Perram's page

Unfortunate circumstances mean that this year, I will not be able to attend. Please cancel my ticket and banquette ticket.

Clicking on the Title should also expand / collapse instead of just the link at the top right.

Paizo's editor-in-chief F. Wesley Schneider joins Ryan and Perram to banter on homosexuality in Golarion and gaming, easily the most insightful discussionthe banter segment has yet to see. We talk about RPG Superstar and Paizo's latest hirings in the news segment, we review Animal Archive, Liar's Blade, Open Gaming Monthly, and Evocative Vehicles in Read Magic, and we take your questions in the Know Questions segment, including a couple of questions for Venture Lieutenant Brian Darnell.

Audio:
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YouTube:
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Perram's Spellbook 2 Alpha Version 0.1
http://www.theGM.org/alpha/

In an effort to continue to bring you the best free spell cards available, Perram's Spellbook is getting a major upgrade! This new version of the app will include several user requested features. Expect this page to change rapidly and drastically over the next few weeks!

The Big Feature List

PDFs! - From now on, Perram's Spellbook will generate PDF documents instead of printable web pages. You can save them to your hard drive after it creates them, or print them out right on the spot. Since it is a standard PDF document, you'll be able to size, resize, and print on any device without having to worry about what browser you are using!

Improved layout and graphics! - I think this will be obvious once you make your first set of cards. I worked hard to make them look good, guys!

Exact Match Font Sizes - The spellbook will no longer print a second card when you can obviously see it could have fit on just one! It now knows exactly how many cards it takes, and will try its best to fit it onto a single card if possible.

UPCOMING - Large Font Option - Fear not about the tiny text size on some cards! You'll be able to tell the app to manually print a larger font size. Doing this WILL mean that you'll have more cards to print as longer spells spill over to 2nd and 3rd cards.

UPCOMING - List Format - Don't want cards, just a nice printable spell list? You'll be able to do just that! No headache required.

UPCOMING - Random Spellbooks! - This one is for you GMs out there! Hit a button and a random spellbook will be generated instead of having to select your spells manually!

UPCOMING - Better Interface, More Controls! - I know things look pretty spare right now, but don't worry. These controls and the whole app will be getting a face lift before launch.
Your Feedback is Needed - Now More than Ever!

Nearly every feature in Perram's Spellbook is the result of a user asking for it! So if you have any comments or questions, reply below!

Our first official live show! comments very much wanted, guys!

Me and Ryan talk about the new adventure format, completed projects, sugar gliders, People of the North, and user questions!

Watch it Here:
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Know Direction is now going LIVE, WITH VIDEO! Starting Wed. February 6th, 8:30 p.m. EST, 5:30 p.m. PST!

Still keeping the same great show, same content, with the same schedule, but now live on YouTube every two weeks!

We'll be taking feedback and answering your questions as you ask them!

You can subscribe to our channel here:
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The best in Pathfinder News, Reviews, & Interviews, just keeps getting better!

We would appreciate it if our fans could pass this message along, we'd love to have as many people there for our first show as possible!

We meet Paizo developer Patrick Renie to discuss the Player’s Companion line, in particular the recent Blood of the Night, and our banter segment is filled with the latest news from around the Pathfinder community.

Also as a Video Bonus, we unbox the Shattered Star Miniatures!

You can listen to the episode here:
Know Direction 55

The Video Bonus is located here:
Video Bonus

As a bonus to our upcoming Know Direction 55, we have a Video Segment! Where we unbox the Pathfinder Battles Miniatures: Shattered Star set!

You can watch it here:
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Know Direction episode 54 brings you more news and reviews than you can handle! Plus, we answer your questions, including a PFS question for Brian Darnell!

You can listen to it here:
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What better way to close out 2012, the 5th anniversary of Pathfinder and the 10th anniversary of Paizo than a chat with Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens?

This is one of my favorite episodes yet, please check it out.

Listen to it here.

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When I try to use search, it just refreshes the current page.

(Sorry if this is a double for you guys, just realized I submitted two issues to you yesterday and wanted to make sure you didn't think it was the same issue. Ignore if it is.)

