocon 2017</td><td>Davenport, IA</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sage's Con 17 (2017)</td><td>West Lafayette, IN</td><td>10/14/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Asheville Scarefest 2017</td><td>Montreat, NC</td><td>10/19/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reaper Con 2017</td><td>Lewisville, TX</td><td>10/19/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rock-Con 2017</td><td>Rockford, IL</td><td>10/19/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>FlatCon 2017</td><td>Bloomington, IL</td><td>10/20/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>GaelCon 2017</td><td>Dublin, Ireland</td><td>10/27/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lone Star Game Expo</td><td>Grapevine, TX</td><td>10/27/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tavern Con 2017</td><td>Sanford, MI</td><td>10/27/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>JenCon Alive (2017)</td><td>Sheffield, England</td><td>10/28/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Skycon 2017</td><td>Kitchener, Ontario, Canada</td><td>10/28/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gamehole Con V</td><td>Madison, WI</td><td>11/2/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carnage XX (2017)</td><td>Killington, VT</td><td>11/3/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Enchanted Realms Fall Charity Event</td><td>Colorado Springs, CO</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extra Life 2017</td><td>Boise, ID</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jet City Comic Show 2017</td><td>Tacoma, WA</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extra Life Day</td><td>Austin, TX</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Con on the Cob 2017</td><td>Richfield, OH</td><td>11/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fall MepaCon 2017</td><td>Allentown, PA</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mace 2017</td><td>Charlotte, NC</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Acadecon 2017</td><td>Dayton, OH</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arkansas Anime Festival 2017</td><td>Bentonville, AR</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>TridentCon 2017</td><td>Parkville, MD</td><td>11/11/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Conquest Avalon 2017</td><td>Sacramento, CA</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Final Con-tdown 2017</td><td>Sioux Falls, SD</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>JimCon 2017</td><td>Winnepeg, Canada</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>GobbleCon 2017 </td><td>Burlingame, CA</td><td>11/24/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SP "Assault on Absalom" DAU '17</td><td>Barcelona, Spain</td><td>11/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aus East Coast Interactive 4</td><td>Sydney/Brisbane, Australia</td><td>12/8/17</td></tr>
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<h2>Contests</h2>
<p><a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lk4a?Leaders-in-Liberty-Voting-Now-Open">Leaders in Liberty</a> voting is done and the winning NPC is <b>Karisa Starsight</b>. The winner will be contacted in the coming days with their prize information. Look for this NPC in upcoming stories!</p>
<p>We also have our Best Terrain competition, which closed for entries on September 21. We are reviewing the entries and will open voting next week.</p>
<h2>PAX Unplugged</h2>
<p>Paizo has a booth at the show, where we will run demo games of Starfinder, Pathfinder RPG, and Pathfinder ACG. We need help running the tables, and helpers will get room, badge, and store credit similar to Gen Con rewards. If you want to help out by running demos, email <a href = "mailto:tonya.woldridge@paizo.com">tonya.woldridge@paizo.com</a>. Space is limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis, so if you want to attend, send your email today! in the next few weeks regarding our presence at the show.</p>
<p>Until next week—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">October Monthly Roundup!</h1>
<p class="date">Wednesday, October 11, 2017</p>
<div itemprop="articlebody">
<p itemprop="description">The past 48 hours saw me on three flights traveling thorugh three countries and crossing a date line. Today I am in New Zealand and heading to the coast for a few hours sightseeing before meeting up with the PaizoCon OZ attendees in Matamata, New Zealand. Over the next few days I'm running a few out of retirement games, some Starfinder Society, and playing a few games. Saturday night brings us dinner and <a href = "/products/btpy9tld?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-900-Assault-on-Absalom"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario 9-00: Assault on Absalom</em></a> in the Green Dragon Inn in Hobbiton. Thanks to VCs Glen Irving, Paul Trani, and crew for putting together what looks like a fantastic event! Look for photos and a full report in an upcoming blog!</p>
<h2>5• GM Recognition</h2>
<p>The end of summer con season brings with it quite a few new 5• GMs. To reach this achievement, the GMs must run 150 games, including at least 50 unique scenarios and 10 special scenarios. These requirements don't include the hours spent preparing their scenarios or gathering their supplies. The time needed to reach 5• is well over 600 hours! To those listed below, who earned their 5th star over the past few weeks, welcome to the club and thank you for your dedication to our Society.</p>
<ul><li>Milan Badzic</li>
<li>Trevor Burroughs</li>
<li>Jim Crase</li>
<li>Gustavo Cruz Mellado</li>
<li>Mike Eckrich</li>
<li>Joshua Hubbell</li>
<li>Rich McKean</li>
<li>Bradley McTeer</li>
<li>Everett Mitola</li>
<li>Mitch Mutrux</li>
<li>Alison Ooms</li>
<li>Greg Rebelo</li>
<li>Derek Schubert</li>
<li>Nathan Schwalm</li>
<li>Jay Zicht</li></ul>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>There are a few more months in the 2017 convention season, which means more Starfinder and Pathfinder goodness for players around the world. Here's a list of upcoming conventions who notified us of their intent to run our organized play programs!</p>
<div class = "callout-block indent" style = "width: 650px;">
<table class = "table-spacing-large"><tbody>
<tr><td>Another Anime Convention 2017</td><td>Manchester, NH</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>FG Con 11 (2017)</td><td>Online</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Imperial Outpost Con 2017</td><td>Glendale, AZ</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Oddcon XI</td><td>Telford, UK</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>PaizoCon Oz 2017</td><td>Matamata, New Zealand</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pathcon 4.0</td><td>Salt Lake City, UT</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Save Against Fear 2017</td><td>Harrisburg, PA</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Snap-Con 2017</td><td>Cape Girardeau, MO</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>the Unseelie Court 2017</td><td>Philadelphia, PA</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Viking Con 2017</td><td>Copenhagen, Denmark</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Xenocon 2017</td><td>Davenport, IA</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sage's Con 17 (2017)</td><td>West Lafayette, IN</td><td>10/14/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Asheville Scarefest 2017</td><td>Montreat, NC</td><td>10/19/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reaper Con 2017</td><td>Lewisville, TX</td><td>10/19/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rock-Con 2017</td><td>Rockford, IL</td><td>10/19/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>FlatCon 2017</td><td>Bloomington, IL</td><td>10/20/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>GaelCon 2017</td><td>Dublin, Ireland</td><td>10/27/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lone Star Game Expo</td><td>Grapevine, TX</td><td>10/27/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tavern Con 2017</td><td>Sanford, MI</td><td>10/27/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>JenCon Alive (2017)</td><td>Sheffield, England</td><td>10/28/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Skycon 2017</td><td>Kitchener, Ontario, Canada</td><td>10/28/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gamehole Con V</td><td>Madison, WI</td><td>11/2/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carnage XX (2017)</td><td>Killington, VT</td><td>11/3/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Enchanted Realms Fall Charity Event</td><td>Colorado Springs, CO</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extra Life 2017</td><td>Boise, ID</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jet City Comic Show 2017</td><td>Tacoma, WA</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Extra Life Day</td><td>Austin, TX</td><td>11/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Con on the Cob 2017</td><td>Richfield, OH</td><td>11/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fall MepaCon 2017</td><td>Allentown, PA</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mace 2017</td><td>Charlotte, NC</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Acadecon 2017</td><td>Dayton, OH</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arkansas Anime Festival 2017</td><td>Bentonville, AR</td><td>11/10/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>TridentCon 2017</td><td>Parkville, MD</td><td>11/11/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Conquest Avalon 2017</td><td>Sacramento, CA</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Final Con-tdown 2017</td><td>Sioux Falls, SD</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>JimCon 2017</td><td>Winnepeg, Canada</td><td>11/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>GobbleCon 2017 </td><td>Burlingame, CA</td><td>11/24/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SP "Assault on Absalom" DAU '17</td><td>Barcelona, Spain</td><td>11/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aus East Coast Interactive 4</td><td>Sydney/Brisbane, Australia</td><td>12/8/17</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<h2>Contests</h2>
<p><a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lk4a?Leaders-in-Liberty-Voting-Now-Open">Leaders in Liberty</a> voting is done and the winning NPC is <b>Karisa Starsight</b>. The winner will be contacted in the coming days with their prize information. Look for this NPC in upcoming stories!</p>
<p>We also have our Best Terrain competition, which closed for entries on September 21. We are reviewing the entries and will open voting next week.</p>
<h2>PAX Unplugged</h2>
<p>Paizo has a booth at the show, where we will run demo games of Starfinder, Pathfinder RPG, and Pathfinder ACG. We need help running the tables, and helpers will get room, badge, and store credit similar to Gen Con rewards. If you want to help out by running demos, email <a href = "mailto:tonya.woldridge@paizo.com">tonya.woldridge@paizo.com</a>. Space is limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis, so if you want to attend, send your email today! in the next few weeks regarding our presence at the show.</p>
<p>Until next week—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
</div>
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<p class="date">Wednesday, September 13, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Back in July we introduced a new character to the Pathfinder Society campaign. More accurately, we asked for your help in the form of <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljz1?Leaders-in-Liberty">a contest to write the character's backstory</a> in 250-300 words. After Tonya copied the entries into a form we could review without seeing any author names, the team set to reading through the 53 narratives and picking out our favorites.</p>
<p>We've included our top four picks below, and it's now the community's turn to decide. Vote for your favorite by <b>September 29 at 5:00 PM Pacific time</b> and we'll announce the winner soon afterward in a later blog. Remember that those who participate in the contest—including in the voting process—contribute to the Liberty's Edge faction's goals for the recent Season 9 <a href = "/products/btpy9dgw?Pathfinder-Society-Faction-Journal-Cards">Faction Journal Cards</a> update.</p>
<p>When we launched this contest, we were still several weeks away from the release of <a href = "/products/btpy9tlb?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-902-A-Case-of-Missing-Persons"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-02: A Case of Missing Persons</em></a>. That adventure has a significant Liberty's Edge faction connection, and I encourage everyone to play it. It also provides a little more context for this contest—not necessary to vote on your favorite background, but potentially helpful. I've included that information in a spoiler below, so investigate at your own peril.</p>
<b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-02 Spoiler</b> <input type="button" value="Show" onclick="toggleSpoiler(this)">
<div class = "spoiler-text">Major Colson Maldris has gone missing, and it seems he's enlisted some very questionable allies. Without an appointed leader, the Liberty's Edge faction needs a temporary leader to keep the operation running smoothly and coordinate the hunt for Maldris. Might this individual take on the challenge?</div>
<blockquote>
<h3>Daarit Kwelu</h3>
<p>Daarit Kwelu was born in the abolitionist city-state of Senghor. Her father, Tadesse, was a scrupulous investor in the long haul sea trade who used his fortune to ensure that his two daughters would be free to pursue their own paths in life. While her younger sister, Rensaret, decided to put her talents into the Senghorian navy, Daarit chose to go to the Magaambya and put her mind to work.</p>
<p>Her education in Nantambu focused on the modern and ancient languages of the Inner Sea, and she quickly began serving as a junior translator for visiting scholars. Daarit proved her lexical mastery when she assisted Neiford Sharrowsmith in deciphering a recovered codex from a fallen Shory sky city. Her ability to interpret subtle nuances in the Shory language helped render ancient metaphors into functional formulae, unlocking new and deeper understandings of the lost aeromantic arts.</p>
<p>That Shory text awakened in her a sense of awe and pride in the history of the Expanse and its people. Fueled by these stories of ancestors who conquered earth and sky, she became even more attuned to the liberator's cause; seeing in each Mwangi slave a sky master chained to the ground.</p>
<p>Upon completing her studies, Daarit returned home with a dream of restoring the ancient power and glory of the Expanse. Her vision of a great nation for a free and united Mwangi people was well received by council elder Helise Solu who saw in her a voice for his own expansionist politics. Daarit now serves as a translator and diplomat for Senghor, brokering alliances between the Mwangi free cities, advocating for the abolition of slavery throughout Garund, and hoping, one day, to see her people return to the sky.</p>
<h3>Folami Kanye</h3>
<p>Folami Kanye was born on the waves to a family of Ombo pirates and slavers, and from birth she was trained to be a savvy negotiator and capable fighter. However, her relatives' actions never sat well with her, especially in Sargava. She felt as though the Ijo they frequently abducted were her own people and wished that the two groups could unite against their Chelish oppressors.</p>
<p>When Folami was 19, her family captured an elderly Ijo woman named Abena, who reminded Folami of her deceased grandmother. After a storm destroyed their provisions, Folami's sister Ife, the vessel's captain, ordered the deaths of Abena and two other slaves to save resources. In a daring rescue, which even Folami admitted worked only because Ife never suspected her sister's betrayal, Folami fought off her sister's guards and hustled the slaves to a life boat. Unwilling to harm her sister, Ife did not pursue, and an Ijo fishing vessel picked up Folami, Abena, and the others.</p>
<p>Over the next few years, Folami set up a small but thriving operation to rescue slaves from Ombo pirates like her family. Her friend Abena manages Folami's headquarters, all the while chiding her to find a more peaceful solution to Ijo problems. Folami realizes that her endeavors are adding to the Bonuwat vs. Bonuwat fighting that she found counterproductive in her youth, but at least now she fights for justice.</p>
<p>When the Pathfinder Society won the Sargava Chalice in 4717 and even extracted concessions from the Chelish nobles regarding the cup's ownership, Folami recognized that an alliance with the organization might help her realize the goals of freedom on a larger scale. After doing some research, she contacted Colson Maldris and offered her team's services in exchange for a broadening of Liberty's Edge's endeavors in Western Garund.</p>
<h3>Helakai Ironsi</h3>
<p>Helakai Ironsi is a traveling manifestation of the ethics of her Caldaru heritage. Born and raised in Senghor, as most Caldaru are, Helakai has grown into a dual role in life. She travels openly as a merchant, yet in private she is a steadfast vessel of the Bonuwat diety known as Shimye-Magalla.</p>
<p>Her travels take her from Senghor to Bloodcove and then up the Vanji River to Nantambu and Lake Ocota. Not specializing in any one product, she selects from the variety of goods that arrive in Senghor to make up her cargo for the upriver journey. It is in the return trip downriver that she serves Shimye-Magalla and her ancestors' spirits.</p>
<p>Helakai runs escaped slaves, hidden among her crew or concealed by her magic. Outwardly her vessel is filled with trade goods from the interior, but this simply defrays the cost of bringing those unfortunates to Senghor and the freedom of that doorway to the open sea. Some will challenge her story, but she is resourceful and has always won free.</p>
<p>She sees as her greatest danger the possibility of a double-agent posing as an escaped slave. This would be serious trouble if she was ratted out to the Aspis Consortium in Bloodcove. Fighting through the Aspis base is not an option, subterfuge is the only tactic that works. Helakai has become quite skilled at that.</p>
<p>Her current and recent trading partners include Aya Allahe and Sharrowsmith's Exports, through which she has become aware of the Pathfinder Society and their links in the wider world. Lately that connection has become more active.</p>
<h3>Karisa Starsight</h3>
<p>The pirate slaver Kolm Redarax of the <i>Besmara's Lash</i> came upon an adrift Bonuwat ship. Redarax found the crew entirely missing with no sign of violence. Just as he set to leave the apparently cursed vessel, an infant's cry was heard. Redarax found a swaddled Bonuwat girl-child. When the infant opened her eyes, Redarax noticed their striking blue color that seemed radiant in the sun. Redarax named her Karisa Starsight—his daughter.</p>
<p>Being the daughter of the captain did not exempt Karisa from duty. She tended to the needs of the slaves Redarax traded in various Garundi ports. She came to realize the slaves were people with the same worth as any other. As she grew into a young adult, she was torn between the plight of the slaves and her love for her father.</p>
<p>One day the <i>Besmara's Lash</i> was attacked by a Gray Corsairs vessel, captained by a friend of Major Colson Madris. The Corsairs were victorious. When the Andoren captain was about to put Redarax to the sword, Karisa intervened. She pledged her service to Andoran and freedom in exchange for Redarax's life. The captain agreed, but reasoned that putting her into simple servitude would be an act little better than those of Redarax. He decided to send her to be mentored by his friend Madris in Absalom, while Redarax was taken to an Andoren prison.</p>
<p>Karisa quickly excelled as an aide to Madris. Life at sea has given her a disciplined work ethic, enhanced by interpersonal skills learned from many cultures. Madris has made her his steward, having her assign Pathfinders and other agents to various tasks in the cause of freedom. Karisa is proud of her role, but she can't forget that her father—no matter how much she despises his morals—is himself bound in chains.</p>
<h3>Orisa Ombo</h3>
<p>Traders know Orisa Ombo as the powerful scion of the nine-feathers trading house. She travels throughout Garund and Avistan, sternly trading the wares of her family: rare hardwoods, magical items, seafood and most heartlessly, slaves. The cold-hearted Lady Ombo cuts hard bargains and doesn't flinch from questionable tactics. She has brought profit and renown to her house, but she is not the woman she used to be.</p>
<p>Several years ago, Orisa collected a group of Bonuwat slaves to trade in Katapesh. Among them was a Janni priest of Shimye-Magalla known as Ardrashir. Ancient tradition among the Bonuwat forbid harming servants of this nature god, but Orisa sold him to depraved cultists of Lamashtu for great profit. The night the priest was sacrificed, Orisa tossed and turned in her fine bed, and she was visited by a vision of Shimye-Magalla. The angry spirit fused the soul of Ardashir into Orisa Ombo and cursed her for breaking the ancient laws of her people.</p>
<p>Ardashir struggled within Orisa and forced her to face his suffering. Now, Orisa pretends to be same heartless merchant queen, but by night, word has spread throughout the inner sea region of an avenging angel, who seems to know all the secrets of the slavers he targets. The Shadow Angel is Orisa's body possessed by Ardashir's soul. He strikes slaving rings where they are most vulnerable and disappears into the night.</p>
<p>Lady Orisa works with Liberty's Edge, offering them information and secret financial support. In return, she asks for Pathfinder strike teams to attack slavers and those that protect them. She is a master of disguise who is careful to protect her cover identity and can even be found posing as a slave, following the trade routes to gather information.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style = "text-align: center; font-size: 18px;"><a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lk4a?Leaders-in-Liberty-Voting-Now-Open">Vote for your favorite here!</a></p>
<p>We're excited to hear what your favorite story is. We'd also appreciate hearing whether you enjoy these sorts of contests that allow the community to take a more active hand in creating campaign continuity. What sorts of organized play submission contests would you like to see in the future?</p>
<p>John Compton<br />
<i>Organized Play Lead Developer</i></div>
</div>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Leaders in Liberty, Voting Now Open!</h1>
<p class="date">Wednesday, September 13, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Back in July we introduced a new character to the Pathfinder Society campaign. More accurately, we asked for your help in the form of <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljz1?Leaders-in-Liberty">a contest to write the character's backstory</a> in 250-300 words. After Tonya copied the entries into a form we could review without seeing any author names, the team set to reading through the 53 narratives and picking out our favorites.</p>
<p>We've included our top four picks below, and it's now the community's turn to decide. Vote for your favorite by <b>September 29 at 5:00 PM Pacific time</b> and we'll announce the winner soon afterward in a later blog. Remember that those who participate in the contest—including in the voting process—contribute to the Liberty's Edge faction's goals for the recent Season 9 <a href = "/products/btpy9dgw?Pathfinder-Society-Faction-Journal-Cards">Faction Journal Cards</a> update.</p>
<p>When we launched this contest, we were still several weeks away from the release of <a href = "/products/btpy9tlb?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-902-A-Case-of-Missing-Persons"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-02: A Case of Missing Persons</em></a>. That adventure has a significant Liberty's Edge faction connection, and I encourage everyone to play it. It also provides a little more context for this contest—not necessary to vote on your favorite background, but potentially helpful. I've included that information in a spoiler below, so investigate at your own peril.</p>
<b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-02 Spoiler</b> <input type="button" value="Show" onclick="toggleSpoiler(this)">
<div class = "spoiler-text">Major Colson Maldris has gone missing, and it seems he's enlisted some very questionable allies. Without an appointed leader, the Liberty's Edge faction needs a temporary leader to keep the operation running smoothly and coordinate the hunt for Maldris. Might this individual take on the challenge?</div>
<blockquote>
<h3>Daarit Kwelu</h3>
<p>Daarit Kwelu was born in the abolitionist city-state of Senghor. Her father, Tadesse, was a scrupulous investor in the long haul sea trade who used his fortune to ensure that his two daughters would be free to pursue their own paths in life. While her younger sister, Rensaret, decided to put her talents into the Senghorian navy, Daarit chose to go to the Magaambya and put her mind to work.</p>
<p>Her education in Nantambu focused on the modern and ancient languages of the Inner Sea, and she quickly began serving as a junior translator for visiting scholars. Daarit proved her lexical mastery when she assisted Neiford Sharrowsmith in deciphering a recovered codex from a fallen Shory sky city. Her ability to interpret subtle nuances in the Shory language helped render ancient metaphors into functional formulae, unlocking new and deeper understandings of the lost aeromantic arts.</p>
<p>That Shory text awakened in her a sense of awe and pride in the history of the Expanse and its people. Fueled by these stories of ancestors who conquered earth and sky, she became even more attuned to the liberator's cause; seeing in each Mwangi slave a sky master chained to the ground.</p>
<p>Upon completing her studies, Daarit returned home with a dream of restoring the ancient power and glory of the Expanse. Her vision of a great nation for a free and united Mwangi people was well received by council elder Helise Solu who saw in her a voice for his own expansionist politics. Daarit now serves as a translator and diplomat for Senghor, brokering alliances between the Mwangi free cities, advocating for the abolition of slavery throughout Garund, and hoping, one day, to see her people return to the sky.</p>
<h3>Folami Kanye</h3>
<p>Folami Kanye was born on the waves to a family of Ombo pirates and slavers, and from birth she was trained to be a savvy negotiator and capable fighter. However, her relatives' actions never sat well with her, especially in Sargava. She felt as though the Ijo they frequently abducted were her own people and wished that the two groups could unite against their Chelish oppressors.</p>
<p>When Folami was 19, her family captured an elderly Ijo woman named Abena, who reminded Folami of her deceased grandmother. After a storm destroyed their provisions, Folami's sister Ife, the vessel's captain, ordered the deaths of Abena and two other slaves to save resources. In a daring rescue, which even Folami admitted worked only because Ife never suspected her sister's betrayal, Folami fought off her sister's guards and hustled the slaves to a life boat. Unwilling to harm her sister, Ife did not pursue, and an Ijo fishing vessel picked up Folami, Abena, and the others.</p>
<p>Over the next few years, Folami set up a small but thriving operation to rescue slaves from Ombo pirates like her family. Her friend Abena manages Folami's headquarters, all the while chiding her to find a more peaceful solution to Ijo problems. Folami realizes that her endeavors are adding to the Bonuwat vs. Bonuwat fighting that she found counterproductive in her youth, but at least now she fights for justice.</p>
<p>When the Pathfinder Society won the Sargava Chalice in 4717 and even extracted concessions from the Chelish nobles regarding the cup's ownership, Folami recognized that an alliance with the organization might help her realize the goals of freedom on a larger scale. After doing some research, she contacted Colson Maldris and offered her team's services in exchange for a broadening of Liberty's Edge's endeavors in Western Garund.</p>
<h3>Helakai Ironsi</h3>
<p>Helakai Ironsi is a traveling manifestation of the ethics of her Caldaru heritage. Born and raised in Senghor, as most Caldaru are, Helakai has grown into a dual role in life. She travels openly as a merchant, yet in private she is a steadfast vessel of the Bonuwat diety known as Shimye-Magalla.</p>
<p>Her travels take her from Senghor to Bloodcove and then up the Vanji River to Nantambu and Lake Ocota. Not specializing in any one product, she selects from the variety of goods that arrive in Senghor to make up her cargo for the upriver journey. It is in the return trip downriver that she serves Shimye-Magalla and her ancestors' spirits.</p>
<p>Helakai runs escaped slaves, hidden among her crew or concealed by her magic. Outwardly her vessel is filled with trade goods from the interior, but this simply defrays the cost of bringing those unfortunates to Senghor and the freedom of that doorway to the open sea. Some will challenge her story, but she is resourceful and has always won free.</p>
<p>She sees as her greatest danger the possibility of a double-agent posing as an escaped slave. This would be serious trouble if she was ratted out to the Aspis Consortium in Bloodcove. Fighting through the Aspis base is not an option, subterfuge is the only tactic that works. Helakai has become quite skilled at that.</p>
<p>Her current and recent trading partners include Aya Allahe and Sharrowsmith's Exports, through which she has become aware of the Pathfinder Society and their links in the wider world. Lately that connection has become more active.</p>
<h3>Karisa Starsight</h3>
<p>The pirate slaver Kolm Redarax of the <i>Besmara's Lash</i> came upon an adrift Bonuwat ship. Redarax found the crew entirely missing with no sign of violence. Just as he set to leave the apparently cursed vessel, an infant's cry was heard. Redarax found a swaddled Bonuwat girl-child. When the infant opened her eyes, Redarax noticed their striking blue color that seemed radiant in the sun. Redarax named her Karisa Starsight—his daughter.</p>
<p>Being the daughter of the captain did not exempt Karisa from duty. She tended to the needs of the slaves Redarax traded in various Garundi ports. She came to realize the slaves were people with the same worth as any other. As she grew into a young adult, she was torn between the plight of the slaves and her love for her father.</p>
<p>One day the <i>Besmara's Lash</i> was attacked by a Gray Corsairs vessel, captained by a friend of Major Colson Madris. The Corsairs were victorious. When the Andoren captain was about to put Redarax to the sword, Karisa intervened. She pledged her service to Andoran and freedom in exchange for Redarax's life. The captain agreed, but reasoned that putting her into simple servitude would be an act little better than those of Redarax. He decided to send her to be mentored by his friend Madris in Absalom, while Redarax was taken to an Andoren prison.</p>
<p>Karisa quickly excelled as an aide to Madris. Life at sea has given her a disciplined work ethic, enhanced by interpersonal skills learned from many cultures. Madris has made her his steward, having her assign Pathfinders and other agents to various tasks in the cause of freedom. Karisa is proud of her role, but she can't forget that her father—no matter how much she despises his morals—is himself bound in chains.</p>
<h3>Orisa Ombo</h3>
<p>Traders know Orisa Ombo as the powerful scion of the nine-feathers trading house. She travels throughout Garund and Avistan, sternly trading the wares of her family: rare hardwoods, magical items, seafood and most heartlessly, slaves. The cold-hearted Lady Ombo cuts hard bargains and doesn't flinch from questionable tactics. She has brought profit and renown to her house, but she is not the woman she used to be.</p>
<p>Several years ago, Orisa collected a group of Bonuwat slaves to trade in Katapesh. Among them was a Janni priest of Shimye-Magalla known as Ardrashir. Ancient tradition among the Bonuwat forbid harming servants of this nature god, but Orisa sold him to depraved cultists of Lamashtu for great profit. The night the priest was sacrificed, Orisa tossed and turned in her fine bed, and she was visited by a vision of Shimye-Magalla. The angry spirit fused the soul of Ardashir into Orisa Ombo and cursed her for breaking the ancient laws of her people.</p>
<p>Ardashir struggled within Orisa and forced her to face his suffering. Now, Orisa pretends to be same heartless merchant queen, but by night, word has spread throughout the inner sea region of an avenging angel, who seems to know all the secrets of the slavers he targets. The Shadow Angel is Orisa's body possessed by Ardashir's soul. He strikes slaving rings where they are most vulnerable and disappears into the night.</p>
<p>Lady Orisa works with Liberty's Edge, offering them information and secret financial support. In return, she asks for Pathfinder strike teams to attack slavers and those that protect them. She is a master of disguise who is careful to protect her cover identity and can even be found posing as a slave, following the trade routes to gather information.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style = "text-align: center; font-size: 18px;"><a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lk4a?Leaders-in-Liberty-Voting-Now-Open">Vote for your favorite here!</a></p>
<p>We're excited to hear what your favorite story is. We'd also appreciate hearing whether you enjoy these sorts of contests that allow the community to take a more active hand in creating campaign continuity. What sorts of organized play submission contests would you like to see in the future?</p>
<p>John Compton<br />
<i>Organized Play Lead Developer</i></div>
</div>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Monthly Roundup!</h1>
<p class="date">Wednesday, August 30, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">30 Arodus 4717</p>
<p>Back in the office after an exciting Gen Con 50! We came, we saw, and played lots of Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society. The demo tables of Starfinder kept busy, with lines out the door. Pathfinder Society packed the Sagamore Ballroom on Friday night to see the debut of <a href="https://paizo.com/products/btpy9tld?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-900-Assault-on-Absalom"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-00: Assault on Absalom</em></a>. We even added a few extra tables to seat more players! Thanks to the Venture Officers, GMs and HQ volunteers that made the event possible. We could not deliver the high level of programming without your assistance.</p>
<p>If you attended Gen Con and want to leave us feedback as we start planning 2018, please post in the official feedback threads on the messageboards by <b>September 14th</b>. If you prefer to give your feedback privately, please email <a href="mailto:genconpfsvolunteers@paizo.com">genconpfsvolunteers@paizo.com</a>. The org play team, leads, and I are processing all the information received to see where we can adjust processes and improve the Gen Con 2018 attendee and volunteer experience.</p>
<h2>Quests</h2>
<p>As we did with the <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lizf?So-Much-New-Material">Silverhex Chronicles and Phantom Phenomena in July 2016</a>, from here on out, the requirement to the Pathfinder Society Quest series Honor's Echo with pregenerated iconic characters is rescinded. Any 1st level character may be used to complete this arc. At this time, <a href = "/products/btpy9qcb?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-816-House-of-Harmonious-Wisdom"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-16: House of Harmonious Wisdom</em></a> is considered both a scenario and a series of Quests. If using as Quests to introduce players to the Pathfinder Society, pregenerated iconic character use is highly suggested, as this gets new players to the table and immersed in the game faster and easier.</p>
<h2>Website Updates</h2>
<p>We updated the Faction Journal Cards for the Year of Faction's Favor and they are now available <a href = "/products/btpy9dgw?Pathfinder-Society-Faction-Journal-Cards">for download</a>. Our content management liaison is still working on getting other items up on paizo.com, such as the Starfinder Society pages. Until this happens, we've stickied several posts in the Organized Play messageboards with links and updated policies, to keep the org play machine running smoothly.</p>
<h2>Campaign Coin Recipients</h2>
<p>During my travels, I've had the opportunity to give out campaign coins at events other than PaizoCon and Gen Con. This led to my only awarding one at Gen Con. Please congratulate <b>Glen Shackleton</b> on his long service to our community. He is now Org Play number 783.</p>
<h2>5• GM Recognition</h2>
<p>With so many special scenarios running at Gen Con, many GMs ran the last of their required 10 special games and achieved their 5th star. Besides 10 special events, they need to 150 games, including at least 50 unique scenarios. Our dedicated GMs spend hours and hours preparing to deliver a quality experience to the players. To those listed below, who earned their 5th star in the past few weeks, welcome to the club and thank you for your dedication to our Society.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Hunter Balduf<br />
Danny Braddock<br />
William Cleveland<br />
Joe Ducey<br />
Doug Edwards<br />
Matthew Hudson<br />
Tom Mcqueen<br />
Zack Nagel<br />
Jeffrey Reed<br />
Glen Shackleton<br />
Roger Sidebotham</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>Over the past few months, we feature the upcoming conventions with organized play activities. This list generates from the convention organizers' requesting support from Paizo and may not be complete. Especially when a flood of requests arrives in my inbox or when I am travelling.</p>
<p>The question I have for our player base—does this list help? Do you want me to continue posting events? If you would prefer to have it in a different format, or at a different time, please let me know. Constructive feedback is always appreciated!</p>
<div class = "callout-block indent" style = "width: 650px;">
<table class = "table-spacing-large"><tbody>
<tr><td>PacifiCon 2017</td><td>Santa Clara, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SacAnime Summer 2017</td><td>Sacramento, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>B-Con 2017</td><td>Aurora, CO</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>DragonCon 2017</td><td>Atlanta, GA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gateway 2017</td><td>Los Angeles, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gateway to Golarion II (2017)</td><td>Kutztown, PA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Portsmouth PFS Summer-Con 2017</td><td>Portsmouth, VA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tracon 2017</td><td>Tampere, Finland</td><td>9/7/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SibCon 2017</td><td>Butler, PA</td><td>9/8/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phantasm 2017</td><td>Peterborough, Ontario, Canada</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Diego Pathfinder Miramar MCAS Charity Play</td><td>San Diego, CA</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Traveling Pathfinder's Convocation</td><td>Houston, TX</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>CogCon 2017</td><td>Rolla, MO</td><td>9/15/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>CoNfUsIoN 2017</td><td>Gouda, Netherlands</td><td>9/15/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>GrandCon 2017</td><td>Grand Rapids, MI</td><td>9/15/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Skål Con 2017</td><td>Roseville, MN</td><td>9/15/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Granite State Comic Con 2017</td><td>Manchester, NH</td><td>9/16/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>AB-Con Winter 2017</td><td>Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany</td><td>9/22/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Viking Summer Lodge 2017</td><td>Taastrup, Denmark</td><td>9/22/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>HMGS-South Hurricon 2017</td><td>Kissimmee, FL</td><td>9/28/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>RinCon Games 2017</td><td>Tucson, AZ</td><td>9/29/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>BrisCon 2017</td><td>Brisbane, QLD, Australia</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>DBQ Con 2017</td><td>Dubuque, IA</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SPSX 2017</td><td>Glasgow, Scotland, UK</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>SydCon 2017</td><td>Sydney, NSW, Australia</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cincitycon 2017</td><td>Cincinnati, OH</td><td>10/6/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>AtomiCon Mini I (2017)</td><td>Durham, NC</td><td>10/7/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pathcon 4.0</td><td>Salt Lake City, UT</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Asheville Scarefest 2017</td><td>Montreat, NC</td><td>10/19/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Skycon 2017</td><td>Kitchener, Ontario, Canada</td><td>10/28/17</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<h2>Contests</h2>
