Never Enough Rules

  Today, with our first lore episode in a while, we come to you with some wide scale geography to help you get a sense of the world.    This week Recommends:   Legendborn - Tracy Deonn   Little, Big - John Crowley   Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3...

We're back! This episode we'll be capping off our combat series with an "everything else" episode.  This week Recommends: The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer Elric of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we return to our combat series with the next installment, all about battlefield effects and tactical combat. This week Recommends: Shogun by James Clavell The Scar by China Miéville Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we discuss how all those numbers on your character sheet can help you in combat, and how they work.   A quick note for anyone who's confused, when Liam says D&D, he almost always means Pathfinder. When he wants to talk about Dungeons and Dragons, he usually says Dungeons and Dragons, 5e, or D&D 5e.    This weeks Recommends:   The Black Company by Glen Cook   Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shan...

Today we finally start our combat series, this time talking about initiative and types of actions.   Recommended this Episode: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Books Percy Jackson and the Olympians - TV Series Re: Dracula Dracula Daily   Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativeco...

This time we're back with inner sea lore, specifically the planes of existence. Not the planes of the sky, those are different.   Disclaimer: This is the first episode that I'm doing almost completely from memory, so the accuracy is a solid 85%ish. The gist of it, and the majority of the details are true, but there are a couple mistakes, for which I apologize.   Special thanks to Sylvia for the lo...

Today we're back after a brief hiatus! Jumping right back into character creation, this time talking about class and skills for our halfling Arthur Lonegleam.  We are using the Roll20 virtual tabletop, specifically the Pathfinder 1st edition community character sheet. Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Att...

This week we discuss the primary basis for character customization in Pathfinder, Feats. Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we discuss Skills such as Climb, Bluff, and Stealth, an essential for any party.   Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we finally get it together and finish our list of deities.   Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we have our second lore episode, in which we discuss the first half of the major deities of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting. Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In today's episode we discuss a staple of role playing games - Alignment. We go into some depth about all nine of the options and do our best to compare them to examples from pop culture. 

On this episode, Liam's Dad challenges him to explain as much as possible about the Pathfinder 1e Core and Base Classes in under two minutes each! Can he do it?? Listen and find out! ------------------- Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Sneaky S...

In this episode we discuss the history of Golarion - the world that makes up the setting of Pathfinder. We go all the way back through prehistory, discuss a number of historical ages, and explain what's happening in 'contemporary' Golarion. This is a dense one folks. Also - more recommendations! Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed un...

Come with us on this extra long episode to create Dad's level 1 character. We walk through assigning ability scores as well as how the character's race impacts those modifiers. Also most excitingly - we get to choose a fantasy name! Plus more recommendations.  Sites we used for today's episode: Roll20 Online Virtual Tabletop Jody White - Online Pathfinder Ability Score Calculator Fantasy Name Gene...

Today, we talk about the remaining core races, Half-Orcs, Half-Elves and Gnomes with some of our usual tangents. Also, new segment - Liam and Dad Recommend!    Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today, we talk about four of the seven core races, Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings. also, we extensively tangent about what the race's abilities mean.   Special thanks to Sylvia for the logo design. "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This episode we discuss the essential stats of every character and enemy, the ability scores. We also discuss methods of generating balanced scores for your characters.   Theme music - "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In this episode, we discuss the basics of role-playing games, what you need to play and the terminology you'll hear when talking about Pathfinder. This is for all the parents/spouses out there who have no idea what their child/spouse is talking about when they come home from their weekly sessions. Also everyone who's new to these types of games and wants to learn the basics.   "Anachronist" Kevin...