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Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Wrath of the Righteous Poster Map Folio

Mapping the Abyss

Among the three maps in the Wrath of the Righteous Poster Map Folio is a player-oriented, illustrated map of the Abyss. It is a thing of beauty and I think Ben Wootten really outdid himself with this map. Anyone who's picked up the last few Poster Map Folios have undoubtedly seen Ben's illustrated maps for the Shackles, Varisia, and Irrisen, but this one goes above and beyond.

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Pathfinder Adventure Path #78: City of Locusts (Wrath of the Righteous 6 of 6) (PFRPG)

How I Got to Destroy Avistan

Actually, I didn't destroy it. Your PCs did. Blame them.

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mapSKR001

Design Tuesday: Superstar Maps!

Design Tuesday: Superstar Maps! Tuesday, February 15, 2011For RPG Superstar last year, I put together a series of quick map sketches with commentary on my personal blog in order to show different map turnovers, ranging from absolutely pathetic to pretty good. This year, we've migrated that information to here on the Paizo blog so it's easier for competitors to find. ... As a general tip, make your maps legible. If your map is just a few wavy lines on the page, if your handwriting is so...
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Pathfinder Campaign Setting: The Inner Sea World Guide (PFRPG)

Golarion Day: Report from Kintargo

... Golarion Day: Report from Kintargo Thursday, January 20, 2010It's as I thought. When Abrogail's devil-bound lackeys seized the empire, they did not destroy all of the old documents and maps from pre-Thrune Cheliax as they claim. Many of these relics and artifacts, including countless rare maps and manuscripts stolen from the Pathfinder Society and the Aspis Consortium, now lie in deep and well-guarded vaults below Egorian's city streets. But not so well guarded that I wasn't able to slip...
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GameMastery Map Pack: Shops

It's What's on the Inside that Counts

... It's What's on the Inside that Counts Wednesday, October 20, 2010We did a few tricky things with the upcoming GameMastery Map Pack: Shops and Flip Mat: City Streets: ... First: NEW FORMAT! Starting with Map Pack: Shops and going forward we'll be employing the same technology that makes our Flip Mats erasable wonders, resistant to wet-erase, dry-erase, even permanent markers. One of the things we heard again and again at conventions over the summer was that folks loved the Map Packs, but...
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Battle in Kelmarane

... Battle in Kelmarane Friday, September 17, 2010I had the pleasure of meeting and running a game for Kyle and Nani Pratt at PaizoCon a few years back, and since then Facebook has brought me occasional awesome updates from their campaign. But when THIS showed up, it was too awesome not to repost here. Check it out, with the whole story by the mad geniuses behind what looks like an incredible campaign! ... (Forewarning to Legacy of Fire players, minor spoilers might follow.) ... F. Wesley...
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HAM-Islands

All Your Map Questions Answered

... All Your Map Questions Answered Monday, September 13, 2010I know the question on everyone's mind this glorious Monday morning has nothing to do with what you'll be wearing to the office today, or whether you remembered to put your homework in your bag before heading off to class. No, the most pressing concern for any Paizo fan worth his salt is, What's up with that Huge Ass Map? ... Well, loyal followers, I have good news re: the HAM: we're making continual progress! Just last week we all...
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Map Swallows Desk—Editors Next?!

... Map Swallows Desk—Editors Next?! Thursday, September 2, 2010Remember that big ol' map that we started working on a while back? We're chugging away at it (with no signs of gibbering yet), and are moving ever closer to the final version! ... I have to say, it was painful to fold the working map up, even gently, and not just because it reminded me how short I am! I was irrationally afraid of damaging it, yet that was the only way to wrestle it onto my desk without committing Ultimate...
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Pathfinder Adventure Path #37: Souls for Smuggler's Shiv (Serpent's Skull 1 of 6) (PFRPG)

Welcome to the Shiv!

... Welcome to the Shiv! Monday, August 23, 2010Greetings, delicious humanoids! What's the scoop? My name is Tom. Tom Rex. Tom normally doesn't talk to Tom's lunch, but Boss Sutter said Tom has to in this case, and since Boss Sutter is all skin and bones and beans and peanut butter, and thus not edible to Tom's discerning palate, Tom has no recourse but to do what Boss Sutter says. So here Tom is, talking to things that should be screaming as Tom chews them. But Tom is okay with that, because...
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Best Cartography

Best Cartography Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 05:44 PM PacificGold for Pathfinder Chronicles City Map Folio! ... Lisa Stevens ... CEO
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Pathfinder Adventure Path #35: War of the River Kings (Kingmaker 5 of 6) (PFRPG)

Not Our Fault!