<p><b>Today </b>is the deadline for the <b>Leaders in Liberty</b> contest. All entries must reach us by <b>midnight</b> Pacific Time. For more information, check out <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljz1?Leaders-in-Liberty">the contest criteria blog</a>.</p>
<p>In August, we noted that our next competition would be for best terrain. So dig through your photos and get ready to send us your best one. We'll start accepting them <b>September 1st</b> and stop on <b>September 21st</b>. So if you haven't built something yet, you still have time.</p>
<p>The contest requirements are that the photo be of a piece of 3D terrain made by the submitter in the last 6 months. Once submissions are closed, we will review the photos, pick the top contenders, and post them on paizo.com for a community vote. The winner will receive $30 in store credit. The number and value of prizes for runners up will be based on the number of submissions received and will be posted at the time of voting.</p>
<p>The next few weeks should be a flurry of Venture-Officer additions, convention support processing, and planning meetings for Seasons 10/5/2. Three programs mean triple the planning and lots of coordination. I am not travelling again, until October, so now's the time to pull things together.</p>
<p>The next Paizo attended show is PAX Unplugged in November. We should have more information in the next few weeks regarding our presence at the show.</p>
<p>Until next week—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Monthly Roundup!</h1>
<p class="date">Wednesday, August 30, 2017</p>
<div itemprop="articlebody">
<p itemprop="description">30 Arodus 4717</p>
<p>Back in the office after an exciting Gen Con 50! We came, we saw, and played lots of Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society. The demo tables of Starfinder kept busy, with lines out the door. Pathfinder Society packed the Sagamore Ballroom on Friday night to see the debut of <a href="https://paizo.com/products/btpy9tld?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-900-Assault-on-Absalom"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #9-00: Assault on Absalom</em></a>. We even added a few extra tables to seat more players! Thanks to the Venture Officers, GMs and HQ volunteers that made the event possible. We could not deliver the high level of programming without your assistance.</p>
<p>If you attended Gen Con and want to leave us feedback as we start planning 2018, please post in the official feedback threads on the messageboards by <b>September 14th</b>. If you prefer to give your feedback privately, please email <a href="mailto:genconpfsvolunteers@paizo.com">genconpfsvolunteers@paizo.com</a>. The org play team, leads, and I are processing all the information received to see where we can adjust processes and improve the Gen Con 2018 attendee and volunteer experience.</p>
<h2>Quests</h2>
<p>As we did with the <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lizf?So-Much-New-Material">Silverhex Chronicles and Phantom Phenomena in July 2016</a>, from here on out, the requirement to the Pathfinder Society Quest series Honor's Echo with pregenerated iconic characters is rescinded. Any 1st level character may be used to complete this arc. At this time, <a href = "/products/btpy9qcb?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-816-House-of-Harmonious-Wisdom"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-16: House of Harmonious Wisdom</em></a> is considered both a scenario and a series of Quests. If using as Quests to introduce players to the Pathfinder Society, pregenerated iconic character use is highly suggested, as this gets new players to the table and immersed in the game faster and easier.</p>
<h2>Website Updates</h2>
<p>We updated the Faction Journal Cards for the Year of Faction's Favor and they are now available <a href = "/products/btpy9dgw?Pathfinder-Society-Faction-Journal-Cards">for download</a>. Our content management liaison is still working on getting other items up on paizo.com, such as the Starfinder Society pages. Until this happens, we've stickied several posts in the Organized Play messageboards with links and updated policies, to keep the org play machine running smoothly.</p>
<h2>Campaign Coin Recipients</h2>
<p>During my travels, I've had the opportunity to give out campaign coins at events other than PaizoCon and Gen Con. This led to my only awarding one at Gen Con. Please congratulate <b>Glen Shackleton</b> on his long service to our community. He is now Org Play number 783.</p>
<h2>5• GM Recognition</h2>
<p>With so many special scenarios running at Gen Con, many GMs ran the last of their required 10 special games and achieved their 5th star. Besides 10 special events, they need to 150 games, including at least 50 unique scenarios. Our dedicated GMs spend hours and hours preparing to deliver a quality experience to the players. To those listed below, who earned their 5th star in the past few weeks, welcome to the club and thank you for your dedication to our Society.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Hunter Balduf<br />
Danny Braddock<br />
William Cleveland<br />
Joe Ducey<br />
Doug Edwards<br />
Matthew Hudson<br />
Tom Mcqueen<br />
Zack Nagel<br />
Jeffrey Reed<br />
Glen Shackleton<br />
Roger Sidebotham</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>Over the past few months, we feature the upcoming conventions with organized play activities. This list generates from the convention organizers' requesting support from Paizo and may not be complete. Especially when a flood of requests arrives in my inbox or when I am travelling.</p>
<p>The question I have for our player base—does this list help? Do you want me to continue posting events? If you would prefer to have it in a different format, or at a different time, please let me know. Constructive feedback is always appreciated!</p>
<div class = "callout-block indent" style = "width: 650px;">
<table class = "table-spacing-large"><tbody>
<tr><td>PacifiCon 2017</td><td>Santa Clara, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SacAnime Summer 2017</td><td>Sacramento, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>B-Con 2017</td><td>Aurora, CO</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>DragonCon 2017</td><td>Atlanta, GA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gateway 2017</td><td>Los Angeles, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gateway to Golarion II (2017)</td><td>Kutztown, PA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Portsmouth PFS Summer-Con 2017</td><td>Portsmouth, VA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tracon 2017</td><td>Tampere, Finland</td><td>9/7/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SibCon 2017</td><td>Butler, PA</td><td>9/8/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phantasm 2017</td><td>Peterborough, Ontario, Canada</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Diego Pathfinder Miramar MCAS Charity Play</td><td>San Diego, CA</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Traveling Pathfinder's Convocation</td><td>Houston, TX</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>CogCon 2017</td><td>Rolla, MO</td><td>9/15/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>CoNfUsIoN 2017</td><td>Gouda, Netherlands</td><td>9/15/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>GrandCon 2017</td><td>Grand Rapids, MI</td><td>9/15/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Skål Con 2017</td><td>Roseville, MN</td><td>9/15/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Granite State Comic Con 2017</td><td>Manchester, NH</td><td>9/16/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>AB-Con Winter 2017</td><td>Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany</td><td>9/22/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Viking Summer Lodge 2017</td><td>Taastrup, Denmark</td><td>9/22/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>HMGS-South Hurricon 2017</td><td>Kissimmee, FL</td><td>9/28/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>RinCon Games 2017</td><td>Tucson, AZ</td><td>9/29/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>BrisCon 2017</td><td>Brisbane, QLD, Australia</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>DBQ Con 2017</td><td>Dubuque, IA</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SPSX 2017</td><td>Glasgow, Scotland, UK</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
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<td>SydCon 2017</td><td>Sydney, NSW, Australia</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cincitycon 2017</td><td>Cincinnati, OH</td><td>10/6/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>AtomiCon Mini I (2017)</td><td>Durham, NC</td><td>10/7/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pathcon 4.0</td><td>Salt Lake City, UT</td><td>10/13/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Asheville Scarefest 2017</td><td>Montreat, NC</td><td>10/19/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Skycon 2017</td><td>Kitchener, Ontario, Canada</td><td>10/28/17</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<h2>Contests</h2>
<p><b>Today </b>is the deadline for the <b>Leaders in Liberty</b> contest. All entries must reach us by <b>midnight</b> Pacific Time. For more information, check out <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljz1?Leaders-in-Liberty">the contest criteria blog</a>.</p>
<p>In August, we noted that our next competition would be for best terrain. So dig through your photos and get ready to send us your best one. We'll start accepting them <b>September 1st</b> and stop on <b>September 21st</b>. So if you haven't built something yet, you still have time.</p>
<p>The contest requirements are that the photo be of a piece of 3D terrain made by the submitter in the last 6 months. Once submissions are closed, we will review the photos, pick the top contenders, and post them on paizo.com for a community vote. The winner will receive $30 in store credit. The number and value of prizes for runners up will be based on the number of submissions received and will be posted at the time of voting.</p>
<p>The next few weeks should be a flurry of Venture-Officer additions, convention support processing, and planning meetings for Seasons 10/5/2. Three programs mean triple the planning and lots of coordination. I am not travelling again, until October, so now's the time to pull things together.</p>
<p>The next Paizo attended show is PAX Unplugged in November. We should have more information in the next few weeks regarding our presence at the show.</p>
<p>Until next week—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
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</blockquote><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/conventions">Conventions</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/organizedPlay">Organized Play</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderSociety">Pathfinder Society</a></p>2017-08-30T20:00:00ZCheers, Contests, and Conventionshttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lk0t?Cheers-Contests-and-Conventions2017-08-04T21:00:00Z<blockquote>
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<p class="date">Friday, August 4, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">As Season 8 of the Pathfinder Society winds down and we prepare to launch three new seasons of organized play at Gen Con 50, it's time to say thank you to some of the folks who make our games and programs fantastic. Whether you are a dedicated GM, running games in your community every week, or a convention organizer, who puts together the large shows, your efforts are seen and appreciated. We cannot have a community our size (84,000 players and growing) without having the volunteers to support it. To all of you, our team sends kudos and thanks.</p>
<h2>5 Star GMs</h2>
<p>For some of our GMs, they hit the milestone of running 150 games, with 10 of them being specials. These 150 games must be include at least 50 unique scenarios, so they cannot just run the same thing over and over. They spend countless hours in preparation and deliver a gaming to their needs. I wish to recognize the following individuals for achieving the top goal in the GM recognition program.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Joseph Blomquist<br />
Janice Piette<br />
Daniel Pink<br />
Hjal Nelson<br />
Carol Tierney<br />
Tom Mannering<br />
Zrinka Znidarcic</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>Campaign Service Coins</h2>
<p>Some of our volunteers go above and beyond the expectations of the role they fill. These volunteers usually organize some portion of organized play. A common belief is that recipients must be part of the Venture-Officer team. This is not the case, though many of those achieving the campaign coin recognition do belong to the venture corps. If you know an individual deserving of acknowledgement for their efforts in promoting organized play in your area, please <a href = "mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com">email me</a> and tell me why.</p>
<p>Over the past few months, I've had the opportunity to award campaign coins to the following individuals. I've listed their new Organized Play number as well as the convention they received their recognition at. There are two redacted names on the list. We announced them at PaizoCon and their Regional Venture-Coordinator will award the coins to them in person. I don't want to spoil the surprise their receipt will bring, so I'm holding off on announcing the names until the recipient receives the coin.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Alison Ooms—777—Who's Yer Con<br />
Chad Newman—778—Origins<br />
[Reacted]—779—PaizoCon UK<br />
[Redacted]—780—PaizoCon UK<br />
Nils Janson—781—PaizoCon UK<br />
Ian Hawthorne—782—PaizoCon UK</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Three cheers for these hardworking individuals. Hip, hip, huzzah!!!</p>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>Though the summer convention season reaches the peak at Gen Con, that doesn't mean the end of conventions to attend. Starting with GardenCon and MegaMoose this weekend, we never truly slow down. Those conventions after August 17th may contain a Starfinder component as well as Pathfinder Society RPG and ACG, as we launch the newest organized play campaign.</p>
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<div class = "callout-block" style="width: 650px;">
<table class = "table-spacing-large"><tr><td>GardenCon 2017</td><td>Geneva, Switzerland</td><td>8/3/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>MegaMooseCon 2017</td><td>Richburg, SC</td><td>8/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>2D Con 2017</td><td>Bloomington, MN</td><td>8/11/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pre-GenCon Scotties</td><td>Indianapolis, IN</td><td>8/16/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gen Con 50</td><td>Indianapolis, IN</td><td>8/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Convocation 2017</td><td>Winnipeg, MB, Canada</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Coulee Con 2017</td><td>La Crosse, WI</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dragonflight 38 (2017)</td><td>Bellevue, WA</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Play-by-Post Gameday VI</td><td>Online Region</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Québec PFS Mini-Con 2017</td><td>Québec City,Québec, Canada</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shadowcon UK 2017</td><td>London, UK</td><td>8/26/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>PacifiCon 2017</td><td>Santa Clara, CA </td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SacAnime Summer 2017</td><td>Sacramento, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Granite State Comic Con 2017</td><td>Manchester, NH</td><td>9/16/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Traveling Pathfinder's Convocation</td><td>Houston, TX</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SydCon 2017</td><td>Sydney, NSW, Australia</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gateway to Golarion II (2017)</td><td>Kutztown, PA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Diego Pathfinder Miramar MCAS Charity Play</td><td>San Diego, CA</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gateway 2017</td><td>Los Angeles, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>DragonCon 2017</td><td>Atlanta, GA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tracon 2017</td><td>Tampere, Finland</td><td>9/7/17</td></tr></table>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p>For those of you wanting to attend Gen Con, we <b>STILL HAVE SPACE</b> for all Tiers of GMs, including those that provide hotel space. To join us, check out the <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljif?A-Call-to-VolHow-to-Volunteer-for-Organized">volunteer call blog</a> and complete the questionnaire linked at the bottom.</p>
<h2>Contests</h2>
<p>Currently, the team requested community participation in the "Leaders in Liberty" contest. Deadline for submissions is <b>August 30, 2017</b>. For more information, check out <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljz1?Leaders-in-Liberty">the contest criteria blog</a>.</p>
<p>When the "Leader's in Liberty" contest closes, we are opening one for the Best Terrain. We'll spill the details in next week's blog, but we wanted to give those preparing for their conventions as much time as possible to make terrain and get photos. Basic requirement is a piece of 3D terrain made in the last 6 months. So pull out the foam, glue, and flocking and let's see some fabulous creations!</p>
<p>The team remains hard at work pulling the edges together for Gen Con. For those of you attending, stop by and say hi! </p>
<p>Until next week—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
</div>
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<p class="date">Friday, August 4, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">As Season 8 of the Pathfinder Society winds down and we prepare to launch three new seasons of organized play at Gen Con 50, it's time to say thank you to some of the folks who make our games and programs fantastic. Whether you are a dedicated GM, running games in your community every week, or a convention organizer, who puts together the large shows, your efforts are seen and appreciated. We cannot have a community our size (84,000 players and growing) without having the volunteers to support it. To all of you, our team sends kudos and thanks.</p>
<h2>5 Star GMs</h2>
<p>For some of our GMs, they hit the milestone of running 150 games, with 10 of them being specials. These 150 games must be include at least 50 unique scenarios, so they cannot just run the same thing over and over. They spend countless hours in preparation and deliver a gaming to their needs. I wish to recognize the following individuals for achieving the top goal in the GM recognition program.</p>
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<p>Joseph Blomquist<br />
Janice Piette<br />
Daniel Pink<br />
Hjal Nelson<br />
Carol Tierney<br />
Tom Mannering<br />
Zrinka Znidarcic</p>
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<h2>Campaign Service Coins</h2>
<p>Some of our volunteers go above and beyond the expectations of the role they fill. These volunteers usually organize some portion of organized play. A common belief is that recipients must be part of the Venture-Officer team. This is not the case, though many of those achieving the campaign coin recognition do belong to the venture corps. If you know an individual deserving of acknowledgement for their efforts in promoting organized play in your area, please <a href = "mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com">email me</a> and tell me why.</p>
<p>Over the past few months, I've had the opportunity to award campaign coins to the following individuals. I've listed their new Organized Play number as well as the convention they received their recognition at. There are two redacted names on the list. We announced them at PaizoCon and their Regional Venture-Coordinator will award the coins to them in person. I don't want to spoil the surprise their receipt will bring, so I'm holding off on announcing the names until the recipient receives the coin.</p>
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<p>Alison Ooms—777—Who's Yer Con<br />
Chad Newman—778—Origins<br />
[Reacted]—779—PaizoCon UK<br />
[Redacted]—780—PaizoCon UK<br />
Nils Janson—781—PaizoCon UK<br />
Ian Hawthorne—782—PaizoCon UK</p>
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<p>Three cheers for these hardworking individuals. Hip, hip, huzzah!!!</p>
<h2>Conventions</h2>
<p>Though the summer convention season reaches the peak at Gen Con, that doesn't mean the end of conventions to attend. Starting with GardenCon and MegaMoose this weekend, we never truly slow down. Those conventions after August 17th may contain a Starfinder component as well as Pathfinder Society RPG and ACG, as we launch the newest organized play campaign.</p>
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<table class = "table-spacing-large"><tr><td>GardenCon 2017</td><td>Geneva, Switzerland</td><td>8/3/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>MegaMooseCon 2017</td><td>Richburg, SC</td><td>8/4/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>2D Con 2017</td><td>Bloomington, MN</td><td>8/11/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pre-GenCon Scotties</td><td>Indianapolis, IN</td><td>8/16/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gen Con 50</td><td>Indianapolis, IN</td><td>8/17/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Convocation 2017</td><td>Winnipeg, MB, Canada</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Coulee Con 2017</td><td>La Crosse, WI</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dragonflight 38 (2017)</td><td>Bellevue, WA</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Play-by-Post Gameday VI</td><td>Online Region</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Québec PFS Mini-Con 2017</td><td>Québec City,Québec, Canada</td><td>8/25/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shadowcon UK 2017</td><td>London, UK</td><td>8/26/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>PacifiCon 2017</td><td>Santa Clara, CA </td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SacAnime Summer 2017</td><td>Sacramento, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Granite State Comic Con 2017</td><td>Manchester, NH</td><td>9/16/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Traveling Pathfinder's Convocation</td><td>Houston, TX</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>SydCon 2017</td><td>Sydney, NSW, Australia</td><td>9/30/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gateway to Golarion II (2017)</td><td>Kutztown, PA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Diego Pathfinder Miramar MCAS Charity Play</td><td>San Diego, CA</td><td>9/9/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gateway 2017</td><td>Los Angeles, CA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>DragonCon 2017</td><td>Atlanta, GA</td><td>9/1/17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tracon 2017</td><td>Tampere, Finland</td><td>9/7/17</td></tr></table>
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<p>For those of you wanting to attend Gen Con, we <b>STILL HAVE SPACE</b> for all Tiers of GMs, including those that provide hotel space. To join us, check out the <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljif?A-Call-to-VolHow-to-Volunteer-for-Organized">volunteer call blog</a> and complete the questionnaire linked at the bottom.</p>
<h2>Contests</h2>
<p>Currently, the team requested community participation in the "Leaders in Liberty" contest. Deadline for submissions is <b>August 30, 2017</b>. For more information, check out <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljz1?Leaders-in-Liberty">the contest criteria blog</a>.</p>
<p>When the "Leader's in Liberty" contest closes, we are opening one for the Best Terrain. We'll spill the details in next week's blog, but we wanted to give those preparing for their conventions as much time as possible to make terrain and get photos. Basic requirement is a piece of 3D terrain made in the last 6 months. So pull out the foam, glue, and flocking and let's see some fabulous creations!</p>
<p>The team remains hard at work pulling the edges together for Gen Con. For those of you attending, stop by and say hi! </p>
<p>Until next week—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Manager</i></p>
</div>
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<p class="date">Monday, April 24, 2017</p>
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<p><i>Before we jump into John's preview of this month's Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Scenarios, I'd like to announce the results of the "OPC Needs a New Character" contest. Drumroll, please...</i></p>
<p><i>The winner is... •dramatic pause•</i></p>
<p><i><b>Gwinn Jeggare, phantom thief!</b> The author of my new character is Michael Eshleman (greysector)—Congratulations to Michael on the success of his entry!</i></p>
<p><i>Kudos to our two finalists, Douglas MacIntyre (for Brenda "Brackish" Hardy, the undine shaman of the deep) and Brent Strom (for Perth)! Hip, hip huzzah!</i></p>
<p style = "text-align: right;" class = "collapse"><i>—Tonya Woldridge, Organized Play Coordinator</span></i></p>
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<p><i>Illustration by Jeffrey Lai</i></p></div>
<p itemprop="description">Just as the Seattle area transitions from chilly and wet to "sunny yet inexplicably still raining," so too is the Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild team eager to get outside and explore some exciting locations. We're also pleased to have an exciting Season 9 schedule in place along with the name and logo, much of which we'll announce at <a href = "/paizocon">PaizoCon 2017</a>, so be sure to attend the PaizoCon Preview Banquet and the organized play panel the following day to ask any questions you have. In the meantime, let me share a few more secrets about this month's scenarios—both of which lead into our PaizoCon releases!</p>
<p>We kick off the race into convention season with an infamous race in Garund: the famous Sargava Chalice, a survival footrace through the unforgiving wilderness just south of the Mwangi Expanse. In recent years, the race has become increasingly deadly, and the Pathfinder Society has proposed allowing teams to compete as a way to revitalize the contest. The PCs are representing the Pathfinder Society in the race, and if they can brave the traceless frontier while fending off both beasts and rival competitors, they might walk away with the chalice itself—a relic with which the Society can unlock a cyclops ruin from antiquity. Lace up your racing shoes in <a href = "/products/btpy9ret?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-818-Champions-Chalice-Part-1-Blazing-Dangerous-Trails"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-18: Champion's Chalice, Part 1: Blazing Dangerous Trails</em></a> by Benjamin Bruck, bravely treaded new ground by adapting a simplified version of <a href = "/products/btpy9j6p?Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Game-Ultimate-Intrigue"><em>Ultimate Intrigue</em>'s</a> pursuit rules to track the PCs' progress. Just be warned that one rule hasn't changed: contestants begin the race with nothing but themselves and the cloths on their backs. Time is of the essence in this Tier 1-5 adventure!</p>
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<p><i>Illustrations by Dion Harris and Tom Ventre</i></p></div>
<p>Thus far the Pathfinder Society has traveled the elemental planes, compiling what it needs to shatter the <em>Untouchable Opal</em>. We're yet to visit the Plane of Water, and that ends this month as the Society is in pursuit of a crucial tool to realize its goal. Many years ago, the ingenious Pathfinder Zahra was <a href = "/products/btpy8i11?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-218-The-Forbidden-Furnace-of-Forgotten-Koor">investigating the unforgiving ruins of Koor</a>, and she has since shifted her sights to the magnificent metropolis of Vialesk, a hub for visitors to the Plane of Water. Tragic circumstances ruined the first expedition and tarnished her reputation, but she suspects foul play and has recruited the PCs to find out what really happened. <a href = "/products/btpy9reu?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-819-Treacherous-Waves"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-19: Treacherous Waters</em></a> is an exciting urban adventure set in the underwater city of Vialesk, full of strange environments and even stranger characters. Its author, Eleanor Ferron, not only contributed to <a href = "/products/btpy9mb9?Pathfinder-Society-Quest-Honors-Echo"><em>Pathfinder Quests: Honor's Echo</em></a>, but she also made the Plane of Water come alive in <a href = "/products/btpy9ng0?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Planes-of-Power"><em>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Planes of Power</em></a>, making this Tier 3-7 adventure a real testament to her abilities and knowledge of the setting.</p>
<p>As a note for <em>Treacherous Waters</em>, keep in mind that its events tie closely to <a href = "/products/btpy9rev?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-820-Torrents-Last-Will">Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-20: Torrent's Last Will</a>, a Tier 7-11 adventure coming out next month. It's not necessary to play these with the same character, though I do recommend playing them in order.</p>
<p>John Compton<br />
<i>Organized Play Lead Developer</i></p>
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<p class="date">Monday, April 24, 2017</p>
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<p><i>Before we jump into John's preview of this month's Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Scenarios, I'd like to announce the results of the "OPC Needs a New Character" contest. Drumroll, please...</i></p>
<p><i>The winner is... •dramatic pause•</i></p>
<p><i><b>Gwinn Jeggare, phantom thief!</b> The author of my new character is Michael Eshleman (greysector)—Congratulations to Michael on the success of his entry!</i></p>
<p><i>Kudos to our two finalists, Douglas MacIntyre (for Brenda "Brackish" Hardy, the undine shaman of the deep) and Brent Strom (for Perth)! Hip, hip huzzah!</i></p>
<p style = "text-align: right;" class = "collapse"><i>—Tonya Woldridge, Organized Play Coordinator</span></i></p>
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<div class="blurb180"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/PZOPSS0819E-Zahra.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/PZOPSS0819E-Zahra_180.jpeg"></a>
<p><i>Illustration by Jeffrey Lai</i></p></div>
<p itemprop="description">Just as the Seattle area transitions from chilly and wet to "sunny yet inexplicably still raining," so too is the Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild team eager to get outside and explore some exciting locations. We're also pleased to have an exciting Season 9 schedule in place along with the name and logo, much of which we'll announce at <a href = "/paizocon">PaizoCon 2017</a>, so be sure to attend the PaizoCon Preview Banquet and the organized play panel the following day to ask any questions you have. In the meantime, let me share a few more secrets about this month's scenarios—both of which lead into our PaizoCon releases!</p>
<p>We kick off the race into convention season with an infamous race in Garund: the famous Sargava Chalice, a survival footrace through the unforgiving wilderness just south of the Mwangi Expanse. In recent years, the race has become increasingly deadly, and the Pathfinder Society has proposed allowing teams to compete as a way to revitalize the contest. The PCs are representing the Pathfinder Society in the race, and if they can brave the traceless frontier while fending off both beasts and rival competitors, they might walk away with the chalice itself—a relic with which the Society can unlock a cyclops ruin from antiquity. Lace up your racing shoes in <a href = "/products/btpy9ret?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-818-Champions-Chalice-Part-1-Blazing-Dangerous-Trails"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-18: Champion's Chalice, Part 1: Blazing Dangerous Trails</em></a> by Benjamin Bruck, bravely treaded new ground by adapting a simplified version of <a href = "/products/btpy9j6p?Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Game-Ultimate-Intrigue"><em>Ultimate Intrigue</em>'s</a> pursuit rules to track the PCs' progress. Just be warned that one rule hasn't changed: contestants begin the race with nothing but themselves and the cloths on their backs. Time is of the essence in this Tier 1-5 adventure!</p>
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<p><i>Illustrations by Dion Harris and Tom Ventre</i></p></div>
<p>Thus far the Pathfinder Society has traveled the elemental planes, compiling what it needs to shatter the <em>Untouchable Opal</em>. We're yet to visit the Plane of Water, and that ends this month as the Society is in pursuit of a crucial tool to realize its goal. Many years ago, the ingenious Pathfinder Zahra was <a href = "/products/btpy8i11?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-218-The-Forbidden-Furnace-of-Forgotten-Koor">investigating the unforgiving ruins of Koor</a>, and she has since shifted her sights to the magnificent metropolis of Vialesk, a hub for visitors to the Plane of Water. Tragic circumstances ruined the first expedition and tarnished her reputation, but she suspects foul play and has recruited the PCs to find out what really happened. <a href = "/products/btpy9reu?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-819-Treacherous-Waves"><em>Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-19: Treacherous Waters</em></a> is an exciting urban adventure set in the underwater city of Vialesk, full of strange environments and even stranger characters. Its author, Eleanor Ferron, not only contributed to <a href = "/products/btpy9mb9?Pathfinder-Society-Quest-Honors-Echo"><em>Pathfinder Quests: Honor's Echo</em></a>, but she also made the Plane of Water come alive in <a href = "/products/btpy9ng0?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Planes-of-Power"><em>Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Planes of Power</em></a>, making this Tier 3-7 adventure a real testament to her abilities and knowledge of the setting.</p>
<p>As a note for <em>Treacherous Waters</em>, keep in mind that its events tie closely to <a href = "/products/btpy9rev?Pathfinder-Society-Scenario-820-Torrents-Last-Will">Pathfinder Society Scenario #8-20: Torrent's Last Will</a>, a Tier 7-11 adventure coming out next month. It's not necessary to play these with the same character, though I do recommend playing them in order.</p>
<p>John Compton<br />
<i>Organized Play Lead Developer</i></p>
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<p class="date">Monday, March 13, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Trade Show in Las Vegas has wrapped up and I'm headed back to Seattle early next week. GAMA brings retailers and industry professionals together once a year at their trade show, as well as sponsors the Origins Gaming Convention every June in Columbus, Ohio. The Paizo team was busy this year! The Jasons (Keely and Bulmahn) ran lots of Starfinder ship combat demos, Erik Mona talked to loads of attendees about upcoming Paizo products, including the Starfinder line, Jeff/Cosmo/Pierce/Jenny spent lots of time in meetings, and I gave presentations on Paizo Organized Play. By the way, how many of you caught our live tweets from the presentations? That was the brainchild of our new Outreach Manager, Dan Tharp. You should see his fingers fly on a phone keyboard.</p>
<p>Between meetings and presentations, we all took a spin in the booth talking to retailers and other industry folks about our awesome games. Loads of drool over <a href = "/starfinder">Starfinder</a>, including the Free RPG Day offering, <a href = "/products/btpy9r0o?Starfinder-First-Contact"><em>Starfinder: First Contact</em></a>, a sleek book filled with monsters that work well in both the Pathfinder and Starfinder settings, and the shiny Buyer's Guide, listing the upcoming Starfinder products. Equally exciting to attendees, the news that Ninja Division will produce pre-painted miniatures for the Starfinder line. While at the show, I handed out over 150 Organized Play packets to stores looking to start organized play or expand their offerings. If you don't currently have Pathfinder Society in a location near you, one may be coming soon. Otherwise, email me at <a href = "mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com">organizedplay@paizo.com</a> and we can work together to get something started.</p>
<h2>Starfinder Society and Know Direction</h2>
<p>This Wednesday, March 22 at 8:30 PM Eastern time, the Starfinder Society team (John Compton, Thurston Hillman, and myself) will join Know Direction hosts Ryan & Perram for an evening of questions and answers. While focused mostly on the newly announced <a href = "">Starfinder Society Organized Play</a> program, we can field some questions about Pathfinder Society as well. If you have a question you really want answered, put it in the comments and we will add it to our growing list. But be warned, some answers must stay under wraps until closer to the launch in August. In the words of the great River Song, "Spoilers!"</p>
<p>You can find the feed, and other Know Direction podcasts and interviews <a href = "http://knowdirectionpodcast.com" target = "_blank">on their website</a>. We'll see you there on Wednesday!</p>
<h2>The OPC Needs a New Character</h2>
<p>In my recent travels, I've gotten to play more than I've GMed or organized. Crazy, right? But it means all my characters leveled up and are now in the Tier 5+ range. So I need new characters to take on my great con tour this summer.</p>
<p>I've been trying to come up with ideas, but nothing really tickled my fancy, so I'm asking Pathfinder Society players to help me out. I'm actually making a contest out of it. Character concepts must fit the criteria below. Include a backstory of between 280 and 300 words that provides insight into the character and their motivations. Submit your entry as email text (<b><i>no attachments!</i></b>) to <a href = "mailto:pathfindersociety@paizo.com?Subject=OPC%20Needs%20A%20New%20Character%20Contest">pathfindersociety@paizo.com</a> (Subject: OPC Needs A New Character Contest) along with your Pathfinder Society number. Entries must be received by <b>April 3, 2017</b> for consideration for the contest.</p>
