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The Essential Elements for Building a World!

Roleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms, Glorantha, Narnia, R’lyeh, Middle-Earth, Barsoom, and so many more. It took startling leaps of imagination as well as careful thought and planning to create places like these: places that readers and players want to come back to again and again.

Now, eleven of adventure gaming’s top designers come together to share their insights into building worlds that gamers will never forget. Learn the secrets of designing a pantheon, creating a setting that provokes conflict, determining which historical details are necessary, and so much more. Even take that creative leap—and create dazzling worlds of your own!

Essays by Wolfgang Baur, Keith Baker, Monte Cook, David "Zeb" Cook, Jeff Grubb, Scott Hungerford, Chris Pramas, Jonathan Roberts, Michael A. Stackpole, Steve Winter, with an introduction by Ken Scholes.

"For anyone who’s ever had the drive to create a fictional place, whether in a game, for your novel, or just to pass a rainy afternoon, the Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding will spark some new ideas and help you add the proper doses of verisimilitude and outlandishness." —io9.com

“Class is in session... The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding SHOULD be considered a textbook on intelligent setting creation.” —Dave Hinojosa, The Gaming Gang

"A fantastic resource" —Skyland Games

“While the book is aimed at the RPG crowd, a huge percentage of the material would be just as valuable to an author writing a novel set in an original world. . . . For anyone who’s ever had the drive to create a fictional place . . . The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding will spark some new ideas and help you add the proper doses of verisimilitude and outlandishness.” —Ed Grabianowski, i09

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"Highly recommended for gaming nerds everywhere.”—CityBookReview.com

“If you’re an aspiring pro this book is a must. If you’re a rules hacker like me, this stuff is solid gold.”—Berin Kinsman, UncleBear Media

“A fantastic collection...a solid 5 star rating.”—Joshua Gullion, AdventureAWeek.com

“An amazing collection...from some of the best designers and writers creating role-playing game material today.”—Brian Fitzpatrick, BlogCritics.org

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The Silver Storm has turned Emerald City from a quiet Pacific Northwest metropolis to a hub of super criminal activity, and AEGIS the American Elite Government Intervention Service is on the job. Threat Report presents profiles on dozens of the new supervillains endangering Emerald City and the world. From stormers newly granted their powers to ancient and eldritch evils, from beneath Emerald City s streets to other dimensions and times, Threat Report gives you a plethora of villains to challenge your players. This book compiles most of Green Ronin s Threat Report PDF series of villain profiles, along with new content created just for this collection. You ll find a variety of villains ready-made for your Mutants & Masterminds game, from low-level mercenaries for hire to super-powered thugs and cosmic world-beaters,even gods pulling the strings from behind the scenes. Heroes get ready because the villains of Emerald City are on the loose!

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Nights of the Crusades is a roleplaying game set in a land and time that is familiar on the surface, but within its cracks lie tales of alchemy, madness and violence. It is a world that could have happened and then been lost to barbarity and time. Players take on characters that can explore its lands and plunder them for wealth, glory or knowledge. The world is rife with dark cults, creatures that dwell in unseen places and bloodthirsty warriors. This is a time when anyone’s thoughts, from king to slave, are enough to condemn them to death and hell, and many are they that will line up to cheer the execution.

The setting of Nights of the Crusades is a mixture of the One Thousand and One Nights, the history surrounding the Crusades and both modern and ancient tales of terror. This is a Pathfinder Compatible adaptation that includes details of the setting, how to use the Pathfinder rules to run a campaign and three new classes:

• The Caravan Merchant, an intrepid explorer that aids a group though a chest filled with exotic treasures
• The Orator, who commands a small group of followers and inspires allies through intense speeches
• The Scholar, a knowledge-seeker who walks the path of invention, lore, medicine or a combination of the three
• As well as 2 monsters and an adventure to launch you into the world of Nights of the Crusades.

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In the sleepy coastal town of Sandpoint, evil is brewing. An attack by crazed goblins reveals the shadows of a forgotten past returning to threaten the town—and perhaps all of Varisia. The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins with this goblin raid and takes players on an epic journey through the land of Varisia as they track a cult of serial killers, fight backwoods ogres, stop an advancing army of stone giants, delve into ancient dungeons, and finally face off against a wizard-king in his ancient mountaintop city. This hardcover compilation updates the fan-favorite campaign to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game rules with revised and new content in more than 400 pages packed with mayhem, excitement, and adventure!