... Not Our Fault! Thursday, June 10, 2010For one reason or another, occasionally a mistake slips through into one of our printed products. I know that's a shock. I'll give you a moment to recompose yourself. ... Fortunately—if you can ever call such things fortunate—they're not always our fault. From the time production files leave our tender care to the moment a fully realized book reaches your door, countless mysterious hands work and tinker in ways neither editor nor reader...
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Pathfinder Adventure Path #33: The Varnhold Vanishing (Kingmaker 3 of 6) (PFRPG)

Kingmaker: Iobarian Timeline

... Cartography by Rob Lazzaretti ... Kingmaker: Iobarian Timeline Thursday, May 27, 2010An ancient land of half-forgotten empires and untold savagery, Iobaria sprawls beyond the frontiers of northern Avistan. History scars and shapes the people of this rugged land, the ruins of sprawling civilizations standing testament to ages of glories long lost, but which might rise again. Supplementing the Iobaria Gazetteer by Steven Schend in Pathfinder Adventure Path #33, the following timeline (also...
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Pathfinder Campaign Setting: The Inner Sea World Guide (PFRPG)

It's Huge!

... Photography by Gary Teter ... It's Huge! Wednesday, May 26, 2010The way the story goes, Erik walked into the copy shop with a disc holding the map of the Inner Sea Region and asked the employee there to make the image as big as he could. ... Okay, here we go, the man said, holding up a sheet maybe two feet high. ... I don't think you understand, Erik replied. I need this big. ... Thus it was that last Friday, Erik and Wes came into the office holding a map of the Inner Sea Region that,...
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Pathfinder Chronicles: Heart of the Jungle (PFRPG)

Maps, Maps, Maps

... Illustration by Tim Hitchcock ... Maps, Maps, Maps Thursday, March 11, 2010Here at Paizo, the normal process for ordering a map for an adventure or sourcebook goes something like this: First the author sends us a map of the imagined area, drawn out to the best of his or her abilities. With that in hand, we check it thoroughly for any contradictions with existing continuity, and redraw or retag sections as necessary to correct mistakes, make the map more interesting, or simply increase...
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Winter 2010 Releases: An Early Look!

... Winter 2010 Releases: An Early Look! Thursday, February 18, 2010This week Paizo posted new product descriptions for dozens of products to be released in the third trimester of 2010, including new hardcover books, a revision of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting, and a brand new line of Pathfinder novels! ... We've been hard at work on these items for months, and even though you'll have to wait until at least September before they hit your game table, we're thrilled to finally be able to...
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Good Maps Make for Good Adventures

... Good Maps Make for Good Adventures Thursday, February 4, 2010Nothing ruins a session of Pathfinder RPG more than a badly drawn map. You sit in your chair, your character sheet and dice firmly in hand, and stare at the crudely drawn map the GM sketched on the mat, struggling to discern exactly what those squiggles on the board are supposed to be. ... So, where's the door? you ask and the GM points to a series of more complicated squiggles in the mass of squiggles. You put your mini down on...
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3DBattleMarket1

Fans Make a Fan out of Me

... Fans Make a Fan out of Me Monday, November 23, 2009Working in the RPG publishing business is a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. It's a joy to get paid to think about things like new oracle class abilities, which products to release in 2012, and what we should have artists like Wayne Reynolds paint for our next hardcover release, but in some ways working in the main office of the sausage factory can take the fun out of things, or at least lessen the surprise. ... New products are a...
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JamesHeadache

Measuring Westcrown

... Measuring Westcrown Friday, October 23, 2009It's no secret that sometimes when we build an Adventure Path key bits of information slip through the cracks. For example, Council of Thieves takes place entirely within and near the city of Westcrown, and to support these adventures we're printing a nifty map of Westcrown on the inside front covers for the duration of this campaign. That map was always intended to be more of an art piece and a representational map that gives folks a basic idea...
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Pathfinder Chronicles: Cities of Golarion (PFRPG)

From Baria to Golarion

... From Baria to Golarion Friday, October 16, 2009So, I've made no secret of the fact that I've given large parts of my 25+ year-old homebrew campaign setting, Baria, over to Golarion. One of the more successful of these imports are the Red Mantis assassins—and by extension, their home city of Ilizmagorti. When it came time to assign authors for Cities of Golarion, I was sorely tempted to claim the chapter on Ilizmagorti as my own—I was nervous that even if another author did a...
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Pathfinder Chronicles: The Great Beyond—A Guide to the Multiverse (OGL)