<p>I've asked the Organized Play team (and maybe a few other staffers) to help me narrow down the options. We will put our top choices in a blog on Monday, April 10 for the community to vote on. The concept with the highest votes becomes my 23rd character. The winner receives $20 paizo.com store credit, as well as bragging rights and a named acknowledgement every time I play the character.</p>
<h3>Criteria</h3>
<ul><li><b>Race</b>: Any legal without a boon</li>
<li><b>Class</b>: Any</li>
<li><b>Gender</b>: Any</li>
<li><b>Name</b>: No puns and suitable for playing with younger players</li>
<li><b>Stats</b>: Balanced (nothing lower than an 8)</li>
<li><b>Resources</b>: Any</li>
<li><b>Format</b>: Paizo stat block</li>
<li><b>Play Style</b>: I like to participate in all aspects of an adventure, so a mix of skills and combat, don't mind being a "face" but prefer not to be the front line fighter, and prefer cool concepts to min-maxed abilities</li>
<li><b>Level progression</b>: 5th for feats, skills, and selectable class features</li></ul>
<p>I look forward to seeing what you all come up with for me to play!</p>
<p>Next week is John's scenario introductions, so I'll see you in two weeks with a wrap up of Who's Yer Con, which I'm attending March 31 to April 2 in Indianapolis, IN.</p>
<p>Until then—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<p class="date">Monday, March 13, 2017</p>
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<p itemprop="description">The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Trade Show in Las Vegas has wrapped up and I'm headed back to Seattle early next week. GAMA brings retailers and industry professionals together once a year at their trade show, as well as sponsors the Origins Gaming Convention every June in Columbus, Ohio. The Paizo team was busy this year! The Jasons (Keely and Bulmahn) ran lots of Starfinder ship combat demos, Erik Mona talked to loads of attendees about upcoming Paizo products, including the Starfinder line, Jeff/Cosmo/Pierce/Jenny spent lots of time in meetings, and I gave presentations on Paizo Organized Play. By the way, how many of you caught our live tweets from the presentations? That was the brainchild of our new Outreach Manager, Dan Tharp. You should see his fingers fly on a phone keyboard.</p>
<p>Between meetings and presentations, we all took a spin in the booth talking to retailers and other industry folks about our awesome games. Loads of drool over <a href = "/starfinder">Starfinder</a>, including the Free RPG Day offering, <a href = "/products/btpy9r0o?Starfinder-First-Contact"><em>Starfinder: First Contact</em></a>, a sleek book filled with monsters that work well in both the Pathfinder and Starfinder settings, and the shiny Buyer's Guide, listing the upcoming Starfinder products. Equally exciting to attendees, the news that Ninja Division will produce pre-painted miniatures for the Starfinder line. While at the show, I handed out over 150 Organized Play packets to stores looking to start organized play or expand their offerings. If you don't currently have Pathfinder Society in a location near you, one may be coming soon. Otherwise, email me at <a href = "mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com">organizedplay@paizo.com</a> and we can work together to get something started.</p>
<h2>Starfinder Society and Know Direction</h2>
<p>This Wednesday, March 22 at 8:30 PM Eastern time, the Starfinder Society team (John Compton, Thurston Hillman, and myself) will join Know Direction hosts Ryan & Perram for an evening of questions and answers. While focused mostly on the newly announced <a href = "">Starfinder Society Organized Play</a> program, we can field some questions about Pathfinder Society as well. If you have a question you really want answered, put it in the comments and we will add it to our growing list. But be warned, some answers must stay under wraps until closer to the launch in August. In the words of the great River Song, "Spoilers!"</p>
<p>You can find the feed, and other Know Direction podcasts and interviews <a href = "http://knowdirectionpodcast.com" target = "_blank">on their website</a>. We'll see you there on Wednesday!</p>
<h2>The OPC Needs a New Character</h2>
<p>In my recent travels, I've gotten to play more than I've GMed or organized. Crazy, right? But it means all my characters leveled up and are now in the Tier 5+ range. So I need new characters to take on my great con tour this summer.</p>
<p>I've been trying to come up with ideas, but nothing really tickled my fancy, so I'm asking Pathfinder Society players to help me out. I'm actually making a contest out of it. Character concepts must fit the criteria below. Include a backstory of between 280 and 300 words that provides insight into the character and their motivations. Submit your entry as email text (<b><i>no attachments!</i></b>) to <a href = "mailto:pathfindersociety@paizo.com?Subject=OPC%20Needs%20A%20New%20Character%20Contest">pathfindersociety@paizo.com</a> (Subject: OPC Needs A New Character Contest) along with your Pathfinder Society number. Entries must be received by <b>April 3, 2017</b> for consideration for the contest.</p>
<p>I've asked the Organized Play team (and maybe a few other staffers) to help me narrow down the options. We will put our top choices in a blog on Monday, April 10 for the community to vote on. The concept with the highest votes becomes my 23rd character. The winner receives $20 paizo.com store credit, as well as bragging rights and a named acknowledgement every time I play the character.</p>
<h3>Criteria</h3>
<ul><li><b>Race</b>: Any legal without a boon</li>
<li><b>Class</b>: Any</li>
<li><b>Gender</b>: Any</li>
<li><b>Name</b>: No puns and suitable for playing with younger players</li>
<li><b>Stats</b>: Balanced (nothing lower than an 8)</li>
<li><b>Resources</b>: Any</li>
<li><b>Format</b>: Paizo stat block</li>
<li><b>Play Style</b>: I like to participate in all aspects of an adventure, so a mix of skills and combat, don't mind being a "face" but prefer not to be the front line fighter, and prefer cool concepts to min-maxed abilities</li>
<li><b>Level progression</b>: 5th for feats, skills, and selectable class features</li></ul>
<p>I look forward to seeing what you all come up with for me to play!</p>
<p>Next week is John's scenario introductions, so I'll see you in two weeks with a wrap up of Who's Yer Con, which I'm attending March 31 to April 2 in Indianapolis, IN.</p>
<p>Until then—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<p class="date">Sunday, January 19, 2016</p>
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<p itemprop="description">A while back, we opened up submissions to our Pathfinder Society Character Sketch Competition, and while PaizoCon swept through the office and knocked us prone, we're back and ready to show off the entries! We hope to continue to open up similar contests to give artists within the Pathfinder Society community to show off their characters and creations, so don't despair if you didn't get a chance to enter this time! I'd also like to extend a big "Thank You!" to our contestants for their patience over the last two weeks while we ramp back up to normal.</p>
<p>Voting opens now and continues until Friday, June 24 at 12:00 PM Pacific time. We'll be announcing the winners in the Pathfinder Society blog the following Monday.</p>
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<i>"Celan Silverwing" by <a href = "/people/arcaneArtist">arcaneArtist</a></i>
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<i>"Fang Gul" by <a href = "/people/Belabras">Belabras</a></i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160615-Crescentmoon.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160615-Crescentmoon_180.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Erundyl" by <a href = "/people/Crescentmoon">Crescentmoon</a></i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160615-DerekSchubert.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160615-DerekSchubert_180.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Kaikarah Defies-the-Tide" by <a href = "/people/DerekSchubert">Derek Schubert</a></i>
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<i>"Phaedra Lingalare" by <a href = "/people/FemmeFataleDAvignon">Femme Fatale d'Avignon</a></i>
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<i>"Edda Asketillsdottir Nyrkiö, aka Chaos Paw" by <a href = "/people/Gomis">Gomis</a></i>
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<i>"Dendro Bates" by <a href = "/people/LackofFocus">LackofFocus</a></i>
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<i>"Knight Captain Sir Kalebh Ironswift" by <a href = "/people/Redwald">Redwald</a></i>
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<i>"Josei Kilojarrah Blakros" by <a href = "/people/Rei">Rei</a></i>
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<i>"Leuphira Razin" by <a href = "/people/thistledown">thistledown</a></i>
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<i>"Bloodspeaker Mea" by <a href = "/people/zefig">zefig</a></i>
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<i>Community & Digital Content Director</i></p>
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<p class="date">Sunday, January 19, 2016</p>
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<p itemprop="description">A while back, we opened up submissions to our Pathfinder Society Character Sketch Competition, and while PaizoCon swept through the office and knocked us prone, we're back and ready to show off the entries! We hope to continue to open up similar contests to give artists within the Pathfinder Society community to show off their characters and creations, so don't despair if you didn't get a chance to enter this time! I'd also like to extend a big "Thank You!" to our contestants for their patience over the last two weeks while we ramp back up to normal.</p>
<p>Voting opens now and continues until Friday, June 24 at 12:00 PM Pacific time. We'll be announcing the winners in the Pathfinder Society blog the following Monday.</p>
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<i>"Celan Silverwing" by <a href = "/people/arcaneArtist">arcaneArtist</a></i>
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<i>"Fang Gul" by <a href = "/people/Belabras">Belabras</a></i>
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<i>"Erundyl" by <a href = "/people/Crescentmoon">Crescentmoon</a></i>
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<i>"Kaikarah Defies-the-Tide" by <a href = "/people/DerekSchubert">Derek Schubert</a></i>
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<i>"Phaedra Lingalare" by <a href = "/people/FemmeFataleDAvignon">Femme Fatale d'Avignon</a></i>
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<i>"Edda Asketillsdottir Nyrkiö, aka Chaos Paw" by <a href = "/people/Gomis">Gomis</a></i>
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<i>"Dendro Bates" by <a href = "/people/LackofFocus">LackofFocus</a></i>
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<i>"Knight Captain Sir Kalebh Ironswift" by <a href = "/people/Redwald">Redwald</a></i>
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<i>"Josei Kilojarrah Blakros" by <a href = "/people/Rei">Rei</a></i>
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<i>"Leuphira Razin" by <a href = "/people/thistledown">thistledown</a></i>
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<i>"Bloodspeaker Mea" by <a href = "/people/zefig">zefig</a></i>
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<i>Community & Digital Content Director</i></p>
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<p class="date">Monday, May 16, 2016</p>
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<p>While writing last Moonday's blog, I realized there was way too much information I wanted to share and including it all would lead to reader overload. So I saved some of the Gen Con information for this week. It's also time to start the next Pathfinder Society Competition!</p>
<h2>More Gen Con Info</h2>
<p itemprop="description">There is no way to do everything at Gen Con by myself; there are just too many tasks and too many places to be. So every year a team of Lead Volunteers is named to help out. While I coordinate things between Gen Con and PFS, they do the same for all the volunteers. Months before the convention starts, just weeks after Gen Con 2015 ended, they started talking about Gen Con 2016. Through months of planning, generating schedules, corresponding with volunteers, compiling lists of supplies, they work closely with me to deliver a quality show. They arrive at Gen Con early and help me set up the Sagamore. Setup is a HUGE endeavor, involving unpacking pallets, building shelving, assembling table stands, folding papers, stuffing envelopes, sorting shirts... an almost endless list of tasks that all need to occur before Wednesday afternoon when our volunteers arrive. After four days of very little sleep, they help tear down the Sagamore, disassembling everything we built days before, packing up the pallets, rolling banners, and compiling a list of GM feedback. Only when everything is torn down and ready to return to Seattle do they take a breather and stop thinking Gen Con 2016. Then, a few weeks later, they review the feedback, read through the many post-Gen Con forum threads, and start thinking about Gen Con 50. The amount of time these volunteers spend putting the show together is immense and I cannot say thank you enough to them for all they do!</p>
<p>Without further ado—your leads!</p>
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<p><b>Jon Cary</b>—Jon started volunteering for Paizo at Gen Con in 2011. The next year, he was appointed Lead. This is Jon's sixth Gen Con with the Pathfinder Society. In addition, he was the Venture-Captain of the Dallas-Fort Worth area from September 2011 to December 2014. Jon is our tech guru, the master of the database, and wrangler of the HQ volunteers. Most importantly, he keeps an eye on Bob and Todd and preserves the OPC's sanity.</p>
<p><b>Bob Jonquet</b>—GM herder extraordinaire, 2016 marks Bob's third year as Gen Con Co-Lead. He joined the Pathfinder Society at the outset and was a Tier 1 Gen Con GM in 2010, the first of many years of volunteering for Society events. Bob also leads the volunteer brigade at PaizoCon. When asked for a blurb, Bob wrote, "In his spare time Bob likes long walks on the beach, eating ice cream, and protecting the citizens of Gotham from evil".</p>
<p><b>Todd Morgan</b>—The quite one, Todd shoulders the daunting task of organizing the data entry crew and is keeper of the reporting sheets. At 180 tables a slot and 10 slots, that is over 1800 pieces of paper to track. As a result of being holder of the paper, Todd shoulders the responsibility of fixing any reporting errors. This is Todd's third year of leading Gen Con volunteers. Todd is also one of two co-leads for PaizoCon. In his spare time, he plays in a band.</p>
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<p>New for this year, we are adding Department Heads to the Gen Con leadership. They are responsible for coordinating tasks within their areas, getting volunteers breaks, handling on-site issues, and making sure players have a fantastic experience.</p>
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<p><b>GMs</b>—Venture-Captain Bobby Harring<br />
<b>Marshals</b>—Venture-Captain Seth Brummond<br />
<b>Non-Marshal HQ Volunteers</b>—Venture-Captain Walter Sheppard<br />
<b>Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Demonstrators</b>—Venture-Captain Dominick Trascritti<br />
<b>Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild</b>—Venture-Captain Micah Daniels<br />
<b>Pathfinder Society Academy</b>—Venture-Captain Lucas Servideo</p>
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<p>At this time, every volunteer should have received their schedule and replied to their appropriate Lead—Bob for GMs and Jon for HQ. Badges have been placed in Gen Con accounts. If you don't see a badge under your "my packet" category on the Gen Con website, please email me and I will look into the issue. I will start looking at room assignments After PaizoCon and will send another email with roommate information to those that qualified for a Paizo room.</p>
<p>As a result of planning months out, there are always cancellations. We are still taking applications for volunteers as a "wait list" to fill the inevitable holes in our schedule. Check out the <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lie2">Gen Con 2016 Call for Volunteers blog</a> if you are interested in being on the wait list.</p>
<p>Finally, a GIGANTIC thank you to all the volunteers! Without you, the Pathfinder Society would not have the capacity to offer all the wonderful games and experiences to the attendees of Gen Con. Raise your glass high and toast your efforts! Huzzah!</p>
<h2>Character Sketch Competition</h2>
<p>Switching gears—it's time for another competition. For this one, break out your crayons, pencils, pens, paints, pastels, inks, or markers and a clean sheet of paper. The theme of this competition is <b>Character Portrait</b>. We are looking for either headshot or full body pieces of your Pathfinder Society characters.</p>
<p>As with past competitions, there are a few rules:</p>
<ul><li>You may only enter once</li>
<li>Only the artist may submit their work</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted to contest@paizo.com</li>
<li>Include your portrait and a name for the character portrayed (NOTE: Images may be resized or cropped to better show off the artwork for voting. Any image format is acceptable!)</li>
<li>Include your paizo.com username</li></ul>
<p>Entries will be accepted until <b>12:00 PM Pacific time on June 3, 2016.</b> We plan to open voting on Monday, June 6.</p>
<p>The rewards? Gift Certificates to paizo.com! Value will be determined based on the number of applicants.</p>
<p>Until next time—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<p class="date">Monday, May 16, 2016</p>
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<p>While writing last Moonday's blog, I realized there was way too much information I wanted to share and including it all would lead to reader overload. So I saved some of the Gen Con information for this week. It's also time to start the next Pathfinder Society Competition!</p>
<h2>More Gen Con Info</h2>
<p itemprop="description">There is no way to do everything at Gen Con by myself; there are just too many tasks and too many places to be. So every year a team of Lead Volunteers is named to help out. While I coordinate things between Gen Con and PFS, they do the same for all the volunteers. Months before the convention starts, just weeks after Gen Con 2015 ended, they started talking about Gen Con 2016. Through months of planning, generating schedules, corresponding with volunteers, compiling lists of supplies, they work closely with me to deliver a quality show. They arrive at Gen Con early and help me set up the Sagamore. Setup is a HUGE endeavor, involving unpacking pallets, building shelving, assembling table stands, folding papers, stuffing envelopes, sorting shirts... an almost endless list of tasks that all need to occur before Wednesday afternoon when our volunteers arrive. After four days of very little sleep, they help tear down the Sagamore, disassembling everything we built days before, packing up the pallets, rolling banners, and compiling a list of GM feedback. Only when everything is torn down and ready to return to Seattle do they take a breather and stop thinking Gen Con 2016. Then, a few weeks later, they review the feedback, read through the many post-Gen Con forum threads, and start thinking about Gen Con 50. The amount of time these volunteers spend putting the show together is immense and I cannot say thank you enough to them for all they do!</p>
<p>Without further ado—your leads!</p>
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<p><b>Jon Cary</b>—Jon started volunteering for Paizo at Gen Con in 2011. The next year, he was appointed Lead. This is Jon's sixth Gen Con with the Pathfinder Society. In addition, he was the Venture-Captain of the Dallas-Fort Worth area from September 2011 to December 2014. Jon is our tech guru, the master of the database, and wrangler of the HQ volunteers. Most importantly, he keeps an eye on Bob and Todd and preserves the OPC's sanity.</p>
<p><b>Bob Jonquet</b>—GM herder extraordinaire, 2016 marks Bob's third year as Gen Con Co-Lead. He joined the Pathfinder Society at the outset and was a Tier 1 Gen Con GM in 2010, the first of many years of volunteering for Society events. Bob also leads the volunteer brigade at PaizoCon. When asked for a blurb, Bob wrote, "In his spare time Bob likes long walks on the beach, eating ice cream, and protecting the citizens of Gotham from evil".</p>
<p><b>Todd Morgan</b>—The quite one, Todd shoulders the daunting task of organizing the data entry crew and is keeper of the reporting sheets. At 180 tables a slot and 10 slots, that is over 1800 pieces of paper to track. As a result of being holder of the paper, Todd shoulders the responsibility of fixing any reporting errors. This is Todd's third year of leading Gen Con volunteers. Todd is also one of two co-leads for PaizoCon. In his spare time, he plays in a band.</p>
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<p>New for this year, we are adding Department Heads to the Gen Con leadership. They are responsible for coordinating tasks within their areas, getting volunteers breaks, handling on-site issues, and making sure players have a fantastic experience.</p>
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<p><b>GMs</b>—Venture-Captain Bobby Harring<br />
<b>Marshals</b>—Venture-Captain Seth Brummond<br />
<b>Non-Marshal HQ Volunteers</b>—Venture-Captain Walter Sheppard<br />
<b>Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Demonstrators</b>—Venture-Captain Dominick Trascritti<br />
<b>Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild</b>—Venture-Captain Micah Daniels<br />
<b>Pathfinder Society Academy</b>—Venture-Captain Lucas Servideo</p>
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<p>At this time, every volunteer should have received their schedule and replied to their appropriate Lead—Bob for GMs and Jon for HQ. Badges have been placed in Gen Con accounts. If you don't see a badge under your "my packet" category on the Gen Con website, please email me and I will look into the issue. I will start looking at room assignments After PaizoCon and will send another email with roommate information to those that qualified for a Paizo room.</p>
<p>As a result of planning months out, there are always cancellations. We are still taking applications for volunteers as a "wait list" to fill the inevitable holes in our schedule. Check out the <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lie2">Gen Con 2016 Call for Volunteers blog</a> if you are interested in being on the wait list.</p>
<p>Finally, a GIGANTIC thank you to all the volunteers! Without you, the Pathfinder Society would not have the capacity to offer all the wonderful games and experiences to the attendees of Gen Con. Raise your glass high and toast your efforts! Huzzah!</p>
<h2>Character Sketch Competition</h2>
<p>Switching gears—it's time for another competition. For this one, break out your crayons, pencils, pens, paints, pastels, inks, or markers and a clean sheet of paper. The theme of this competition is <b>Character Portrait</b>. We are looking for either headshot or full body pieces of your Pathfinder Society characters.</p>
<p>As with past competitions, there are a few rules:</p>
<ul><li>You may only enter once</li>
<li>Only the artist may submit their work</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted to contest@paizo.com</li>
<li>Include your portrait and a name for the character portrayed (NOTE: Images may be resized or cropped to better show off the artwork for voting. Any image format is acceptable!)</li>
<li>Include your paizo.com username</li></ul>
<p>Entries will be accepted until <b>12:00 PM Pacific time on June 3, 2016.</b> We plan to open voting on Monday, June 6.</p>
<p>The rewards? Gift Certificates to paizo.com! Value will be determined based on the number of applicants.</p>
<p>Until next time—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Pathfinder Society at PaizoCon 2016</h1>
<p class="date">Monday, April 18, 2016</p>
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<p itemprop="description"><a href = "/paizocon">PaizoCon 2016</a> is fast approaching, and we're expecting the sign-ups and lottery to go up in the near future. I know a bunch of you are wondering how to allot your lottery priorities, so let me help by tempting you with even more fun options. After all, we love making PaizoCon special by running unique games and providing other great content to make your trip to Seattle as fun as possible.</p>
<div class="blurb360"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderCampaignSetting/PZO9280-TieflingMale.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderCampaignSetting/PZO9280-TieflingMale_360.jpeg"></a><br /><i>Illustration by Damien Mammoliti</i></div>
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<p><b>Adventure Card Game Open Playtest (Lottery Event):</b> Last year, Adventure Card Game Designer Tanis O'Conner masterminded a way to play the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game competitively, working as a team to outclass the other groups playing the same adventure. She'll be running playtests of this year's adventure (set to debut at Gen Con 2016), and this is your chance to be her nefarious guinea pigs. Your infernal insights disqualify you from participating in the Open at Gen Con, but you will have the diabolical satisfaction of watching the competitors brave the challenges you helped shape.</p>
<p><b>Adventure Card Game: We Be Goblins! (Lottery Event):</b> ACG enthusiast Tyler Beck has worked with Tanis to create a three-part adaptation of the wildly popular We Be Goblins! series of adventures, complete with new characters and custom cards printed through <a href = "http://drivethrucards.com/builder/pathfinder" target = "_blank">DriveThruCards</a>. There will be several rounds of this 4-hour PaizoCon exclusive, but seats are sure to go quickly!</p>
<p><b>Pathfinder Society Special #7-98: Serpents' Ire (Lottery Event with 35 tables):</b> At PaizoCon 2015 players portrayed Aspis agents bent on wrecking the Grand Lodge. This year we're getting half the team back together—and adding some devious new faces—in order to infiltrate and destroy a new target: the Korholm Agenda. Step into the role of an 8th-level pregenerated scoundrel on Sunday evening.</p>
<p><b>PaizoCon Banquet (Ticketed Event):</b> Following PaizoCon tradition, Paizo employees join fans for a great meal, and then we gather ‘round to hear what products are coming up over the next year. Expect some big news from the Pathfinder Society team, including the announcement of the next Roleplaying Guild season.</p>
<p><b>Pathfinder Society Q&A Seminar (Open Event):</b> No doubt you have burning questions from the banquet, so the following day Tonya, Linda, and I will take your questions during the Pathfinder Society Q&A panel.</p>
<p><b>Out of Retirement / Season 0 Reborn (Lottery Events):</b> The Out of Retirement tradition continues, giving a select group of players the chance to experience one of the retired Season 0 adventure renovated with full Pathfinder RPG stats and updated Chronicle sheets for full organized play credit. This year I'm running a slight variation on this event called Season 0 Reborn, in which I update one of the other Season 0 scenarios with all the extra goodies. As an added benefit, you can get organized play credit for these revised scenarios at PaizoCon, even if you already played the original versions.</p>
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<p>We also know that GMs appreciate as much warning as possible about what maps to expect—especially when preparing for big events like PaizoCon. I've provided a list below of the published maps expected to appear in the April and May scenarios. As a note, the map list for <em>Pathfinder Society Special: #7-98: Serpents' Ire</em> is still being finalized, and I'll post that information in its product page once that's settled.</p>
<div style = "padding: 10px;"><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-20: All for Immortality, Part 1: First Taste of Eternity</b> <input type = "button" value = "Show" class = "spoilerButton" onclick = "toggleSpoiler(this)"><div class = "spoiler-text">
<ul><li><a href = "/products/btpy93qs"><em>Flip-Mat: Desert Ruins</em></a></li>
<li><a href = "/products/btpy8oxy"><em>Map Pack: Extradimensional Spaces</em></a></li></ul>
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<div style = "padding: 10px;"><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-21: The Sun Orchid Scheme</b> <input type = "button" value = "Show" class = "spoilerButton" onclick = "toggleSpoiler(this)"><div class = "spoiler-text">
<ul><li><a href = "/products/btpy93qs"><em>Flip-Mat: Desert Ruins</em></a></li>
<li><a href = "/products/btpy9e22"><em>Flip-Mat Classic: Prison</em></a></li></ul>
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<div style = "padding: 10px;"><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-22: Bid for Alabastrine</b> <input type = "button" value = "Show" class = "spoilerButton" onclick = "toggleSpoiler(this)"><div class = "spoiler-text">
<ul><li>This adventure uses only custom maps.</li></ul>
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<div style = "padding: 10px;"><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-23: Abducted in Aether</b> <input type = "button" value = "Show" class = "spoilerButton" onclick = "toggleSpoiler(this)"><div class = "spoiler-text">
<ul><li><a href = "products/btpy8yvw"><em>Map Pack: Evil Ruins</em></a></li></ul>
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<p>We'd also like to thank everyone who voted in our best Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild Accessory contest! The winner of the Best Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Accessory contest is...</p>
<p>Drumroll please...</p>
<p><b>Calthaer!</b> His excellent revolving game board has won first place, and he will receive $30 credit to paizo.com. The two runners up, lackoffocus and Hawkmoon269, each receive $10 paizo.com credit for their fine work!</p>
<p>For our next contest, we want to see your sketches of your Pathfinder Society characters! More details and submission information will be available on May 17th—until then, get sketching!</p>
<p>John Compton<br />
<i>Pathfinder Society Lead Developer</i></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Pathfinder Society at PaizoCon 2016</h1>
<p class="date">Monday, April 18, 2016</p>
<div itemprop="articlebody">
<p itemprop="description"><a href = "/paizocon">PaizoCon 2016</a> is fast approaching, and we're expecting the sign-ups and lottery to go up in the near future. I know a bunch of you are wondering how to allot your lottery priorities, so let me help by tempting you with even more fun options. After all, we love making PaizoCon special by running unique games and providing other great content to make your trip to Seattle as fun as possible.</p>
<div class="blurb360"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderCampaignSetting/PZO9280-TieflingMale.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderCampaignSetting/PZO9280-TieflingMale_360.jpeg"></a><br /><i>Illustration by Damien Mammoliti</i></div>
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<p><b>Adventure Card Game Open Playtest (Lottery Event):</b> Last year, Adventure Card Game Designer Tanis O'Conner masterminded a way to play the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game competitively, working as a team to outclass the other groups playing the same adventure. She'll be running playtests of this year's adventure (set to debut at Gen Con 2016), and this is your chance to be her nefarious guinea pigs. Your infernal insights disqualify you from participating in the Open at Gen Con, but you will have the diabolical satisfaction of watching the competitors brave the challenges you helped shape.</p>
<p><b>Adventure Card Game: We Be Goblins! (Lottery Event):</b> ACG enthusiast Tyler Beck has worked with Tanis to create a three-part adaptation of the wildly popular We Be Goblins! series of adventures, complete with new characters and custom cards printed through <a href = "http://drivethrucards.com/builder/pathfinder" target = "_blank">DriveThruCards</a>. There will be several rounds of this 4-hour PaizoCon exclusive, but seats are sure to go quickly!</p>
<p><b>Pathfinder Society Special #7-98: Serpents' Ire (Lottery Event with 35 tables):</b> At PaizoCon 2015 players portrayed Aspis agents bent on wrecking the Grand Lodge. This year we're getting half the team back together—and adding some devious new faces—in order to infiltrate and destroy a new target: the Korholm Agenda. Step into the role of an 8th-level pregenerated scoundrel on Sunday evening.</p>
<p><b>PaizoCon Banquet (Ticketed Event):</b> Following PaizoCon tradition, Paizo employees join fans for a great meal, and then we gather ‘round to hear what products are coming up over the next year. Expect some big news from the Pathfinder Society team, including the announcement of the next Roleplaying Guild season.</p>
<p><b>Pathfinder Society Q&A Seminar (Open Event):</b> No doubt you have burning questions from the banquet, so the following day Tonya, Linda, and I will take your questions during the Pathfinder Society Q&A panel.</p>
<p><b>Out of Retirement / Season 0 Reborn (Lottery Events):</b> The Out of Retirement tradition continues, giving a select group of players the chance to experience one of the retired Season 0 adventure renovated with full Pathfinder RPG stats and updated Chronicle sheets for full organized play credit. This year I'm running a slight variation on this event called Season 0 Reborn, in which I update one of the other Season 0 scenarios with all the extra goodies. As an added benefit, you can get organized play credit for these revised scenarios at PaizoCon, even if you already played the original versions.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We also know that GMs appreciate as much warning as possible about what maps to expect—especially when preparing for big events like PaizoCon. I've provided a list below of the published maps expected to appear in the April and May scenarios. As a note, the map list for <em>Pathfinder Society Special: #7-98: Serpents' Ire</em> is still being finalized, and I'll post that information in its product page once that's settled.</p>
<div style = "padding: 10px;"><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-20: All for Immortality, Part 1: First Taste of Eternity</b> <input type = "button" value = "Show" class = "spoilerButton" onclick = "toggleSpoiler(this)"><div class = "spoiler-text">
<ul><li><a href = "/products/btpy93qs"><em>Flip-Mat: Desert Ruins</em></a></li>
<li><a href = "/products/btpy8oxy"><em>Map Pack: Extradimensional Spaces</em></a></li></ul>
</div></div>
<div style = "padding: 10px;"><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-21: The Sun Orchid Scheme</b> <input type = "button" value = "Show" class = "spoilerButton" onclick = "toggleSpoiler(this)"><div class = "spoiler-text">
<ul><li><a href = "/products/btpy93qs"><em>Flip-Mat: Desert Ruins</em></a></li>
<li><a href = "/products/btpy9e22"><em>Flip-Mat Classic: Prison</em></a></li></ul>
</div></div>
<div style = "padding: 10px;"><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-22: Bid for Alabastrine</b> <input type = "button" value = "Show" class = "spoilerButton" onclick = "toggleSpoiler(this)"><div class = "spoiler-text">
<ul><li>This adventure uses only custom maps.</li></ul>
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<div style = "padding: 10px;"><b>Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-23: Abducted in Aether</b> <input type = "button" value = "Show" class = "spoilerButton" onclick = "toggleSpoiler(this)"><div class = "spoiler-text">
<ul><li><a href = "products/btpy8yvw"><em>Map Pack: Evil Ruins</em></a></li></ul>
</div></div>
<p>We'd also like to thank everyone who voted in our best Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild Accessory contest! The winner of the Best Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Accessory contest is...</p>
<p>Drumroll please...</p>
<p><b>Calthaer!</b> His excellent revolving game board has won first place, and he will receive $30 credit to paizo.com. The two runners up, lackoffocus and Hawkmoon269, each receive $10 paizo.com credit for their fine work!</p>
<p>For our next contest, we want to see your sketches of your Pathfinder Society characters! More details and submission information will be available on May 17th—until then, get sketching!</p>
<p>John Compton<br />
<i>Pathfinder Society Lead Developer</i></p>
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<p class="date">Monday, April 11, 2016</p>
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<p>This past weekend I attended Emerald City Comic Con with over 80,000 other people! While not the largest convention I've participated in, it is in the top three (among Fan Expo Canada with 127,000 and Gen Con at 197,695 attendees). All three are huge conventions with a varied fan base!</p>
<p itemprop="description">This weekend volunteers and Paizo staff came together to run Pathfinder Society events in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom. Except for the early morning hours, we consistently filled our tables and worked hard to get games going quickly. Some of our attendees enjoyed the Adventure Card Game so much they came back the next day to play through the Season of the Runelords Adventure 1. Several other groups went directly from our tables to on-site retailers and bought the <em>Rise of the Runelords Base Set</em> with the intent to start playing back home.</p>
<p>Over the weekend, I managed a couple of breaks and visited other areas of the convention. While I didn't see any of the Pathfinder iconics running around, there was plenty of other great cosplay abound! Pockets of people formed as people took photos of some truly awesome concoctions of fabric, foam, and makeup. Seas of people filled the dealers hall and artist alley. Their talent amazes me and I could stand for hours looking at their work.</p>
<p>But Emerald City Comic Con is just one topic for this week. Let's shift gears to a topic that's been cropping up on the forums: the expense and difficulty of attending conventions. Some Pathfinders desire the rewards of attending conventions, namely boons, but couldn't see a way past the barriers blocking their path. On the organizational side, we receive requests for convention support from events that don't meet the requirements for venue or size. We don't like saying "no" to these events, so we put our heads together, and developed a "Game Day" program to augment our convention support program.</p>
<p>It took a few months to get the details hammered out on who qualifies, what they receive, and support distribution methods. We came up with a flexible program that allows us to tailor our response based on the region and needs of the community. The Game Day program supports three non-convention venues—the venue that is a consistently strong performer that needs recognition for its accomplishments, the venue that is new and could use support to establish itself, and those events that are not quite conventions because they occur in retail establishments or are just under the table requirements. All Game Days still must follow the requirement of being open to the public, registered on paizo.com, and having some form of online advertisement.</p>
<p>We decided the Regional Venture-Coordinators (RVC) know their areas best, so they should choose Game Days under the new program. Each RVC gets 10 such events a quarter. We chose 10 as a baseline number until we can see the reach of the program and identify the regional needs. The RVC works with the event organizer in establishing goals based off of attendance, event offerings, and community needs. Each Game Day should have a basic, stretch, and super stretch goal. Rewards in the form of player and GM boons scale with the goals, with all Game Days getting the basic Tier 3 rewards. If a Game Day meets its stretch goals, then they earn Tier 2 rewards, just as super stretch equals Tier 1.</p>
