[LPJ Design] Worlds of Obsidian Apocalypse: Life After Undeath for The Pathfinder RPG Now available

Louis Porter Jr. Design, has released Worlds of Obsidian Apocalypse: Life After Undeath. 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. Inevitably, in campaigns set in Abaddon, player characters will die. No matter which campaign model you use, it will overflow with mind-shattering horrors and lethal threats. Here, the world of the living is shared equally with the deceased, who linger in physical form before finally passing through the great beyond. Whether currently living or dead, residents and visitors are assured of an eternity of action and intrigue. Worlds of Obsidian Apocalypse: Life After Undeath expands the rules your options for when player characters die.

Inside this book you will find you’ll need to embark on adventures in the exciting setting of Life After Undeath:

• Toolkit Setting Templates: Life After Undeath
• Highly detailed regions and history, new organizations to launch your Life After Undeath campaign
• Undead Character Options: Riven and Sundered (As races or character classes)
• Over a dozen new feats and Magic Items
• And much more.

Available here at LPJ Design PDF Store!

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!

In Defiance of Sorcery - the low-magic/no-magic campaign toolkit for Pathfinder by Clinton Boomer coming soon

It all started with a little post by Clinton Boomer on his blog and with that a new product for LPJ Design was born. In Defiance of Sorcery: the low-magic/no-magic campaign toolkit for Pathfinder will let players play in the realm of literary traditions of sword-and-sorcery with this amazing toolkit. Even fans of the upcoming Primeval Thule Campaign Setting Kickstarter and their Primeval Thule Traveler's Guide will want to pick this up and add to their low-magic/no-magic campaigns. These striking stories and images of clashing action are the blood, muscles and bones of the In Defiance of Sorcery, it’s low fantasy the way it was meant to be played. Etched in your mind illustrations of artists such as Roy Krenkel and Frank Frazetta; and influenced by classic pulp fantasy stories such as Edgar Rice Burrough’s tales of savage worlds, Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories, and even H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. In Defiance of Sorcery will bring this all to life. Expect to see In Defiance of Sorcery by late August / early September. Talk to you later...

Obsidian Apocalypse: The Iconic headshots

So with any good setting you need a group of icons that really help define the look and feel of what they typical player character might be in this setting.  With that we have our first image of the Obsidian Apocalypse Iconics. Here is the name of the iconics:

• Amon Al Zebadiah (Exalted)
• Anid Dada (Genesai)
• Caria Sir Lykas (Harrowed)
• Korax al-Moab (Infernal )
• Elsu Istas (Khymer)
• Silverclaw (Lykian )
• D’nar Kriks (Osirion)
• Marcellus Shaok (Raijin)

While these is a rough draft and of course there will be changes, you can see where we are going with the update to the original Obsidian Twilight setting. 

[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.

NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign book first draft read thru is DONE!!!

Finally!!!!! I am done reading the NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Book and I will say it is going to be the best Pathfinder Roleplaying Game 3PP setting on the market when it released! This is an amazing book. Now off to JP. Talk to you later...

Working hard with JP on NeoExodus...

Over a week ago, JP Chapleau handed of the first draft of the NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Book to me.  I have been reading it over making changes and explaining things in more detail of what I wanted to see it in and what I didn’t want to see.  The only thing that I had huge issue with above all others was the use of the monster from Monsters of NeoExodus: Caliban and making them a PC race. This was one of those things that I was not too sure about, but I trusted JP so I said OK and we went with it.  But now after reading them in the book, it didn’t make sense to me why we would use them in this way. Today, I spoke to JP about this issue in great length and detail. JP and I went back in forth on this each of us discussing why we thought they were needed the Nomadic Caliban as PCs and why not. Eventually all this discussion gave us an answer HOW we could add them to the setting and WHY it ties in to the setting so well.  So we are changing the concept of Nomadic Caliban into the Kalisans. There of course will be some changes with their background and game mechanics from this draft but this only helps make the NeoExodus setting better.  Teamwork, talking it out and smart thinking are the best ways to handle and problems and issues.  This book is going to be amazing.  Talk to you later…

Pulling the curtain back at LPJ Design and take a look at how we build worlds...

So I am sitting here looking at some old files and I cam across the outline for Xao: Island of Iron and Silk.  I have talked about Xao: Island of Iron and Silk in previous post and I have always wanted to go back to it to work on. The concept of doing Xao: Island of Iron and Silk was inpired by my love of the Shaw Brother Kung Fu movies I used to watch on Saturday afternoons from 3 to 5 PM.  Those were good times.  Xao: Island of Iron and Silk was a nice add-on to the NeoExodus: A House Divided universe.  We everything else going on in my life, I never really got it off of the ground, but a lot of the original outline and development was done for it.  So I decided that so many of you are interested in how I build campaign settings, I thought that this might be a good time to take a look at Xao: Island of Iron and Silk ouline that I created for a smaple of what it takes to create a campaign setting.  All the text in black is "finished" meaning I think this is the way I am planning for it to go; All the text in red is stuff that is still up in the air to be developed. Just click on this link and you can get a PDF copy to download and enjoy.

If I combine the Dark Sun and Ravenloft settings, I get...

...well I don't know what I get, but doing something like this has been on my mind for a while. So I wanted to get people's opinions on what they thought about it. Tell me what you think