{"id":140389,"date":"2025-03-24T18:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?p=140389"},"modified":"2025-03-24T18:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:47:39","slug":"pathfinder-and-reigniting-my-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?p=140389","title":{"rendered":"Pathfinder and reigniting my creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"298\" data-attachment-id=\"140390\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?attachment_id=140390\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-logo.png?fit=850%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"850,298\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pathfinder-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-logo.png?fit=300%2C105&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-logo.png?fit=850%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-logo.png?resize=850%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pathfinder Logo\" class=\"wp-image-140390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-logo.png?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-logo.png?resize=300%2C105&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-logo.png?resize=150%2C53&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-logo.png?resize=768%2C269&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been trying to remember the first time I played D&amp;D. Definitely the 80&#8217;s, so, probably &#8211; 1986 or 1987. My friend Tom brought the Red Box over along with these little black and white booklets he had and said, &#8220;I want to play this game. I can&#8217;t figure it out. You&#8217;re smart. Figure it out so we can play.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I did, and we did. For years until our little group of friends went in different directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"140391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?attachment_id=140391\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/me-JT.jpeg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1440125035&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;1.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.041666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"me-JT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/me-JT.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/me-JT.jpeg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/me-JT.jpeg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Patrick Hester and J.T. Evans\" class=\"wp-image-140391\" style=\"width:504px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/me-JT.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/me-JT.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/me-JT.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward to around 2014\/2015 and I hadn&#8217;t played a tabletop RPG in well over a decade. My friend JT asked me if I&#8217;d be interested in joining a group he was getting started. I said yes and that was my first introduction to the Pathfinder First Edition ruleset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/functionalnerds.com\/\">Functional Nerds podcast<\/a>, I also met one of the people working at Paizo who sent me their version of the Red Box  (Beginner&#8217;s Box) and I was blown away by how well it was put together and took you through learning the game from both Player and GM perspectives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"140393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?attachment_id=140393\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaming-table.jpeg?fit=960%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1732979116&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.86&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.021276595744681&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gaming-table\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaming-table.jpeg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaming-table.jpeg?fit=960%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaming-table.jpeg?resize=960%2C1280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Game Room and Table\" class=\"wp-image-140393\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaming-table.jpeg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaming-table.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaming-table.jpeg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaming-table.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, I was hooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I played Pathfinder for a little while before that group morphed into something else and playing other games, usually board and card games. Then I wanted to run some games myself, and did for my girlfriend and her friend at the time. Even went so far as to setup my basement as a gaming space and buying a fancy gaming table when it popped up on Kickstarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is right about the time my life blew up. My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s, that girlfriend and I split up, my time and money slowly slid into taking care of mom and before I knew it, my fancy kickstarter gaming table was gathering dust in the basement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s fast forward again to just a couple of years ago as of this writing. My friend Giles reached out and asked if I would be interested in being a player in a new D&amp;D 5E campaign he was about to start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"140399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?attachment_id=140399\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5E-game.jpeg?fit=960%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1739726394&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.86&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5E-game\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5E-game.jpeg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5E-game.jpeg?fit=960%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5E-game.jpeg?resize=960%2C1280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Playing Dungeons &amp; Dragon's 5E\" class=\"wp-image-140399\" style=\"width:528px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5E-game.jpeg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5E-game.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5E-game.jpeg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5E-game.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hells. Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My frustration with D&amp;D was immediate. My eyesight is not what it used to be. I remembered having PDF&#8217;s of all my Pathfinder, Dresden Files and Savage Worlds rule books on my iPad. Figured I&#8217;d go grab the 5E rule books. Found out they didn&#8217;t exist. Instead, you had to subscribe to something called D&amp;D Beyond and buy the books there and use that site to view or access the books. Blergh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to do that. I just wanted them as PDF&#8217;s on my iPad. I thought I was missing something and kept looking around. Nope. No legal way to have the PDF versions of the books. (I mention this because people pirate those books, which I refuse to do.