<p>It is my pleasure to introduce the first of our game days. For the second quarter of 2016, the Southeastern region named Cool Kids Excelsior 2nd Anniversary Bash from April 29-May 1 in Hoover, Alabama, as one of their not-quite-a-con Game Days, as it is held in a retail location. Point of contact is Venture-Captain Mike Seales. The second Southeastern Game Day is TriCon from April 23-24, 2016, in High Point, North Carolina. Once again, it is an event in a retail location. Venture-Lieutenant Landon Hatfield is leading this event. Both of these Game Days are on the event locator here on the website; if you want more details check them out! The Western-Europe/Middle East region named one Game Day: Madrid, Spain, is hosting reoccurring game day. The first was April 2-3 and saw 10 tables of <i>Siege of Serpents</i> and a few other games. The next occurrence is April 30, when they plan to run introduction events in four different locations across Madrid. For more information, contact Venture-Captain Tesifonte Negro Gonzalez. Venture-Officer emails are on the <a href = "/regionalCoordinators">Regional Coordinators page</a>. I look forward to announcing more Game Days as the program grows!</p>
<p>Finally, I would like to apologize to the three individuals who entered the Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild accessory contest. I didn't take my travel schedule into account when I set the submission deadline, and was out of the office when the deadline occurred. But, late is better than never! We had three submissions of three unique accessories. Voting opens today and closes it on Friday, April 15th. Winners will be announced in the blog on Monday, April 18th! Please take a moment and vote for your favorite!</p>
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<i>Submissions by <a href = "/people/Calthaer">Calthaer</a>, <a href = "/people/Hawkmoon269">Hawkmoon269</a>, and <a href = "/people/lackoffocus">lackoffocus</a>.</i></div>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<p class="date">Monday, April 11, 2016</p>
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<i>Photo courtesy of Nathan Peever.</i></div>
<p>This past weekend I attended Emerald City Comic Con with over 80,000 other people! While not the largest convention I've participated in, it is in the top three (among Fan Expo Canada with 127,000 and Gen Con at 197,695 attendees). All three are huge conventions with a varied fan base!</p>
<p itemprop="description">This weekend volunteers and Paizo staff came together to run Pathfinder Society events in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom. Except for the early morning hours, we consistently filled our tables and worked hard to get games going quickly. Some of our attendees enjoyed the Adventure Card Game so much they came back the next day to play through the Season of the Runelords Adventure 1. Several other groups went directly from our tables to on-site retailers and bought the <em>Rise of the Runelords Base Set</em> with the intent to start playing back home.</p>
<p>Over the weekend, I managed a couple of breaks and visited other areas of the convention. While I didn't see any of the Pathfinder iconics running around, there was plenty of other great cosplay abound! Pockets of people formed as people took photos of some truly awesome concoctions of fabric, foam, and makeup. Seas of people filled the dealers hall and artist alley. Their talent amazes me and I could stand for hours looking at their work.</p>
<p>But Emerald City Comic Con is just one topic for this week. Let's shift gears to a topic that's been cropping up on the forums: the expense and difficulty of attending conventions. Some Pathfinders desire the rewards of attending conventions, namely boons, but couldn't see a way past the barriers blocking their path. On the organizational side, we receive requests for convention support from events that don't meet the requirements for venue or size. We don't like saying "no" to these events, so we put our heads together, and developed a "Game Day" program to augment our convention support program.</p>
<p>It took a few months to get the details hammered out on who qualifies, what they receive, and support distribution methods. We came up with a flexible program that allows us to tailor our response based on the region and needs of the community. The Game Day program supports three non-convention venues—the venue that is a consistently strong performer that needs recognition for its accomplishments, the venue that is new and could use support to establish itself, and those events that are not quite conventions because they occur in retail establishments or are just under the table requirements. All Game Days still must follow the requirement of being open to the public, registered on paizo.com, and having some form of online advertisement.</p>
<p>We decided the Regional Venture-Coordinators (RVC) know their areas best, so they should choose Game Days under the new program. Each RVC gets 10 such events a quarter. We chose 10 as a baseline number until we can see the reach of the program and identify the regional needs. The RVC works with the event organizer in establishing goals based off of attendance, event offerings, and community needs. Each Game Day should have a basic, stretch, and super stretch goal. Rewards in the form of player and GM boons scale with the goals, with all Game Days getting the basic Tier 3 rewards. If a Game Day meets its stretch goals, then they earn Tier 2 rewards, just as super stretch equals Tier 1.</p>
<p>It is my pleasure to introduce the first of our game days. For the second quarter of 2016, the Southeastern region named Cool Kids Excelsior 2nd Anniversary Bash from April 29-May 1 in Hoover, Alabama, as one of their not-quite-a-con Game Days, as it is held in a retail location. Point of contact is Venture-Captain Mike Seales. The second Southeastern Game Day is TriCon from April 23-24, 2016, in High Point, North Carolina. Once again, it is an event in a retail location. Venture-Lieutenant Landon Hatfield is leading this event. Both of these Game Days are on the event locator here on the website; if you want more details check them out! The Western-Europe/Middle East region named one Game Day: Madrid, Spain, is hosting reoccurring game day. The first was April 2-3 and saw 10 tables of <i>Siege of Serpents</i> and a few other games. The next occurrence is April 30, when they plan to run introduction events in four different locations across Madrid. For more information, contact Venture-Captain Tesifonte Negro Gonzalez. Venture-Officer emails are on the <a href = "/regionalCoordinators">Regional Coordinators page</a>. I look forward to announcing more Game Days as the program grows!</p>
<p>Finally, I would like to apologize to the three individuals who entered the Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild accessory contest. I didn't take my travel schedule into account when I set the submission deadline, and was out of the office when the deadline occurred. But, late is better than never! We had three submissions of three unique accessories. Voting opens today and closes it on Friday, April 15th. Winners will be announced in the blog on Monday, April 18th! Please take a moment and vote for your favorite!</p>
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<i>Submissions by <a href = "/people/Calthaer">Calthaer</a>, <a href = "/people/Hawkmoon269">Hawkmoon269</a>, and <a href = "/people/lackoffocus">lackoffocus</a>.</i></div>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">OPC Log—8 Pharast 4716</h1>
<p class="date">Monday, March 7, 2016</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Last Friday marked two important occasions for many gamers—International GM's Day and the anniversary of the passing of game designer Gary Gygax. I began to reflect on my first games and how much they shaped my gaming experience, where I thought about the experiences that encourage players to return to the table. I would love to hear of your first encounters with the world of gaming and what made them so memorable—leave your stories in the comments!</p>
<p>Of course, we don't need an International GM's Day to say thank you to all the GMs out there that spend large amounts of their free time preparing and running games for their players! The Pathfinder Society team would especially like to recognize those GMs achieving their 5th star over the past six weeks. To reach 150 games, a GM dedicates more than 750 hours to their craft, and that's just the time it takes to run games. There are many more hours of preparation and planning involved. Please join in a big round of applause for our newest 5-star GMs!</p>
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<p>Carlos Danao<br />
Kjersten Gibson (Kitty)<br />
Nathan Littlefield<br />
Chris Marsh<br />
Nate Myers<br />
Matt Polkowsky<br />
Chris Rathunde<br />
Santeri Riikonen<br />
Michael Thompson</p>
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<h2>Pathfinder Society Adventure Card Guild Accessory Contest</h2>
<p>Last month I hinted at our next Pathfinder Society contest, and this month the focus will beon the Adventure Card Guild. This time around, we want to see your table accessories that add pizazz or pow to the game. The rules for entry are below:</p>
<ul><li>You may only enter once, with one accessory</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted to <a href = "mailto:contest@paizo.com?Subject=Pathfinder%20Society%20Adventure%20Card%20Guild%20Accessory%20Contest">contest@paizo.com</a></li>
<li>Include a photo of your accessory and a description of its use (<em>NOTE: Photos may be resized or cropped to better show off the mini for voting. We suggest trying to send the biggest possible resolution to retain details for resizing. Any image format is acceptable!</em>)</li>
<li>Include your paizo.com username</li></ul>
<p>Of course, a contest means prizes! First place will win $25 paizo.com store credit and three runners up will each receive $15 store credit. Entries will be accepted until <b>12:00 PM Pacific time on March 25, 2016</b>. Voting will open on March 28, 2016 and continue until April 8.</p>
<h2>Convention Updates</h2>
<p>This weekend I compiled the list of PaizoCon volunteers, worked on finalizing the schedule, and sending responses to volunteer submissions. I have received some withdrawals from the Gen Con volunteer pool and will be contacting other GMs to fill those positions. If you are waiting to hear on either of those conventions, expect an email by the end of the week.</p>
<p>Looking forward, I will be traveling the rest of the month. First to GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where I meet with retailers to discuss Pathfinder Society in their stores. Then I am off to Florida, where I'll hold a meet & greet in Tampa and spend some vacation time with my family. While I'm away, John will be writing the Pathfinder Society blogs, so I will wish everyone a fun and happy Pharast and see everyone in Gozran!</p>
<p>Until then—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">OPC Log—8 Pharast 4716</h1>
<p class="date">Monday, March 7, 2016</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Last Friday marked two important occasions for many gamers—International GM's Day and the anniversary of the passing of game designer Gary Gygax. I began to reflect on my first games and how much they shaped my gaming experience, where I thought about the experiences that encourage players to return to the table. I would love to hear of your first encounters with the world of gaming and what made them so memorable—leave your stories in the comments!</p>
<p>Of course, we don't need an International GM's Day to say thank you to all the GMs out there that spend large amounts of their free time preparing and running games for their players! The Pathfinder Society team would especially like to recognize those GMs achieving their 5th star over the past six weeks. To reach 150 games, a GM dedicates more than 750 hours to their craft, and that's just the time it takes to run games. There are many more hours of preparation and planning involved. Please join in a big round of applause for our newest 5-star GMs!</p>
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<p>Carlos Danao<br />
Kjersten Gibson (Kitty)<br />
Nathan Littlefield<br />
Chris Marsh<br />
Nate Myers<br />
Matt Polkowsky<br />
Chris Rathunde<br />
Santeri Riikonen<br />
Michael Thompson</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>Pathfinder Society Adventure Card Guild Accessory Contest</h2>
<p>Last month I hinted at our next Pathfinder Society contest, and this month the focus will beon the Adventure Card Guild. This time around, we want to see your table accessories that add pizazz or pow to the game. The rules for entry are below:</p>
<ul><li>You may only enter once, with one accessory</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted to <a href = "mailto:contest@paizo.com?Subject=Pathfinder%20Society%20Adventure%20Card%20Guild%20Accessory%20Contest">contest@paizo.com</a></li>
<li>Include a photo of your accessory and a description of its use (<em>NOTE: Photos may be resized or cropped to better show off the mini for voting. We suggest trying to send the biggest possible resolution to retain details for resizing. Any image format is acceptable!</em>)</li>
<li>Include your paizo.com username</li></ul>
<p>Of course, a contest means prizes! First place will win $25 paizo.com store credit and three runners up will each receive $15 store credit. Entries will be accepted until <b>12:00 PM Pacific time on March 25, 2016</b>. Voting will open on March 28, 2016 and continue until April 8.</p>
<h2>Convention Updates</h2>
<p>This weekend I compiled the list of PaizoCon volunteers, worked on finalizing the schedule, and sending responses to volunteer submissions. I have received some withdrawals from the Gen Con volunteer pool and will be contacting other GMs to fill those positions. If you are waiting to hear on either of those conventions, expect an email by the end of the week.</p>
<p>Looking forward, I will be traveling the rest of the month. First to GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where I meet with retailers to discuss Pathfinder Society in their stores. Then I am off to Florida, where I'll hold a meet & greet in Tampa and spend some vacation time with my family. While I'm away, John will be writing the Pathfinder Society blogs, so I will wish everyone a fun and happy Pharast and see everyone in Gozran!</p>
<p>Until then—Explore, Report, Cooperate!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
</div>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">OPC Log—8 Calistril 4716</h1>
<p class="date">Monday, February 8, 2016</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Hi friends! I spent the past five days in Fort Wayne, Indiana, attending the Winter Fantasy Convention hosted by Baldman Games. What a blast! With a small but dedicated Pathfinder presence, we played lots, laughed lots, and rolled quite a few dice. I enjoyed introducing new players to the <a href = "/pathfinderSociety">Pathfinder Society</a>. The offerings included all <a href = "/pathfinderSocietyScenarios/replayableScenarios">three evergreen scenarios</a>, <a href= "/products/btpy9cu0">#6-98: "Serpents Rise"</a>, <a href = "/products/btpy9cu6">#6-99: "True Dragons of Absalom"</a>, and most of <a href = "/pathfinderSocietyScenarios/season7">Season 7's scenarios</a>. The <a href = "/pfsacg">Adventure Card Guild</a> launched the <em>Season of the Runelords</em> with resounding success—one group even came back three days in a row to work their way through the first adventure. I took Gronk the Druid through the entire adventure as well, avoiding death and leveling him to Tier 2.</p>
<p>Next weekend, I’m off to Con of the North in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. As Con of the North features both the Roleplaying Guild and Adventure Card Guild, I will offer Adventure 1 for Adventure Card Game players and preview the soon-to-be-released <a href = "/products/btpy9e8d"><em>Barbarian Deck</em></a>. Ostog, you’re my only hope! The Con also features a full slate of Season 7 offerings, as well as <a href = "/products/btpy9cu7">#7-00: "The Sky Key Solution."</a></P>
<p>And on another note, judging for the Miniature Painting Contest closed last Friday, and what a fantastic display of Pathfinder Society members' art! I saw so many great pieces to choose from. Thank you to everyone who entered and to all those Pathfinders who voted for their favorite miniature. In the end though, our voters couldn’t make up their minds, resulting in a three-way tie. So instead of a first prize and three runners-up, I am adding a bit to the prize pot so each winner tied for first receives $25 in paizo.com store credit and the runner-up receives $15.</p>
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<p>Without further ado, the three winners tied for first are—<em>drumroll please</em>:
<ul>
<li>"Dolgar" by Christine Brockley-Blatt, Venture Captain</li>
<li>"Prunette" by Lady Gragra</li>
<li>"Mortimer Raven" by Quadstriker</li>
</ul>
And the runner up is—<em>more drumrolls please</em>:
<ul>
<li>"Goblin Chief Effigy" by Fomsie</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>Our next contest kicks off mid-March! There’s just about a month of preparation time in case the category gets your creative synapses firing. Really excited since I know our group makes cool stuff! The theme of the second competition is: <strong>Best Handmade Adventure Card Guild Accessory</strong>. The category includes, but is not limited to: dice rolling devices, play mats, dice trays, or character deck bling. Pretty much anything that improves the atmosphere of your <a href="https://paizo.com/pfsacg">Adventure Card Guild</a> playing experience will qualify.</p>
<p>The prize? Gift certificates to paizo.com! First place will win $25 and three runners up will get $15 each. The crunchy bits for entering:
<ul>
<li>You may only enter once</li>
<li>All submissions must be by the item’s owner.</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted to contest@paizo.com</li>
<li>Include a photo of your accessory. Photos may be resized or cropped to better show off the mini for voting. We suggest trying to send the biggest possible resolution to retain details for resizing. Any image format is acceptable!</li>
<li>Include your paizo.com username</li>
</ul>
<strong>Do not send your entries yet!</strong>. Anything received before the official entry opening date in March won’t count—think of this as a bit of free divinatory magic on your behalf.</p>
<p>Off now to catch a plane back to Seattle. Take care and remember:
<blockquote><strong>Explore, Report, Cooperate!</strong></blockquote>
</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<em>Organized Play Coordinator</em></p>
</div>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">OPC Log—8 Calistril 4716</h1>
<p class="date">Monday, February 8, 2016</p>
<div itemprop="articlebody">
<p itemprop="description">Hi friends! I spent the past five days in Fort Wayne, Indiana, attending the Winter Fantasy Convention hosted by Baldman Games. What a blast! With a small but dedicated Pathfinder presence, we played lots, laughed lots, and rolled quite a few dice. I enjoyed introducing new players to the <a href = "/pathfinderSociety">Pathfinder Society</a>. The offerings included all <a href = "/pathfinderSocietyScenarios/replayableScenarios">three evergreen scenarios</a>, <a href= "/products/btpy9cu0">#6-98: "Serpents Rise"</a>, <a href = "/products/btpy9cu6">#6-99: "True Dragons of Absalom"</a>, and most of <a href = "/pathfinderSocietyScenarios/season7">Season 7's scenarios</a>. The <a href = "/pfsacg">Adventure Card Guild</a> launched the <em>Season of the Runelords</em> with resounding success—one group even came back three days in a row to work their way through the first adventure. I took Gronk the Druid through the entire adventure as well, avoiding death and leveling him to Tier 2.</p>
<p>Next weekend, I’m off to Con of the North in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. As Con of the North features both the Roleplaying Guild and Adventure Card Guild, I will offer Adventure 1 for Adventure Card Game players and preview the soon-to-be-released <a href = "/products/btpy9e8d"><em>Barbarian Deck</em></a>. Ostog, you’re my only hope! The Con also features a full slate of Season 7 offerings, as well as <a href = "/products/btpy9cu7">#7-00: "The Sky Key Solution."</a></P>
<p>And on another note, judging for the Miniature Painting Contest closed last Friday, and what a fantastic display of Pathfinder Society members' art! I saw so many great pieces to choose from. Thank you to everyone who entered and to all those Pathfinders who voted for their favorite miniature. In the end though, our voters couldn’t make up their minds, resulting in a three-way tie. So instead of a first prize and three runners-up, I am adding a bit to the prize pot so each winner tied for first receives $25 in paizo.com store credit and the runner-up receives $15.</p>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Dolgar.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Dolgar_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Prunette.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Prunette_180.jpeg" /></a>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Effigy.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Effigy_180.jpeg" /></a>
</div>
<p>Without further ado, the three winners tied for first are—<em>drumroll please</em>:
<ul>
<li>"Dolgar" by Christine Brockley-Blatt, Venture Captain</li>
<li>"Prunette" by Lady Gragra</li>
<li>"Mortimer Raven" by Quadstriker</li>
</ul>
And the runner up is—<em>more drumrolls please</em>:
<ul>
<li>"Goblin Chief Effigy" by Fomsie</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>Our next contest kicks off mid-March! There’s just about a month of preparation time in case the category gets your creative synapses firing. Really excited since I know our group makes cool stuff! The theme of the second competition is: <strong>Best Handmade Adventure Card Guild Accessory</strong>. The category includes, but is not limited to: dice rolling devices, play mats, dice trays, or character deck bling. Pretty much anything that improves the atmosphere of your <a href="https://paizo.com/pfsacg">Adventure Card Guild</a> playing experience will qualify.</p>
<p>The prize? Gift certificates to paizo.com! First place will win $25 and three runners up will get $15 each. The crunchy bits for entering:
<ul>
<li>You may only enter once</li>
<li>All submissions must be by the item’s owner.</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted to contest@paizo.com</li>
<li>Include a photo of your accessory. Photos may be resized or cropped to better show off the mini for voting. We suggest trying to send the biggest possible resolution to retain details for resizing. Any image format is acceptable!</li>
<li>Include your paizo.com username</li>
</ul>
<strong>Do not send your entries yet!</strong>. Anything received before the official entry opening date in March won’t count—think of this as a bit of free divinatory magic on your behalf.</p>
<p>Off now to catch a plane back to Seattle. Take care and remember:
<blockquote><strong>Explore, Report, Cooperate!</strong></blockquote>
</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<em>Organized Play Coordinator</em></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
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<p class="date">Thursday, January 14, 2016</p>
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<p itemprop="description">A few weeks ago, I announced the first in a series of competitions aimed toward Pathfinder Society members. The response illustrates the fantastic talents our players possess. While their creations graced tables, it took being in the right place at the right time to admire them. On that note, thank you to the artists for sharing your creations. Submitting items for public perusal can be daunting and I appreciate your willingness to let us look.</p>
<p>But enough of me typing, let's get to the fun part—looking at all the images and choosing your favorite. Voting opens now and continues until Friday, February 5 at 12:00 PM Pacific time. I'll announce the winners in the Pathfinder Society blog the following Monday, along with the next competition category.</p>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Alester.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Alester_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Alestar Florent" by Scharlata</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Amaranti.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Amaranti_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Amaranti" by -Karma-</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-ArnimThayer.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-ArnimThayer_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Arnim Thayer" by Michael VonHasseln, Venture-Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Assyra.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Assyra_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Assyra" by Simon Kort, Venture-Lieutenant</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Benediccio.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Benediccio_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Benediccio" by Doctor Mono</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Daelyn.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Daelyn_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Daelyn" by Tamago</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-DeshSilversun.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-DeshSilversun_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Desh Silversun" by Bryan Moore</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Dolgar.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Dolgar_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Dolgar" by Christine Brockley-Blatt, Venture Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-GaldurXXI.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-GaldurXXI_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Galdur XXI and Schüler'De" by Curaigh</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-GlacialRose.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-GlacialRose_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Glacial Rose" by Terminalmancer</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Effigy.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Effigy_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Goblin Cheif Effigy" by Fomsie</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Grumphir.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Grumphir_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Grumphir" by el_comrade</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Jak.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Jak_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Jak" by Dancingweasel</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-JarlRukk.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-JarlRukk_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Jarl Rukk" by Walter Sheppard, Venture-Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-JasmineHenderthane.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-JasmineHenderthane_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Jasmine Henderthane" by Kigvan</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-KarstFireaxe.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-KarstFireaxe_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Karst Fireaxe" by Curt Ward, Venture-Agent</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Karzoug.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Karzoug_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Karzoug" by Jeremy Mayr</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-KristoffKringle.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-KristoffKringle_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Kristoff Kringle and Blitzen" by jcg</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Maliq.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Maliq_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Maliq" by Alex Blaes, Venture-Agent</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-MortimerRaven.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-MortimerRaven_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Mortimer Raven" by Quadstriker</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-PoseyBitterleaf.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-PoseyBitterleaf_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Posey Bitterleaf" by lgpolak</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Prunette.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Prunette_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Prunette" by Lady Gragra</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-QuintinDeLur.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-QuintinDeLur_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Quintin DeLur" by Brian Lefebvre, Venture Lieutenant</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-RaloreFinn.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-RaloreFinn_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Ralore 'Ral' Finn" by Lucas Servideo, Venture-Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-RedRumbholt.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-RedRumbholt_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Red Rumboldt" by Captain Phoenix</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Seelah.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Seelah_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Seelah" by Teraptus</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Shivara.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Shivara_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Shivara" by sanwah68</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-TigerCompanion.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-TigerCompanion_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Stela Tamna-Kosa's Animal Companion" by Tony Wilkinson</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Szilvais.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Szilvais_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Szilvais" by Mike Bramnik, Venture-Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-TiekGeras.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-TiekGeras_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Tiek Geras" by Engineremy</i>
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<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Vote for Your Favorite Pathfinder Society Mini!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, January 14, 2016</p>
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<p itemprop="description">A few weeks ago, I announced the first in a series of competitions aimed toward Pathfinder Society members. The response illustrates the fantastic talents our players possess. While their creations graced tables, it took being in the right place at the right time to admire them. On that note, thank you to the artists for sharing your creations. Submitting items for public perusal can be daunting and I appreciate your willingness to let us look.</p>
<p>But enough of me typing, let's get to the fun part—looking at all the images and choosing your favorite. Voting opens now and continues until Friday, February 5 at 12:00 PM Pacific time. I'll announce the winners in the Pathfinder Society blog the following Monday, along with the next competition category.</p>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Alester.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Alester_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Alestar Florent" by Scharlata</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Amaranti.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Amaranti_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Amaranti" by -Karma-</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-ArnimThayer.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-ArnimThayer_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Arnim Thayer" by Michael VonHasseln, Venture-Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Assyra.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Assyra_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Assyra" by Simon Kort, Venture-Lieutenant</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Benediccio.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Benediccio_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Benediccio" by Doctor Mono</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Daelyn.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Daelyn_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Daelyn" by Tamago</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-DeshSilversun.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-DeshSilversun_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Desh Silversun" by Bryan Moore</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Dolgar.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Dolgar_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Dolgar" by Christine Brockley-Blatt, Venture Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-GaldurXXI.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-GaldurXXI_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Galdur XXI and Schüler'De" by Curaigh</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-GlacialRose.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-GlacialRose_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Glacial Rose" by Terminalmancer</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Effigy.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Effigy_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Goblin Cheif Effigy" by Fomsie</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Grumphir.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Grumphir_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Grumphir" by el_comrade</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Jak.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Jak_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Jak" by Dancingweasel</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-JarlRukk.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-JarlRukk_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Jarl Rukk" by Walter Sheppard, Venture-Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-JasmineHenderthane.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-JasmineHenderthane_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Jasmine Henderthane" by Kigvan</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-KarstFireaxe.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-KarstFireaxe_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Karst Fireaxe" by Curt Ward, Venture-Agent</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Karzoug.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Karzoug_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Karzoug" by Jeremy Mayr</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-KristoffKringle.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-KristoffKringle_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Kristoff Kringle and Blitzen" by jcg</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Maliq.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Maliq_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Maliq" by Alex Blaes, Venture-Agent</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-MortimerRaven.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-MortimerRaven_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Mortimer Raven" by Quadstriker</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-PoseyBitterleaf.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-PoseyBitterleaf_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Posey Bitterleaf" by lgpolak</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Prunette.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Prunette_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Prunette" by Lady Gragra</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-QuintinDeLur.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-QuintinDeLur_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Quintin DeLur" by Brian Lefebvre, Venture Lieutenant</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-RaloreFinn.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-RaloreFinn_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Ralore 'Ral' Finn" by Lucas Servideo, Venture-Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-RedRumbholt.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-RedRumbholt_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Red Rumboldt" by Captain Phoenix</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Seelah.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Seelah_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Seelah" by Teraptus</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Shivara.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Shivara_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Shivara" by sanwah68</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-TigerCompanion.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-TigerCompanion_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Stela Tamna-Kosa's Animal Companion" by Tony Wilkinson</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Szilvais.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-Szilvais_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Szilvais" by Mike Bramnik, Venture-Captain</i>
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<a href = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-TiekGeras.jpg"><img src = "//static1.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderSociety/20160114-TiekGeras_120.jpeg"></a><br />
<i>"Tiek Geras" by Engineremy</i>
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<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
</div>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">OPC Log—21 Kuthona 4715</h1>
<p class="date">Monday, December 21, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">With just ten days left in 2015, this will be my last blog for the year. Next week John will give us some insight on our upcoming scenarios, and then it's on to the new year. Last week, I hinted that you should get out your paintbrushes and arm your glue guns—I hope you did, as I am pleased to announce the first in a series of Pathfinder Society contests!</p>
<p>Over my years in PFS, no matter where I traveled, I met fantastic artists. Their creations enhanced their tables and brought an added layer of "WOW" to their games. Unfortunately, most of these creations stay in their local areas and unless you're fortunate enough to live close by, you don't get to share in the fun. I intend this contest as way for our global community to share their creations and see what people are up to in other areas of the world.</p>
<p>The theme this time is a hand-painted Pathfinder Society mini. Whether a favorite player character or a beloved NPC, as long as it is from the Pathfinder Society and your creation it counts.</p>
<p>The prize? Gift certificates to paizo.com! First place will win $25 and three runners up will get $15 each.</p>
<p>The crunchy bits for entering:</p>
<ul><li>You may only enter once</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted to <a href = "mailto:contest@paizo.com?Subject=Pathfinder%20Society%20Miniature%20Painting%20Contest">contest@paizo.com</a></li>
<li>Include a photo of your mini and a name for the character portrayed (NOTE: Photos may be resized or cropped to better show off the mini for voting. We suggest trying to send the biggest possible resolution to retain details for resizing. Any image format is acceptable!)</li>
<li>Include your paizo.com username</li></ul>
<p>Entries will be accepted until <b>12:00 PM Pacific time on January 11, 2016</b>. Voting will open on January 14, 2016 and continue until February 5.</p>
