As you’ve may know, I’ve recently started a (sporadic) 2nd edition AD&D campaign—Gloamhold: Adventures in Shadow. After only the first few sessions, I’ve been struck how the game play differs to our normal Pathfinder game.
Category Archives: Pathfinder Advice
7 Days to a Better Character
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Creating a new character is exciting—limitless possibilities lie before you (unless your stat rolling abilities equal mine). However, it can also be a daunting experience. There is so much to do: mechanics, appearance, personality, the hell of mundane equipment, encumbrance and more.
Their Superior Play Almost Got My PCs Killed
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I’m in a bizarre situation in my Shattered Star campaign. It’s looking like the PCs are going to die because they are too clever for their own good…
What’s Up with the Restoration Spells?
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We recently had a disastrous session in my Shattered Star campaign. The party had a rather nasty run-in with a pack of four greater shadows. Things went badly, and our heroes had to destroy two of their own who succumbed to the shadows’ strength damage attacks and rose again as undead abominations.
By William McAusland (Outland Arts)
The Rise of Point-Buy and Joys of Min-Maxing
By Stephen Radney-MacFarland (or Creighton's Sinister Nemesis)
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Last week my dear friend and brilliant designer Creighton Broadhurst unleashed a diatribe against the point-buy method of generation of ability scores and min-maxing. I’m here to tell you he is dead wrong. And I believe I can prove it.
Tumbling Dice by Justin D. Russell
Pathfinder House Rules: Magical Light and Magical Darkness
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Pathfinder’s rules for magical light and darkness are a bit of a tangled mess. I realised this the other day (in session #69 of my Shattered Star campaign) when a hydradaemon cast deeper darkness and the party’s cleric cast daylight in response.
Whatever Happened to Wizard’s Guilds?
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Whatever happened to wizard’s guilds? In the Good Old Days, every town or city seemed to have one, but these days—like wandering monsters, comprehensive rumour tables and “pointless” empty areas in dungeons—they seem to have disappeared from many adventures and supplements.
By William McAusland (Outland Arts)
Freedom of Movement Headaches
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Freedom of movement is either a much more powerful spell than I first imagined or it’s badly written. I can’t decide which.
Everything’s Better With Tentacles (for the GM) by Matt Morrow
Encumbrance
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Everyone who plays D&D and Pathfinder loves encumbrance…While that might not be completely true, I’m a big fan of encumbrance (within reason). I love resource management and a part of resource management is managing encumbrance. (As a player said to me the other day, “Why can’t I carry 200 arrows?”) In any event, here are some of my thoughts about encumbrance: