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Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Poster Map Folio

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Excellent maps

Michael Harnish — May 1, 2011, 07:23 am

You can read my full review here: http://rpg.brouhaha.us/?p=4137

GameMastery Module D0: Hollow's Last Hope (OGL)

Pathfinder Module: Master of the Fallen Fortress (PFRPG)

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Nice looking but pretty standard fare.

Michael Harnish — Aug 6, 2010, 11:35 am

The Physical Book
The adventure is a 16-page, full-color, saddle-stapled book. Like all of Paizo's Pathfinder products, the production values of this item is really nice, something which is especially worth noting considering the book was given out for free. The art, especially the cover and the Wayne Reynolds' pieces, is very good. The cartography decent but pretty basic and, to be frank, rather boring - the rooms are almost all octagonal in shape, being differentiated only by the number of doors and the contents of the room.

The Adventure
The adventure, which is designed for 1st level characters, is nothing special nor particularly interesting. The basic premise is that a recent earthquake has provided access to an ancient siege tower which gives the PCs the opportunity to explore. There's a little more going on in the tower, but that at its core is what the adventure is about.

As for what's inside (remember I promised this would be spoiler-free), there's a decent enough reason provided for what's taken up residence within the tower, but for the most part the adventure is pretty much a room-by-room dungeon tower crawl. The PCs move from room to room, killing (or maybe talking) to what's inside before moving on to the next room. While the arrangement of the tower means it's not a linear crawl, it's still a crawl.

The Other Contents
Of the 16 pages, the adventure only takes up pages 2-9. Pages 10-15 contain pre-generated PCs, each of which also serves as a preview of the upcoming Paizo's Advanced Player’s Guide. These are pretty cool and not unexpected since part of the strategy behind Free RPG Day products for many companies is to provide something that also doubles as advertising or preview material.Each of these characters includes a small, iconic-style portrait, and a complete write-up which is quite nice although of limited utility to anyone not actually wanting to run the module using the PFRPG.

The Verdict
The Master of the Fallen Fortress is a decent enough adventure for a free product but nothing I would recommend paying money for or going out of your way to buy unless you're a die hard completest. That said, Paizo deserves some kudos for producing such a good looking free product.

Pathfinder Adventure Path #31: Stolen Land (Kingmaker 1 of 6) (PFRPG)

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An interesting, but not perfect sandbox

Michael Harnish — Aug 6, 2010, 11:33 am

You can read the full review on my blog here.

An excellent resource for the keeper

Michael Harnish — Jul 26, 2010, 07:20 am

Overall, a very nice screen and very useful for running ToC. You can read my full review here.

GameMastery Face Cards: Enemies Deck

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A noticeable drop in quality

Michael Harnish — Jul 26, 2010, 07:18 am

As most of the other reviews have mentioned, there is a noticeable drop in production quality in this set. You can read my full review here.

FIlled with Dresden spoilers but a must have

Michael Harnish — Jul 26, 2010, 07:15 am

My full review is on my blog.

Awesome.

Michael Harnish — Jul 26, 2010, 07:12 am

Well worth the wait, the Dresden Files lives up to the hype as well as the anticipation. You can read the full review on my blog here.

Pathfinder Miniatures: Sajan, Iconic Human Monk

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Great mini, lousy weapon

Michael Harnish — Jul 10, 2010, 05:53 am

Overall I love the mini and it was like all of the other Reaper minis I've got from the PF line: Well-cast, highly detailed, and very cool. My only complaint is that the weapon is goofy looking (it's poorly proportioned and blocky) and the tang/handle of the sword is so thin that it's likely to break off if you look at it wrong. I ended up removing the sword and putting on a regular sword from my bits box (a WHFB plastic one fixed with a small pin).

Pathfinder Chronicles Miniatures: Osirian Mummy

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Another cool mini

Michael Harnish — Jul 10, 2010, 05:49 am

I really like this mini - it looks good and was well-cast. It also is very evocative and a perfect match for an Osirian based campaign (duh!). My only criticism is that the post is kind of static and the left arm a bit odd in the way it's posed.

Pathfinder Miniatures: Ezren, Iconic Human Wizard

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Another excellent one

Michael Harnish — Jul 10, 2010, 05:46 am

Great looking and easy to work with - very little clean-up was necessary. About my only complaint was that the staff was badly bent in the package but that's pretty typical. The mini is fun to paint and looks spectacular on the table - plus the "devil's horns" pose rocks. ;o)

Pathfinder Miniatures: Lem, Iconic Halfling Bard

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Awesome.

Michael Harnish — Jul 10, 2010, 05:43 am

Lem, in person so to speak, looks as good as the picture suggests. The sculpt is incredibly detailed. The mini is well-cast with little flashing or lines, and was a lot of fun to paint. I use this particular mini as my own PC (a halfling sorcerer in a 4E game) and it's really eye-catching on the table.