Hello and well met! With many shenanigans and much wrangling, we bring you this year’s PaizoCon Online schedule! Included in this year’s schedule is our Twitch programming, Discord programming, and some community content creator streams happening during PaizoCon weekend as well!

As more games and activities are submitted, be sure to check back here, as well as the Tabletop.Events schedule for updates!

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Friday, May 24th

10 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT
PaizoCon 2024 Keynote (Twitch)
Get excited for news, updates, and upcoming products at our annual Keynote, hosted by Erik Mona!

11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. PDT
Elemental Stones Boardgame (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Play the first board game from Paizo Games, Elemental Stones, with one of its designers! (Tabletop Simulator is required.)

12 p.m.–1 p.m. PDT
Starfinder Second Edition (Twitch)
Find out where we've been and what's to come for Starfinder Second Edition!

12 p.m.–1 p.m. PDT
Guess that Adventure! (Discord Stages)
Very similar to Paizo’s ‘Guess that Monster’ livestream we did in honor of the release of Monster Core. We've stripped adventure covers of their identifying information and now we're quizzing Paizo developers on their knowledge of what adventure it is!

1 p.m.–2 p.m. PDT
Godsrain—Death and Renewal (Twitch)
If you haven't heard, there's been some interesting prophesies popping up in Golarion. Join us while we talk about The Godsrain Prophesies, upcoming novel, Adventure Path, and War of Immortals event!

1 p.m.–2:30 p.m. PDT
Elemental Stones Boardgame (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Play the first board game from Paizo Games, Elemental Stones, with one of its designers! (Tabletop Simulator is required.)

2 p.m.–3 p.m. PDT
Organized Play Updates (Twitch)
Join the Organized Play team while they talk about what’s coming up in the newly revealed Year 6 of PFS and what's in store for the final year of Starfinder Society First Edition!

3 p.m.–4 p.m. PDT
Paizo Partners Online Tools Showcase (Twitch)
We have some amazing partners who help us produce various tools to aid with online gaming. Some you know, and others you might not be familiar with, but we want to give them all a chance to show off a little of what they do!

3 p.m.–4:30 p.m. PDT
Elemental Stones Boardgame (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Play the first board game from Paizo Games, Elemental Stones, with one of its designers! (Tabletop Simulator is required.)

4 p.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 1 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

4 p.m.–6 p.m. PDT
SF2E Live Play (Twitch)
Join the Starfinder team on their journey through the stars in this alpha playtest campaign of Starfinder Second Edition! This game will be the opening session of an ongoing campaign, with episodes dropping up until Gen Con 2024.

4 p.m.–8 p.m. PDT
The lightless Beacon: Call of Cthulhu 7E (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
In the mid 1920s, the passengers of the SS Essex County must investigate an unlit lighthouse off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts. Was the lighthouse's lantern extinguished by inclement weather, or is something more sinister afoot?

This session will use Foundry VTT and be run by Paizo's Software Architect, Brian Bauman. Players will be provided with pregenerated characters.

8 p.m.–9 p.m. PDT
Jackbox: Get Pathlashed!
Join the community in an evening of Jackbox nonsense to kick off PaizoCon Online 2024! There will be adult language/themes in this event.

Planned schedule:
Round 1: Lie Swatter! Up to 100 participants can play this game of spotting falsehoods and nonsense.
Round 2: Pathlash! It's Quiplash, but with a Pathfinder and Starfinder twist!
Round 3: Community choice! I'll present several fan-favorite games for vote at the top of the event and we'll pick one to close things out.

10 p.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 2 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

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Saturday, May 25th

4 a.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 3 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

9 a.m.–10 a.m. PDT
Roll20: Bridging the Gap Between Digital and Physical Play (Twitch)
Join members of Roll20's staff as they discuss the platform's long-term investment in Pathfinder and Starfinder and share how user feedback is driving the development of powerful, reliable tools to make play easy, wherever you are.

10 a.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 4 and Starfinder Society Special (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

10 a.m.–11 a.m. PDT
An Adventure Path Retrospective (Twitch)
With the release of Seven Dooms for Sandpoint, we've reached a milestone of our 200th adventure path! Join the Narrative Team as they talk about the history of the Adventure Paths, things we’ve learned along the way, and ways we at Paizo have innovated the format and challenged traditional norms in the industry through our stories.

11 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT
Journalism & TTRPGs (Twitch)
Take part in a roundtable discussion with journalists from around the tabletop space. Learn how journalists breathe life into the industry and shine a light on projects—and learn how you can help support them in return!

12 p.m.–1 p.m. PDT
Transitions from Starfinder First Edition to Second Edition (Twitch)
Join the Starfinder team while they talk about working on Starfinder, the final adventure path; Mechageddon!, and what we can expect while transitioning into Starfinder Second Edition!

12 p.m.–1 p.m. PDT
Backmatter Speed Round! (Discord Stages)
We’re testing participants on their Paizo knowledge! Taking the backmatter from spells, item descriptions, or anything the host choses, the participants must race to guess the name or adventure that the choice description comes from!

1 p.m.–2 p.m. PDT
Pathfinder Project Remaster (Twitch)
Join the team while they talk about the Pathfinder Remaster project, what's happened so far and where we plan on taking it in the future!

1 p.m.–2 p.m. PDT
Paizo Games - Board and Card Games from Paizo (Discord Stages)
Come learn about Paizo Games, a new initiative to bring the worlds of Paizo to board and card games. Learn about our previous games and get some enticing hints about what is to come!

2 p.m.–3 p.m. PDT
VTTs Enhanced (Twitch)
Join the team while we discuss where we’ve been and where we’re going with virtual tabletop content, producing soundtracks for Adventure Paths, and maybe even some peeks at what the future holds!

3 p.m.–4 p.m. PDT
Whimsy in TTRPGs (Twitch)
In PaizoCon years past we've had panels such as Horror and Mysteries in RPGs, and this year we're bringing it back with Whimsy in RPGs! Join the team while they talk about how to have the most fun possible during your game!

4 p.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 5 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

4 p.m.–6 p.m. PDT
PF Live Play with the Narrative Team (Twitch)
Join the Narrative Team for a one-shot adventure of epic proportions!

4 p.m.–8 p.m. PDT
Chickens in the Mist (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Student reporters for the local university paper investigate rumors of a cockfighting ring hidden in the homesteads adjoining Big Thicket National Preserve in eastern rural Texas.

System: Savage Worlds (Adventure Edition)
This session will use Foundry VTT and be run by Paizo's Software Architect, Brian Bauman.

7 p.m.–8 p.m. PDT
Make Some Magic with AbyssalBrews (Twitch)
AbyssalBrews has been creating third party magic items, systems, creatures, and more for Pathfinder 2E for over a year now. On that road, they’ve learned a lot about writing and a little about business. Join writer Matthew Ross and Illustrator Fernando Dominguez as they talk about being a third party creator and work on creating a specific magic item for Pathfinder 2E right in front of you. Ask anything about being a third party creator and see how the process unfolds!

10 p.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 6 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

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Sunday, May 26th

4 a.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 7 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

10 a.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 8 and Pathfinder Society Special (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

10 a.m.–11 a.m. PDT
Infinite Possibilities: How to write for Pathfinder and Starfinder Infinite (Twitch)
Join Dustin Knight, Meredith Gerber, and Alexander Augunas as they relay their experiences, offer advice, and answer questions about how to publish on Pathfinder Infinite, including where to find creator resources and collaborative creator spaces!

11 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT
Teaching & TTRPGs (Twitch)
TTRPGs are becoming more familiar in classroom settings. Join Paizo staff and guests with teaching backgrounds as they share their experience using RPGs in the classroom, running afterschool clubs, and how they think games can be used in educational settings going forward.

12 p.m.–1 p.m. PDT
Tips & Tricks: Ask the Paizo GMs (Twitch)
Get your questions ready! Get answers about the games you love from the people who love to make them!

1 p.m.–2 p.m. PDT
Exploring Tian Xia (Twitch)
With the Tian Xia World Guide out and the Character Guide coming soon, join the team as they share their inspiration, process, and maybe some favorite art from the guides! We’ll be answering as many questions as we choose—but not all secrets will be revealed.

2 p.m.–3 p.m. PDT
Therapeutic TTRPGs (Twitch)
Clinical professionals from Take This join Paizo staff for a panel on therapeutic TTRPGs and safety in therapeutic roleplay.

3 p.m.–4 p.m. PDT
Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Encounters in Your Adventure (Twitch)
Want the perfect mix of monsters, mayhem, and roleplay? The Paizo devs are here to talk about their favorite tips and tricks to balancing encounters!

4 p.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 9 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

4 p.m.–5 p.m. PDT
Suit Up, Save the World! (Twitch)
Join developer Jenny Jarzabski and the authors of the Starfinder Mechageddon! Adventure Path as they talk about their inspiration, process, favorite mechs, monsters, and spoilers!

4 p.m.–8 p.m. PDT
The lightless Beacon: Call of Cthulhu 7E (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
In the mid 1920s, the passengers of the SS Essex County must investigate an unlit lighthouse off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts. Was the lighthouse's lantern extinguished by inclement weather, or is something more sinister afoot?

This session will use Foundry VTT and be run by Paizo's Software Architect, Brian Bauman. Players will be provided with pregenerated characters.

5 p.m.–7 p.m. PDT
Bixby’s Mail Adventure Part Two: The Mailening (Twitch)
Join GM Alex Speidel, Paizo staff members Katina Davis, Rue Dickey, Valentine Luneau and former Paizo staffer Jackson Wood on another wild Pathfinder adventure! Bixby has one job: deliver a letter through the Maze of the Open Road. What could possibly go wrong?

8 p.m.–9 p.m. PDT
Mapmaking With Dungeon Alchemist (Twitch)
Join us as we use Dungeon Alchemist to make professional quality, custom maps for your Pathfinder games in seconds!

10 p.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 10 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

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Monday, May 27th

4 a.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 11 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

10 a.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 12 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

4 p.m. PDT
Organized Play Game Block 13 (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Pathfinder and Starfinder Society scenarios begin at the start of this timeslot. Shorter adventures, such as Quests or Bounties, may also be available. Visit the tabletop.events schedule for full details on all Organized Play offerings!

4 p.m.–8 p.m. PDT
Chickens in the Mist (Tabletop.Events & Discord)
Student reporters for the local university paper investigate rumors of a cockfighting ring hidden in the homesteads adjoining Big Thicket National Preserve in eastern rural Texas.

System: Savage Worlds (Adventure Edition)
This session will use Foundry VTT and be run by Paizo's Software Architect, Brian Bauman.

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Other Activities!

If you’ve already bought a ticket, keep an eye on your inbox as we release early sign ups for art and writing portfolio reviews! If you haven’t bought a ticket yet, don’t worry, we’ll be sending out another sign up email before review slots open up to the public on April 17.

Game Signups!

As said in a previous blog we’re doing game signups via Tabletop.Events this year. Game sign ups open to ticket purchasers on April 17 at 9 a.m. PDT, with GM early sign ups opening on April 10 at 9 a.m. PDT!

See you soon!

Don't forget to join us on the PaizoCon Discord for even more programming! Some of our partners and digital content guests will be hanging out in our online "exhibition hall" with their own channels to answer questions and show off their amazing products!

If you're interested in gaming, don't forget to purchase a ticket and sign up on Tabletop.Events to get access to our Organized Play games and non–Organized Play activities!

We can't wait to see you all at PaizoCon Online 2024!

Get your tickets for PaizoCon Online 2024 today!

Hail and well met! With April kicking off, we’ve got a handful of Paizo streams to announce! Be sure to follow us on twitch.tv/officialpaizo to be notified when we go live!

Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors Launch – April 4 at 9 A.M. Pacific

Paizo Community Manager Jon Morgantini joins the BKOM team for this special launch day co-op playthrough of Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors!

Paizo LIVE – April 5 at 4 P.M. Pacific

Join us Friday, April 5^th for this month’s Paizo LIVE! We’ll be chatting with James Case about the upcoming Pathfinder Howl of the Wild rulebook, the Starfinder team about Starfinder Second Edition, and James Jacobs and Bill Fischer about Abomination Vaults for 5^th Edition!

War of Immortals Kickoff – April 16 at 4 P.M. Pacific

The wait is over! Join members of the Pathfinder team as they lay out the War of Immortals Meta Event! Plus—an extra special (godly) death announcement!

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We’ve got some very fun stuff to unveil this month. We hope to catch you at one of our streams! If you can’t make it to the stream live, be sure to watch the VODs on our YouTube channel!

Greetings, Starfinders and Pathfinders! With just a little over a week until PAX Unplugged (I’m not anxious, you’re anxious), we’re here to give you an easy guide to all things Paizo at the show!

Games and Demos at Booth 22A!

Paizo’s booth space at PAX Unplugged is focused on games and demos! We’ll be running Organized Play adventures, board game demos, and Starfinder Second Edition demos all weekend!

• We’re excited to bring Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society to PAX Unplugged! Players can pre-register for games, or join a table as a walk-up throughout the day!
• Drop in to try out one of our board games—Goblin Firework Fight and Elemental Stones! This will be the first physical demo of Elemental Stones, after the digital-only demos during PaizoCon 2023.
• Get an early access first look at Starfinder Second Edition! Paizo staff will be running Starfinder Second Edition demos throughout the weekend.

Paizo Unplugged Live Plays

Paizo is excited to present two live play shows at PAX Unplugged—one Pathfinder and one Starfinder! Join us in the TTRPG Live Play Theatre, or watch the stream from twitch.tv/officialpaizo or twitch.tv/pax3.

Starfinder: Gifts Ungiven | Friday, December 1st from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. (EST)

Join Starfinder Senior Developer Jenny Jarzabski as xe leads a party of Starfinders through this mischievous winter pranking spree! Featuring: Andre Rivera as Obozaya, Dain Miller as Zemir, Matthew Ekberg as Altronus, Niall Spain as Navasi, and Noordin Ali Kadir as Raia.

Pathfinder: The Winter Queen’s Dollhouse | Saturday, December 2nd from 3 to 5 p.m. (EST)

Queen Anastasia of Irrisen has sent the Pathfinders one of many strange dollhouses from her aunt’s vaults—and Aslynn’s magic has brought that dollhouse’s magic back to life. Rue, Paizo’s Marketing & Media Specialist, leads a party of iconic adventurers through a poppet-sized house of mysteries. Featuring: Alex Speidel as Merisiel, Erin Roberts as Lini, Jess Redekop as Feiya, and Luis Loza as Valeros.

Retail Location & Licensed Partners

Get your Pathfinder and Starfinder books from our retail partner, Card Titan (Booth 3208). Card Titan will have a stock of Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder GM Core in standard, special edition, and hobby retail exclusive sketch covers! Other highlights of Paizo products available at Card Titan include Starfinder Enhanced, Goblin Firework Fight, and more!

A collection of Paizo’s licensed partners will also be attending PAX Unplugged! Get your licensed Paizo products at the following booths:

• Alchemy RPG @ Booth 3714
• Beadle & Grimm’s @ Booth 3647
• Fanroll Dice @ Booth 3601
• Foam Brain Games @ Booth 3047, Hall C
• Level Up Dice @ Booth 2848
• Q-Workshop @ Booth 3739
• Savagesparrow Studios @ Booth 4231
• Steve Jackson Games @ Booth 2746
• Wizkids @ Booth 2636, Hall C

We’re looking forward to seeing you at PAX Unplugged 2023!

Hello, Pathfinders and Starfinders! We’ve got a few streams coming your way this month—mark your calendars to keep up with everything happening here at Castle Paizo!

Follow us on Twitch to keep up with these streams as they air, and keep an eye out for the VODs, posted to YouTube afterwards.

Paizo LIVE! – Friday, November 3rd at 4-6 p.m. Pacific.

Join us for this month’s Paizo LIVE! November’s topics include an update on the Remaster just before the release of Pathfinder Player Core & Pathfinder GM Core, a delve into Pathfinder Adventure: Rusthenge, and some Starfinder Society news! Plus, get special live election updates from Organized Play Coordinator, Alex Speidel, as we reveal the newly elected First Seeker!

Starfinder 2e Special Livestream — Date TBA

The Starfinder team is excited to bring more live playtests from their Foundry VTT table to your screens! When we have dates and times lined up, we will update this blog with the information. Did you miss our last live playtest? Watch the VOD here on our YouTube.

Excited for Starfinder Second Edition? Make sure you take a moment and vote for your two favorite ancestries and versatile heritages—the results of this poll will help the team determine which to include in the next Field Test.

Remaster Launch Day Surprise — Wednesday, November 15^th at 12 p.m. Pacific.

In celebration of the launch of Pathfinder Player Core & Pathfinder GM Core, we will be hosting a very special stream with one of our Paizo partners. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to the launch!

We’re looking forward to all of this and more here at Paizo! Good gaming!

Hello Pathfinders! Did you miss our Lost Omens Special stream this past Friday? Worry not—we’ve got all the reveals and surprises for you here on the Paizo blog!

Want to watch the stream for yourself? Catch the VOD on Youtube!

Pathfinder Lost Omens Tian Xia World Guide

Coming Spring 2024, Pathfinder Lost Omens Tian Xia World Guide details the many nations and cultures of Tian Xia. During our stream, we showcased three of these regions!

Minata

Illustration by Sammy Khalid

Eleanor gave us an overview of Minata—a nation with a wide diversity of cultures and heritages. Once ravaged by natural disasters and fighting, Minata now enjoys a time of peace and prosperity, protected by reefs said to be made of the bodies of dead dragons. Minata is known for its feasts, festivals, and celebrations.

Illustration by Paulo Magalhães

Seafaring is a vital part of Minatan culture—ingrained so deep because the first humans came to Tian Xia via Minata and then sailed further in. Because of Minata’s wide diversity of islands and accessibility by water, a variety of ancestries live here—including one as-yet-unannounced ancestry coming in the Character Guide.

Illustration by Riley Spalding

Valash Raj

Illustration by Sam White

Next, Luis took us into the Valashmai Jungle. This great forest was long thought to have no inhabitants save kaiju and monsters, but we can see that the Valash Raj civilization has flourished within these dangerous conditions.

Kaiju are still a big part of the Valashmai Jungle—so big, in fact, that there are whole cultural elements and occupations that relate to them. One such occupation is the kaiju caller, people who can communicate with the kaiju to direct them around settlements, helping communities co-exist.

Illustration by Nicholas Phillips

The Valash Raj is still a place of many dangers—not the least of which is “dinosaur season,” the time when all of the dinosaur eggs hatch and the new babies go hunting for food. But the people of the Valashmai Jungle have made lives for themselves out of the danger, and there is a rich world to explore there.

Illustration by Nicholas Phillips

Wanshou

Illustratiohn by Alberto Dal Lago

Our third region, special for this Friday the 13th stream, is Wanshou—an agricultural district with “nothing else going on,” or so says its leadership. Wanshou was devastated by over-taxation and flooding before it was brought back to prosperity by Zhanagorr, an elder kraken known throughout the land as Wanshou’s divine savior.

Illustration by Nicholas Phillips

Lots of the cultures and clothing of various Tian Xia regions take inspiration from real world cultures. James took some time to show off some of Kent Hamilton’s concept art for the denizens of Wanshou—showing a variety of headwear designed to keep citizens safe from the near-constant rains, inspired by real-world mino coats.

Concept art and notes for the region by Kent Hamilton.

One of many ways Zhanagorr maintains his grip on Wanshou is by careful manipulation of the ruling class, including the three noble houses given the honor of directly communing with him. As a result, political intrigue abounds, leading to the cultural role of a gift receiver—someone whose duty is to accept gifts (and the curses that may come with them) on behalf of the intended recipient, similar to a food taster.

Illustration by Gunship Revolution

Deities

Luis, Eleanor, and James each introduced one new deity from the Tian Xia World Guide.

Illustrations of Lady Nanbyo and Yamatsumi by Zach Causey, and Baekho by Carl Springer

The three deities chosen for this stream were Lady Nanbyo, Yamatsumi, and Baekho. Lady Nanbyo is the goddess of plagues, disasters, and bad luck. Yamatsumi is the god of mountains, volcanoes, and winter. Baekho is the god of harmony, mending rifts, and the transition between seasons.

The Tian Xia World Guide also includes new rituals. One such ritual, the trial of the unseeing blade master, was shown off during the stream. To fulfill the ritual, you must defeat 20 enemies while blindfolded, which then grants you the Blind-Fight feat.

Illustration by Carl Springer

Lost Omens Tian Xia Character Guide

Coming Summer 2024, the Pathfinder Lost Omens Tian Xia Character Guide adds a variety of character options to Pathfinder! We’re saving some of these reveals for later, as we get closer to the book’s release, but the team brought a couple of new options to the table!

Illustration by Paulo Magalhães

First, a heritage for poppets: tsukumogami! Tsukumogami are objects that are granted sentience and life due to being well cared for—or neglected and treated poorly. Their heritage abilities include giving a bonus to a skill that corresponds to the object you once were (for example, a kitchen knife tsukumogami granting a bonus to cooking), as well as sprouting a ghostly face to terrify newcomers. The team also talked about one feat from each of the currently announced ancestries: whether that’s the ability for samsarans to remember how to use the ancestral weapons of other people through their Samsaran Weapon Memory, wayangs’ ability to briefly become two-dimensional with Palm Leaf Silhouette, or tanuki’s Rolling White Bottle Form, which lets them transform into a wine bottle to roll away from harm before resuming tanuki form face-down on the ground.

Illustration by Sandra Posada

One of the new options for familiars in Tian Xia are paper familiars, with some sub-groups based on the various different paper dolls and paper crafts of the area, including shikigami familiars that can bear elemental seals or shadow puppets that can grasp objects by extending their shadows.

Pathfinder Lost Omens Divine Mysteries

After the Q&A, Luis Loza took the end of the stream to make a surprise reveal—the cover and title of the third Lost Omens book for 2024: PathfinderLost OmensDivine Mysteries.

Cover Illustration by Ekaterina Gordeeva

As part of this announcement, Luis confirmed that the book is tied into the War of Immortals event. While the deity who dies is still shrouded in mystery, Luis has revealed who will be taking their place—Arazni is joining the core twenty.

Divine Mysteries will update Gods and Magic to the remaster, giving sanctification information, remastered statblocks, and more lore to the existing deities, while also adding more divine content in the form of new gods and a few character options.

Concept art of Yivali by Kent Hamilto

The book is narrated by Yivali, a nosoi psychopomp of Pharasma. Divine Mysteries is essentially her graduate thesis, which she will present to Pharasma to become a full psychopomp.

We’re so excited for all that’s coming in 2024! We’ll have more to share about Tian Xia, Divine Mysteries, and more as time goes on.

Written by: Misha Bushyager, Jessica Catalan, Carlos Cisco, Rue Dickey, Aoife Ester, Ivis K. Flanagan, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Leo Glass, Alastor Guzman, Thurston Hillman, Laura Lynn Horst, James Jacobs, Michelle Y. Kim, Monte Lin, Luis Loza, Stephanie Lundeen, Poorna M., Adam Ma, Jacob W. Michaels, Zac Moran, Jon Morgantini, Matt Morris, Morgan Nuncio, Daniel “Drakoniques” Oleh, Pam Punzalan, Jessica Redekop, Jaime Reyes Mondragon, Kevin Thien Vu Long Nguyen, Erin Roberts, quinn b. rodriguez, Michael Sayre, Mark Seifter, Austin Taylor, Isis Wozniakowska, and Sebastian Yūe.

Original Gods & Magic writing and design by: Robert Adducci, Amirali Attar Olyaee, Calder CaDavid, James Case, Adam Daigle, Katina Davis, Leo Glass, Joshua Grinlinton, James Jacobs, Virginia Jordan, Jason Keeley, Jacky Leung, Lyz Liddell, Ron Lundeen, Stephanie Lundeen, Jacob W. Michaels, Matt Morris, Dave Nelson, Samantha Phelan, Jennifer Povey, Jessica Redekop, Nathan Reinecke, Patrick Renie, David N. Ross, Simone D. Sallè, Michael Sayre, David Schwartz, Shahreena Shahrani, Isabelle Thorne, Marc Thuot, Jason Tondro, and Diego Valdez.

The Lost Omens Tian Xia World Guide and Lost Omens Tian Xia Character Guide are available for pre-order now! Keep up to date with every Lost Omens release with a Paizo Subscription.

Hello, Pathfinders and Starfinders! Now that we’re getting back into the swing of regular streams here at Paizo, I thought it best to make an announcement post each month for upcoming streams. This way, you can mark your calendars in advance for all the amazing content coming your way!

Follow us on twitch to keep up with these streams as they air, and keep an eye out for the VODs, posted to YouTube afterwards.

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Paizo LIVE!—Friday, October 6th 4–6 p.m.

Join us for this month’s Paizo LIVE! October’s topics include an update on Starfinder Second Edition from Dustin and Jenny, a look at the Pathfinder Season of Ghosts Adventure Path from freelance author Sen H.H.S, and a glimpse at the upcoming Pathfinder: Elemental Stones board game from designer Joe Pasini! Bring a beverage and your questions and get settled in for this monthly fireside chat.

Gayming Live—October 7

Paizo is excited to be participating in Gayming Live, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ gaming and geek convention! Join us Saturday, October 7 at 11:15 a.m. Eastern for Queer Characters, Queer Stories, Queer Worlds—a panel discussing inclusive and diverse world building in TTRPGs. Also on Saturday, October 7, join us at 6:15 p.m. Eastern for In the Footsteps of Horror—a pre-recorded actual play of Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #15.

Lost Omens Special—Friday, October 13th 4–5 p.m.

Take a trip to Tian Xia for this special Lost Omens Showcase Stream! Creative Director Luis Loza talks to Senior Designer James Case and Senior Developer Eleanor Ferron about the upcoming Pathfinder Lost OmensTian Xia World Guide and Pathfinder Lost OmensTian Xia Character Guide.

Starfinder Society Foundry Showcase—Tomorrow’s Seekers, Episode 2 — Tuesday, October 10th 4 p.m.

Did you miss the first episode of our Starfinder Society Showcase? Watch the VOD here to catch up.

Having assisted Aurora and Sarmack, our party of bright-eyed Starfinders continue their adventure by aiding Nykiti and Doctor Sevaille on missions of their own. Who will win the Starfinders’ hearts—and their votes?

Pathfinder Society Foundry Showcase—Intro to Year of Unfettered Exploration, Episode 2 — Tuesday, October 17th 4 p.m.

Did you miss the first episode of our Pathfinder Society Showcase? Watch the VOD here to catch up.

In their quest to show Venture Captain Taiwalei the Maze of the Open Road, our Pathfinders find themselves at an elemental intersection. Looking for a collection of elemental wisps, they journey back into the maze, astounded by what awaits them.

Starfinder Second Edition Developer Playtest — Wednesday, October 18th 1 p.m.

At 1pm PST on Wednesday October 18th over at twitch.tv/officialpaizo, the Starfinder Team will be streaming one of its internal playtest games for the new edition of Starfinder! Come watch as the team runs some combat encounters for the new system, including a preview of two classes we've not previously shown any content for!"

Hello Pathfinders! As we announced during our Gen Con Keynote Presentation, we have a playtest of two new classes starting September 1! These classes are entirely new – not concepts brought forward from First Edition into Second Edition—and we can’t wait to share them with you!

