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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6072281" data-attributes="member: 1">[h=3]Pathfinder News[/h]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A few weeks ago, Paizo held a competition to stat up characters from Dave Gross' Pathfinder Tales.  Here are <a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lec3?Tell-Me-About-My-Characters" target="_blank">some of his favourites</a>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I was fortunate enough to be able to ask Goblinworks' Ryan Dancey (Eve  Online, Dungeons & Dragons)  and Mark Kalmes (City of Heroes, World  of Darkness) about their <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1675907842/pathfinder-online-a-fantasy-sandbox-mmo" target="_blank">PATHFINDER ONLINE Kickstarter</a>.   One thing I didn't realise - and that may have just been me being slow  on the uptake - is that the Kickstarter isn't to fund the game; it's  already funded.  The $1,000,000 Kickstarter is to accelerate the  process.   With three days and $300,000 to go, it's going to be a tight race  to the finish line! Over the last couple of weeks, the Kickstarter  rewards have been growing daily. From miniatures, to PDFs, to core  rulebooks, to in-game items, not a day goes by without a new item being  added to one of the reward tiers.  Paizo and Goblinworks are making an  Herculean final push towards that goal line - they've been featured in Forbes, The Escapist, PC Gamer, and more.  I asked them not only about the game, but the Kickstarter process itself.  <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?413-Pathfinder-MMO-An-Interview-with-Ryan-Dancey-and" target="_blank">You can read my interview right here</a>. </li> </ul>[h=3]Dungeons & Dragons News[/h]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/ftr/20130111#84214" target="_blank">When Stuff Happens, What's a DM to Do?</a> by Ed Greenwood -- "The unexpected is, by definition, unexpected, but that doesn’t mean you  can’t be prepared for it. You can use the hints you’ve sprinkled in  weeks and months past to keep the game moving forward." </li> </ul>[h=3]Articles, Interviews, & ... Bears? No, Reviews.  Oh my![/h]Over the last couple of days there has been quite the pile of stuff added to or reformatted on EN World.  For your reading pleasure, we have:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?413-Pathfinder-MMO-An-Interview-with-Ryan-Dancey-and" target="_blank">interview with Ryan Dancey and Mark Kalmes of Goblinworks</a> about the upcoming Pathfinder MMO. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?415-The-Ultimate-Interview-With-Gary-Gygax" target="_blank">The Ultimate Gary Gygax Interview</a> by Ciro Alessandro Sacco, retrieved and archived with permission.  This really is the ultimate Gary Gygax interview. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A page which collates links to essays, interviews, forum posts, letters and more covering <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=From+TSR+to+WotC:+A+History+of+D+and+D&redirect=no" target="_blank">the history of TSR and WotC</a>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A review of the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?414-Pathfinder-Review-Tome-of-Horrors-Complete" target="_blank">Tome of Horrors Complete</a> for the Pathfinder RPG. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Additionally, Echohawk has been reformatting his D&D Collectors Guides for easier navigation; these are a stupendously incredible body of work, and are well worth bookmarking:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=1st+Edition+AD+and+D+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">1st Edition</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=2nd+Edition+AD+and+D+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">2nd Edition</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=3rd+Edition+D+and+D+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">3rd Edition</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=4th+Edition+D+and+D+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">4th Edition</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=D+and+D+Next+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Next</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Al-Qadim+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Al-Qadim</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Birthright+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Birthright</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Blackmoor+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Blackmoor</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Dark+Sun+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Dark Sun</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Dragonlance+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Dragonlance</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Eberron+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Eberron</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Forgotten+Realms+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Forgotten Realms</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Greyhawk+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Greyhawk</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Kingdoms+of+Kalamar+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Kingdoms of