<p>Our global community spans many cultures—no matter when and where your celebration, the Pathfinder Society team wishes you an enjoyable and joyful time. Stay safe and remember to set your calendars forward to 4716!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<p class="date">Monday, December 21, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">With just ten days left in 2015, this will be my last blog for the year. Next week John will give us some insight on our upcoming scenarios, and then it's on to the new year. Last week, I hinted that you should get out your paintbrushes and arm your glue guns—I hope you did, as I am pleased to announce the first in a series of Pathfinder Society contests!</p>
<p>Over my years in PFS, no matter where I traveled, I met fantastic artists. Their creations enhanced their tables and brought an added layer of "WOW" to their games. Unfortunately, most of these creations stay in their local areas and unless you're fortunate enough to live close by, you don't get to share in the fun. I intend this contest as way for our global community to share their creations and see what people are up to in other areas of the world.</p>
<p>The theme this time is a hand-painted Pathfinder Society mini. Whether a favorite player character or a beloved NPC, as long as it is from the Pathfinder Society and your creation it counts.</p>
<p>The prize? Gift certificates to paizo.com! First place will win $25 and three runners up will get $15 each.</p>
<p>The crunchy bits for entering:</p>
<ul><li>You may only enter once</li>
<li>Entries must be submitted to <a href = "mailto:contest@paizo.com?Subject=Pathfinder%20Society%20Miniature%20Painting%20Contest">contest@paizo.com</a></li>
<li>Include a photo of your mini and a name for the character portrayed (NOTE: Photos may be resized or cropped to better show off the mini for voting. We suggest trying to send the biggest possible resolution to retain details for resizing. Any image format is acceptable!)</li>
<li>Include your paizo.com username</li></ul>
<p>Entries will be accepted until <b>12:00 PM Pacific time on January 11, 2016</b>. Voting will open on January 14, 2016 and continue until February 5.</p>
<p>Our global community spans many cultures—no matter when and where your celebration, the Pathfinder Society team wishes you an enjoyable and joyful time. Stay safe and remember to set your calendars forward to 4716!</p>
<p>Tonya Woldridge<br />
<i>Organized Play Coordinator</i></p>
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<p class="date">Thursday, November 19, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Only one creature could be the winner in this <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> throwdown, and with it, five winners of our latest <a href="https://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG"><em>Pathfinder Roleplaying Game</em></a> hardcover!</p>
<p>Dominating against the Pakalchi Sahkil, the Wyrmwraith emerged the victor in our battle royale! This CR 17 incorporeal undead has a terrifying array of powers at its command, making you long for the days of "just" fighting a dragon for its wealth. Not even dragons are safe from the wyrmwraith, for as much as this undead hates the living, it hates those that remind it of what it lost the most.</p>
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<p>Many of you voted in our elimination contest, leading the Wyrmwraith to victory, and for your votes, we promised a signed copy of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, and I'm happy to announce that <a href="http://paizo.com/people/Thriyon"><strong>Thyrion</strong></a> is the winner! We'll be contacting you shortly, and the four winners of the PDF copy are: <a href="http://stage.paizo.com/people/BelkarBitterleaf"><strong>BelkarBitterleaf</strong></a>, <a href="http://stage.paizo.com/people/fuzbuckle"><strong>fuzbuckle</strong></a>, <a href="http://stage.paizo.com/people/Paladinosaur"><strong>Paladinosaur</strong></a>, and <a href="http://stage.paizo.com/people/Drexer"><strong>Drexer</strong></a>!</p>
<p>And following tradition, here's the complete table of contents for <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>!</p>
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<table align = "center"><tr><td><table class = "table-spacing-large"><tr><td>Aatheriexa</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">7</td></tr><tr><td>Abrikandilu (demon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">74</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aerial servant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aether elemental</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">106–107</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aether wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">282</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ahkhat</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">14</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ahool</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">15</td></tr>
<tr><td>Air veela</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">264</td></tr>
<tr><td>Air wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">282</td></tr>
<tr><td>Akaname</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">16</td></tr>
<tr><td>Amarok</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Amphiptere</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">18</td></tr>
<tr><td>Android</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">19</td></tr>
<tr><td>Anemos</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">20–21</td></tr>
<tr><td>Animate hair</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">26</td></tr>
<tr><td>Annihilator (robot)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">206</td></tr>
<tr><td>Anunnaki</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">28–29</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apallie</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">30</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apkallu</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">32–33</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apostate devil</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">78–79</td></tr>
<tr><td>Astomoi</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">37</td></tr>
<tr><td>Astral dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">88–89</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bagiennik</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">40</td></tr>
<tr><td>Balisse (angel)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">22</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bat plague swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">193</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bisha ga tsuku</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">42</td></tr>
<tr><td>Blightspawn</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">43</td></tr>
<tr><td>Blood caterpillar</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">51</td></tr>
<tr><td>Blue whale</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">276</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bone ship</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">44–45</td></tr>
<tr><td>Boroboroton (tsukumogami)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">252</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brain mole</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">46</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brain mole monarch</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">47</td></tr>
<tr><td>Caligni (dark folk)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">66</td></tr>
<tr><td>Caller in darkness</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">48</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cambion (demon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cameroceras</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">49</td></tr>
<tr><td>Capramace</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Celedon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">52</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ceratosaurus (dinosaur)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">83</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cervinal (agathion)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cerynitis</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">53</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cetus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">54</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chalicotherium (megafauna)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">170</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cherufe</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">55</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chicken (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">112</td></tr>
<tr><td>Choral (angel)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">23</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chuspiki</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">56</td></tr>
<tr><td>Clockwork familiar</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">57</td></tr>
<tr><td>Corpse lotus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">60</td></tr>
<tr><td>Crone queen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">61</td></tr>
<tr><td>Crystal golem</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">126</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cuero</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">62</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cursed king</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">63</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cytillipede</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">65</td></tr>
<tr><td>Danava (titan)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">246–247</td></tr>
<tr><td>Death coach</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">67</td></tr>
<tr><td>Deep merfolk</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">172</td></tr>
<tr><td>Deep one</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">68</td></tr>
<tr><td>Deep one hybrid</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">70</td></tr>
<tr><td>Delgeth</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">71</td></tr>
<tr><td>Devastator</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">77</td></tr>
<tr><td>Digmaul</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">82</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dire polar bear</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">41</td></tr>
<tr><td>Domovoi (house spirit)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">142</td></tr>
<tr><td>Doppeldrek</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">85</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dragonkin</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">98</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dream dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">90–91</td></tr>
<tr><td>Duppy</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">101</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dvorovoi (house spirit)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">142</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dwiergeth</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">102</td></tr>
<tr><td>Earth veela</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">264</td></tr>
<tr><td>Earth wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">282</td></tr>
<tr><td>Echeneis</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">103</td></tr>
<tr><td>Eclipse giant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">121</td></tr>
<tr><td>Egregore</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">104–105</td></tr>
<tr><td>Elder deep one</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">69</td></tr>
<tr><td>Emotion ooze</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">108–109</td></tr>
<tr><td>Empyrean (angel)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">24–25</td></tr>
<tr><td>Encantado</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">110</td></tr>
<tr><td>Esipil (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">213</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ether drake</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">99</td></tr>
<tr><td>Etheric dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">92–93</td></tr>
<tr><td>Etiainen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">111</td></tr>
<tr><td>Exscinder (archon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">34</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fastachee</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">114</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fext</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">115</td></tr>
<tr><td>Firbolg</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">116</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fire veela</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">265</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fire wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">283</td></tr>
<tr><td>Flying fox (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">112</td></tr></table></td><td><table class = "table-spacing-large"><tr><td>Flytrap leshy</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">156</td></tr>
<tr><td>Frog father</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">117</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gancanagh (azata)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">38</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gate archon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">35</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gearsman (robot)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">207</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gegenees</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">118</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ghoran</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">119</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant assassin bug</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">36</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant mantis shrimp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">232</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant muckdweller</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">175</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant scarab</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">221</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant termite</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">242</td></tr>
<tr><td>Glaistig</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">124–125</td></tr>
<tr><td>Goliath frog</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">117</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gravebound</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">128</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gray</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">129</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gray goo</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">130</td></tr>
<tr><td>Great assassin bug</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">36</td></tr>
<tr><td>Griefgall</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">133</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grim reaper</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">134–135</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grimslake</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">136</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grioth</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">137</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gristly demodand</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">72</td></tr>
<tr><td>Guardian scroll</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">138</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gunpowder ooze</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">139</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hag eye ooze</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">140</td></tr>
<tr><td>Heikegani</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">141</td></tr>
<tr><td>Heresy devil</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">80</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hobkins (gremlin)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">131</td></tr>
<tr><td>Horn caterpillar</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">51</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hundun</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">144–145</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hunter urchin (sea urchin)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">223</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ichthyocentaur</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">146</td></tr>
<tr><td>Isonade</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">147</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jungle drake</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">100</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kabandha (cyclops)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">64</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kaprosuchus (megafauna)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">170</td></tr>
<tr><td>Karkadann</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">148</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kasa-obake (tsukumogami)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">252</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kawa akago</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">149</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ketesthius</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">150</td></tr>
<tr><td>Khala</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">151</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kikimora</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">152</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kimenhul (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">214–215</td></tr>
<tr><td>Knight ant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">27</td></tr>
<tr><td>Koto-furunishi (tsukumogami)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">252</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kurobozu</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">153</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lamhigyn</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">154</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lead golem</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">127</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leechroot</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">155</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leng ghoul</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">120</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lesser death (grim reaper)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">134</td></tr>
<tr><td>Liminal sprite</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">158</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lipika (aeon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">8–9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Living mirage</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">159</td></tr>
<tr><td>Locust plague swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">192</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lotus leshy</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">157</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lotus tree</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">160</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lusca</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">161</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maharishi manu (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">164</td></tr>
<tr><td>Makara (vahana)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">262</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manu (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">163</td></tr>
<tr><td>Megapon ant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">27</td></tr>
<tr><td>Megaprimatus (ape)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">31</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mngwa</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">173</td></tr>
<tr><td>Moa (megafauna)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">171</td></tr>
<tr><td>Moon dog</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">174</td></tr>
<tr><td>Moon giant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">122</td></tr>
<tr><td>Muckdweller</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">175</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mummy lord</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">176–177</td></tr>
<tr><td>Muse</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">179</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mutant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">180–181</td></tr>
<tr><td>Myrmidon (robot)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">208</td></tr>
<tr><td>Narwhal (whale)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">276</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nemhain</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">182</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nightmare dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">94–95</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ningen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">183</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nulmind</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">184</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nuno (gremlin)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">132</td></tr>
<tr><td>Occult dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">96–97</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ophiotaurus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">185</td></tr>
<tr><td>Orang-pendak</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">186</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ostovite</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">187</td></tr>
<tr><td>Othaos (aeon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">10</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ovinnik (house spirit)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">143</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pakalchi (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">216</td></tr>
<tr><td>Papinijuwari</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">188</td></tr>
<tr><td>Penguin (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">112</td></tr>
<tr><td>Peuchen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">189</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pharaonic guardian</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">191</td></tr><tr><td>Plagued beast</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">194</td></tr></table></td><td><table class = "table-spacing-large"><tr><td>Plankta</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">195</td></tr>
<tr><td>Plesiosaurus (dinosaur)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">83</td></tr>
<tr><td>Polar bear</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">41</td></tr>
<tr><td>Polong</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">196</td></tr>
<tr><td>Psychemental</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">197</td></tr>
<tr><td>Psychepore</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">198</td></tr>
<tr><td>Putrid ooze</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">199</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pyrausta</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">200</td></tr>
<tr><td>Qolok (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">217</td></tr>
<tr><td>Raelis (azata)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">39</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ramidreju</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">201</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rat plague swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">192</td></tr>
<tr><td>Red panda (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">112</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reptial (agathion)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">13</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reptoid</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">202</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rhu-chalik</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">203</td></tr>
<tr><td>Riftcreeper</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">204</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rishi manu (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">165</td></tr>
<tr><td>Roiling oil</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">210</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rope dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">211</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sangoi</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">219</td></tr>
<tr><td>Saxra</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">220</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scarab swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">221</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scitalis</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">222</td></tr>
<tr><td>Seal (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">113</td></tr>
<tr><td>Seilenos</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">224–225</td></tr>
<tr><td>Seraptis (demon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">76</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sha</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">226</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shabti</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">227</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shadow collector</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">228</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shasalqu</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">229</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">230–231</td></tr>
<tr><td>Skinwalker</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">233</td></tr>
<tr><td>Solar pitri (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">166–167</td></tr>
<tr><td>Somalcygot</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">234</td></tr>
<tr><td>Spear urchin (sea urchin)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">223</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sphinx colossus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">58</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storm hag</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">235</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stormghost</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">236</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stranglereed</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">237</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stringy demodand</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">73</td></tr>
<tr><td>Su</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">238</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sun giant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">123</td></tr>
<tr><td>Swamp mummy</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">178</td></tr>
<tr><td>Syricta</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">239</td></tr>
<tr><td>Taxidermic creature</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">240–241</td></tr>
<tr><td>Termite swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">242</td></tr>
<tr><td>Terraformer (robot)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">209</td></tr>
<tr><td>Therizinosaurus (dinosaur)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">84</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thought eater</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">243</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thriae constructor</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">244</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thriae dancer</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">245</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tiyanak</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">248</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tizheruk</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">249</td></tr>
<tr><td>Trench mist</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">250</td></tr>
<tr><td>Trilobite (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">113</td></tr>
<tr><td>Troodon (dinosaur)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">84</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tsaalgrend</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">251</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tulpa</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">254–255</td></tr>
<tr><td>Turul</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">256–257</td></tr>
<tr><td>Twilight pitri (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">168–169</td></tr>
<tr><td>Uintatherium (megafauna)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">171</td></tr>
<tr><td>Undigested</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">258</td></tr>
<tr><td>Undigested swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">258</td></tr>
<tr><td>Unfettered phantom</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">190</td></tr>
<tr><td>Uraeus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">259</td></tr>
<tr><td>Urannag</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">260</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ursikka</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">261</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vahana</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">262</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ved</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">263</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vescavor queen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">266</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vescavor swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">267</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vilderavn</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">268–269</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vishap</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">270–271</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vukodlak</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">272</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wakandagi</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">273</td></tr>
<tr><td>Warmonger devil</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">81</td></tr>
<tr><td>Warmonger wasp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">274</td></tr>
<tr><td>Water leaper</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">275</td></tr>
<tr><td>Water veela</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">265</td></tr>
<tr><td>Water wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">283</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wihsaak (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">218</td></tr>
<tr><td>Witchcrow</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">277</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wizard's shackle</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">278</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wolliped</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">279</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wood colossus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">59</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wyrmwraith</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">280–281</td></tr>
<tr><td>Xiao</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">284</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yangethe</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">285</td></tr>
<tr><td>Zygomind</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">286–287</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
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<p>Of course, we won't stop—can't stop—with previewing the amazing art in <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>!</p>
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<em>Illustrations by Wayne England, Ben Wootten, Kent Hamilton, and Jorge Fares</em>
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<p>Thank you to everybody who participated in the contest, and until we meet again...</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Do You Think Flattery Will Keep You Alive?</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, November 19, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Only one creature could be the winner in this <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> throwdown, and with it, five winners of our latest <a href="https://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG"><em>Pathfinder Roleplaying Game</em></a> hardcover!</p>
<p>Dominating against the Pakalchi Sahkil, the Wyrmwraith emerged the victor in our battle royale! This CR 17 incorporeal undead has a terrifying array of powers at its command, making you long for the days of "just" fighting a dragon for its wealth. Not even dragons are safe from the wyrmwraith, for as much as this undead hates the living, it hates those that remind it of what it lost the most.</p>
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<p>Many of you voted in our elimination contest, leading the Wyrmwraith to victory, and for your votes, we promised a signed copy of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, and I'm happy to announce that <a href="http://paizo.com/people/Thriyon"><strong>Thyrion</strong></a> is the winner! We'll be contacting you shortly, and the four winners of the PDF copy are: <a href="http://stage.paizo.com/people/BelkarBitterleaf"><strong>BelkarBitterleaf</strong></a>, <a href="http://stage.paizo.com/people/fuzbuckle"><strong>fuzbuckle</strong></a>, <a href="http://stage.paizo.com/people/Paladinosaur"><strong>Paladinosaur</strong></a>, and <a href="http://stage.paizo.com/people/Drexer"><strong>Drexer</strong></a>!</p>
<p>And following tradition, here's the complete table of contents for <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>!</p>
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<table align = "center"><tr><td><table class = "table-spacing-large"><tr><td>Aatheriexa</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">7</td></tr><tr><td>Abrikandilu (demon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">74</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aerial servant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aether elemental</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">106–107</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aether wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">282</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ahkhat</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">14</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ahool</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">15</td></tr>
<tr><td>Air veela</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">264</td></tr>
<tr><td>Air wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">282</td></tr>
<tr><td>Akaname</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">16</td></tr>
<tr><td>Amarok</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">17</td></tr>
<tr><td>Amphiptere</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">18</td></tr>
<tr><td>Android</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">19</td></tr>
<tr><td>Anemos</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">20–21</td></tr>
<tr><td>Animate hair</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">26</td></tr>
<tr><td>Annihilator (robot)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">206</td></tr>
<tr><td>Anunnaki</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">28–29</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apallie</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">30</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apkallu</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">32–33</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apostate devil</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">78–79</td></tr>
<tr><td>Astomoi</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">37</td></tr>
<tr><td>Astral dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">88–89</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bagiennik</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">40</td></tr>
<tr><td>Balisse (angel)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">22</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bat plague swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">193</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bisha ga tsuku</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">42</td></tr>
<tr><td>Blightspawn</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">43</td></tr>
<tr><td>Blood caterpillar</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">51</td></tr>
<tr><td>Blue whale</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">276</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bone ship</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">44–45</td></tr>
<tr><td>Boroboroton (tsukumogami)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">252</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brain mole</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">46</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brain mole monarch</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">47</td></tr>
<tr><td>Caligni (dark folk)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">66</td></tr>
<tr><td>Caller in darkness</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">48</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cambion (demon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cameroceras</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">49</td></tr>
<tr><td>Capramace</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Celedon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">52</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ceratosaurus (dinosaur)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">83</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cervinal (agathion)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cerynitis</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">53</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cetus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">54</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chalicotherium (megafauna)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">170</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cherufe</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">55</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chicken (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">112</td></tr>
<tr><td>Choral (angel)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">23</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chuspiki</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">56</td></tr>
