Pathfinder RPG Content, Reviews & Analysis

Episode 016 limps in to port battered, but with a hold full of rich cargo. We start with an extended intro and a vexing bit of listener mail. We introduce a new regular feature to the cast with Gary Ray from Black Diamond Games and then move to another new regular installment, Herolab with Colen McAlister. In the Character Concept Workshop, we feature Geppetto, the Varisian Ninja-Witch. On the Deck, we interview Denny Unger of WorldWorks Games and discuss Terraclips, a joint venture between WWG and Wyrd Miniatures. We interview our feature guest, Paizo author Crystal Fraiser on both the Companion and Spoilerific Chronicle interview after the warning break. Steel presents his take on The Harrow Deck and The Harrowing. We send you on your way with an extended outro and another addition to the Chronicles Cast, Josh Archer. We sail it in with a run time of 4:13 minutes. See you at Neoncon and Viva Las Vegas.

Episode 015 rolls out just in time with some Kingmaker goodness for your drive or flight to GenCon. We start with the usual intro and listener mail and then catch up with Mark Moreland and what is new with the Pathfinder Society. In the Character Concept Workshop, we feature Remington our Sundering Magus. On the Companion side of the interview, Greg Vaughan joins us to discuss his career in the industry, his working on many Adventure Paths, Slumbering Tsar and the Complete Tome of Horrors. After the break, we return with the down and dirty goods on Kingmaker Vol 3 and the Varnhold Vanishing with the author, Greg A. Vaughan. On the Encounter Laboratory, we lay down the smack with the Ghouladon. Lastly, we end with our review and roundtable on Varnhold Varnishing and exit with the BIG NEWS from Paizo. Episode 015 clocks in at four hours long to speed you on your way to Indianapolis.

After nearly a trimester of gestation,  Episode 014 is exorcised from our hard drives in an orgy of magnetic purging. We start off with the usual, a bit of listener mail and intro chatter followed by The featured Character in the CCW for Episode 14, the Swift Vindicator. Designer and author Michael Kortes joins us for an interview on the Companion side of the cast. After the break, Mike Kortes returns to our collegial discussion of What Lies in Dust. The Encounter Laboratory returns to Chronicles with a spectacle of an arena fight. From there, we move to our review of Council of Thieves Part 3, What Lies in Dust in spoilerific detail. Lastly, also marking its return to the podcast lineup, TPK Theatre performs its second installment, Dinner With Big Ed.

Unlucky Episode 013 finally rolls in. On the cast, we have something old and lots that is new. On the CCW, we feature a villainous build we call The Black Knight. The cocreator of the 3rd edition of Dungeons and Dragons, Monte Cook, joins us in the studio to discuss his lengthy career in the RPG business. From a freelancer for Iron Crown Enterprises, to TSR and the Dead Gods, to his days at WotC and the development of 3rd edition, Malhavoc Press and the founding of the pdf sector of the industry, to Monte on 4E and his take on why the current edition of Dungeons and Dragons is having a comparatively hard time in the marketplace. This is a great interview that you do not want to miss. On a special installment of the Deck of Many Things, we turn the discussion to software and Pathfinder RPG, namely Herolab and d20Pro featuring a pair of interviews with the developers.  On the Chronicles side of the cast, Monte Cook returns to talk about his module Curse of the Riven Sky and his thoughts on adventure design. Finally Steel Wind brings it home with his review of Curse of the Riven Sky.

At last, Chronicles: Pathfinder Podcast returns with a monster of an episode. We wrap up GWOB and Azmyth and Cherry Pi recount their adventures in Las Vegas at Neoncon. We discuss the use of tabletop projectors for use with RPGs in our mailbag. On the Character Concept Workshop, Research and Azmyth present an Osirian Dervish Princess who is used to getting her own way. Neil Spicer joins us for an interview on the Companion side of the podcast, where he discusses the many projects he has been engaged with at Paizo since winning the RPG Superstar in 2009. The Deck of Many Things returns with a Know Your Game segment as Steel_Wind and a new co-host, Merry Prankster examine in-depth the rules of PFRPG dealing with sundering, item breakage and repair. On the Chronicles side of the cast, Neil Spicer returns for an extended interview concerning his module, Realm of the Fellnight Queen. The Monster Mash evolves to the Chronicles side of the cast with the first instalment in the Encounter Laboratory set in the basement of the Palace of Queen Rhoswen. Steel_Wind takes apart Realm of the Fellnight Queen and gives his spoilerific take on this 7th level stand alone module from Paizo. We close out the show with our first (but certainly not the last) presentation of TPK Theatre: A Date with Rhoswen. The meatiest episode yet of Chronicles: PFPC weighs in at a tad under four and a half hours of RPG shoptalk goodness.