When I received my copy of the Pathfinder Adventure Path: Rise of the Runelords Deluxe Collector's Edition (PFRPG) Hardcover, the Hinge was broken off of it, and the pin that holds it in place was snapped in half.

Because of my main interest in this as a collector's item, I would like to exchange it for an intact copy.

Thank you all so much,

- Perram

The chocolate dice say they are shipped on Dec. 4th, but I haven't received them yet. It also says shipping cost was $0.00, but it isn't in a side cart and I wasn't given the opportunity to select a different shipping option.

One of the charming things that I've seen other companies do for tournament leagues is provide badges for participation in them, or other small trinkets. For example, the little patches for War Machine or the odd figures for competing in a league in Hero Clix. These are rewards for regularly playing and participating actively in the community.

And, in my opinion, completing an Adventure Path is a much larger achievement than playing through 6 weeks of a game league. I'd love to be able to give my players (and myself for GMing the darn thing for over a year) a little token or badge or something to honor that achievement!

Now I could make them myself, and will, but I think it would be neat if Paizo had these available for us to get officially.

Now I'm not saying they should be free or anything, but something the GM could buy for a hopefully small cost to give to their players when they finished the AP.

It wouldn't have to be badges, it could but pins like the ones you give away at GenCon, etc... Or just any other cool trinket that you think could work. And I think it would be neat if it said something like:

Rise of the Runelords: Survivor

Alternatively, you could release a set for PCs that DIED in the APs, too. :)

Ryan and Perram are back in full swing, with an extended review segment and the most questions ever asked for Know Questions, including our first PFS question for Venture Lieutenant Brian Darnell.

You can listen the episode right here:
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The epic fantasy satire, Dwarfed.

How are the various names and naming styles generated in Gollarion? The example names are a huge help for the various races and ethnicity listings, but I want to make sure that my choices of names are consistent.

I know that Gollarion is a real world analog... and getting names from different cultures listed is easy to compile... so I think it would be really helpful to have a good cheat sheet so that when my players hear the name of a person from Taldor, they recognize it as such, as opposed to someone from Cheliax or Galt, for instance.

As you may have heard in Know Direction 47, I'm currently working on a complete revision of Perram's Spellbook, and I need your guys help. I want to make this the best spell cards available, PERIOD.

The goals:

• Better Looking Cards (Example Below)
  
• Save Cards as PDF Files, to help resolve printing issues.
  
• Using Inspirations from CCG and Board Game cards to make reading the cards easier and more compact. Using Symbols, etc...
  
• Still having the cards be customizeable ! Important to include the option for both large and small text for users who are unable to read small text.
  
• A cheat list option, instead of cards. Basically like a reference table of the basic stats without the full text description.
  
• Ability to enter your caster stats in, and have the spell display modified numerical info like range and save DC based on level, stat, bonuses, etc...
  

So please chime in with your requests and suggestions!

Example Here.

Since you're giving me a free copy at GenCon. :)

The Know Direction Podcast will once again be releasing audio recordings of the majority of the sessions, presentations, and seminars of PaizoCon! So for those of you, like myself, who were not able to make it, this is the second best thing!

These recording would not have been possible without the help of Justin Sluder, Jessie Banner, and Paul Rimmer. Thank you three for your help, support, and hard work. I’m sure the Pathfinder fan community appreciates it as much as we do.

Our plan is to release a new segment every day as they finish editing.

Our First Segment: The PaizoCon 2012 Banquet!
You can listen to it right here!

Ryan and Perram review the Advanced Race Guide and Dwarves of Golarion, answer questions speculating on the next adventure path, and discuss the (as of the recording) upcoming Pathfinder event of con season, PaizoCon 2012.

You can listen to the show here.

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Ryan and Matt look at the classes and the races, the flavour and the crunch, the best and the worst of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5

Gamers' Guide to Pathfinder
Sean and Barry bite into different chunks of Pathfinder crunch.

Dwarfed Podio Book
The epic fantasy satire, Dwarfed.

Ryan and Perram talk with Mike Brock of Paizo, the Pathfinder Society coordinator, about PFS season 4 and the upcoming con season.

