Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 30 Days...
Check out JP Chapleau's Avatar of the Kaga blog on the Reis Confederacy. This blog post informs you on the development of the Reis Confederacy and their relationship within the wold of Exodus. Talk to you later...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
NeoExodus Novellas Fiction: Grand Theft Exodus Kickstarter Project
The NeoExodus Novellas project has the goal of starting a fiction line to support the NeoExodus: A House Divided role playing game line. The world of Exodus needs heroes. Suit up with your armor, gather your weapons and enter into the neo-fantasy world of danger and excitement with NeoExodus Novellas. NeoExodus Novellas is both a serial web fiction and official novels that expand the mesmerizing magical and fascinating would of the role playing setting of NeoExodus: A House Divided. For the first time the world of Exodus comes alive in stories of powerful arcane magic, conflicting mighty empires with political intrigue, where anyone can have a remarkable effect on the world. The NeoExodus Novellas series are standalone voyages and exploits written by fantasy's bestselling authors in the field. The first NeoExodus Novella will be written by the world famous fantasy writer, Robin D. Laws.
The project's main designer, Louis Porter Jr., has been involved in the RPG and entertainment industry for the last decade starting with the creation and development of Haven: City of Violence campaign setting, which is the only RPG to receive a movie option by Radical Comics owner, Barry Levine, before the setting was released. Louis Porter Jr over the last decade has release over 500 RPG related products in both the traditional brick and mortar retail store and the online PDF market. In addition, Robin D. Laws; who also wrote Paizo’s Pathfinder Tales: The Worldwound Gambit and Games Workshop’s Honour of the Grave, will be the head writer on this project. Porter and Laws hope the NoeExodus Novella can emulate the excitement and interest in this novella as the role playing game has done. To learn more about this project follower this link!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 34 Days...
Check out JP Chapleau's Avatar of the Kaga blog on the Janus Horde. This blog post informs you on the development of the Caneus Empire and their relationship with the mysterious Cavians. Talk to you later...
[LPJ Design] Obsidian Eclipse Book 2: Root and Branch Available
Louis Porter Jr.
Design has just released its newest product to their highly successful
post-apocalyptic survival horror campaign setting, Obsidian Twilight; Obsidian
Eclipse Book 2: Root and Branch.
Obsidian Eclipse is a Lovecraftian Horror sourcebook for use with the
Obsidian Twilight campaign setting or any setting looking to add horror into
their home campaigns. Obsidian Twilight Campaign Setting is available at
RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is
information on this product:
Obsidian Eclipse is an
adventure and resource books for the Obsidian Twilight game setting, which is
written for the Pathfinder RPG. The aim of these books is to provide some more
background information, useful rules expansions and easily used adventures to
aid in the playing and understanding of the Obsidian Twilight setting. Obsidian
Eclipse is a series of adventure and resource books for Obsidian Twilight. Each
sourcebook will explore different aspects of Abaddon and fill out some of the
details about the world, its people, magic, societies and other details as well
as showing how these work in the context of an adventure. These adventures can
work as starting points for your own adventures or as ‘side quests’ from the
main thrust of your campaign, splashes of local color and incidents while the
broader material can inspire and influence your campaign and spark new ideas or
add individuality to your player and non-player characters.
Inside this sourcebook you will find:
• Background on the Mournbreth Forest
• Background on the Myconian Elves
• New Creatures: Myconian Elf Bandit, Stump Horror, Razormoth and Fungal
Horror
• New Feats: Bioluminescence, Sense the Rot, Stillness and Toxic Skin
• New Spells: Rot, Spore Cloud and Sucking bog
• And the adventure for player characters, Root and Branch.
Written by James ‘Grim’ Desborough. Available Here at RPGNow.com!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
[LPJ Design] Image Portfolio Platinum Edition 9: Storn Cook Now available
Louis Porter Jr.
Design, has released it all new line for Image Portfolio, Image Portfolio
Platinum Edition 9: Storn Cook at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:
Image Portfolio
Platinum Edition is the premier line of online PDF art resource that gaming
companies can use. All the art pieces in this art resource can be used in any
of their upcoming RPG ideas or projects. When a person acquires Image
Portfolio, any of the art in the PDF can be used in any of their own products
as if they owned it them. This is due to the limited licensing agreement of
Image Portfolio. This specific Image Portfolio contains 5 full color images of fantasy
character design images. Available at RPGNow!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 37 Days...
Well we shipped off the books for NeonCon, so if you happened to be going you can get a special edition NeonCon 2011 version of the NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign setting. Talk to you later...
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 38 Days...
Check out JP Chapleau's Avatar of the Kaga blog on the Caneus Empire. This blog post informs you on the development of the Caneus Empire and their relationship with the mysterious Cavians. Talk to you later...
