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Whenever I DM or play in a new campaign I like to do some Appendix N-style inspired reading to help flesh out the characters and setting.

So on that note, can anybody recommend some short stories or novels that might be somewhat related to Numeria, the land of savagery and super science?

Hello everybody we have a new Venture-Lieutenant in town. Colin Thompson is an avid player and GM.

Colin will help me organize and regulate out here in the wild, wild East of Tian Xia.

Well met, hypoborean wanderer. May you live in interesting times.

Matt

Adventure photographer and Pathfinder, Dan Sandoval, commissioned Venture-Lieutenant of Chengdu, China.

My fellow Pathfinders, on this glorious Fireday, this 12th day of Gozran, a dispatch from the Water Palace came to me, revealing that a great honor would be bestowed upon one amongst our number.

And so today on behalf of the Decemvirate, I – with humble deference and great modesty– have been granted the privilege to proclaim that even here in the decadent and smoldering dystopias East of the Himalayas and West of the Okaiyo Ocean, where that megalopolis called Chengdu, The Hibiscus City, reigns with proper decorum, devouring the rice plains all around, that even here, a Society of Pathfinders holding knowledge sacred, secrets priceless, artifacts holy convenes every Fireday in strict accord with the harmony of the Celestial Court.

And here too, somewhere behind the ancient walls of that fastness, somewhere deep within its convoluted alleyways, somewhere amidst its pleasure domes, opium dens, and tea houses there is one Lodge at least, secreted away where Pathfinders congregate, spinning tales, merry-making, and ever seeking adventure in these vast realms of Tian Xia.

There is no question these glorious middle kingdoms require the services and leadership of a Venture-Lieutenant. And so when a young, grizzled American expat with not a little skill in the art of adventure photography, and not a bit infamous amongst his brethren for his wide-ranging peregrinations throughout the world, both here and in Galarion, made himself known to the Society for his honor, courage and commitment, there was no doubt in my mind that he should receive a field commission at once.

And so it is my undeserved privilege to announce with undaunted humility the appointment of one, Dan Sandoval of the City of Angels in the Kingdoms of California, to the rank of Venture-Lieutenant of the City of Chengdu and all its environs.

May his Wayfinder be ever true whatever Path he trods.

Your humble servant of The Pathfinder Society,

Matt Muller
Venture-Captain,
People’s Republic of China