To kickstart the playtest, we’re having a Paizo Special Livestream on Thursday, August 31 at 4 p.m. pacific daylight time (PDT). Join Design Manager Michael Sayre and Senior Designer James Case as they give an overview of the new classes and introduce the Iconics that represent them.

Tune in on the twitch.tv/officialpaizo to see the new iconics!

The Pathfinder Playtest launches on September 1. Check back here then for a blog with more details about the classes and how to participate!

See you on twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

With less than a week until Gen Con, it’s time to reveal our Gen Con Stream Schedule! These streams will be going live on twitch.tv/officialpaizo, with VODs available directly afterward on Twitch, and uploaded to YouTube after Gen Con.

Thursday, August 3rd

10am Eastern / 7am Pacific

Gen Con 2023 Keynote
Exciting news and upcoming products from Paizo! This Keynote features segments from a variety of teams, hosted by Paizo Publisher Erik Mona.

Friday, August 4th

10am Eastern / 7am Pacific

Rage of Elements — Designer’s Commentary with Logan Bonner
Join Pathfinder Lead Designer Logan Bonner for a tour of the planes! In this panel, Logan flips through Pathfinder Rage of Elements, providing commentary on the design and development of the book.

Saturday, August 5th

10am Eastern / 7am Pacific

Pathfinder Remaster Preview
Jason Bulmahn, James Case, and Michael Sayre dive into the Pathfinder Remaster Project with an exclusive look into the Player Core and GM Core books — plus a sneak peek at what’s coming in Monster Core and Player Core 2!

Sunday, August 6th

10am Eastern / 7am Pacific

Lost Omens Highhelm & Sky King’s Tomb — Developers’ Commentary
Luis Loza and John Compton sit down in the Paizo Games Library for a chat about Lost Omens Highhelm, the Sky King’s Tomb Adventure Path, and all things dwarves!

See you soon!

Whether it’s in person at Gen Con Indy or online, we can’t wait to see you and share some exciting news!

Check out this year's Streaming Schedule and join us on twitch.tv/officialpaizo for PaizoCon Online 2023!

Friday May 26th

10 am – 12 pm PDT
PaizoCon 2023 Keynote
Exciting news and upcoming products at our annual Keynote, hosted by Erik Mona.

12 – 2 pm PDT
Pathfinder Remastered
Join the Pathfinder designers as they talk about the upcoming Pathfinder Remaster releases! Topics include an explanation of what the Remaster project is and what kinds of updates and improvements fans can expect.

2 – 3 pm PDT
News from Organized Play
The Organized Play team shares exciting news about our programs and upcoming adventures.

3 – 4 pm PDT
Secrets of the Pact Worlds
Join the Starfinder team as they reveal new projects and behind-the-scenes talks about the Starfinder setting's direction moving forward. Learn about upcoming adventures and get a chance to ask the developers some of your pressing questions!

4 – 5 pm PDT
Introduction to Foundry
Join Viviane(Cora) and Shane(Anathema) for a discussion about Pathfinder products for Foundry VTT, A preview of the forthcoming Kingmaker premium content module, a look at the recently released Harrow Deck module, and some audience Q&A

5 – 6 pm PDT
Pathfinder 2E on Fantasy Grounds Unity
Bryce will walk you through the resources available for online virtual tabletop (VTT) play using Fantasy Grounds Unity. He'll introduce the built-in Pathfinder 2E ruleset, available modules, how to build a character, level up, run an adventure, encounters, combat, and as much as he can fit in one hour!

6 – 7 pm PDT
Mini Painting with WizKids
[Description coming soon]

Saturday May 27th

9 – 10 am PDT
Pathfinder NEXUS Dev Update/Q&A
Join Demiplane CDO Adam Bradford for the latest updates from Demiplane for Pathfinder NEXUS, including previews of the upcoming character tools!

10 – 11 am PDT
Primal Previews
Join the Pathfinder Rules & Lore team as they reveal the secrets of elemental power and primal realms! This panel will include previews and discussion on Pathfinder Rage of Elements and other upcoming Pathfinder releases that explore Golarion, from the Inner Sea to its wildest and most remote regions!

11 am – 12 pm PDT
Ask the Paizo GMs
Get answers about the games you love from the people who make them! Paizo staff will be on hand to field your questions from the Twitch chat. (Another Ask the Paizo GMs panel is on Sunday May 28th at 3 pm PDT if you can't make this one!)

12 – 1 pm PDT
Secrets of Golarion
Learn about what's between the covers of the Lost Omens books and what's behind the scenes. Join some of the crew steering the world of Golarion to hear about what's going on in the world and what's coming. We'll be answering as many questions as we can—but not all secrets will be revealed.

1 – 2 pm PDT
Pathfinder Adventures
Come join the Pathfinder Narrative team for a discussion about Pathfinder Adventures, be they stand-alone modules, Organized Play scenarios, or full Adventure Path campaigns! We'll be chatting about several upcoming adventures, answering questions, and previewing some upcoming surprises—including an announcement for what we've got planned for the 200th Pathfinder Adventure Path volume!

2 – 3 pm PDT
Infinite Possibilities: How to Write for Pathfinder Infinite
Join Infinite Masters Dustin Knight, James Beck, Tony Saunders, and Vanessa Hoskins as they relay their experiences, offer advice, and answer questions about how to publish on Pathfinder Infinite, including where to find creator resources and collaborative creator spaces!

3 – 4 pm PDT
Check Yourself: Self-Editing for Games Writers
Paizo's editors share their insight on common writing pitfalls to avoid, following a style guide, using inclusive language, and other ways to strengthen your writing, whether freelancing for companies like Paizo or publishing your work on other platforms.

4 – 5 pm PDT
BKOM Studios' Pathfinder Game
Discover BKOM Studios' latest Pathfinder video game!

5 – 5:30 pm PDT
GMing Pathfinder on Roll20
Join us for a conversation about GMing Pathfinder using the Roll20 virtual tabletop platform.

Sunday May 28th

9 – 10 am PDT
Digital Map Tools in Fantasy Grounds Unity
Joshua will introduce Fantasy Grounds Unity and how it can work with Paizo's Flip-Tiles, Flip-Mats, and map packs to enable online or local virtual tabletop play for Pathfinder and Starfinder. He'll cover using dynamic line of sight, snapping tiles into place, manipulating tiles, adding or modifying lights, adding FX, and using image brushes for advanced effects. Using this in-game allows for preplacement of encounters, linking story entries, hiding and revealing enemies automatically, opening and closing doors and windows, and approval of player movement.

10 – 11 am PDT
WizKids Interview
An interview with Mark Moreland about the process of making WizKids minis.

11 am – 12 pm PDT
Build an Adventure Workshop
Learn tips and tricks to building a one-session adventure from some of Paizo's adventure developers.

12 – 1 pm PDT
Into the Darklands
Dig deep beneath the surface of Golarion to find the wonders, dangers, and mysteries of life below. Join us for a discussion of the Darklands and how they tie into the upcoming Lost Omens Highhelm book, the Sky King's Tomb Adventure Path, and more!

1 – 2 pm PDT
Starfinder Nuts and Bolts
Get an in-depth look at the upcoming Starfinder Enhanced book from the people who made it! Learn about the new enhanced core classes and get previews on new class content, new species, new feats, and a whole lot of new content that we just can't wait to reveal!

2 – 3 pm PDT
Mysteries in RPGs
Who doesn't love a good mystery? They can be great to include in roleplaying games, but sometimes, the search for clues can derail the best-laid plans of even the most talented GM. In this panel, we'll discuss techniques on how best to present mysteries in your games, chat about our own mysterious inspirations, and maybe even shed light on some mysteries that we've presented but haven't yet answered—as long as that mystery isn't "How did Aroden die?" of course!

3 – 4 pm PDT
Ask the Paizo GMs
Get answers about the games you love from the people who make them! Paizo staff will be on hand to field your questions from the Twitch chat. (Another Ask the Paizo GMs panel is on Saturday May 27th at 11 am PDT if you can't make this one!)

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See you soon!

Don't forget to join us on the PaizoCon Discord for even more programming! We'll be announcing our Digital Content guests soon. They'll be hanging out in our online "exhibition hall" with their own channels to answer questions, show off their amazing products, and host panels of their own via Discord stages!

If you're interested in gaming, don't forget to purchase a ticket and sign up on Warhorn to get access to our Organized Play games and non–Organized Play activities!

We can't wait to see you all at PaizoCon Online 2023!

The Opulos Corporation is proud to invite you to the maiden voyage of its brand-new starliner, the Void Empress! This ultraluxe starliner features state-of-the-art accommodations and amenities for 7,280 passengers to enjoy a truly transcendent experience. Shop between the stars in the Commerce Plaza, enjoy twelve soaking pools designed to accommodate 80 different species, or eat at one of our 34 galaxy-class restaurants before taking in a show at one of our five theaters! A trip aboard the Void Empress is one you'll never forget!
–promotional material for the Void Empress, presented as Exhibit A12

"It was the third day of the voyage. M'wife and I had just finished breakfast and were headed back to our room. That's when… it happened. Suddenly, the ship went sideways, and everythin' went dark for a moment. When I came to, the power was out. That's when things started getting really weird."
–sworn testimony from passenger "Quick," presented as Exhibit B34

Hi folks! I'm Alex Speidel, Paizo's Organized Play Coordinator and now, apparently, a professional streaming GM. Today, I'm thrilled to announce our newest Starfinder actual play! Starfinder Drift Crisis is an eight-episode adventure in which four brave souls aboard the Void Empress experience the Drift Crash up close and personal. These heroes must work together to survive the first moments of the Drift Crisis and make it home alive. Along the way, they'll encounter mysterious creatures, haunting obstacles, and end up facing off against an influential foe

I was so excited to put this adventure together for you all, and I can't wait for you to see it. To whet your appetites, I wanted to share a couple of my goals with this liveplay.

First of all, I wanted to make sure this series was approachable to as many people as possible. There are some TTRPG fans who aren't fully immersed in the world of Starfinder, so I tried my hardest to ensure that you don't need to know anything about the Pact Worlds to enjoy the story. Also, the episodes are about an hour each, so you don't have to devote hours of your time or worry about falling too far behind. My hope is that everyone from my parents to diehard Starfinder fans will be able to watch the series and have an awesome time.

Second, I wanted to show off the tools GMs have available to them already. As a Paizo employee, I have access to some of the best artists and cartographers in the business, but I started as a Starfinder Society GM, frantically drawing maps with wet-erase markers on blank grids. As a result, aside from character artwork for our PCs, all the art you'll see is art you can use right now. Every map is a Paizo Flip-Mat, every NPC or enemy is pulled straight from an adventure or rulebook, and even the adventure pitch comes straight from the pages of Starfinder Drift Crisis. My goal here is to show GMs that you don't need a fancy setup or hours and hours of free time to create your own campaign. We've provided everything you need to tell a story with your friends already!

Before I go, I want to introduce you to our wonderful players! I'll let them introduce their characters in episode 1, so this is just a taste.

• ChelseaBytes (she/her | Twitter | Twitch) brought such a fantastic energy to the group from the very start of session 0. I could immediately tell that she was going to be a leader for the group, and she quickly took charge in and out of character. I loved her character concept from the start, and anybody who has worked customer service will immediately relate to her.
• James Rodehaver (he/him | Twitter) will be a familiar face to fans of Dragons & Things from the GM chair. As a player though, he brought something I never expected. If you're not absolutely ready to throw down for his character by the end of this adventure, I don't know what more I can do.
• London Carlisle (he/him | Twitter | Website) was the first person to send me his character concept, and I knew we had a winner already. I think every group needs an anchor to keep things centered, and his smooth-talking, fast-thinking character is just the mix this group needed.
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley (she/her | Twitter | Website) was the person I was most excited to play with, as I was most familiar with her work, and she knocked it out of the park. She took on the challenge of playing a brand-new class, and the absolute nonsense she got up to is unparalleled. I can't wait to be able to talk about the end of this campaign.

I hope you'll join us for this wild ride on a nightmare cruise ship! I'll be posting insights from the GM chair after the episodes, so be sure to follow me on the social media platform of your choice for behind-the-scenes gossip. See you in the stars!

Alex Speidel
Game Master, Starfinder Drift Crisis
Twitter | Mastodon

Starfinder Drift Crisis premieres January 17 at 6pm Pacific time and will run for eight, one-hour episodes. It will air on our Twitch and Youtube channels simultaneously, and be posted to our YouTube channel immediately afterwards.

Pathfinder Heroic Endeavors is a new, limited-run weekly Pathfinder actual-play live stream featuring a rotating cast of players and GMs (14 and growing). The game is set in a homebrewed world first explored on the Dragons and Things Network that has now been given a home on Paizo's official twitch channel Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Each episode, the licensed heroes of Heroic Endeavors Incorporated risk life and limb to protect the people of Cavaloshia at reasonable rates unmatched by “other” adventuring companies. Every episode offers a complete adventure arc, allowing new viewers to tune in any time Heroic Endeavors is live without missing a beat.

Pathfinder Heroic Endeavors: Series Premiere!

We’ve already produced four episodes and you can find them archived on the Heroic Endeavors Playlist on YouTube. We are working on uploading all the episodes to podcast too!

Heroic Endeavors also uses some technical production features you might enjoy! The liveplay features four Blackmagic Studio cameras, one PTZ Overhead “Dice Cam,” and complete lighting control. Viewers can experience interactive elements like Cinematic Mode, which removes all on-screen graphics and immerses the viewer in a more dramatic point of view by changing the lighting, color correction, and aspect ratio.

You can Toss a Coin and give 1 gp to a player of your choice or grant 1 Hero Point to the group pool. The cast members read comments live and have select "Comment Breaks" to help make sure the game and the break from immersion happen at only key intervals to avoid any undue interruptions to the storytelling.

Even better, all interactive elements can be activated by chat for free using channel points. Some have the ability to be purchased via donations that support TheDaTNetwork, an independent fan-supported endeavor. (We are producing the show financially, but ‘tis fun to show your gratitude to the players, yes?) All donate options offer the ability to use channel points as a free alternative. The cast members are always happy to receive financial support from fans but believe strongly that donations should not prohibit anyone from engaging with the liveplay’s content.

Heroic Endeavors plans to add even more interactive elements as the story unfolds. The cast members seek to balance gameplay and interaction to create an experience unlike any other that Paizo has offered to date on Twitch!

About The DaTNetwork Starting with their flagship show, Dragons and Things, the DaTNetwork has been a premium source of live-streamed TTRPG content with a focus on building a community of people who like to tell stories and play games. Every show on the network features top-notch production, amazing on-screen talent, and opportunities galore for the audience to become a part of the story. Check out past DaTNetwork content on https://www.youtube.com/thedatnetwork and you'll soon see why we always say "DaTFam, Best Fam." You can also watch the network's newest Pathfinder show, Dragons and Things: Vantam, only on twitch.tv/thedatnetwork.

Watch the Heroic Endeavors Playlist on YouTube.

Greetings, Pathfinders and Starfinders! Here’s our streaming schedule for Gen Con Online, August 4–7, 2022. All shows will be hosted on our Twitch channel at twitch.tv/officialpaizo.

Thursday, August 4

12 p.m. Pacific; 3 p.m. Eastern: Paizo Keynote Address with Erik Mona
Join Publisher Erik Mona for another fast-paced keynote, as he takes us through more than a hundred slides featuring upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder products!

1 p.m. Pacific; 4 p.m. Eastern: Start Your Pathfinder Adventure
Pathfinder Second Edition is three years old, and already there’s an incredible amount of content. Director of Game Design Jason Bulmahn, Senior Editor Patrick Hurley, Senior Designer Michael Sayre, and Development Manager Linda Zayas-Palmer take you through how to get started with Pathfinder Second Edition.

2 p.m. Pacific; 5 p.m. Eastern: Launch into Starfinder
Starfinder turns five years old at Gen Con this year! Let Senior Developer Thurston Hillman, Developer Jenny Jarzabski, Senior Editor Ianara Natividad, and Starfinder Lead Designer Joe Pasini guide you through how best to start your adventures in the Pact Worlds and beyond.

3 p.m. Pacific; 6 p.m. Eastern: Play Today with Organized Play
Join Organized Play Line Developer Jessica Catalan, Organized Play Line Developer Mike Kimmel, Editor Shay Snow, and Development Manager Linda Zayas-Palmer to hear the latest news on Organized Play, featuring Starfinder Society's Year of Redemption's Rise and Pathfinder Society's Year of Boundless Wonder!

Friday, August 5

12 p.m. Pacific; 3 p.m. Eastern: Exploring Pathfinder & Lost Omens Rulebooks
Whether you’re delving into the Dark Archive or touring the world with Lost Omens: Travel Guide, our hardcover offerings have something for everyone. Join Pathfinder Lead Designer Logan Bonner, Senior Developer Eleanor Ferron, Lead Editor Avi Kool, and Senior Designer Michael Sayre as they take you through our rulebooks, reveal secrets, and talk about what’s next!

1 p.m. Pacific; 4 p.m. Eastern: Starfinder Present and Future
Starfinder may already be in the future, but we’re going even further! Organized Play Line Developer Jessica Catalan, Senior Developer Thurston Hillman, Developer Jenny Jarzabski, and Starfinder Lead Designer Joe Pasini have plenty of surprises in store as they discuss Starfinder Interstellar Species, as well as what’s coming next for the Starfinder line.

2 p.m. Pacific; 5 p.m. Eastern: Pathfinder Adventures Ahead!
Between Adventure Paths, standalone Adventures, and Pathfinder Society scenarios, there’s an adventure out there for any group! Join Organized Play Line Developer (and freelance author) Jessica Catalan, Creative Director James Jacobs, and Organized Play Line Developer Mike Kimmel as they take you through our upcoming offerings!

3 p.m. Pacific; 6 p.m. Eastern: Infinite Publishing Guide
The Pathfinder and Starfinder Infinite marketplaces allow authors to publish their content within Paizo’s settings. Join all-star authors Alexander Augunas, Dustin Knight (host of Infiknight Reviews), and Andrew White—along with Lysa Penrose from OneBookShelf—to talk about publishing on Infinite. Learn from the best!

5 p.m. Pacific; 8 p.m. Eastern: Find the Path Live: Dino Roundup
Jess runs the crew through an extended version of the Pathfinder Second Edition bounty, Hillcross Roundup. Prepare for dinosaur shenanigans aplenty! This liveplay will last approximately 3 hours.

Saturday, August 6

12 p.m. Pacific; 3 p.m. Eastern: Enhance: Virtual Tabletop Play
Computer, enhance! Our very own Front End Engineering Lead and VTT master Andrew White takes you through the virtual tabletop options for online play. The team will share tips and tricks, as well as show off official Paizo content for your favorite virtual tabletop!

1 p.m. Pacific; 4 p.m. Eastern: Pathfinder Workshop
Collaborate with Paizo staff to build a casefile, like those found in Pathfinder Dark Archive! Create a fun, mysterious concept and find out how the rules and tools in Dark Archive could bring it to your table with Pathfinder Lead Designer Logan Bonner, Senior Editor Patrick Hurley, Senior Designer Michael Sayre, and Development Manager Linda Zayas-Palmer.

2 p.m. Pacific; 5 p.m. Eastern: Starfinder Workshop
The galaxy is full of strange worlds and bizarre alien species around every corner. Let’s make some new ones! Enter the Star Chamber with Organized Play Line Developer Jessica Catalan, Developer Jenny Jarzabski, Starfinder Lead Designer Joe Pasini, and new Senior Editor Simone D. Sallé as they guide you through the creation of a brand-new planet and species.

3 p.m. Pacific; 6 p.m. Eastern: Ask the Paizo GMs
We at Paizo love our Game Masters, especially those who work with us every day! Learn tips, tricks, and best practices from some of the best, including Director of Game Design Jason Bulmahn, Developer Jenny Jarzabski, and Editor Shay Snow.

Organized Play Events

Organized Play has arrived in force for Gen Con Online! We have more than 250 tables of Pathfinder and Starfinder Society play. Just like at Gen Con Indy, we’ll be launching Pathfinder Society’s Year of Boundless Wonder with three new scenarios, as well as two new Starfinder Society scenarios!

Our full catalog can be viewed on Gen Con’s website; there are plenty of seats at our tables for last-minute signups!

We’ll also be running our brand-new interactive specials concurrently with Gen Con Indy! Starfinder Society Special #4-99: A Time of Crisis will have its second-ever run on Friday night at 5 p.m. Pacific; 8 p.m. Eastern, and Pathfinder Society Special #3-98: Expedition into Pallid Peril will be run for the very first time ever on Saturday night at the same time. We’d love to have you join us as we work to break our own records for most concurrent tables.

For more information, head over to our discord at paizo.events. See you online!

Charity Auction

Paizo’s yearly Gen Con charity auction returns! During the event, bid on signed copies of Pathfinder and Starfinder hardcovers, exclusive Organized Play boons for in-game content, and embroidered products handmade and donated by Mischief Loot! All proceeds benefit Gen Con’s chosen partner charity, The Patachou Foundation.

View and bid on the items in the #charity-auction channel of our Discord server at http://paizo.events. Learn more about The Patachou Foundation at https://www.gencon.com/gen-con-indy/charity-partners, and visit Mischief Loot at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MischiefLoot.

Please join us for our 2-hour live Twitch show talking about all things Pathfinder and Starfinder, featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests, on Friday, June 24, 2022, from 4–6 p.m. Pacific. This show falls on the heels of PaizoCon and before Gen Con, so we will dive into the Starfinder Drift Crashers Adventure Path, Pathfinder Dark Archive, the Pathfinder Blood Lords Adventure Path, and the new Pathfinder Society Year of Boundless Wonder. The scheduled guests are Mike Kimmel, Jason Keeley and James Case. Since all of these were showcased at PaizoCon, we will continue those conversions and make time for more Q&A with Twitch Chat.

Let’s get ready by exploring the Starfinder Drift Crashers Players Guide!

The Perfect Storm is coming to launch the 3-volume Drift Crashers Adventure Path. Drift Crashers is part of the Drift Crisis, an event taking place across the entire Starfinder game line, in which faster-than-light travel breaks down and the galaxy is thrown into chaos! Inside the free Starfinder Drift Crashers Players Guide, you will find information about the Marata, your new home away from home—and your only one for a while.

Before your group starts to make characters, work together to choose communal backgrounds based on being prominent members of the crew, like pleasure cruisers, reunited family, scientific researchers, or traveling entertainers.

Then flesh out the crew. As you make your character, create and name a prominent NPC aboard the Marata with whom your character has a personal connection (hereafter referred to as a Key NPC). The Players Guide suggests from which you can select. Your bond with them can take any form you and your GM agree on: close pals, partners, friendly rivals, and so on. No matter what, you can depend on them. Key NPCs are also excellent opportunities for backup characters if a PC suffers an unfortunate fate.

Now, focus on the ship. Each player can choose a custom modification to the Marata. They each provide different benefits and bonuses. Examples include a chapel, exercise stations, a manufacturer-grade crafting station, and a portable virtual entertainment system!

Select the gear you might have brought with you on the trip, specialized gear you might want to craft to weather the storms ahead, and a new creature companion you might attract along the way. Consider armor upgrades like a Medical Analysis Kit, a companion like the rift remora, or a weapon like the destroyer shillelagh!

Don’t miss the new PLANAR TRAVELER theme!

Whether you are or aren’t a native of the Material Plane, it certainly holds little sway over you. Why go to the vidgame arcade when you could sample the endless delights of Elysium? Why settle your disputes at the local courthouse when you could get the opinion of the perfect arbiters of Axis? Why simply kill your enemies when you could annihilate their souls with the help of Abaddon? Regardless of your tendencies, focus (or lack of focus) on particular planes, or motivation for traveling, your knowledge of realities beyond your own is unmatched.

Be sure to read wisdom and guidance about the journey ahead. You aren’t experienced, battle-hardened warriors—at least, you aren’t yet. Don’t be afraid to be afraid!

Download the Starfinder Drift Crashers Players Guide for free today!

Join us for adventures May 27-30 at PaizoCon Online 2022!

PaizoCon Twitch Events

PAIZOCON ONLINE STREAM SCHEDULE

FRIDAY MAY 27

KEYNOTE ADDRESS WITH PUBLISHER ERIK MONA
10 – 11 AM PDT

Join Paizo Publisher and Chief Creative Officer Erik Mona for a peek at upcoming Paizo releases!

PATHFINDER ON FOUNDRY VTT
11 – 12 PM PDT

Foundry VTT is an installable client virtual tabletop software. Don’t know what that is? Want to learn more? This panel will get you started.

THE GALAXY IN CRISIS
12 – 1 PM PDT

Tragedy strikes the Starfinder setting's hyperspace realm, creating chaos and opportunity in a galaxy-wide event called the Drift Crisis. Learn about this galaxy-wide event, the new Drift Crisis book, and how this can impact your campaign in countless ways!

ADVENTURING DURING THE DRIFT CRISIS
1 – 2 PM PDT

Learn all about the adventures Paizo has planned for the Drift Crisis. This panel deep dives some of the upcoming plans for Adventures Paths, Modules, One-Shots, and Organized Play. Hear about what’s coming up and how you can be a part of Starfinder’s biggest event since its launch!

DECLASSIFYING THE DARK ARCHIVE
2 – 3 PM PDT

The paranormal secrets of the Dark Archive have remained hidden for too long! Join designers Logan Bonner & James Case and editors Avi Kool & K Tessa Newton as we unseal the casefiles and reveal classified info on the psychic and thaumaturge classes, new options, and stories from behind the scenes!

PUBLISHING ON PATHFINDER INFINITE
3 – 4 PM PDT

Ever wanted to publish your own material set in the Pathfinder or Starfinder settings? Now you can with Pathfinder and Starfinder Infinite, hosted on DriveThruRPG! Learn about the program and find out how to get started with members of Paizo's staff and existing Infinite publishers.

ROLL FOR COMBAT PRESENTS A BATTLEZOO ADVENTURE WITH LINDA ZAYAS-PALMER
4 – 8 PM PDT

SATURDAY MAY 28

BUILDING WORLDS IN STARFINDER
10 – 11 AM PDT

Help create an amazing new science-fantasy planet in this one-hour workshop on building worlds in Starfinder. We'll discuss general concepts you can apply when designing locations in your Starfinder game and use tools like the Galaxy Exploration Manual and Starfinder Deck of Many Worlds to guide us.

CONCEPTING ALIENS FOR YOUR GAME
11 – 12 PM PDT

Let’s make aliens! Join us as our panelists discuss how they design creatures to fit the needs of their stories, worlds, and encounters—all while they create a completely new creature with the audience.

SECRETS OF GOLARION
12 – 1 PM PDT

We're not gonna tell you how Aroden died, but pretty much any other answer is up for revelation! Come to this seminar armed with your most burning questions about the mysteries of the Lost Omens campaign setting, and we'll do our best to pull back the curtain and reveal the truth!

GOLARION ADVENTURES OLD AND NEW
1 – 2 PM PDT

What goes into the creation of an adventure for Golarion? What's on the horizon and coming soon for the stand-alone adventure line? Join James Jacobs, Leo Glass, and PaizoCon Guest of Honor Vanessa Hoskins for the inside scoop!

PAIZO ORGANIZED PLAY: WHAT'S NEW IN '22
2 – 3 PM PDT

Catch up with the Organized Play team as they chat about what's coming this year! We'll be revealing the title of Pathfinder Society Year 4 and talking about what's next for Starfinder Society in the Year of Redemption's Rise.