[LPJ Design] Announces new product line, Absolute Magic for Pathfinder
Louis Porter Jr.
Design is proud to announce its newest RPG gaming line, Absolute Magic. Absolute
Magic is online PDF resource series that RPG gamers can use to add an
additional 100 spells to each specific class of Pathfinder. Each Absolute Magic will add 10 new spells
from 0-level to 9th level of a class. If you are tired of buying
spell sourcebooks that only add 10% new spell to the class you want to use,
then you HAVE to pick up the Absolute Magic product line. This first sourcebook
for the product line focus on Clerics with such new spells including:
·
Aeons
Crash Down: Shatter a creature’s sanity by showing it thousands of years of
future history in a few seconds.
·
Breath
of Wasps: Summon multiple swarms of wasps as a strange breath weapon.
·
Confessor’s
Mask: Prevent a priest from seeing supplicants’ faces clearly to ensure
anonymous confessions.
·
Divine
Lightning: summons a bolt of heavenly lightning that is difficult to resist.
·
Field
of Broken Blades: Damage multiple weapons simultaneously.
·
Ghost
Blood: Become intangible and ghostlike.
·
Mark
of Purpose: Creates a mystical tattoo that provides a bonus on certain checks.
·
Raise
Dead, Mass: raise multiple slain creatures simultaneously.
·
Storm
Whip: Creates a magic whip of wind and lightning.
·
Undead
Slumber: Temporarily sends undead into a coma-like stupor.
·
Plus
90 more all new cleric spells..
Who couldn’t use
another 100 spells for their cleric? Availableat RPGNow.com here!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 39 Days...
Check out JP Chapleau's Avatar of the Kaga blog on the Arman Protectorate. This gives a lot of info on the Protectorate, including why they are the only nation in the NeoExodus setting you can find firearms. Talk to you later...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 40 Days...
We have always planned to do a Kickstarter project with NeoExodus. But deicding what that project was was always a tough decision. We have a lot of products that will work well with Kickstarter but it had to be the right project that we thought would also help expand NeoExodus to more people. So after much debate, we can up with a few that would work very well.
The first project we are working to do with kick started is the NeoExodus Novellas. These are short stories that we have planned to help expand the world of NeoExodus beyond the RPG campaign setting into the world of ebook and paperback book fantasy fiction. We have been in talks with Robin Laws to get this on off of the ground.
The second project we plan to use Kickstarter with is our Usual Suspects sourcebook. Similar to the NPC gallery that you can find in the GameMaster Guide by Paizo, This sourcebook would focus on NPCs for use specifically in your NeoExodus: A House Divided home games. Nobody likes building NPCs on the fly and with this sourcebook you will no longer have to.
Third and final, we would like to do my personal pet sourcebook for NeoExodus, Xao: Island of Iron and Silk. I have been working on this project for years behind the scenes. A homage to the Shaw Brothers Kung Fu flicks of the 70s and 80s influenced by such movies like the Kid with the Golden Arm and Five Deadly Venoms. While not focusing on 90s influence of wuxia, the Shaw Brothers film are the precursor and the "foundation" to the wuxia genre films in general. Lots of cool kung fu action for NeoExodus. Talk to you later...
The first project we are working to do with kick started is the NeoExodus Novellas. These are short stories that we have planned to help expand the world of NeoExodus beyond the RPG campaign setting into the world of ebook and paperback book fantasy fiction. We have been in talks with Robin Laws to get this on off of the ground.
The second project we plan to use Kickstarter with is our Usual Suspects sourcebook. Similar to the NPC gallery that you can find in the GameMaster Guide by Paizo, This sourcebook would focus on NPCs for use specifically in your NeoExodus: A House Divided home games. Nobody likes building NPCs on the fly and with this sourcebook you will no longer have to.
Third and final, we would like to do my personal pet sourcebook for NeoExodus, Xao: Island of Iron and Silk. I have been working on this project for years behind the scenes. A homage to the Shaw Brothers Kung Fu flicks of the 70s and 80s influenced by such movies like the Kid with the Golden Arm and Five Deadly Venoms. While not focusing on 90s influence of wuxia, the Shaw Brothers film are the precursor and the "foundation" to the wuxia genre films in general. Lots of cool kung fu action for NeoExodus. Talk to you later...
Monday, October 17, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 41 Days...
When coming up with the concepts of NeoExodus: A House Divided, I had a lot of crazy ideas that I wanted to place it in. Here are just a few of the sources of influence for building NeoExodus: Babylon 5, Crossgen Comics, Ninja Scroll, Samurai Shamploo, Geoff Johns, Jeremiah, Fatal Five, Seven Deadly Sins, Highlander, The Matrix, Brotherhood of the Wolf, 100 Bullets, The Wire, Intelligence and La Femme Nikita. Talk to you later...
