We’ve partnered with our friends at Humble Bundle to celebrate four years of Pathfinder Second Edition with a special digital offer to help you and your friends catchup on Pathfinder’s past and support a great cause!

What is a Humble Bundle?
Bundles are limited-time collections of games, books, software, and more. Simply pay what you want and choose where your money goes, whether that be to the publisher, to Humble itself, or even to charity. Most bundles come in tiers starting at only $1—but the more you give, the more you get in exchange!

The Pathfinder products in this bundle are all digital PDFs that you can redeem with codes at the Paizo Store; you’ll receive one code per tier. There are three tiers to this bundle starting at $5 and going up to a $25 tier. It features the Pathfinder Age of Ashes Adventure Path, Bestiary 3 rulebook, Crown of the Kobold King Adventure, Lost Omens Legends and Lost Omens Monsters of Myth world guides and more!

A portion of your purchase goes to ComicBooks For Kids!, which is the largest charity in the world for comic books and pop culture materials! We’ve been supporting them for a few years now and we know your support has made a difference. Learn more about ComicBooks For Kids! in our past blog, Support ComicBooks For Kids!

Our first Bundle tier starts at $5 and includes a code for five PDFs worth $70, including:
Pathfinder Second Edition Beginner Box, Hellknight Hill (Age of Ashes 1 of 6), Age of Ashes Player’s Guide, The Fall of Plaguestone, and the Fall of Plaguestone Flip-Mat.

For $15, you'll also get the PDFs in the first tier, plus a code for 8 more files worth $165, including:
Cult of Cinders (Age of Ashes 2 of 6), Tomorrow Must Burn (Age of Ashes 2 of 6), Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook, Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary, Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary 2, Lost Omens World Guide, Lost Omens Character Guide, Pathfinder One-Shot: Mark of the Mantis.

In the third tier, for $25, you'll get codes for the previous tiers, plus a code for additional 11 PDF files, worth another $230, including:
Fires of the Haunted City (Age of Ashes 4 of 6), Against the Scarlet Triad (Age of Ashes 5 of 6), Broken Promises (Age of Ashes 6 of 6), Pathfinder Second Edition Advanced Player’s Guide, Pathfinder Second Edition GameMastery Guide, Pathfinder Second Edition Bestiary 3, Crown of the Kobold King, Crown of the Kobold King Flip-Mat, Lost Omens Legends, and Lost Omens Monsters of Myth.

The digital files are associated with your account when redeemed. They are watermarked with the redeemer’s email address when they are downloaded. As such, if you want to give these to someone else as gifts, you’ll want to give them the codes themselves.

Humble Bundles offer great deals and support great causes. Purchasers get a say in how much of their donation goes to each participant at checkout. 

Thank you for playing Pathfinder!

—The Paizo Team

Support the Pathfinder Second Edition Legacy Bundle!

It’s that time of year again, Pathfinders & Starfinders! With Gen Con right around the corner, we want to pull back the curtain on some special products we’ll be bringing with us to Indianapolis.

Rage of Elements Limited Edition Dice Set

We’re excited to unveil these limited edition dice sets, produced for us by FanRoll! Each set of dice features a d20 with a goblin head inclusion and a random assortment of metal, stone, wood, liquid core, and resin dice themed to the elements. Each set will be a complete, 7-piece RPG set, but there’s no way of knowing which dice will be made of what material; no two sets are alike.

These show-exclusive dice are $70 with a $100 qualifying purchase; limited to only 60 sets per day of the show.

Pathfinder Beginner Box on Roll20

We’re partnering with Roll20 to distribute codes for the Pathfinder Beginner Box on Roll20! There will be a limited number of promotional cards available at our booth, granting one month of Roll20 pro and the Pathfinder Second Edition Beginner Box on Roll20.

The first 25 guests per day to find Raychael on the booth floor and tell her “I want to learn to play Pathfinder on Roll20” will receive one of these promotional cards.

WizKids Miniatures

Our partners at WizKids have made some special miniatures for us to give out at the Booth and in the Sagamore this year!

