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Hi, this is John Bennett. I've recently taken over Lead Design duties for Fat Goblin Games's Shadows over Vathak campaign line. Rick Hershey and I have a lot of cool products planned for the year. Therefore, if you have a Facebook account, I encourage you to like our Facebook page Shadows over Vathak to get all the latest updates on upcoming products and other information regarding Shadows over Vathak. On Wednesdays, I plan to discuss upcoming products and on Saturdays, I'll be posting different books/movies, etc. that provide excellent inspiration for a Vathak campaign. You can click on my profile here to see some of the work I've done for other 3PP companies or visit my personal website to learn more about me and resume. I hope you join us!
Glad to hear you have the reins on this, John. Looking forward to seeing it expand. Also, I think I may need something from you in regard to that setting. I'll let Rick know.
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I am glad you guys are doing this. I was a little worried since this is one of my favorite horror settings for Pathfinder besides, well you know. :-)
Thanks, Christina and Louis. I've been a fan of Shadows over Vathak since the original 96 page campaign setting so getting to work on it is pretty exciting and Rick has a lot of enthusiasm for the line, as well.
2/5 update- Today on Shadows over Vathak I give a broad overview of the types of new products you can expect to see this year. Check it out and let us know what you think!
2/8 update- Today on Shadows over Vathak, I talk about the movie, Black Death, which serves as a perfect inspiration for adventuring in Vathak's plague ridden Ina'oth region.
2/12 update- Today on Shadows over Vathak I discuss what kind of player options you'll find in the Players' Guide.
2/15 update- Today over on Shadows over Vathak, I discuss one of the key influences in designing Vathak and how his stories make great ideas for adventures- Clark Ashton Smith.
2/19- It's been a snowy past week in New England, but I managed to avoid getting buried and discuss the forthcoming GMs' Gazetteer for Shadows over Vathak.
Will the Vathek Times subscription be revived? I subscribed for 12, there have been 5, iirc.
I will let Rick know there's a question here.
Yes, Vathak Times will be complete, it was one of the projects left unfinished with the departure of my former partner.
2/21- Today on Shadows over Vathak, I discuss how the popular anime series, D. Gray-man, can help you inject a sense of horror in your Vathak, or other horror-themed, campaign.
2/27- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I get to discuss one of my favorite topics- adventure writing and give you a glimpse of how I am going to approach creating Shadows over Vathak modules.
3/1- March, finally! Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss the amazing novella, The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen.
3/5- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss a bit about my planning process- what I've been doing the last couple of months and how that is shaping up.
3/8- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I take a look at the old 1990 Ravenloft boxed set and some of the things that you can pull into a Vathak adventure.
3/12- I discuss my approach to looking at traits in the forthcoming Players' Guides over at Shadows over Vathak.
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3/15- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss how to use one of my favorite movies, "13th Warrior," as both inspiration in depicting the evil bhriota and as an adventure.
03/19- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss my process for outlining adventures.
03/22- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I try to escape the snow and go below the earth of Vathak to the underworld known as the Filth Reaches where I might find the works described by sci-fi author, Richard Shaver.
03/26- What are "Lineage feats?" Well, the name may change but its something I'm working on as part of the players' guide for Shadows over Vathak.
03/29- Shadows over Vathak is a setting suitable for many types of different horror themed campaigns, whether you want to run something more akin to Call of Cthulhu or have your players attempt to survive battling on the frontlines against the Spawn of the Old Ones. So for the latter, on today's blog I discuss the anime series Attack on Titan which can serve as inspiration in running a survival horror type of campaign or adventure.
04/02- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I give a brief update on the progress of the first Shadows over Vathak Players' Guide where I briefly discuss designing spells for rogues...rogues? The Old Ones must have driven me insane!
04/05- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, we take a visit to the Sedlec Ossuary- a great location for a Vathak adventure!
04/09- Short update over at Shadows over Vathak- the players' guide for the Colonies is coming along very well but I still need to write up an incantation.
4/14- Inspiration blogs will now be on Sundays instead of Saturdays. Today, I discuss insane asylums and the movie "House on Haunted Hill" over at Shadows over Vathak.
04/17- A little late this week due to work but I've posted over at Shadows over Vathak where I talk a little bit about the upcoming GMs' Gazetteer for the Colonies. I also mention vampires!
04/20- Over at Shadows over Vathak it is all about "From Beyond" and "Dr. Chaos."
04/23- Today on Shadows over Vathak, I give a quick progress report, plus the new holiday I evented, "Retro Day in the U.S.A." See what it's all about!
04/27- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss how to use the board game, Arkham Horror, as the basis for a Vathak adventure.
04/30- The first players' guide has been turned over for layout. What else do we have coming out? Check out today's blog post over at Shadows over Vathak and find out
05/04- Sunday's post over at Shadows over Vathak, I discussed the movie, The Keep, and how you could use its plot for your own Vathak adventure.
05/07- A brief post up over at Shadows over Vathak- NPCs, locations, and vampires are just some of the stuff you can find in the upcoming GM Gazetteer for the Colonies region.
05/11- In honor of Mother's Day over at Shadows over Vathak, I take a look at one of the baddest moms of all in the classic movie, Aliens.
05/14- I give a quick progress update over at Shadows over Vathak regarding the forthcoming GM's guide for the Colonies. Also, the player's guide is now available!
05/18- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss one of my favorite horror anime- Ghost Hunt. The series is an excellent example of how to introduce horror and slowly ramp it up to an exciting finale.
05/21- Progress report is posted up over at Shadows over Vathak. Click and like us to find out the next region we'll be covering.
05/25- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss the "Night Creatures" volume from Time Life's "Enchanted World" series. My favorite is the old Vincent Price commercial for the series I found. Man, that commercial used to freak me out as a kid!
05/28- Today's post over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss the first, forthcoming adventure for Shadows over Vathak.
05/25- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss the "Night Creatures" volume from Time Life's "Enchanted World" series. My favorite is the old Vincent Price commercial for the series I found. Man, that commercial used to freak me out as a kid!
Nice entry. I vaguely remember that commercial but never had or saw any of the books in the flesh. Of course, it being Vincent Price I'm not sure remembering him with the candle blowing out and the eye thing at the end narrows it down to just this commercial.
6/1- "1...2...Freddy's coming for you" is the topic of today's inspirational blog post up at Shadows over Vathak.
6/4- Today's post is up over at Shadows over Vathak where I give a progress update and some brief advice on drawing maps.
6/8- Take a trip with me to a cabin in the woods over at Shadows over Vathak where every Sunday I give you ideas on how to take your favorite horror movies, books, and other media and turn them into an adventure.
6/11- Update post over at Shadows over Vathak.
06/15- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I take a look at a cool new horror RPG, Kuro, and how you can use campaign elements from that game to inspire your own Vathak adventures.
06/18- Today's post is up at Shadows over Vathak. Find out what we are up to and what we are working on next.
06/22- Over at Shadows over Vathak, I talk about using the band, "Tool," as a source of inspiration in helping to create the alien details unique to a Vathak adventure.
06/25- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I blog about the concept of "show, don't tell" and how to apply it to adventure writing.