Snagged from the Vault: Great Beyond, A Guide to the Multiverse

... Snagged from the Vault: Great Beyond, A Guide to the Multiverse Thursday, April 2, 2009Occasionally the Vault contains wondrous oddities, such as this map of the Eternal City of Axis, rendered beautifully by Rob Lazzaretti. This map, and more information about Axis and the other planes of the Outer Sphere, can be found in Pathfinder Chronicles: The Great Beyond, A Guide to the Multiverse, due out in May. Of course, nothing but perfect symmetry should be expected from the axiomites and...
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Pathfinder Module S1: Clash of the Kingslayers (OGL)

The City of Glimmerhold from Clash of the Kingslayers

The City of Glimmerhold from Clash of the Kingslayers Wednesday, March 4, 2009The Pathfinder module Clash of the Kingslayers by RPG Superstar author Leandra Christine Schneider takes place in and around the dwarven city of Glimmerhold. During the development of the adventure, the text ended up running a little long. To make some room, we dropped the map of Glimmerhold, as little of the combat action takes place in the city, and including the map wasn’t critical for running the adventure....
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Map3

Open Call: Mappers Wanted!

Open Call: Mappers Wanted! Wednesday, January 28, 2009I'm on a crusade. ... Writing adventures and sourcebooks for RPGs is tough. It takes a lot of different skills; you have to be a good writer, you have to be imaginative and creative, you have to be diligent and good with deadlines and continuity, and you have to have a head for rules and math. Truth be told, it's not all the skills you need to be a successful adventure or setting designer. You also need to be able to draw maps. ... Just as...
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Pathfinder Chronicles: Guide to Absalom (OGL)

The Map of Absalom

The Map of Absalom Tuesday, December 16, 2008Absalom is a big, big city—several miles across and home to over 300,000 people. Pathfinder Chronicles: Guide to Absalom is our first detailed look at this city and our first chance to map it. This full-page map should give you a sense of the city’s size, population, and majesty. ... And now, a little background on this map. ... Absalom is the idea of Jason Bulmahn, lead designer at Paizo. He once studied to be an architect, but he felt there...
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The Ginger Star (Trade Paperback)

Map the Stars

Map the Stars Tuesday, September 30, 2008It's not often that I get to show off Planet Stories art besides the covers, but I wanted to take a minute and point out that in addition to a killer story, Leigh Brackett's Skaith books (which include The Ginger Star, The Hounds of Skaith, and the forthcoming The Reavers of Skaith) all feature hand-drawn maps by the incredibly talented Rob Lazzaretti. I've always loved being able to follow along with a character's adventures on a map, getting a better...
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Pathfinder #14—Second Darkness Chapter 2:

A Bird's Eye View of Riddleport

... A Bird's Eye View of Riddleport Monday, July 28, 2008Here it is folks, this is where it's all about to go down: Riddleport, the City of Cyphers, the most perilous pirate port north of the Arch of Aroden. Next month, with Pathfinder #13 and the start of the Second Darkness Adventure Path, the floodgates open and thousands of PCs get set loose to wreak havoc on this scallywag's sanctuary. Until then, though, things look pretty peaceful. Just check out this bird's eye view of the city. Which...
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Pathfinder Chronicles: Rise of the Runelords Map Folio

Road Map to the Runelords

... Road Map to the Runelords Tuesday, January 29, 2008 In the office campaign, Erik Mona once tore a page out of the published adventure he was running because he grew too frustrated at having to flip back and forth from the page the map was on to the page where the various room encounters were described. Visions of frustrated Pathfinder readers doing the same prompted us to release the key maps from Rise of the Runelords in a stand-alone product—now you can run your party through the...
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Sneak Peek: Map of Golarion

... Sneak Peek: Map of Golarion Thursday, January 24, 2008Here is a sneak peek of Golarion, the exciting world of the Pathfinder Adventure Paths and GameMastery Modules. From the frontiers of Varisia to the devil-tainted cities of Cheliax to the frigid Hold of the Mammoth Lords, it will surely draw you in! ... Note: This map is not final, and is a work in progress. ... Carolyn Mull ... Sales & Marketing Assistant ...
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Magnimar

Free Pathfinder 2 Download Supplement!