For every purchase over $50, you will receive one promotional miniature. The figure changes every day, so visit the booth multiple times to collect them all! The promo minis are as follows:

• Duergar Hryngar Sharpshooter
• Gnome Hook Hammer Lurker
• Gateborn Rogue
• Swarm Shock Trooper

Two special figures will be distributed to players who participate in our Starfinder Society Special and Pathfinder Society Special, on Friday and Saturday evening respectively. The specials, which both begin at 8 p.m., will feature over 50 tables all participating in the same interactive adventure! The special figures for the specials are:

• Aiudeen Elf Rogue
• Jinsul Marauder

Stop by Booth #203 at Gen Con to say hello and get ahold of these sweet deals!

The amount of work, courage, and passion each Game Master puts into their gaming session is simply amazing. In celebration of those who GM, we created a coupon code to celebrate you. Use gmthanks21 on your next checkout at paizo.com for 20% off your order.

The GM's Day code expires at midnight Pacific on March 7. The discount is not valid on subscriptions, preorders, backorders, non-Paizo downloads, or gift certificates, but it does stack with other discounts, including the Paizo Advantage.

Now is the time to get discounts on some of the most popular Paizo products! Start with the Starfinder Beginner Box and Pathfinder Beginner Box – the perfect tools to introduce new players to roleplaying games and get them started on a lifetime of fun and adventure.

Perhaps get your hands on extra, updated copies of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook or Starfinder Core Rulebook with deep character customization and immersive campaign settings.

Use the code to stock up on just about everything on our website, including Pathfinder First Edition, the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, and so much more. Feel free to browse around our store landing page and fill up your cart for yourself, your GM, and your whole gaming group!

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager

Art by Ksenia Kozhevnikova

As promised in our monthly update blog, we’ve been working hard on sanctioning playable content for Pathfinder Society (second edition). Today, we’re pleased to announce that the adventure “Menace Under Otari,” part of the Pathfinder Beginner Box, awards credit for Pathfinder Society characters!

We’ve sanctioned the adventure in campaign mode as a two-chronicle adventure. The story lends itself nicely to splitting into two parts, each of which we believe should be playable in 4-5 hours. Players should either use one of the provided pregenerated characters or build their own using the Beginner Box rules. Each chronicle must be applied to a 1st-level character and grants 4 XP, 10 Treasure Bundles, and 4 Reputation for their chosen faction. We’ve also designated the adventure repeatable, so players earn credit each time they play through the adventure.

The Beginner Box is designed for new players. To encourage GMs and experienced players to use it as an onboarding tool for new players, we decided to award double AcP for sessions run as part of the Pathfinder Society. This means players earn 8 points and GMs earn 16 points, plus any adjustments for premiere and premier plus events, allowing everyone to purchase new boons faster!

Download the sanctioning document and chronicle sheet here!

As noted above, the Beginner Box is the perfect introduction into the world of Pathfinder. From there, we’ve put together a series of next steps leading adventurers to a career in the Pathfinder Society. First up, we recommend the upcoming Bounty titled The Road from Otari, scheduled to debut in January. The story builds on Menace Under Otari, leading your first-level characters from Otari to Absalom, where you arrive at the Grand Lodge to begin your career as a Pathfinder! From there, we recommend PFS 1-01: The Absalom Initiation, where new characters can meet the various important Society NPCs, and the upcoming PFS 2-11: The Pathfinder Trials, which gives a peek into how the Society trains its initiates. Post-training, a good start to the Year of Corruption’s Reach, this year’s metaplot, is PFS 2-01: Citadel of Corruption, or characters can dive into being Pathfinders via any other Pathfinder Society adventure!

Unfortunately, we don’t have any sanctioning this month for either Starfinder Society or Pathfinder Society (first edition). Next up on our sanctioning docket is The Slithering for Pathfinder (second edition), the Devastation Ark Adventure Path and Alien Archive 4 for Starfinder, and the remaining Pathfinder (first edition) content as time permits. Keep an eye on the monthly update blogs. We’ll keep you posted on our progress as we have news to share.

Until next time: Explore! Report! Cooperate!

Alex Speidel
Organized Play Associate

Tonya Woldridge
Organized Play Manager

A new Pathfinder Second Edition livestream begins on the official Paizo Twitch channel! Tune in Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Pacific time to catch the latest adventures!