[LPJ Design] Two New Image Portfolio Random Images Now Available
Louis Porter Jr.
Design has released Image Portfolio 1.30 Random Images and 1.31 Random Images
at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here
is information on these products:
Image Portfolio is
online PDF art resource that gaming companies can use. All the art pieces in
this art resource can be used in any of their upcoming RPG ideas or projects.
When a person acquires Image Portfolio, any of the art in the PDF can be used
in any of their own products as if they owned it them. This is due to the
limited licensing agreement of Image Portfolio.
Image Portfolio 1.30 Random
Images available at http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=95791
Image Portfolio 1.31 Random
Images available at http://lpjdesign.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=95809
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 43 Days...
Why is NeoExodus: A House Divided the name of the setting and not just NeoExodus? You can blame White Wolf for that. A long time ago I was reading an article about Whit Wolf and they were describing their naming process for campaign setting. They said what worked for them and which they thought made their games so appealing was due to having was a primary Name to the product and a subhead to it. Vampire: The Masquerade was the simplest example to this. After read about that, it effect my naming conventions for the rest of my life for example, Haven: City of Violence, I carried this over when I created NeoExodus. The subhead for a House Divided really described what was going on with the setting. Simple and subtile, plus it played on the quote from Abraham Lincoln that I like, " A house divided against itself cannot stand." Just a little some thing you might find interesting about NeoExodus. Talk to you later...
Friday, October 14, 2011
Countdown to NeoExodus: 44 Days...
When I original conceived of NeoExodus, I planned for it to be flush with many transmedia connections including comic books, art books, short stories and novels. The first attempt can in the creation of Grand Theft Exodus, a webcomic based on the NeoExodus setting. While, due to several issues including several unreliable artists, the Grand Theft Exodus concept never really got off the ground I did learn a lot for the experience (Thanks again to all the great advice from the guys at Webcomics.com and Webcomics Weekly). So I put the concept of it in the background, but I kept thinking about bring it back. Someday. Maybe sooner than you think. Talk to you later...
[Avatar of The Kaga] Races of NeoExodus, Part 3 by JP Chapleau
Want to know more about Humans in the world of Exodus and how
the classic races of fantasy fit in, then check out JP Chapleau’s Races of NeoExodus,Part 3.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
[LPJ Design] Pathfinder + Halloween = Obsidian Twilight Bundle for only $5!!!
This
is just simple math for you Pathfinder fans.
If you Love Pathfinder and you love Halloween, then you should pick up
Obsidian Twilight, the ONLY post apocalyptic survival horror setting available
for Pathfinder. You can get all 10 PDF
for Obsidian Twilight for the low price of only $5, more than a $30 SAVINGS off
the normal price. So if you have been interested in Obsidian Twilight, NOW IS
THE TIME TO BUY. These saving will not last long!!! Available exclusively atRPGNow here!!!
Countdown to NeoExodus: 45 Days...
With the development and layout on the NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Book done, we are now just waiting on a few more things to come in so we can send it off to print to get it ready for its release in 45 days. You can pre-order the NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Book right now exclusively from Paizo for only $20, compared tot he full price of $26.99. This has been a long and incredibly exciting journey to get this product to release. I want to thank all ouf our fans who have supported the small PDF releases for NeoExodus: A House Divided leading up to the creation an release of the Campaign Book. For the nex 45 days, we will be releasing all kinds of interesting info on the setting and what we have built for the Pathfinder fans to enjoy. So feel free to comment and ask us any question you might have on the NeoExodus setting and our future plans. Like I said before, this is going to be the best campaign setting on the market today for Pathfinder. Don't miss out. Talk to you later...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
[LPJ Design] NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Setting for Pre-Ordering
Now available
exclusivity at Paizo.com, the NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Setting(PFRPG) Print Edition is now available for pre-order. Here is information on
this product:
Exodus boasts a
turbulent history - from the rise of the Kaga to the defeat of the First Ones
and the events of the Twilight War. From creation of the Imperial Alliance to
the present crisis that threatens to tear that alliance apart. Great heroes and
terrible villains drove its march, though even in hindsight the two are not
always easily separated. Theirs were the titanic passions, the burning
obsessions and base treacheries in which modern Exodus was forged and tempered.
The world of Exodus Needs heroes…
Inside this book you
will find you’ll need to embark on adventures in the exciting setting of
NeoExodus:
- The history of the world of Exodus from The Reign of the First Ones to The Dominion-Protectorate Wars and The Twilight War to the creation of the Imperial Alliance.
- The Nation of Exodus including the powerful Caneus Empire, to the magic wielding Dominion, to the mechanical powered Arman Protectorate, the unifying Imperial Alliance and many more.
- Religious of Exodus including The Cult of the Emissary, Khayne, Lawgiver, Sanguine Covenant and Xonism.