Celebrating both the fifth anniversary of the Pathfinder Adventure Path and the tenth anniversary of Paizo Publishing, this new edition expands the original campaign with new options and refined encounters throughout, incorporating 5 years of community feedback.

The Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition contains:
• All six chapters of the original Adventure Path, expanded and updated for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
• Articles on the major locations of Rise of the Runelords: sleepy Sandpoint, the ancient Thassilonian city of Xin-Shalast, and others.
• Revelations on the sinister magic of Thassilon, with updated spells, magic items, and details on tracking sin points throughout the campaign.
• A bestiary featuring eight monsters updated from the original Adventure Path, plus an all-new terror.
• Dozens of new illustrations, never-before-seen characters, location maps, and more!

The Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition is not part of any subscription.

ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-436-8

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Q: Will you be doing hardcover compilations of all of your Adventure Paths?
A: No. This is a special celebration of our very first Adventure Path on its 5th Anniversary. Several of the original volumes of Rise of the Runelords have been unavailable in print for a long time, yet it remains one of our most popular adventure paths; that circumstance presents a unique opportunity for us to expand and update it for use with the Pathfinder RPG, and to apply lessons we've learned about making Adventure Paths over the last half-decade. Our other adventure paths are largely still in print, and many of them were designed for use with the Pathfinder RPG to begin with; we have no plans to recompile them.

Q: Is there anything missing from the original AP volumes?
A: Yes—otherwise, this book would be more than 600 pages long! Some of the monsters and other things created for Rise of the Runelords are now part of the official Pathfinder RPG rules, so they're not reprinted here. The original volumes also included monster ecologies, bestiary entries, and other campaign setting material that isn't directly used in the adventure itself; those items are also not present in this collection. The Pathfinder Journal fiction featuring Eando Kline is not presented here either, but it has been compiled—along with the installments from the subsequent two Adventure Paths—as The Compass Stone, now available in ePub form. We have also replaced some of the artwork from the previous edition, and replaced the six individual introductions with one new one.

Q: What is included in the digital version?
A: In addition to the full version, the Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition download includes the Interactive Maps and a Lite version for reading on portable electronic devices.

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Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. The rules and Chronicle sheets for running this Adventure Path are available as a free download (438 KB zip/PDF).

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This book contains dozens of new monsters found in the Inner Sea region—all invented specifically for the Pathfinder campaign setting! Some, like the gearsmen of Numeria or the moth-like star monarchs who serve the goddess of dreams, have been mentioned many times in Pathfinder Campaign Setting books, but others, like the alien vespergaunt or Rahadoum’s desert-dwelling whirlmaws, have only been obliquely illustrated or mentioned before. And some—like the mysterious and ancient veiled masters, and the disturbingly alluring fungus queen—make their appearance for the first time in print after debuting in Paizo’s office campaigns.

The Inner Sea Bestiary explores some of Golarion’s most unique monsters. Inside this book you will find:

• New monsters ranging in challenge rating from 1/3 (such as the mysterious syrinx) to 25 (the powerful infernal duke Lorthact).
• Three new monstrous templates: the exotic mind-draining vetala vampire, the blighted fey of Fangwood, and the twisted mutants of the Mana Wastes.
• Five new 0-Hit Die races ready for you to customize as villains—or playable as characters if that suits your particular game!
• Beings both benevolent and destructive—48 in all—ready to challenge adventurers in any Pathfinder game!

The Inner Sea Bestiary is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Pathfinder campaign setting, but can be used in any fantasy game setting.

By Jim Groves, James Jacobs, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, F. Wesley Schneider, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, Greg A. Vaughan

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Known as the City of Monuments for its jaw-dropping skyline of ancient ruins, magnificent towers, and stunning sculptures, Magnimar embodies the spirit of the frontier realm of Varisia more than any other city. But life in the City of Monuments can be an adventure all its own. With strange monsters lurking amid the city’s ancient foundations, bands of thieves battling for control over the city’s alleys, and the decadent attitudes of its oldest families, Magnimar lies at a crossroads. Will it succeed despite the obstacles thrown in its path, or is the City of Monuments doomed to crumble under the pressure of its own runaway success?