GETTING STARTED WITH VIRTUAL TABLETOPS
3 – 4 PM PDT

Curious about playing Pathfinder virtually but not sure where to start? Join Paizo staff for a fun and informative walkthrough on the basics of virtual tabletops (VTTs), including our top tips for beginners and answers to all your VTT questions!

SUNDAY MAY 29

GAME MASTER 101
10 – 11 AM PDT

Members of the Paizo Staff share their tips for GMing Pathfinder and Starfinder!

INSIDE PAIZO PLAYTESTING
11 – 12 PM PDT

An in-depth look at how we run playtests here at Paizo, with a focus on engaging with the testers and data-driven feedback!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY STARFINDER
12 – 1 PM PDT

A celebration of all things Starfinder! Hear from past members of the team, veterans, and its newest members. From before the game’s launch in 2017 to its exciting future, this panel delves into the history of Starfinder and gives some hints on where the game may be going in the future.

ADVENTURE PATHS IN THE IMPOSSIBLE LANDS
1 – 2 PM PDT

Talk to the developers, authors, and editors of two Adventure Paths set in the Impossible Lands: the steampunk-themed Outlaws of Alkenstar and the undead intrigue-themed Blood Lords!

PATHFINDER Q&A
2 – 3 PM PDT

Come hear the Pathfinder Design team talk about the state of the game and give a preview of what’s to come in 2022 and beyond!

FIND THE PATH PODCAST PRESENTS MARK OF THE MANTIS WITH LUIS LOZA.
4 – 8 PM PDT

PaizoCon Discord Events

Join Paizo Organized Play!

Create a Paizo account with a registered player number and join in the fun!

Find a Game

Visit Warhorn to register, view scheduled events, and sign up for games. GM signups are now open; player signups open on May 7.

Discord

Join the PaizoCon Discord community, chat with friends, participate in giveaways, and more! Throughout the weekend, we'll be hosting giveaways from a number of our friends at Roll20, Syrinscape, Demiplane, and more. Keep an eye on the PaizoCon Discord for info on the Giveaway channel and how to participate!

Also, our friends at Geek Grind are offering a PaizoCon special. Use the code "PaizoCon22" for 20% off all Paizo Pathfinder and Starfinder coffee, tea, and mugs in their store!

Stay tuned for more exciting announcements and deals as we build up to our first hybrid PaizoCon!

LEARN MORE ABOUT PAIZOCON AND PAIZOCON ONLINE!

PaizoCon is only a few weeks away, and we’re looking forward to seeing many of you May 27–29 at the DoubleTree hotel in SeaTac, Washington. We’ll also host online events and seminars for those unable to make the trek.

Physical Tickets on Sale Now: If you’re looking to attend PaizoCon in person, we have tickets available now while supplies last. Visit the Paizo Store to get your tickets!

Game Signups are Now Open: Scheduling for both in-person and online games is available through Warhorn. Be sure to sync your Warhorn account with your paizo.com account so you can sign up to play.

The PaizoCon Store Returns: The PaizoCon store offers the latest Pathfinder and Starfinder releases as well as a collection of core products and accessories. Due to the limited size, scope, and staffing of this year’s show, subscription or order pickups will not be made available. All transactions will occur using credit card only. No cash sales will be allowed, and we will not have cash on hand. Please plan accordingly!

PaizoCon Livestreams: The PaizoCon theater will be available on site for attendees to watch online events as their schedules allow, including Erik Mona’s keynote address at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 27. We’ll provide the full schedule of seminars soon. We look forward to seeing online attendees on Twitch!

The Glass Cannon Network: Join the miscreants from the Glass Cannon Network for tabletop and board gaming in the Glass Cannon Network Room all weekend. And don’t miss Pathfinder Live! on Saturday at 12 p.m. when the GCN brings its trademark brand of nonsense to Pathfinder Second Edition!

Safety Precautions: Covid-19 remains an ongoing consideration, and Paizo is committed to the safety of the Paizo staff and attendees. We intend to take the following precautions to better protect attendees.

• In-person attendees must show proof of vaccination (including booster shots, if eligible) and wear masks in all Paizo-controlled spaces such as ballrooms, seminar rooms, gaming spaces, and the PaizoCon store.
• Our annual banquet has been cancelled.
• Hand sanitizer will be available in public spaces.
• We have reduced the number of in-person tickets and have capped physical attendance to the show at 500 attendees.
• We have allocated more open space in common areas to allow for better separation between attendees in the seminar rooms, OP hall (between players and between tables), and in the PaizoCon store.

We look forward to seeing you at the show whether you attend online or in person!

-PaizoCon Planning Team

Wow, can you believe that by the end of this month, Paizo will have released well over 30 products in 2022?! Also, this is the last Paizo LIVE episode before PaizoCon and PaizoCon Online at the end of May. So, we are revving our previews with Pathfinder Book of the Dead, Pathfinder Adventure Path #178: Punks in a Powderkeg (Outlaws of Alkenstar 1 of 3), Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall, Starfinder Drift Crisis, Paizo Organized Play, upcoming conventions, and our new partnership with Foundry Virtual Tabletop. Please join us for Episode 011 of our 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests today Friday, April 22, 2022, from 4–6 p.m. PST.

Today, our guests and topics look like this:

• Conventions: Tonya Woldridge
• Foundry VTT & Paizo Partnership: Andrew White
• Organized Play: Linda Zayas-Palmer
• Pathfinder Adventure Path #178: Punks in a Powderkeg (Outlaws of Alkenstar 1 of 3): Freelance Author and PaizoCon Guest of Honor Vanessa Hoskins
• Pathfinder Book of the Dead: Logan Bonner, John Compton, Luis Loza, and Andrew White
• Pathfinder Lost Omens: Luis Loza
• Starfinder Drift Crisis: John Compton and Andrew White

In case you missed it, we started our previews in last week’s blog. For the new Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society Scenarios previews, don’t miss yesterday’s blog.

Refer to the Paizo Product Schedule to see what other fantastic fantasy products will be available soon. The April highlights include:

Starfinder Bounty #3: A Green Place

The Ring of Nations is a sprawling line of 27 nations encircling the planet Verces that’s home to some of the most advanced technology in the Pact Worlds. When an automated power plant in the ever-expanding city of Thamal went offline and cast swaths of the city in darkness, the government deployed repair and scouting drones to investigate. None have returned. Armed with a few aerial images of the power plant, now mysteriously overgrown with local flora, the PCs are dispatched to bring the facility back online!

A Starfinder Bounty designed for 1st-level characters!

Pathfinder Guns Deck

Pathfinder Guns Deck, a companion to Pathfinder Guns & Gears, provides illustrations and statistics for over 100 new firearms from Pathfinder Guns & Gears and supports numerous exciting firearms you can use to expand your game. With everything from black powder weapons like the musket to more unusual weapons like the mace multipistol and gun sword you'll have everything you need to blast your way through the deadliest combats!

Pathfinder Gears Deck

Pathfinder Gears Deck, a companion to Pathfinder Guns & Gears, provides illustrations and statistics for scores of new clockwork gadgets and inventions for creative characters to use as they tackle new adventures. Included in this deck are off-the-wall weapons like the backpack catapult and unexpected ways of staying ahead of your enemies like gadget skates!

Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Pathfinder Lodge

Adventurers need a place to gather between their far-off journeys and dangerous quests, and the Pathfinder Lodge provides the perfect guildhall for their rare moments of rest between adventures. Of course, an adventurer never gets to relax for long, and Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Pathfinder Lodge allows you to hit your players where it hurts them most—in the safety of their own hideout!

Have questions about upcoming products? Ask them here or save them for the Twitch chat! We’ll see you on later today, April 22, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

You can catch all the past episodes on YouTube!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

It’s a big month for Paizo LIVE, our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases. This is the last episode before PaizoCon at the end of May, so we will preview Pathfinder Book of the Dead, Pathfinder Adventure Path #178: Punks in a Powderkeg (Outlaws of Alkenstar 1 of 3), Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall, Starfinder Drift Crisis, Paizo Organized Play, upcoming conventions, and our new partnership with Foundry Virtual Tabletop. Please join us for Episode 011 from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific on Friday, April 22, 2022.

Let’s prepare with some excerpts and preview images.

Excerpt from Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall

AUTHORS
Jessica Catalan, Ron Lundeen, and Isabelle Thorne

ADDITIONAL WRITING
Banana Chan, Ryan Costello, Katina Davis, Alastor Guzman, Ianara Natividad, Erin Roberts, and Ashton Sperry

Internal preview art from the Introduction of Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall by Will O’Brien.

Running a Knights of Lastwall Campaign
Campaigns that centrally feature the Knights of Lastwall can take many forms. The most obvious is a clash with the Whispering Way—necromancers who believe undeath is the apex of existence, from whose ranks the Whispering Tyrant arose—or other undead powers, from local malefactors to vampire barons or mummy pharaohs. This could be a glorious crusade or a desperate guerrilla war.

While the knights are a focused group with a specific goal, this doesn’t mean they’re suited only for campaigns involving undead powers. The order’s mission is to promote good, stop evil, and gather allies, and this is conducive to many urban-focused games. Knights in a city might navigate the web of local politics to stop a tyrant’s rise or a secret cult, all while recruiting squires and securing noble support for the cause.

Knights can appear in other campaigns as well. Many knight recruiters travel alone or with a retainer and might join other heroes to aid in their noble goals. Likewise, the organization and its members are far-ranging enough they might offer aid where player characters are members of an allied or sympathetic organization, like the Pathfinder Society, the Magaambya, or simply good folk doing good deeds.

The Knights of Lastwall are a friendly and accepting lot, but players might face them as foes. Particularly chaos-prone or destructive Firebrands, Gorumites, or Calistrians—or, conversely, particularly stringent or oppressive Hellknights or Abadarans— might come into conflict with the knights until they repent their ways and repair their harms. If the player characters are outright villains, the knights will be even more intent on stopping them. Woe betides a party of Whispering Way adherents should the knights catch them

For more Lastwall excerpts, read the Free Samples blog.

Excerpt from Starfinder Drift Crisis

AUTHORS
Kate Baker, Rigby Bendele, Jessica Catalan, John Compton, John Curtin, Alison Cybe, Leo Glass, John Godek, Sen H.H.S., Joan Hong, Jenny Jarzabski, Jason Keeley, Joshua Kim, Mike Kimmel, Ron Lundeen, Dennis Muldoon, Emily Parks, Samantha Phelan, Mikhail Rekun, James Rodehaver, Solomon St. John, Paul Scofield, Shay Snow, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Jason Tondro, and Andrew White

Internal preview art of a Drift Beacon from Starfinder Drift Crisis by Alexander Gorbunov.

INTRODUCTION

Over 300 years ago, the machine god Triune revealed itself to the galaxy and granted all who would listen a priceless gift: faster-than-light technology using the hyperspace realm now known as the Drift. Within decades, Drift travel had opened the galaxy to exploration, trade, and conquest on a previously unfathomable scale. Empires span multiple star systems. Companies ship essential products to countless worlds. Explorers cast off into the unknown to meet unfamiliar species and uncover wonders. Vacationers eagerly embark to reach distant attractions. And overall the galaxy has achieved prosperity and possibility, all thanks to the Drift.

So, what if, for reasons few could predict, the Drift just... broke?

In that instant, starships traveling the Drift are hurled about, landing in random and often perilous destinations (even on different planes altogether). Drift travel becomes more difficult, with each voyage taking longer, encountering frequent dangers, and sometimes failing altogether. Even long-range communication, which relied on the Drift to span the galaxy, fails, leaving worlds isolated in ways they haven’t experienced in centuries. Governments, civilians, scientists, and faiths all clamor for answers, yet Triune seems mysteriously absent.

Welcome to the Drift Crisis, a galaxy-wide calamity instigated when the Drift experiences a catastrophic failure. Unlike most Starfinder adventures published to date, Drift Crisis isn’t a single story told through a single group of heroes; it’s an event that spans countless worlds as the galaxy scrambles to make sense of the crisis, restore order, and repair the damage to an essential plane. Simultaneously, it’s a time of chaos as opportunists prey upon vulnerable neighbors, oppressed worlds overthrow their compromised tyrants, and zealots preach the downfall of technology to frightened masses.

Indeed, Drift Crisis isn’t a single story—it’s a framework for telling innumerable stories. In this book, you’ll find 20 exciting adventure seeds that explore different angles of the Drift Crisis, letting player characters aid victims, rebuild damaged worlds, take down once-untouchable villains, travel to exciting realms, and even reshape the galaxy. And this book isn’t alone. Drift Crisis forms the core of a larger narrative event presented by Paizo, including Adventure Paths, Starfinder Adventures, and Starfinder One-Shots that all present different angles of the Drift Crisis. Enjoy these on their own or use them to springboard your own Drift Crisis campaign!

Excerpt from Pathfinder Book of the Dead

AUTHORS
Jason Bulmahn and Jessica Catalan

ADDITIONAL WRITING
Brian Bauman, Tineke Bolleman, Logan Bonner, John Compton, Chris Eng, Logan Harper, Michelle Jones, Jason Keeley, Luis Loza, Ron Lundeen, Liane Merciel, Patchen Mortimer, Quinn Murphy, Jessica Redekop, Mikhail Rekun, Solomon St. John, Michael Sayre, Mark Seifter, Sen H.H.S., Kendra Leigh Speedling, Jason Tondro, and Andrew White

Internal preview art of the rare scion of slayers background from Pathfinder Book of the Dead by Roberto Pitturru

BOOK OF THE DEAD IN YOUR GAME
You can incorporate Book of the Dead into a campaign to give it a strong undead theme, using the options from Chapter 1 for a group that wants to slay undead or those from Chapter 2 to play undead, get undead animal companions, or otherwise access the tools of undeath for players. Many of these options aren’t suitable for all games, making them uncommon or rare accordingly.

The creatures in Chapter 3 can be adversaries in all kinds of games. Many of them have additional options for expansion or adjustments to make them more versatile, and you’ll also find undead adjustments to quickly make zombie ogres, vampiric monkeys, ghost hobgoblins, or any other kinds of undead creatures you might need for your game!

The sections of world lore in this book can be interesting whether you’re a player, Game Master, or reader. Chapter 4 contains the highest concentration of lore, but there’s some in other chapters, including details from Geb’s notes on some iconic undead creatures in Chapter 3.

Internal preview art of the March of the Dead adventure from Pathfinder Book of the Dead by Kiki Moch Rizky

THE MARCH OF THE DEAD
The final chapter of this book is a short adventure titled “March of the Dead.” This grim adventure takes place in a small town where an undead uprising presents a real threat. Face the zombie horde if you dare!

Excerpts from the Pathfinder Adventure Path #178: Punks in a Powderkeg (Outlaws of Alkenstar 1 of 3)

Adventure by Vanessa Hoskins
Barrel & Bullet Saloon by Stephanie Lundeen

Internal preview art of the Barrel & Bullet Saloon from Pathfinder Adventure Path #178: Punks in a Powderkeg (Outlaws of Alkenstar 1 of 3) by Tuan Duong Chu

Barrel & Bullet Saloon
Down a minor side street in the grimy, smog-clogged Ferrous Quarter of Alkenstar lies a squat, nondescript, two-story building whose weathered sign reads “The Barrel & Bullet Saloon. Drinks—Meals—Fireproof Rooms.” Its dingy white plaster and off-center porch encourage the refined guest to look elsewhere. Indeed, the cosmopolitan traveler who does venture inside is likely to be greeted with derogatory comments from a goggle-clad goblin inventor or by rude stares from a hard-drinking patron long since mutated by the wild magic of the Mana Wastes. To mitigate this reception the dwarven gunslinger behind the bar, Foebe Dunsmith, is always ready to share a welcoming word and drink on the house. Even so, this is the kind of bar where an introduction—or a good deal of diplomatic hard work—is necessary to navigate the dwarven desperados, goblin grenadiers, irascible inventors, and hard-drinking hoodlums who make up the unruly crowd of regulars. Jumping into a high-stakes game of bootbeer (an unexplainably popular guessing game in which players try to hide as much beer on their person as possible) or wagering on a hand of cards can win friends, but it can just as easily make enemies. And no night at the Barrel & Bullet seems complete without at least one knock-down, drag-out barfight!

OUTLAWS OF ALKENSTAR PLAYER’S GUIDE
Before running this Adventure Path, provide your players with copies of the Outlaws of Alkenstar Player’s Guide, a free download from www.paizo.com. This spoiler free supplement includes details to get your players up to speed on the goings-on in Alkenstar, plus suggestions for creating characters with abilities that complement the challenges they’ll face throughout the campaign.

Have questions about upcoming products? Ask them here or save them for the Twitch chat! We’ll see you on Friday, April 22, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

You can catch all the past episodes on YouTube!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Thank you all for your patience as we work out the first ever hybrid PaizoCon. There’s lots of moving pieces with this event and the current world situation makes it even more challenging. We hope to answer lots of question in this blog, but know there will always be more, so please ask away in the comments and we will get you answers.

Guest of Honor

We are very pleased to announce longtime Paizo freelancer Vanessa Hoskins as our Guest of Honor for this PaizoCon. She will be appearing on several livestreams and events. Keep an eye on our schedule for more information. If you haven’t gotten a chance to meet Vanessa, here’s a bit about her:

Vanessa Hoskins got her start in the RPG industry in 2013 by writing monster blogs and other 3rd party work for 2 years. Her first Paizo release was 2015's "From Under Ice," a Pathfinder Society scenario. Since then, she’s written several small-form adventures for Pathfinder and Starfinder Society, including the groundbreaking evergreen adventure "From the Tome of Righteous Repose." She's authored numerous adventure paths including Starfinder's The Cradle Infestation (#29), Pathfinder's Hand of the Devil (#164), and Outlaws of Alkenstar (#178). Vanessa has contributed to numerous rules systems, player options, and other game mechanics for Paizo across the Pathfinder and Starfinder systems. In addition to serving on the board of directors at the Know Direction Network, she is a host of the Know Direction podcast and stars in their Adventurous! actual play. She is a cast member for the Fall of Plaguestone and Three Ring Adventure actual plays on Roll for Combat. Vanessa co-authors Vellum & Lace, the first piece of serialized Pathfinder fiction on Pathfinder Infinite, with Helen Savore. Finally, she's recently started Ninja Cat Games, an indie video game studio. She does all of this while living in upstate New York with her brilliant wife and their adorable cat.

Hotel Block

The physical convention is being held at theDoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport. To book a room in the Paizo block, follow this link or call their toll-free reservation number at (800) 222-TREE (that is, (800) 222-8733) and reference the group code PZC or group name PaizoCon. Be sure to book your room soon, as spaces are limited.

Tickets

When we decided to do a physical PaizoCon, we knew it needed to be a smaller show than in prior years. We set the number of attendees at 500, not including staff, organized play GMs, and partner guests. We hoped this would balance safety concerns with our ability to deliver a great show. Unfortunately, with our reduced cap for the physical show, we have no tickets available at this time. We continue to reach out to ticketholders and process refunds and will update if we do get inventory to sell, but at this time it looks unlikely.

The good news is that there are plenty of tickets for PaizoCon Online and they are available now! You can purchase them by clicking here and add them to your cart.

Schedule

We’re currently putting the final touches on our streaming schedule and will be posting it to the PaizoCon Warhorn event listing as well as putting an image up on the PaizoCon website once available. With the streaming schedule finalized, we will shift our focus onto polishing up the physical show schedule so it can be uploaded as well. It is our goal to have all these schedules put in-place well before event registration occurs.

Event Registration

Thank you all so much for your patience. The signup dates for games have been revised as follows:

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 9:00 AM: Early GM signups open to qualifying GMs
Friday, May 6, 2022 9:00 AM: Player signups open to Warhorn VIP members
Saturday, May 7, 2022 9:00 AM: Player signups open to all players, including Author tables
Monday, May 9, 2022 9:00 AM: Seats at in-person VIP tables open to all

Let us know in the comments what other questions, if any, we can answer for you. Looking forward to seeing everyone online or at the physical show!

-PaizoCon Planning Team

If your schedule allows, kindly join us for Episode 10 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific today, March 25, 2022. Our monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show will feature Paizo staff and guests talking about our upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases. You’ll have a great time exploring the new products with me.

If your schedule prevents you from joining us, you can enjoy the recording next week when we post it to YouTube. In fact, you can catch all the past episodes, including last month when we discussed Pathfinder Book of the Dead, Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight, Organized Play updates, and more!

Now, let’s take an exciting peek into the Adventure Toolbox content from each of the Adventure Path volumes being released this month. This content is special because we endeavor to make it useful to all, whether you play the Adventure Path or not.

Preview art from Pathfinder Adventure Path #174: Shadows of the Ancients (Strength of Thousands 6 of 6) by Luis Salas Lastra.

“Campaign Repercussions
Our story has been long but now is at its end. By the conclusion of the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path, the heroes have risen from humble initiates to respected [redacted]. They have traveled far to come back home again and save the Magaambya from [redacted]. They have not only returned [redacted] to the world, but they might also have earned the Magaambya a very powerful protector in the form of the [redacted]. Still, your campaign could have a few loose ends and further opportunities for adventure.”

The Shadows of the Ancients Adventure Toolbox by Saif Ansari, Matt Hardin, Jacob W. Michaels, Brendan Perry, Nathan Reinecke, and Darren Spurrier includes campaign repercussions, and player rules on artifacts of the Magaambya and masks of the Magic Warriors. It also includes creatures like an ooze, a werecreature, and something clockwork and gargantuan.

Preview art from Starfinder Adventure Path #43: Icebound (Horizons of the Vast 4 of 6) by Mark Molnar.

“Adventure Toolbox
I’ve got movement on my scanner! Do you see anything?”
“Keep your voice down. I have eyes on ‘em. I’m in the circulation vent. They’re right beneath me.”
“How many?”
“I dunno. A lot. Looks like they’re headin’ for main operations.”
“What’re we gonna do? Lieutenant? Lieutenant Snyder, do you read?”
—excerpt from internal comms of the Chelish Bosun, discovered derelict in the Vast

The Icebound Adventure Toolbox by BJ Hensley, Jenny Jarzabski, Ron Lundeen, Jess Nevins, Jim Seals, and Jason Tondro includes new high-altitude vehicles and gear, charter updates, Swarmtech items, building the Swarm (making new Swarm creatures) in the Alien Archives, three of which are the size of starships. The Codex of Worlds explores Weydana-5, “the smallest of the planets in the Weydana system, is unusual even by the standards of the most jaded interstellar traveler.”

Preview art from Pathfinder Adventure Path #177: Burning Tundra (Quest for the Frozen Flame 3 of 3) by Loïc Canavaggia.

“Animal Companions Mammoth Lords keep unusual animal companions. Many types of megafauna—including cave bears, daeodons, dire wolves, and smilodons—can be represented by the animal companion rules presented on pages 214 to 217 of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook and on pages 144 to 145 of the Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide. The following new types of animal companions supplement those options.”

The Burning Tundra Adventure Toolbox by Jason Tondro includes player rules for animal companions, items, spells and rituals, and the Mammoth Lord archetype. The new creatures include a nymph, an ooze, and a zombie.

Preview art from Starfinder Adventure Path #44: Allies Against the Eye (Horizons of the Vast 5 of 6) by Rustan Curman.

“These draeliks and their ‘Path of Entropy’ business... I don’t claim to understand it. Third eyes, spiritual selves, seeing the future? All seems kind of melodramatic to me.
“On the other hand, they also say the universe’s slowly running out of energy and that, eventually, our great-great-however many great-grandchildren are all going to die cold and lonely. And that? Well, that’s just math.”
—Bron Targeld, New Harmony settler

The Allies Against the Eye Adventure Toolbox by Alexander Augunas, Jeremy Corff, John Godek III, Logan Harper, Jenny Jarzabski, Andrew Mullen, Jess Nevins, Jim Seals, and Jabari Weathers includes charter updates, diplomatic options (new player options including the Zeitgeist mystic connection, Data Broker operative specialization, Commander soldier fighting style, Disobedience vanguard aspect, and new feats and spells), the Eye of Entropy (with another new mystic connection, feats, and an archetype), and more Alien Archives, with creatures sized fine through colossal!

Have questions about upcoming products? Ask them here or save them for the Twitch chat! We’ll see you on later today for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Goblins and pigs! The Swarm and a dangerous cult! Twisted evil magic and a quest to prove yourself worthy of the title of Mammoth Lord! Pickles and… pickles—this month Paizo’s games have something for everyone. So, let’s talk about it all. Join us for Episode 010 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific next Friday, March 25, 2022. Our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show will feature some of the Paizo staff and guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases.

Illustration by Kiki Moch Rizky

Illustrations by Kiki Moch Rizky

Goblins have come to the town of Sandpoint, intent upon stealing their fireworks for an upcoming festival. Do you have the goblin grit to pillage your way to victory and emerge from the town with the most fireworks?

Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight is a quick party game of theft and mayhem. Pillage loot from the town or from your fellow goblins but watch out! The other goblins are just as likely to steal from you!

Not only does it have goblins and fireworks, it also has pigs and pickles!

Illustration by Setiawan Lee

The Strength of Thousands Adventure Path reaches its dramatic conclusion with Shadows of the Ancients, a complete adventure for 18th- to 20th-level characters. We will share some story (spoilers) and explore the backmatter like:

TELLING FABLES by Jessica Redekop
Learn how to infuse your adventures with the feel of fables to tell truly remarkable stories!

TINY ADVENTURES by Matt Morris
The greatest vistas for adventure are sometimes right underfoot. Learn how to construct encounters where shrunken heroes must navigate a very large world!

Illustration by Rodrigo Gonzalez Toledo

A distress beacon from the desolate tundra sends the PCs on a mission into the biting cold.

This Starfinder Adventure Path volume continues the Horizons of the Vast Adventure Path and includes:

• Icebound, a Starfinder adventure for 7th-level characters, by Jason Tondro.
• A look at the Veskarium’s military intelligence agency Directive 9 by Christopher Wasko.
• A toolbox featuring equipment to traverse the upper atmosphere, a catalog of Swarm-based biotech, information on how to create new Swarm components, a collection of creatures ready to ambush the unprepared, and a glimpse at the swirling frozen clouds of an icy gas giant by BJ Hensley, Jenny Jarzabski, Jess Nevins, Jim Seals, and Jason Tondro.
• Statistics and deck plans for a sleek and stylish espionage vessel by Jason Tondro.

Illustration by David Alvarez

The Broken Tusks find sanctuary at last in a mountain settlement, but this peace is destined to be short-lived. The Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path concludes with Burning Tundra, a complete adventure for 8th- to 10th-level characters.

HILLCROSS by Jason Tondro
Mammoth Lords convene at the only major settlement in their realm to trade, gather news, and negotiate peace. Explore the Oasis of the North, Hillcross!

ADVENTURE TOOLBOX AND MORE!
This volume also presents megafauna animal companions and ancestral gear that complements the new Mammoth Lord character archetype, and new prehistoric creatures to befriend or bedevil your players.

Illustration by Rodrigo Gonzalez

A seemingly new player appears in the system… Will the heroes make new allies, or will they try to go it alone?

