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Rise Of the Runelords Pawn Collection From Pathfinder coming in August

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Jul 122012

Rise o/t Runelords AP Pawn Collection

$ 15.99 SRP

Key monsters and NPCs from the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path come alive on your tabletop with this collection of more than 100 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 monster or NPC from the Rise of the Runelords campaign, including goblins, dragons, giants, ogres and dozens of unique NPCs that are also suitable to represent player characters. Each cardstock pawn slots into a size-appropriate plastic base from the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary Box, making them easy to mix with traditional metal or plastic miniatures. With multiple pawns for commonly encountered creatures and tons of distinct creature images, the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path Pawn Collection brings the friends and foes of Pathfinder’s original campaign alive like never before!

The Price of Infamy from Paizo for Pathfinder

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Jul 012012

The Price of Infamy

$ 19.99 SRP

Slated for August

The adventurers now have their own island and port, but they’ll need more than one ship to defend it. They must scour the harbors and docks of the Shackles to recruit more ships and more crews to their flag. But when a rival from their past sends a fleet to attack them, they must defend their island home. And when they sail to his island to get their revenge, the adventurers discover a traitor whose betrayal threatens all of the islands of the Shackles. “The Price of Infamy” is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 11th-level characters. This volume continues the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path, delving into the secrets of the deadly cult of Norgorber, god of thieves and assassins, along with presenting new rules for battles between whole pirate fleets. New monsters from the depths of the sea and exotic islands fill the Pathfinder Bestiary, while Robin D. Laws (author of the Pathfinder Tales novel The Worldwound Gambit) continues his tale of pirates and lost treasures in the Pathfinder’s Journal.

The Ultimate Equipment Guide for Pathfinder

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Jun 122012

Ultimate Equipment

$ 44.99 SRP

Slated for August

Choose your weapon and stride boldly into battle with Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Equipment! Within this handy, all-in-one reference, you’ll find 400 jam-packed pages of magic items and adventuring gear, from simple camping equipment and weapons up to the most earth-shaking artifacts. Included as well are handy rules references, convenient price lists, and extensive random treasure generation tables, all organized to help you find what you need, when you need it. With this vast catalog of tools and treasures, the days of boring dragon hoards are over, and your hero will never be caught unprepared again.

Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Equipment is a must-have companion volume to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook. This imaginative tabletop game builds on more than 10 years of system development and open play tests 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.

Arriving June 19th for Pathfinder

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May 042012

Rise of the Runelords Ann. Edition

$ 59.99

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!

Pathfinder News Giochi Uniti to Publish Pathfinder in Italian

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Apr 112012

Press Release from Paizo

“Giochi Uniti to Publish Pathfinder in Italian

Comprehensive license to cover all Paizo Publishing Pathfinder Brands

April 11, 2012 (REDMOND, Wash.) – Paizo Publishing proudly announces that it has entered a licensing arrangement with Italian publisher and game distributor Giochi Uniti to publish and distribute Pathfinder Roleplaying Game products in Italian. Giochi Uniti takes over the Italian-language Pathfinder license from Paizo’s previous publishing partner, Wyrd Edizioni.

Giochi Uniti plans to release updated editions of the entire Pathfiner print catalogue, including the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Bestiary 2, and the Council of Thieves Adventure Path in 2012, followed by additional Pathfinder releases.

Paizo Adds Adam Daigle to Game Staff

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Feb 282012

Press release from Paizo

Paizo Adds Adam Daigle to Game Staff

Popular freelance designer to become Pathfinder Adventure Path Developer

February 27, 2012 (REDMOND, Wash.) – Paizo Publishing announces the addition of popular freelancer Adam Daigle to its in-house game design and development staff, effective March 15. Daigle will work with Pathfinder Creative Director James Jacobs and Developer Rob McCreary on Paizo’s popular monthly Pathfinder Adventure Path campaign supplements, as well as other projects.

“As a freelancer, I’ve loved working with this crew in helping to build the world of Golarion and Pathfinder Roleplaying game, but that pesky day job kept getting in the way of giving more,” said Daigle. “I’m thrilled to be able to accept this position to give my full attention to this fantastic game and its community. This personal life transition was partially facilitated by the sage words of Hunter S. Thompson, ‘When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.’”

“I’ve worked with Adam for years already—he’s been a contributor to numerous Paizo products as a freelancer, from smaller works like Pathfinder Bestiary monsters to larger projects like Lost Kingdoms or big Adventure Path articles,” said Paizo Creative Director James Jacobs. “The imagination, skill, and just plain-old professionalism Adam brings to each of his assignments would in and of itself have ensured him a constant role in Pathfinder products to come, but now that he’s joining Paizo as a full-time developer, you’ll see his handiwork in every product we produce—particularly in the Adventure Paths, where his assistance and input will be most welcome indeed!”

The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is a fully supported tabletop RPG, with regularly released adventure modules, sourcebooks on the fantastic world of Golarion, and complete campaigns in the form of Pathfinder Adventure Paths like Skull & Shackles and The Rise of the Runelords. The Pathfinder RPG is also compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world’s oldest roleplaying game.

For more information about Pathfinder, please visit paizo.com/pathfinder.

I think this is very exciting. Adam has been doing work as a freelancer for sometime. I haven’t seen all of it, but I have like everything I have seen. Here is a link to his past work.

