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Pathfinder 2.0 from Paizo

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Aug 022019

PATHFINDER SECOND EDITION UNLEASHED!

Advance your game with rules that are easier to learn, faster to play, and endlessly customizable.

REDMOND, WASHINGTON (August 1, 2019): Today, Paizo released the highly anticipated second edition of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. The 640-page Pathfinder Core Rulebook contains everything players and Game Masters need to build deeply customizable characters and weave fantastic stories and adventures, while the 360-page Pathfinder Bestiary contains more than 400 monsters from Aeons to Zombies, with more lore and more intuitive game stats than ever before. A new Adventure Path, a standalone adventure, character sheets, condition cards, and more all launch today, providing players with a full slate of adventures and accessories for their campaigns.
“We’ve spent years of development improving the design of Pathfinder to provide deeper character customization, faster gameplay, and crafting rules that are easier for players to learn. We’re excited to see how Pathfinder Second Edition empowers your storytelling and creates shared experiences that last a lifetime!” said Erik Mona, Paizo’s Publisher and Chief Creative Officer.
Your story awaits! Dive into a murder mystery with the 64-page Fall of Plaguestone standalone adventure. If epic campaigns that take your character all the way to 20th level are more your style, start with the Hellknight Hill adventure and embark on a continent-spanning conflict against cultists, slavers, and a fiery draconic devastation in the Age of Ashes Adventure Path.
For a single evening of storytelling, join tens of thousands of players as an agent of the Pathfinder Society, a legendary league of explorers, archaeologists, and adventurers dedicated to discovering and chronicling the greatest mysteries and wonders of an ancient world beset by magic and evil. The new season starts today, so it’s the perfect time to join! Learn more at PathfinderSociety.club.
Pathfinder accessories, like the double-sided Fall of Plaguestone Flip-Mat, GM Screen, Combat Pad, Character Sheet Pack, and Condition Cards, also release today immerse Pathfinder players even more deeply in their new adventures.
Paizo’s official licensed partners also join us for the launch of Pathfinder Second Edition!
Accessories: Campaign Coins releases Pathfinder Hero Point Tokens, a new dice tray, and the Pathfinder Second Edition logo pin. Q-Workshop adds a Second Edition dice set. Dog Might launches the Pathfinder Valhalla GM Screen and Dragon Sheath.
Actual Play: Join The Glass Cannon as they play Silent Tide on YouTube, as well as their live performances in Indianapolis during Gen Con! Don’t miss Geek & Sundry’s weekly Knights of Everflame Tuesdays at 4 p.m. Pacific, Paizo’s very own Oblivion Oath Thursdays at noon Pacific, and Dragons & Things live on Twitch at 6 p.m. Pacific every Friday.
Audio: Syrinscape releases the Fall of Plaguestone SoundSet, giving GMs and players a deeper and more immersive experience as they adventure through the Fall of Plaguestone adventure.
Miniatures: WizKids releases the Legendary Adventures Preview Pack, featuring 8 monsters and heroes from Pathfinder Second Edition, followed in September by the 44-figure Legendary Adventures booster set and Goblin Village premium set.
Online: Create a brand new Second Edition character with Hero Lab Online and play with friends around the world on virtual tabletops like Fantasy Grounds and Roll20, and d20Pro.
Online Rules: Archives of Nethys has the official Pathfinder Second Edition SRD available at PFRD.Info.
Terrain: Dwarven Forge begins preorders on the Fall of Plaguestone Adventure Kit.
Translations: New Order Editora launches Pathfinder Second Edition in Brazil with the Pathfinder Core Rulebook (PDF) in Portuguese, with additional products released in October and December. Devir (Spanish), Ulisses Spiele (German), and Black Book Editions (French) are all at work on Second Edition releases as well. Stay tuned!
Pathfinder Second Edition is one of the most-supported roleplaying game launches in history with more than 1,000 pages of rules, lore, adventures, and accessories available for purchase now. Pathfinder products are available at your favorite local game store, book store, online retailer, and paizo.com. PDFs are available exclusively at paizo.com.
To start playing today, visit PathfinderSecondEdition.com. About PaizoPaizo Inc. is one of the world’s leading hobby game publishers. Since 2002, millions of players have joined the goblin army by playing the Pathfinder® and Starfinder® roleplaying games across tabletops, at conventions, at their favorite local game store, and digitally on virtual tabletops. Paizo.com is an online retail hobby destination for millions of gamers that carries the latest products from top hobby game publishers. Players also find accessories, like dice and maps, miniatures, T-shirts, goblin plush toys, and the newest releases to quickly replenish those adventuring supplies for the next dungeon run.

Role-Play Rambling 4.1: Final Thoughts Pathfinder Playtest

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Jul 232019

In the first episode of season 4 on Role-Play Ramblings Matt shares his final thoughts on the Pathfinder Playtest. He shares where he had hiccups in the playtest and what he liked about it.