This Starfinder Adventure Path volume continues the Horizons of the Vast Adventure Path and includes:

• Allies Against the Eye, a Starfinder adventure for 9th-level characters by Jabari Weathers.
• A look at the mysterious cult known as the Order of the Culling Shadow by Kim Frandsen.
• A toolbox featuring options for diplomatic characters, ways to unlock mystic power, a collection of strange creatures, and a glimpse at a world covered in glass by Alexander Augunas, Jeremy Corff, John Godek III, Logan Harper, Jenny Jarzabski, Andrew Mullen, Jess Nevins, Jim Seals, and Jabari Weathers.
• Statistics and deck plans for a stealthy ship used by smugglers, pirates, and worse by Jabari Weathers.

Illustration by Wayne Reynolds

You can catch all the past episodes on YouTube, including last month when we discussed Pathfinder Book of the Dead, Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight, Organized Play updates, and more!

Have questions about upcoming products? Ask them here or save them for the Twitch chat! We’ll see you on Friday, March 25, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

We invite you to join us for PaizoCon 2022, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend (May 27–29) at the Doubletree in Seatac, WA. For those unable to make the trek in person, we’re also pleased to announce that PaizoCon Online will once again bring events to your screen with online play and seminars (and an extra day’s events on May 30th). Join us for an amazing weekend of Pathfinder and Starfinder gaming, including the launch of Year 5 of Starfinder Society and the kickoff of the Drift Crisis! We’ll also be celebrating a huge milestone: 2022 is Paizo’s 20th anniversary, and we’d love to have you join us!

While our physical show will be limited to 500 attendees, we still plan to bring plenty of Paizo content to both the online and physical space. Some highlights include:

Premiere events debuting simultaneously at both PaizoCon and PaizoCon Online!

• Launch of Starfinder Society Year 5
• New Starfinder Special #4-99 on Saturday evening from 6–11 pm
• PaizoCon Puzzle Hunt returns for its 6th year!

At PaizoCon 2022 in Seatac you’ll find:

• Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society games from Friday to Sunday
• The Paizo Store
• Rooms for attendees to watch what’s happening at PaizoCon Online
• Small-scale seminars and workshops
• The Glass Cannon Network room returns! Join them for their show in downtown Seattle on Friday night and their PaizoCon show on Saturday night.
• Onsite places for attendees/staff to watch digital events

At PaizoCon Online, you’ll find:

• PaizoCon Online Keynote with Publisher Erik Mona
• Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society games running around the clock from Friday to Monday
• Panels focused on products and big announcements, Friday through Sunday 10 am to 4 pm Pacific

For purchasers of PaizoCon 2020 tickets who rolled them over to our next physical show, we will be updating your tickets to ones for PaizoCon 2022. Anyone who wishes for a refund can do so by contacting customer.service@paizo.com. Please use the subject line “PaizoCon 2020 Refund” to expedite your request. The deadline for refund requests will be March 11, 2022, after which we will open up PaizoCon 2022 tickets for general purchase and put PaizoCon Online tickets on sale.

One change from prior in-person PaizoCons is that we are using Warhorn for all our event scheduling. We will have an initial schedule posted by March 21st and will update it as we add more events. If you are an author, third-party publisher, or Pathfinder Infinite content producer interested in running events, please stay tuned to the Paizo blog for more information about how to add your events to our online or physical schedule!

Covid-19 remains an ongoing consideration, and Paizo is committed to the safety of the Paizo staff and attendees. The precautions we are taking include:

• In-person attendees are required to show proof of vaccination (including booster shots) and wear masks in all Paizo-controlled spaces such as ballrooms, seminar rooms, gaming spaces, and the Paizo store.
• No banquet event
• Hand sanitizer available in public spaces
• Reduced number of physical show tickets with a capped attendance of 500.
• More space between attendees in the seminar rooms, OP hall (between players and between tables), and in the Paizo store
• Paizo will pivot to an online-only event should conditions take a turn for the worse.

Look for more communication over the next few months as we finalize more details, including event registration dates. We look forward to seeing you either in person or online!

-PaizoCon Planning Team

Paizo LIVE 009 is today! Please join Paizo staff members Linda Zayas-Palmer, Jason Bulmahn, Jessica Catalan, Alex Speidel, and me as we take a closer look at the new Pathfinder and Starfinder products coming soon to your local game store and paizo.com. Our live Twitch show starts at 4 p.m. Pacific today, February 18, 2022, and will end early so that we can attend a special internal send-off for Mark Seifter. You can wish him well here.

Preview art from Pathfinder Adventure Path #176: Lost Mammoth Valley (Quest for the Frozen Flame 2 of 3)

February Releases

• Pathfinder Adventure Path #176: Lost Mammoth Valley (Quest for the Frozen Flame 2 of 3)
• Pathfinder Bounty #18: From Family Lost
• Pathfinder Flip-Mat Classics: Keep
• Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Enormous Basic
• Pathfinder Flip-Tiles: Fortress Chambers Expansion
• Pathfinder One-Shot #4: Mark of the Mantis
• Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-10: Delve the Pallid Depths
• Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-11: No Time for Treason
• Starfinder Alien Archive 1 & 2 Battle Cards
• Starfinder Society Scenario #4-14: Rasheen's Remembrance

Preview art from Pathfinder Book of the Dead

While international shipping has made release dates unpredictable, and Pathfinder Book of the Dead is delayed, we will look ahead to March and beyond to discuss it and Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight.

We will begin to explore the next Starfinder Society 2022 metaplot, talk about PaizoCon and Gen Con, and show off amazing art, so you don’t want to miss a minute!

You can watch past episodes on YouTube, including last month when we discussed Starfinder Galactic Magic, the Pathfinder Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path, and Organized Play updates.

Paizo LIVE #8: Galactic Magic, Quest for The Frozen Flame, and Organized Play Updates

Have questions about upcoming products? Ask them here or save them for the Twitch chat! We’ll see you in just a few hours for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Paizo LIVE has become one of my favorite events. If you haven’t joined us, it’s our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases. Join us for Episode 9 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific next Friday, February 18, 2022.

You can catch past episodes on YouTube, including last month when we discussed Starfinder Galactic Magic, the Pathfinder Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path, and Organized Play updates.

On Paizo LIVE, you can get the scoop about Paizo’s biggest products from some of the people who made them, helping you to understand the story they are telling, the innovations they bring to the game, and the insider stories of the products’ creation. Plus, we add a ton of Paizo LIVE spoilers about upcoming products that are worth hunting for. The wit and wisdom of the Paizo Staff is timeless, so you’ll want to watch every episode!

On the next episode, we will present our February 23 Releases, including Lost Mammoth Valley, the second volume of the Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path. We will also start the hype about the next Starfinder Society metaplot.

Then we will look ahead to March with Pathfinder Book of the Dead, Pathfinder Goblin Firework Fight, and more!

We have the pleasure of welcoming Jessica Catalan on the show, who is the Starfinder Society Developer, the author of Lost Mammoth Valley, and is one of two authors on the cover of Pathfinder Book of the Dead, along with Jason Bulmahn. We’re hoping to have Jason on, too.

Have questions about upcoming products? Ask them here or save them for the Twitch chat! We’ll see you on Friday, February 18, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases. Join us for Episode 8 of Paizo LIVE today from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific. Catch past episodes on YouTube.

Join us as we proudly present… your dinner. No, wait, that’s another show. I mean our January Releases!

Here are the featured products and scheduled guests:

• Developer Thurston Hillman, Developer Mike Kimmel, and Editor K. Tessa Newton: Starfinder Bounty #1: The Cantina Job, Starfinder Society Scenario #4-13: Hard Reset, Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-09: The Secluded Siege, and Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-08: Foundation's Price
• Developer Patrick Renie, Development Manager Ron Lundeen, Author Stephanie Lundeen, and Editor K. Tessa Newton: Pathfinder Adventure Path #175: Broken Tusk Moon (Quest for the Frozen Flame 1 of 3)
• Senior Developer John Compton, Thurston Hillman, and Ron Lundeen: Starfinder Galactic Magic






We’ve a lot of art to show. And don’t miss those Paizo LIVE Spoilers!

Have questions for the guests? Ask them here! Then we’ll see you on today for Paizo LIVE!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases. Join us for Episode 8 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific next Friday, January 21. Catch past episodes on YouTube.

I’ll show off all our January Releases! Here are the featured products and scheduled guests:

• Pathfinder Adventure Path #175: Broken Tusk Moon (Quest for the Frozen Flame 1 of 3): Patrick Renie, Ron Lundeen, Stephanie Lundeen, and Ianara Natividad
• Starfinder Galactic Magic: John Compton, Ianara Natividad, Thurston Hillman, and Ron Lundeen
• Starfinder Bounty #1: The Cantina Job: Thurston Hillman
• Starfinder Society Scenario #4-13: Hard Reset, Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-09: The Secluded Siege, and Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-08: Foundation's Price: Mike Kimmel

This episode, the three questions I will ask are:

1. What story does this product help tell?
2. What rules does this product use most or what innovations does it bring to Pathfinder or Starfinder?
3. Is there an insider or behind-the-scenes story of the product’s creation you would like to share? A challenge or joy you found?

And then the conversation will unfold from there. In terms of images, we will showcase the final covers, tables of contents, and chapter header art. Finally, when signing off, I will ask each guest for a Paizo LIVE Spoiler. This can be about any announced future product!

Have questions for the guests? Ask them here! Then we’ll see you on Friday, January 21, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Have questions? Ask them here! Then we’ll see you on Friday, December 10, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases. Join us for Episode 7 of Paizo LIVE today from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific. Catch past episodes on YouTube.

Scheduled guests include organized play line developer Jessica Catalan, editor Patrick Hurley, publisher Erik Mona, and freelance author Kate Baker!

International shipping chaos has whittled down our new releases, but we are prolific and have many upcoming books to highlight, including:

• Starfinder Adventure Path #42: Whispers of the Eclipse (Horizons of the Vast 3 of 6)
• Pathfinder Bounty #17: Sodden Stories
• Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-06: Struck by Shadows
• Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-07: The Locked Lodge
• Starfinder Society Scenario #4-12: A Festive Operation
• Pathfinder Lost Omens Monsters of Myth
• Pathfinder Lost Omens Absalom, City of Lost Omens

Have questions? Ask them here! Then we’ll see you soon for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases. Join us for episode 7 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific next Friday, December 10. Catch past episodes on YouTube.

While international shipping chaos continues to make some release dates unreliable at the time of writing this blog, we have many upcoming books to highlight:

• Pathfinder Adventure Path #174: Shadows of the Ancients (Strength of Thousands 6 of 6)
• Pathfinder Bounty #17: Sodden Stories
• Pathfinder Lost Omens Absalom, City of Lost Omens
• Pathfinder Lost Omens Monsters of Myth
• Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-06: Struck by Shadows
• Pathfinder Society Scenario #3-07: The Locked Lodge
• Starfinder Adventure Path #43: Icebound (Horizons of the Vast 4 of 6)
• Starfinder Society Scenario #4-12: A Festive Operation

Scheduled guests include organized play line developer Jessica Catalan, editor Patrick Hurley, publisher Erik Mona, senior developer Jason Tondro, and more.

Have questions? Ask them here! Then we’ll see you on Friday, December 10, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Watch the live-play premiere of Starfinder One-Shot: The Great Grav-Train Robbery tonight at 6 PM Pacific at @OfficialPaizo on Twitch. See the cast announcement for bios!

Look, the plan couldn’t be simpler. Just rappel onto the roof of a speeding train filled with armed gangsters, somehow get inside, get the passcode that opens the cargo car off the chief of security without alerting their army of goons, locate and grab that crazy artifact everyone’s after, and then call your getaway pilot for an extraction before the train reaches its destination. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

Starfinder One-Shot: The Great Grav-Train Robbery is written by Andrew White can be completed in a single 3- to 4-hour session. It includes four 6th-level pregenerated antiheroes whose stories and motivations tie into the plot of the adventure. (Pregenerated characters for this adventure are also available as a free download.) If players create their own characters, they can use the adventure background to customize their characters to the adventure. This adventure can be easily used on virtual tabletops, run off digital devices, or printed out and played at a table.

Who’s Playing Who?

Michelle Nguyen Bradley as The Muscle: Barat Oza

Species: ijtikri
Theme: mercenary
Class vanguard

Find her work at michellenguyenbradley.com and follow her on all socials at @iamchubbybunny.

Jim Rodehaver as The Face: Aramesh Maageri

Species: spathinae
Theme: grifter
Class: envoy

Find him on Twitter at @EvilJimjam.

Diana Restrepo as The Thief: LNA-464

Species: SRO
Theme: space pirate
Class: operative

Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @dianares3.

Jenny Jarzabski as The Hacker: Kevan Bokoloff

Species: uplifted bear
Theme: scholar
Class: technomancer

Following her on Twitter @spaceprincess_j and stop by twitch.tv/spaceprincessj.

Thurston Hillman as Game Master

You can find him on social media @oncallgm and over at twitch.tv/oncallgm.

Watch the live-play tonight at 6 PM Pacific!

Look, the plan couldn’t be simpler. Just rappel onto the roof of a speeding train filled with armed gangsters, somehow get inside, get the passcode that opens the cargo car off the chief of security without alerting their army of goons, locate and grab that artifact everyone’s after, and then call your getaway pilot for an extraction before the train reaches its destination. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

Starfinder One-Shot: The Great Grav-Train Robbery, written by Andrew White, can be completed in a single 3- to 4-hour session and includes four 6th-level pregenerated antiheroes whose stories and motivations tie into the plot of the adventure. (Pregenerated characters for this adventure are also available as a free download.) If players create their own characters, they can use the adventure background to customize their characters to the adventure. This adventure can be easily used on virtual tabletops, run off digital devices, or printed out and played at a table.

Author: Andrew White
Andrew White (he/him) is the lead front-end developer on paizo.com and a Pathfinder and Starfinder freelance contributor who has written for projects including the Advanced Player's Guide, Bestiary 3, Secrets of Magic, Guns & Gears, Tech Revolution, Drift Crisis, and Book of the Dead. He also recently wrote a piece of web fiction about a bunch of goblins heroically burning down a village with assistance from a giant pig. He has a Twitter where he mostly just retweets his more eloquent colleagues at @plaguecontrol.

About the Pregenerated Characters

The boss recruited a ragtag band of miscreants for this job, all of them active players in Pan’s criminal underworld for some time. They consider themselves independent contractors and are already familiar with each other by reputation, if not by personal experience. While each has their own reasons for taking up a life of crime, they all share one thing in common: animosity toward the Ixo Syndicate, which means the opportunity to rob them is almost as tempting as the payday.

The Face: Aramesh Maageri

Species: spathinae
Theme: grifter
Class: envoy

The Muscle: Barat Oza

Species: ijtikri
Theme: mercenary
Class vanguard

The Hacker: Kevan Bokoloff

Species: uplifted bear
Theme: scholar
Class: technomancer

The Thief: LNA-464

Species: SRO
Theme: space pirate
Class: operative

Announcing the Liveplay Cast

Watch the live-play premiere on Wednesday, November 10 at 6 PM Pacific on @OfficialPaizo on Twitch!

Michelle Nguyen Bradley

Pathfinder Beginner Box: Troubles in Otari
Starfinder: Scoured Stars
Pathfinder One-Shot: Sundered Waves at Gen Con
Starfinder One-Shot: Band on the Run

Michelle Nguyen Bradley is a show host, voice actor, writer, and professional TTRPG player, and is passionate about fostering community and equality in the geek space. She's played characters like Hoa Sen on Critical Role’s "The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood," a butterfly alien on Paizo's "Starfinder: Scoured Stars" campaign, Betty on the official Rat Queen's RPG from Hyper RPG, a huntress wizard on "The Department of Mysteries" from Dragons and Things, and many more personas through her work on RPG shows. She's hosted geek content like Anime Expo Lite, "Manga Book Club" for Viz Media, and "Button Mash" on the Total Nerd Network. Michelle currently appears as a regular cast member for Paizo and Hunters Entertainment's weekly TTRPG shows on Twitch. Find her work at michellenguyenbradley.com and follow her on all socials at @iamchubbybunny.

Jim Rodehaver

Pathfinder Beginner Box: Troubles in Otari
Starfinder: Scoured Stars
Pathfinder One-Shot: Sundered Waves at Gen Con
Starfinder One-Shot: Band on the Run

Jim Rodehaver writes and plays TTRPGs, sometimes during live-streams on The Dragons and Things Network (twitch.tv/thedatnetwork). He’s written content for Starfinder and Dungeon Crate, as well as all the home-brewed adventures for his streamed games. Having GM'd over 200 live actual-play games of Pathfinder and the Starfinder Scoured Stars liveplay, Jim brings his experience to the Paizo community firsthand.

Diana Restrepo

Starfinder: Scoured Stars

Diana Restrepo is an actress, sword fighter, and TTRPG stream player. She has done many short films and web series along with her most recent award-winning series Carpool. She has been part of the DaT Network since the beginning of “Walking in Circles,” “Dragons and Stuff,” and “Dragons and Things.” Recently she was part of the new Pathfinder for Savage Worlds series, “Hollow’s Last Hope.” Currently, she joins the Norse Foundry channel on their show “Fenrir Rising.” When she’s not acting, she’s perfecting her sword fighting and motion capture skills. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @dianares3.

Jenny Jarzabski

Jenny Jarzabski is a Developer at Paizo. She’s also a prolific freelance writer creating adventures, rules, and setting content for Pathfinder, Starfinder, and more. Jenny is passionate about anime, games, mechs, and all things sci-fi. Growing up, she was the weird kid who made up stories and created her own imaginary world. She never grew out of it. When Jenny isn’t developing or writing adventures, she builds models, plays outdoors, and sometimes streams on Twitch. She appeared in Paizo’s “Pungeon Crawl: Worlds Beyond” and “Mind the Gap” as Z, an astrazoan operative and vidgame addict. Starting this week, she’s joining Thurston Hillman to play Modiphius Entertainment’s Dune TTRPG (hosted on twitch.tv/oncallgm) and plans to launch her own Starfinder live play in 2022. Rumors that Jenny is an alien life form are still unconfirmed. Find out for sure by following her on Twitter @spaceprincess_j and stopping by twitch.tv/spaceprincessj.

GM: Thurston Hillman

Thurston Hillman hails from the frozen hinterlands of Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he constantly churns out words and runs tabletop games. In addition to being Paizo's Digital Developer, he was active in the creation of the Starfinder Society Organized Play program and outlined its first two seasons (including the well-received Scoured Stars storyline). Thurston has written countless products for Paizo and other companies as a freelance writer. He is the Gamemaster for the popular "Warhams" TTRPG comedy show on Twitch. You can find him on social media @oncallgm and over at twitch.tv/oncallgm where he sometimes streams his RPG sessions and talks about game design and narrative in games. Also, he apologizes for any Organized Play scenarios he developed that killed your character (seriously, he means it!)

Download your copy then watch the live-play on twitch.tv/officialpaizo on November 10 at 6 PM Pacific!

Tonight, we premiere Pathfinder One-Shot: Headshot the Rot at 6 PM Pacific! We'll take a break at 7:30 Pacific for a special Paizo LIVE interview with Adam Bradford, Chief Development Officer at Demiplane, to learn more about Pathfinder Nexus!

Taking a much-needed relaxing break in between escapades, four gun-toting adventures post up in a dingy bar in one of Alkenstar's entertainment districts. Right across the street at a theater, people flood inside to catch the premiere of a highly-advertised play, but what comes out of the theater is far more dangerous. As people scatter to safety in the dusty streets, it’s up to the group of gunslingers in the bar to set things right.

Meet the Live-play Cast

Adam Conn

Adam Conn hails from the many corners of The DaT Network. Starting way back in the days of Walking in Circles Season 2, Conn has now stepped out as one of the new co-online content creators of the DaT Network. He appeared in past adventures as Kimbulton and Castriel on Dragons and Things, Mooktin in Rise of the Runtlords and Kanon Featherbee in Department of Mysteries. You can currently find him on Harbingers as the best local fisherman Hadrian (Hadi) Marth and over on Norse Foundry's Twitch stream in vods of Fenrir Rising as Nix and their current live show, Alien Connections as Sergeant Trenton Barclow. And premiering Nov 14th, he will be in the GM seat for his Pathfinder show "Voyage of the Siren's Song", a pirate adventure set in the Skull and Shackles AP!

Chelsea Bytes

ChelseaBytes is a singing, fun-focused, conversationalist who has a passion for tech, games, and anime, among many other things. Soon after she started streaming on Twitch 3 years ago, many viewers were surprised to find that she was a Computer Scientist, saying that she was too “loud” and “fun”. This Twitch Partner aims to show the world that Computer Scientists don’t look and act the way most people imagine.

ChelseaBytes plays a large variety of games over on her channel, but when she's not smashing heads in God of War or winning lane in League of Legends, her stream becomes a daytime TV show. This means cosplaying, hosting giveaways, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and cooking gourmet meals for her community, the ByteCommand. Nothing describes Chelsea's stream better than "Variety", and that variety is made up of ALL of her interests. Chelsea's performance doesn't stop at her own Channel. She is an official host of AMC's FearHQ Twitch channel (Re-Watching Dead, Play Dead, TWD Watchalong, etc.) and Amazon's Crown Channel (Fight Night, Chasing the Crown: Dreamers to Streamers, Clicksport-1, etc.), and has hosted events for companies such as Red Bull (Solo Q Tournament Series), Intel (Unboxing+PC Build), Netflix (TUDUM co-stream), and DTS (Multiple PC Builds/Giveaways), to name a few.

Not to be limited to her own stream/hosting, Chelsea spends any extra time guesting. She has had several appearances on D&D Actual Play series like PixelCircus’ "Damsels, Dice, and Everything Nice" and INDG’s "Dungeons & Durags". She was also invited as a Guest/Attending Professional to Dragon*Con 2021 where she co-hosted multiple panels focused on Digital Media. Not one to shy away from causes close to her heart, Chelsea has guested for several charity streams for important causes like "Color of Change" and "Rise Above the Disorder." Regardless of what genre she's in, what channel she's hosting for, or what event she's at, ChelseaBytes always throws herself fully into whatever she's doing.

Michelle Nguyen Bradley

Michelle Nguyen Bradley is a show host, voice actor, writer, and professional TTRPG player, and is passionate about fostering community and equality in the geek space. She's played characters like Hoa Sen on the Critical Role x Elder Scrolls Online RPG, a butterfly alien on Paizo's "Scoured Stars" campaign, Betty on the official Rat Queen's RPG (HyperRPG), a huntress wizard on The Department of Mysteries (Dragons and Things) and many more personas through her work on RPG shows. She's hosted geek content like Anime Expo Lite, "Manga Book Club" for Viz Media, and "Button Mash" on the Total Nerd Network. Michelle currently appears as a regular cast member for Paizo and Hunters Entertainment's weekly TTRPG shows on Twitch. Find her work at michellenguyenbradley.com and follow her on all socials at @iamchubbybunny.

Nathan Ondracek

Nathan Ondracek hails from the mighty land of Illinois, having since ventured to the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles some years ago. He is a herald and bringer of mirth, and has engaged in adventures told on tables for over five years, joining the ranks of Heroic Endeavors and other Vantam Tales, The Stuhm Bl’ahn Inn Stories, and The Quarantine Contingencies.

Translation: A man of the midwest, Nathan Ondracek is an actor, host, and improvisor based in Los Angeles. Since beginning his TTRPG journey in 2016, he has had the privilege of working with The DaT Network, Here Be Dragons, and Bedlam & Discord. Contrary to popular belief, his play-style and characters are not liabilities.

GM:Jim Rodehaver

Jim Rodehaver writes and plays TTRPGs, sometimes during live-streams on The Dragons and Things Network (twitch.tv/thedatnetwork). He’s written content for Starfinder and Dungeon Crate, as well as all of the home-brewed adventures for his streamed games. Having GM'd over 200 live actual-play games of Pathfinder, Jim is looking forward to bringing his experience to the Paizo community first hand.

Catch up with our last blog!

Download your copy now!

Watch the live-play on twitch.tv/officialpaizo tonight at 6 PM Pacific!

Join us for Paizo LIVE, Episode 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific tonight, Friday, October 8! Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about all things upcoming from Pathfinder and Starfinder. Catch past episodes on YouTube.

We have 14 products releasing on October 13! My guests and I will highlight a few, including:

• Michael Sayre, designer: Pathfinder Guns & Gears, Pathfinder One-Shot: Head-Shot the Rot, Pathfinder Adventure Path #173: Doorway to the Red Star (Strength of Thousands 5 of 6)
• Ron Lundeen, development manager: Pathfinder Adventure: Night of the Gray Death
• Patrick Hurley, editor: Pathfinder Lost Omens: The Grand Bazaar
• Luis Loza, developer: Pathfinder Adventure Path #172: Secrets of the Temple-City (Strength of Thousands 4 of 6)
• Jason Tondro, senior developer: Starfinder Adventure: The Liberation of Locus-1
• Linda Zayas-Palmer, development manager: Paizo Organized Play

And we’ll talk about other upcoming products too!

I’ll have a stack of all the October Products at my desk and we’ll show off some of the amazing images pulled from the pages.

We’ll take your questions before and during the show, so ask them here, and we’ll pick our favorites. Then we’ll see you tonight for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about upcoming sweet Pathfinder and Starfinder goodness. Join us for episode 6 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific next Friday, October 8. Catch past episodes on YouTube.

The products releasing on October 13 that we are scheduled to highlight are:

1. Pathfinder Guns & Gears
2. Pathfinder Night of the Gray Death
3. Pathfinder Lost Omens Grand Bazaar
4. Pathfinder One-Shot: Head-Shot the Rot
5. Starfinder Adventure: The Liberation of Locus-1
6. Organized Play news and new releases.
7. We might squeeze in an Adventure Path Update

We will be showing some of the amazing images from our Gen Con seminars. And we’ll take your questions before and during the show, so ask them here, and we’ll pick our favorites. Then we’ll see you on Friday, October 8, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

When the Pathfinder Secrets of Magic Liveplay began, four esteemed graduates from the College of Mysteries in Absalom were sent to a tiny desert village in eastern Thuvia along the banks of the Junira River. Rumor had it that everyone in this small community had suddenly developed magical abilities. Power that, if left unchecked, might spell their doom. Perhaps more troubling, it seemed even those who just visited the town received powers as well!

In the Pathfinder Secrets of Magic Liveplay we asked, “Can these four spellslinging scholars work together to solve this mystery before rogue magic tears the place apart?”

Well tonight, the investigators finally get to the bottom of the mysterious magic given to the people of the small desert town, but if they’re to have any hope of stopping this calamity they have to face off against an incredibly powerful foe!

Join a halfling summoner, dwarf wizard, half-elf magus, and kitsune witch for a last look at the exciting new content in the Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook and watch as they uncover the true danger that awaits them in the sands of Thuvia!

THANK YOU HEROES!

Your heroes are:

• Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny
• London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle
• Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

You might especially like to follow along while referencing all the new Pathfinder Secrets of Magic open-source rules content on our partner site, Archives of Nethys.

Catch the last episode of this unique, 10-episode actual-play show as it concludes tonight at 6 pm Pacific!

Join us on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Ding, they’ve all leveled up to 7! And they have new loot!

Join a halfling summoner, dwarf wizard, half-elf magus, and kitsune witch for a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic, and watch as they uncover the true danger that awaits them in the sands of Thuvia! This unique, 10-episode, actual play show airs live every Wednesday at 6 PM Pacific through September 15 on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and see the exciting material from the Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook, which is now available!

