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Happy Gobboween!

Happy Gobboween! Monday, October 31, 2011Joy to the world on this glorious, sucrose-fueled nightmare night! And if you Paizonians are anything like the Paizo staff, then you know there’s only one way to celebrate Halloween: By hiding your face so evil spirits can’t find you and make you learn to read. ... But this year is different! This year you can hide your face in style with your very own Paizo Pathfinder goblin• mask, free of charge. To bring your goblin face to life, just follow these...
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Pathfinder Battles Preview: Spooky Salutations!

Pathfinder Battles Preview: Spooky Salutations! Friday, October 28, 2011All-Hallow’s Eve is almost upon us, so I’ve decided to shake up the regular preview regime and show off a few spooooooooky Pathfinder Battles miniatures from the forthcoming Heroes & Monsters set, regardless of their distribution rarity within the set. ... First up is the Zombie, one of the most iconic horror creatures of all time. We figured that most GMs would appreciate a horde of these undead critters, so we’ve placed...
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Feiya

Meet the Iconics: Feiya

Meet the Iconics: Feiya Thursday, October 27, 2011 ... Illustration by Wayne ReynoldsBorn in a small village north of Trollheim in the Linnorm Kingdoms, the child who would come to be known as Feiya was the daughter of two Tian merchants from Minkai who had come over the crown of the world to Avistan to start a new life. Travelers by nature, they spent the short northern summers making slow loops through Hagreach and the Thanelands, facilitating trade. What few memories Feiya has of that life...
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Blood and Money—Chapter One: Nightwalker

Blood and Moneyby Steven Savile ... Chapter One: NightwalkerIt was well after midnight in the garden. He was not alone. Aphids crept and crawled across his bare skin, and a hot wind blew in from the desert. The unseasonal sirocco was an excuse for madness. Men would use it as a rationale for particularly savage beatings, claiming the wind had driven them to it. Isra had no patience for weak men or liars. He did, however, appreciate the beauty of the well-tended garden. ... The topiaries of...
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Tags: Blood and Money Florian Stitz Pathfinder Tales Steven Savile

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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Player's Guide (OGL)

All Hallows' Eve—Frightening Encounters

All Hallows' Eve Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Its that time of year again, and if you’re anything like me, its time to run a spooky and frightful Halloween-themed game for your players. This year, we here on the design team thought we would give you a few tricks and treats to bring to the game table. ... Frightening Encounters d%EncounterAvg CRSource ... 1–82d4 skeletons2Bestiary 250 ... 9–131 dire wolf3Bestiary 278 ... 14–191d3 giant spiders3Bestiary 258 ... 20–221 vampiric mist3Bestiary 2 277...
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: GameMastery Guide (OGL)

Celebrating Jestercap

Celebrating Jestercap Monday, October 24, 2011 Since I have been involved with Pathfinder Society, one thing I have heard mentioned by players on numerous occasions is that they wish they could learn more about Golarion and incorporate that knowledge into their Pathfinder Society character. After thinking on different ways to make this happen, it occurred to me that Golarion has quite a few holidays mentioned in Faiths of Balance, Faiths of Corruption, Faiths of Purity, and The Inner Sea...
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Tags: Goblins Golarion Pathfinder Campaign Setting Pathfinder Player Companion Pathfinder Society

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Pathfinder Battles Preview: Uncommon Courtesy

Pathfinder Battles Preview: Uncommon Courtesy Friday, October 21, 2011I’m pleased to report that I have now seen preproduction samples of all 41 miniatures in the Pathfinder Battles Heroes & Monsters set, and I am thrilled with how they look! At long last we have discovered the “perfect” goblin skin tone, and the big meaty Ettin finally has the proper ink wash to make him a truly menacing brute. Things are really coming together, and folks around the Paizo office are blown away by the quality...
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Tags: Dwarves Half-Elf Miniatures Pathfinder Battles Pathfinder Campaign Setting Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

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PFBASH

The Beginner Box Bash!

The Beginner Box Bash! Thursday, October 20, 2011Looking for a chance to check out the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box and celebrate the biggest Pathfinder RPG release since the Core Rulebook? Then you’ll want to head to your local game store for the Beginner Box Bash! ... Venture-Captains across the world are organizing gaming days on October 29th and 30th to bring together Pathfinder players, debut the Beginner Box, teach new gamers how to play, and introduce players new and old to...
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Beginner Box (OGL)

Beginner Box Add-On Content is Live!

Beginner Box Add-On Content is Live! Thursday, October 20, 2011 You’ve heard all about it, you’ve seen the unboxing, and pretty soon you’ll have your hands on your own copy of the highly awaited Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Beginner Box. But why wait for your first look at the Beginner Box now that paizo.com/beginnerbox is live?! ... Just follow the link, or click on the new logo to the top left of this page, to head on over to the Beginner Box page, where you’ll find tons of details on the...
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The Box—Chapter Four: Nothing Gained

The Boxby Bill Ward ... Chapter Four: Nothing GainedMove back! Kostin shouted, barely parrying a spear thrust to the gut. There were more than a score of the things, each scarcely taller than Shess but like no humanoid Kostin had ever seen. Green-skinned, bedecked with shaggy ropes of dark moss, and armed with crude spears and clubs of human bone, the naked savages fought silently, almost impassively. The sheer weight and surprise of them had pushed Kostin back until he collided with...
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Race Guide (OGL)

Advanced Race Guide Playtest Wrap-Up

Advanced Race Guide Playtest Wrap-Up Tuesday, October 18, 2011 ... Illustration by Scott PurdyToday is the final day of the Advanced Race Guide playtest. If you haven’t posted your comments on the playtest document, get them on the playtest messageboard today. ... I want to thank everyone who participated in the playtest and commented on the first iteration of the race builder. Your feedback is going to help us improve the system so that we can make a truly excellent tool for GMs to build...
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Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Undead Revisited (PFRPG)

More Adventures for Pathfinders!