Listen Now!

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3.5 Private Sanctuary
Ryan and Matt look at the classes and the races, the flavour and the crunch, the best and the worst of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5

Gamers' Guide to Pathfinder
Sean and Barry bite into different chunks of Pathfinder crunch.

Dwarfed Podio Book
The epic fantasy satire, Dwarfed.

I was wondering if there would be a Pathfinder Comic subscription through Paizo.com or will I need to find some other way to purchase the comic regularly?

When a link leads to a PRD section with an anchor tag, such as looking up the rules for Improvised Weapons, the page snaps to that section on top but THEN draws the banner menu on top of it, meaning you have to actually scroll up to get to the section you are looking for.

A minor thing, I know, but though you would want to know.

Tested on Windows 7 with IE 9, Chrome (newest version), and Firefox.

My players just defeated this guy in our last session. He was a lot of fun, and they kept wondering what was in his head!

I'm in a much better financial place now, and can continue.

Thank you so much!

NPC Database Launches!

Now launching the NPC DATABASE! Using the NPC Database data from d20pfsrd.com, I've designed a front end so that you can easily look up over 900 open content NPCs from Paizo's Pathfinder Adventures!

Mike's databases again prove to be a great source of awesome, and I just wanted to make it easier for GMs to use.

ALSO! Fixed some bugs with Perram's Spellbook so that it will print better with all modern browsers!

The database is available here: http://www.theGM.org/

Original data from d20pfsrd.com

KNOW DIRECTION 36 - CROWD SOURCE

Ryan and Perram discuss the winner of RPG Superstar, review Pathfinder Campaign Setting Distant Worlds, banter about their games, and more.

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3.5 Private Sanctuary
Ryan and Matt look at the classes and the races, the flavour and the crunch, the best and the worst of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5

Gamers' Guide to Pathfinder
Sean and Barry bite into different chunks of Pathfinder crunch.

Dwarfed Podio Book
The epic fantasy satire, Dwarfed.

Ryan and I speak with Pathfinder Lead Designer Jason Bulhman about the upcoming Advanced Race Guide (ARG) and Ultimate Equipment (UE). They don't argue with him, that's just an unfortunate coincidence.

Listen to the episode here.

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3.5 Private Sanctuary
Ryan and Matt look at the classes and the races, the flavour and the crunch, the best and the worst of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5

Gamers' Guide to Pathfinder
Sean and Barry bite into different chunks of Pathfinder crunch.

Dwarfed Podio Book
The epic fantasy satire, Dwarfed.

Ryan Dancey joins Ryan and me to talk about the making of the OGL and his involvement in Goblinworks, developers of the upcoming Pathfinder Online MMO.

You can listen to the episode right here:
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3.5 Private Sanctuary
Ryan and Matt look at the classes and the races, the flavour and the crunch, the best and the worst of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5

Gamers' Guide to Pathfinder
Sean and Barry bite into different chunks of Pathfinder crunch.

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Dwarfed Podio Book
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After seeing Sean K. Reynolds' recent facebook update where he showed his most commonly referenced books (Sean K Reynolds | Facebook) I was surprised that he marked each of them on their bottoms!

And then I remembered that I hadn't marked ANY of my Pathfinder RPG books.

I used to write my name in the inside cover of each of my RPG books with a black marker.

I never, however, used a highlighter or such inside the book.

Do you guys mark your books and / or highlight them?

It may be late January, but it is early 2012. Ryan and me look back on the biggest news and best releases of 2011. And Paizo developer Rob McCreary talks RPG Superstar, Skull & Shackles, and Rob McCreary.

Click Here for the show!

Look forward to your feedback!

I've already got a copy of the original printing, but I wanted to just say that I'm glad that there is another chance for more Pathfinder gamers to get this awesome book!

Hey all, I painted four Sinspawn and thought I would share. Not the best paint jobs in the world, nope, but I like the creepy guys.

Inspired by Paizo's own paint day, me and my friends decided to meet after work twice a month to paint minis together. I'll be painting a LOT of the pathfinder minis for my Pathfinder games.