In Episode 01 | A Lively Welcome: Four scholars are sent to a small desert town to investigate a wild tale. Rumor has it that everyone in the community has developed magical abilities. Upon arriving, they learn that the rumors might be true—and that such power can be quite dangerous!

In Episode 02 | Merchant of Lies: After dealing with an inn run amok, our scholars finally get a chance to rest and learn about the town, but their investigation is stymied by a massive commotion. A local merchant is selling marvelous gold and gem-encrusted wares at incredible prices. Too good to be true, or the deal of a lifetime?

In Episode 03 | Season of Flame: Dancing flames race through the tiny town of Zaltir, causing panic and chaos in their wake. They move so fast that it may be impossible for our scholars to catch them before the town burns to ashes!

In Episode 04: The Great Goat War, Part 1: Two goatherders have declared war on each other, and the nearby village is caught in the carnage! Using their newfound magical powers, these two threaten to bring ruin to the community as armored goats run amok.

In Episode 05 |The Great Goat War, Part 2: It’s war! Two goatherders fight over a small patch of arable scrublands that their goats use to feed, but this "No Goat's Land" isn’t big enough for the both of them. Can our scholars and investigators broker a peace before the war spills over into the nearby town?

In Episode 06 | Shadows and Song: A master thief is on the loose in Zaltir, using powerful magic to steal from the unsuspecting people of the tiny desert town. Can our scholars from Absalom track down this rogue and bring them to justice?

In Episode 07 | Caught by the Tale: Waiting in ambush, our scholars hope to catch the treacherous thief who stole a number of their prized belongings. Meanwhile, a visiting noble's parties are growing out of control, threatening to engulf the town in endless revelry.

In Episode 08 | The Spark: After dealing with the treacherous merchant, our investigators hope to rest and relax, but the party at the Drowsy Camel never stops now that Vintarius is the center of attention. More troubling, though, are the ominous flames dancing on the horizon, and they’re growing closer by the hour!

What will happen next in Episode 9 of the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay?

In Case You Missed it!

Your heroes are:

• Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny
• London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle
• Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook scheduled to release September 1! Catch Episode 3 of this unique, 10-episode actual play show as it continues tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Join us on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

While the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay is usually on Wednesdays at 6 pm Pacific, we are taking the night off to support and call attention to the growing problem of hate raids on marginalized streamers. In short, there has been a “recent explosion of ‘hate raids’—in which trolls overwhelm streamers’ chats with bot-powered fake accounts that spam hateful messages.” We are standing in solidarity with other streamers to take September 1 off to say #TwitchDoBetter. We need Twitch to make additional tech tools to create a safer space a top priority. You can join us tomorrow, Thursday September 2 this week.

Gaming Is for All

Whether you are the GM or a player, participating in a tabletop roleplaying game includes a social contract: everyone has gathered together to have fun telling a story. For many, roleplaying is a way to escape the troubles of everyday life. Be mindful of everyone at the table and what they want out of the game, so that everyone can have fun. When a group gathers for the first time, they should talk about what they hope to experience at the table, as well as any topics they want to avoid. Everyone should understand that elements might come up that make some players feel uncomfortable or even unwelcome, and everyone should agree to respect those boundaries during play. That way, everyone can enjoy the game together.

Pathfinder is a game for everyone, regardless of their age, gender, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other identities and life experiences. It is the responsibility of all of the players, not just the GM, to make sure the table is fun and welcoming to all.

—Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook, page 8.

Now, back to the story! In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and see the exciting material from the Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook, which is now available!

Join a halfling summoner, dwarf wizard, half-elf magus, and kitsune witch for a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic and watch as they uncover the true danger that awaits them in the sands of Thuvia! This unique, 10-episode, actual play show airs live every Wednesday at 6 PM Pacific through September 15 on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

In Episode 01 | A Lively Welcome: Four scholars are sent to a small desert town to investigate a wild tale. Rumor has it that everyone in the community has developed magical abilities. Upon arriving, they learn that the rumors might be true—and that such power can be quite dangerous!

In Episode 02 | Merchant of Lies: After dealing with an inn run amok, our scholars finally get a chance to rest and learn about the town, but their investigation is stymied by a massive commotion. A local merchant is selling marvelous gold and gem-encrusted wares at incredible prices. Too good to be true, or the deal of a lifetime?

In Episode 03 | Season of Flame: Dancing flames race through the tiny town of Zaltir, causing panic and chaos in their wake. They move so fast that it may be impossible for our scholars to catch them before the town burns to ashes!

In Episode 04: The Great Goat War, Part 1: Two goatherders have declared war on each other, and the nearby village is caught in the carnage! Using their newfound magical powers, these two threaten to bring ruin to the community as armored goats run amok.

In Episode 05 |The Great Goat War, Part 2: It’s war! Two goatherders fight over a small patch of arable scrublands that their goats use to feed, but this "No Goat's Land" isn’t big enough for the both of them. Can our scholars and investigators broker a peace before the war spills over into the nearby town?

In Episode 06 | Shadows and Song: A master thief is on the loose in Zaltir, using powerful magic to steal from the unsuspecting people of the tiny desert town. Can our scholars from Absalom track down this rogue and bring them to justice?

In Episode 07 | Caught by the Tale: Waiting in ambush, our scholars hope to catch the treacherous thief who stole a number of their prized belongings. Meanwhile, a visiting noble's parties are growing out of control, threatening to engulf the town in endless revelry.

What will happen next in Episode 8 of the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay?

In Case You Missed it!

Your heroes are:

• Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny
• London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle
• Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook scheduled to release September 1! Catch Episode 3 of this unique, 10-episode actual play show as it continues tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Join us on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Months ago, as we were preparing for the Jasper’s Game Week 2021 charity fundraiser, we received an email from Anne “Hearthsinger” Richmond (on Twitter at @annerichmond) saying that Jasper’s Game Day’s usual Twitch overlay volunteer wasn’t available. She knew that our art department put together some overlays for Pathfinder Second Edition and Starfinder, but they had a few more players at each table than those overlays could hold. They needed overlays for a GM, plus five or six players, for some of the virtual tabletops for the event.

Well, one thing led to another, and we ended up making simple overlays for tables of up to seven players, plus the GM! We’ve bundled the overlays for four to seven players, a Game Master, some stats, and a space for the virtual tabletop together into free downloads for you. These are 1920 x 1080 PNG and PSD files with transparencies (i.e., blank holes) for the frames that go over the windows for the guests. They will soon find a permanent home in the Community Use Package. Enjoy!

Pathfinder Stream PNG Overlay and PSD Overlay

Starfinder Stream PNG Overlay and PSD Overlay

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new material in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook, scheduled to release on September 1st. We’ve seen new spells, feats, and of course, the new magus and summoner classes.

Last week we featured a few of the new cantrip spells we’ve seen so far. Now, here are a few of the new spells that can be found on the player’s character sheets:

Animal AlliesH (con): Summon animals to briefly attack adjacent foes.

EarthbindCR (tra): Bring a flying creature to the ground.

Magnetic AccelerationH (evo): Magnetically launch an item to attack a foe.

Join a halfling summoner, dwarf wizard, half-elf magus, and kitsune witch for a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic and watch as they uncover the true danger that awaits them in the sands of Thuvia! This unique, 10-episode, actual play show airs live every Wednesday at 6 PM Pacific through September 15 on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

In Episode 01 | A Lively Welcome: Four scholars are sent to a small desert town to investigate a wild tale. Rumor has it that everyone in the community has developed magical abilities. Upon arriving, they learn that the rumors might be true—and that such power can be quite dangerous!

In Episode 02 | Merchant of Lies: After dealing with an inn run amok, our scholars finally get a chance to rest and learn about the town, but their investigation is stymied by a massive commotion. A local merchant is selling marvelous gold and gem-encrusted wares at incredible prices. Too good to be true, or the deal of a lifetime?

In Episode 03 | Season of Flame: Dancing flames race through the tiny town of Zaltir, causing panic and chaos in their wake. They move so fast that it may be impossible for our scholars to catch them before the town burns to ashes!

In Episode 04: The Great Goat War, Part 1: Two goatherders have declared war on each other, and the nearby village is caught in the carnage! Using their newfound magical powers, these two threaten to bring ruin to the community as armored goats run amok.

In Episode 05 |The Great Goat War, Part 2: It’s war! Two goatherders fight over a small patch of arable scrublands that their goats use to feed, but this "No Goat's Land" isn’t big enough for the both of them. Can our scholars and investigators broker a peace before the war spills over into the nearby town?

In Episode 06 | Shadows and Song: A master thief is on the loose in Zaltir, using powerful magic to steal from the unsuspecting people of the tiny desert town. Can our scholars from Absalom track down this rogue and bring them to justice?

What will happen next in Episode 7 of the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay?

In Case You Missed it!

Your heroes are:

• Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny
• London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle
• Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook scheduled to release September 1! Catch Episode 3 of this unique, 10-episode actual play show as it continues tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Join us on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!M

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new material in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook, scheduled to release on August 25th. We’ve seen new spells, feats, and of course, the new magus and summoner classes.

Let’s get a glimpse of some of the new cantrips we’ve seen so far!

Approximate (div): Magically estimate the number of nearby objects.

Bullhorn^H (ill): Magnify your voice to be heard at a distance.

Healing Plaster^H (tra): Transform mud into a healing plaster to treat wounds without healer’s tools.

Tame^H (enc): Make a domesticated animal friendlier to you.

Join a halfling summoner, dwarf wizard, half-elf magus, and kitsune witch for a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic and watch as they uncover the true danger that awaits them in the sands of Thuvia! This unique, 10-episode, actual play show airs live every Wednesday at 6 PM Pacific through September 15 on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

In Episode 01 | A Lively Welcome: Four scholars are sent to a small desert town to investigate a wild tale. Rumor has it that everyone in the community has developed magical abilities. Upon arriving, they learn that the rumors might be true—and that such power can be quite dangerous!

In Episode 02 | Merchant of Lies: After dealing with an inn run amok, our scholars finally get a chance to rest and learn about the town, but their investigation is stymied by a massive commotion. A local merchant is selling marvelous gold and gem-encrusted wares at incredible prices. Too good to be true, or the deal of a lifetime?

In Episode 03 | Season of Flame: Dancing flames race through the tiny town of Zaltir, causing panic and chaos in their wake. They move so fast that it may be impossible for our scholars to catch them before the town burns to ashes!

In Episode 04: The Great Goat War, Part 1: Two goatherders have declared war on each other, and the nearby village is caught in the carnage! Using their newfound magical powers, these two threaten to bring ruin to the community as armored goats run amok.

In Episode 05 |The Great Goat War, Part 2: It’s war! Two goatherders fight over a small patch of arable scrublands that their goats use to feed, but this "No Goat's Land" isn’t big enough for the both of them. Can our scholars and investigators broker a peace before the war spills over into the nearby town?

What will happen next in Episode 6 of the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay?

In Case You Missed it!

Your heroes are:

• Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny
• London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle
• Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook scheduled to release September 1! Catch Episode 3 of this unique, 10-episode actual play show as it continues tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Join us on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!M

Here is our streaming schedule for the upcoming Gen Con Online, September 16–19, 2021. All shows will be hosted on the Twitch.com/officialpaizo channel. You can register your interest and sign up for Paizo Organized Play games on Gen Con’s website, then join us on the Paizo Events Discord during the event

Thursday Shows
Friday Shows
Saturday Shows
Sunday Shows

Thursday, Sept 16

Thursday 11 a.m. EDT (4 hours): Hands to Hilts Pathfinder First Edition Liveplay by Fiend & Foil

Adventure with our determined yet ever-wayward cast as we press on into the Pathfinder First Edition Adventure Path Rise of the Runelords with our GM, Luke! Will our adventures lead us to glory... or death? A few things are certain: our journey is bound to include ancient wizards, wicked fiends, and towering ruins! Fiend & Foil aims to create interesting, thought-provoking, and fun content. With over a dozen years of experience in different systems and diverse backgrounds in role-playing, we elevate our production with sounds from Syrinscape, good audio quality, interesting artwork, and evocative descriptions. We nurture a supportive and welcoming community, where anyone is free to express themselves without fear of facing hatred or backlash and express that through our time at the table. We also produce Dread Air, a horror podcast! Find Fiend & Foil on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Thursday 3 p.m. EDT (one hour): Paizo Keynote Address with Publisher Erik Mona

Join Paizo Publisher and Chief Creative Officer Erik Mona for a peek at upcoming Paizo releases!

Thursday 4 p.m. EDT (one hour): Pathfinder Designer Showcase: Guns & Gears

Join Paizo Design Team members for an in-depth discussion of the upcoming Pathfinder Guns & Gears rulebook, releasing October 2021.

Thursday 5 p.m. EDT (one hour): Catching Up with Paizo Organized Play

Paizo Organized Play developers and program staff discuss upcoming storylines, convention appearances, future plans for the Starfinder Society and Pathfinder Society organized play programs.

Thursday 6 p.m. EDT (one hour): Beyond the Stars: Starfinder Galactic Magic

Take a sneak peek into the contents of the upcoming Starfinder RPG rulebook slated for release in December 2021, as presented by the Starfinder editorial team!

Thursday 7 p.m. EDT (4 hours): Circus of The Broken Chain Pathfinder Second Edition Liveplay by GoblinCaveTV

Roll up, grab some popcorn, and join the crew of GoblinCaveTV as they twist, tumble and maybe succeed at an Acrobatics check while exploring the Extinction Curse Adventure Path. Ringmaster Karsh the Goblin (a 15+ year circus professional) guides the Circus of the Broken Chain. Join Azzy the Hydrokinetic Kobold, Lieriel the Liberated, the Virtuous Jojyre Vanreak, Jake “Blazing” Fury, and Leafy the Leshy (alongside performing partner Blueberry the Bear) as they stumble and flounder their way through the demanding life of a performing troop, often getting caught up in unanticipated and unusual events!

Our diverse cast is brought together by a love of shared storytelling and includes Emi Rabbit, MrLiveProducer, and Karsh (Australia); WillJF and Del (US); and Lorian Ross (UK).
GoblinCaveTV is a Twitch Actual Play Channel whose unique “pink mohawk” playstyle encourages our inner goblins to come out to play, leading to hilarious results, as epic fails often bring more joy than critical success! If you think this zany crew is for you, please check us out at Twitch.TV/GoblinCaveTV.

Thursday 11 p.m. EDT (4 hours): We Run the Stars Starfinder Liveplay by Atomically Awesome (TBD)

Join cast members Ferix, Ted, Sonni, Auto, Denver, Domino, Xurat, and Thrawn as they travel through the stars. Enjoy the escapades of eight new space travelers as they explore the galaxy! Our players are new to Starfinder, so we often walk through some of the rules that might be difficult for new players or groups! We're all about telling a great story and having a good time doing it!

Find us at:
https://www.twitch.tv/jbrews
https://www.youtube.com/jbrews11
Also available via podcast.

Friday, Sept 17

Friday 9 a.m. EDT (4 hours): Abomination Vaults: Hands of the Devil Pathfinder Second Edition Liveplay by Recall Knowledge

Recall Knowledge is playing through the Pathfinder Second Edition Abomination Vaults Adventure Path. What devilish things await them beneath the vaults? We are a group of 5e vets, crit fumbling their way through learning Pathfinder! We are all friends from Southern California who have been playing TTRPGs together for years, and we've started taking a teaching (and learning!) approach to Pathfinder. We provide both a playthrough of the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path, as well as GM Prep videos to help others feel comfortable in running the game themselves.
Our game is proudly played on the FoundryVTT!

Cast:
Steve: Our Fearless GM
Ninna: Nulara, the Duskwalker Human Fighter
Rick: Halarmony, the Human Maestro Bard
Richard: Mukta, the Desert Ysoki Rogue
Mike: Clovis, the Half-Elf Leaf Druid, with his leshy companion Mooshy

Find us at:
https://www.twitch.tv/RecallKnowledge
https://www.youtube.com/c/RecallKnowledge
https://www.twitter.com/RecallKnowledge

Friday 1 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Know Direction Interview: Jason Bulmahn

Join Know Direction staff as they interview Paizo's Director of Game Design about upcoming projects, streaming games on Twitch, and his decades of involvement in the TTRPG industry.

Friday 2 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Know Direction Interview: John Compton

Join Know Direction staff as they interview Starfinder senior developer John Compton about being a Paizo staffer, his experiences as a freelancer, and future projects he's involved with.

Friday 3 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Pathfinder Tales of Lost Omens: What’s Next

Delve into the world of Golarion through the Lost Omens campaign setting for the Pathfinder (second edition) RPG. Come learn about upcoming projects and ask questions about prior releases.

Friday 4 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Pathfinder Designer Showcase: Upcoming Projects

Pathfinder Design Team members talk about upcoming releases for the Pathfinder RPG, including Book of the Dead and beyond.

Friday 5 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Paizo Adventure Roundup: Print & Digital

Join Paizo editorial staffers as they take a peek at 2022’s stand-alone adventure production for the Pathfinder and Starfinder RPGs.

Friday 6 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Industry Spotlight: Engaging Diverse Voices

Paizo editorial staffers lead a discussion on finding and engaging creators that embrace diverse viewpoints to work towards a more inclusive industry.

Friday 7 p.m. EDT (4 hours): Far Beyond the Stars: Junkers Delight Starfinder Liveplay by Fantastic Worlds Productions

The Fantastic Worlds Crew journeys into the Paizo’s Starfinder adventure Junkers Delight! What sort of antics will this crew get into? Join Galactic Mistress Abbie Lammel as she guides the crew of the Spaceship Calamity, played by Dustin Alexander, Heidi Owens, Jess Negin, and Logan Mayne-Rizzi, as they search for treasure buried amongst a graveyard of crashed starships on the red planet of Akiton.

Fantastic Worlds Productions is a fantasy and science-fiction-focused podcast network and production team whose mission is to create engaging, nuanced, and thoughtful entertainment about the subjects we love most.

We produce three actual play podcasts: Fantastic Worlds (Pathfinder Reign of Winter AP), Far Beyond the Stars (Starfinder Fly Free or Die AP), and our Patreon exclusive, the Greatest Show on Earth, (Pathfinder Extinction Curse AP) which you can join today at fantasticworlds.cash. You can find out more about all our shows at fantasticworldspod.com

Fantastic Worlds Productions is a licensed partner of Paizo.

Friday 11 p.m. EDT (4 hours): Understories: A Leshy Adventure Pathfinder Second Edition Liveplay by Hijinks

When Druid Gammonfeather’s prized crop is mysteriously stolen from his cottage garden ahead of the Dandybreeze country fair, his leshy garden keepers must leave the safety they’ve always known in order to save the day. It’s up to its smallest denizens to set it right! Plant-based hijinks ensue in this all-leshy one-shot. Join an all-queer cast of Ebony, Claire, Regan, and Tom for this original verdant adventure with a party that will really grow on you!

Hijinks is a group of Australian creatives that believes in bringing people together through sharing stories and playing games. They aim to produce engaging and inclusive stories with a heartfelt feeling and exceptional quality. Hijinks creates Re:Alignment, a Pathfinder Second Edition actual play series on YouTube.

See more at https://www.youtube.com/hijinks

Saturday, Sept 18

Saturday 9 a.m. EDT (4 hours): The Alpha vs the Omega Pathfinder Second Edition Liveplay by WafflesMapleSyrup

The last battle of worlds has been prophesied. Treerazer vs the Tarrasque at the world’s end. Yet, there may be a chance. If anyone can do anything to prevent the pending apocalypse, it would be these four adventurers. Four level 18 adventurers will be sent on a mission to save the existence of the Material Plane from the inevitable devastation this cataclysmic battle will cause. As the Tarrasque and Treerazer fight, the player characters must complete several tasks in order to even be able to stand a chance against these terrifying foes.

WafflesMapleSyrup is joined by Anne Hearthsinger for this high-level race against time! WMS is a group in which TTRPGs have literally saved lives and continue to do good. WMS strives for inclusivity and mental health awareness, doing so by providing a community where everyone is welcome and telling meaningful stories for your listening pleasure.

Links: twitch.tv/wafflesmaplesyrup
Wafflesmaplesyrup.com
Anywhere you get podcasts and all social media platforms.

Saturday 1 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Know Direction Interview: Avi Kool

Join Know Direction staff as they interview Avi Kool, Paizo's Senior Editor for the Pathfinder RPG, about upcoming projects and working in the TTRPG industry.

Saturday 2 p.m. EDT (1 hour) Know Direction Interview: Jenny Jarzabski

Join Know Direction staff and Jenny Jarzabski, Line Developer for Paizo’s Starfinder Society Organized Play program, as they discuss the future of organized play, upcoming projects, and working in the TTRPG industry.

Saturday 3 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Telling Tales: Paizo Adventure Paths

The Adventure Path development teams take a close look at upcoming campaigns and answers your questions about Adventure Paths past, present, and future.

Saturday 4 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Industry Spotlight: Freelancing for Paizo

Paizo editorial staff discuss how to get started as a freelancer in this informative seminar designed to showcase tips and strategies to help you get your foot in the door as an author.

Saturday 5 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Ask Paizo Anything: Pathfinder Edition

Got a question about Pathfinder rules or lore? Want to know what it is like working on TTRPGs? Paizo’s editorial staffers provide answers in this open-ended audience-participation Q&A session!

Saturday 6 p.m. EDT (1 hour): Ask Paizo Anything: Starfinder Edition

Got a question about Starfinder rules or lore? Want to know what it is like working on TTRPGs? Paizo’s editorial staffers provide answers in this open-ended audience-participation Q&A session!

Saturday 7 p.m. EDT (4 hours): Pathfinder One-Shot: Sundered Waves Liveplay by Penny for a Tale (Pathfinder Second Edition)

Join Penny for a Tale as they explore Pathfinder Second Edition’s Sundered Waves.

They say that dead men tell no tales. How, then, are we in possession of this message from a dead captain? Join Gamemaster Ian as he leads Daniel, Jennifer, James, Sam, and Mister Smith through the Shackles and toward treasure, peril, and perhaps something much more sinister. Will fortune favor the bold?

Penny for a Tale is a variety Twitch channel with a long-standing Age of Ashes campaign. The group focuses on narrative storytelling and collaboration with a constant eye on safety at the table and creating a welcoming space.

Ian at Penny for a Tale has been writing, GMing, and organizing Pathfinder actual plays consistently since 2018—all connected through the evolving canon of Pathfinder in an anthology of player stories designed to cultivate a “living world” with over 35 players across more than 70 PCs.

Saturday 11 p.m. EDT (4 hours): Heck Knights in Space: A Starfinder Liveplay by Dungeon Dive Bar

Join the Dungeon Dive Bar crew in a homebrew Starfinder adventure, as our Hellknight afficionado Megan extrapolates Golarion Hellknight lore to enhance Starfinder canon and we all get to embody the law... but in space!

The Story So Far:
The Hellknight Order of the Godclaw, lost during the Gap, held valuable technology within its mobile Citadel: war machines that were said to embody aspects of each of its patron deities. For centuries, the machines have been inactive and undisturbed, accessible only by those with the privilege to know of their existence: the upper echelons of the surviving Orders. A few days ago, though, the Citadel’s alarms were raised. Someone has found their way into the Citadel’s private demiplane, survived to trespass within… and stirred the machines to life. It is up to a strike team of Paralictors from the surviving Orders to find out who.

Dungeon Dive Bar is an actual play podcast running the Emerald Spire Superdungeon, where we entertain listeners with a good story, great roleplay, and a solid grasp of mechanics and lore.

Find more about us at https://linktr.ee/dungeondivebar

Sunday, Sept 19

Sunday 9 a.m. EDT (4 hours): Free Zach Starfinder Liveplay by Natural Pengu

Chief Zach has gone AWOL. Droids are acting strange. A Lashuntan intern has stolen codes needed for water mining. Star City 5 prepares for war.

We stream stories of characters at the limits of human experience using Starfinder as our playground.

“An exchange student, who stole sensitive Tech League property, had intimate relations with an UNSCARF officer, now AWOL. What we call a ‘Cluster-F###’ in diplomatic circles. However, the politicians will scream: “An act of terror!" on Mira-Vision by morning.” Ard Basst-The Service-Star City 5 Vex acts as security for the Lashunta-Human Relations Liaison Sefuro. Meanwhile squadron battle droids Carnage T9 and Slayer i28 experience a neural network onslaught. As the artificial night sky over Star City 5 Zone 1 darkens, mysterious forces collude to implicate the Commander, Sefuro, and the droids in a terrorist act against the whole population of the behemoth starship.

STORY:
An exchange student, who stole sensitive Tech League property, had intimate relations with an UNSCARF officer, and is now AWOL. While this is a mess in all diplomatic circles, it’s inevitable that the politicians will proclaim this “An act of terror!" on Mira-Vision by morning. Ard Basst-The Service-Star City 5 Vex acts as security for the Lashunta-Human Relations, Liaison Sefuro. Meanwhile squadron battle droids, Carnage T9 and Slayer i28, experience a neural network onslaught. As the artificial night sky over Star City 5 (Zone 1) darkens, mysterious forces collude to implicate the Commander, Sefuro, and the droids in a terrorist act against the whole population of the behemoth starship.

CAST:
Markku Lorentz-GM, Vanessa Poole-Commander Vex, Valentin Lundin-Sefuro Mononashi, Michaela Palmer-Carnage T9 and Joakim Johansson-Slayer i28

FIND US AT https://twitch.tv/naturalpengu or https://youtube.com/naturalpengu

Sunday 1 p.m. EDT (4 hours): Hideous Laughter Productions Presents: It’s Always Frosty in Irrisen, a Pathfinder Second Edition Liveplay

Join GM Griffin and the HLP team as they brave frigid temps and fearsome foes in the icy northern reaches of Golarion for an action-packed rendition of Pathfinder Society Scenario #2-08: A Frosty Mug!

The neighbors of Irrisen, a frigid land locked in a seemingly perpetual ice age, put out a call. Communication from inside the frostbitten country ceased and it’s up to the HLP gang to uncover why and save the day. Come for the displaced Russian soldiers and cold-hearted winter witches. Stay for the laughter and adventure!

Hideous Laughter Productions is an officially licensed partner of Paizo Inc. and prides itself on providing rich storytelling, immersive characters, crisp audio quality, and an at-home-feeling experience to our listeners!

HLP produces several podcasts: Hideous Laughter (1sted Carrion Crown AP); Bestow Curse (2nded version of Curse of the Crimson Throne AP), The Zone of Truth(interview/reviews) and Linked Legacy (Patreon-exclusive guest GM playthrough of Pathfinder modules).

Find us at https://www.hideouslaughterpodcast.com or on your favorite podcast platform!

Sunday 5 p.m. EDT (4 hours): Dice Will Roll: Dinners & Dwarves Pathfinder Second Edition Liveplay

Dice Will Roll plays Pathfinder One-Shot: Dinner at Lionlodge, where an invite to a lonely cabin in the mountains could spell doom for our new heroes! Join our gender nonconformist GM, Derry, alongside Dave, Ritz, Luna, and a brand-new cast of characters attending a luxurious dinner in a comfortable mountain lodge. Nothing bad could happen, right? Right?

Founded in 2019, Dice Will Roll focuses on telling the stories of queer early 20-year-olds from all over the world. Three years later, we're still going strong, earning the 2020 Audioverse Award for Best Improvised Production, and chalking up almost 200,000 downloads of our show.