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I bought the hardcover Player&#8217;s Handbook and used my iPhone to pinch and zoom the things I wanted to read. Seriously &#8211; I&#8217;m that guy now. Dimly lit restaurants are my fresh hell. I&#8217;m totally using the flashlight on my iPhone to see the menu&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may say, &#8220;Just get the D&amp;D Beyond thing!&#8221; Nope. Have I mentioned how stubborn I am? I don&#8217;t want another freaking subscription. I have more of them than I want now because corporations force them on me and, to quote Picard, &#8220;THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN HERE!&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, whenever I am not at home, I use my iPad in offline mode. The PDFs I have on there are actually on there, not in the cloud. I don&#8217;t like using wifi that isn&#8217;t mine and secured by me &#8211; it&#8217;s an IT Nerd thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then came the OGL shit. Oy. Then the layoffs at Wizards of the Coast (WoTC) ordered by Hasbro. Then the AI shit, (&#8220;We won&#8217;t use it!&#8221; &#8220;Ooops, we used it but we won&#8217;t use it again!&#8221; &#8220;Ooops, you noticed we used it again? Well, this time we PWOMISE we won&#8217;t use it.&#8221; &#8220;What&#8217;s that? You saw our ad for AI specialists? Ummm.&#8221;) Then more layoffs at WoTC ordered by Hasbro. On and on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sigh. My feelings on all of that is another post. Maybe I&#8217;ll even write it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only good things they&#8217;ve (Hasbro\/WoTC) done lately are the D&amp;D movie and Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when WoTC launched the new D&amp;D rules last year, I went out and bought Pathfinder 2E Core stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"140394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?attachment_id=140394\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pathfinder-Core.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1728553278&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.018518518518519&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pathfinder-Core\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pathfinder-Core.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pathfinder-Core.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pathfinder-Core.jpeg?resize=1280%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pathfinder 2E Remastered Gamemaster's Core, Player Core, Player Core 2, Monster Core and Lost Omens Gods and Magic rulebooks\" class=\"wp-image-140394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pathfinder-Core.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pathfinder-Core.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pathfinder-Core.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pathfinder-Core.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot had changed at Paizo since I last looked at their system. The OGL bullshit had them doing a remastered Second Edition, which felt like a great place for me to jump back in. And I was right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-attachment-id=\"140396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?attachment_id=140396\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-2-beginners-box.jpeg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1728638475&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.86&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pathfinder-2-beginners-box\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-2-beginners-box.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-2-beginners-box.jpeg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-2-beginners-box.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pathfinder Second Edition Beginner's Box\" class=\"wp-image-140396\" style=\"width:554px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-2-beginners-box.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-2-beginners-box.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-2-beginners-box.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pathfinder-2-beginners-box.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" data-attachment-id=\"140395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.atfmb.com\/?attachment_id=140395\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/glass-cannon.webp?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"glass-cannon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/glass-cannon.webp?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/glass-cannon.webp?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/glass-cannon.webp?resize=1200%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Glass Cannon Actual Play Podcast\" class=\"wp-image-140395\" style=\"width:427px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/glass-cannon.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/glass-cannon.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/glass-cannon.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.atfmb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/glass-cannon.webp?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I started listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasscannonnetwork.com\/\">Pathfinder actual play podcasts<\/a>, grabbing up books (they offer PDFs right on their website), and getting their Second Edition Beginner&#8217;s Box. Just like the First Edition version, it&#8217;s an amazing resource for teaching people Pathfinder 2E. I was blown away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I invited some friends to learn and play. We&#8217;ve been meeting every other Saturday since, working our way through the Beginner&#8217;s Box adventure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I have been reading tons of Pathfinder content from Paizo &#8211; and there is a LOT of it. I am seriously impressed with the sheer volume they put out. One shot adventures, full campaigns, and something called the Pathfinder Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning about the Society Organized Play led me to attend my first ever gaming convention &#8211; GenghisCon. It was a blast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To tie it all back to the title of this post, Pathfinder&#8217;s got my creative juices flowing again. I&#8217;m working on my continuing campaign and what to do when my player&#8217;s get out of the Beginner&#8217;s Box adventure (they&#8217;re almost there). I&#8217;m jotting down notes and ideas and writing what comes next, and that&#8217;s exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m even sharing little bits of Lore and Rules tidbits with my players on a group text I created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a long time, I haven&#8217;t been able to do much in the creative space of my brain. It&#8217;s difficult to explain why. It has to do with grief and loss and pain. Doesn&#8217;t help when the world is on fire, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, at least for Pathfinder stuff, it seems to be (finally!) easing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for that, I am quite happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been trying to remember the first time I played D&amp;D. Definitely the 80&#8217;s, so, probably &#8211; 1986 or 1987. My friend Tom brought the Red Box over along with these little black and white booklets he had and said, &#8220;I want to play this game. I can&#8217;t figure it out. You&#8217;re smart. 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