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It's my birthday today and I decided one way to celebrate is spend some cash on Pathfinder-compatible products. There's a lot of those, though, and I'm only allocating a hundred bucks.

So, what do you recommend? I'm primarily lookin' at pdfs.

Thanks in advance!

Since it is your birthday Joela why don't you do this, send me your email address and I will send you a PDF copy of NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting as a birthday gift. I mean it IS your birthday and you should be getting a gift, instead of spending your money on a gift.

And if you feel the need to thank me, then tell everyone you know who plays Pathfinder to support the 3PPs of Pathfinder. That is thanks enough. Happy birthday.

The official start of the summer and RPG gaming mania begins with Memorial Day One Day Sale Weekend from Friday May 24th to Monday 27th. The majority of LPJ Design products will be 50% OFF THE NORMAL PRICE available at both DriveThruRPG.com and RPGNow.com. So stock up your Want List now and come by on Friday and save money getting these PDFs. Don’t miss out!!! Come get great 3PP Pathfinder products at half the price!!!

LPJ Design has just released its first chapter of an all new line of ebook fiction based off of their role playing game setting, NeoExodus: A House Divided. NeoExodus Legendary Tales: The Shield of Ignorance - Chapter One was written by Joshua Cole nd edited by Joshua Yearsley. Read this first chapter of this ebook now completely for free! Enjoy!

Thanks for the review!

Thanks for the reply. Is there ever a situation where you willingly abandon trying to hold on to PI/IP/copyright, because you want other publishers to be freely able to incorporate your work into theirs?

No.

Let's say you create 10 generic town shops and release them as a product. You'd like fans to be able to use it in their games, but you also kind of like the idea that maybe one of your shops could appear in some other publisher's fantasy setting one day. So you make it all OGC and nothing PI.

I have done it with some generic products. But if I am making a unique product, I would not have the IP as open.

Is that a lame business idea? Am I missing some reason why you should always retain some measure of PI/IP in your products?

Here is a better question, why as a publisher would I use your generic city in my setting instead of creating and using one I created? Why is using your product a better choice then doing it myself?

You might want to look at this as gaming mechanics versus Intellectual Property (IP) situation. You can keep all of the game mechanics open, while keep the IP closed.

STOP TEASING ME WITH THIS!!!!!!!! I HAVE MONEY TO GIVE YOU!!!!!!!

If you're curious about what sort of info is presented in this PDF, take a look at some of my old livejournal #monster posts, as I doled these out over several months a while back. File Off the Serial Numbers presents this information in a different format, but it's the same idea.

Thanks! This helps me make a decision to purchase even easier. Thanks!

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Louis Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product line, Adventure Path Iconics for Fire Mountain’s Way of the Wicked adventure path and the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:

Fire Mountain Games has blazed a trail to the dark side with the first adventure path for evil characters for the Pathfinder RPG. They have taken what many GMs consider to be the bane of their existence—an entire party of evil player characters—and turned it into a critically acclaimed and highly popular series of adventures. What you have before you is a product designed to get you into the game quickly by providing eight pregenerated characters designed specifically to be run in an Evil Adventure Path. Each character is built using a 25 point buy, as recommended by the writers of the AP. There are four human PCs. Their stat blocks are accompanied by detailed backgrounds and reasons enough for these dark souls to go forth and wreak havoc through the land, including the details of how they came to be incarcerated in the Prison of the Branded, where the adventure begins.

The iconic consist of four human characters and four unique races from the NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting such as:
• Cavian: Creatures of myth, whispered in legend, lost in the mists of history – and now returned for reasons unknown to any but themselves. Such are the cavians, a race of humanoid rodents noted for their incredible psionic abilities.
• Kalisan: Calibans are pale-white humanoid creatures native to the north of Exodus. Over time, many calibans have migrated to other parts and are now found in almost every parts of Exodus. Calibans have a well-deserved reputation for cannibalism and savagery. Kalisans are the most civilized of their race and are indistinguishable physically from their feral caliban cousins, although calibans can distinguish one another. Calibans tend to be much more feral and are less suited to be player characters. However the Kalisans are well-adapted.
• P’Tan: In ancient times, the First Ones enslaved all of Exodus; their plans were served well by countless thousands of unwilling servants. Once their slaves rose up and overthrew them, however, the First Ones were cast into the depths - bereft not only of their power, but also of the vast majority of the very slaves who brought them low.
• Sasori: Resources wax and wane, weapons and spells become obsolete, the master craftsman of one era is displaced by the industry of the next, and even land becomes worthless with the shifting ages. But information, say the sasori, is the one commodity that is always in demand. These scorpion-like creatures are brokers of information, by turns the greatest secret-keepers and the supreme spies of Exodus. Sasori are also known for their willingness - and ability - to kill to protect their secrets.