<tr><td>Clockwork familiar</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">57</td></tr>
<tr><td>Corpse lotus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">60</td></tr>
<tr><td>Crone queen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">61</td></tr>
<tr><td>Crystal golem</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">126</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cuero</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">62</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cursed king</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">63</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cytillipede</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">65</td></tr>
<tr><td>Danava (titan)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">246–247</td></tr>
<tr><td>Death coach</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">67</td></tr>
<tr><td>Deep merfolk</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">172</td></tr>
<tr><td>Deep one</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">68</td></tr>
<tr><td>Deep one hybrid</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">70</td></tr>
<tr><td>Delgeth</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">71</td></tr>
<tr><td>Devastator</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">77</td></tr>
<tr><td>Digmaul</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">82</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dire polar bear</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">41</td></tr>
<tr><td>Domovoi (house spirit)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">142</td></tr>
<tr><td>Doppeldrek</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">85</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dragonkin</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">98</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dream dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">90–91</td></tr>
<tr><td>Duppy</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">101</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dvorovoi (house spirit)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">142</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dwiergeth</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">102</td></tr>
<tr><td>Earth veela</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">264</td></tr>
<tr><td>Earth wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">282</td></tr>
<tr><td>Echeneis</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">103</td></tr>
<tr><td>Eclipse giant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">121</td></tr>
<tr><td>Egregore</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">104–105</td></tr>
<tr><td>Elder deep one</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">69</td></tr>
<tr><td>Emotion ooze</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">108–109</td></tr>
<tr><td>Empyrean (angel)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">24–25</td></tr>
<tr><td>Encantado</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">110</td></tr>
<tr><td>Esipil (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">213</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ether drake</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">99</td></tr>
<tr><td>Etheric dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">92–93</td></tr>
<tr><td>Etiainen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">111</td></tr>
<tr><td>Exscinder (archon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">34</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fastachee</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">114</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fext</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">115</td></tr>
<tr><td>Firbolg</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">116</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fire veela</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">265</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fire wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">283</td></tr>
<tr><td>Flying fox (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">112</td></tr></table></td><td><table class = "table-spacing-large"><tr><td>Flytrap leshy</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">156</td></tr>
<tr><td>Frog father</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">117</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gancanagh (azata)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">38</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gate archon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">35</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gearsman (robot)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">207</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gegenees</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">118</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ghoran</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">119</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant assassin bug</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">36</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant mantis shrimp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">232</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant muckdweller</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">175</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant scarab</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">221</td></tr>
<tr><td>Giant termite</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">242</td></tr>
<tr><td>Glaistig</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">124–125</td></tr>
<tr><td>Goliath frog</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">117</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gravebound</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">128</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gray</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">129</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gray goo</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">130</td></tr>
<tr><td>Great assassin bug</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">36</td></tr>
<tr><td>Griefgall</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">133</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grim reaper</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">134–135</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grimslake</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">136</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grioth</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">137</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gristly demodand</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">72</td></tr>
<tr><td>Guardian scroll</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">138</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gunpowder ooze</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">139</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hag eye ooze</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">140</td></tr>
<tr><td>Heikegani</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">141</td></tr>
<tr><td>Heresy devil</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">80</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hobkins (gremlin)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">131</td></tr>
<tr><td>Horn caterpillar</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">51</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hundun</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">144–145</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hunter urchin (sea urchin)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">223</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ichthyocentaur</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">146</td></tr>
<tr><td>Isonade</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">147</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jungle drake</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">100</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kabandha (cyclops)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">64</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kaprosuchus (megafauna)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">170</td></tr>
<tr><td>Karkadann</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">148</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kasa-obake (tsukumogami)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">252</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kawa akago</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">149</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ketesthius</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">150</td></tr>
<tr><td>Khala</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">151</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kikimora</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">152</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kimenhul (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">214–215</td></tr>
<tr><td>Knight ant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">27</td></tr>
<tr><td>Koto-furunishi (tsukumogami)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">252</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kurobozu</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">153</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lamhigyn</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">154</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lead golem</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">127</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leechroot</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">155</td></tr>
<tr><td>Leng ghoul</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">120</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lesser death (grim reaper)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">134</td></tr>
<tr><td>Liminal sprite</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">158</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lipika (aeon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">8–9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Living mirage</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">159</td></tr>
<tr><td>Locust plague swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">192</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lotus leshy</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">157</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lotus tree</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">160</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lusca</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">161</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maharishi manu (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">164</td></tr>
<tr><td>Makara (vahana)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">262</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manu (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">163</td></tr>
<tr><td>Megapon ant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">27</td></tr>
<tr><td>Megaprimatus (ape)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">31</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mngwa</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">173</td></tr>
<tr><td>Moa (megafauna)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">171</td></tr>
<tr><td>Moon dog</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">174</td></tr>
<tr><td>Moon giant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">122</td></tr>
<tr><td>Muckdweller</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">175</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mummy lord</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">176–177</td></tr>
<tr><td>Muse</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">179</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mutant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">180–181</td></tr>
<tr><td>Myrmidon (robot)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">208</td></tr>
<tr><td>Narwhal (whale)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">276</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nemhain</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">182</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nightmare dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">94–95</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ningen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">183</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nulmind</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">184</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nuno (gremlin)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">132</td></tr>
<tr><td>Occult dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">96–97</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ophiotaurus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">185</td></tr>
<tr><td>Orang-pendak</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">186</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ostovite</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">187</td></tr>
<tr><td>Othaos (aeon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">10</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ovinnik (house spirit)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">143</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pakalchi (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">216</td></tr>
<tr><td>Papinijuwari</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">188</td></tr>
<tr><td>Penguin (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">112</td></tr>
<tr><td>Peuchen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">189</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pharaonic guardian</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">191</td></tr><tr><td>Plagued beast</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">194</td></tr></table></td><td><table class = "table-spacing-large"><tr><td>Plankta</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">195</td></tr>
<tr><td>Plesiosaurus (dinosaur)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">83</td></tr>
<tr><td>Polar bear</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">41</td></tr>
<tr><td>Polong</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">196</td></tr>
<tr><td>Psychemental</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">197</td></tr>
<tr><td>Psychepore</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">198</td></tr>
<tr><td>Putrid ooze</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">199</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pyrausta</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">200</td></tr>
<tr><td>Qolok (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">217</td></tr>
<tr><td>Raelis (azata)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">39</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ramidreju</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">201</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rat plague swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">192</td></tr>
<tr><td>Red panda (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">112</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reptial (agathion)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">13</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reptoid</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">202</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rhu-chalik</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">203</td></tr>
<tr><td>Riftcreeper</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">204</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rishi manu (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">165</td></tr>
<tr><td>Roiling oil</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">210</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rope dragon</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">211</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sangoi</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">219</td></tr>
<tr><td>Saxra</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">220</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scarab swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">221</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scitalis</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">222</td></tr>
<tr><td>Seal (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">113</td></tr>
<tr><td>Seilenos</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">224–225</td></tr>
<tr><td>Seraptis (demon)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">76</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sha</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">226</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shabti</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">227</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shadow collector</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">228</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shasalqu</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">229</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">230–231</td></tr>
<tr><td>Skinwalker</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">233</td></tr>
<tr><td>Solar pitri (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">166–167</td></tr>
<tr><td>Somalcygot</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">234</td></tr>
<tr><td>Spear urchin (sea urchin)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">223</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sphinx colossus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">58</td></tr>
<tr><td>Storm hag</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">235</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stormghost</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">236</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stranglereed</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">237</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stringy demodand</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">73</td></tr>
<tr><td>Su</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">238</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sun giant</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">123</td></tr>
<tr><td>Swamp mummy</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">178</td></tr>
<tr><td>Syricta</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">239</td></tr>
<tr><td>Taxidermic creature</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">240–241</td></tr>
<tr><td>Termite swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">242</td></tr>
<tr><td>Terraformer (robot)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">209</td></tr>
<tr><td>Therizinosaurus (dinosaur)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">84</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thought eater</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">243</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thriae constructor</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">244</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thriae dancer</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">245</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tiyanak</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">248</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tizheruk</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">249</td></tr>
<tr><td>Trench mist</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">250</td></tr>
<tr><td>Trilobite (familiar)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">113</td></tr>
<tr><td>Troodon (dinosaur)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">84</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tsaalgrend</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">251</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tulpa</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">254–255</td></tr>
<tr><td>Turul</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">256–257</td></tr>
<tr><td>Twilight pitri (manasaputra)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">168–169</td></tr>
<tr><td>Uintatherium (megafauna)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">171</td></tr>
<tr><td>Undigested</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">258</td></tr>
<tr><td>Undigested swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">258</td></tr>
<tr><td>Unfettered phantom</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">190</td></tr>
<tr><td>Uraeus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">259</td></tr>
<tr><td>Urannag</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">260</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ursikka</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">261</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vahana</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">262</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ved</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">263</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vescavor queen</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">266</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vescavor swarm</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">267</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vilderavn</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">268–269</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vishap</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">270–271</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vukodlak</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">272</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wakandagi</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">273</td></tr>
<tr><td>Warmonger devil</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">81</td></tr>
<tr><td>Warmonger wasp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">274</td></tr>
<tr><td>Water leaper</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">275</td></tr>
<tr><td>Water veela</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">265</td></tr>
<tr><td>Water wysp</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">283</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wihsaak (sahkil)</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">218</td></tr>
<tr><td>Witchcrow</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">277</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wizard's shackle</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">278</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wolliped</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">279</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wood colossus</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">59</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wyrmwraith</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">280–281</td></tr>
<tr><td>Xiao</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">284</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yangethe</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">285</td></tr>
<tr><td>Zygomind</td><td class = "tiny" style = "font-style: italic;">286–287</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
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<p>Of course, we won't stop—can't stop—with previewing the amazing art in <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>!</p>
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<em>Illustrations by Wayne England, Ben Wootten, Kent Hamilton, and Jorge Fares</em>
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<p>Thank you to everybody who participated in the contest, and until we meet again...</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
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</blockquote><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/benWootten">Ben Wootten</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/bestiary5">Bestiary 5</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/community">Community</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/jorgeFares">Jorge Fares</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/kentHamilton">Kent Hamilton</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderRoleplayingGame">Pathfinder Roleplaying Game</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/wayneEngland">Wayne England</a></p>2015-11-19T21:00:00ZYou Only Die Twice!https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5li8d?You-Only-Die-Twice2015-11-12T20:30:00Z<blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">You Only Die Twice!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, November 12th, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">This is it folks—the final matchup round for our <a href="https://paizo.com/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> previews, and your final chance to get in your votes and a chance to win a copy of <em>Bestiary 5</em>!</p>
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<em>Illustrations by Ben Wootten and Jose Parodi</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Wyrmwraith <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This ghostly, skeletal creature appears to once have been a dragon, but it is now something far less noble.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">CE Gargantuan undead (incorporeal)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +16; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., lifesense; Perception +38</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Aura</strong> unnatural aura</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Defensive Abilities</strong> channel resistance +4, incorporeal, positive energy transference; <strong>Immune</strong> undead traits</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Weaknesses</strong> sunlight powerlessness</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Offense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Special Attacks</strong> breath weapon (60-ft. cone, ?d? negative energy and 1 negative level), create spawn, ectoplasmic shift, energy drain (? levels, DC ??)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> phase lurch</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary or cadre (1 plus 2–4 dread wraiths)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> double</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Special Abilities</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Create Spawn (Su)</strong> Any humanoids slain by a wyrmwraith become <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/bestiary/wraith.html#dread-wraith">dread wraiths</a> (<em>Pathfinder RPG Bestiary</em> 281) in 1d4 rounds. Spawn are under the command of the wyrmwraith that created them and remain enslaved until its death, at which point they become free-willed dread wraiths. They don’t possess any of the abilities they had in life.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Divine Dispelling (Su)</strong> When a wyrmwraith strikes a creature with one of its claws, that creature is also affected by a targeted <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/spells/dispelMagic.html#dispel-magic-greater"><em>greater dispel magic</em></a> (CL ??th) that can dispel only divine spells.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ectoplasmic Shift (Su)</strong> A wyrmwraith can push through the ectoplasmic veil to temporarily assume a physical form made of ectoplasm. As a swift action, the wyrmwraith can become corporeal for ?d? rounds. It can return to its incorporeal form as a free action. Once its ectoplasmic form’s duration ends, the wyrmwraith can’t assume that form again for ?d? rounds. While in ectoplasmic form, the wyrmwraith loses the incorporeal ability (including its deflection bonus to AC) and gains a +?? natural armor bonus to AC, DR ??/—, a Strength score equal to its Dexterity score, and the phase lurch ability. The AC for a typical wyrmwraith in ectoplasmic form is ??. When in ectoplasmic form, its attacks are <strong>Melee</strong> bite +?? (?d?+?? plus energy drain), 2 claws +?? (?d?+?? plus divine dispelling), 2 wings +?? (?d?+?), tail slap +?? (?d?+??).</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Phase Lurch (Su)</strong> A wyrmwraith in ectoplasmic form can pass through walls or material obstacles. It must begin and end its turn outside whatever wall or obstacle it’s moving through. It can’t move through corporeal creatures with this ability, and its movement speed is halved while moving through a wall or obstacle. Any surface it moves through is coated with a thin, silvery mucus that lingers for 1 minute.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Positive Energy Transference (Su)</strong> Whenever a wyrmwraith succeeds at a saving throw to resist positive energy damage but still suffers damage, the wyrmwraith can immediately transfer that damage to any dread wraith spawn of its choice with ?? feet that it controls. The wyrmwraith takes any excess damage beyond the spawn’s hit points. Even if the wyrmwraith has no spawn under its control, when it succeeds at its save against a positive energy effect that normally deals half damage on a successful save, it instead takes one quarter damage.</p>
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<p>The Wyrmwraith tore through the Deep Merfolk like me at a sushi bar, crushing it by a 2-to-1 margin to win. With a veritable host of abilities at its disposal, not to mention the ability to phase through solid objects, the Wyrmwraith is a mighty opponent, and not one to trifle with.</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Pakalchi Sahkil <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">Thorny vines with tiny red flowers grow from this emaciated woman and flow like a train behind her.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">NE Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar, sahkil)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +10; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, <em>true seeing</em>; Perception +13</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>DR</strong> 10/good; <strong>Immune</strong> death effects, disease, fear effects, poison; <strong>Resist</strong> cold 10, electricity 10, sonic 10; <strong>SR</strong> 20</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Offense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Special Attacks</strong> bleed (?d?), entangling train, look of fear (?? ft., DC ??), spirit touch, sudden strike, thorns</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> easy to call, emotional focus, skip between</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Ethereal Plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, pair, or plot (3–7)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Special Abilities</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Easy to Call (Ex)</strong> Sahkils count as having 4 fewer Hit Dice (minimum 2) for purposes of spells or effects that call outsiders, such as planar binding. However, they receive a racial bonus equal to 1/2 their Hit Dice on Charisma checks to break free of <em>planar binding</em> spells and similar effects, and their spell resistance counts as if it were 5 higher for the purpose of breaking free of <em>planar binding</em> spells and similar effects.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Emotional Focus (Ex)</strong> Whenever a sahkil casts a spell or uses a spell-like ability or effect with the emotion<sup>UM</sup> or fear descriptors that allows a saving throw, the DC is increased by 2.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Entangling Train (Su)</strong> Creatures adjacent to a pakalchi must succeed at a DC ?? Reflex save or become entangled in its vines for ? rounds, and count as tethered. Entangled creatures take vine damage automatically each round they’re entangled. Creatures are no longer entangled if the pakalchi moves away. The save DC is Constitution-based.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Look of Fear (Su)</strong> A creature affected by a pakalchi’s gaze is panicked for ? rounds and shaken for ?d? rounds thereafter. A creature that successfully saves against this effect is only shaken for ? rounds. The save DC is Charisma-based.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Poison (Ex)</strong> Thorns—injury; <em>save</em> Fort DC ??; <em>frequency</em> ?/round for ? rounds; <em>effect</em> ?d? Wis damage; <em>cure</em> 3 consecutive saves. A creature with Wisdom damage from a pakalchi’s poison hears paranoid whispers warning of betrayal. It can’t treat any other creature as an ally or be a willing target for a spell or effect. This is an emotion<sup>UM</sup> effect.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Skip Between (Su)</strong> Many sahkils can shift between the Ethereal Plane and the Material Plane as a move action. This ability is otherwise identical to <em>ethereal jaunt</em> (CL ??th).</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Spirit Touch (Ex)</strong> A sahkil’s natural weapons, as well as any weapon it wields, are treated as though they had the <em>ghost touch</em> weapon special ability.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Sudden Strike (Ex)</strong> Once per round, a pakalchi can extend the reach of one claw or thorned vine by ? feet as part of a single attack. It can use this ability to threaten additional squares to cause an enemy to provoke an attack of opportunity.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Thorns (Ex)</strong> A pakalchi can fling a volley of poisonous thorns as a standard action (make an attack roll for each thorn). This attack has a range of ??? feet with no range increment.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The power of cute was not strong enough to save the Lotus Leshy, and the Pakalchi Sahkil crushed it with the power of its floral arrangement. Against the Wyrmwraith, the Pakalchi's spirit touch will be a great aid against the incorporeal Wyrmwraith—but will it be enough?</p>
<p><strong>Customer Service Representative Diego Valdez</strong>: "No contest, the Wyrmwraith wins. The Pakalchi may not be afraid of the undead, incorporeal, dragon because it is immune to fear, but it should be. <em>It should be</em>. A bit of damage resistance barely slows down a dragons jaws."</p>
<p><strong>Designer Mark Seifter</strong>: "The pakalchi might have barely knocked off the lotus leshy, but she’s bitten off more than she can chew with the wyrmwraith. As she unloads her attacks against her foe, she finds that it’s basically immune to her entire repertoire, from fear, to mind control, to poison. Bet she wishes she hadn’t given up on that whole psychopomp thing now; she might once have been a morrigna, and then she would have stood a better chance against undead. The best thing she can do here is step between to run away and forfeit the match. Meanwhile, the wyrmwraith’s first breath attack has left her enervated and badly hurt. There’s no chance she’ll survive the wyrmwraith's full attack!"</p>
<p>Now that you've seen the entrants for the Final Round, head on over to the <a href="https://paizo.com/bestiary5">Voting Booth</a> to place your bets! If you vote on a winning creature, you'll increase your chances to win a signed copy of <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, or be one of four winners of a digital version! The third round of voting closes at <strong>12:00 PM Pacific time on November 18th, 2015</strong>, and remember, each round will give you more chances to win!</p>
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<em>Illustrations by Wayne England, Jim Nelson, and Dave Allsop</em>
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<p>Until we meet again,</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
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<p class="date">Thursday, November 12th, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">This is it folks—the final matchup round for our <a href="https://paizo.com/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> previews, and your final chance to get in your votes and a chance to win a copy of <em>Bestiary 5</em>!</p>
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<em>Illustrations by Ben Wootten and Jose Parodi</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Wyrmwraith <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This ghostly, skeletal creature appears to once have been a dragon, but it is now something far less noble.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">CE Gargantuan undead (incorporeal)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +16; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., lifesense; Perception +38</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Aura</strong> unnatural aura</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Defensive Abilities</strong> channel resistance +4, incorporeal, positive energy transference; <strong>Immune</strong> undead traits</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Weaknesses</strong> sunlight powerlessness</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Offense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Special Attacks</strong> breath weapon (60-ft. cone, ?d? negative energy and 1 negative level), create spawn, ectoplasmic shift, energy drain (? levels, DC ??)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> phase lurch</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary or cadre (1 plus 2–4 dread wraiths)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> double</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Special Abilities</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Create Spawn (Su)</strong> Any humanoids slain by a wyrmwraith become <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/bestiary/wraith.html#dread-wraith">dread wraiths</a> (<em>Pathfinder RPG Bestiary</em> 281) in 1d4 rounds. Spawn are under the command of the wyrmwraith that created them and remain enslaved until its death, at which point they become free-willed dread wraiths. They don’t possess any of the abilities they had in life.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Divine Dispelling (Su)</strong> When a wyrmwraith strikes a creature with one of its claws, that creature is also affected by a targeted <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/spells/dispelMagic.html#dispel-magic-greater"><em>greater dispel magic</em></a> (CL ??th) that can dispel only divine spells.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ectoplasmic Shift (Su)</strong> A wyrmwraith can push through the ectoplasmic veil to temporarily assume a physical form made of ectoplasm. As a swift action, the wyrmwraith can become corporeal for ?d? rounds. It can return to its incorporeal form as a free action. Once its ectoplasmic form’s duration ends, the wyrmwraith can’t assume that form again for ?d? rounds. While in ectoplasmic form, the wyrmwraith loses the incorporeal ability (including its deflection bonus to AC) and gains a +?? natural armor bonus to AC, DR ??/—, a Strength score equal to its Dexterity score, and the phase lurch ability. The AC for a typical wyrmwraith in ectoplasmic form is ??. When in ectoplasmic form, its attacks are <strong>Melee</strong> bite +?? (?d?+?? plus energy drain), 2 claws +?? (?d?+?? plus divine dispelling), 2 wings +?? (?d?+?), tail slap +?? (?d?+??).</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Phase Lurch (Su)</strong> A wyrmwraith in ectoplasmic form can pass through walls or material obstacles. It must begin and end its turn outside whatever wall or obstacle it’s moving through. It can’t move through corporeal creatures with this ability, and its movement speed is halved while moving through a wall or obstacle. Any surface it moves through is coated with a thin, silvery mucus that lingers for 1 minute.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Positive Energy Transference (Su)</strong> Whenever a wyrmwraith succeeds at a saving throw to resist positive energy damage but still suffers damage, the wyrmwraith can immediately transfer that damage to any dread wraith spawn of its choice with ?? feet that it controls. The wyrmwraith takes any excess damage beyond the spawn’s hit points. Even if the wyrmwraith has no spawn under its control, when it succeeds at its save against a positive energy effect that normally deals half damage on a successful save, it instead takes one quarter damage.</p>