Magnimar, City of Monuments provides a detailed guide to one of the most popular cities in the Pathfinder campaign setting, the perfect base between adventures or setting of an entire urban campaign. Inside this book you’ll find:

• An expansive gazetteer of Magnimar’s nine districts, from the marble-lined streets of the Alabaster District to the blood-drenched alleys of Underbridge.
• Notes on the plans and plots of dozens of Magnimar’s most famous and infamous movers and shakers, from heads of government to criminal masterminds.
• Revelations about the city’s deadliest mysteries, insights into the cults that plot amid its shadows, reports on the monsters that hunt beneath its streets, and other secrets.
• Allies and enemies for all sorts of adventures, including healers and hell-raisers suitable for any type of campaign.
• Stat blocks for a wide variety of Magnimar’s denizens, whether they be citizens, angelic guardians, or gigantic monsters that haunt the city’s fears and legends.
• Dozens of connections to adventures set within Varisia, such as the Rise of the Runelords and Shattered Star Adventure Paths.

Magnimar, City of Monuments is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the Pathfinder campaign setting, but can easily be used in any fantasy game.

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The brutal beasts of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary come alive on your tabletop with this box-busting collection of more than 300 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game or any tabletop fantasy RPG!

Printed on sturdy cardstock, each pawn contains a beautiful full-color image of a nasty monster from the core Pathfinder RPG monster reference. Each cardstock pawn slots into a size-appropriate plastic base, making them easy to mix with traditional metal or plastic miniatures. With multiple pawns for commonly encountered creatures and more than 250 distinct creature images, the Bestiary Box is the best way to ensure you've got the right creatures to push your Pathfinder campaign to the next level!

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Bestiary Box Set List

Hundreds of monsters surge to life on your tabletop! Each has its own identification number for easy sorting. The Bestiary Box includes:

Small (and Smaller)
1  Archon, Lantern 2  Bat Swarm (4) 3  Choker 4  Cockatrice 5  Dark Creeper (3) 6  Darkmantle 7  Demon, Dretch (2) 8  Demon, Quasit 9  Derro (2)	10  Devil, Imp 11  Dog 12  Eagle 13  Electric Eel 14  Elemental, Air 15  Elemental, Earth 16  Elemental, Fire 17  Elemental, Water 18  Goblin Warrior (4)	19  Homunculus 20  Intellect Devourer 21  Iron Cobra 22  Kobold Warrior (3) 23  Mephit (2) 24  Mite (2) 25  Pixie 26  Pseudodragon	27  Rat, Dire (2) 28  Shocker Lizard 29  Spider Swarm (4) 30  Stirge (2) 31  Svirfneblin 32  Vargouille (2) 33  Vegepygmy (2) 34  Will-o'-Wisp
Medium
35  Aasimar Cleric 36  Angel, Astral Deva 37  Animated Object 38  Ant, Giant Soldier (3) 39  Archon, Hound (2) 40  Archon, Trumpet 41  Azata, Bralani (2) 42  Azata, Ghaele 43  Barghest 44  Basidirond 45  Basilisk (2) 46  Boar 47  Boggard (3) 48  Bugbear (3) 49  Cat, Leopard 50  Cave Fisher (2) 51  Centipede, Giant 52  Crab, Giant (2) 53  Dark Stalker 54  Demon, Babau (2) 55  Demon, Nabasu 56  Demon, Shadow 57  Demon, Succubus 58  Devil, Barbed (2) 59  Devil, Bearded (2) 60  Devil, Erinyes (2)	61  Devil, Lemure (3) 62  Dinosaur, Deinonychus (2) 63  Dog, Riding 64  Doppelganger 65  Dragon, Young Black 66  Dragon, Young Brass 67  Dragon, Young Copper 68  Dragon, Young White 69  Drow Noble Cleric 70  Drow Warrior (3) 71  Dryad 72  Duergar (2) 73  Elemental, Air 74  Elemental, Earth 75  Elemental, Fire 76  Elemental, Water 77  Ettercap 78  Frog, Giant 79  Gargoyle 80  Genie, Janni 81  Ghost 82  Ghoul (3) 83  Gibbering Mouther 84  Gnoll (3) 85  Goblin Dog 86  Golem, Ice	87  Golem, Wood 88  Gray Ooze 89  Green Hag 90  Half-Dragon, Dracolisk 91  Harpy (3) 92  Hell Hound (2) 93  Hobgoblin Fighter (3) 94  Hyena 95  Invisible Stalker 96  Kyton 97  Leech, Giant 98  Lich 99  Lizardfolk (3) 100  Lycanthrope, Wererat 101  Lycanthrope, Werewolf 102  Medusa 103  Merfolk Warrior 104  Mimic 105  Mohrg 106  Morlock (2) 107  Mummy (2) 108  Night Hag 109  Nymph 110  Orc Warrior (3) 111  Rakshasa 112  Rust Monster	113  Sahuagin (2) 114  Salamander 115  Satyr 116  Sea Hag 117  Shadow 118  Skeletal Champion 119  Skeleton (3) 120  Skum (2) 121  Snake, Venomous 122  Spectre 123  Spider, Giant (3) 124  Tengu Rogue 125  Tiefling Rogue 126  Troglodyte (2) 127  Vampire Sorcerer 128  Violet Fungus 129  Wight 130  Wolf (2) 131  Worg 132  Wraith 133  Xill 134  Xorn 135  Yellow Musk Creeper 136  Yeth Hound (2) 137  Zombie (3)
Large
138  Angel, Planetar 139  Angel, Solar 140  Ankheg 141  Ape, Dire 142  Ape, Gorilla 143  Assassin Vine 144  Azata, Lillend 145  Barghest, Greater 146  Bat, Dire 147  Bear, Dire 148  Centaur 149  Chimera 150  Chuul 151  Cloaker 152  Couatl 153  Crocodile 154  Cyclops 155  Demon, Balor 156  Demon, Hezrou 157  Demon, Marilith 158  Demon, Vrock 159  Devil, Bone 160  Devil, Horned 161  Devil, Ice	162  Devil, Pit Fiend 163  Devourer 164  Dragon, Adult Black 165  Dragon, Adult Brass 166  Dragon, Adult Copper 167  Dragon, Adult White 168  Dragon, Young Blue 169  Dragon, Young Bronze 170  Dragon, Young Gold 171  Dragon, Young Green 172  Dragon, Young Red 173  Dragon, Young Silver 174  Drider 175  Duergar (enlarged) 176  Elemental, Air 177  Elemental, Earth 178  Elemental, Fire 179  Elemental, Water 180  Ettin 181  Gelatinous Cube 182  Genie, Djinni 183  Genie, Efreeti 184  Genie, Marid 185  Genie, Shaitan	186  Giant, Fire 187  Giant, Frost 188  Giant, Hill 189  Giant, Stone 190  Girallon 191  Golem, Clay 192  Golem, Flesh 193  Golem, Iron 194  Golem, Stone 195  Gorgon 196  Griffon 197  Half-Celestial Unicorn 198  Half-Fiend Minotaur 199  Herd Animal, Aurochs 200  Herd Animal, Bison 201  Horse 202  Lamia 203  Lion 204  Lizard, Giant Frilled 205  Manticore 206  Mantis, Giant 207  Minotaur 208  Naga, Dark 209  Naga, Guardian	210  Naga, Spirit 211  Nightmare 212  Ochre Jelly 213  Ogre (2) 214  Oni, Ogre Mage 215  Otyugh 216  Owlbear 217  Pegasus 218  Phase Spider 219  Rhinoceros, Woolly 220  Roper 221  Scorpion, Giant 222  Shambling Mound 223  Shark 224  Sphinx, Gynosphinx 225  Tiger, Dire 226  Troll 227  Unicorn 228  Wasp, Giant 229  Wolf, Dire 230  Wyvern 231  Yeti
Huge
232  Aboleth 233  Bebilith 234  Behir 235  Black Pudding 236  Bulette 237  Demon, Glabrezu 238  Demon, Nalfeshnee	239  Dragon, Adult Blue 240  Dragon, Adult Green 241  Dragon, Adult Red 242  Dragon, Ancient Black 243  Dragon, Ancient White 244  Dragon Turtle	245  Elephant, Mastodon 246  Flytrap, Giant 247  Froghemoth 248  Giant, Cloud 249  Giant, Storm 250  Hydra	251  Remorhaz 252  Retriever 253  Shoggoth 254  Slug, Giant 255  Squid, Giant 256  Treant

The Bestiary Box also includes twenty 1"-bases for Medium and smaller pawns, ten 2"-bases for Large pawns, and five 3"-bases for Huge pawns.

