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Earlier this year, we started sharing a new batch of signature characters. These new characters focused on humans and the human experience, helping us all see ourselves in our fantasy games. Today we want to share with you a new one. Allow me to introduce you to our new signature paladin. Thando Xolani’s name means “Love and Peace.” Like most parents, Thando worked hard to provide a good life for his wife… Read More
I love me some 13th Age. It is a well built game and highly enjoyable, one you should check out if you are not familiar. I’d describe it as D&D 4th Edition without all the compromises that held 4e back from being a truly awesome game. Having said that, I know plenty of groups that will only play D&D 5e or Pathfinder. For GMs in such a group, I recommend doing a… Read More
This past weekend during my home 5e game, I threw something in a dungeon I never had before: a deva. Depending on your game and edition of the game, this is an angelic outsider or celestial. It was standing in the room with a curtain for a door. The characters listened at the door and (somehow) the cleric got the highest roll. I described the sound of large, feathery wings. The barbarian… Read More
We commission some beautiful artwork here at JBE, and we hope you enjoy them as well. If you enjoy them,put one in your computer desktop or as zoom background. Download these high resolution images you want and add it to your life today.
Few things bring me joy like making Pathfinder monsters. I take a beautiful piece of artwork and forge it into something new and terrifying. It’s like alchemy. I take something and I forge it into something new, something that never existed before. Well, it did exist before, but only as an idea. Take this week’s monster, the Memory of Anger. Plenty of people have gone through angry streaks in their life. Quite… Read More
Like I said not long ago, making Pathfinder monsters is something that I do just for fun. Give me an image and I can make a monster from it. This is one of the reasons why I love Gennifer Bone’s Patreon. By supporting it, she makes new monster art, and I get an image to make a new monster from. If any other artists have a similar set-up, please let me know…. Read More
As those that follow me on Twitter know, I recently started watching Critical Role. I’m still working my way through Campaign 1. I got to the point where a shadow demon was possessing someone (I’m trying to be as obscure as a I can to avoid spoilers) and it was much bigger than your typical shadow demon and it inspired me to make a monster that would fill that same role but… Read More
The GM’s Day Sale is going on now at DriveThruRPG and the Open Gaming Store. We’ve got products on sale now for 10-40% off. You won’t want to miss this. Check out these highlights Pathfinder 1e Book of Heroic Races: Advanced Compendium, 40% off at DriveThruRPGShadowsfall: Shadow Plane Player’s Companion, 40% off at the Open Gaming StoreBook of Beasts: Character Codex Subscription, 10% off at DriveThruRPGBook of Heroic Races: Occult Intrigue in… Read More
I’m not sure which game masters, dungeon master, referees, etc. of role playing games need to hear this, but you are doing ok. These are difficult times, and you are giving your game your best. Give yourself a break and know that you are doing ok. Even if any issues you are having has nothing to do with the pandemic, larger societal issues, or whatever, even if anything going on in your… Read More
It’s been months since I’ve written a Pathfinder monster. NPCs sure, but not monsters. Considering how much I consider myself a Pathfinder monster designer, that is particularly unusual. The pandemic has been rather difficult on my creativity. Having said that, I’m working to get back my creative spark. For a fun piece, I made a creature you can fight or summon up with planar ally. We hope you enjoy this monster. Download… Read More