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Perram’s Spellbook is a FREE web application that will allow you to create customized spell card decks for your Pathfinder Role Playing Game characters and NPCs! With a few clicks, you can have any spells you wish printed for any core Pathfinder class, customize the size of the card, its color, and exactly which cards you need. You can even create custom cards for spells not in the Spellbook’s database from any sourcebook, even of your own creation!

What's New?
(8/21/2011)

Database Update - Thanks again for Mike's hard work! We've got the following books in the spell cards now:
Pathfinder Role Playing Game: Ultimate Combat
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Rival Guide
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Seas Magic
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Pathfinder Society Field Guide
Pathfinder Player's Companion: Faiths of Balance
Pathfinder Player's Companion: Goblin's of Golarion

Magus & Anti-Paladin - These two classes are now available with spell cards!
Custom Cards Updated! - Custom Cards now support all card sizes and selectable backgrounds!

You can access Perram's Spellbook for FREE (No strings attached, for now and always!) at http://www.theGM.org/

And as always, I'm always looking for new suggestions and feature requests. I want to make this the best tool I can for you all.

Perram’s Spellbook is the completely free Custom Spell Card generator for the Pathfinder Role Playing Game, and now it’s gotten even better with the addition of the spells from Ultimate Magic as well as spells from Book of the Damned Vol. 2 – Lords of Chaos, and Faiths of Purity!

Thanks again Mike for the database that makes this possible!

Note that the Magus isn’t available just yet, but expect him to show up very soon!

In addition, I’ve also added a larger font size to the Large Format Cards at users request, making the cards easier to read for some users.

As always I’m always looking for feedback and suggestions for the spellbook, so please, let me know!

You can access Perram’s Spellbook at http://www.theGM.org/

Hello!

One of my players is playing a Rogue that is rather religious... at least as religious as you can get following Cayden Cailean. He is /very/ CG and pretty much a typical swashbuckling hero type.

He's wanted to show this in some statistical way on his character, but at the same time, he is still very much a rogue and doesn't want to be a cleric. He also knows that 'dipping' into full caster classes isn't usually very satisfying.

What options are there for this character? I know there was the Prestige Class for Cayden in the early APs that I have access to, but... what else is out there?

Since you guys are showing off the cover art this week, and since you guys have some AMAZING covers, (not just these new ones)...

Could you please produce / sell more posters?

My game room wall needs more Paizo Goodness to hang up beside the Pathfinder launch poster and the maps.

EDIT: (8/17/2008) - Original announcement preserved below, however the spellbook is now OUT OF ALPHA! And now includes several Pathfinder books including the Advanced Player's Guide!
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Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I've created a little web app to make Spell Cards for Pathfinder.

You can access it here: http://www.theGM.org/

The application is ready for use, but in early development. New features will be added as I'm able.

Currently you can:

• Print Spellcards for every spell in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook
  
• Filter the Spells by Class and Spell Level
  
• Print either small cards (9 per page) or large cards (4 per page)
  

Any comments or suggestions are very welcome!

Hope you enjoy!

http://rcjrproductions.com/35ps/index.php?option=com_content &task=view&id=177&Itemid=26

So, looks like Pathfinder is getting its own fan podcast now. Which is good, I hope!

I have a very particular style of game I like to run, and that my players enjoy. I like to run very cinematic combats, a lot of classic heroism, and a little bit tongue in cheek. Swashbuckling Pulp is a good description of what I like to run, the Disney version of the Three Musketeers or the Pirates of the Caribbean would be spot on.

My Style

I like to describe my style of GMing as this: My games are like a Saturday Morning Cartoon. Very high action, very cinematic with a focus on cool, not a lot of PC death, episodic in nature (but with a few reoccurring BBEGs that have their hand in every few adventures), and a lot of focus on the RP between the characters and the NPCs at their 'home base' location. (keep, city, town, whichever.)

Currently I'm filling my needs with Pathfinder, using Hero Points to help lend that cinematic feel to the game. My only complaint is that I want to spice up combats a bit more than I've been able.

My Question:

What should I keep in mind to make this work using Pathfinder?

Power Cards make playing 4e a lot quicker and easier. I greatly support their use in some format, and WotC providing them is great.