What I didn’t mention in the video is that every player I’m playing with is sold on the game and have preordered the core book. My two boys were so fired up that I now have a full blown campaign based on the creation of their characters. I have never based an entire story on the how the players worked together during character creation that is just out of this world.

I didn’t go into spells that much either, but my players love the way the work and Joshua – who always plays a Rogue – has made ten spell casters since the start of the playtest!

Flip Through Review 83: Book of the Damned for Pathfinder

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Mar 212019

In this review Matt looks at the Book of the Damned for the Pathfinder role-playing game. The book does contain information on demons, devils, daemons and the worship so the content might not be for everyone.

Knowing that, The Book of the Damned contains a lot of information about the biggest and baddest fiendish divinities. Reaching into the deepest and darkest crevasses of the Abyss you learn about their worship, and the realms they live in. For player characters there is information the players can use to worship the fiends. Giving you tools like obedience, and sample structures for cults.

I think the best part of the book is the section on contracts. As a G.M. I found this to be exhilarating! It is a great tool for trapping players who want to be tempted, or who can be duped into bartering with the devil. What makes the section so good is that they give you all of the parts of a contract and stress the importance of each one, more importantly it even gives you way to break the contract. It’s just too much fun!

If you want to add demons and devils to your campaign check this out.

Flip Through Review 82 : Faiths of Golarion for Pathfinder

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Mar 202019

In this Flip Through Matt takes a look at the Faiths of Golarion campaign setting for Pathfinder. This book includes ten lesser gods of Golaria. It offers up a a complete write up that includes their domain, sub domains, favored weapons, and an obedience. While these deities are not the major players in the pantheon of Golaria don’t think that they aren’t influential to their believers!

Characters of any class can perform the obedience of their deity to be granted an ability that lasts for the day – if they have the Divine obedience feat. Further characters with the feat will be granted more power if they have at least 12 hd – sooner if they are of the right prestige class. Faiths of Golarion brings us 5 new domains and 4 sub domains plus new feats and spells.

What I love about the Pathfinder faith books is that they take the idea of faith and break it down so any player character can believe as much or as little as the character would like.

This is a nice supplement for the Pathfinder system, helping players and G.M.s round out their stories.

Flip Through: Martial Arts Handbook Pathfinder RPG

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Feb 272019

In this Flip Through Matt Takes a look at the Martial Arts Handbook for Pathfinder.

I’m always happy when the martial arts gets more love.

Review of Curse of the Crimson Throne

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Feb 272019

Curse of the Crimson Throne

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Curse of the Crimson Throne made its debut back in March of 2008 starting with Edge of Anarchy and ended with Crown of Fangs in August of the same year. This adventure path is among the earliest of Paizo’s publications. In fact, if my memory serves me correctly, It was in March of 2008 that Paizo announced the Pathfinder RPG. The revised edition of Curse of the Crimson Throne was published back in December of 2016. It has been updated with a few changes to expand story and reflect the rules supplements and changes made over the years .

First, this review is well as free of spoilers, I hope. I really hate spoiling adventures and in many places it will seem like I give you hardly any information.

Curse of the Crimson Throne is set in Korvosa where the royalty never lives to old age and never manage to spawn an heir. . The King recently expired and the queen is about to take the throne. This really sets the stage for what is really a big sweeping narrative that starts by putting the players against a crime lord. They eventually experience plagued cities and have to deal with the corruption of the queen.

Flip Through: Pathfinder Playtest (2nd ed)

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Aug 282018

In this Flip Through Matt takes a look at the Pathfinder Playtest core book. He makes note of many of the changes and new design. Much of the book is about Character Creation.

This is my first thoughts on the Pathfinder Playtest book. I hope to be able to go more in depth next week (August 30 2018).

Gen Con 2018 Video Blitz 11: Legendary Games Rachel Ventura and Jason Nelson

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Aug 152018

I caught up with Rachel and Jason from Legendary Games at Gen Con 2018. We talked about so much it’s crazy Pirates, Mythic Adventures and more. Oh plus their disposition on Pathfinder 1st ed.

I can’t believe how much wicked cool product these guys crank out!

Pathfinder Playtest Character Creation Walkthrough

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Aug 122018

I decided to share with you how easy it is to make a character using the Pathfinder Playtest rules, or Pathfinder 2e if you prefer. I chose to make a Goblin Alchemist in this video because I believe they fixed a lot of the problems I had with Alchemists in previous editions. I went with Goblin because it sounds fun and it’s now a core ancestry.

I kind of regret not making a monk.

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Gen Con 2018 Video Blitz 1: Pathfinder Play Test with Jason Bulmahn

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Aug 062018

I caught up with Jason Buhlman from Paizo Publishing at Gen Con 2018. Would you believe we talked about the Pathfinder 2 Playtest? He also revealed the last hybrid. We discussed some of his favorite parts of the trip and addressed my concerns about character creation.

I really can’t wait to make some characters!

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