These iconic consist of:
• Anxelica Luris, Female human inquisitor
• Arok Headtaker, Male kalisan magus
• Cormac Blackwood, Male human antipaladin
• Ghostwhisker, Male cavian alchemist (mindchemist)
• Glimmershade, Female sasori rogue
• Kalina Rhys, Female human cleric of Asmodeus
• Rajas the Defiler, Male p’tan barbarian
• Zachris Swayne, Male human sorcerer

Available at Paizo!!!

So, um ... heh ... what does " LPJ Design introduces in new like of ebook fiction" mean exactly? :)

It means I drink at night ... and during the day ... when I make press releases. :)

Very interesting move there, Louis. :)

Thanks it is something we have wanted to do for a while. I can't wait for people to see what we are going to do with this ebook line.

It looks like impact knuckles are missing, "Activating the gadget is a standard action that generates a charge of force as the force punch spell." Oops!

No, that line is in the description. Second sentence in the impact knuckles descriptions, Page 4.

Louis Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product for their Treasures of NeoExodus line, Scepter of Perpetual Sacrifice for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:

The most devout priests among Khayne’s worshippers revel in shed blood, whether from their own flayed backs and lacerated limbs or from tortured victims consumed by diabolical rites of sacrifice. Cannabilism is encouraged, and his apostles rouse a bloodlust as primal as the deity it is inspired by. No true minister of the dark god’s teachings considers his own blood too sacred to spill, and their traditions of mutilation extend far past the shallow waves cast in the histories of Exodus by his best remembered devotees. While mass sacrifices and other common rites of devotion are better known, the Scepter of Perpetual Sacrifice represents the crowning achievement of Khayne’s earliest zealots. This ancient weapon is emblematic of and testament to the Blood God’s primordial power, with its most potent abilities fueled by the wounds it inflicts on both victim and wielder.

The Treasures of NeoExodus: Scepter of Perpetual Sacrifice is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of Scepter of Perpetual Sacrifice, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate Scepter of Perpetual Sacrifice into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal.

Available at RPGNow

Thanks for the review!

So can we safely say...

"Dreamscarred isn't the 'official' Psionics rules of Pathfinder... But they should be." :-)

Yes. I believe is so much that I tell other 3PP in my Transparency Agenda video blog to don't even waste time trying to do their own psionic system, "Dreamscarred Press has psionics locked down."

Just so we're clear, I don't mind stat blocks, but after doing Usual Suspects I'm pretty sure 57 in a row is my limit.

Jeff is just say that because he doesn't realize that I have a project coming with 100+ stat block coming. Just pace yourself and drink water to prevent cramps. :-)

As far as this 3PP is concerned its the official one I use, and I hope Paizo never does Psionics (no offense to paizo). We have done support for it with Adventure Quarterly #1 and Faces of the Tarnished Souk.

Steve Russell
Rite Publishing

Agreed! We have been lucky enough for the guys over at Dreamscarred Press to actually create and write all the psionic related material for the NeoExodus: A House Divided setting.

Its certainly a cool idea, but not very likely for all of us publishers to actually get together and work together on such a project. For one, trying to divvy up profits for such a book would be an absolute NIGHTMARE to pull off, so if it were made, it would probably be a free digital product; we would need some kind of profit in order to afford print runs.

I disagree. It would be quite easy to do, just split the work evenly between two companies like Green Ronin and Paradigm Concepts did with Inter link. See the original press release and concept here.

So if Dreamscarred press and LPJ Design did something it would be a two part adventure where DS takes one part and we take the other. We hire the same writer to write both parts and split those cost, editing and art budget down the middle. Each person sells their adventure and they both promote them as a two parter. Each of us make our money based on what we sold and nothing needs to be "split between companies". All printing could be handled on POD so there is no upfront cost. When you sell you make money.