Our shows feature Pathfinder Second Edition rules: Campaign 1 (Kingmaker AP) involves building the Kingdom of Kilcela and Campaign 2 (Extinction Curse AP) showcases a traveling circus preventing the end of the world, giant worm-on-a-string monsters, and strange snake familiars.

Come check out Dice Will Roll at dicewillroll.com or on your fave podcast and be sure to keep it rollin'!

Sunday 9 p.m. EDT (4 hours): The Truth of the Lone Jackal Pathfinder Second Edition Liveplay in a collaboration by The Adventurer’s Vault and Skald’s Tale Entertainment!

The Princess of Drustin is missing and propaganda for the Cult of the Lone Jackal appeared in her quarters. The heroes must find the Princess before panic erupts throughout the Kingdom. The cast includes GM Christopher Rondeau and players Rich Southard, Brad Wayne, Kiedra Gerl, and Cody Garett Wells.

The Truth of the Lone Jackal, based on the Age of Strife campaign setting, features folklore from creator/GM Rondeau’s mixed heritage, including new takes on uncommon races, bespoke religions, new advancement rules, and homebrew material.

Full-time GM Christopher Rondeau owns Skald’s Tale Entertainment, writes for Major Spoilers Entertainment, and runs the Wyvern’s Aria Podcast/City of Cynics Video Series. Find him at https://skaldstale.com/ or @skaldstale.

The Adventurers’ Vault Actual Play TTRPG podcast broadcasts from the heart of the Ozarks and tells unique, impactful stories using TTRPGs as a medium. Through collaborative storytelling, we explore themes and ideas from multiple perspectives and tell a meaningful tale. Find us at https://www.theadventurersvault.com/ or @tadvault on twitter.

Join us for episode 5 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific tonight. Paizo LIVE is our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and guests talking about all things Pathfinder and Starfinder. You can watch past episodes on YouTube.

Scheduled guests include:

• Development Manager Linda Zayas-Palmer to discuss Starfinder and Pathfinder Society Achievement Point boons.
• Developer Thurston Hillman to discuss upcoming digital products.
• Development Manager Ron Lundeen to discuss Pathfinder Adventure Path #169: Kindled Magic and Starfinder Adventure Path #40: Planetfall.
• Pathfinder Lead Designer Logan Bonner to discuss Secrets of Magic.
• Starfinder Senior Developer John Compton to discuss Tech Revolution.
• Alexandria Bustion, co-author of Pathfinder Adventure Path #169: Kindled Magic.
• Misha Bushyager, co-author of Starfinder Adventure: Junker’s Delight.

We’ll take your questions before and during the show, so ask them here, and we’ll pick our favorites. Then we’ll see you tonight for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Join a halfling summoner, dwarven wizard, half-elf magus, and kitsune witch for a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic and watch as they uncover the true danger that awaits them in the sands of Thuvia! This unique, 10-episode, actual play show airs live every Wednesday at 6 PM Pacific through September 15 on Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

In Episode 01 | A Lively Welcome: Four scholars are sent to a small desert town to investigate a wild tale. Rumor has it that everyone in the community has developed magical abilities. Upon arriving, they learn that the rumors might be true—and that such power can be quite dangerous!

In Episode 02 | Merchant of Lies: After dealing with an inn run amok, our scholars finally get a chance to rest and learn about the town, but their investigation is stymied by a massive commotion. A local merchant is selling marvelous gold and gem-encrusted wares at incredible prices. Too good to be true, or the deal of a lifetime?

In Episode 03 | Season of Flame: Dancing flames race through the tiny town of Zaltir, causing panic and chaos in their wake. They move so fast that it may be impossible for our scholars to catch them before the town burns to ashes!

In Episode 04: The Great Goat War, Part 1: Two goatherders have declared war on each other, and the nearby village is caught in the carnage! Using their newfound magical powers, these two threaten to bring ruin to the community as armored goats run amok.

What is causing these strange magical occurrences, and what will happen next in Episode 4?

In Case You Missed it!

Your heroes are:

• Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny
• London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle
• Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook scheduled to release August 25! ! Catch Episode 3 of this unique, 10-episode actual play show as it continues tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Paizo LIVE is our almost-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about all things Pathfinder and Starfinder. Join us for episode 5 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific next Friday, August 13. Catch past episodes on YouTube.

Scheduled guests include:

• Organized Play Managing Developer Linda Zayas-Palmer to discuss Starfinder and Pathfinder Society Achievement Point boons.
• Development Manager Ron Lundeen to discuss Pathfinder Adventure Path #169: Kindled Magic and Starfinder Adventure Path #40: Planetfall.
• Pathfinder Lead Designer Logan Bonner to discuss Secrets of Magic.
• Starfinder Senior Developer John Compton and Editor K. Tessa Newton to discuss Tech Revolution.
• Alexandria Bustion, co-author of Kindled Magic.
• Misha Bushyager, co-author of Starfinder Adventure: Junker’s Delight.

We’ll take your questions before and during the show, so ask them here, and we’ll pick our favorites. Then we’ll see you on Friday, August 13, for Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

In Episode 01 | A Lively Welcome: Four scholars are sent to a small desert town to investigate a wild tale. Rumor has it that everyone in the community has developed magical abilities. Upon arriving, they learn that the rumors might be true—and that such power can be quite dangerous!

In Episode 02 | Merchant of Lies: After dealing with an inn run amok, our scholars finally get a chance to rest and learn about the town, but their investigation is stymied by a massive commotion. A local merchant is selling marvelous gold and gem-encrusted wares at incredible prices. Too good to be true, or the deal of a lifetime?

In Episode 03 | Season of Flame: Dancing flames race through the tiny town of Zaltir, causing panic and chaos in their wake. They move so fast that it may be impossible for our scholars to catch them before the town burns to ashes!

What is causing these strange magical occurrences, and what will happen next in Episode 4?

In Case You Missed it!

Your heroes are:

• Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny
• London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle
• Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook scheduled to release August 25! ! Catch Episode 3 of this unique, 10-episode actual play show as it continues tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

In Episode 01 | A Lively Welcome: Four scholars are sent to a small desert town to investigate a wild tale. Rumor has it that everyone in the community has developed magical abilities. Upon arriving, they learn that the rumors might be true—and that such power can be quite dangerous!

In Episode 02 | Merchant of Lies: After dealing with an inn run amok, our scholars finally get a chance to rest and learn about the town, but their investigation is stymied by a massive commotion. A local merchant is selling marvelous gold and gem-encrusted wares at incredible prices. Too good to be true, or the deal of a lifetime?

Don’t miss Episode 03 | Season of Flame, tonight!

In Case You Missed it!

Your heroes are:

• Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific
• Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny
• London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle
• Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook scheduled to release August 25! ! Catch Episode 3 of this unique, 10-episode actual play show as it continues tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Last week, four “Enigmas,” esteemed graduates from the College of Mysteries in the metropolis of Absalom, traveled to a tiny desert village in eastern Thuvia, along the banks of the Junira River. The halfling summoner Fairel (Bonnie Gordon), dwarven wizard Ingot (Xander Jeanneret), half-elf magus Dond Oom (London Carlisle), and kitsune witch Hachi (Michelle Nguyen Bradley), followed rumors that everyone in this small community had suddenly developed magical abilities. After overcoming an ambush that helped them learn each other’s abilities, including an explosive spellstrike critical hit from the magus, they crested the nearest dune to find the bustling, arid hamlet before them.

As the night continued, they indeed met inhabitants displaying new magical abilities and began to explore what might be the cause. Theories were abundant, but answers weren’t immediately clear. Can these four spellslinging scholars work together to get to the bottom of this mystery before rogue magic tears the place apart?

In Case You Missed it!

Meet the Cast! | See the Character Art!

Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

In the Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic liveplay, you can have a great time learning the Pathfinder Second Edition game and get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic rulebook scheduled to release August 25! Catch Episode 2 of this unique, 10-episode actual play show as it continues tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Join a halfling summoner, a dwarven wizard, a half-elf magus, and a kitsune witch to get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic, and watch as they uncover the true danger that awaits them in the sands of Thuvia! This unique, 10-episode, actual play show starts tonight at 6 PM Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Four esteemed graduates from the College of Mysteries in Absalom are sent to a tiny desert village in eastern Thuvia along the banks of the Junira River. Rumor has it that everyone in this small community has suddenly developed magical abilities. Power that, if left unchecked, might spell their doom. Perhaps even more troubling, even those who just visit the town receive powers as well! Can these four spellslinging scholars work together to get to the bottom of this mystery before rogue magic tears the place apart?

Take a look at your heroes and a behind the scenes look at their character art orders!

Xander Jeanneret as Ingot - @Xanderrific

Ingot is a male dwarf with white hair, blunt bangs, long sideburns, and a well-groomed white beard. He has round gold spectacles and crystal jewelry hanging from his ears, around his neck, and on both wrists. He wears purple robes, has a large, leather-bound spellbook with a large crystal on the cover at his waist, and even more crystals hang from his belt. In one hand, he has a wand with a crystal tip that he’s using to cast some powerful cold spell. Color palette focuses for this piece are purples, whites, gold.

Michelle Nguyen Bradley as Hachi - @iamchubbybunny

This illustration depicts a female kitsune. She has bright, white fur with red markings on her cheeks, forehead, and the tips of her nine tails. She wears a sheer, dusty grey-blue dress that has silver accents and fittings (like shoulder guards, and silver ribs like a corset; see reference). In one hand, she has a silver and blue wand with a star and moon motif. Her other hand is stroking a small, pale, white and blue dragon (an east Asian dragon shape, more like a snake) that’s coiled up on her shoulders. It has a ruff of fur around its head, white like the kitsune’s.

London Carlisle as Dond Oom - @LondonCarlisle

Dond Oom is a half elf of Garundi descent. He has warm brown skin, pointed ears that protrude from the loose curls of his jet black hair, and brown eyes. He’s dressed in elaborate, finely tailored clothing, including a finely made tunic under an embroidered vest as well as well-made trousers tucked neatly into mid-calve boots. Over his vest, he has a navy blue long-coat. In one hand, he has a fan of playing cards (he’s a gambler by trade), and in the other, he has a wide-bladed shortsword that has a hint of magic running up and down the blade, flowing from his hand.
Color palette for this piece is blue with accents of red, white, and gold embellishments.

Bonnie Gordon as Fairel - @BonnieBellG

Fairel is a female Uhlam halfling. She has light skin with freckles and a rosy completion from having spent long days out in the wild. Her hair is reddish/brown, and it runs a bit wild with twigs, leaves, and maybe even a small vine wrapped up inside (some of it looks accidental, but a few bits might be intentionally placed). She’s barefoot, wearing a rough spun tunic and simple breeches that mostly have earth tones with green highlights and leaf patterning. Overall, it looks like she might have rolled around in a bush a bit. Around her neck, she has a wolf-tooth pendant. She holds a gnarled walking staff in one hand, while mystical green runes surround her other hand, as if she’s casting a spell. Finally, she has a mystical symbol on her neck, like three comets trailing each other. This symbol is identical to the one on her wolf companion.

This image is of a full-sized wolf. It’s large enough for Fairel to ride. Its coat is mostly gray, but it has some brown/red highlights. It too looks like it has rolled around in the underbrush a bit, as it has leaves and twigs caught in its fur. On its neck, it also has a mystical symbol, like three comets trailing each other. The wolf has a fierce expression, but it isn’t actively snarling. Color palette focus here is on greens and warm browns.

Don’t miss Jason Bulmahn, Paizo Director of Game Design, as the GM and author! - Twitter

ICYMI: Meet the Cast!

Four esteemed graduates from the College of Mysteries in Absalom are sent to a tiny desert village in eastern Thuvia along the banks of the Junira River. Rumor has it that everyone in this small community has suddenly developed magical abilities. Power that, if left unchecked, might spell their doom. Perhaps even more troubling, even those who just visit the town receive powers as well! Can these four spellslinging scholars work together to get to the bottom of this mystery before rogue magic tears the place apart?

Join a halfling summoner, a dwarven wizard, a half-elf magus, and a kitsune witch to get a first look at some of the exciting new content in the upcoming Pathfinder Secrets of Magic, and watch as they uncover the true danger that waits for them in the sands of Thuvia! It all starts LIVE on Wednesday, July 14 at 6 PM Pacific at Twitch.tv/OfficialPaizo!

Meet the Cast

Xander Jeanneret - Twitter | Twitch

Xander Jeanneret is an actor, roleplayer, streamer, and musician on the internet. Folks may recognize him as 'X' from Vampire the Masquerade: LA By Night, Rikki Huckster from Relics and Rarities, or from the Library Bards, his nerd parody band.

He has turned his love for roleplaying games into a career, and continues to tell stories and create characters; follow along on Twitter at @Xanderrific!

Michelle Nguyen Bradley - Twitter | Twitch

Michelle Nguyen Bradley is a show host, writer, and professional TTRPG player, and is passionate about fostering community and equality in the geek space. She's played characters like Betty on the official Rat Queen's RPG (HyperRPG), a huntress wizard on The Department of Mysteries (Dragons and Things), a Viet granny crime lord on Altered Carbon (Hunters Entertainment), a heavenly Aasimar knight on Broken Pact (Saving Throw Show), an awkward librarian Tremere vampire on Denver by Night (Queuetimes), and many more personas through her work on RPG shows. She currently hosts the video game deep dive show, "Button Mash" on the Total Nerd Network, and is a featured RPG cast member of the Hunters Entertainment Twitch channel.

Find her work at iamchubbybunny.com and follow her on all socials at @iamchubbybunny.

London Carlisle - Twitter

London Carlisle is an actor, roleplayer, streamer, and producer based in New York City. He is the creator and game master of Spot Hidden, a Call of Cthulhu actual play series. London is also a cast member of the Ain’t Slayed Nobody podcast. He has also been featured on a multitude of streams including Becca Scott’s Good Time Society, Satine Phoenix’s Gilding Light, Jared Logan’s Stream of Blood, Roll 4 It, and The Initiative Order.

Follow London on Twitter for his latest stage, screen, and TTRPG updates. @LondonCarlisle

Bonnie Gordon - Twitter

Bonnie Gordon is mostly known as a voiceover actor, singer, and TTRPG player. You might recognize her voice on popular videos games and cartoons such as: Street Fighter V; Mega Man 11; Code Vein; Muhyo and Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation; Mighty Magiswords; and many more to be announced soon! You might also recognize her as a TTRPG player from Twitch channels such as Geek & Sundry, QueueTimes, HyperRPG, Project Alpha, GaryCon, Dragons & Things—and from her time on ABC’s hit reality/fantasy show, The Quest! Check out her nerdy parody band with Xander Jeanneret, The Library Bards!

Follow her socials for more updates about her music & future VO announcements! @BonnieBellG @LibraryBards

Jason Bulmahn - Twitter

Jason Bulmahn (@JasonBulmahn) got his start in gaming administering the Living Greyhawk campaign but soon after was hired as the Managing Editor of Dragon magazine. After the end of the magazine’s print run, Jason became the Lead Designer of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Now, as Paizo’s Director of Game Design, he leads the team behind Pathfinder Second Edition. He is also an experienced Game Master, writing and running the Oblivion Oath, a Pathfinder Actual Play stream on Twitch, the Knights of Everflame Pathfinder series for Geek & Sundry, and the Band of Bravos Pathfinder Actual Play stream on Twitch.

Paizo LIVE is our monthly two-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and guests, like RPG authors, talking a little bit about all things Pathfinder and Starfinder. Join us for Episode 4 of Paizo LIVE today from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific! Catch past episodes on YouTube.

Scheduled guests include:

• Starfinder Society Developer Jenny Jarzabski and Organized Play Developer Mike Kimmel will discuss the Year of the Data Scourge and the Year of Shattered Sanctuaries, currently ongoing.
• Pathfinder Developer Eleanor Ferron and RPG author Jabari Weathers will discuss Pathfinder Lost Omens: The Mwangi Expanse, scheduled to release 7/7.
• Starfinder Lead Designer Joe Pasini to discuss the Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual, available now.
• Pathfinder Designer James Case will discuss Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path volume 3, King of the Mountain and the upcoming rulebook Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic.
• Pathfinder Creative Director James Jacobs will discuss Pathfinder Adventure: Malevolence (scheduled to release 7/7) and Pathfinder One-Shot #2: Dinner at Lionlodge, available now

We will take your questions before and during the show, so ask your questions here and we’ll pick our favorites. Then we’ll see you on tonight at Paizo LIVE at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

The PaizoCon Online 2021 panels are going up on Youtube, so you can watch them again or see what you missed. You can watch the Keynote Revelations and Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual panels, PaizoCon Liveplays, Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path panels, Pathfinder Secrets of Magic panels, panels about the Art of Paizo and The Mwangi Expanse —and now you can check out the “Secrets of...” and Ask the Experts panels!

Secrets of Golarion

Learn about what’s between the covers of the Lost Omens books and what’s behind the scenes. Join some of the crew steering the world of Golarion to hear about what’s going on in the world and what’s coming. We’ll be answering as many questions as we can—but not all secrets will be revealed.

Secrets of the Pact Worlds

Join some of Starfinder’s top storytellers as they reveal the mysteries behind the Starfinder campaign setting, from unpublished conspiracies to the real stories behind that one thing you really want to know. Bring your setting questions to this often too-honest Q&A!

Ask the Experts: Starfinder Q&A

You have questions about the Starfinder RPG, and we have the answers! Sit down with Lead Designer Joe Pasini, Senior Developer John Compton, and Developer Jason Tondro for a question-and-answer session.

Ask the Experts: Pathfinder Q&A

Answers straight from the source! Join Designers Michael Sayre and James Case, Design Manager Mark Seifter, and Director of Game Design Jason Bulmahn for an hour-long conversation.

The PaizoCon Online 2021 panels are going up on YouTube, so you can watch them again or see what you missed. You can watch the Keynote Revelations, Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual panels, PaizoCon Liveplays, Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path panels, Pathfinder Secrets of Magic panels —and now panels on the Art of Paizo, Pathfinder Lost Omens: The Mwangi Expanse with a bonus interview with one of the Lost Omens Designers!

The Art of Paizo

Join Managing Art Director Sonja Morris along with Art Directors Kent Hamilton and Adam Vick as they take you on a tour of the art team's favorite illustrations of the year. Once the tour is over, the panel answers art questions while revealing the new creature drawn by Kent from concepts drawn from the art survey.

Tales of Lore: Exploring the Mwangi

See the Mwangi Expanse! We're showing off the Mwangi Expanse like never before and giving you a look at its ancestries, cultures, geography, and adventures. Learn all about the Lost Omens Mwangi Expanse book and the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path!

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Developer Eleanor Ferron

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Jefferson “Perram” Thacker interview Pathfinder Developer Eleanor Ferron.

Danger Club: Allie Bustion Talks Mwangi Expanse & Strength of Thousands

Lastly, on the heels of PaizoCon, Danger Club Podcast sat down with freelance author Alexandria Bustion (@madpierrot) to talk Lost Omens Mwangi Expanse, Strength of Thousands, and her career.

The PaizoCon Online 2021 panels are going up on Youtube, so you can watch them again or see what you missed. You can already watch the Keynote Revelations, Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual panels, and PaizoCon Liveplays, Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path —and now Pathfinder Secrets of Magic with a bonus interview with the Pathfinder Lead Designer!

Behind the Pages: Secrets

Discover the real-life secrets behind our upcoming release, Pathfinder Secrets of Magic! Authors Logan Bonner and Mark Seifter and Editing Lead Avi Kool dish out behind-the-scenes stories, insights into the way we built the book from concept to execution, and new reveals!

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Designer Logan Bonner

Know Direction staff members Jefferson “Perram” Thacker and Loren Sieg interview Pathfinder Designer Logan Bonner.

The PaizoCon Online 2021 panels are going up on Youtube, so you can watch them again or see what you missed. You can already watch the Keynote Revelations, Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual panels, and PaizoCon Liveplays. Now dive into the Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path and an interview with its Development Lead, Patrick Renie!

Tales of Lore: Tournament of Champions!

Step into the ring with the creators of the Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path! In this no-holds-barred panel, writers and editors share stories about working on the latest chapter in the Ruby Phoenix’s epic saga before answering all your burning questions about Golarion’s greatest tournament.

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Developer Patrick Renie

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Jefferson “Perram” Thacker interview Pathfinder Developer Patrick Renie.

PaizoCon 2021 saw the release of two brand new adventures, plus two more shows by 2 Perception and QueueTimes. Check out what you missed!

Starfinder One-Shot: Band on the Run

The members of the up-and-coming rock band Neon & Noqual are all set for the career-making opportunity to play at the Pact Worlds' biggest concert venue! But when their rickety starbus breaks down with mere hours left in the journey, the musicians will have to pack up their instruments and hitch a ride or two through the asteroids of the Diaspora. Will the power of music help them get to the gig on time, or will they miss their shot at making it big?

Fan-favorites Xander Jeanneret, Katie Wilson, Gabe Hicks, and Michelle Nguyen Bradley reunite for another evening of mischief and mayhem, this time as they take their Band on the Run!

Pathfinder One-Shot: Dinner at Lionlodge

Invited to attend a grand dinner at an isolated hunting lodge, the PCs are in for a treat. Initially called forth to go on an exciting hunt the following day, an uncomfortable meal causes some trepidation. The eccentric hunter who inhabits the lodge has other plans for his guests. Can the group figure out what's going on before their dinner is ruined?

GM Troy Lavallee of The Glass Cannon Network takes fellow podcasters Alicia Marie, Skid Maher, Noura Ibrahim, and Joe O’Brien through the second Pathfinder One-Shot Dinner at Lionlodge, written by James Jacobs.

QueueTimes

Join the cast of QueueTimes and Paizo Organized Play Managing Developer Linda Zayas-Palmer as they step in the shoes of 20th-level characters being pulled from retirement to save the world one last time.

2 Perception: Old Debts Come True

The 2 Perception team head to the backwoods of rural Ustalav... not intentionally, of course! These unlikely heroes find themselves hunted by a beast lurking in the woods and have no chance to survive if they can't figure out how to fight against it. "Old Debts Come Due" is a 1st-level one-shot adventure where the goal is clear: Fight off the creature or become its next meal!

It is the last day of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars and live-plays running on our Twitch channel.

Monday, May 31

Digital Adventure Stream 2 Perception with GM Squiiddish (2–6 pm)

Join players live at a table for "Old Debts Come Due," a one-shot of adventurers dealing with a stalking horror in the woods of rural Ustalav.

Times for all events are Pacific Daylight time (GMT –7), and you can catch everything on Paizo’s official Twitch channel.

There are also hundreds of Paizo Organized Play games occurring at PaizoCon Online! Grab your Organized Play number ( or get one by creating a Paizo account). Then go to Warhorn to view scheduled events and sign up for games. If you need assistance, hop on the Paizo Events Discord and post in the #help channel!

Join the PaizoCon Discord community to chat with friends, ask Paizo staffers questions in the ask me anything (AMA) channels, hang out at the PaizoCon Cafe or Bar, participate in giveaways, and more! Many partners and contributors are hosting content in their channels. Don’t miss the #giveaways channel, where attendees can enter to win some awesome prizes.

Discord Partner Featured Events

Fantastic Worlds Presents: Starfinder Live Play: Clone Batch Catastrophe - Part 3 (10 am–12 pm)

Fantastic Worlds Presents: When the adventurers explore the false moon of Salvation's End, they discover a newly opened vault ripe for exploration.

Rich Mansion” from Wrath of Righteous Beta

Visit Wrath of the Righteous CRPG promo page at wrath.owlcatgames.com/promo.

There is still a chance to jump into the Beta by purchasing the Early Access package through this page (or just get a base copy at a great price). Wrath of the Righteous CRPG is scheduled for sale on September 2nd!

Participate in the Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary Humble Bundle to support Stop AAPI Hate. The bundle’s tiers include PDFs of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, Bestiary, Lost Omens World Guide, Lost Omens Gods & Magic, Gamemastery Guide, all six volumes of the Extinction Curse Adventure Path and, at the highest tier, a physical copy of the Pathfinder Bestiary!

Don’t forget the PaizoCon sale; save 20% on one order of Paizo products at the Paizo Store.

Throughout PaizoCon, you can find all the info and links you need at PaizoCon.com!

Thank you for attending and for being a part of the community!

Welcome to Day 3 of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars and live-plays running on our Twitch channel.

Sunday, May 30

Know Direction Pre-Seminar Discussion (11:45–12 pm)

Join Know Direction Staff as they review the day’s seminar schedule.

The Art of Paizo (12–1 pm)

Join Managing Art Director Sonja Morris along with Art Directors Kent Hamilton and Adam Vick as they take you on a tour of the art team's favorite illustrations of the year. Once the tour is over, the panel will answer art questions while revealing the new creature drawn by Kent from concepts drawn from the art survey, ongoing now to May 26.

Tales of Lore: Exploring the Mwangi (1–2 pm)

See the Mwangi Expanse! We're showing off the Mwangi Expanse like never before and giving you a look at its ancestries, cultures, geography, and adventures. Learn all about the Lost Omens Mwangi Expanse book and the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path!

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Developer Eleanor Ferron (2–3 pm)

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Jefferson “Perram” Thacker interview Pathfinder Developer Eleanor Ferron.

Ask the Experts: Starfinder Q&A (3–4 pm)

You have questions about the Starfinder RPG, and we have the answers! Sit down with Lead Designer Joe Pasini, Senior Developer John Compton, and Developer Jason Tondro for a question-and-answer session.

Ask the Experts: Pathfinder Q&A (4–5 pm)

Answers straight from the source! Join Designers Michael Sayre and James Case, Design Manager Mark Seifter, and Director of Game Design Jason Bulmahn for an hour-long conversation.

PaizoCon Online Panel Wrap Up (5–6 pm)

Join Aaron and Know Direction as they close the seminar portion of PaizoCon by looking at some of the highlights. But we aren’t quite done with PaizoCon Online 2021, as live-streams and games continue throughout Monday.

Live Play: QueueTimes (6–10 pm)

Join the cast of QueueTimes and Paizo Organized Play Managing Developer Linda Zayas-Palmer as they engage in hijinks and shenanigans.

Times for all events are Pacific Daylight time (GMT –7), and you can catch everything on Paizo’s official Twitch channel.

There are also hundreds of Paizo Organized Play games occurring at PaizoCon Online! Grab your Organized Play number ( or get one by creating a Paizo account). Then go to Warhorn to view scheduled events and sign up for games. If you need assistance, hop on the Paizo Events Discord and post in the #help channel!

Join the PaizoCon Discord community to chat with friends, ask Paizo staffers questions in the ask me anything (AMA) channels, hang out at the PaizoCon Cafe or Bar, participate in giveaways, and more! Many partners and contributors are hosting content in their channels. Don’t miss the #giveaways channel, where attendees can enter to win some awesome prizes.

Discord Partner Featured Events

Non-Standard Action: Fly Free or Die! (9 AM-1 PM)

Join the crew of the Severance Package as they continue their search for a job that won't try to kill them! twitch.tv/nonstandardaction

Fantastic Worlds Presents: Starfinder Live Play: Clone Batch Catastrophe - Part 2 (10 AM-2 PM)

Fantastic Worlds Presents: When some adventurers explore the false moon of Salvation's End, they discover a newly opened vault ripe for exploration.

