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New "20 Things"

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Welcome to all the new patrons who have signed up this week! We've had a small surge of newcomers and I'm delighted to welcome them into the Swan's Nest.

With all of yours support we are on the brink of something jolly exciting--we are only $7 (or so) away from hitting our next milestone! That's epic. Thank you. I hope to report next week that we've raised ...

Alternate Dungeons: Abandoned Village

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Decrepit and deteriorating, an abandoned settlement poses both unique dangers and enticing opportunities for adventurers. No adventuring site is riper for the looting than a place forgotten and abandoned by protectors and authorities. Still, abandoned doesn’t always mean empty: deserted settlements are attractive to squatters, hermits, vermin, urban monsters, ...

Friday (Alchemical) Roundup

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This week, Raging Swan Press released--with your help and support--Alternate Dungeons: Alchemist's Laboratory. To celebrate, we've also released two new "20 Things" articles themed around the alchemist's laboratory. Behold:

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Alternate Dungeon: Alchemist's Laboratory

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A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM's Resource by Nicholas Wasko

Not all dungeons feature the traditional setup of a monster-filled subterranean network of rooms and passages. Druidic groves, haunted houses, rank sewers and more can all serve as an exciting backdrop to the PCs’ adve...

Global HQ Re-opens (and some Exciting News!)

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What Ho Everyone!

I'm back from my holidays and feeling jolly refreshed! I hope you similarly had an excellent summer. 

Normal blogging service (including the 20 Things articles) resumes on Monday, but in the meantime I've got some exciting n...

Village Backdrop: Kennutcat

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The small island of Kennutcat, with its broad natural harbour and bountiful fishing, proved to be a great boon to early colonizers. After subjugating the native inhabitants, the colonizers quickly established a small prosperous village catering to the many merchant ships sailing the nearby trading routes. Yet, at night, a ...

GM's Monthly Miscellany: August 2015

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Featuring material from some of Raging Swan Press’s newest products as well as classic releases of yesteryear, advice articles and material from Creighton’s on-going design of the megadungeon Gloamhold, the GM’s Monthly Miscellany series is a terrific free resource for the busy, time-crunched GM.

T...

20 Things...to Loot from the Body

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As you know, this week Raging Swan Press released I Loot the Body. To celebrate (and because inspiration struck) I've also posted up two 20 Things articles to complement the supplement. Without further ado, I give you:

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I Loot the Body

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A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM’s Resource by Josh Vogt

Adventurers are always looting the bodies of their vanquished foes. Often the GM simply reads off the villain’s equipment list and the players move on. In this situation, beyond armour, weapons, magic items and some coin most foes never seem to carry anything of minor in...

Waterborne 20 Things

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This week, Raging Swan Press has released two more free "20 Things" list. Themed around the ocean and waterborne travel I designed them for my own campaign. Typically the PCs got sidetracked and I've yet to use them myself! 

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Places of Power: The Prismatic Tower

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A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM’s Resource by Mike Welham

Atop Starreach Peak, far above the clouds, a tower with stained glass outer walls stands and collects the sun. Here, the Prismatic Guild, led by the sorcerer Atrementous, conducts their experiments with colour, infusing it into thei...

20 Things to Find in...

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This week, Raging Swan Press has posted up two more "20 Things" lists for your gaming pleasure. This week, we present:

• 20 Things to Find in a Dusty Crypt
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Village Backdrop: Coldwater

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A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM’s Resource by Creighton Broadhurst

Widely thought of as a haven for smugglers and other miscreants, rumours swirl as thickly about Coldwater as the persistent sea fogs that sometimes blanket the place for days at a time. Set at the head of a muddy cliff top path, Coldwater i...

This Week, At Raging Swan Press

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This week, Raging Swan Press has posted up several more free resources for your gaming pleasure!

Last week, one of our readers suggested I make it easier to see what's new on the

Free Resources

page. If you surf on over to that page you'll notice I've imple...

Christmas Confusion and an Apology

Earlier this week, I posted that Raging Swan Press was participating in the Christmas in July sale over at OBS. While we are participating in the sale, I got our offer wrong. In my excitement to spread the word I accidentally (somehow) said that all our products--both PDF and print--were 40% off. This was wrong, and I apologise. 

In fact our offer is 25% off all PDFs and 15% off all print products. If you've purchased our products during the sale under the impression that they ...

