Pathfinder 1E An Evil Campaign For Pathfinder

[afstanton]

I forgot to mention - in addition to playing in those 2 campaigns (the second of which wasn't actually evil, we were actually Ruthless Good), I once DMed an evil game. At the start of the game, all the players agreed to be Lawful Evil, they all worshiped Inanna (LE goddess of love and war), each character has a specific duty, and final say fell with the cleric, as mouthpiece of Inanna. There was a cavalier who gave orders during battle, another handled the shadowy activities, and so on, but the cleric set the goals and thrashed people when they got out of line (which was basically never).

Probably the most frighteningly effective and efficient group of characters I have ever seen in my 30+ years of gaming.

 

[gdmcbride]

At the start of the game, all the players agreed to be Lawful Evil, they all worshiped Inanna (LE goddess of love and war), each character has a specific duty, and final say fell with the cleric, as mouthpiece of Inanna. There was a cavalier who gave orders during battle, another handled the shadowy activities, and so on, but the cleric set the goals and thrashed people when they got out of line (which was basically never).

Probably the most frighteningly effective and efficient group of characters I have ever seen in my 30+ years of gaming.

Very cool!

That group sounds perfect for "Way of the Wicked" particularly if you swapped out worship of Innana for worship of Asmodeus.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

 

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More preview art from Michael Clarke. This is the cover of Book Two: Call Forth Darkness. The Horn of Abaddon needs new masters. Are you up for the job?

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

 

[afstanton]

Very cool!

That group sounds perfect for "Way of the Wicked" particularly if you swapped out worship of Innana for worship of Asmodeus.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

Yup, that's sort of what I was thinking, too. Unfortunately, that was 20+ years ago, and most of them have scattered to the four winds.

 

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More preview art available on the website and Fire Mountain Games "Way of the Wicked" is now for sale on DrivethruRPG.net.

Presented below for your amusement is the wicked Tiadora by Michael Clarke.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

 

[gdmcbride]

Spent today deep in work on book two of "Way of the Wicked" -- "Call Forth Darkness". Here's a little charmer I just received a sketch for from artist Michael Clarke.

This is the boggard shaman Zikomo Hears-the-Father. The father he hears by the by is Father Dagon.

In "Way of the Wicked" Zikomo and his ilk aren't your enemies. They are minions you can cow into your service.

Show them that their god now walks among them!

Enjoy,
Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

 

[Alzrius]

I'm slightly curious about the presence of the fortress that the Horn of Abaddon resides in (the cover of book two, that is).

Given that the setting Way of the Wicked takes place in has been conquered by a Lawful Good empire, how is it that such a bastion of Neutral Evil-ness is still standing? It's pretty obvious, and you'd think that Mitra's crusaders would have laid siege to the place until it was razed to the ground.

 

[gdmcbride]

I'm slightly curious about the presence of the fortress that the Horn of Abaddon resides in (the cover of book two, that is).

Given that the setting Way of the Wicked takes place in has been conquered by a Lawful Good empire, how is it that such a bastion of Neutral Evil-ness is still standing? It's pretty obvious, and you'd think that Mitra's crusaders would have laid siege to the place until it was razed to the ground.

We are well into spoiler territory so...

Spoiler

The Horn of Abaddon was conquered by good guys. The daemon prince who was its immortal master was slain and his cultists defeated. But The Horn, physically, is a great stone spire in the middle of a jungle on a distant frontier of Talingarde. The dozen or so knights were unable to raze it to the ground.

Their leader had a better idea. He had his priest fashion a great silver seal and he prayed and fasted for seven days that his lawful good god (Mitra) would consecrate the seal. It worked. As long as the seal exists no evil outsiders generally and Vetra-Kali specifically can ever be summoned to the Horn. Vetra-Kali himself (who had reformed in disgrace on the lower planes) could never return to our prime material plane as long as the seal existed.

It was a great victory for the forces of good.

And now it must be undone...

There is considerably more detail about this in the second book of "Way of the Wicked" which will be released in February.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

 

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Preview Art: The Big "Good"?

Here is your arch-enemy from "Way of the Wicked" available for sale on Paizo.com and DrivethruRPG.net.

This is the sickeningly virtuous and relentlessly noble Lord Thomas Havelyn.

Of course, he must die.

Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games

 

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Our First Review

Our first review! A five-star review by featured RPGnow reviewer Shane O'Connor.

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Gary McBride
Fire Mountain Games