Find the Path Live: Harbingers' Gambit (10 AM-3 PM)

The Harbingers have sought to locate Aroden since the deity was lost. Join the crew as Jess GMs them through a 2e one-shot set in Nidal.

Foundry Virtual Tabletop - PaizoCon Q&A

Atropos (lead developer and owner of Foundry VTT) will be joined by Nethys (Archives of Nethys), as well as TMun, one of the lead developers of the PF2E game system for Foundry VTT. We'll showcase features of Foundry Virtual Tabletop and some of the awesome community-developed content available for Pathfinder, as well as give away a few license keys for Foundry VTT during the stream.

Fantastic Worlds Presents: Pathfinder 2e Live Play: Freedom For Wishes - Part 2 (3 PM-5 PM)

Fantastic Worlds Presents: Panic spreads throughout the Qadiran city of Sedeq when a party hosted by the infamous genie-binder, Corvius Vayn, goes horribly wrong. With wishes dispensed like confectionery to the guests, Vayn's manor is now something out of a child's wildest imagination, and Sedeq's town guard are paralyzed to act. With few good options, the Qadiran government requests assistance in assessing what has happened in Vayn's manor and put an end to the errant wishcrafting.

Dragon Punch Squad Podcast Live: Little Trouble in Big Absalom (5-8 PM)

Join the Dragon Punch Squad as they play through Paizo's one shot, Little Trouble in Big Absalom. What treasure awaits our brave Kobold adventurers as they delve into the depths of a long forgotten temple? Join us and find out!

“Rumble” from Wrath of Righteous Beta

Visit Wrath of the Righteous CRPG promo page at wrath.owlcatgames.com/promo.

There is still a chance to jump into the Beta by purchasing the Early Access package through this page (or just get a base copy at a great price). Wrath of the Righteous CRPG is scheduled for sale on September 2nd!

Participate in the Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary Humble Bundle to support Stop AAPI Hate. The bundle’s tiers include PDFs of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, Bestiary, Lost Omens World Guide, Lost Omens Gods & Magic, Gamemastery Guide, all six volumes of the Extinction Curse Adventure Path and, at the highest tier, a physical copy of the Pathfinder Bestiary!

Don’t forget the PaizoCon sale; save 20% on one order of Paizo products at the Paizo Store.

Throughout PaizoCon, you can find all the info and links you need at PaizoCon.com!

Welcome to Day 2 of an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars and live-plays running on our Twitch channel.

Saturday, May 29

Know Direction Pre-Seminar Discussion (11:30–12:00 pm)

Join Know Direction Staff as they review the day’s seminar schedule. Also features a spotlight interview with Giochi Uniti’s Stefano De Carolis as he previews the upcoming Pathfinder Arena boardgame.

Tales from the Vault: A Look at Paizo’s Beginning Years (12–1 pm)

Join Erik Mona, James Jacobs, Sarah E. Robinson, and Jason Bulmahn for a trip down memory lane. How did Paizo come to be? Why did Paizo decide to create Pathfinder? How have things changed over the years? What secrets might you be able to coax out of us with properly phrased questions?

Behind the Pages: Secrets of Magic (1–2 pm)

Discover the real-life secrets behind our big upcoming release Secrets of Magic! Authors Logan Bonner and Mark Seifter and Secrets of Magic Edit Lead Avi Kool dish out behind-the-scenes stories, insights into the way we built the book from concept to execution, and new reveals!

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Designer Logan Bonner (2–3 pm)

Know Direction staff Jefferson “Perram” Thacker and Loren Sieg interview Pathfinder Designer Logan Bonner.

Tales of Lore: Starfinder Adventures (3–4 pm)

Join Editor Ianara Natividad, Starfinder Society Developer Jenny Jarzabski, Developer Jason Keeley, and Managing Editor Leo Glass as they offer behind-the-scenes insights from their work crafting Starfinder adventures. Elevate your Starfinder adventure writing skills with tips from these experts!

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Starfinder Developer Jason Keeley (4–5 pm)

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Loren Sieg interview Starfinder Developer Jason Keeley.

Secrets of the Pact Worlds (5–6 pm)

Join some of Starfinder’s top storytellers as they reveal the mysteries behind the Starfinder campaign setting, from unpublished conspiracies to the real stories behind that one thing you really want to know. Bring your setting questions to this often too-honest Q&A!

Live Play: Pathfinder One-Shot Dinner at Lionlodge with the Glass Cannon Podcast (6–10 pm)

GM Troy Lavallee takes fellow podcasters Alicia Marie, Skid Maher, Noura Ibrahim, and Joe O’Brien through the second Pathfinder One-Shot Dinner at Lionlodge, written by James Jacobs.

Times for all events are Pacific Daylight time (GMT –7), and you can catch everything on Paizo’s official Twitch channel.

There are also hundreds of Paizo Organized Play games occurring at PaizoCon Online! Grab your Organized Play number ( or get one by creating a Paizo account). Then go to Warhorn to view scheduled events and sign up for games. If you need assistance, hop on the Paizo Events Discord and post in the #help channel!

Join the PaizoCon Discord community to chat with friends, ask Paizo staffers questions in the ask me anything (AMA) channels, hang out at the PaizoCon Cafe or Bar, participate in giveaways, and more! Many partners and contributors are hosting content in their channels. Don’t miss the #giveaways channel, where attendees can enter to win some awesome prizes.

Discord Partner Featured Events

Fantastic Worlds Presents: Starfinder Live Play: Clone Batch Catastrophe - Part 1 (10 AM-12PM)

Fantastic Worlds Presents: When some adventurers explore the false moon of Salvation's End, they discover a newly opened vault ripe for exploration.

The Medusa Effect: How to Create Engaging Villains Without Relying on Stereotypes (1-2 PM)

Good villains antagonize the party, but great villains are direct foils for the characters, contrasting with them and highlighting their differences or dark similarities. To create these engaging villains, a GM often pulls their inspiration from the real world in order to bring their antagonists to life—which can result in taking narrative shortcuts that, despite our best intentions, are rooted in damaging stereotypes of marginalized groups. In this panel, the members of Fantastic Worlds Productions will be delving into how to go about creating delightful, thrilling, and dangerous three-dimensional characters without relying on harmful caricatures as our community strives towards fostering more inclusive gaming spaces. We will give you tips and techniques on how to avoid problematic cribbing while still creating fearsome foes that your party will love to hate!

Fantastic Worlds Presents: Pathfinder 2e Live Play: Freedom For Wishes - Part 1 (3–5 PM)

Fantastic Worlds Presents: Panic spreads throughout the Qadiran city of Sedeq when a party hosted by the infamous genie-binder, Corvius Vayn, goes horribly wrong. With wishes dispensed like confectionery to the guests, Vayn's manor is now something out of a child's wildest imagination, and Sedeq's town guard are paralyzed to act. With few good options, the Qadiran government requests assistance in assessing what has happened in Vayn's manor and put an end to the errant wishcrafting.

Wayfinder Launch Party (4-6 PM)

Join Editor-in-Chief and PaizoCon founder Tim Nightengale as he celebrates the launch of the newest edition of Wayfinder Magazine with authors, artists, and more!

“Tactical Combat Interface” from Wrath of Righteous Beta

Visit Wrath of the Righteous CRPG promo page at wrath.owlcatgames.com/promo.

There is still a chance to jump into the Beta by purchasing the Early Access package through this page (or just get a base copy at a great price). Wrath of the Righteous CRPG is scheduled for sale on September 2nd!

Participate in the Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary Humble Bundle to support Stop AAPI Hate. The bundle’s tiers include PDFs of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, Bestiary, Lost Omens World Guide, Lost Omens Gods & Magic, Gamemastery Guide, all six volumes of the Extinction Curse Adventure Path and, at the highest tier, a physical copy of the Pathfinder Bestiary!

Don’t forget the PaizoCon sale; save 20% on one order of Paizo products at the Paizo Store.

Throughout PaizoCon, you can find all the info and links you need at PaizoCon.com!

Welcome to an extended weekend of adventures at PaizoCon 2021 Online! Here is tomorrow's schedule of seminars and live-plays running on our Twitch channel.

Friday, May 28

Know Direction Pre–Seminar Discussion (11–12 pm)

Paizo Marketing and Media Manager Aaron Shanks and Know Direction presenters Ryan Costello, Jefferson “Perram” Thacker, and Loren Sieg talk about upcoming events occurring at PaizoCon Online 2021.

Welcome to PaizoCon & Publisher Keynote Address (12–1 pm)

Join us as host Alex Speidel officially opens PaizoCon Online 2021. We start off with a welcome from President Jeff Alvarez. Next up is a keynote address from Publisher Erik Mona, including a sneak peek of some upcoming projects. We wrap the show with some convention logistic news from Organized Play Manager Tonya Woldridge.

Behind the Pages: Galaxy Exploration Manual (1–2 pm)

Discover the upcoming Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual with some of its creators as your guide! Together we’ll uncover its exciting secrets—character options, biomes, exploration, toolboxes, and more—all while sharing tales of how the book came to be.

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Starfinder Designer Joe Pasini (2–3 pm)

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Jefferson “Perram” Thacker interview Starfinder Designer Joe Pasini.

Tales of Lore: Tournament of Champions! (3–4 pm)

Step into the ring with the creators of the Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path! In this no-holds-barred panel, writers and editors share stories about working on the latest chapter in the Ruby Phoenix’s epic saga before answering all your burning questions about Golarion’s greatest tournament.

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Developer Patrick Renie (4–5 pm)

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Jefferson “Perram” Thacker interview Pathfinder Developer Patrick Renie.

Secrets of Golarion (5–6 pm)

Learn about what’s between the covers of the Lost Omens books and what’s behind the scenes. Join some of the crew steering the world of Golarion to hear about what’s going on in the world and what’s coming. We’ll be answering as many questions as we can—but not all secrets will be revealed.

Live Play: Starfinder One-Shot Band on the Run with The Dragons & Things Network (6–10 pm)

Fan-favorites Xander Jeanneret, Katie Wilson, Gabe Hicks, and Michelle Nguyen Bradley reunite for another evening of mischief and mayhem, this time as they take their Band on the Run!

Times for all events are Pacific Daylight time (GMT –7), and you can catch everything on Paizo’s official Twitch channel.

There are also hundreds of Paizo Organized Play games occurring at PaizoCon Online! Grab your Organized Play number ( or get one by creating a Paizo account). Then go to Warhorn to view scheduled events and sign up for games. If you need assistance, hop on the Paizo Events Discord and post in the #help channel!

Join the PaizoCon Discord community to chat with friends, ask Paizo staffers questions in the ask me anything (AMA) channels, hang out at the PaizoCon Cafe or Bar, participate in giveaways, and more! Many partners and contributors are hosting content in their channels. Don’t miss the #giveaways channel, where attendees can enter to win some awesome prizes.

Discord Partner Featured Events

Foundry Virtual Tabletop: PaizoCon Q&A (12–1:30 pm)

Atropos (lead developer and owner of Foundry VTT), Nethys (Archives of Nethys), and TMun, one of the lead developers of the PF2E game system for Foundry VTT, showcase features of Foundry Virtual Tabletop and some of the awesome community-developed content available for Pathfinder, as well as giving away a few license keys for Foundry VTT during the stream.

Roll, Play, Grow: The Life-Enriching Power of RPGs (1–2 pm)

Join Adam Davis, MA Ed. and Dr. Elizabeth Kilmer of Game to Grow as they talk about the power of applied games to facilitate insight, growth, and change!

Pathfinder Arena Board Game Q&A (2–3 pm)

Join Stefano De Carolis from Giochi Uniti to learn more about the Pathfinder Arena board game!

Find the Path Movie Night! (5–8 pm)

Join the crew as we watch The Mummy! You'll need HBO Max in order to join in on the fun. So make some popcorn & join the movie night!

Vault of Graves” from Wrath of Righteous Beta

Visit Wrath of the Righteous CRPG promo page at wrath.owlcatgames.com/promo.

There is still a chance to jump into the Beta by purchasing the Early Access package through this page (or just get a base copy at a great price). Wrath of the Righteous CRPG is scheduled for sale on September 2nd!

Participate in the Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary Humble Bundle to support Stop AAPI Hate. The bundle’s tiers include PDFs of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, Bestiary, Lost Omens World Guide, Lost Omens Gods & Magic, Gamemastery Guide, all six volumes of the Extinction Curse Adventure Path and, at the highest tier, a physical copy of the Pathfinder Bestiary!

Fill your shopping cart now for the PaizoCon sale! Save 20% on one order of Paizo products at the Paizo Store, starting tomorrow Friday May 28

Throughout PaizoCon, you can find all the info and links you need at PaizoCon.com!

The Starfinder Scoured Stars liveplay ends with an epic assault in the final episode of this limited series! Join us tonight, Wednesday May 26, for “Episode 10 | Decisive Strike,” at 6 p.m. PDT on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

How it started...

The planet of Golarion is gone, and the details about what happened to it are lost to the Gap, a mysterious period of time marked by a void of knowledge about literally everything. Even the duration of the Gap is unknown, and the gods are silent.

The Starfinder Society is dedicated to finding this lost knowledge, and its members travel across the universe to track down artifacts and relics that might offer clues. Last year, Society leadership made a big bet on the Scoured Stars system, committing much of their resources and personnel to the cause. It was a disaster.

The expeditionary force was lost, trapped behind an impenetrable barrier. Those that remain struggle to rebuild the Starfinder Society while guarding against enemies that believe now is the time to strike. Our story begins here, with a cast of new Starfinders that seek to make names for themselves...and raise the Starfinder Society up in the process

Now...

In an all-out assault on the Jinsul fleet, the Starfinders must board a Jinsul warship to take on their fanatical leader. Cutting off the head of the snake proves difficult when it simply grows back

Learn the Story and Meet the Cast.

You can also catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

Watch us tonight on twitch.tv/officialpaizo. We’ll see you in the stars!

We’ve written about the hundreds of Paizo Organized Play games occurring at PaizoCon Online, and the Paizo Events Discord is taking shape, with many partners and contributors hosting content in their channels. We are adding channels daily, including a #giveaway channel, where attendees can enter to win some awesome prizes. Thank you to all our Paizo Licensed Partners who contributed to our giveaways.

Today, we wanted to share our schedule of seminars and live-plays running on our Twitch channel. We’re pleased to have Know Direction return as hosts of this year’s PaizoCon Online alongside Paizo Marketing and Media Manager Aaron Shanks.

Times for all events are Pacific Daylight time (GMT –7), and you can catch everything on Paizo’s official Twitch channel.

Friday, May 28

Know Direction Pre–Seminar Discussion (11–12 pm)

Paizo Marketing and Media Manager Aaron Shanks and Know Direction presenters Ryan Costello, Jefferson “Perram” Thacker, and Loren Sieg talk about upcoming events occurring at PaizoCon Online 2021.

Welcome to PaizoCon & Publisher Keynote Address (12–1 pm)

Join us as host Alex Speidel officially opens PaizoCon Online 2021. We start off with a welcome from President Jeff Alvarez. Next up is a keynote address from Publisher Erik Mona, including a sneak peek of some upcoming projects. We wrap the show with some convention logistic news from Organized Play Manager Tonya Woldridge.

Behind the Pages: Galaxy Exploration Manual (1–2 pm)

Discover the upcoming Starfinder Galaxy Exploration Manual with some of its creators as your guide! Together we’ll uncover its exciting secrets—character options, biomes, exploration, toolboxes, and more—all while sharing tales of how the book came to be.

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Starfinder Designer Joe Pasini (2–3 pm)

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Jefferson “Perram” Thacker interview Starfinder Designer Joe Pasini.

Tales of Lore: Tournament of Champions! (3–4 pm)

Step into the ring with the creators of the Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path! In this no-holds-barred panel, writers and editors share stories about working on the latest chapter in the Ruby Phoenix’s epic saga before answering all your burning questions about Golarion’s greatest tournament.

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Developer Patrick Renie (4–5 pm)

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Jefferson “Perram” Thacker interview Pathfinder Developer Patrick Renie.

Secrets of Golarion (5–6 pm)

Learn about what’s between the covers of the Lost Omens books and what’s behind the scenes. Join some of the crew steering the world of Golarion to hear about what’s going on in the world and what’s coming. We’ll be answering as many questions as we can—but not all secrets will be revealed.

Live Play: Starfinder One-Shot Band on the Run with The Dragons & Things Network (6–10 pm)

Fan-favorites Xander Jeanneret, Katie Wilson, Gabe Hicks, and Michelle Nguyen Bradley reunite for another evening of mischief and mayhem, this time as they take their Band on the Run!

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Saturday, May 29

Know Direction Pre-Seminar Discussion (11:30–12:00 pm)

Join Know Direction Staff as they review the day’s seminar schedule. Also features a spotlight interview with Giochi Uniti’s Stefano De Carolis as he previews the upcoming Pathfinder Arena boardgame.

Tales from the Vault: A Look at Paizo’s Beginning Years (12–1 pm)

Join Erik Mona, James Jacobs, Sarah E. Robinson, and Jason Bulmahn for a trip down memory lane. How did Paizo come to be? Why did Paizo decide to create Pathfinder? How have things changed over the years? What secrets might you be able to coax out of us with properly phrased questions?

Behind the Pages: Secrets of Magic (1–2 pm)

Discover the real-life secrets behind our big upcoming release Secrets of Magic! Authors Logan Bonner and Mark Seifter and Secrets of Magic Edit Lead Avi Kool dish out behind-the-scenes stories, insights into the way we built the book from concept to execution, and new reveals!

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Designer Logan Bonner (2–3 pm)

Know Direction staff Jefferson “Perram” Thacker and Loren Sieg interview Pathfinder Designer Logan Bonner.

Tales of Lore: Starfinder Adventures (3–4 pm)

Join Editor Ianara Natividad, Starfinder Society Developer Jenny Jarzabski, Developer Jason Keeley, and Managing Editor Leo Glass as they offer behind-the-scenes insights from their work crafting Starfinder adventures. Elevate your Starfinder adventure writing skills with tips from these experts!

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Starfinder Developer Jason Keeley (4–5 pm)

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Loren Sieg interview Starfinder Developer Jason Keeley.

Secrets of the Pact Worlds (5–6 pm)

Join some of Starfinder’s top storytellers as they reveal the mysteries behind the Starfinder campaign setting, from unpublished conspiracies to the real stories behind that one thing you really want to know. Bring your setting questions to this often too-honest Q&A!

Live Play: Pathfinder One-Shot Dinner at Lionlodge with the Glass Cannon Podcast (6–10 pm)

GM Troy Lavallee takes fellow podcasters Alicia Marie, Skid Maher, Noura Ibrahim, and Joe O’Brien through the second Pathfinder One-Shot Dinner at Lionlodge, written by James Jacobs.

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Sunday, May 30

Know Direction Pre-Seminar Discussion (11:45–12 pm)

Join Know Direction Staff as they review the day’s seminar schedule.

The Art of Paizo (12–1 pm)

Join Managing Art Director Sonja Morris along with Art Directors Kent Hamilton and Adam Vick as they take you on a tour of the art team's favorite illustrations of the year. Once the tour is over, the panel will answer art questions while revealing the new creature drawn by Kent from concepts drawn from the art survey, ongoing now to May 26.

Tales of Lore: Exploring the Mwangi (1–2 pm)

See the Mwangi Expanse! We're showing off the Mwangi Expanse like never before and giving you a look at its ancestries, cultures, geography, and adventures. Learn all about the Lost Omens Mwangi Expanse book and the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path!

Tales from the Page: Know Direction Interview with Pathfinder Developer Eleanor Ferron (2–3 pm)

Know Direction staff Ryan Costello and Jefferson “Perram” Thacker interview Pathfinder Developer Eleanor Ferron.

Ask the Experts: Starfinder Q&A (3–4 pm)

You have questions about the Starfinder RPG, and we have the answers! Sit down with Lead Designer Joe Pasini, Senior Developer John Compton, and Developer Jason Tondro for a question-and-answer session.

Ask the Experts: Pathfinder Q&A (4–5 pm)

Answers straight from the source! Join Designers Michael Sayre and James Case, Design Manager Mark Seifter, and Director of Game Design Jason Bulmahn for an hour-long conversation.

PaizoCon Online Panel Wrap Up (5–6 pm)

Join Aaron and Know Direction as they close the seminar portion of PaizoCon by looking at some of the highlights. But we aren’t quite done with PaizoCon Online 2021, as live-streams and games continue throughout Monday.

Live Play: QueueTimes (6–10 pm)

Join the cast of QueueTimes and Paizo Organized Play Managing Developer Linda Zayas-Palmer as they engage in hijinks and shenanigans.

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Monday, May 31

Digital Adventure Stream 2 Perception with GM Squiiddish (2–6 pm)

Join players live at a table for "Old Debts Come Due," a one-shot of adventurers dealing with a stalking horror in the woods of rural Ustalav.

While exploring the vasts of space, the Starfinders come across distress signals from their allies. Where others are in trouble, the Starfinders are there to lend a hand.

The Starfinder Scoured Stars liveplay returns tonight for the penultimate episode in this limited series! Join us tonight, Wednesday May 12, for “Episode 09 | Beacons in the Dark,” at 6 p.m. PDT on the >official Paizo Twitch channel. It’s based on “Honorbound Emissaries,” by our own Jenny Jarzabski!

Learn the Story and Meet the Cast.

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates"
Get on board with Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates" Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “The Commencement” by Eleanor Ferron. The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

You can also catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

These episodes are based on the actual scenarios written for Season 1 of Starfinder Society. Become a member today at StarfinderSociety.club. If you would like to play the Scoured Stars Story Arc look to these scenarios:

• #1-05: The First Mandate (1-4)
• #1-11: In Pursuit of the Scoured Past (3-6)
• #1-13: On the Trail of History (3-6)
• #1-17: Reclaiming the Time-Lost Tear (5-8)
• #1-29: Honorbound Emissaries (7-10)
• #1-31: Treading History's Folly (3-6)
• #1-34: Heart of the Foe (3-6)
• #1-39: The Herald's War (7-10)
• #1-99: The Scoured Stars Invasion (1-8)
• #2-00: Fate of the Scoured God (1-12)

Watch us Wednesdays on twitch.tv/officialpaizo. We’ll see you in the stars!

Trapped on a planet with fanatical Jinsul, the Starfinders fight to survive in a growing storm. Hope comes in the form of a dissident Jinsul, but can they trust this creature or is it simply another trap?

The hit Starfinder Scoured Stars liveplay returns tonight, Wednesday May 12, with “Episode 08 | Thunderhead,” at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel. Whether you’re experiencing Starfinder for the first time or reliving some of your favorite stories of yesteryear, you’ll be informed, entertained, and inspired!

Learn the Story and Meet the Cast.

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates"
Get on board with Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates" Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “The Commencement” by Eleanor Ferron. The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

You can also catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

These episodes are based on the actual scenarios written for Season 1 of Starfinder Society. Become a member today at StarfinderSociety.club. If you would like to play the Scoured Stars Story Arc look to these scenarios:

• #1-05: The First Mandate (1-4)
• #1-11: In Pursuit of the Scoured Past (3-6)
• #1-13: On the Trail of History (3-6)
• #1-17: Reclaiming the Time-Lost Tear (5-8)
• #1-29: Honorbound Emissaries (7-10)
• #1-31: Treading History's Folly (3-6)
• #1-34: Heart of the Foe (3-6)
• #1-39: The Herald's War (7-10)
• #1-99: The Scoured Stars Invasion (1-8)
• #2-00: Fate of the Scoured God (1-12)

Watch us Wednesdays on twitch.tv/officialpaizo. We’ll see you in the stars!

The Starfinder Society is whole once more, but must contend with the newly revealed Jinsul threat. The battle is far from over as the former and current first Seeker, Jadnura, sends the Stafinders to a broken planet.

The hit Starfinder Scoured Stars liveplay returns tonight, Wednesday May 5, with “Episode 07 | Side Work,” at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel. Whether you’re experiencing Starfinder for the first time or reliving some of your favorite stories of yesteryear, you’ll be informed, entertained, and inspired!

Learn the Story and Meet the Cast.

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates"
Get on board with Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates" Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “The Commencement” by Eleanor Ferron. The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

You can also catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

These episodes are based on the actual scenarios written for Season 1 of Starfinder Society. Become a member today at StarfinderSociety.club. If you would like to play the Scoured Stars Story Arc look to these scenarios:

• #1-05: The First Mandate (1-4)
• #1-11: In Pursuit of the Scoured Past (3-6)
• #1-13: On the Trail of History (3-6)
• #1-17: Reclaiming the Time-Lost Tear (5-8)
• #1-29: Honorbound Emissaries (7-10)
• #1-31: Treading History's Folly (3-6)
• #1-34: Heart of the Foe (3-6)
• #1-39: The Herald's War (7-10)
• #1-99: The Scoured Stars Invasion (1-8)
• #2-00: Fate of the Scoured God (1-12)

Watch us Wednesdays on twitch.tv/officialpaizo. We’ll see you in the stars!

We had glitch gremlins in our hardware last week, so Starfinder Scoured Stars returns tonight, Wednesday April 28, with the ironically-named “Episode 06 | All Systems Go,” at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

With The Tear in their possession, the Starfinder Society stands ready to pierce the barrier around the Scoured Stars and find their missing members. This mission will take everything the Society has, their future won or lost in an operation that will live in history as the end of the Society, or their greatest triumph.

Learn the Story and Meet the Cast.

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates"
Get on board with Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates" Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “The Commencement” by Eleanor Ferron. The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

You can also catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

These episodes are based on the actual scenarios written for Season 1 of Starfinder Society. Become a member today at StarfinderSociety.club.

If you would like to play the Scoured Stars Story Arc (Main Season Narrative) look to these scenarios:

• #1-05: The First Mandate (1-4)
• #1-11: In Pursuit of the Scoured Past (3-6)
• #1-13: On the Trail of History (3-6)
• #1-17: Reclaiming the Time-Lost Tear (5-8)
• #1-29: Honorbound Emissaries (7-10)
• #1-31: Treading History's Folly (3-6)
• #1-34: Heart of the Foe (3-6)
• #1-39: The Herald's War (7-10)
• #1-99: The Scoured Stars Invasion (1-8)
• #2-00: Fate of the Scoured God (1-12)

The last scenario is an interactive special, though you could repurpose it for a home game without those interactive elements. Reach out to community members for guidance if needed!

Watch us Wednesdays on twitch.tv/officialpaizo. We’ll see you in the stars!

Paizo is pleased to announce that Pathfinder One-Shot: Dinner at Lionlodge, a new liveplay adventure, will air at PaizoCon 2021 on Saturday, May 29 at 6 p.m. Pacific at twitch.tv/officialpaizo. It will feature the talents Glass Cannon Network!

Invited to a hunting lodge to attend a grand dinner, the PCs are in for a treat. Initially called forth to go on an exciting hunt the following day, an uncomfortable meal causes some trepidation. The eccentric hunter who inhabits the lodge has other plans for his guests. Can the group figure out what’s going on before their dinner is ruined?

This short Pathfinder Second Edition adventure written by James Jacobs is intended to be completed in a single session and includes four 4th-level pregenerated characters, who make use of the new ancestries in Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide and Pathfinder Lost Omens Ancestry Guide, whose backstories and motivations tie closely into the plot of the adventure. This adventure can be easily incorporated into various virtual tabletops, run off of digital devices, or printed out and played at a table

About the Cast

Troy Lavallee

Troy Lavallee is the co-founder and CEO of The Glass Cannon Network. His adventures in role-playing began in the mid-90s with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition. After a 20 year hiatus from tabletop gaming, his love for the hobby was furiously rekindled when introduced to Pathfinder in 2011. After receiving an MFA in Acting from Columbia University in 2003, Troy spent the better part of two decades pounding the pavement as an actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian in New York City. The Glass Cannon Network was born out of a love not only for gaming but for using the collaborative nature of RPGs to create epic serialized stories that have the potential to rival anything on Network television. Troy is the primary Gamemaster for the Network but also plays several characters on their Patreon exclusive shows considered both highly entertaining and GM nightmares that would never be allowed in home games. You can follow Troy on Instagram and Twitter at @troylavallee

Noura Ibrahim

Noura is an actor and live streamer. She has played Jahan in the mobile app game Ingress by Niantic Labs (makers of Pokemon Go!) and has made worldwide in-character appearances at Anomaly events. As a live steamer, you can find her playing Nahara on the new official Dungeons and Dragons show Black Dice Society. Noura is best known for her role as Ib on the Vampire The Masquerade chronicle LA By Night, as well as Ezmerelda D’Avenir on Realmsmith’s Curse of Strahd campaign Into The Mist. She appears as Jasmine on the all Princess D&D show Damsels, Dice and Everything Nice on Pixel Circus, and as Nox Arya on Cyberpunk Red GM’ed by Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith. She can also occasionally be found streaming Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness, and other ttrpg systems on QueueTimes, The Glass Cannon Network, and Stream of Blood. Noura earned her black belt in Kuk Sool Won while living in South Korea where she also studied horseback riding and became a member of The Korean Archers Association …because who doesn’t want to be a real life action hero?

Alica Marie

"TTRPG Addict" Alicia Marie is a costume artist and designer, author (The Booty Bible), accessibility awareness advocate and fitness pro who turned her love of super-physiques, comic books, video game and fantasy art into a creative career. Most known for her classic costume nods to Mortal Kombat, Star Trek and Marvel superheros, Alicia, who calls herself a “compulsive maker,” creates character looks for media companies like Warner Brothers, Netflix, Amazon Prime and for game developers like Netherrealm (Mortal Kombat) and Gearbox (Borderlands). She has also designed character looks for celebrity clients such as platinum recording artist Megan Thee Stallion and WWE superstar Ronda Rousey. Alicia is the physical inspiration for some of the fighting characters you see in popular video games. In May, she was introduced as a playable character in Sony Interactive/Illfonic’s new game PREDATOR: Hunting Grounds. Alicia, who likes to refer to herself as “walking technology” or a “cyborg” following cochlear implant surgery to restore her ability to hear speech and sound, is also a voice for accessibility for the deaf and hard-of hearing. When she isn’t working on a new costume-look, you can find Alicia at the gym, or of course, playing Dungeons & Dragons or other RPG systems LIVE on Twitch. You can follow Alicia on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok at @AliciaMarieBODY

Skid Maher

Skid has been nerding it up since 1982, when his uncle Sinclair gifted him the Basic D&D set (the Tom Moldvay edition) for his ninth birthday. It was all downhill from there, as he subsequently dabbled in such classic games as Champions, Gamma World, Judge Dredd RPG, Ghostbusters RPG, Robotech RPG, Top Secret, Tunnels and Trolls, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG (before it was a stupid cartoon), Middle Earth Role-Playing, Beyond the Supernatural, Twilight 2000, Price of Freedom, Mechwarrior, and Traveller. Nowadays he spends most of his time developing gaming and media projects with the Mozzlestead production company, and obsessively watching Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings. He also had a letter read on Late Night with David Letterman, and was briefly a very minor celebrity on Japanese TV. Oh, and once he saw a blimp.

Joe O’Brien

Joe O’Brien is the Co-Founder and COO of the Glass Cannon Network. He began playing Pathfinder in 2011 and has a special place in his nerd heart for the systems and the adventures published by Paizo. On the Glass Cannon Network, Joe has been the GM for Pathfinder Society Scenarios, and a Pathfinder Second Edition conversion of The Emerald Spire Superdungeon. Currently, you can hear him as a player on The Glass Cannon Podcast, Raiders of the Lost Continent, and Legacy of the Ancients, all playing Pathfinder First Edition Adventure Paths. You can also catch him on Twitch or YouTube as a cast member on Androids & Aliens (an official Starfinder Actual Play), Glass Cannon Live!, New Game, Who Dis? (Cyberpunk Red, Alien RPG (Game Mother), Call of Cthulhu), and Blood & Blades: The Tin Whistles (a shared-universe tabletop experience playing Blades in the Dark produced by Stream of Blood). He is the Handler on Get in the Trunk, a Delta Green Actual Play Podcast Series produced by the Glass Cannon Network. He is excited to work directly with several members of the Paizo team on this project who, over the years, have consistently reinforced the respect and admiration he has for the love that goes into their work. He hopes to one day play in a Pathfinder game where, in a pivotal moment, with his companions relying on him, he can roll anything above a 5. He won’t hold his breath, though. For Highbury!

Don’t miss the first Pathfinder One-Shot: Sundered Waves adventure and the liveplay.

We’re excited to see you all on Saturday, May 29 at 6 p.m. Pacific at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Paizo is pleased to announce that Starfinder One-Shot: Band on the Run, a new liveplay adventure, will air at PaizoCon 2021 on Friday, May 28 at 6 p.m. Pacific at twitch.tv/officialpaizo. And to make it even better, the original cast of Troubles in Otari and Pathfinder One-Shot: Sundered Waves is returning for this special event!

The members of the up-and-coming rock band Neon & Noqual are all set for the career-making opportunity to play at the Pact Worlds’ biggest concert venue! But when their rickety starbus breaks down with mere hours left in the journey, the musicians will have to pack up their instruments and hitch a ride or two through the asteroids of the Diaspora. Will the power of music help them get to the gig on time, or will they miss their shot at making it big?

This short Starfinder adventure written by Luis Loza is intended to be completed in a single session and includes four 4th-level pregenerated characters whose backstories and motivations tie closely into the plot of the adventure. This adventure can be easily incorporated into various virtual tabletops, run off of digital devices, or printed out and played at a table.

About the Cast

Xander Jeanneret - Twitter | Twitch

Xander Jeanneret is an actor, roleplayer, streamer, and musician on the internet. Folks may recognize him as 'X' from Vampire the Masquerade: LA By Night, Rikki Huckster from Relics and Rarities, or from the Library Bards, his nerd parody band.

He has turned his love for roleplaying games into a career, and continues to tell stories and create characters; follow along on Twitter at @Xanderrific!

Katie Wilson - Twitter | YouTube | Instagram

Katie Wilson is an actress, host, and prolific geek guru. Her credits range from mainstream (SUPERSTORE (NBC), Into the Dark (HULU), 2012: Ice Age (SYFY)) and hosting gigs (Syfy Wire, WB Games LIVE, Geek & Sundry's Game Engine, MatPat's Game Lab), to new media (Smosh Games, Screen Junkies, The Warp Zone, YouTube Red). She has battled countless monsters on tabletop streams for the Dragons and Things Network, HyperRPG, and Holy Crit. With roughly 350k followers across her social media platforms and a YouTube viewership of over 21 million, Katie has been delighting fans on her YouTube channel (LegendofKatie) for over 8 years.

Gabe Hicks - Twitter | Instagram

Gabe Hicks is a game designer for digital and tabletop. He created the CMM (an alternative character creation tool for 5e focused on class narrative) that has been featured on the D&D Twitch channel. He has worked with Roll20, Paizo, Critical Role, MageHandPress, and Grim & Perilous Studios. Leading a group called Mythic Grove, he focuses on highlighting smaller creators to give them a platform and opportunity through streaming, design, writing, or other creative mediums with the projects that Mythic Grove creates. "Let's put more magic into the world, together."

Michelle Nguyen Bradley - Twitter | Twitch

Michelle Nguyen Bradley is a show host, writer, and professional TTRPG player, and is passionate about fostering community and equality in the geek space. She's played characters like Betty on the official Rat Queen's RPG (HyperRPG), a huntress wizard on The Department of Mysteries (Dragons and Things), a Viet granny crime lord on Altered Carbon (Hunters Entertainment), a heavenly Aasimar knight on Broken Pact (Saving Throw Show), an awkward librarian Tremere vampire on Denver by Night (Queuetimes), and many more personas through her work on RPG shows. She currently hosts the video game deep dive show, "Button Mash" on the Total Nerd Network, and is a featured RPG cast member of the Hunters Entertainment Twitch channel. Find her work at iamchubbybunny.com and follow her on all socials at @iamchubbybunny.

Jim Rodehaver - Twitter

Jim Rodehaver writes and plays TTRPGs, sometimes during live-streams on The Dragons and Things Network (twitch.tv/thedatnetwork). He’s written content for Starfinder, and Dungeon Crate, as well as all of the home-brewed adventures for his streamed games. Jim brings his experience to the Paizo community, Having GM'd over 200 live actual-play games of Pathfinder and 10 episodes of Starfinder Scoured Stars.

We’re excited to see you all on Friday, May 28 at 6 p.m. Pacific at twitch.tv/officialpaizo!

Starfinder Scoured Stars returns tomorrow night, Wednesday April 14, with “Episode 06 | All Systems Go,” at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

With The Tear in their possession, the Starfinder Society stands ready to pierce the barrier around the Scoured Stars and find their missing members. This mission will take everything the Society has, their future won or lost in an operation that will live in history as the end of the Society, or their greatest triumph.

Learn the Story and Meet the Cast.

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates"
Get on board with Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates" Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “The Commencement” by Eleanor Ferron. The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

You can also catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

These episodes are based on the actual scenarios written for Season 1 of Starfinder Society. Become a member today at StarfinderSociety.club.

Watch us Wednesdays on twitch.tv/officialpaizo. We’ll see you in the stars!

Join us for Episode 3 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific next Friday, April 23. Paizo LIVE is our monthly two-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about all things Pathfinder and Starfinder. Paizo LIVE is also archived on YouTube.

Scheduled guests include:

• Avi Kool, Senior Editor
• James Jacobs, Creative Director
• Jason Tondro, Developer
• Jessica Catalan, Freelance Author
• Luis Loza, Developer
• Tonya Woldridge, Organized Play Manager

Scheduled topics include The Starfinder Fly Free or Die Adventure Path, The Pathfinder Adventure: Malevolence, The Pathfinder Fists of the Ruby Phoenix Adventure Path, and more!

We will take your questions before the show and answer a few on the show. The categories are Pathfinder Adventures, Lost Omens World Guides, Starfinder Adventures, Paizo Organized Play, and PaizoCon. Ask your questions here or comment on our social media posts and we’ll pick our favorites.

I’ll see you at Paizo LIVE!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Our 10-episode Starfinder live-play Scoured Stars returns tomorrow night, Wednesday April 14, with “Episode 05 | Devotion,” at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

With the knowledge that an ancient relic may prove the key to the Scoured Stars system, the Starfinders seek out a planetary junkyard where the Izalguun store their most dangerous and unwanted artifacts. When they arrive, they discover this doomsday vault is left alone for a reason.

Catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates"
Get on board with Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates" Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “The Commencement” by Eleanor Ferron. The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

These episodes are based on the actual scenarios written for Season 1 of Starfinder Society. Become a member today at StarfinderSociety.club.

Watch us Wednesdays on twitch.tv/officialpaizo. We’ll see you in the stars!

Starfinder: Scoured Stars returns tonight with Episode 04 | “Out in the Cold,” at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

Acting on information recovered from Atheum, the Starfinders must seek out the frozen planet, Izalruun. On their way to this distant research outpost an encounter in the cold vaccuum of space may prove their last.

You can also catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube and as podcasts on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates"
Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “The Commencement” by Eleanor Ferron.
The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 2 "High Society"
Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “First Mandate” by Lyz Lydell.
The Starfinder Society's most recent recruits are tasked with rebuilding the Society's relations with Absalom Station's upper crust. A night of feasting and hobknobbing should be an easy win for the society, but dark forces have other plans.

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 03 - "Data-base"
Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “In Pursuit of the Scouted Past” by Cole Kronewitter.
Sent away from Absalom Station for the first time, the Starfinders must travel to Atheum and delve into its extensive data archives to find information that may prove vital to the Society's new mission to recover their lost. If they want access to the great library, they'll have to earn it.

These episodes are based on the actual scenarios written for Season 1 of Starfinder Society. Become a member today at StarfinderSociety.club.

Watch us Wednesdays on twitch.tv/officialpaizo. We’ll see you in the stars!

Join for science-fantasy high jinks and adventure in Episode 3 of Starfinder: Scoured Stars tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

Catch up on the previous episodes on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify!

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 01 "The Graduates"
Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “The Commencement” by Eleanor Ferron.

The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

Starfinder: Scoured Stars | Episode 2 "High Society"
Based on Starfinder Society Scenario “First Mandate by Lyz Lydell.

The Starfinder Society's most recent recruits are tasked with rebuilding the Society's relations with Absalom Station's upper crust. A night of feasting and hobknobbing should be an easy win for the society, but dark forces have other plans.

These episodes are based on the actual scenarios written for Season 1 of Starfinder Society. Become a member today at StarfinderSociety.club.

ICYMI, meet the cast in the announcement blog!

We’ll see you in the stars!

Join us for Episode 2 of Paizo LIVE from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific this Friday, April 2. Paizo LIVE is our new monthly two-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about all things Pathfinder and Starfinder. Paizo LIVE is also archived on YouTube.

Scheduled guests include:

• Eleanor Ferron, Developer
• Jason Bulmahn, Director of Game Design
• Jason Keeley, Developer
• John Compton, Senior Developer
• Mark Seifter, Design Manager
• Mike Kimmel, OP Developer
• Patrick Renie, Developer

We will take your questions before the show and answer a few on the show. The categories are Pathfinder Rulebooks, Pathfinder Adventures, Lost Omens World Guides, Starfinder Rulebooks, Starfinder Adventures, and Paizo Organized Play. Ask your questions here or comment on our social media posts and we’ll pick our favorites.

I’ll see you at Paizo LIVE!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Ready for more science-fantasy adventure?! Watch the premiere on YouTube or listen to the podcast on Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Listen Notes, Player FM, PodBean, and Spotify! Then join us to watch Episode 2 of Starfinder: Scoured Stars tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

The Starfinder Society welcomes new field agents in a bid to fill their shattered ranks. Honoring a long-held tradition, the new Starfinders meet with each of the society faction heads to offer their services and demonstrate the value of their training.

Become a member of the Starfinder Society today at StarfinderSociety.club.

ICYMI, meet the cast in the announcement blog!

See the character art in the premiere blog!

We’ll see you in the stars!

Catch the series premiere tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

Then watch YouTube and your favorite podcast provider to watch or listen at your leisure. This is a limited series based on the Year of the Scoured Stars, the epic first season storyline of the Starfinder Society Organized Play program that heralded the launch of the Starfinder Roleplaying Game.

The story begins with a cast of new Starfinders that seek to make names for themselves...and raise the Starfinder Society up in the process.

From left to right, meet Mapplidrioxanpa Rubindica aka "Maple", Voltaryx, and Kaz'Ka!

From left to right, meet Gunnen and Haven!

Character art by Pixelloid Studios.

Meet the cast in last week’s blog.

Create your Twitch account to join us today!

The planet of Golarion is gone, and the details about what happened to it are lost to the Gap, a mysterious period of time marked by a void of knowledge about literally everything. Even the duration of the Gap is unknown, and the gods are silent.

The Starfinder Society is dedicated to finding this lost knowledge, and its members travel across the universe to track down artifacts and relics that might offer clues. Last year, Society leadership made a big bet on the Scoured Stars system, committing much of their resources and personnel to the cause. It was a disaster.

The expeditionary force was lost, trapped behind an impenetrable barrier. Those that remain struggle to rebuild the Starfinder Society while guarding against enemies that believe now is the time to strike. Our story begins here, with a cast of new Starfinders that seek to make names for themselves...and raise the Starfinder Society up in the process.

This liveplay is based on the Year of the Scoured Stars, the epic first season storyline of the Starfinder Society Organized Play program that heralded the launch of the Starfinder Roleplaying Game. In Starfinder Society Organized Play games, players from around the globe engage in a series of episodic roleplaying adventures, stepping into the shoes of members of the in-world Starfinder Society. You too can join the Starfinder Society and find lost knowledge and adventure across the galaxy.

Catch the series premiere next Wednesday, March 17th, at 6p.m. Pacific on the official Paizo Twitch channel!

Meet the Cast

Please give a warm Paizo welcome to the cast of Starfinder: Scoured Stars! We’re grateful to have them join us on this adventure into the Pact Worlds!

B. Dave Walters - Twitter | Instagram

B. Dave Walters is a Storyteller & proud Scoundrel American. He is best known as the writer and co-creator of Electropunk, Dungeons & Dragons: A Darkened Wish for IDW comics, and creator and DM of the Darkened Wish streaming show for Wizards of the Coast. He plays Baron Victor Temple on Vampire the Masquerade: LA by Night on World of Darkness Twitch and Freely on Silver & Steel on D&D Beyond Twitch.

Katie Wilson - Twitter | YouTube | Instagram

Katie Wilson is an actress, host, and prolific geek guru. Her credits range from mainstream (SUPERSTORE (NBC), Into the Dark (HULU), 2012: Ice Age (SYFY)) and hosting gigs (Syfy Wire, WB Games LIVE, Geek & Sundry's Game Engine, MatPat's Game Lab), to new media (Smosh Games, Screen Junkies, The Warp Zone, YouTube Red). She has battled countless monsters on tabletop streams for the Dragons and Things Network, HyperRPG, and Holy Crit. With roughly 350k followers across her social media platforms and a YouTube viewership of over 21 million, Katie has been delighting fans on her YouTube channel (LegendofKatie) for over 8 years.

Jim Rodehaver - Twitter

Jim Rodehaver writes and plays TTRPGs, sometimes during live-streams on The Dragons and Things Network (twitch.tv/thedatnetwork). He’s written content for Starfinder, and Dungeon Crate, as well as all of the home-brewed adventures for his streamed games. Having GM'd over 200 live actual-play games of Pathfinder, Jim is looking forward to bringing his experience to the Paizo community first hand.

Xander Jeanneret - Twitter | Twitch

Xander Jeanneret is an actor, roleplayer, streamer, and musician on the internet. Folks may recognize him as 'X' from Vampire the Masquerade: LA By Night, Rikki Huckster from Relics and Rarities, or from the Library Bards, his nerd parody band.
He has turned his love for roleplaying games into a career, and continues to tell stories and create characters; follow along on Twitter at @Xanderrific!

Michelle Nguyen Bradley - Twitter | Twitch

Michelle Nguyen Bradley is a show host, writer, and professional TTRPG player, and is passionate about fostering community and equality in the geek space. She's played characters like Betty on the official Rat Queen's RPG (HyperRPG), a huntress wizard on The Department of Mysteries (Dragons and Things), a Viet granny crime lord on Altered Carbon (Hunters Entertainment), a heavenly Aasimar knight on Broken Pact (Saving Throw Show), an awkward librarian Tremere vampire on Denver by Night (Queuetimes), and many more personas through her work on RPG shows. She currently hosts the video game deep dive show, "Button Mash" on the Total Nerd Network, and is a featured RPG cast member of the Hunters Entertainment Twitch channel.
Find her work at iamchubbybunny.com and follow her on all socials at @iamchubbybunny.

Diana Restrepo - Twitter | Twitch

Diana Restrepo is an actress, sword fighter, and TTRPG stream player. She has done many short films and web series along with her most recent award winning series Carpool. She has been part of the DaT Network since the beginning of Walking in Circles, Dragons and Stuff, and Dragons and Things. Recently she was part of the new Pathfinder for Savage Worlds series called Hollow’s Last Hope. Currently she has joined the Norse Foundry channel on their show Fenrir Rising. When she’s not acting she is perfecting her sword fighting and motion capture skills. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @dianares3

Whether your tools are laser rifles, powered armor, esoteric magic, or simply your powers of persuasion, the Starfinder Roleplaying Game is a game of heroes who change the face of the galaxy, one adventure at a time!

Create your Twitch account today!

Today’s debut of Sundered Waves marks the first appearance of a brand new type of Paizo digital adventure--the One-Shot! Written by Paizo’s Director of Game Design, Jason Bulmahn, Sundered Waves features a jaunt through a pirate’s puzzle-filled dungeon, and is the first release in a new downloadable adventure line!

One-Shots provide single-session adventures designed to fill 3–4 hours of game play. Each includes pregenerated characters to make it easy to jump into the action right away. These aren’t just character sheets, though, they’re beautifully illustrated and fully-developed characters with backstories related to the adventure that make for great cooperative storytelling around your gaming table.

Download Free Pregenerated Characters

As we’ve embraced more digital initiatives, we know that the ability to present gaming content in a digital form is an important component to gaming these days, and One-Shots provide what you need to play on virtual tabletops and across other platforms of your choice. To celebrate the launch of the One-Shots line, we’ve also created some wallpaper for your mobile and desktop devices.

Sundered Waves Wallpaper Download

The Paizo One-Shots join the rest of our adventuring line-up:

Adventures (Pathfinder | Starfinder): Focused adventures covering several levels and sessions of play.

Adventure Paths (Pathfinder | Starfinder): Multiple volumes of adventure and background content comprising a linked campaign of epic scale.

Bounties: 1-hour-long Pathfinder side treks perfect to add to any campaign (and which work great as a quick demo!).

Scenarios (Pathfinder Society | Starfinder Society): An episodic story shared with thousands of other gamers through Paizo Organized Play.

Pathfinder One-Shot: Sundered Waves is the first of this product line and available for download at the Paizo Store right now! We hope that you’ll join us for this pirate adventure; it’s what our dear, departed Captain Renlock would have wanted!

We’ll follow that up with two more new One-Shot releases at PaizoCon 2021 — one for Pathfinder and one for Starfinder. You’ll hear more details about those in the weeks to come.

And now some Q&A…

Will Paizo One-Shots be available as a subscription or in print? We don’t have any plans to offer these adventures as a subscription or print product.

Will these be available on virtual tabletops? With the high-resolution maps and image handouts included these should be easy to add to your favorite virtual tabletop. Fantasy Grounds plans to have these available today, with other partners working on making these available natively on their platforms. Make sure to check in with your favorite VTT for an update.

Will these One-Shots be sanctioned by Organized Play? Indeed they will be; in fact, you can download the sanctioning documents for Sundered Waves right here! We are adding the May releases to the PaizoCon schedule.

In celebration of this new release, Pathfinder Society Organized Play will be running a special Double Points weekend for Sundered Waves! All sessions of Sundered Waves run this weekend, March 12-14, will earn double the Achievement Points (8 points for players, 16 for GMs). Games must be reported by 9am Pacific on Wednesday, March 17; any games reported after that will not earn double points. Play-by-post games which begin during the weekend will also qualify; those GMs should email organizedplay@paizo.com after their games conclude and are reported to earn the additional rewards.

The first episode of Paizo LIVE premiered on Twitch, but it’s now available on YouTube! We had a great talking all things Pathfinder and Starfinder with:

• Logan Bonner — Pathfinder Lead Designer
• Ron Lundeen — Developer
• Linda Zayas-Palmer — Organized Play Managing Developer
• Joe Pasini — Starfinder Lead Designer
• Jason Tondro — Developer
• Lu Pellazar — Senior Editor
• Luis Loza — Developer

Watch the video.

I want to thank each of them for their time, humor, and Paizo Live Spoilers. I also want to thank the Paizo Art Department, my coworkers who were moderating in Twitch Chat, and the technomancers behind the scenes.

We think it went well, presented a ton of information, and was a fun time. It looks like you did too, but tell us what you want more or less of for future episodes in the comments below. (I know I want more final cover and inside art, so I need to get my order in soon!)

Don’t forget, the new Pathfinder: Sundered Waves liveplay adventure will air at the Gen Con Spring Showcase tomorrow, this Saturday, March 6 at 5 p.m. Pacific at twitch.tv/gencontv. The original cast of Troubles in Otari is returning for this special event and you don’t want to miss it!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

After years apart, four members of a doomed pirate ship gather to celebrate the life of their former captain and to undertake one final mission to uncover his missing treasure: the fortune that led to his doom...:

Paizo is pleased to announce that a new liveplay adventure will air at the Gen Con Spring Showcase on Saturday, March 6th at 5 p.m. Pacific at twitch.tv/gencontv. And to make it even better, the original cast of Troubles in Otari is returning for this special Gen Con event!

About the Cast

Xander Jeanneret is an actor, roleplayer, streamer, and musician on the internet. Folks may recognize him as 'X' from Vampire the Masquerade: LA By Night, Rikki Huckster from Relics and Rarities, or from the Library Bards, his nerd parody band.

He has turned his love for roleplaying games into a career, and continues to tell stories and create characters; follow along on Twitter and watch him on Twitch.

Katie Wilson is an actress, host, and prolific geek guru. Her credits range from mainstream (SUPERSTORE (NBC), Into the Dark (HULU), 2012: Ice Age (SYFY) and hosting gigs (Syfy Wire, WB Games LIVE, Geek & Sundry's Game Engine, MatPat's Game Lab), to new media (Smosh Games, Screen Junkies, The Warp Zone, YouTube Red). She has battled countless monsters on tabletop streams for the Dragons and Things Network, HyperRPG, and Holy Crit. With roughly 350k followers across her social media platforms and a YouTube viewership of over 21 million, Katie has been delighting fans on her YouTube channel (LegendofKatie) for over 8 years. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

Gabe Hicks is a game designer for digital and tabletop. He created the CMM (an alternative character creation tool for 5e focused on class narrative) that has been featured on the D&nD Ttwitch channel. He has worked with Roll20, Paizo, Critical Role, MageHandPress, and Grim & Perilous Studios. Leading a group called Mythic Grove, he focuses on highlighting smaller creators to give them a platform and opportunity through streaming, design, writing, or other creative mediums with the projects that Mythic Grove creates. "Let's put more magic into the world, together." Follow Gabe on Twitter.

Michelle Nguyen Bradley is a show host, writer, and professional TTRPG player, and is passionate about fostering community and equality in the geek space. Her characters include Betty on the official Rat Queen's RPG (HyperRPG), a huntress wizard on The Department of Mysteries (Dragons and Things), a Viet granny crime lord on Altered Carbon (Hunters Entertainment), a heavenly Aasimar knight on Broken Pact (Saving Throw Show), an awkward librarian Tremere vampire on Denver by Night (Queuetimes), and many more personas through her work on RPG shows. She currently hosts the video game deep dive show, "Button Mash" on the Total Nerd Network, and is a featured RPG cast member of the Hunters Entertainment Twitch channel.

Find her work at iamchubbybunny.com and follow her on all socials at @iamchubbybunny.

Jim Rodehaver writes and plays TTRPGs, sometimes during live-streams on The Dragons and Things Network. He’s written content for Starfinder and Dungeon Crate, as well as all of the home-brewed adventures for his streamed games. Having GM'd over 200 live actual-play games of Pathfinder, Jim is looking forward to bringing his experience to the Paizo community first hand. Follow Jim on Twitter.

We’re excited to see you all on Saturday, March 6th!