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Preview: Pathfinder Vol. 4 Origins HC

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Pathfinder Vol. 4 Origins HC

writer: Erik Mona, James L. Sutter, F. Wesley Schneider
artist: Tom Garcia, Kevin Stokes, Leandro Oliviera
cover: Stjepan Sejic
FC • 200 pages • $29.99 • Teen+

To prove themselves to the Pathfinder Society, Valeros the fighter and his companions must recount tales of their early exploits in a world beset by magic and evil. Thrill to the solo adventures of Valeros, holy warrior Kyra, Seoni the sorcerer, martial artist Sijan, Harsk the dwarven ranger, and Ezren the wizard, as they journey treacherous lands,  survive wild creatures and fairy magic, unearth ancient threats, and prove their heroism time and time again!

With six captivating stories (each connected by a common narrative thread) and explosive artwork, this fourth volume in the Pathfinder graphic novel series expands upon the mythos of Paizo’s award-winning fantasy world, fiction line, and tabletop RPG. The collection features Pathfinder: Origins issues #1-6 by Erik Mona (Publisher of Paizo Publishing, LLC), game designers James L. Sutter and F. Wesley Schneider, and artists Tom Garcia, Kevin Stokes, and Leandro Oliviera; a cover gallery of 30 beautiful images; twenty-four pages of characters and world detail for the Pathfinder RPG, and a removable poster-map of the region explored in the graphic novel.

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Pathfinder Battles: Iconic Heroes Set 5 Coming Soon!

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WizKids has unveiled the fifth release in their popular Pathfinder Battles: Iconic Heroes line of pre-painted figures. Pathfinder Battles: Iconic Heroes Set 5 includes six new figures for tabletop play, including Kess the Human Brawler, Oloch the Half-Orc Warpriest, Zadim the Human Slayer and more. As with previous Iconic Heroes releases, this set will include exclusive “Boon” cards for use in the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game.

Pathfinder Battles: Iconic Heroes Box Set 5 will be available in North American gaming shops in January 2016

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Lone Wolf Development Announces Pathfinder License for Realm Works

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Pathfinder UnchainedLone Wolf Development, creator of the ENnie award-winning, tabletop gaming accessories Hero Lab and Realm Works, announced a new partnership with Paizo Inc. to produce and sell Adventure Paths, modules, campaign settings, player companions, and rulebooks from Paizo’s popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game product line through their campaign management software – Realm Works.

Launching the first quarter of 2016, the Realm Works Content Market will initially include popular Adventure Paths and modules. Rulebooks, setting material, and additional Pathfinder products will be introduced over time.

Starting mid-December, Lone Wolf Development will launch the “Realm Works Spotlight Series,” which will outline the Content Market release plan, showcase Pathfinder and other products in Realm Works, and preview key Realm Works features. New Spotlight entries will debut weekly in the lead up to the Realm Works Content Market release. Pathfinder fans can sign-up to receive notifications about the Spotlight Series and the latest news about the Content Market release, or check for updates on their website.

Pathfinder Tales Now on Audible!

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Pathfinder Tales the Redemption EnginePaizo Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, has announced the exclusive partnership with Audible, Inc. to release the entire catalog of Pathfinder Tales as audiobooks. The first wave—releasing today, October 13th—includes 15 titles by notable fantasy authors such as best-sellers Michael Stackpole and Elaine Cunningham, Hugo Award winners Tim Pratt and Wendy N. Wagner, and fan favorites Dave Gross and James L. Sutter, with the remainder of the library becoming available mid-January 2016.

In the best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world of magic and monsters. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into eight languages, and the vibrant Pathfinder universe has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, video games, and apparel.

Pathfinder’s In Hell’s Bright Shadow Launches

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In Hell’s Bright ShadowPaizo Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, has announced the release of In Hell’s Bright Shadow, the first module in Hell’s Rebels, the new six-month Adventure Path for the Pathfinder RPG.

The city of Kintargo, a safe haven for artists, freethinkers, and those marginalized by the oppressive Chelish government, has been placed under martial law by inquisitor Barzillai Thrune. When a protest turns into a riot, a new group of heroes comes together to form an organized resistance against the devil-binding government and the church of Asmodeus. Can they survive long enough to establish allies, or will they become the latest victims of the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune?

This volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path begins the Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path and includes:

  • In Hell’s Bright Shadow, a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 1st-level characters, by Crystal Frasier
  • A double-sided gazetteer of the freewheeling coastal city of Kintargo
  • A plague doctor from Khari, searching desperately for a cure in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Stephanie Lorée
  • A collection of monsters, both dangerous and beneficial, by Crystal Frasier, Eric Hindley, and Michael McCarthy

In Hell’s Bright Shadow, MSRP $24.99, is available in hobby game shops and bookstores nationwide.

Hero Lab’s Class Packs for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

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Lone Wolf Development has announced the release of Pathfinder Class Packs for Hero Lab. Class Packs are the perfect, low-cost entry path to get started creating characters with Hero Lab! Each Class Pack unlocks 3-4 classes and includes everything from seven of the most popular Pathfinder rulebooks. Players choose their favorite Class Pack and harness the power of the ENnie award-winning product for only $29.99. For extra class options, players simply add additional Class Packs for only $6.99 apiece.

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How Do Class Packs Work?

  • Create and manage characters from the 3-4 classes unlocked by each Class Pack. For example, if you select the Druid Class Pack, you’ll unlock the Druid, Oracle, Shaman, and Spiritualist classes, allowing you to build characters from those four classes in Hero Lab.
  • Class Packs include everything from seven essential rulebooks: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Advanced Player’s Guide, Ultimate Combat, Ultimate Magic, Advanced Class Guide, Occult Adventures, and Ultimate Intrigue (when it releases in spring 2016.) All archetypes for unlocked classes are included, as well as all feats, spells, gear, optional rules, and everything else from those rulebooks – it’s all you need to create characters with your unlocked classes.
  • Further add-ons like Advanced Race Guide, the Summon Monster Creature Package, and Player Companion packages can be readily integrated with Class Packs. They are purchased and behave just like they do in Hero Lab today.
  • Hero Lab users who already use another game system, like Shadowrun or Mutants & Masterminds, can get started with their first Class Pack for only $20! Simply add the Pathfinder Class Pack option you want to your Hero Lab license through the website.
  • For existing Pathfinder users, if you feel that Class Packs are a better fit for your style, you can switch to the new Class Packs for free! Be sure to review all the details before converting, as it’s a one-way, one-time option. The conversion option is also a limited time offer, so don’t miss out!

Hero Lab is available for PC, Mac, and iPad.

All-New Pathfinder: Hollow Mountain Debuts in November

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Dynamite Entertainment and Paizo, Inc. have announced the upcoming November release of Pathfinder: Hollow Mountain #1, the first chapter in a six-issue comic book miniseries. The series will be written by the collaborative team of game developers Erik Mona, F. Wesley Schneider, and James Sutter, and feature artwork by Tom Garcia, recently the illustrator of Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly. Each issue contains an RPG appendix detailing part of the Hollow Mountain dungeon (with poster map) and a write-up of one of the new characters.

Hollow Mountain draws iconic Pathfinder heroes Valeros, Seoni, Kyra, Merisiel, and more deep into an ancient fortress built by the runelords, the archvillains of the franchise. Carved in the immense visage of Alaznist, Runelord of Wrath, the Hollow Mountain is home to a honyecomb labyrinth of trap-laden chambers and corridors. The team of Pathfinder agents must explore the ruins in search of a magical artifact from the runelords’ day, but they aren’t the only adventurers interested in the mountain’s secrets. Open combat between the rivals will ensue… but Alaznist has not left her former stronghold unprotected, and fearsome guardians will force some rather uncomfortable alliances.

Pathfinder: Hollow Mountain #1 will be shipping in November 2015.

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Syrinscape’s In Hell’s Bright Shadow for Pathfinder Out Now!

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SyrinscapeHell's Bright Shadow for Pathfinder RPG, the award-winning app that puts the power of custom, movie-like sound effects, soundscapes, and music, into the hands of the gamer, announces today the release of the In Hell’s Bright Shadow SoundPack for the Syrinscape Fantasy Player app.