GM's Miscellany: Dungeon Dressing (System Neutral Edition)

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A System Neutral GM's Resource for Fantasy GMs by Ben Armitage, Alexander Augunas, Aaron Bailey, John Bennett, Creighton Broadhurst, Jeff Erwin, James Graham, Brian Gregory, Eric Hindley, Ben Kent, Thomas King, Greg Marks, Andrew J. Martin, Jacob W. Michaels, Julian Neale, Chad Perrin, David...

More 20 Things and a Dungeon-Related Question

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As well as releasing the completely free GM's Monthly Miscellany: July 2015, this week, Raging Swan Press has posted up two more "20 Things" lists for your gaming pleasure: 

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It's a Raging Swan Christmas! (Sort Of)

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It's Christmas over at RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. ...

GM's Monthly Miscellany: July 2015

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A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM’s Resource by Creighton Broadhurst, Kat Evans, Jacob W. Michaels and Jacob Trier

Featuring material from some of Raging Swan Press’s newest products as well as classic releases of yesteryear, advice articles and material from Creighton’s on-going design of th...

Retribution Collector's Edition

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Over at Raging Swan Press's Global HQ, I've been plotting and scheming. My plan—to extend Raging Swan's fell shadow over the gaming hobby—needs your help.

I want to give you a free copy of one of our most popular modules—Retribution Collector’s Edition. 

In return you'll promise (and cro...

This Week's Free Resources from Raging Swan

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This week, at Raging Swan Press we've posted another 20 Things list. This time, we've focused on 20 Things to Find in a Wizard's Laboratory (and none of them is a pointy hat!)

In other news, on my blog, I posted an article about how to ...

Campaign Events: Masquerade Ball

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A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM’s Resource by Kat Evans

Masquerade balls are a feature of civilised urban life, and eventually the PCs may be invited to attend such a prestigious event. Perhaps they are invited to secretly meet a new patron or to stymie some plot of these attending the event or a...

More Free Resources From Raging Swan Press

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As always, Raging Swan Press has been busy posting free dungeon dressing style lists for your gaming pleasure and convenience.

This week, we've posted "20 Things" lists for abandoned mines and 2015-07-10 10:05:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Places of Power: The Fragrant Tower

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The squat, austere form of the Fragrant Tower is not much to look upon as it sits atop Spellbarrow Hill. But visitors soon find the tower to be aptly named, as they are greeted by a myriad of tantalizing scents emanating from the tower’s rooftop garden and surrounding rose hedges. Home to the wizard Tasril and his smal...

Thank You!

As you no doubt know by now, with your help Raging Swan Press achieved its second milestone target yesterday! Now, with your help, we raise $200 a product which means we can pay our designers 5 cents a word. That's not only a great pay rate of pay, but it's also a fair rate of pay for the hard work our designers do. I'm tremendously proud of what we've achieved together and I just wanted to write you a brief note of thanks.

Of course, our work is not yet done! At $300 we can increas...

Village Backdrop: Hopespyre

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A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM’s Resource by Jacob W. Michaels

Their beliefs considered heretical by the Church of the God of the Sun and their presence viewed as a threat to the cruel ruler of their homeland, the Church of the Redemptive Flame fled and founded a new home in remote Hopespyre. The cult now wants nothi...

20 Things to Find on a Beach

Is your party about to visit the beach? Perhaps they are waiting for smugglers or pirates to offload their illicit booty or they are searching for the entrance to a dungeon normally hidden beneath the waves.

In any event, they are bound to find other things than simply their next set of foes or their next adventure site. Use this table to add depth and verisimilitude to their adventures!&n...

Ancient Empire of the Troglodytes

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A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM’s Resource by John Bennett

Ages ago, when humans lived in caves and stared in wonder up at the glistening night sky, the ancient troglodyte empire of Ssar’targontha thrived and prospered in the deep places of the world. For thousands of years, from atop their gloom-shrou...

GM's Monthly Miscellany: June 2015

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Featuring material from some of Raging Swan Press’s newest products as well as classic releases of yesteryear, advice articles and material from Creighton’s on-going design of the megadungeon Gloamhold, the GM’s Monthly Miscellany series is a terrific free resource for the busy, time-crunched GM.

This monthâ€...

20 Treasure Chests

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Adventurers like nothing more than to find a treasure chest, but often the chest itself doesn't even get a description.

Use the table below to describe the treasure chests your PCs are lucky enough to stumble across. Some of them may be trapped—and no doubt paranoid adventurers will immediately be on their guard given the chest act...