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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.

Hero Lab Pathfinder

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.

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.

Gen Con 2015: Pinnacle Announces Fear Agent, Goon, and Flash Gordon RPGs

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Pinnacle Entertainment Group Gen ConAt Gen Con 2015, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, the makers of Savage Worlds, Deadlands, and many other games, previewed its upcoming releases for 2015 and beyond.

Pinnacle previewed previously announced properties such as Deadlands Lost Colony, Necessary Evil 2, and Weird War I, as well as several new surprise licenses.

The first announcement was for Fear Agent, a comic series by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, and Jerome Opeña. Fear Agent was published by Dark Horse Comics, and tells the tale of Heath Huston, a cynical Texan who ventures into space to battle the aliens who destroyed the Earth. Fear Agent is a high-action, thrill-filled race through space and time.

Pinnacle’s second announcement was for another Dark Horse Comic series, Eric Powell’s The Goon. This long-running, award-winning, tongue in cheek pulp crime series is laced with horror and humor.

Pinnacle’s most unexpected announcement was for the Flash Gordon roleplaying game. The design team played the iconic music by Queen and then displayed the well-known Flash Gordon logo to massive fanfare from the assembled crowd. No other information was released about the project, but Pinnacle handed out buttons to the attendees and afterward sold retro-style Flash Gordon t-shirts at their booth.

Gen Con 2015: Modiphius’ Pre-Orders, and Thunderbirds!

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Modiphius Announces Official John Carter Gaming LineModiphius is heading to Gen Con and will be showing off the Thunderbirds board game prototype on the Modiphius stand every morning.

Modiphius is offering web pre-orders so you can buy online before or during the show and pick up from the Modiphius Gen Con stand at the same great show prices they’ll be offering on the growing range of Achtung! Cthulhu, Mindjammer, Cogs Cakes & Swordsticks and Mutant: Year Zero books including recent releases:

  • Mindjammer – Hearts & Minds: The first adventure for the FATE based sci-fi RPG
  • LUGU: A storytelling card game best described as DIXIT meets Rory’s Story Cubes. It’s a perfect convention game!

They’ll be located at booth #2530.

New Pathfinder PC SoundSets from Syrinscape!

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Pathfinder PC SoundSetsSyrinscape, the award-winning app that puts the power of custom, movie-like sound effects, soundscapes, and music, into the hands of the gamer, releases today the new Pathfinder Player Character SoundSets.

Based on Pathfinder RPG’s iconic characters, the Pathfinder PC SoundSets are custom-made for players to use at the table with their wizard, rogue, cleric, and fighter PCs, and are chock full of hand-crafted, PC-specific sounds to bring fantasy players’ RPG characters to life.

Merisiel (rogue): This dexterous whirlwind of death comes to life with the swoosh of her rapier, the satisfying squelch of a dagger finding home, the strain of climbing a rope, and the unique joy of a lock clicking open!

Kyra (cleric): From the slice of her scimitar and the rustle of her armor and equipment, to the explosive power of her holy channel, and the divine sonic tempest of dozes of her spells, the sounds of the righteous warrior are in the palm of your hand.

Ezren (wizard): Arcane incantations from the genius mage become epic with the crackle of lightning bolts, the explosion of fireballs, and the weird hums and throbs of dozens of other spells.

Valeros (fighter): Punctuate your roleplaying with sounds for the brave warrior. With gruff laughs and growls, the rustle of armor and equipment, and the mighty slice of his dual-blades, the noble-hearted Valeros is always ready for battle.

Pathfinder PC SoundSets are available for $3.99 each, or all four in a set for $14.99, and can be purchased on Paizo.com and Syrinscape.com.

Spice Up Your Story with Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide This Fall

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Sword Coast Adventure Guide - Cover ImageGet everything you need to adventure in the Forgotten Realms on the exciting Sword Coast, home to the cities of Baldur’s Gate, Waterdeep, and Neverwinter! A collaboration between Green Ronin Publishing and the Dungeons & Dragons team at Wizards of the Coast, the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide provides D&D fans with a wealth of detail on the places, cultures, and deities of northwestern Faerûn.

The Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide is also a great way to catch up on recent events in the Forgotten Realms, to get background on locations featured in the Rage of Demons storyline coming in September, and to learn the lore behind video games like Neverwinter and Sword Coast Legends.

Here are just a few of the features you’ll find in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide:

  • Immersive Adventuring: This campaign sourcebook provides players and Dungeon Masters material for creating vibrant fantasy stories along the Sword Coast.
  • New Character Options: The book offers new subclass options, such as the Purple Dragon Knight and the Swashbuckler, for many of the classes presented in the Player’s Handbook, as well as new subraces and backgrounds specific to the Forgotten Realms.
  • Adventure in the Forgotten Realms: Discover the current state of the Forgotten Realms and its deities after the Spellplague and the second Sundering. You’ll also get updated maps of this area of the Realms.
  • Compatible with Rage of Demons storyline: Make characters for use with the Out of the Abyss adventure and fight back the influence of the demon lords in the Underdark below the Sword Coast.
  • Insider Information: Learn the background behind locations, such as Luskan and Gracklstugh, featured in the upcoming digital RPG, Sword Coast Legends, from n-Space.

With new character backgrounds and class options, players will love the storytelling possibilities of playing a noble of Waterdeep, an elf bladesinger, or one of the other new options, while Dungeon Masters will relish a book full of mysterious locations and story hooks to keep Dungeons & Dragons players adventuring on the Sword Coast for years to come.

Look for Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide to be available on November 3.

Syrinscape Now Compatible with iPhone and Android Phone

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Syrinscape is now compatible with iPhones and Android Phones. Syrinscape announced the news in the lead up to Gen Con, North America’s largest hobby gaming convention, taking place in Indianapolis July 30 – August 2. With the addition of iPhones and Android Phones to Syrinscape’s compatible devices, the estimated 60,000 Gen Con attendees, and gamers worldwide, will have even more ways to bring epic sound to their gaming table.

The Syrinscape app Fantasy Player and Sci-Fi Player can be completely unlocked for free for 30 days at syrinscape.com/freetrial, and include 2 free SoundSets to keep after the trial. The Syrinscape app is compatible with a wide range of devices, including PC, Mac, Android Phones and Tablets, iPads, and iPhones.

Syrinscape Now Compatible with iPhone and Android Phone

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