Just reached 25% of our goal!

I want to give all that supporters of this kickstarter and LPJ Design my personal thanks that has supported this launch! Without you fans, we at LPJ Design are nothing. Every single encouraging message and e-mail, every single share on your social networks, and every single pledge has only reinforced what I have long known and thought for a while: You want to see more Obsidian Apocalypse material. We have reached 25% and let’s keep this going all the way to the top! Thank you again! 

In less than 12 hours and we’re nearly at 30 backers!!!

I want to thank everyone who took time out to support our kickstarter. I am also glad to see so many of you taking us up on out Back it For a Buck (B4$) Challenge. Every little bit helps us reach our various threshold goals and we are thankful for you. It is the kind of start I wanted and I only hope for use to continue in this fashion. As always, thank you for your support!!!

[LPJ Design] Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path Kickstarter for Pathfinder is now live!

The Cross of Fire Saga adventure path is a post-apocalyptic survival horror adventure for the Obsidian Apocalypse table top RPG campaign setting for the Pathfinder RPG. The Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path is the first adventure path for Obsidian Apocalypse, which was released in 2013, as the premiere setting for the post-apocalyptic survival horror genre for Pathfinder. The reason that we are having this Kickstarter project is to generate the funds we need to pay for the cost of development, writing, artwork and printing this adventure path and getting it out to the premiere retail gaming stores.

The Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path Contributors includes:

• Steven T. Helt (Developer, Paizo’s 2013 RPG Superstar & Tears at Bitter Manor)
• Victoria Jaczko (Paizo's RPG Superstar 2014)
• Jeff Lee (Deep Magic, NeoExodus: A House Divided & Obsidian Apocalypse)
• Scott Fernandez (RPG Superstar 2013 Top 4 contestant)
• Stephen Rowe (Rogue Genius Guide to Gruesome Giants, Construct Companion, Flesh Golem Variants)
• Dan Dillon (Rogue Genius Guide to Gruesome Giants, Construct Companion, Flesh Golem Variants)
• And many more!!!

This project is Steven T Helt’s first as full developer, and published by Louis Porter, Jr. Games. Louis Porter, Jr. is a pioneer among third party publishers, having released more than 600 RPG products in print and PDF over the last 15 years. Louis Porter, Jr. is no stranger to delivering timely products to his loyal Kickstarter backers. He’s produced material for backers of the Obsidian Apocalypse setting.

Learn more about the Cross of FireSaga adventure path kickstarter here!!!

T-minus 24 hours until the Cross of Fire...

In less in than 24 hours, the Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path for Pathfinder starts at Kickstarter. Are you ready to have post-apocalyptic survival horror genre redefined again?  Talk to you later...

T-minus 48 hours until the Cross of Fire...

In less in than 48 hours, the Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path for Pathfinder starts at Kickstarter. Are you ready to have post-apocalyptic survival horror genre redefined again?  Talk to you later...

I gave Sean K Reynolds $50 and ripped me a new one for it…

Apparently everything I hear about Sean K Reynolds was true. Highly skilled. Very professional. Someone you can learn from. I learnt this they hard way when I signed up for his RPG Design Classes. Simply put for $50 you could have a one on one class with SKR where he would critique you game design so you could get better if you were interested in submitting for Paizo’s RPG Superstar. Now I don’t plan on submitting to RPG Superstar but I know getting a direct critique of my design work from a person at SKR level could only be helpful to me. Better still, talking with SKR would give me a better understanding of what Paizo would be looking for in its submissions. So I paid the money; did what he told me to do and submitted my item. And waited to hear back from him. A few days later, I heard back from him with comments on my submitted items and when I finished reading I had to check to see if I was bleeding for a specific orifice. Because it felt like he used his whole arm on me with his review on my work. 

The two words that describe best what happened was: Painful and Insightful.

Maybe you didn't know but SKR is VERY good at is game design. I did know he is very good at it, but I did know he was THAT good at it. 

After I recovered from the initial shock and trauma of the email, I really sat down a looked at what he did say and he was right.  He explained it in great lengthy detail and he gave me a better understanding of what I was REALLY trying to make and what I did right and what I did very, VERY wrong. Just reading SKR’s email, I think I got a better insight on Paizo as a company and what they expected from game designers and developers. I must say what I learned it this once little interaction was WELL WORTH the money I spent. Better still, I can’t wait until we do the monster design. I have a monster that I think is simple and cool and I can’t wait to see what SKR does to it. 

So if you are thinking about doing Paizo RPG Superstar, you might want to spend $50 and get AMAZING insight from someone who understands what Paizo is looking for better than you EVER will. Now while I may never use this information on submitting to RPG Superstar, I will be using the knowledge to help advance LPJ Design as a 3PP to make my product EVEN better and make my company much, much stronger. Every first time publisher AND even long term 3PP should sign up for this class, because it is THAT important.  My $50 investment in SKR is going to make me A LOT of money in the long term and I call that a good investment for myself and LPJ Design. Talk to you later…

[LPJ Design] Obsidian Apocalypse On Sale for $5.99!!!