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<p>The Wyrmwraith tore through the Deep Merfolk like me at a sushi bar, crushing it by a 2-to-1 margin to win. With a veritable host of abilities at its disposal, not to mention the ability to phase through solid objects, the Wyrmwraith is a mighty opponent, and not one to trifle with.</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Pakalchi Sahkil <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">Thorny vines with tiny red flowers grow from this emaciated woman and flow like a train behind her.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">NE Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar, sahkil)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +10; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, <em>true seeing</em>; Perception +13</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>DR</strong> 10/good; <strong>Immune</strong> death effects, disease, fear effects, poison; <strong>Resist</strong> cold 10, electricity 10, sonic 10; <strong>SR</strong> 20</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Offense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Special Attacks</strong> bleed (?d?), entangling train, look of fear (?? ft., DC ??), spirit touch, sudden strike, thorns</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> easy to call, emotional focus, skip between</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Ethereal Plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, pair, or plot (3–7)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Special Abilities</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Easy to Call (Ex)</strong> Sahkils count as having 4 fewer Hit Dice (minimum 2) for purposes of spells or effects that call outsiders, such as planar binding. However, they receive a racial bonus equal to 1/2 their Hit Dice on Charisma checks to break free of <em>planar binding</em> spells and similar effects, and their spell resistance counts as if it were 5 higher for the purpose of breaking free of <em>planar binding</em> spells and similar effects.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Emotional Focus (Ex)</strong> Whenever a sahkil casts a spell or uses a spell-like ability or effect with the emotion<sup>UM</sup> or fear descriptors that allows a saving throw, the DC is increased by 2.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Entangling Train (Su)</strong> Creatures adjacent to a pakalchi must succeed at a DC ?? Reflex save or become entangled in its vines for ? rounds, and count as tethered. Entangled creatures take vine damage automatically each round they’re entangled. Creatures are no longer entangled if the pakalchi moves away. The save DC is Constitution-based.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Look of Fear (Su)</strong> A creature affected by a pakalchi’s gaze is panicked for ? rounds and shaken for ?d? rounds thereafter. A creature that successfully saves against this effect is only shaken for ? rounds. The save DC is Charisma-based.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Poison (Ex)</strong> Thorns—injury; <em>save</em> Fort DC ??; <em>frequency</em> ?/round for ? rounds; <em>effect</em> ?d? Wis damage; <em>cure</em> 3 consecutive saves. A creature with Wisdom damage from a pakalchi’s poison hears paranoid whispers warning of betrayal. It can’t treat any other creature as an ally or be a willing target for a spell or effect. This is an emotion<sup>UM</sup> effect.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Skip Between (Su)</strong> Many sahkils can shift between the Ethereal Plane and the Material Plane as a move action. This ability is otherwise identical to <em>ethereal jaunt</em> (CL ??th).</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Spirit Touch (Ex)</strong> A sahkil’s natural weapons, as well as any weapon it wields, are treated as though they had the <em>ghost touch</em> weapon special ability.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Sudden Strike (Ex)</strong> Once per round, a pakalchi can extend the reach of one claw or thorned vine by ? feet as part of a single attack. It can use this ability to threaten additional squares to cause an enemy to provoke an attack of opportunity.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Thorns (Ex)</strong> A pakalchi can fling a volley of poisonous thorns as a standard action (make an attack roll for each thorn). This attack has a range of ??? feet with no range increment.</p>
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<p>The power of cute was not strong enough to save the Lotus Leshy, and the Pakalchi Sahkil crushed it with the power of its floral arrangement. Against the Wyrmwraith, the Pakalchi's spirit touch will be a great aid against the incorporeal Wyrmwraith—but will it be enough?</p>
<p><strong>Customer Service Representative Diego Valdez</strong>: "No contest, the Wyrmwraith wins. The Pakalchi may not be afraid of the undead, incorporeal, dragon because it is immune to fear, but it should be. <em>It should be</em>. A bit of damage resistance barely slows down a dragons jaws."</p>
<p><strong>Designer Mark Seifter</strong>: "The pakalchi might have barely knocked off the lotus leshy, but she’s bitten off more than she can chew with the wyrmwraith. As she unloads her attacks against her foe, she finds that it’s basically immune to her entire repertoire, from fear, to mind control, to poison. Bet she wishes she hadn’t given up on that whole psychopomp thing now; she might once have been a morrigna, and then she would have stood a better chance against undead. The best thing she can do here is step between to run away and forfeit the match. Meanwhile, the wyrmwraith’s first breath attack has left her enervated and badly hurt. There’s no chance she’ll survive the wyrmwraith's full attack!"</p>
<p>Now that you've seen the entrants for the Final Round, head on over to the <a href="https://paizo.com/bestiary5">Voting Booth</a> to place your bets! If you vote on a winning creature, you'll increase your chances to win a signed copy of <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, or be one of four winners of a digital version! The third round of voting closes at <strong>12:00 PM Pacific time on November 18th, 2015</strong>, and remember, each round will give you more chances to win!</p>
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<em>Illustrations by Wayne England, Jim Nelson, and Dave Allsop</em>
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<p>Until we meet again,</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
</div>
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<p class="date">Thursday, November 5th, 2015</p>
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<p>With the <a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li6g?Let-mortal-Combat-Continue">Round 2</a> votes in, we're down to the final four in our <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> previews! Without further ado, let's get them in our lineup and presented for you to win a copy of <em>Bestiary 5</em> with your winning votes!</p>
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<a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Wyrmwraith.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Wyrmwraith_180.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Illustrations by Ben Wootten and Tomasz Chistowski</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Wyrmwraith <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This ghostly, skeletal creature appears to once have been a dragon, but it is now something far less noble.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">CE Gargantuan undead (incorporeal)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +16; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., lifesense; Perception +38</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Aura</strong> unnatural aura</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Defensive Abilities</strong> channel resistance +4, incorporeal, positive energy transference; <strong>Immune</strong> undead traits</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Weaknesses</strong> sunlight powerlessness</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> phase lurch</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary or cadre (1 plus 2–4 dread wraiths)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> double</p>
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<p>A clear winner with over a two-to-one margin, the Wyrmwraith crushed the Thought Eater out of the competition—and given its options, I can only imagine the manner in which it did so... Wait, what is this "phase lurch" ability?</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Deep Merfolk <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This gaunt mermaid has a long, semitransparent tail with a vivid red crest and caudal fin.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N Medium humanoid (aquatic)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +9; <strong>Senses</strong> blindsense 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +2</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Defensive Abilities</strong> deep dweller, semitransparent; <strong>Resist</strong> cold 5</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Weaknesses</strong> light sensitivity</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any oceans (trenches)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, family (2–4), or tribe (10–15)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard (spear, other treasure)</p>
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<p>Mortal flesh meant immortal doom for the Twilight Pitri Manasaputra, and the Deep Merfolk triumphed, though not as overwhelmingly so. The outcome of this match-up between the Wyrmwraith and the Deep Merfolk is going to be in the dark—after all, they are rather sensitive to the light...</p>
<p><strong>Accountant Ashley Kaprielian</strong>: "Two creatures of darkness enter this battle. Will the Wyrmwraith’s hate light the way to the merfolk’s demise? Or will the merfolk lead the Wyrmwraith down a false path and give it what it needs the most—the end of its undead existence."</p>
<p><strong>Customer Service Representative Diego Valdez</strong>: "A giant green, glowing, skeleton dragon!? Good thing merfolk are good swimmers! I bet undead dragons aren’t bad swimmers themselves though, what with the being undead and not needing to breathe. Goodbye Deep Merfolk!"</p>
<p><strong>Designer Mark Seifter</strong>: "It looks like the Deep Merfolk is trying to use its semitransparency ability to hide, but the Wyrmwraith’s lifesense gives it the advantage. While the Deep Merfolk might still manage to get in a lucky sneak attack, all the Wyrmwraith has to do is change from ectoplasmic to incorporeal form for a sure victory."</p>
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<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-PakalchiSahkil.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-PakalchiSahkil_120.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LotusLeshy.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LotusLeshy_120.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustrations by Jose Parodi and Daniel López</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Pakalchi Sahkil <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">Thorny vines with tiny red flowers grow from this emaciated woman and flow like a train behind her.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">NE Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar, sahkil)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +10; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, <em>true seeing</em>; Perception +13</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>DR</strong> 10/good; <strong>Immune</strong> death effects, disease, fear effects, poison; <strong>Resist</strong> cold 10, electricity 10, sonic 10; <strong>SR</strong> 20</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> ???, ???, skip between</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Ethereal Plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, pair, or plot (3–7)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
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<p>As <a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li6g?Let-mortal-Combat-Continue">Mark predicted</a>, the Su and its whelps were no match for the Pakalchi Sahkil, who tore apart their familial bonds with a whisper. Make no mistake, the Pakalchi Sahkil is poison!</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Lotus Leshy <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">A plant whose body resembles a blooming lotus flower exudes an air of serenity.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N Small plant (leshy, shapechanger)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +6; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +14</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Aura</strong> tranquility (20 ft., DC ??, 10 rounds)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Immune</strong> electricity, plant traits, sonic</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> ???, verdant burst</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> warm lakes or ponds</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The Lotus Leshy won out against the Roiling Oil, and is now head to head against the Pakalchi Sahkil—it's a Battle of the Flowers! The sahkil's poison won't affect the leshy, but will the leshy's aura be enough to deny the sahkil?</p>
<p><strong>Ashley</strong>: "This leshy might be small, but it could be the only thing able to sooth the nightmare of this Pakalchi into a sweet dream. The Pakalchi’s thorny vines might squeeze all of the hope out of our little leshy before that’s possible though. This will be a knock-down, drag-out fight between the breaker and the unbroken!"</p>
<p><strong>Diego</strong>: "The Pakalchi has those terrifying vines with all the thorns, but really, look at the Leshy. Can even an NE creature bring itself to tear apart something that adorable!? While the Pakalchi is cooing at the cuteness, the Leshy will serenely tear it to bits."</p>
<p><strong>Mark</strong>: "The pakalchi is a terror in more ways than one, but the leshy is proving a thorn in her side. The cute contemplative is immune to her fear aura and dominate power, and so it's keeping its distance from her entangling train, dealing with the minor damage from her ranged thorns and pelting her with dream pollen. Eventually she’s going to fall asleep, so I’m tentatively calling this one for the leshy!”</p>
<p>Now that you've seen the entrants for Round 3, head on over to the <a href="https://paizo.com/bestiary5">Voting Booth</a> to place your bets! If you vote on a winning creature, you'll increase your chances to win a signed copy of <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, or be one of four winners of a digital version! The third round of voting closes at <strong>12:00 PM Pacific time on November 12th, 2015</strong>, and remember, each round will give you more chances to win!</p>
<p style="text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;"><a href = "/bestiary5">Vote Now!</a></p>
<p>And here's another trio of monster previews: an aberration, fey, magical beast, and an outsider!</p>
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<em>Illustrations by Damien Mammoliti, Alexandru Sabo, Dave Allsop, and Tomasz Chistowski</em>
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<p>Until we meet again,</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
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</blockquote><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/alexandruSabo">Alexandru Sabo</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/benWootten">Ben Wootten</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/bestiary5">Bestiary 5</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/damienMammoliti">Damien Mammoliti</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/danielLPez">Daniel López</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/daveAllsop">Dave Allsop</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/joseParodi">Jose Parodi</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderRoleplayingGame">Pathfinder Roleplaying Game</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/tomaszChistowski">Tomasz Chistowski</a></p><blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Remember Remember, It's Bestiary 5 This November!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, November 5th, 2015</p>
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<p>With the <a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li6g?Let-mortal-Combat-Continue">Round 2</a> votes in, we're down to the final four in our <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> previews! Without further ado, let's get them in our lineup and presented for you to win a copy of <em>Bestiary 5</em> with your winning votes!</p>
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<a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Wyrmwraith.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Wyrmwraith_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-DeepMerfolk.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-DeepMerfolk_180.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Illustrations by Ben Wootten and Tomasz Chistowski</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Wyrmwraith <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This ghostly, skeletal creature appears to once have been a dragon, but it is now something far less noble.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">CE Gargantuan undead (incorporeal)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +16; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., lifesense; Perception +38</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Aura</strong> unnatural aura</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Defensive Abilities</strong> channel resistance +4, incorporeal, positive energy transference; <strong>Immune</strong> undead traits</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Weaknesses</strong> sunlight powerlessness</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> phase lurch</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary or cadre (1 plus 2–4 dread wraiths)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> double</p>
</blockquote>
<p>A clear winner with over a two-to-one margin, the Wyrmwraith crushed the Thought Eater out of the competition—and given its options, I can only imagine the manner in which it did so... Wait, what is this "phase lurch" ability?</p>
<blockquote>
<p class = "stat-block-title">Deep Merfolk <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This gaunt mermaid has a long, semitransparent tail with a vivid red crest and caudal fin.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N Medium humanoid (aquatic)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +9; <strong>Senses</strong> blindsense 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +2</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Defensive Abilities</strong> deep dweller, semitransparent; <strong>Resist</strong> cold 5</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Weaknesses</strong> light sensitivity</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any oceans (trenches)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, family (2–4), or tribe (10–15)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard (spear, other treasure)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Mortal flesh meant immortal doom for the Twilight Pitri Manasaputra, and the Deep Merfolk triumphed, though not as overwhelmingly so. The outcome of this match-up between the Wyrmwraith and the Deep Merfolk is going to be in the dark—after all, they are rather sensitive to the light...</p>
<p><strong>Accountant Ashley Kaprielian</strong>: "Two creatures of darkness enter this battle. Will the Wyrmwraith’s hate light the way to the merfolk’s demise? Or will the merfolk lead the Wyrmwraith down a false path and give it what it needs the most—the end of its undead existence."</p>
<p><strong>Customer Service Representative Diego Valdez</strong>: "A giant green, glowing, skeleton dragon!? Good thing merfolk are good swimmers! I bet undead dragons aren’t bad swimmers themselves though, what with the being undead and not needing to breathe. Goodbye Deep Merfolk!"</p>
<p><strong>Designer Mark Seifter</strong>: "It looks like the Deep Merfolk is trying to use its semitransparency ability to hide, but the Wyrmwraith’s lifesense gives it the advantage. While the Deep Merfolk might still manage to get in a lucky sneak attack, all the Wyrmwraith has to do is change from ectoplasmic to incorporeal form for a sure victory."</p>
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<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-PakalchiSahkil.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-PakalchiSahkil_120.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LotusLeshy.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LotusLeshy_120.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustrations by Jose Parodi and Daniel López</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Pakalchi Sahkil <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">Thorny vines with tiny red flowers grow from this emaciated woman and flow like a train behind her.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">NE Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar, sahkil)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +10; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, <em>true seeing</em>; Perception +13</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>DR</strong> 10/good; <strong>Immune</strong> death effects, disease, fear effects, poison; <strong>Resist</strong> cold 10, electricity 10, sonic 10; <strong>SR</strong> 20</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> ???, ???, skip between</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Ethereal Plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, pair, or plot (3–7)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
</blockquote>
<p>As <a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li6g?Let-mortal-Combat-Continue">Mark predicted</a>, the Su and its whelps were no match for the Pakalchi Sahkil, who tore apart their familial bonds with a whisper. Make no mistake, the Pakalchi Sahkil is poison!</p>
<blockquote>
<p class = "stat-block-title">Lotus Leshy <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">A plant whose body resembles a blooming lotus flower exudes an air of serenity.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N Small plant (leshy, shapechanger)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Init</strong> +6; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +14</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Aura</strong> tranquility (20 ft., DC ??, 10 rounds)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Defense</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Immune</strong> electricity, plant traits, sonic</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Statistics</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>SQ</strong> ???, verdant burst</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> warm lakes or ponds</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The Lotus Leshy won out against the Roiling Oil, and is now head to head against the Pakalchi Sahkil—it's a Battle of the Flowers! The sahkil's poison won't affect the leshy, but will the leshy's aura be enough to deny the sahkil?</p>
<p><strong>Ashley</strong>: "This leshy might be small, but it could be the only thing able to sooth the nightmare of this Pakalchi into a sweet dream. The Pakalchi’s thorny vines might squeeze all of the hope out of our little leshy before that’s possible though. This will be a knock-down, drag-out fight between the breaker and the unbroken!"</p>
<p><strong>Diego</strong>: "The Pakalchi has those terrifying vines with all the thorns, but really, look at the Leshy. Can even an NE creature bring itself to tear apart something that adorable!? While the Pakalchi is cooing at the cuteness, the Leshy will serenely tear it to bits."</p>
<p><strong>Mark</strong>: "The pakalchi is a terror in more ways than one, but the leshy is proving a thorn in her side. The cute contemplative is immune to her fear aura and dominate power, and so it's keeping its distance from her entangling train, dealing with the minor damage from her ranged thorns and pelting her with dream pollen. Eventually she’s going to fall asleep, so I’m tentatively calling this one for the leshy!”</p>
<p>Now that you've seen the entrants for Round 3, head on over to the <a href="https://paizo.com/bestiary5">Voting Booth</a> to place your bets! If you vote on a winning creature, you'll increase your chances to win a signed copy of <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, or be one of four winners of a digital version! The third round of voting closes at <strong>12:00 PM Pacific time on November 12th, 2015</strong>, and remember, each round will give you more chances to win!</p>
<p style="text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;"><a href = "/bestiary5">Vote Now!</a></p>
<p>And here's another trio of monster previews: an aberration, fey, magical beast, and an outsider!</p>
<div class = "blurbCenter">
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Dwiergeth.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Dwiergeth_180.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Illustrations by Damien Mammoliti, Alexandru Sabo, Dave Allsop, and Tomasz Chistowski</em>
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<p>Until we meet again,</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
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</blockquote><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/alexandruSabo">Alexandru Sabo</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/benWootten">Ben Wootten</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/bestiary5">Bestiary 5</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/damienMammoliti">Damien Mammoliti</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/danielLPez">Daniel López</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/daveAllsop">Dave Allsop</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/joseParodi">Jose Parodi</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderRoleplayingGame">Pathfinder Roleplaying Game</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/tomaszChistowski">Tomasz Chistowski</a></p>2015-11-05T20:30:00ZLet (Im)mortal Combat Continue!https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5li6g?Let-mortal-Combat-Continue2015-10-29T22:00:00Z<blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Let (Im)mortal Combat Continue!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, October 29, 2015</p>
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<p>We've got the results in from <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish">Round 1</a>, and we're ready to show off Round 2 of our <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> previews—not to mention a chance for you to win a copy of <em>Bestiary 5</em>!</p>
<p>Without further ado, let's show off our winners from Round 1!</p>
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<div class ="blurbCenter"><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-ThoughtEater.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-ThoughtEater_360.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Illustrations by Bryan Sola and Ben Wootten</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Thought Eater <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">A nimbus of glowing, intangible matter envelops this strange skeletal creature with a birdlike beak.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N ??? aberration (extraplanar)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Ethereal plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary or group (1–3)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> none</p>
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<p>With your votes, the Thought Eater beat out the Monstrous Humanoid it was paired against! Back into the ocean with you, Monstrous Humanoid! The Though Eater might have some problems with its new opponent, though...</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Wyrmwraith <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This ghostly, skeletal creature appears to once have been a dragon, but it is now something far less noble.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">CE ??? undead (incorporeal)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary or cadre (1 plus 2–4 dread wraiths)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> double</p>
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<p>The Wyrmwraith crushed the Fey by one of the wider margins in the contest. Sharp-eyed fans may have noticed a glowing green dragon on the cover of the <a href = "/products/btpy978v"><em>Advanced Class Guide</em></a>, but now it has stats (and if it has a statblock, you can kill it...right? Guys, where did you go?)</p>
<p><strong>Adam Daigle (Developer)</strong>: "Dwarfed by the wyrmwraith, the thought eater is going to have to be clever to win this battle of the strange skeletons!"</p>
<p><strong>Mark Seifter (Designer)</strong>: "A lot of people have been saying that the wyrmwraith's phenomenally greater power level will cinch this fight, and it does have the ACG cover on its side, but fundamentally, this is a creature that detests its own existence, whereas the thought eater, while humble, has a go-getter attitude and isn't afraid to team up with adventurers."</p>
<div class = "blurbCenter"><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-DeepMerfolk.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-DeepMerfolk_180.jpeg" /></a><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-TwilightPitriManasaputra.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-TwilightPitriManasaputra_90.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustrations by Tomasz Chistowski and Subroto Bhaumik</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Deep Merfolk <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This gaunt mermaid has a long, semitransparent tail with a vivid red crest and caudal fin.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N ??? humanoid (aquatic)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any oceans (trenches)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, family (2–4), or tribe (10–15)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard (spear, other treasure)</p>
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<p>Orthos correctly guessed that the humanoid was an <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish#41">"eel-humanoid mermaid-like thing"</a>, and the Deep Merfolk won against Outsider C. No love for creatures of the heavens, it seems—mortalkind wins again! But can it win a second time?</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Twilight Pitri (Barhisad) Manasaputra <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">Cerulean light surrounds this towering four-armed figure in a vibrant corona.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">LG ??? outsider (extraplanar, good, lawful, manasaputra)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Positive Energy Plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> none</p>
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<p>The Twilight Pitri Manasaputra is not the only manasaputra in <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, and many of her abilities tie heavily into elements from <a href = "/products/btpy9egu"><em>Occult Adventures</em></a>—but to see which ones, she'll have to make it to future rounds!</p>
<p><strong>Ashley Kaprielian (Accountant)</strong>: "Let's hope that the Twilight Pitri can slap some enlightenment into this Deep Merfolk before she's unmade. The Deep Merfolk is cool, calm, and elusive under pressure though, so this will be an epic battle between these paragons of light and darkness!"</p>
<p><strong>Mark</strong>: "Let's face it, I have to give the twilight pitri credit for surviving the destruction of the previous Multiverse, and it could deep freeze the deep merfolk in an instant, but the deep merfolk is a mortal humanoid, so I think she's got this by just exploiting the pitri's aversion to meddling in mortal affairs. The pitri would have done better against the wyrmwraith or pakalchi."</p>
<div class = "blurbCenter"><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Su.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Su_180.jpeg" /></a><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-PakalchiSahkil.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-PakalchiSahkil_120.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustrations by Brynn Metheney and Jose Parodi</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Su <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This emaciated quadruped has a mouth full of jagged teeth and a cluster of bald, mewling offspring clinging to its back.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">CE ??? magical beast</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any forests</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, pair, or troop (3–6)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> incidental</p>
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<p>Alas, <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish#19">John</a>, the Su stomped Magical Beast A by nearly twice the votes, offering no quarter and certainly no mercy. The fight between "who's art is creepier" is gonna be a tough one with its next opponent...</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Pakalchi Sahkil <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">Thorny vines with tiny red flowers grow from this emaciated woman and flow like a train behind her.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">NE ??? outsider (evil, extraplanar, sahkil)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Ethereal Plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, pair, or plot (3–7)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
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<p><a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish#8">DeciusNero</a> was the first to identify Outsider B as a sahkil fiend, and this particular variant is the pakalchi! I would say this creature is spooky good...but there is nothing "good" about any sahkil!</p>
<p><strong>Adam</strong>: "Dragons are always tough contenders, so I'm glad that my pakalchi sahkil beat it in the silhouette round. Now that she's squaring off against the su, a beast one of my PCs squared off against recently, she has to bring it to make it to the next round. I'm confident she'll strike fear into her opponent and pull off a win."</p>
<p><strong>Ashley</strong>: "It's a good thing the Pakalchi Sahkil can fight blind, because those whelps have a face only their mother could love. I would be angry all the time too if I had six kids clinging to me. The level of malice in this ring is enough to make even Zon-Kuthon take notice."</p>
<p><strong>Mark</strong>: "This one's a slam dunk: The su brings its whole family to bear, using its young as psychic batteries for its magic, but the pakalchi specializes in breaking the bonds between loved ones, so this is the perfect match-up for her."</p>
<div class = "blurbCenter"><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-RoilingOil.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-RoilingOil_180.jpeg" /></a><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LotusLeshy.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LotusLeshy_120.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustration by Joshua Meehan and Daniel López</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Roiling Oil <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This viscous heap slides like an inky spill. It's the color of a starless night sky, and a thick odor permeates the air around it.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N ??? ooze</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any underground</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> none</p>
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<p>No tempura for me, alas! The Vermin gets to scuttle back to the ocean in peace and comfort, while the Roiling Oil will slither along to face its next victim!</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Lotus Leshy <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">A plant whose body resembles a blooming lotus flower exudes an air of serenity.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N ??? plant (leshy, shapechanger)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> warm lakes or ponds</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
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<p><a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish#16">Dragon78</a> also correctly identified the Lotus Leshy as our representative flora of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>! It's definitely winning in the cute department, but will it be enough?</p>
<p><strong>Mark</strong>: "Roiling Oil is an unintelligent ooze and lotus leshy is an adorable plant possessed of mystical wisdom. The ooze might be able to resist the leshy's dream pollen attack, but the leshy is smart enough to keep out of the slower ooze's way and find something to slash it with from afar."</p>
<p>Now that you've seen the entrants for Round 2, head on over to the <a href="https://paizo.com/bestiary5">Voting Booth</a> to place your bets! If you vote on a winning creature, you'll increase your chances to win a signed copy of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, or be one of four winners of a digital version! The second round of voting closes at <strong>12:00 PM Pacific time on November 4th, 2015</strong>, and remember, each round will give you more chances to win!</p>
<p style="text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;"><a href = "/bestiary5">Vote Now!</a></p>
<p>What's that? You want more creatures in this feature? Well, alright then! Here's a few representatives from the creature types that didn't make it into Round 2.</p>
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<em>Illustrations by Ertaç Altınöz, Aleksey Bayura, and Jose Parodi</em>
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<p>Until we meet again,</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Let (Im)mortal Combat Continue!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, October 29, 2015</p>
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<p>We've got the results in from <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish">Round 1</a>, and we're ready to show off Round 2 of our <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> previews—not to mention a chance for you to win a copy of <em>Bestiary 5</em>!</p>
<p>Without further ado, let's show off our winners from Round 1!</p>