Even if we did make it a free product, building stat blocks is tedious work, and I don't know how many publishers would be willing to just up and create that much product for free. I mean, I'm positively insane and probably would do it, but some of the people involved actually rely on the publishing gig for income. Might not be the best use of their time, but I also don't want to put words into other people's mouths, so who's to say? The world is a weird place.

Doesn't need to be free. You can sell it based on the comments I just made. We have a few writers who actually LIKE doing stat blocks so you find the right people everything can be handled. Just think outside the box and it is an easy project where everyone can get paid.

Louis Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product for their Treasures of NeoExodus line, Claw of Xon for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:

Over the course of the Twilight War, the Reis Confederacy committed many atrocities; chief among them was the employment of the necromancer Xon. His undead legions and horrific experiments served the Confederacy well, as he developed a powerful weapon for his reanimated troops. This weapon’s dark origins were steeped in blood; foul necromantic rituals gave it the power to tear forth the souls of men, turning them into ghostly specters that hungered for the living. Xon gifted these weapons to his most trusted servants and powerful creations so that they might spread his evil influence across the battlefield, drowning out the sound of clashing steel and cannon fire with a wailing choir of tortured souls.

The Treasures of NeoExodus: Claw of Xon is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of Claw of Xon, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate Claw of Xon into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal. Available at RPGNow and Available at Paizo.

So here is a project that I have been working on in silence over the last few month and I am finally revealing what it is. Ever since I say the ebook revolution happened, I wanted to be part of it and I know that NeoExodus would be at the forefront of it. So one of the original people who worked on the the first edition of NeoExodus, Joshua Cole , got in contact with me about doing it I decided now was the perfect time. In addition, we thought it would be best to get you all interested in what we were doing by give these story away on this blog for free. So Joshua and I developed an outline and we decided that this first story would be a three part ebook. So Joshua just sent us our first rough draft of the ebook and where have sent it to editing and we hope to have the first part of the ebook up very soon at this blog. So once again thanks for your support of what we are doing here.

Will there be a intro book like Way of the Wicked Free Preview: Prison Break for this kickstarter?

Call it Asgard. It makes complete sense.

... a prequel in Third Dawn before the comet struck... That would definitely be interesting to do, although it raises a ton of questions that were intentionally left vague in the campaign setting. :)

I call that a great opportunity to work together with people on some cool ideas. :)

Since we at LPJ Desing have teamed up the folks over at Dreamscarred Press on all of our Psionic related projects, I was wondering what other 3PP of Pathfinder would fans like to see team up with and make product(s)? No generic general answers here, only really cool stuff: What cool things do you think two or more 3PP could put together?

Thanks for the review!

Now available at Paizo!!!

Louis Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product for their Treasures of NeoExodus line, Grasscutter for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:

Anyone can kill with a blade made of steel, and legions of swordsmen have made names for themselves with such weapons; only some are skilled enough to kill with a wooden sword. One warrior and his descendants are legendary for killing legions of warriors and mighty creatures armed with only a wooden blade: Yushi Abo and his clan. This mighty warrior and master swordsman was already a hero of renown before claiming a blade that was both reward and punishment: the sword known as Grasscutter.

The Treasures of NeoExodus: Grasscutter is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of Grasscutter, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate Grasscutter into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal. Available at RPGNow

LMPjr007 wrote:

If you are looking to save money on artwork, look overseas.

This makes me sad.

It might make you sad but it is a fact of business. When I wanted this image created I received bids from several artist. All the artist from the US wanted $300 and up. The artist who did the work was from South America and did it for less than $75 US. When ever penny counts you go with the best deals that give you the best quality for the best price. Or would you as the customer prefer to pay three times as much for the same product due to art cost? And you think the Pathfinder Core Rulebook is expensive now.

What the sad part is that "work" of any kind is now on a global market and artwork is a commodity. If I had to depend exclusively only on US artist, the cost of my products would be more and in some case the quality would not be as good.

At Legendary Games, we've worked with artists from the U.S. as well as from New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Mexico. It's a small world with the internet these days, and people are wherever they are.

The world is so small now, I can assign work before I go to bed to someone overseas and when I wake up in the morning have the work to me. The power of distance and time on a business can be highly powerful and highly profitable.

When it comes to art, LPJ Design is normally only looking for either full color full body character design or half page (8.5x5.5 inches) full color images and we pay the same amount for both. Item design and headshot character design we pay 50% of the body character design rate. Quarter page art isn't worth the cost to me and you can save money on doing a single character design images versus paying for a full page full color piece.