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It's happened to every Game Master. You spend hours setting up the perfect encounter, your players are out for blood, the swords are drawn—and then you realize that you've forgotten to build statistics for the enemy characters. Or perhaps your players go left when you expect them to go right, leaving you without any encounters prepared.

Such problems are a thing of the past with the NPC Codex. Inside this tome, you'll find hundreds of ready-made stat blocks for nonplayer characters of every level, from a lowly forest poacher to the most majestic knight or ancient spellcaster. Whether you're planning out future adventures or throwing together encounters right at the table, this book does the work so you can focus on playing the game.

Pathfinder RPG NPC Codex is a must-have companion volume to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook and Pathfinder RPG Bestiary. This imaginative tabletop game builds on more than 10 years of system development and open playtests featuring more than 50,000 gamers to create a cutting-edge RPG experience that brings the all-time best-selling set of fantasy rules into the new millennium.

The 320-page Pathfinder RPG NPC Codex includes:

• Statistics for more than 300 characters, including at least one for every level of every class in the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook.
• Tactical suggestions for every character, ensuring that you get the most out of each individual's gear and abilities in a fight.
• Tons of flavorful names and backgrounds to give characters personality, plus ideas for using them in both combat and roleplaying situations.
• Statistics for characters with lower-powered NPC classes to help populate your world with ordinary people, as well as characters with specialized prestige classes.
• Animal companion statistics for druids and rangers, from level 1 through level 20.
• Multiple versions of each Pathfinder iconic character, perfect for pregenerated player characters.
• Encounter groups for conveniently crafting battles on the fly.
• ... and much, much more!

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Created for fans by fans, this issue of the Wayfinder fanzine puts on a tricorne hat and ventures into the wilds of Golarion's coastal seas! Weathered sea captains, fanged beasties, player options and more await for those daring to take part in the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path or any nautical adventure! This free fanzine includes dozens of articles, including original fiction, new monsters, adventures, maps, treasure, poetry—this is just a small portion of what awaits you!

Contributing Authors: Anthony “Template Fu / Map Fu” Adam, Bryan “Balodek” Barnes, Morgan Boehringer, Dylan Brooks, Will Cooper, Ryan Costello, Jr., Paris Crenshaw, Rich “Rebis Ouroboros” Crotty, Andrew Eakett, Russell “Soricel Minoi Mousefeet” Estes, Robert “snorter” Feather, Aaron “Gideon Black” Filipowich, Dawn “Dark Sasha” Fischer, Guy “ulgulanoth” Fox, Jason “Mikaze” Garrett, Christoph Gimmler, Caleb T Gordan, Rob “malikjoker” Gresham, Wojciech “Drejk” Gruchała, Eric “Boxhead” Hindley, Scott “Curaigh” Janke, Derek “Curn Bounder” Johnson, Jeff Lee, Thomas “Kilrex” LeBlanc, John “Moonstonian” Leising, Gary McBride, Will “cheapy” McCardell, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Alexandra Pitchford, John C. “ValmarTheMad” Rock, Liz Smith, Ashton “n’wah” Sperry, Jeffrey Tadlock, Margherita Tramontano, Mike “taig” Welham, Jim Wettstein, Larry “larcifer” Wilhelm, Nick ‘generaltwig’ Volpe, and Sheldon “Rionus Nailo” Zamora-Soon.

Contributing Artists: Becky Barnes, Darran Caldemeyer, Tyler Clarke, Liz Courts, William Dodds, Peter Fairfax, Crystal Frasier, Silvia Gonzalez, Frank Hessefort, Michael Jaecks, James Keegan, Chris Kimball, Danny Krog, Mike Lowe, Dave Mallon, Alex Moore, W. Kristoph Nolen, Brian Patterson, Anna Rigby, Nick Russell, Tanyaporn Sangsnit, Hugo Solis, Ashton Sperry, Colby Stevenson, Matthew Stinson, Sven Fredrik Svensson, Remi Thorensen, Carlos Torreblanca, Todd Westcot, Jim Wettstein, and Stephen Wood.

Cover art by Frank Hessefort and Tanyaporn Sangsnit.

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