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<div class ="blurbCenter"><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-ThoughtEater.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-ThoughtEater_360.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Illustrations by Bryan Sola and Ben Wootten</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Thought Eater <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">A nimbus of glowing, intangible matter envelops this strange skeletal creature with a birdlike beak.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N ??? aberration (extraplanar)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Ethereal plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary or group (1–3)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> none</p>
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<p>With your votes, the Thought Eater beat out the Monstrous Humanoid it was paired against! Back into the ocean with you, Monstrous Humanoid! The Though Eater might have some problems with its new opponent, though...</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Wyrmwraith <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This ghostly, skeletal creature appears to once have been a dragon, but it is now something far less noble.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">CE ??? undead (incorporeal)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary or cadre (1 plus 2–4 dread wraiths)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> double</p>
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<p>The Wyrmwraith crushed the Fey by one of the wider margins in the contest. Sharp-eyed fans may have noticed a glowing green dragon on the cover of the <a href = "/products/btpy978v"><em>Advanced Class Guide</em></a>, but now it has stats (and if it has a statblock, you can kill it...right? Guys, where did you go?)</p>
<p><strong>Adam Daigle (Developer)</strong>: "Dwarfed by the wyrmwraith, the thought eater is going to have to be clever to win this battle of the strange skeletons!"</p>
<p><strong>Mark Seifter (Designer)</strong>: "A lot of people have been saying that the wyrmwraith's phenomenally greater power level will cinch this fight, and it does have the ACG cover on its side, but fundamentally, this is a creature that detests its own existence, whereas the thought eater, while humble, has a go-getter attitude and isn't afraid to team up with adventurers."</p>
<div class = "blurbCenter"><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-DeepMerfolk.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-DeepMerfolk_180.jpeg" /></a><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-TwilightPitriManasaputra.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-TwilightPitriManasaputra_90.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustrations by Tomasz Chistowski and Subroto Bhaumik</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Deep Merfolk <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This gaunt mermaid has a long, semitransparent tail with a vivid red crest and caudal fin.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N ??? humanoid (aquatic)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any oceans (trenches)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, family (2–4), or tribe (10–15)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard (spear, other treasure)</p>
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<p>Orthos correctly guessed that the humanoid was an <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish#41">"eel-humanoid mermaid-like thing"</a>, and the Deep Merfolk won against Outsider C. No love for creatures of the heavens, it seems—mortalkind wins again! But can it win a second time?</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Twilight Pitri (Barhisad) Manasaputra <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">Cerulean light surrounds this towering four-armed figure in a vibrant corona.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">LG ??? outsider (extraplanar, good, lawful, manasaputra)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Positive Energy Plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> none</p>
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<p>The Twilight Pitri Manasaputra is not the only manasaputra in <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, and many of her abilities tie heavily into elements from <a href = "/products/btpy9egu"><em>Occult Adventures</em></a>—but to see which ones, she'll have to make it to future rounds!</p>
<p><strong>Ashley Kaprielian (Accountant)</strong>: "Let's hope that the Twilight Pitri can slap some enlightenment into this Deep Merfolk before she's unmade. The Deep Merfolk is cool, calm, and elusive under pressure though, so this will be an epic battle between these paragons of light and darkness!"</p>
<p><strong>Mark</strong>: "Let's face it, I have to give the twilight pitri credit for surviving the destruction of the previous Multiverse, and it could deep freeze the deep merfolk in an instant, but the deep merfolk is a mortal humanoid, so I think she's got this by just exploiting the pitri's aversion to meddling in mortal affairs. The pitri would have done better against the wyrmwraith or pakalchi."</p>
<div class = "blurbCenter"><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Su.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Su_180.jpeg" /></a><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-PakalchiSahkil.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-PakalchiSahkil_120.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustrations by Brynn Metheney and Jose Parodi</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Su <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This emaciated quadruped has a mouth full of jagged teeth and a cluster of bald, mewling offspring clinging to its back.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">CE ??? magical beast</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any forests</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, pair, or troop (3–6)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> incidental</p>
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<p>Alas, <a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish#19">John</a>, the Su stomped Magical Beast A by nearly twice the votes, offering no quarter and certainly no mercy. The fight between "who's art is creepier" is gonna be a tough one with its next opponent...</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Pakalchi Sahkil <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">Thorny vines with tiny red flowers grow from this emaciated woman and flow like a train behind her.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">NE ??? outsider (evil, extraplanar, sahkil)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any (Ethereal Plane)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary, pair, or plot (3–7)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
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<p><a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish#8">DeciusNero</a> was the first to identify Outsider B as a sahkil fiend, and this particular variant is the pakalchi! I would say this creature is spooky good...but there is nothing "good" about any sahkil!</p>
<p><strong>Adam</strong>: "Dragons are always tough contenders, so I'm glad that my pakalchi sahkil beat it in the silhouette round. Now that she's squaring off against the su, a beast one of my PCs squared off against recently, she has to bring it to make it to the next round. I'm confident she'll strike fear into her opponent and pull off a win."</p>
<p><strong>Ashley</strong>: "It's a good thing the Pakalchi Sahkil can fight blind, because those whelps have a face only their mother could love. I would be angry all the time too if I had six kids clinging to me. The level of malice in this ring is enough to make even Zon-Kuthon take notice."</p>
<p><strong>Mark</strong>: "This one's a slam dunk: The su brings its whole family to bear, using its young as psychic batteries for its magic, but the pakalchi specializes in breaking the bonds between loved ones, so this is the perfect match-up for her."</p>
<div class = "blurbCenter"><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-RoilingOil.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-RoilingOil_180.jpeg" /></a><a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LotusLeshy.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LotusLeshy_120.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustration by Joshua Meehan and Daniel López</em></div>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Roiling Oil <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">This viscous heap slides like an inky spill. It's the color of a starless night sky, and a thick odor permeates the air around it.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N ??? ooze</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> any underground</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> none</p>
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<p>No tempura for me, alas! The Vermin gets to scuttle back to the ocean in peace and comfort, while the Roiling Oil will slither along to face its next victim!</p>
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<p class = "stat-block-title">Lotus Leshy <span class = "stat-block-cr">CR ??</span></p>
<p class = "collapse">A plant whose body resembles a blooming lotus flower exudes an air of serenity.</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1">N ??? plant (leshy, shapechanger)</p>
<p class = "stat-block-breaker">Ecology</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Ecology</strong> warm lakes or ponds</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Organization</strong> solitary</p>
<p class = "stat-block-1"><strong>Treasure</strong> standard</p>
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<p><a href = "/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish#16">Dragon78</a> also correctly identified the Lotus Leshy as our representative flora of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>! It's definitely winning in the cute department, but will it be enough?</p>
<p><strong>Mark</strong>: "Roiling Oil is an unintelligent ooze and lotus leshy is an adorable plant possessed of mystical wisdom. The ooze might be able to resist the leshy's dream pollen attack, but the leshy is smart enough to keep out of the slower ooze's way and find something to slash it with from afar."</p>
<p>Now that you've seen the entrants for Round 2, head on over to the <a href="https://paizo.com/bestiary5">Voting Booth</a> to place your bets! If you vote on a winning creature, you'll increase your chances to win a signed copy of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>, or be one of four winners of a digital version! The second round of voting closes at <strong>12:00 PM Pacific time on November 4th, 2015</strong>, and remember, each round will give you more chances to win!</p>
<p style="text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;"><a href = "/bestiary5">Vote Now!</a></p>
<p>What's that? You want more creatures in this feature? Well, alright then! Here's a few representatives from the creature types that didn't make it into Round 2.</p>
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<a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LeadGolem.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-LeadGolem_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Veela.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Veela_90.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Vilderavn.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-Vilderavn_120.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Illustrations by Ertaç Altınöz, Aleksey Bayura, and Jose Parodi</em>
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<p>
<p>Until we meet again,</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
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<!— tags: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Bestiary 5, Community, Contests, Bryan Sola, Ben Wootten, Tomasz Chistowski, Subroto Bhaumik, Brynn Metheney, Joshua Meehan, Ertaç Altınöz, Aleksey Bayura, Jose Parodi —>
</blockquote><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/alekseyBayura">Aleksey Bayura</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/benWootten">Ben Wootten</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/bestiary5">Bestiary 5</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/artists/bryanSola">Bryan Sola</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/brynnMetheney">Brynn Metheney</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/community">Community</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/ertaAltNZ">Ertaç Altınöz</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/joseParodi">Jose Parodi</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/joshuaMeehan">Joshua Meehan</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderRoleplayingGame">Pathfinder Roleplaying Game</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/subrotoBhaumik">Subroto Bhaumik</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/tomaszChistowski">Tomasz Chistowski</a></p>2015-10-29T22:00:00ZHunters of the Dead, Assemble!https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5li69?Hunters-of-the-Dead-Assemble2015-10-28T19:00:00Z<blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Hunters of the Dead, Assemble!</h1>
<p class="date">Wednesday, October 28, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Just in time for Halloween, GoodReads.com has your free ticket to a holiday in Ustalav, Pathfinder's land of gothic terror. GoodReads has 10 copies of <a href = "/products/btpy9e43"><em>Pathfinder Tales: Bloodbound</em></a> and is giving them away through November 2nd. All you have to do is <a href = "https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/152614-bloodbound" target = "_blank">visit GoodReads and let them know you want one</a>, and you'll be entered into a drawing for a free copy. It couldn't be easier.</p>
<p><em>Bloodbound</em> follows Larsa, a dhampir and one of Ustalav's mysterious Royal Accusers, as she hunts an undead outlaw who threatens the nation's people—both the living and the dead. Along the way, she's joined by Jadain, a priestess of Pharasma, who some fear might not be cut out for the harsh, life-or-death realities of the priesthood. Their journey takes them from the streets of Caliphas to the slums of Ardis, where their path intersects with famed author and former Pathfinder Society member, <a href = "/threads/rzs2szj3">Ailson Kindler</a>. Together with an Osirian swordsman and a deathless dandy, they'll have to unlock a secret from Kindler's past if they're to prevent the rise of a new vampire tyrant.</p>
<p>If you've been waiting for more dark fantasy, vampiric intrigue, and mist-bound dread in your Pathfinder Tales reading, <em>Bloodbound</em> has you covered. And even if you don't win <a href = "https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/152614-bloodbound" target = "_blank">the GoodReads give away</a>, you can pick up <a href = "/products/btpy9e43"><em>Bloodbound</em></a> once it releases in December, available from paizo.com, your local bookstore, or in digital formats (include Audible audiobook!) from a variety of retailers. Hope you'll all check it out!</p>
<p>F. Wesley Schneider<br />
<i>Contributing Author & Editor-in-Chief</i></p>
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</blockquote>
<!— tags: Pathfinder Tales, F. Wesley Schneider, Contests —><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/authors/fWesleySchneider">F. Wesley Schneider</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderTales">Pathfinder Tales</a></p><blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Hunters of the Dead, Assemble!</h1>
<p class="date">Wednesday, October 28, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Just in time for Halloween, GoodReads.com has your free ticket to a holiday in Ustalav, Pathfinder's land of gothic terror. GoodReads has 10 copies of <a href = "/products/btpy9e43"><em>Pathfinder Tales: Bloodbound</em></a> and is giving them away through November 2nd. All you have to do is <a href = "https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/152614-bloodbound" target = "_blank">visit GoodReads and let them know you want one</a>, and you'll be entered into a drawing for a free copy. It couldn't be easier.</p>
<p><em>Bloodbound</em> follows Larsa, a dhampir and one of Ustalav's mysterious Royal Accusers, as she hunts an undead outlaw who threatens the nation's people—both the living and the dead. Along the way, she's joined by Jadain, a priestess of Pharasma, who some fear might not be cut out for the harsh, life-or-death realities of the priesthood. Their journey takes them from the streets of Caliphas to the slums of Ardis, where their path intersects with famed author and former Pathfinder Society member, <a href = "/threads/rzs2szj3">Ailson Kindler</a>. Together with an Osirian swordsman and a deathless dandy, they'll have to unlock a secret from Kindler's past if they're to prevent the rise of a new vampire tyrant.</p>
<p>If you've been waiting for more dark fantasy, vampiric intrigue, and mist-bound dread in your Pathfinder Tales reading, <em>Bloodbound</em> has you covered. And even if you don't win <a href = "https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/152614-bloodbound" target = "_blank">the GoodReads give away</a>, you can pick up <a href = "/products/btpy9e43"><em>Bloodbound</em></a> once it releases in December, available from paizo.com, your local bookstore, or in digital formats (include Audible audiobook!) from a variety of retailers. Hope you'll all check it out!</p>
<p>F. Wesley Schneider<br />
<i>Contributing Author & Editor-in-Chief</i></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<!— tags: Pathfinder Tales, F. Wesley Schneider, Contests —><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/people/authors/fWesleySchneider">F. Wesley Schneider</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderTales">Pathfinder Tales</a></p>2015-10-28T19:00:00ZIt's a Fight to the Finish!https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5li5o?Its-a-Fight-to-the-Finish2015-10-22T19:00:00Z<blockquote>
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<div class = "blurbCenter"><a href = "/bestiary5"><img src = "/image/content/Logos/PathfinderRPGLogo_360.jpeg"></a></div>
<h1 itemprop="headline">It's a Fight to the Finish!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, October 22, 2015</p>
<div class = "blurb180"><a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/product/catalog/PZO/PZO1133_180.jpeg" /></a></div>
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<p itemprop="description"><a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> is creeping, crawling, slithering, and sneaking its way to you soon—it's time for some previews! But we're gonna shake things up a bit, and give <i>you</i> the opportunity to choose what you want to see, not to mention a chance to win a signed copy of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> when it releases!</p>
<p>If any of you have been to <a href="https://paizo.com/paizocon">PaizoCon</a> and had a chance to play "Green Blood on a Black Rock", you'll have a great idea of what to expect in this elimination-style event. <i>All</i> of these creatures are brand new, unseen in any of our other books—but this time, we're leaving the choice of which ones you'll get the details on to <i>you</i>! As each round progresses, we'll reveal more information, starting with their name and a full picture.</p>
<p>With that out of the way, let's get ready to rumble, and meet our contestants!</p>
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<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Aberration.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Aberration_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-MonstrousHumanoid.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-MonstrousHumanoid_120.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Animal.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Animal_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Plant.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Plant_120.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Aberration</em> vs. <em>Monstrous Humanoid</em>, <em>Animal</em> vs. <em>Plant</em>
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<p>Our Aberration would love to sit down and think about deep, meaningful topics with you, and our Monstrous Humanoid would love to have a long shuffle on the ocean beach, and it's flora and fauna puttin' up their dukes, and who's gonna win this one: small and fierce, or cute and cuddly?</p>
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<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Construct.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Construct_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-OutsiderA.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-OutsiderA_90.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Dragon.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Dragon_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-OutsiderB.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-OutsiderB_120.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Construct</em> vs. <em>Outsider A</em>, <em>Dragon</em> vs. <em>Outsider B</em>
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<p>Will this crafted being be able to conquer a creature formed from the very fabric of existence, and this is no ordinary Dragon that the Outsider will be facing—but this Outsider has powers at its command that even dragons should fear!</p>
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<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Fey.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Fey_120.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Undead.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Undead_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Humanoid.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Humanoid_120.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-OutsiderC.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-OutsiderC_180.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Fey</em> vs. <em>Undead</em>, <em>Humanoid</em> vs. <em>Outsider C</em>
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<p>Clearly our Fey might just like to have a good time—will they set the glass down long enough to face against this ferocious four-legged Undead? Mortal pit against immortal: who will win? The candle that burns twice as bright, but half as long, or the embodiment of endless and immutable forces?</p>
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<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-MagicalBeast.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-MagicalBeast_90.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-OutsiderD.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-OutsiderD_180.jpeg" />
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<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Vermin.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Blog/PZO1133-Vermin_120.jpeg" /></a><br />
<em>Magical Beast A</em> vs. <em>Magical Beast B</em>, <em>Ooze</em> vs. <em>Vermin</em>
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<p>We're pitting these two Magical Beasts against each other—time to see who really can conquer mind over matter! I'm pretty sure if you dipped our Vermin in the Ooze, it might make a tasty tempura treat...but I don't think they'd like that much!
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<p>What are you waiting for? Place your bets in the <a href="https://paizo.com/bestiary5">voting booth</a> and give yourself a chance to win a signed copy of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>—as well as a chance to receive one of four <em>Bestiary 5</em> PDFs! The first round of voting closes at <b>12:00 PM Pacific time on October 28, 2015</b>, and remember, each round will give you more chances to win!</p>
<p style = "text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;"><a href = "/bestiary5">Vote Now!</a></p>
<div class="blurbCenter"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-AngelBalisse.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-AngelBalisse_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-DevilHeresy.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-DevilHeresy_180.jpeg" /></a>
<a href = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-UnfetteredPhantom.jpg"><img src = "//static3.paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderRPG/PZO1133-UnfetteredPhantom_180.jpeg" /></a>
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<em>Illustrations by Rogier van de Beek, Alexandru Sabo, and Daniel López</em></a>
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<p>And because I know you've all been super-patient for some art, I'm gonna whet your appetites with a trio of goodies that caught my attention (I blame <em>Diablo III</em>).</p>
<p>Until next week,</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<i>Community Manager</i></p>
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<!— tags: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Bestiary 5, Contests, Rogier van de Beek, Alexandru Sabo, Daniel Lopez —>
</blockquote><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/alexandruSabo">Alexandru Sabo</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/bestiary5">Bestiary 5</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/community">Community</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/danielLopez">Daniel Lopez</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderRoleplayingGame">Pathfinder Roleplaying Game</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/rogierVanDeBeek">Rogier van de Beek</a></p><blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">It's a Fight to the Finish!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, October 22, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description"><a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> is creeping, crawling, slithering, and sneaking its way to you soon—it's time for some previews! But we're gonna shake things up a bit, and give <i>you</i> the opportunity to choose what you want to see, not to mention a chance to win a signed copy of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a> when it releases!</p>
<p>If any of you have been to <a href="https://paizo.com/paizocon">PaizoCon</a> and had a chance to play "Green Blood on a Black Rock", you'll have a great idea of what to expect in this elimination-style event. <i>All</i> of these creatures are brand new, unseen in any of our other books—but this time, we're leaving the choice of which ones you'll get the details on to <i>you</i>! As each round progresses, we'll reveal more information, starting with their name and a full picture.</p>
<p>With that out of the way, let's get ready to rumble, and meet our contestants!</p>
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<em>Aberration</em> vs. <em>Monstrous Humanoid</em>, <em>Animal</em> vs. <em>Plant</em>
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<p>Our Aberration would love to sit down and think about deep, meaningful topics with you, and our Monstrous Humanoid would love to have a long shuffle on the ocean beach, and it's flora and fauna puttin' up their dukes, and who's gonna win this one: small and fierce, or cute and cuddly?</p>
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<em>Construct</em> vs. <em>Outsider A</em>, <em>Dragon</em> vs. <em>Outsider B</em>
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<p>Will this crafted being be able to conquer a creature formed from the very fabric of existence, and this is no ordinary Dragon that the Outsider will be facing—but this Outsider has powers at its command that even dragons should fear!</p>
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<em>Fey</em> vs. <em>Undead</em>, <em>Humanoid</em> vs. <em>Outsider C</em>
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<p>Clearly our Fey might just like to have a good time—will they set the glass down long enough to face against this ferocious four-legged Undead? Mortal pit against immortal: who will win? The candle that burns twice as bright, but half as long, or the embodiment of endless and immutable forces?</p>
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<em>Magical Beast A</em> vs. <em>Magical Beast B</em>, <em>Ooze</em> vs. <em>Vermin</em>
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<p>We're pitting these two Magical Beasts against each other—time to see who really can conquer mind over matter! I'm pretty sure if you dipped our Vermin in the Ooze, it might make a tasty tempura treat...but I don't think they'd like that much!
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<p>What are you waiting for? Place your bets in the <a href="https://paizo.com/bestiary5">voting booth</a> and give yourself a chance to win a signed copy of <a href = "/products/btpy9g9x"><em>Bestiary 5</em></a>—as well as a chance to receive one of four <em>Bestiary 5</em> PDFs! The first round of voting closes at <b>12:00 PM Pacific time on October 28, 2015</b>, and remember, each round will give you more chances to win!</p>
<p style = "text-align: center; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold;"><a href = "/bestiary5">Vote Now!</a></p>
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<em>Illustrations by Rogier van de Beek, Alexandru Sabo, and Daniel López</em></a>
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<p>And because I know you've all been super-patient for some art, I'm gonna whet your appetites with a trio of goodies that caught my attention (I blame <em>Diablo III</em>).</p>
<p>Until next week,</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<i>Community Manager</i></p>
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</blockquote><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/alexandruSabo">Alexandru Sabo</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/bestiary5">Bestiary 5</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/community">Community</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/danielLopez">Daniel Lopez</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/pathfinderRoleplayingGame">Pathfinder Roleplaying Game</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/rogierVanDeBeek">Rogier van de Beek</a></p>2015-10-22T19:00:00ZAnnouncing the Gen Con 2015 Cosplay Contest Winner!https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lhw2?Announcing-the-Gen-Con-2015-Cosplay-Contest2015-08-22T19:00:00Z<blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Announcing the Gen Con 2015 Cosplay Contest Winner!</h1>
<p class="date">Saturday, August 22, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Every year we run a Pathfinder themed costume contest for Gen Con attendees! This year we saw loads of fantastic costumes, props, and more. We're happy to announce that our grand prize winner truly impressed us with her detailed interpretation of the iconic barbarian, Amiri. Congratulations goes to Torie!</p>
<div class="blurbCenter"><a href="https://paizo.com//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Amiri.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Amiri_180.jpeg"></a></div>
<p>Let's also give a shout out to our next two contestants, who will each be receiving a runner up prize: Absolut-Aegis as Sajan the iconic monk and Phea as Lini the iconic druid!</p>
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<p>Thank you to everyone who voted and stopped by the Paizo booth at Gen Con! We can't wait to see you all next year!</p>
<p>Chris Lambertz<br />
<i>Community & Digital Content Director</i></p>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">Announcing the Gen Con 2015 Cosplay Contest Winner!</h1>
<p class="date">Saturday, August 22, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Every year we run a Pathfinder themed costume contest for Gen Con attendees! This year we saw loads of fantastic costumes, props, and more. We're happy to announce that our grand prize winner truly impressed us with her detailed interpretation of the iconic barbarian, Amiri. Congratulations goes to Torie!</p>
<div class="blurbCenter"><a href="https://paizo.com//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Amiri.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Amiri_180.jpeg"></a></div>
<p>Let's also give a shout out to our next two contestants, who will each be receiving a runner up prize: Absolut-Aegis as Sajan the iconic monk and Phea as Lini the iconic druid!</p>
<div class="blurbCenter"><a href="https://paizo.com//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Sajan.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Sajan_120.jpeg"></a>
<a href="https://paizo.com//static3.paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Lini.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Lini_120.jpeg"></a></div>
<p>Thank you to everyone who voted and stopped by the Paizo booth at Gen Con! We can't wait to see you all next year!</p>
<p>Chris Lambertz<br />
<i>Community & Digital Content Director</i></p>
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</blockquote>
<!— tags: Gen Con, Costume, Contests, Conventions —><p><a href="https://paizo.comcommunity/blog/tags">Tags</a>: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/contests">Contests</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/conventions">Conventions</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/costume">Costume</a>, <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/tags/conventions/genCon">Gen Con</a></p>2015-08-22T19:00:00Z8th Annual Gen Con Costume Contest Voting!https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lhuo?8th-Annual-Gen-Con-Costume-Contest-Voting2015-08-13T19:00:00Z<blockquote>
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<h1 itemprop="headline">8th Annual Gen Con Costume Contest Voting!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, August 13th, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Time to flex your voting muscles with our annual Gen Con costume contest—are you ready to look at some amazing cosplay and help pick our winners?</p>
<p>Gen Con 2015 is only two weeks past, but we witnessed a lot of excellent cosplay (and yes, some were shiny and chrome), but more importantly, we also collected a handful of entries for our annual costume contest! Seeing art turned into real things is always an amazing experience, and this year, some entrants got to show off their costumes with artist Wayne Reynolds (who designed all of our Pathfinder iconic characters)!</p>
<p>Without further ado, here are our contestants!</p>
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<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Amiri.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Amiri_120.jpeg" /></a><br />Torie as Amiri the Iconic Barbarian</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Calistrian.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Calistrian_120.jpeg" /></a><br />Kaitlynn as a follower of Calistria</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Damiel.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Damiel_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/cronjewel08">cronjewel08</a> as Damiel the Iconic Alchemist</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Ranger.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Ranger_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/RomulanSith">Romulan Sith</a> as D'Cat the Ranger</td>
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<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Lini.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Lini_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/Phea">Phea</a> as Lini the Iconic Druid</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-RedMantisAssassin"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-RedMantisAssassin_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/JamesShade">JamesShade</a> as a Red Mantis Assassin</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Sajan.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Sajan_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/absoluTAegis">Absolut-Aegis</a> as Sajan the Iconic Monk</td>
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<p>As a voter, your job is to simply pick which one you think is best, and the first place winner will get $75 in Paizo.com store credit! Two runner ups will also be selected, and they will be rewarded with $50 each! You can vote until <strong>noon on August 21st, 2015</strong>, and we'll be announcing the winners on August 22nd!</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
<p class="tiny">Special thank you to Adam Daigle, Brandon Hodge, Erik Mona, and James Sutter for photos!</p>
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<br />
<h1 itemprop="headline">8th Annual Gen Con Costume Contest Voting!</h1>
<p class="date">Thursday, August 13th, 2015</p>
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<p itemprop="description">Time to flex your voting muscles with our annual Gen Con costume contest—are you ready to look at some amazing cosplay and help pick our winners?</p>
<p>Gen Con 2015 is only two weeks past, but we witnessed a lot of excellent cosplay (and yes, some were shiny and chrome), but more importantly, we also collected a handful of entries for our annual costume contest! Seeing art turned into real things is always an amazing experience, and this year, some entrants got to show off their costumes with artist Wayne Reynolds (who designed all of our Pathfinder iconic characters)!</p>
<p>Without further ado, here are our contestants!</p>
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<table align="center" style="max-width: 75%;">
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<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Amiri.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Amiri_120.jpeg" /></a><br />Torie as Amiri the Iconic Barbarian</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Calistrian.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Calistrian_120.jpeg" /></a><br />Kaitlynn as a follower of Calistria</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Damiel.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Damiel_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/cronjewel08">cronjewel08</a> as Damiel the Iconic Alchemist</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Ranger.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Ranger_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/RomulanSith">Romulan Sith</a> as D'Cat the Ranger</td>
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<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Lini.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Lini_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/Phea">Phea</a> as Lini the Iconic Druid</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-RedMantisAssassin"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-RedMantisAssassin_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/JamesShade">JamesShade</a> as a Red Mantis Assassin</td>
<td class="tiny" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Sajan.jpg"><img src="https//paizo.com/image/content/Conventions/GenCon2015-CC-Sajan_120.jpeg" /></a><br /><a href="https://paizo.com/people/absoluTAegis">Absolut-Aegis</a> as Sajan the Iconic Monk</td>
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</table>
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<p>As a voter, your job is to simply pick which one you think is best, and the first place winner will get $75 in Paizo.com store credit! Two runner ups will also be selected, and they will be rewarded with $50 each! You can vote until <strong>noon on August 21st, 2015</strong>, and we'll be announcing the winners on August 22nd!</p>
<p>Liz Courts<br />
<em>Community Manager</em></p>
<p class="tiny">Special thank you to Adam Daigle, Brandon Hodge, Erik Mona, and James Sutter for photos!</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
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