More Adventures for Pathfinders! Monday, October 17, 2011 ... Illustration by Roberto PitturruOne of the things I often heard complained about over the past year was that players did not have enough scenarios to play. Many times, they had played every scenario of a particular tier and were in a holding pattern to continue adventuring with their favorite characters. ... The problem was noted and added to my list of to do items, and getting the remaining Pathfinder modules sanctioned for...
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Pathfinder Battles Heroes & Monsters Preview: Getting Into Character

Pathfinder Battles Heroes & Monsters Preview: Getting Into Character Friday, October 14, 2011Things are moving rapidly on the Pathfinder Battles front! This week, our partners at WizKids sent us 13 pre-production samples from December’s Heroes & Monsters 40-miniature set. These figures are very similar to the final production-run, so we’re within 95% of the final look of the miniatures. These figures are not yet attached to bases, but beyond that, they’re pretty close to done. We’ve spent the...
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Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Book of the Damned—Volume 3: Horsemen of the Apocalypse (PFRPG)

An Accounting of Abbadon

An Accounting of Abbadon Thursday, October 13, 2011 ... Illustration by Jorge FaresConsidering the date, a preview of a more sinister sort seems in order. A while back I put together a listing of the devilish denizens of Hell (one you can complete with the CR 14 gylou and CR 19 puragaus in Bestiary 2). But with the upcoming release of Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the third volume in our Book of the Damned series which focuses on the pure evil fiends known as...
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The Box—Chapter Three: Nothing Ventured

The Boxby Bill Ward ... Chapter Three: Nothing VenturedThe girls were, by any objective standards, far too beautiful for the Point. But in the dim glow of the dockyard lights they did the trick. Silently the trio gestured, gyrating hips that would make the women of the Keleshite Emperor's harem seem bony lads in comparison, their impossible skin as smooth and silver as the moon above. Their black tresses—tinged with a seaweed green—hung in long clinging strands that managed to...
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Pathfinder Campaign Setting: The Inner Sea World Guide (PFRPG)

Filling in the Ranks

Filling in the Ranks Tuesday, October 11, 2011 ... Illustration by Craig J SpearingI was always taught to deal with bad news first and then move on to good news. It is with a heavy heart that I announce the resignation of Doug Miles, the Detroit Venture-Captain. Doug was Pathfinder Society’s first five-star GM. He has been an avid supporter of Pathfinder Society and he will be sorely missed. I had the pleasure of meeting and GMing side by side with Doug at Dragon Con two years ago and was...
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Pathfinder Battles Heroes & Monsters Preview: Common Courtesy

Pathfinder Battles Heroes & Monsters Preview: Common Courtesy Friday, October 7, 2011I don’t have any color previews to show you today, so instead I’ve decided to share three “behind the scenes” shots of unpainted preliminary sculpts for miniatures in the forthcoming Pathfinder Battles: Heroes & Monsters set. The complete set features 40 miniatures plus the premium Huge Black Dragon miniature. Of those 40 minis, 13 are packed in the common rarity. ... When deciding which miniatures to assign...
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Beginner Box (OGL)

Pathfinder RPG Beginner Box Preview!

Pathfinder RPG Beginner Box Preview! Thursday, October 6, 2011 The Pathfinder RPG Beginner Box is scheduled for an October 26th release! The very first copies arrived here at the Paizo offices just this week, and we’re thrilled with how great the product looks, and how much value we managed to pack into the box. ... But don’t take my word for it! Take a look at the embedded video below, in which I open a copy of the Beginner Box and show off its shiny new contents! ... We’re enormously proud...
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The Box—Chapter Two: Where the Heart Is

The Boxby Bill Ward ... Click here to read this story from the beginning. ... Chapter Two: Where the Heart IsIt had been a busy day. ... Kostin, sucking on split knuckles, tried to look nonchalant as he waited near the entrance to the courtyard. Looks like rain again, he said to the hatchet-faced Sczarni blade that eyed him like a bird of prey studying a mouse. The guard did not reply. ... Kostin nodded good-naturedly, as if they were two old friends completely comfortable sharing each...
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 3 (OGL)

Advanced Race Guide Playtest

Advanced Race Guide Playtest Tuesday, October 4, 2011 ... Illustration by Francesco GrazianiFor over two years now, we've released a plethora of new classes, feats, spells, and other options for your character, but the one area we've never really explored too deeply is races. The Advanced Race Guide is going to change all that with a bunch of new races explored in detail and new options and tools based specifically on your character's race. ... Included in this mighty tome is a system for...
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Looking Backward into the Future

Looking Backward into the Future Monday, October 3, 2011One of the results of an early-August Gen Con and a Pathfinder Society release schedule based on putting out material at the end of the month is that it always seems like an eternity between when a new season of Pathfinder Society Organized Play kicks off in Indianapolis and the next set of scenarios comes out at the end of September. But the wait is over and Season 3 continues with two exciting new adventures, released last week. ... As...
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Tags: Alberto Del Lago Pathfinder Society