Mercifully, this is the last time I will assail you before Christmas! Behold the second AMA in which I answer four more of your questions (and ask YOU a question as well). I hope you enjoy the AMA, as I enjoyed recording it. Look for more AMAs in the new year, and if you have any questions or comments about this one, please leave them below.
While the lights are still on at Global HQ, I'm...
2018-12-21 09:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostAs 2018, hurtles to an end, we got two more products for you! Excitingly, one of them is our first 5e compatible adventure. I'm very keen to see how Shunned Valley of the Three Tombs is received so if you download and run it please let me know what you think. Our Monstrous Lair line also r...
2018-12-14 08:14:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Victory is finally mine and I have recorded and uploaded the first Patreon exclusive AMA. I hope you enjoy it and find the questions (and my answers) interesting.
If you've got any comments about AMA #1 or have a questions you'd like me to answer in AMA #2, please leave them in the comments below!
As always, thank you so much for your support!
2018-12-11 16:34:17 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we visit the dwarven village of Azagirn. We haven't really touched on dwarves in the Village Backdrop line and it seemed time we rectified this situation. (Dwarves are, after all, one of the most popular fantasy races and an intrinsic part of literally every campaign world). I hope you can find a...
2018-12-07 09:18:13 +0000 UTC View PostEpic news. As is traditional at this time of year, Raging Swan Press is running a megabindle deal. This year, though, it's a pair of bundles with a difference.
The PDF bundle of 40 of our biggest and best Pathfinder books can be yours for only $29.95. (that's a 95% discount off the $454.52 retail ...
2018-12-03 15:29:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve been recently thinking it might be fun to do a video AMA (Ask Me Anything) here on the Patreon page.
I’d like to stay away from sex, religion and politics (let’s pretend we are chatting at a dinner party or family barbecue and little ears lurks nearby) but anything game, campaign o...
2018-11-30 17:29:53 +0000 UTC View PostDecember is hurtling toward us and with it the end of the year. At Global HQ, the bad winter weather is most definitely here. (Can you tell I'm English?) That's part of the reason we are focusing on white dragons' lairs for this month's 20 Things release. And along with the in-depth view of white dra...
2018-11-30 08:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe long wait is over--The Thingonomicon is here. I've looked forward to releasing this book for ages and now the day is at hand!
I've been using the actual, physical book in my game for the last month or so (since I got the first proofs) and I'm tremendously chuffed to be releasing a new...
2018-11-23 07:31:34 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, along with releasing Monstrous Lair #20: Kobold Warren, we start to answer the question, "What lies beneath Languard's streets?" in the last Languard Locations supplement, Languar...
2018-11-16 08:01:13 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Jeff Gomez makes a triumphant return to the Village Backdrop line with Hornwall—a village stuffed full of ex-bandit struggling both with its blood-soaked past and potentially blood-soaked future. Jeff’s done a marvellous job bringing the village to life and I hope your players enjoy visiting the place. Hopefully, they’ll get to leave!
In other news, our late November early Decem...
2018-11-09 07:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostI like dragons, but I never seem to be able to slip enough of them into my campaign. I suspect this is because we prefer low-level play and thus dragons are pretty terrifying and awesome opponents. (Because we use the slow advancement track, it takes about a year to get to 5th-level).
That all said, writing about dragons is great fun and when I got a request for 2018-11-02 08:02:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we've got a marvellous free product for you as a thank you for your epic support of Raging Swan Press. Gnolls are pretty nasty desert dwellers and often slavers. Encounters with them should be memorable--they should not just be "random evil humanoid in the desert".
I hope you'll be able to use Monstrous Lair #19: Gnolls' Camp to bring these evil humanoids to life and to...
2018-10-26 07:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a big week at Raging Swan Press as prepare to release GM's Miscellany: Village Backdrop VI for Pathfinder and GM's Miscellany: Village Backdrop III in 5e and System Neutral flavours. Of course, you get the books early today! I hope you are able to include some or all of the villages in your campaign and that your players have a memorable time visiting the various settle...
2018-10-19 06:59:37 +0000 UTC View PostThank you for voting in last week's poll--almost three-quarters of you did.
I'll be sharing the results later in the week once I'v been able to digest them properly, but your votes have certainly given me some excellent food for thought in regards to next year's schedule.
Anyway--onto this week's poll!
Assuming all three editions (5e, System Neutral, Pathfinder) a...
2018-10-15 07:53:22 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, sees Richard Pett's second supplement for Raging Swan Press slither into the world in the form of Languard Locations: The Wrecks. Come visit the very worst Languard has to offer! And we also have the somewhat macabre Monstrous Lair #18: Bugbears' Lair for you.
I've started to think about plotting Raging Swan Press's release schedule for 2019.