- 9 All new races usable as player characters or NPCs including the Cavians who are psionic rat-men; the Cyneans who are arcane crystalline humanoids; Dalreans who are plantlike humanoids; and the P’tans who are feline-looking creatures that can conjure black lightning.
- New Base classes, archetypes and prestige classes including Apothecary, High Guard, Janissary, Peacekeeper and Protectorate Artillerist.
- Over 80 new Feats including Anatomical Targeteer, Black Lightning Sheath, Craft Magic Candle, Hail of Thorns, Information Network, Plantsight and Terran Sorcery.
- Over 55 new spells including Babble Sphere, Bind Shape Changer, Cone Of Claws, Feast Of Maggots, Hellish Reprisal, Sensory Depravation and Wall Of Silence.
- New mundane and magical items including Alchemist’s Bandolier, Bal spearclub, Instant Rope, Magic Candles, Panther Hide Armor, Quick-Setting Glue and Telescopic Staff.
- Over 20 new monsters and Templates including Arcaneslime, Draco, Necryos, Protectorate Golem and Razofiend.
Monday, October 10, 2011
[LPJ Design] Ultimate Chase Decks for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
Louis Porter Jr.
Design has released Ultimate Chase Decks: Urban Chases (PFRPG) for the
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Here is information on this product:
Need
a way to create an awesome chase sequence in a hurry? Then look no further than
the Ultimate Chase Decks. Ultimate Chase Decks: Urban Chases. It does matter
about how fast you are running, it’s about the environment you are running
through. Ultimate Chase Decks: Urban Chases contains 34 chase cards full-color
cards gives you a new way to run chases and races in your Pathfinder
Roleplaying Game sessions. Each card presents a complex obstacle difficult
enough to challenge heroes when they are chasing down evil. Ultimate Chase
Decks: Urban Chases gives you twice as
many wildness based chase cards than any other company for half the price. Bring
the fear and danger of chases back into your game with Ultimate Chase Deck from
Louis Porter Jr. Design. Available at RPGNow.com here!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Testing out the Advanced Race Guide Playtest on the P'Tan
So I downloaded the Advanced Race Guide Playtest from Paizo and the first thing I have to say, It's a basically an update to the original Race Creation Cookbook for 3.5 OGL we did 6 years. I don't mean that in a bad way, I just mean if you liked the Race Creation Cookbook, then you will like Advanced Race Guide Playtest. While this is a playetest and can see what they left out and what they should have added. I guess they are waiting for the comments back from the playtest to show the full system.
So I decided to put this system to the test and I decided to make our NeoExodus: A House Divided race, the P'Tan using this system. This is what I got:
Racial Trait: Native Outside - 2 RP
Size: Medium - 0 RP
Base Speed: Normal Speed - 0 RP
Ability Score: Standard Mode - 0 RP
Language: Standard Array - 1 RP
Defensive Racial Abilities - Standard Ability
-- Ancient Foe - 3 RP
-- Illusion Resistance - 1 or 2 RP
Offensive Racial Abilities - Standard Ability
So I decided to put this system to the test and I decided to make our NeoExodus: A House Divided race, the P'Tan using this system. This is what I got:
Racial Trait: Native Outside - 2 RP
Size: Medium - 0 RP
Base Speed: Normal Speed - 0 RP
Ability Score: Standard Mode - 0 RP
Language: Standard Array - 1 RP
Defensive Racial Abilities - Standard Ability
-- Ancient Foe - 3 RP
-- Illusion Resistance - 1 or 2 RP
Offensive Racial Abilities - Standard Ability
-- Elemental Assault - 1 RP
-- Hatred: 1 RP
-- Weapon Familiarity: 1 RP
Weakness Abilities
-- Light Sensitivity - -1 RP
Total: 8 or 9 RP
While the abilities didn't completely match up, it was close enough for me. There are several threads you can take a look at about this playtest and put your two cents in. So system-point wise it was very close to what I do to make races. So download it and test it out. I think you will enjoy it. Talk to you later...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
[Avatar of the Kaga] The (Many) Inspirations Behind NeoExodus by JP Chapleau
JP wrote the next in his Avatar of the Kaga, The (Many) Inspirations Behind NeoExodus. Read it here and enjoy! Talk to you later...
Saturday, October 1, 2011
[Avatar of the Kaga] Why Not Golarian by JP Chapleau
JP Chapleau has started a series at his blog about the upcoming release of NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Setting book called Avatar of the Kaga. If you have been think that how does NeoExodus compares to Golarian, I think this will give you a greater understanding of what we are doing with NeoExodus plus how and why it is different from Golarion. Even better, you will learn why some things in NeoExodus are very similar to your own home Pathfinder game. Go take a read, I think you will find it quite informative. Talk to you later...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)