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I've always heard arguments of 'why can't my wizard research cure light wounds?' While most of the spell varients are clever versions of published spells (a summoner's spiritual weapon resembles his eidolon's jaws) the end result is a wonderful way to customize a character's spell list.

And it keeps getting bigger and better.

KQ 14 is full of content, and this one seems extra Pathfinder heavy, with a bit of love for Dragon Age. The fact that the magazine mixes articles from our hobby's "elders" (quotes since any more they aren't much older than I) and newer voices just shows how forward thinking keeping the print magazine alive is.

P.S. If you want to see more 4.x 3.x PFRPG true 20 etc, start submitting!

Not being a 4x player, the name does nothing for me. (Keanu)"Whoa, Iron Dragon? Excellent!"(/Keanu) but the sculpt is anything but bogus. If I had the skill I'd likely add more detail to the mini than given, but for buying it in a pack, it's an excellent quality mini.

I ordered one from Paizo, so of course I pick up a pack for the roommate and there's one in there.

The detail is excellent, and this will serve as a Sivak Draconian, a half silver dragon, a large sized Drachen...

The sword on mine was bent, but no big deal.

Now all I need is a bozak to complete my evil Draconians and some noble draconians.

Ok, hitting the creatures one by one:

Air Jelly: a small formatting error, the swarm traits are missing from the creature description (compare to the bat swarm in the bestiary). Other than that, mechanically sound.
Use: I’ll use these in the darklands, definitely adds to the ‘alien’ nature of the underdark.

Burning Demon: Icky monster. The table entry lacks the range of the darkvision. Also it can be inferred, but is not stated, that the grease aura cannot be focused on one target, it just affects the floor. As mentioned above, part of the stat-block template was tossed in as well. Burn is also unclear about adding to the duration.
Use: Interesting monster, I’d save them for a Yomi themed plane, and remove the demon subtype. Or (using the info in the Bestiary) they may be formed from the souls of gluttons.

Canopic Jar: Mechanics look sound, thought Extra Turning should be Extra Channel. It is corporeal, but lacks a strength score. Also an accidental use of the enter key is noted above.
Use: Easily the best monster in here. While the idea seems simple (It’s a brain, in a jar!) the concept of having a monster subtly buffing the zombie-as-a-mummy schtick makes this interesting.

Dread Waif: Stat block looks good. I do wonder if the Fearsome Aura is a (SU) or (EX) effect, and if it’s mind affecting. It’s nice to see the gnome tie.
Use: Will see use in an urban campaign, especially with a gnome PC or NPC.

Ghissic: Stat block again looks good, though I don’t know why Weapon Finesse has a qualifier of (proboscis). Creepy bug creatures.
Use: works best in the isolated creepy town trope, but will likely see use in my games.

Greenmold Bones: The concept and mechanics are sound. I don’t like the fluff for Mouldering form (why does it affect steel) but the mechanic is nice.
Use: Good for a surprising druidic undead

Red Mercy Flower: Truly a monster For the Man Who Has Everything
Use: Best saved for use against aliens and totem based characters.

Riverwraith: Another ‘twisted fae’ As I liked the sundered women from the Scarred Lands, these appeal to me. A duration on the Waterspout is missing though.

Sisha: A good creature, nice to see the foo dog/lion again. The use of ‘usually’ in the description of ‘frightful aura’ is disconcerting. When isn’t it ‘usual’?

Wicker Man: Nice solid construct, though creation notes are missing.

Overview: There are 6 monsters that I’d rate highly enough to use, two druid related creatures, and one that I dislike.

I'll recommend it for new ideas and surprises for the players.

All in all, I rate this book a solid 3.5 stars. The 3.5 crunchy bits that snuck past editing, when mixed with the incomplete editing and the ‘blah’ nature of some of the races keep it from being a 4. This is a good first offering for the Pathfinder RPG, and definitely has some ideas worth modifying/creating. The writers just need to tighten up the mechanics and editing.

Hard to believe I started reading these when Reagan was president, the USSR was a threat, and MSH was -the- superhero game.

This book is lavishly illustrated and full of information on the characters and the universe. Even if you don't play M&M, it is worth it for the 'bible' of the Wild Cards universe.

It is light, and the paizo is clear to read. It rolls well, just always get the bad numbers. That's more crystal caste dice hating me than anything.

Just picked one up at the FLGS, impulse buy.

The mini is very clean and sharpp Details are excellent, and likely way above my skill level to paint.

I asked a couple of female coworkers if she looked 'real' or if she suffered from hugenormus breast syndrome (HBS) The consensus was no, she looks like a buff woman who had augmentation to get back to normal breast size, so good job there.

All in all, worth the 8 bucks :-)

This is a wonderful mini, both for its stated purpose and for a 'generic' tiefling. the sword can be kitted out for another weapon, and the shield might be able to with a bit more effort. She's not all 'boobs and bare skin' like too many female minis, and actually inspired me to both create a class and a character concept around her.

I was lucky enough to get a copy of D0 during free RPG day. The module is short, sweet and surprisingly simple. It doesn’t require min/maxed characters, and the iconics (available for download) work well. I augmented them with my own 25 point build characters to give the players variety.

The adventure encounters do provide a variety of challenges and give each character a chance to shine. I ran this for free comic book day twice, once for a batch of kids, once for a group of adults and kids. In both cases the adventure was a nice G rated adventure (well, ignoring the killing of monsters and vicious animals). The kids even eagerly adopted the fox.

My advice? Buy some cheep common plastic miniatures some dice and run this at your FLGS for kids, give the best player (or all of them) a set of dice and a mini, and you’ll have new gamers to go home and pester their parents.

I mean there's some references to nudity, but no long taudry descriptions or sexual scenes. Very interesting pseudo Europe setting and a nice bit of detective work. It is interesting how whipping out Commune doesn't solve this one.

Note. Do not read the forward unless you want to have an urge to drop a scorpion down Erik's pants. (I'll see you at Origins, spoiler-boy!) ;-)