Find the Path with Wayfinder!

Thursday, February 20, 2013

One of the nicest things about being a Paizo fan is getting inspired to create things from the world of Golarion, and before I was hired at Paizo, Hugo "Butterfrog" Solis and I hatched a mad crazy scheme to produce something for the hard-working Paizo staff—a fanzine, to capture that same sense of excitement when the latest Dragon and Dungeon magazine got into your hot little hands. Wayfinder has been called a love letter to Paizo, which is probably the best compliment I've ever gotten on anything I've ever helped come to fruition. It was always a real treat to see how happy Paizo staff are when reading new Golarion material that they didn't have a hand in making—now they were the ones waiting for spoilers and new ideas!

But now the tables have turned, and now I'm the one eagerly awaiting Wayfinder to appear on my desk! With the eighth issue now available, I'm just as excited to read it as I was to help make the first four issues. But the very best part is that Wayfinder is completely FREE, and full of incredible art, maps, adventures, NPCs, new magic items, and original fiction from authors familiar and new! The latest issue of Wayfinder takes a nautical bent, with enough additional material for any coastal or seafaring campaign such as the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path, or anytime your game gets close to the water. It includes a short adventure (suitable for a side trek for some additional XP), new prestige classes like the Ulfen sea captain, new magic items like the grappling hook hand or peg-leg of stability, archetypes like the argonaut and marine, new material for kingdom-building rules from the Kingmaker Adventure Path, how to properly pay obeisance to Father Dagon, how to the run Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path as an aquatic game...

Have I mentioned yet that this is all completely FREE, made by fans just like you, and all you gotta do is go download it?

If this free fan-produced material has whetted your appetite to craft some of your own, Wayfinder Editor-in-Chief Tim "Timitius" Nightengale has thrown down the gauntlet! He wants to see your submissions for Wayfinder #9, the theme of which is all about what dwells in the dark caverns beneath the surface—the Darklands! Made by fans for fans and with the same level of dedication and quality you would expect out of any professional publication, this is a challenge to strut your game design stuff with the next Wayfinder, which will debut at PaizoCon 2013! Check out the call for submissions here, and check out all eight issues of Wayfinder (and the Pathfinder Chronicler Anthology) here!

Liz Courts
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Liberty's Edge

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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

You know what Wayfinder is? Wayfinder is awesome? If you are looking for awesome Pathfinder content, Wayfinder. If you are looking for Pathfinder content written by Paizo freelancers, Wayfinder. If you want to design third party material for Pathfinder that get reads by Paizo folks, Wayfinder.

In conclusion, Wayfinder, Wayfinder, Wayfinder.

Sovereign Court

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Downloading now!


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This magazine truly is a labor of love people, so check it out! Every issue, I find something useful and flavorful. It's free, so you can't beat the price. I haven't regreted one of these downloads yet, which I can't say for some of the things I've paid for...

Dark Archive

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Woo Wayfinder!

Scarab Sages

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It certainly makes me happy that I am an artist featured artist in Wayfinder, when I see a great write-up (and replies) like this!
Thanks, Liz, for being one of the greatest volunteers ever, and to Tim for continuing the work that you started. :)
You guys are the greatest.


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Wow! Liz mentioned my PrC! I guess I'll faint for a little while... thanks!

Liberty's Edge

I've always liked print copies and would subscribe to this magazine if it was in color print ( like the previous "Dungeon" and "Dragon" magazines ). Is there a good possiblity of this happening?

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Martin Kauffman 530 wrote:

I've always liked print copies and would subscribe to this magazine if it was in color print ( like the previous "Dungeon" and "Dragon" magazines ). Is there a good possiblity of this happening?

Wayfinder is released under the Community Use Policy, and is restricted on making any sort of profit. They do raise funds to cover printing costs for every odd-numbered issue, to be released at PaizoCon though, and donators get a copy. :)


Wayfinder is awesome and everyone should check it out! Thanks for the magic item shoutouts, too! All the items in this issue are great (even the ones I didn't write, I promise!).

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