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The iconic exemplar is definitely inspired by Maui (the role played by Dwayne Johnson in the recent Moana). However, once you read the class details, you see it's derived from all legendary heroes from across the world: Hercules, Achilles, Odysseus, Cu Chulainn, Miyamoto Musahi, Hiawatha, etc...

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You can see what Paizo did for yourself, as the playtest version is freely available, and it was very well received by the community. In summary: they follow the fighter's proficiency curve, making them the second class that can reach legendary proficiency with weapons. However, unlike the...

I can attest that the Ancestry Guide is quite impressive -- dripping with flavour, yet with tons of meaningful mechanical options. While all the technical information is available online at the usual places, you'll be missing out on evocative illustrations of varied characters just begging to be...

I would highlight this recent post on the Paizo blog: Meet the Legendary Authors!. They had every contributor to the book write a little blurb about their section of Lost Omens: Legends, and you find out fascinating tidbits about them (and the characters they wrote). For instance, the profile...

Nice Freudian slip there! (or is it...)

I also share your disappointment in The Force Awakens (although I wouldn't say it made me angry). However, a YouTube review (ComicBookGirl19, I think?) explained why they chose to retread familiar grounds -- and why we're getting all these remakes and reboots from '80s hits: the Chinese...

I would suggest an even cheaper alternative: simply download the character sheets from the Paizo website. You can then have the best of both worlds: the new powers of the characters, but with decks composed of the appropriate cards for the adventure path (this last point relates to one of the...

I never played in a Star Trek RPG -- our group felt more comfortable with fantasy settings --, but I remember leafing through most of a supplement for the Last Unicorn edition at my local gamestore during a rainy afternoon. One of the NPCs struck me as quite memorable: a Vulcan captain who...

Maybe a reference to the D&D Blue Box (a.k.a. the Expert Set)? Doesn't seem likely for a first release.

I also saw a reference to a date. I initially thought it might have been the first official game of D&D, but it seems a bit too early for that. Linking it to Chainmail (first public game? release date?) makes more sense.

Can we edit exisiting tables which we haven't built? There's a typo in the last sentence of the Sci Fi Corporation Generator that should be fixed ("It's main breakthrough is..." should be "Its main breakthrough is...")

My hypothesis is that it's related to April Fool's, either as a preview, or as a premature deployment (there might have been a typo in the triggering date causing a mix-up bettwen 2013-03-01 and 2013-04-01).

Also, while I doubt anyone would bother to create a scroll for cantrips/orisons, but in cases like these, they are usually treated as 1/2-level spells, which means base price would be: 12.5 gp * caster level

Character actor Maury Chaykin passed away today, on his 61st birthday. He has appeared in many Atom Egoyan films, including The Adjuster, Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter. Genre fans will also remember him in the role of Nerus in Stargate: SG-1 and Citizen Eight in the Andromeda episode 'Pieces...

My TiVo recorded the first episodes as a suggestion, and I've found it a rather enjoyable series so far. They did provide an explanation for it in the latest episode. -------------------------------------------- Overall, here's my opinion of it: Good points: - Interesting concept (a six-year...

I've only been following the development from afar, but it seems that they do, in fact, very quicly establish a holographic/telepathic link with Stargate Command. So, SGU is basically starting off in the same situation that Voyager ended in. In fact, the whole premise seems like a tired retread...

I corrected that for you ;) More seriously, I liked the film quite a lot overall. The good: - The "subhuman" treatment given to the aliens unfortunately rang very true. - The callous insensitivity of Van Der Merwe at the beginning of the story. (Combined with the documentary style, reminded me...

I just watched the trailer (sound off because I'm at work)... While I'm happy to see that Morena Baccarin, Joel Gretsch, D.B. Woodside, and others have found some work, they seem awfully typecast -- Morena is redoing Adria from SG-1, Joel is redoing Tom Baldwin from the 4400, etc. On a more...

Actually, the world wasn't going to end; HIS world was going to end, because the countdown was to his girlfriend's death. Once he realized he was in a divergent time loop, he decided to get crushed by the airplane engine so that the loop would merge back to the main timeline and she would live...