If you are looking to save money on artwork, look overseas. There are a lot of great artist looking for exposure in American / Canadian products. The best place to start looking for artist is on deviantart. Search fantasy in the search bar and then start looking. You are bound to find some good artist there. I have and I know the guys at SGG have also.

Louis Porter Jr. Design, has released it all new line for Image Portfolio, Image Portfolio Platinum Edition 24: Storn Cook at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:

Image Portfolio Platinum Edition is the premier line of online PDF art resource that gaming companies can use. All the art pieces in this art resource can be used in any of their upcoming RPG ideas or projects. When a person acquires Image Portfolio, any of the art in the PDF can be used in any of their own products as if they owned it them. This is due to the limited licensing agreement of Image Portfolio. This specific Image Portfolio contains 10 full color images of fantasy genre character design images. Available at RPGNow!

Hey guys where is the best place on the boards to post interest in doing artwork for 3rd party publishers? I thought there was a recruitment forum somewhere?

Thanks
Reebo

First: Have a portfolio up for 3PP to see.

Second: Email 3PP you would actually like to work for because you like what they do more than how much they will pay you.

Third: Do a free stock art PDF and give away 5 pieces of artwork. 3PP are always looking for new artist AND to save money on artwork. If we like your stock art we will come looking FOR YOU.

Hope these help.

The link's not working for me, but it might just be Facebook acting up?

Try it now and see if it is working. If not, Try this link. Hope this helps!

Here is the rough layout draft for Adventure Path Iconics: Path of the Wicked for Fire Mountain Games Way of the Wicked Adventure Path. I have to once again thanks to Gary McBride of Fire Mountain Games who was kind enough to let us make this product.

I've been GMing and playing Pathfinder for a while and I love it. I also love how Paizo sees working with and promoting third party publishers to be a win-win. I really like adventure paths; I've played a few of the Paizo ones and I'm GMing Reign of Winter at the moment. I'd like to start looking at some third party products; any recommendations on what would be some of the best stuff to try first? I'm not familiar with any of the third-party companies.

If you are really unsure and not familiar with any third party companies I would suggest that you look at the FREE 3PP Pathfinder releases first. When you do this you canget a taste at what these people do and better still it doesn't cost you anything so there is no risk. Here are a few free products from LPJ Design that I would suggest:

Daily Spell List (PFRPG)

Buff Sheet (PFRPG)

Undefeatable 21.5: Cavalier (PFRPG)

Initiative Cards (PFRPG)

I hope you find this helpful.

Louis Porter Jr.
Louis Porter Jr. Design

Yeah, d20pfsrd.com is something COMPLETELY different, as you've shown - its essentially one of the most vital signs with gazillions of traffic and content - content that shares the same target audience as your ads. I'm not surprised at all at how efficient d20pfsrd is with ads - LPJr has talked quite extensively on his blog about your advertisement-prowess and I have no reason to doubt him.

Perhaps I should rephrase: For a small light like me and my site, I don't see ads working.

Hope I didn't offend anyone!

Personally, I think we all want to make sure that you are making some kind of income from all the work you do for free. I mean I have gotten great and bad reviews from you but they have always been quality reviews of the product no matter our personal relationship which is why I respect your reviews.

But I do understand WHY you don't want to do it. I think since you are giving away so much quality for FREE you should be able to find some way to generate some income from all you do.

LMPjr007: The Shadowlands digital map and the 56-page adventure "The Gates of Tarina" are available to backers in the short-term, if those are things that would interest you. Sorry about the time-frame for release; we're a small company and we're very much committed to making the best product we possibly can, so we'd rather take a bit longer to get it done and make sure to do it right the first time.

Oh no I totally understand about being a small company. I am in the mindset of this sound so cool. I can't wait to see it it my hands.

I got my physical first bound in on Friday, so I know the books are finished printing. Now for the long voyage to the U.S.

Lisa

Do you know when we might be seeing some more previews for this?

Hi! I’m Stephen DiPesa, one of the writers for the upcoming, Pathfinder-compatible Shadowlands Campaign Setting. Chris Merwin, the owner of BlackStar Studios and the creator of the setting, informs me that we had a thread up on this forum, but it seems to have wandered off on us, so I figured I’d make a new one and share the news.