Free Pathfinder 2 Download Supplement! Friday, October 5, 2007It's a fact: sometimes there's just too much good stuff to fit in a given volume of Pathfinder. While we here on the Paizo staff squeeze and condense as much as we can to make sure that each book is 100% concentrated awesome, print still has certain limitations... after all, sliced tree can only hold so much ink. That's why, from here on out, you can expect to see free supplement downloads to go along with specific volumes of...
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IvyDistrict

The Ivy District

The Ivy District Thursday, October 4, 2007GameMastery Module U1: Gallery of Evil takes place against the backdrop of the largest city in Golarion: Absalom. This burgeoning metropolis is filled to the brim with people from all walks of life across three continents. Easily the most cosmopolitan city in the world, Absalom must expect the unexpected. In the jaded manner common to many large cities, nothing really surprises them. ... While we intend to unveil more about our iconic major city over...
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GameMastery Flip-Mat: City Market

Flippin' Awesome

Flippin' Awesome Thursday, September 13, 2007I don't know about you, but I have a love/hate relationship with maps in RPG gaming. Back in middle school when I first got into the hobby, we might have had a few miniatures to represent characters, plus terrain made from dice, pencils, and those little plastic tables that come in the center of your pizza box. It wasn't until much, much later, when someone introduced me to D&D 3.5, that I finally saw the light and realized that things like...
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KaerMaga

Kaer Maga

Kaer Maga Wednesday, August 22, 2007Now that D2: Seven Swords of Sin is starting to make it out into people's hands, I'd like to talk a little bit about my favorite part of writing it: designing the city of Kaer Maga. ... Going into the project, there were two different ideas for where the adventure should be set. For me, it seemed to call for an urban setting, a crazy city where anything went and the law was sketchy at best. Publisher Erik Mona, however, was eager for Varisia to have an...
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Welcome to Fort Thorn—A3. Keep

Welcome to Fort Thorn Wednesday, August 1, 2007With GameMastery Module W1: Conquest of Bloodsworn Vale just about to ship out to subscribers, it's time to introduce your PCs to their new home: Fort Thorn. This small community is the only bastion of civilization in the Vale and, as such, makes for the most likely home base for explorers. The following are descriptions of a few key places: ... A3. KeepAside from the shrine, Fort Thorn's keep is the only other stone building in town. This...
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Magnimar

Magnimar

Magnimar Friday, July 27, 2007Making its grand debut in Pathfinder #2, I hereby give you Magnimar—City of Monuments. ... 1The Irespan ... 2Alabaster District ... 3Marble District ... 4Bridgeward ... 5The Capital District ... 6Naos ... 7Vista ... 8Grand Arch ... 9The Arvensoar ... 10The Bazaar of Sails ... 11Dockway ... 12The Rubble ... 13Keystone ... 14The Marches ... 15Beacon's Point ... 16Rag's End ... 17Silver Shore ... 18Kyver's Islet ... 19Ordellia ... For a more detailed view,...
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Gold, Land, and Title!

Gold, Land, and Title! Tuesday, July 24, 2007Those are the rewards promised to those who conquer the Bloodsworn Vale. In just a few weeks, you might be able to claim those prizes. ... Since we are getting pretty close to the release of this module, we realized we have yet to show off a map of this large, untamed wilderness. To avoid spoilers, the map is untagged (and might just make for a good player handout, if you're thinking of downloading it). That said, there are a couple of points of...
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Falcon's Hollow—Places of Note:

Falcon's Hollow Tuesday, June 26, 2007In celebration of the release of the free PDF of GameMastery Module D0: Hollow's Last Hope, the start of our Module Subscription Service, and the eminent release of D1: Crown of the Kobold King, we thought it was high time that we gave you some information about the small town featured in both modules: Falcon's Hollow. For more information, make sure to check out the appendix in Crown of the Kobold King. ... Falcon's Hollow makes an excellent base of...
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Sandpoint

Sandpoint

Sandpoint Friday, June 8, 2007Last week we showed you the map of Varisia, the region in which the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path takes place. This week, we're zooming in to focus on Sandpoint, the quaint fishing town that provides the backdrop for the first adventure in the path, Burnt Offerings. See if you can spot which street names and city features were snatched wholesale from Editor-in-Chief James Jacobs's childhood! ... James Sutter ... Assistant Editor, Pathfinder
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Varisia

Varisia Friday, June 1, 2007Presented here for the first time, in all its glory. We could say more—and believe me, we will—but for now we'd like to let Rob Lazzaretti's beautiful map speak for itself. To zoom in, click the image above. ... James Sutter ... Assistant Editor, Pathfinder
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