By the end of 2018 the Languard Locations line will be winding down, and--of course--the Places of Power line also finished this year. It seems like a good idea, therefore, to find out which of our lines was (or is) your favourite.
So--please help me chart 2019 by letting me know which of the li...
2018-10-09 18:52:49 +0000 UTC View PostDo you need a floating village of ex(ish)-pirates for your campaign? Of course you do. Good news--Mike Welham's got you covered with this week's release: Village Backdrop: Kerwyn's Pride!
Built upon the ruins of a pirate fleet doomed by a savage storm, the floating village of Kerwyn’s Pride n...
2018-10-05 06:54:31 +0000 UTC View PostVirtually every campaign's got orcs in it. Orcs fill a niche like kobolds--low-level fodder that the PCs (hopefully) slay in vast numbers.
This week's book--20 Things #30: Orc Village--gives you the tools to add depth, flavour and detail into the orc villages in your campaign. ...
2018-09-28 06:55:29 +0000 UTC View PostVillages of Ashlar is finally here!
As you might recall, Villages of Ashlar was meant to release last month, but problems with the physical print versions of the book forced me to delay it a month. Well the wait is over!
As well as gathering all of Ashlar's villages in the same place for the first time I'm particularly excited about this release because Tommi ...
2018-09-21 06:58:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we are back in Languard--and we are diving into the Fishshambles district! This instalment of the Languard Location line grew out of the open call Raging Swan launched earlier in the year. The standard of entries for Languard Locations: Beyond the Walls was so high we decided to convert some of the suitable locations into the Fishshambles. I couldn't see them on the "cutting ro...
2018-09-14 06:58:34 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Steve Hood brings us the seemingly bucolic village of Ravens' Cradle...but if the PCs dig beneath the surface they may discover certain surprising--perhaps unsettling--facts.
A Pathfinder, 5e and System Neutral Edition Compatible GM’s Resource by Steve Hood...
2018-09-07 06:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostAs a (Pathfinder) GM, I love liches. Liches are awesome because every one is unique. As powerful spellcasters, they also give you lots of fun options.
As a player, I love liches somewhat less.
But whichever side of the GM's screen I lurk, a lich's lair should be an exciting and unique l...
2018-08-31 07:05:27 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Raging Swan Press was meant to be releasing Villages of Ashlar. Unfortunately, some technical problems (see below if you are interested in the full story) have meant I’m uncomfortable releasing the product as it stands. This sucks, as I really want to show you the new (epic) maps Tommi has d...
2018-08-24 07:16:52 +0000 UTC View PostYou might remember that some months ago, Raging Swan Press launched an open call for new designers to try their hand at submitting a pitch for publication. Well, Languard Locations: Beyond the Walls is the result! The standard of submissions was very high; in fact, the standard was so hi...
2018-08-17 07:20:16 +0000 UTC View PostNext week, Raging Swan Press releases Village Backdrop: Lanthorn 2.0 by yours truly.
Before I get into that, though, I'm delighted to report we are now 400 strong! That's absolutely epic and I can't tell you how happy and proud this makes me. Thank you all for sticking with Raging Swan P...
2018-08-10 06:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostAdventurers never seem to own houses. Itinerant wanders, they often end up staying in taverns and inns. Often GMs hand wave such parts of the PCs' travels. That's a bit of a shame as some drinking, chatting with locals, perhaps a bit of gambling and--occassionally-- a brawl are a great change of pace to the normal flavour of a game session.
With that in mind, I present to you 20 Things...
2018-08-03 06:53:49 +0000 UTC View PostAboleths are some of my favourite creatures. Mainly because they are tremendously sinister and they have tentacles! As you know, Everything is Better with Tentacles.
So I'm delighted to be able to send out Monstrous Lair #13: Aboleth's Sunken Lair! I hope you get to use it soon.
As you might recall, a few months ago I polled you about your GM Screen use and shared a couple of draft products I was plotting. Your reaction was overwhelmingly positive and so now after tinkering with the format and suchlike--behold--the first six entries in the GM's Screen line:
This week, we've got a bit of a mix of products for you--Languard Locations: High City and Monstrous Lairs #12: Medusa Lair. Of the two, I'm particularly happy with Languard Locations: High City as we are slowly bringing to life Ashlar's capital city and I'm enjoying seeing what our heroic bunch of freelancers are adding to the place.
2018-07-13 07:05:27 +0000 UTC
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This week, Jacob W. Michaels serves up a different kind of village altogether--a prison from which most of the inmates don't want to leave! This is the perfect village to place a nefarious NPC the PCs really need to meet. Perhaps the NPC has special information or skills the party needs. Alternatively, a roguish PC could be looking for a friend or relative imprisoned at Blackhill Gaol.