Pathfinder Battles Encounter Pack: Champions of Evil

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Feb 142012

Pathfinder Battles Encounter Pack: Champions of Evil

Heroes beware! An Evil Cleric commands three Zombies, while a Succubus and Scarlet Gargoyle torment adventurers with their own brand of villainy! Designed specifically to work with Dawn of the Scarlet Sun, the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure slated for Free RPG Day 2012 (June 16 at participating hobby retailers), as well as any Pathfinder RPG campaign, the Champions of Evil Encounter Pack features six miniatures with all-new (alternate) paint schemes.

The Mini’s are supposed to be released in April.

“Character” Creation: More than Mechanics

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Feb 112012

Introduction

This is the first in a series of articles about “Character” Creation? What do I mean by that? (Especially the part with “Character” inside quotation marks.) I mean, all the parts that are not covered in the basic mechanics of a particular RPG’s character creation system. I mean the creation and development “universal” aspects of an RPG character – personality, attitude, behavior, motivation, psychology, etc. I mean those parts that are at the heart of the “Role-Playing” experience (as opposed to the “roll-playing” experience). Continue reading »

RPG Superstar News Flash Top 16 to advance

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Feb 072012

Press Release From Paizo

Top 16 Advance to Round 3 of RPG Superstar

Finalists to Design Original Monsters by End of Week

February 7, 2012 (REDMOND, Wash.) – Sixteen amateur game designers have advanced to Round 3 of Paizo Publishing’s RPG Superstar, the largest open-call tabletop roleplaying design contest in history. 2009 RPG Superstar champion Neil Spicer joined celebrity judges Clark Peterson, Ryan Dancey, and Sean K Reynolds to critique 32 original organizations designed by Round 1 finalists. In this round, fan votes determine who advances to Round 3, in which the Top 16 will design original monsters with full game statistics. All finalist submissions, complete with judge and reader commentary, are posted to the paizo.com messageboards.

“It’s always interesting to see how the competitors embrace each round’s challenge. Some play it conservatively, some appeal to a specific fanbase, and a few charge ahead to create something wild and innovative,” said judge and Paizo game developer Sean K Reynolds. “This year we had several traditional organizations like mercenary soldiers and seekers of lost knowledge, and unusual ones like a clan of succubus-geishas and a fleet of whale-riding pirates. As a judge, I’m always impressed with the creativity of the competitors—even the weird ones!”

The Top 16 finalists for RPG Superstar 2012 and their winning entries to date are:

Will Cooper (Auckland, New Zealand)

Ghostvision gloves, Stormsworn Company

Adam Donald (Toronto, Ontario)

Flask of Liquid Sunlight, The Red Bastards

Bob Drouin (Columbia, Maryland)

Figurine of Familiar Power, Fear, Fist and Flame

Andrew Marlowe (Cincinnati, OH)

Cayden’s Cup, Andoran Mercantile League

Jacob Michaels (Bethlehem, PA)

Haunting Glass, The Unfettered

Steve Miller (Raleigh, NC)

Night Monarch Vardo, Arcadian Interceptors

James Olchak (Raleigh, NC)

Rajah’s Silhouette, Cold Hearth Lodge

Tom Phillips (Fleming Island, FL)

Feywhisper Crown, Sisters of Chana-Zhol

Sam Polak (Apex, NC)

Moonlight Flute of the Ghost Hunter, Riders of the Black Steppe

James Raine (Fairfield, CA)

Spellbreaker Gauntlets, Besmara’s Chosen

David Ross (Petoskey, MI)

Clockwork Conscience, Dreamstitchers

Daniel Rust (London, England)

Elixir of Resurgent Flame, Anointed Choir of the Rapture

Chris Shaeffer (Lansfale, PA)

Scent of the Savored Sting, The Pure Line

Jacob Trier (Aarhus, Denmark)

Sunrise Shawl, The Maidens of Veiled Vengeance

Russell Vaneekhoven (Rancho Cordova, CA)

Chimaeric Mantle, The Foulgrip Rangers

Mike Welham (Kernersville, NC)

Raptoring Gloves, Monster Reformation Alliance

The Top 16 will now be required to design Pathfinder Roleplaying Game statistics for an original monster concept and submit their complete monster write-up by 2:00 PM Pacific time on Friday, February 10. On February 14, Paizo will reveal judge comments on all 16 submissions to the general public, who will then get to discuss the entries and vote for their favorites. Voting ends on February 20, and the Top 8 (by votes) will move on to Round 4.

The ultimate winner of RPG Superstar, announced April 3, 2012, will write a Pathfinder Module to be published in early 2013. The 2011 RPG Superstar champion module, Sam Zeitlin’s The Midnight Mirror, releases in April 2012.

For a complete schedule of RPG Superstar, including rules and a FAQ, visit paizo.com/rpgsuperstar.

About Paizo Publishing

Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo’s Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

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Pathfinder Tales Hits #3 On Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Of 2011 List

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Jan 122012

PATHFINDER TALES HITS #3 ON BARNES & NOBLE BEST FANTASY OF 2011 LIST

Paizo.com Launches THREE-FOR-ALL Sale to Celebrate!

January 9, 2012 (Redmond, WA) – Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder Tales novel Death’s Heretic, by James L. Sutter, has been named the #3 best fantasy release of 2011 by Barnes & Noble’s SciFi and Fantasy Blog, and paizo.com is celebrating by offering a THREE-FOR-ALL sale on all Pathfinder Tales novels, ebooks, and short fiction! From now until the end of January, paizo.com customers who purchase two Pathfinder Tales novels will receive a third FREE novel! This offer also extends to electronic novels and short fiction, with the purchase of any two earning a third Pathfinder Tales product of the same format. Just add them to your cart, and Paizo will discount the lowest-priced qualifying item at checkout.

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