Louis Porter Jr. Design, has lowered the price if Obsidian Apocalypse for The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game at RPGNow.com and DriveThruRPG.com by 50% OFF THE NORMAL COST to only $5.99.  You have heard and read the rumors how great the setting is including Endzeitgeist.com review statements of,  “All in all, this is, in my opinion, the BEST BOOK LPJr Design has so far made…My final verdict will clock in at 5 stars + seal of approval!” Now see for yourself. Here is information on this product:

A dark star fell from the sky bringing with it the end of all things! The sanctity of the world known as Abaddon was shattered when a global apocalyptic event of a meteor impacting the planet causing a destructive ecological and eldritch change. Now there is no day or night, just never ending Apocalypse. An undead world ruled by fear and horror. Undead nightmares prowl the darkest forest with malevolent ghouls, grim demonic fiends and horrific vampires prey on a fearful populace. The world is dominated by the monstrously powerful immortal evils that reigns supreme over this world. And with all this the mysterious force known as Nightwall. Evil dominates the world to be challenged by noble heroes fighting to take back a world that should belong to them. Are you willing to take up the fight?

Inside this book you will find you’ll need to embark on adventures in the exciting setting of Obsidian Apocalypse:

•       Four toolkit setting templates: Infernus Risen – Angels and Demons have been brought to this world and engage in battles all over this world; World of the Elder Gods - The meteor is actually a prison from unusual monsters that breaks open and escapes to this world; Pandemic Contagion - A super powerful virus begins infecting, mutating and killing people of this world; and World of the Undead - Undead raise due to the necromantic energy in the meteor.

•       Highly detailed regions and history, new organizations to launch your campaign

•       7 new races usable as player characters.

•       Over 90 new feats and over 100 new spells.

•       All new monsters and monster templates.

•       And much more.

Available at RPGNow.com here!!!

In less that a week, Cross of Fire Saga goes LIVE!!!

In less that one week, the Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path goes live!!! We have added more artwork ti this upcoming kickstarter so this is going to be huge success! Save your dollars to help support us with this awesome adventure path! Follow us on Facebook to learn more!!! Talk to you later...

Crisis on Infinite Earths + ?????? = Next AWESOME kickstarter

I am looking over the economical formulas to see if the (hopefully upcoming) Crisis on Infinite Earths plus ?????? (Thought of an AMAZING add-on to the original concept) influenced can be done for a reasonable price. We are looking to pay the most we have every paid for writers ($0.08 a word) due to the fact that we need several very high end writers planned to work on this. We are looking for the word count of the AP to reach 80K. That with the amount of artwork we are looking to have (roughly 160 different pieces including covers, headshot and half page images), this Kickstarter is going to have to be $35,000.  And that just covers the the 4 APs.

Let not even talk about the 20 "sidetrek / starter adventures" (roughly 100K words in length) that we would like to have this kickstarter. Now add in, I am going to have LOTS of other 3PP material added to this kickstarter. So this gets bigger and bigger.

Best of all, When this AP is finished, there should be a campaign setting that I am going to make 100% OGL for any and all 3PP to use and build from. I am going to include some of the artwork and make it 100% Open content to use. Sounds crazy? It is. Is it possible? HELL YES!!!!! Now I have to call Owen KC Stephens to see if I am crazy as I think I am. Talk to you later...

And the beat goes on...

Just a little update. Joshua Yearsley has been working like a mad man editing project for LPJ Design and it looks like we are going to have 5 ALL NEW products for our Obsidian Apocalypse line, including our inspired version of the WOTC Ghostwalk campaign setting. So expect to see a lot more material for Obsidian Apocalypse including the upcoming kickstarter, Cross of Fire Saga. Talk to you later...

Transparency Agenda #70: Cross of Fire Update!

T minus 21 Days until the start of the Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path Kickstarter for Pathfinder

The time ticks closer to the start of the the Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path Kickstarte for Pathfinder Role Playing Game. Today we learn more about the actual start to the adventure, Havoc of the Mind’s Eye by 2014 RPG Superstar Victoria Jaczko.

Part 1: Havoc of the Mind’s Eye
BLOOD AND TERROR AWAIT

Nothing is as it seems in the blasted countryside surrounding the insular fortress-town of Lockgate. For weeks, the people there--locals and outsiders alike--have been terrorized by a creature they only know as the Beast. It strikes fast and vanishes, leaving behind mutilated corpses to find. The town’s lord has issued a reward for the death of the beast and a band of monster hunters have answered. The seer traveling with the PCs leads them straight into the heart of this mystery where it becomes quickly evident there is more at work than a simple ravaging monster. Can the PCs unearth the true source of Lockgate’s horror?

Havoc of the Mind’s Eye is an investigative horror adventure for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. The scenario is designed for four 9th level PCs, and is suitable as a single horror tale or as the second episode of the Cross of Fire saga. By the end of the adventure, the PCs will either die screaming or reach 10th level.

We keep giving you more and more twist and turns in this adventure path. Giving you a chance to understand the world of Abaddon and the Obsidian Apocalypse campaign setting better and better. Fans of Pathfinder and the horror genre in general will find the Cross of Fire Saga Adventure Path not only to be fun and exciting it will be revolutionary to what they are normally use to see. Talk to you later…

What D&D campaign setting would you like to see converted in Pathfinder?

I am working on something for future release and I wanted to get feedback from the Pathfinder fan base: What four (4) D&D campaign setting would you like to see converted for use in Pathfinder? Edition doesn’t matter just the setting. Thanks!