In Hell’s Bright Shadow, the first module in Hell’s Rebels, the new 6-month Adventure Path for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, finds the city of Kintargo, which has long been a safe haven for artists, freethinkers, and those marginalized by the oppressive Chelish government, has been placed under martial law by inquisitor Barzillai Thrune. When a protest turns into a riot, a new group of heroes comes together to form an organized resistance against the devil-binding government and the church of Asmodeus. Can they survive long enough to establish allies, or will they become the latest victims of the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune?

With the In Hell’s Bright Shadow SoundPack from Syrinscape, players will experience a brand new Pathfinder Adventure Path like never before with fantastic sounds custom-made for the adventure, including:

  • An intense city protest, riot, and battle sequence
  • Zombies and skeletons
  • A super-evil female half-devil villain
  • Frustratingly gleeful gremlins
  • A battle with an alligator in a rebel alliance sewer hideout
  • Rodents of unusual size, feral dogs, disgusting lemures, and so much more!

In Hell’s Bright Shadow also includes sound samples from Pathfinder fans and players, recorded at both Gen Con 2015, and PaizoCon 2015.

The In Hell’s Bright Shadow SoundPack is available now on Syrinscape.com for $15.99.

Public Voting Now Open in Paizo’s RPG Superstar Game Designer Search

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RPG SuperstarPaizo Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, has announced that Round One voting of RPG Superstar, Season Nine, is now open.

The annual search for the next great game designer is on, and with thousands of entries from around the world, Paizo calls on game fans everywhere to cast their votes to determine the Top 32 who will move on to the next round. Voting is open until 11:59 PST on August 30, 2015. To cast your vote in RPG Superstar Season Nine, Round One, visit Paizo.com.

The winner of the competition will have their adventure published by Paizo as a Pathfinder Module, a full-color, 64-page, high-quality softcover book, compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (RPG). Also, three runners-up will win assignments to write adventure scenarios for Paizo’s Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign, offering all four finalists professional writing contracts with Paizo Inc., and an opportunity to begin their game design careers by working on the world’s largest fantast roleplaying campaign.

In the best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into eight languages, and the vibrant Pathfinder universe has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, and apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game.

Gen Con 2015: Paizo’s New Product Announcements and Record-Setting Year for Pathfinder Society

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Pathfinder Occult AdventuresPaizo Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, has announced that the company’s Pathfinder Society Organized Play program had a record-setting year at Gen Con, and recaps the new product announcements made at the Best Four Days in Gaming.

Pathfinder Society, the world’s largest organized play campaign, shined in the Sagamore Ballroom in the Indianapolis Convention Center, with 180 tables of Pathfinder game play, including 160 dedicated to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Guild, and 20 to the Adventure Card Guild, for a total of more than 1,300 players, a new record for Pathfinder Society Organized Play.

Further, the company made news by revealing the next adventure in the wildly popular Pathfinder Adventure Path line, Strange Aeons, a Cthulhu-based adventure set to release August 2016.

The Strange Aeons Adventure Path pits a your characters against a threat from the depths of time, space, and madness itself. From your awakening as amnesiac prisoners in an asylum ruled by nightmares to a final confrontation against an enemy far older than humanity itself, this horror-themed Adventure Path draws upon the writings and traditions of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and ties into Paizo’s upcoming Horror Adventures hardcover rulebook in a campaign sure to drive even the bravest of heroes to the brink of insanity… and beyond!

Paizo also announced next year’s hardcover RPG book release, Horror Adventures, scheduled for August 2016.

The book will contain a macabre selection of nightmares, from gothic classics to Lovecraftian terrors to inflict upon your players. Madness and corruption await!

The massive Paizo booth on the Gen Con Exhibit Hall floor provided not only a space for sales, but an opportunity for Paizo employees, designers, and artists to meet with thousands of customers and show off the latest products from the world of Pathfinder, including this year’s wildly popular hardcover release, Occult Adventures for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Various Paizo partners also set up space in the booth, including renowned fantasy artist Wayne Reynolds, Black Book Editions, Ulysses Spiel, and Obsidian Entertainment.

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