We’ve got a Kickstarter running for just shy of another month, and we’d love to have folks pop by, check it out, and consider pledging and/or spreading the word!

I like everything about this kickstartter EXCEPT that it is not going to release until February 2015. That is a LONG wait for a kickstarter reward. Will there be something available for donors within a few weeks of when the KS is completed?

I'll be sending out the information template to our other 3PP friends later this month, so we can start getting that fleshed out. Thanks again to all those 3PPs who joined us on this project!

That means I have to get writing!

It looks like folks are also, with the exception of Wolfgang Baur and Monte Cook (although I know Wolfgang has written for them, I'm not sure about Monte) mentioning *just* Paizo authors.

Not fishing, but I'm trying to make sure I have the scope of the question right.

Was that intentional?

-Ben.

It wasn't for me, but it does make an interesting point.

Any word on preveiws yet?

I am VERY excited about this book!

OK this is simple, just tell us who are your 3 favorite Pathfinder adventure/module writers and why. The reason why only have to be valid to you.

1) Mike Shel. No explanation needed.
2) Richard Pett. Understands what HORROR actual is and how use it.
3) Brandon Hodge. From Shore to Sea.

Louis Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product for their NeoExodus Chronicles line, Fleshwraith (PFRPG) for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:

My, yes, I love animals and insects. Built for survival, perfect predators—even the prey is somewhat incredible. You learn a lot studying them…and don’t think I’ve no idea what you’re thinking about. Or that I’ve never heard people talking behind my back. I’ve seen them, heard them. Saying I’m weird, crazy, creepy, ugly. All stupid and jealous. Except this one, a great boy. Not the brightest one…I think he had a crush on me. A farm boy—orphan—watching over another awkward orphan girl, top of her class…the perfect couple, you see? Poor sap defended me every time, until he took one too many blows for me. Classic story: I was in the woods searching for some rare Hymenoptera, him glued to me like crap on my shoes, and right there: boom, a hungry bear! Fun fact: The boy had always been dead afraid of bugs. But unlike me, he had great eyesight and jumped first. Yep, he took on a damn bear long enough for some lumberjacks to hear our cries and chop through it. My own personal 10-year-old little-big hero. He didn’t make it through the night. Thinking back on it, he had pretty eyes…wanna see? I always keep a copy of his eyeballs in my lab to watch over me.

The Fleshwraith includes:

• New Base Class: Fleshwraith
• New Augmentations: Genetic Lab & Hivemind
• Host and Symbiont
• Nine All new Fleshwraith Spells including Caustic Spit, Grant Evolution, Sticky Net and Toxin Graft
• Fkeshwraith Feat: Body Horror
• 2-Point Evolution: Survival of the Wisest

Available at RPGNow!!!

Now Available at Paizo!!!

Louis Porter Jr. Design has released its newest product for their Treasures of NeoExodus line, Infinite Fury for the NeoExodus: A House Divided (PFRPG) campaign setting at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:

The pursuit of knowledge and magic is paramount to the Cynean people and the Cynean wizard Kal-Dor pursued this goal with a fervor and fire unmatched by any of his brethren. However, when this wizard had mastered magic to the extent that he claimed to understand even the Kaga itself, he found his life empty without a goal for which to strive. Using his knowledge and understanding of the arcane arts he crafted a device to serve as both weapon and companion in his new quest: mastery of martial combat.

The Treasures of NeoExodus: Infinite Fury is created for use with your NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting home gaming for the Pathfinder RPG. The Treasures of NeoExodus series focus on creating unique and interesting magical and mundane items that you can use in your NeoExodus home games that give you more a personal connection to the item. This PDF comes with a background and history of Infinite Fury, its special mundane and/or magical qualities plus magic item containing detailed information and blank versions of the cards. Everything you need to incorporate Infinite Fury into your character’s background and your gaming sessions is here making them even more appealing, special and personal.

Available at RPGNow!!!

Question: How do you make a small fortune in the game industry?

Answer: Start with a large fortune!

:)

Lisa you just gave away the "secret sauce"! LOL!!!!

If you are serious about starting a 3PP you might want to first go work for one and lead the ins-and-outs. There is a lot of movie parts to a 3PP business and most of have nothing to do with game design.

Now available at Paizo!!!

Now available at Paizo!