Catch Up on YouTube
Listen to the Podcast

The small seaside town of Otari is known for its fresh fish and a source of lumber for the nearby metropolis of Absalom. But when something dark begins to menace the town, it’s up to a band of freelancers to come together and make a name for themselves....and learn more about the dark things in the world than they ever thought possible.

Now let’s meet the cast!

Jim Rodehaver as the Game Master

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.

Michelle Nguyen Bradley as “Gristle” the Human Fighter

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.

Xander Jeanneret as “Ingot” the Dwarf Wizard

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 as “Waverly” the Human Cleric

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 as “Thee” the Elf Rogue

Gabe Hicks is an independent 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 DnD 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." Follow Gabe on Twitter.

We look forward to seeing you on the stream!

Watch Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Pacific on the Official Paizo Twitch Channel

The Beginner Box for Pathfinder Second Edition has arrived, and it’s ready for action! This hefty box contains everything a new player needs to begin a lifetime of fantasy adventures, serving as an entry point for players new to roleplaying games, experienced gamers new to Pathfinder Second Edition, and Pathfinder veterans looking to teach friends and family. Inside, you’ll find:

• A solo adventure for new players
• 4 pregenerated character sheets, plus blank sheets for new hero creation.
• 4 sets of action cards, ensuring players know what their options are on their turns
• A set of color-coded dice
• Double-sided Flip-Mat, plus over 100 sturdy cardboard pawns with plastic bases to represent your heroes, friends, and foes.
• Menace Under Otari, an adventure for up to 4 players, introduces players to the town of Otari, located on the isle of Korthos near Absalom.

As we went through all the feedback on the original Beginner Box, it became clear that some players wanted a way to continue their Beginner Box adventures, so this new version allows the campaign to continue with a follow-up adventure, Troubles in Otari (Available Dec. 6th, 2020), which advances characters to level 5, all using the Beginner Box rules. For those seeking even more adventures around Otari, the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path launches in January! In addition, the Pathfinder Society will reveal details in how to include the Beginner Box in their November 19th blog.

To top it all off, our friends at Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, and Syrinscape will all be releasing digital support for the Pathfinder Beginner Box, and author Liane Merciel is serving up weekly fiction in The Shroud of Four Silences.

No matter how or where you want to play, we hope you have fun exploring Otari!

Pathfinder Beginner Box: Troubles in Otari Stream

Finally, we wanted to let you know that Paizo will be releasing a new stream on the official Paizo Twitch channel beginning November 18th at 6 p.m. Pacific that will showcase the Beginner Box and Troubles in Otari products (but still leave some stones unturned so GMs can surprise their players even if they have watched the stream). We’ll announce more details on the cast in the coming days.

New players will soon be able to take their first steps into an amazing world of fantasy adventure! Unveiled for November 2020, the Pathfinder Beginner Box will contain everything you need to learn how to play the Pathfinder, including rules to create your own fantasy hero and tools to make your own amazing stories.

Will you be a courageous fighter, charging headfirst into battle, or a sly rogue, moving quietly to strike at foes from the shadows? Maybe you will be a knowledgeable wizard, wielding incredible arcane spells or a wise and pious cleric, using the power of your deity to shape the world for the better. It is all up to you!

Inside you will find a rich toolbox, filled with everything you need to get started, including rules for character generation, an introductory adventure, guidelines to build your own campaign, character sheets, a full-color map, character pawns, and dice. This deluxe box set will be the ideal introduction to the Pathfinder, leading the way to a lifetime of adventure!

The Pathfinder Beginner Box will include:

• An 80-page Hero's Handbook, including rules for character generation, a solo adventure, skills, spells, and equipment.
• A 96-page Game Master's Handbook, containing an introductory adventure, over 20 pages of monsters, rules for building your own adventure, and magic items.
• Four premade characters so you can jump right into the action and four blank character sheets if you want to make your own hero.
• Over 100 character and monster pawns to use on the full-color double-sided adventure map.
• Four game reference cards to help players remember their actions.
• A complete set of polyhedral dice, including a d20, d12, d10, d8, d6, and d4.

For a glimpse of what’s to come, check out the Starfinder Beginner Box.

Adventures Ahead!

Aaron Shanks,
Marketing and Media Manager