{"title":"Pelgrane Press","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePelgrane Press - GUMSHOE RPG \u0026amp; 13th Age Publisher\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the complete collection from Pelgrane Press, publishers of the acclaimed \u003ca href=\"\/en-ca\/collections\/gumshoe\"\u003eGUMSHOE investigative RPG system\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en-ca\/collections\/13th-age\"\u003e13th Age\u003c\/a\u003e fantasy roleplaying game! 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Uncover strange cults, solve baffling murders, or delve into the deepest dungeons and face their denizens - and, if you are both clever and lucky, return to tell the tale. Your fate is in your hands!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLorefinder\u003c\/em\u003e merges the action-oriented fantasy rules of T\u003cem\u003ehe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePathfinder Roleplaying Game\u003c\/em\u003e with the streamlined investigative focus of Robin D Law's GUMSHOE (\u003cem\u003eThe Esoterrorists, Trail of Cthulhu, Ashen Stars\u003c\/em\u003e). Bad luck might get you killed, but it won't stop you finding the information you need to move ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor GMs, there are concise, well-honed guidelines on creating mysteries for \u003cem\u003eThe Pathfinder Roleplaying Game\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eLorefinder\u003c\/em\u003e supplement contains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn adaptation of the GUMSHOE investigative rules for fantasy adventuring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacter creation and conversion guidelines for use with \u003cem\u003ePathfinder\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrives to bring you into the heart of the adventure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew skills, spells and feats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuides for designing mysteries and campaigns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt Slaughter Field, a sample \u003cem\u003eLorefinder\u003c\/em\u003e scenario\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eLorefinder will forever change the way you run \u003cem\u003eThe Pathfinder Roleplaying Game\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort Version\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cem\u003e\"Lorefinder adds Pelgrane Press' Gumshoe investigation rules onto Paizo's Pathfinder system. Over 40 pages long, Lorefinder thoroughly covers Races, Classes, Spells, and Skills in the Lorefinder system, which provides a framework for your players to perform investigations without dice rolls. It's a light system, and doesn't add much weight to the underlying Pathfinder system, but - after reading Lorefinder - I find it preferable to the default system.\"\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/futileposition.com\/2012\/07\/review-lorefinder-by-gareth-hanrahan.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFull Review Here\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSee the complete reviews to date \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/pelgranepress.com\/?tag=review+Lorefinder\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead an interview with Gareth \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.futileposition.com\/2012\/07\/interview-gareth-hanrahan-mytholder.html\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo I recommend the book? Yes, absolutely!\u003c\/b\u003e The brief book provides an excellent paradigm for regulating information in a fantasy RPG. Even if you follow that paradigm within the core Pathfinder rules (with skill checks), GUMSHOE is an excellent model and will enrich your game. The advice on divinations and 'clues' in combat are also excellent\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSamples:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInvestigative Skills are the core of GUMSHOE. These are the tools and techniques your characters use to uncover the clues you need to complete the adventure. Investigative Skills are broken into three categories - Cunning, Interpersonal and Lore. The chief purpose of these categories is to help the GM find appropriate skills quickly when creating an adventure or when improvising a scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome Investigative skills, like Search, will be used in almost every adventure. Others are called upon less frequently. 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Laws.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey call you lasers. Sometimes you're called scrubbers, regulators, or shinestars. To the lawless denizens of the Bleed, whether they be pirates, gangsters or tyrants, you're known in less flattering terms. According to official Combine terminology, the members of your hard-bitten starship crew are known as Licensed Autonomous Zone Effectuators. You're the seasoned freelancers local leaders call when a situation proves too tough, too baffling, or simply too weird to handle on their own. In the abandoned fringe of inhabited planets known as the Bleed, you're as close to a higher authority as they come.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this gritty space opera game, the PCs are Lasers, freelance troubleshooters and law enforcers operating in a remote sector called the Bleed. They're needed in the wake of a massive retreat by the Combine, the utopian empire that colonized it. Amid the ashes of a devastating war, the lasers solve mysteries, fix thorny problems, and explore strange corners of space all on a contract basis. They balance the immediate rewards of a quick buck against their need to maintain their reputation, so that they can continue to quickly secure lucrative contracts and pay the upkeep on their ship and their cyber- and viroware enhancements. Featuring seven new and highly detailed playable species -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe eerily beautiful, nature-loving, emotion-fearing \u003cb\u003eballa\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ecybes\u003c\/b\u003e, former humans radically altered by cybernetic and genetic science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003edurugh\u003c\/b\u003e, hunched, furtive ex-enemies of the Combine who can momentarily phase through solid matter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ehumans\u003c\/b\u003e, adaptable, resourceful, and numerous. They comprise the majority of a typical laser crew.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ekch-thk, \u003c\/b\u003ewarrior locust people who migrate to new bodies when their old ones are destroyed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe armadillo-like \u003cb\u003etavak\u003c\/b\u003e, followers of a serene warrior ethic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003evas mal\u003c\/b\u003e, former near-omnisicent energy beings devolved by disaster into misshapen humanoid form.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshen Stars also contains extensive, streamlined rules for space combat, 14 different types of ship, a rogues gallery of NPC threats and hostile species' and a short adventure to get you started in the Bleed. Read feedback from pre-orderers and see sample chapters here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlaytesters and Preorderers say:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Nailed it - Just nailed it. I read through this book like it was a good novel. I've never called an RPG rulebook a page turner, but here it is! Great setting, engaging to read, and a smooth and polished system. Robin Laws continues to impress, and after seeing the final layout PDF, I have to say that Pelgrane has outdone themselves with this game. I cannot wait to have the physical thing in my hands (and the hands of my players!)'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I'm going to big up the Pelgrane Posse.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I have my PDF and I cannot say just how impressed I am with both the content, style and layout. Yet another beautifully written evolution of Gumshoe with a unique take on the genre, written by one of the best authors in the industry.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"On looks alone it puts products from other bigger companies to shame. I have a sense that I really have got my monies worth (and I haven't got the hardcopy yet) For a small publisher Pelgrane can flex some serious creative muscle.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The bar hasn't just been raised, it's in a geo-stationary orbit'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'And congratulations on this game - I think it is destined to become a classic - This is the best sci-fi RPG I've ever read.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"The Bridge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pelgranepress.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/huth_AS_bridgev2-300-px.jpg\" height=\"194\" width=\"300\"\u003e","brand":"Pelgrane Press","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":1078271936,"sku":"3768","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0188\/8152\/products\/95598.jpeg?v=1759805113"},{"product_id":"the-esoterrorists","title":"The Esoterrorists 2nd Edition - GUMSHOE Investigative Horror RPG","description":"\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0188\/8152\/products\/25894.jpeg?v=1759805114\" alt=\"The Esoterrorists 2nd Edition RPG cover\"\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWho This Appeals To\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for game masters and players who want investigative horror where finding clues drives the story forward, not dice rolls. 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Your enemies are the Esoterrorists—a loose affiliation of occult terrorists intent on tearing the fabric of the world by summoning creatures from the Outer Dark into our reality. Each manifestation weakens the membrane between worlds, bringing humanity closer to catastrophic revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe GUMSHOE system revolutionizes investigative play by ensuring you always find the clues you need—the challenge lies in interpreting them correctly and surviving what they reveal. Use Interrogation to break suspects, Data Retrieval to uncover digital trails, Forensic Entomology to read the story told by insects, and your Bullshit Detector to separate truth from deception. 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