This year’s RPG Superstar contest from Paizo Publishing has been over for a few months, but there has been some discussion ever since.  If you haven’t followed it, the contest was divided into several phases: An open contest where anyone …

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Recently in a game session, our characters encountered a room with a magical energy pattern drawn on the floor.  As anyone who is familiar with Roger Zelazny’s Amber books knows, sure enough once a character stepped on the pattern he …

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Depending on your campaign setting idea, in the early stages you may only need a bare minimum of details about your religion. In cases like these make sure you flesh out any particular deities you need (for example if a …

Worldbuilding: Religion Design Read more »