Welcome to the table. Weeks of investigation led the adventurers to the Farsight Estate, where a gathering of nobles provides a perfect opportunity to identify who wants them dead. During this session, the players experienced a new design for social encounters—one that required them to roleplay as the nobles from whom they wanted information. Let’s […]
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Next up in our preview series on the New Paths Compendium classes—the trickster! Utilizing cunning, magic, and deception, tricksters live lives of endless adventure. These crafty scoundrels combine a variety of useful, if questionable, skills with the science of arcane scholars and the natural might of innate casters. Tricksters are silver-tongued manipulators, stealthy combatants, and
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A weapon is more than the damage it deals. In combat, skilled warriors use their weapons to confuse, disorient, and disadvantage their enemies before moving in for the kill. Beyond Damage Dice ties unique maneuvers to weapons from both the core rules and the Midgard Campaign Setting, giving them a distinct impact on the battlefield.
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Dear Osvaud, This is Osvaud. What’s the first thing every wannabe dark lord does? Why, amass themselves a big ole nightmare army. Today we are going to talk about why they are stupid.
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The New Paths Compendium previews continue! Presenting the priest! Priests are called to serve a divine power, much in the manner of a cleric. A priest’s connection to her deity forms the very core of her being—it is through this unwavering reverence that she receives her power and her strength. Unlike a cleric, however, a priest
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Bringing you a taste from the dark pages of Warlock… In the belly of the Dragoncoil Mountains lies an ancient and spectacular set of magma falls. The falls have many names but are most commonly known as the Firefalls of Ghoss. The story tells of a young dragonfolk sorcerer who, fleeing through the mountains from
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The world is full of adventure and intrigue, as well as those who seek both. These heroic few travel the world for glory, adventure, fame, and fortune. However, when they are not off saving the world or delving into dungeons and catacombs, they need a place to put up their feet and take off their
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We’ve previewed many of the 12 new and expanded Pathfinder Roleplaying Game classes in the recently released hardcover edition of the New Paths Compendium. Next up—the theurge!
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Since the rise of the “young” races, the boundaries of Faerie have waned and receded farther into the shadows. Once great powers and influences have been diminished or forbidden or forgotten. As the ancient traditions faded and the Old World separated from the New, some were compelled to depart along with it, by necessity or
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To seasoned adventurers, the doom-laden chanting of priests and the cackling of evil wizards means only one thing: deadly peril and the chance for treasure! (Okay, that’s two things.) Eldritch Lairs brings you eight complete 5th Edition compatible adventures for 4th‑ to 8th-level player characters, set in magic‑blasted wastes, dungeons, and deserts. Venture into the dark depths of the earth, through the
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“Anyway slug, stop staring at that picture and empty my chamber pot.” Curious Locales presents quirky locations for GMs to drop into their campaigns. Free of class and level, they can be used in any fantasy RPG system.
Ever want to play a spell-using, kick-ass archer right from 1st level? Introducing the mystic archer, one of the 12 new and expanded Pathfinder Roleplaying Game classes in the recently released hardcover edition of the New Paths Compendium. Dedicated to mastery of the bow, a mystic archer seamlessly blends the damage-dealing potential of the arcane with the
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There’s a city not far from here, much like any other. On its surface, it’s full of life in the usual well-kept, mostly ordered snapshot of urban living you’re familiar with. But below its streets, there lies abominations, filth, and history. Complete with alchemical vaults, dungeon cells, moonshine pubs, secret libraries, and unnervingly sterile laboratories,
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It’s February! So here’s a set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic device you’ve got. This month’s teases the upcoming release of Eldritch Lairs with a piece by the astounding Marcel Mercado. This month, consider getting back into the important things in life—magic rituals!
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Not ALL necromancers are evil! Introducing the white necromancer, one of the 12 new and expanded Pathfinder Roleplaying Game classes in the recently-released hardcover edition of the New Paths Compendium.
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I first became aware of William O’Connor back in the 90s when I was working with Last Unicorn Games. Bill did some amazing interior illustrations for Last Unicorn’s Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth RPG. I was not at all surprised when I started seeing his incredible art in D&D books, both interior and covers. He did the
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