Kalamar</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Lankhmar+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Lankhmar</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Miscellaneous+D+and+D+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Miscellaneous</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Mystara+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Mystara</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Oriental+Adventures+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Oriental Adventures</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Planescape+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Planescape</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Ravenloft+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Ravenloft</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Spelljammer+Collectors+Guide" target="_blank">Spelljammer</a> </li> </ul>   </li> </ul>[h=3]RPG News[/h]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can <a href="http://www.cubicle7.co.uk/2013/01/dwaitasthe-time-travellers-companion-previews-2/" target="_blank">download some PDF previews</a> of Cubicle 7's Time Traveller's Companion for the Doctor Who RPG. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Final Testament, the first adventure for FFG's <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=201&enmi=Only%20War" target="_blank">Only War</a>,  is coming to your local retailer next week. This story takes  players to the war-ravaged mining world of Hervara, where they must do  battle at one of the Imperium’s most brutal fronts. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Take a look at this <a href="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3867" target="_blank">preview of Stars of Inequity</a>, the upcoming Rogue Trader supplement that focuses on the perilous worlds of the Expanse. "Game Masters can create their own new realms with the World Generator, a  system designed to craft unique planets filled with terrible risks and  unmatched potential for profit. Meanwhile, players can brave the dangers  of planetside missions..." </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you have never seen it, <a href="http://t.co/JUBxuYt7" target="_blank">the old fate PDF is here</a> and it's worth a look from a purely evolutionary perspective. [Link stolen blatantly from Rob Donoghue on Twitter!] </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.theilluminerdy.com/2013/01/11/adventure-begins-at-bedtime/" target="_blank">Adventure Begins at Bedtime</a> is slated as the first book of the Illuminerdy. "...the book will contain adventures and scenarios – for a number of  systems – inspired by bedtime stories. There will be some stuff for kids  and some stuff that is for adults." </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="http://t.co/hYKMwyUy" target="_blank">Gygax Magazine release party</a> is on Jan 26.  It will be streamed live for those who can't attend. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There's <a href="http://futileposition.com/2013/01/why-monte-cooks-numenera-seems-to-make-sense-for-brian-fargos-spiritual-successor-to-planescape-torment.html" target="_blank">an article here</a> about why Monte Cook’s Numenera seems to make sense for Brian Fargo’s spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment. </li> </ul>[h=3]Community News[/h]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Over at Campaign Mastery, you can read <a href="http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/the-tactical-masterclass" target="_blank">an article about tactical play (and players) in RPGs</a>.  "The PCs will usually put one of their number – whoever seems  best-suited for the task – in charge of their overall tactics on the  battlefield; the higher up the ladder of complexity the game exists, the  more essential this becomes. And if the player is himself at least  passably good with tactics, the result is a happy PC camp. Things get trickier when the character charged with the  responsibility for orchestrating team tactics – and who supposedly has  the skills to pull it off – is being run by a player who can barely  spell the word." </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kobold Press has posted a tiefling gauntlet witch variant: the <a href="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page14742.php" target="_blank">Demonhand Witch racial archetype</a> for Pathfinder. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Chamber of Mazurbul talks about <a href="http://thechamberofmazarbuldnd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/adding-to-mobility-denial-in-13th-age.html" target="_blank">adding "mobility denial" to 13th Age</a>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Keith Baker, who wrote for Kobold Press' new Kobold Guide to Woldbuilding, <a href="http://keith-baker.com/six-questions-wolfgang-baur/" target="_blank">asks a few questions of Kobold Press head honcho Wolfgang Baur</a>. </li> </ul>[h=3]Other News[/h]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cubicle 7 shows off some Doctor Who card game art <a href="http://www.cubicle7.co.uk/2013/01/the-doctor-who-card-game-art/" target="_blank">here</a>. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">RPGNow/DTRPG mogul James Mathe posted <a href="http://www.jamesmathe.com/exclusive-deals-suck/" target="_blank">something of a rant </a>[in his "brick & bortar game store hat" not his retailer hat] on his blog about retailers which offer exclusive deals to publishers. </li> </ul></blockquote>

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