HOWEVER: With PHB2 cards /just now/ coming out, what good are they? I mean, yes, they serve their purpose still, but with this much delay between the book they are tied to and the cards releasing... I can't support buying the official product instead of going for the several free do it yourself solutions.

Normally I would love these products due to convenience, and the cost isn't quite so bad. But With Divine Power out now, and the cards for it no coming out until next year?

I was at my FLGS the other day talking with one of the regular gamers there about the new PFRPG Core Rules, and pitching the product to him, and I also pointed out the other Pathfinder products available, and trying to ask his questions about what the different lines were.

And then I said it to him. "To be honest, it's all this stuff [The Campaign Setting and supporting products.] that makes me want to play the game, not the rulebook itself."

And it is true. Don't get me wrong, I like the PFRPG for several reasons of its own merit, but for me the sale happened with the other material first, not the rules themselves.

What about everyone else?

Having just come back from GenCon (my first time attending) I've since been inspired by the various options I have available for... lets face it... toys at the game table. But I've had a hard time deciding what I should use.

Currently I use a good old fashioned Battlemat and Wet-Erase markers. While there is very little 'Wow' factor to the battle-mats, it provides me with the most freedom, obviously.

I also have several Flip-Mats that I use, and enjoy. I supplement them with Campaign Cartogropher 3 maps that I make myself and print on 1" scale. Using these are nice, but its often hard to find one that matches some of my more unique locations. Making maps in CC3 is something I'm getting better at, but I've not mastered it yet.

I have a complete collection of Dungeon Tiles from Wizards of the Coast, as well. At least 1 of each set, most 2. I like the product, but I have a hard time organizing it or using it during play.

While I was at GenCon I picked up some of the products from Fat Dragon Games. I've built a few of their EZ-Dungeon pieces, and this certainly has the 'Wow' factor to it! I like that it integrates well with all of my above options, and that I can customize it as much as I want. It is taking me a long time to construct though... and in the end it doesn't look quite as good as...

Dwarven Forge. The Cadalac of gaming supplies, I would wager. This stuff looks amazing... but comes with an amazing price tag. It isn't out of my reach, however, but I'm worried that it would be hard to customize it or create custom items that worked well with it. My other big worry is that I travel to most of the games I run... and it might be a tad hard to transport regularly.

Anyone have any insights or opinions?

Hello everyone!

My character in my PFRPG game is an enchanter (mostly because of character concept, he's a borderline pacifist and prefers methods of ending fights that doesn't involve bloodshed), but the core list of enchanter spells is a little lacking, though the ones it does have are nice. (The level 0 becomes completely useless after level 4, for example.)

I've got the two arcane 'complete' books as well as MoF, but the enchantment spells are often overlooked, it seems, in the splats. It isn't uncommon for there to be /no/ enchantment spells of a particular level in these books.

Can anyone recommend a good source of spells for a would be halfling enchanter?

mmm the last bit, the most important rule in the game?

Have fun? Rule 0?

...

I figured this deserved its own topic, because it really got me thinking. What do you consider the most important rule of the game?

I like both of march1.9pants' answers to the question. Have fun and Rule 0 easily trump anything else going. Without those two, we are pretty misserable.

But setting aside both those answers, talking about /real/ mechanical rules instead of rules of behavior and sportsmanship... what do you consider the most important rule?

I placed an order yesterday for a Pathfinder Launch poster to give to my FLGS (Paizo Order #1205639), and the order did not apply my 15% discount. I then noticed that none of the prices on the site were displaying my discount!

My last subscription shipment had the discount applied, but nothing seems to have it applied now.

When I go to the other web communities to see what the discussions are concerning Pathfinder... the welcome is far from warm. I have come late in the game to Pathfinder, and I was wondering what was up with all the anti-PF out there?

I love Pathfinder, and 3.5 before that, but I my prep time between sessions is often quite a bit, especially on the NPC design front. What advice do you guys have for a GM wanting to speed up his prep time?

Since the 1st edition is about to launch, I think we need to have some of the basic forums on the board, like a PFRPG GM section for asking advice / sharing tips etc.