(Illustration by Blanca Martinez de Rituerto)

Skittish but hardy survivors within and beneath civilization’s centers of urban decay.

Chad and Josh collaborated on a roachling background that would allow players to play a roachling in their home AGE system game. Josh worked on the mechanics, and Chad helped with the storytelling portions of the background. Take a look to see how this particular creature works for the AGE system by peering beyond the jump. Additionally, you can revisit the 4th Edition Roachling blog entry by Chad Middleton.

“When you told me you wished to ‘drop in on an old friend’ while we were in the city, I do not recall you ever mentioning that the ‘friend’ was the local arch-priest,” Benedict said to Jerika as they ran down the stone corridor, the temple guards behind them.

“I have another friend to drop in on before we leave.”

While other divine character classes in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game are busy healing, defending and supporting allies, the inquisitor is on the offensive, busting heads with ruthless efficiency and grim zeal. Divine Favor: the Inquisitor comes packed with new abilities, inquisitions, archetypes, feats and spells to make the most of this intriguing character.

The vow of poverty is a highly restrictive roleplaying challenge…

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Protest

A few monks take the vow of poverty as a form of protest, their convictions made manifest to demonstrate against an injustice or philosophy that they will not abide by. Almost universally, they brand themselves in some way to showcase the offense they crusade against. Some lay themselves in chains to protest against slavery, while others starve themselves to challenge the lavish opulence enjoyed by a select few. Those who tread the path of protest carry an amulet as a token of their cause, such as a soaring bird of freedom or a four-leaf clover representing equality…

The lich chuckled dryly as the scrying glass showed yet another party of would-be heroes die in one of his fiendish traps. For centuries he had existed in perfect safety within this maze of stone catacombs, a lair crawling with unnatural guardians he had raised from the dead or summoned from the Abyss. Nothing could touch him.

With a cry the warrior raised his warhammer and charged the lich, his eyes blazing with holy fervor…

The cleric has a vital yet complex role within a party: healer, backup wizard, backup fighter, and a specialist in dealing with the undead. Divine Favor: the Cleric is an invaluable resource to anyone wanting to play one of the oldest character classes in fantasy roleplaying, with many new options for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

The vow of poverty is a highly restrictive roleplaying challenge…

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Freedom

On occasion, a monk chooses to take on the vow to avoid enslavement to material possessions. Although far from the carefree attitude of overindulgent revellers, the monks that follow this path are often surprisingly free spirited, outgoing, and generous. More than one drunken master has chosen to live according to the tenets of this vow. Normally, archetypes that give up the still mind class feature cannot take vows: an exception is made for drunken masters (see Advanced Player’s Guide), who embrace freedom and wish to take on the vow of poverty although they still cannot take other vows. Followers of the path of freedom carry a sizeable drinking gourd, capable of holding 2 gallons of liquid…