John Compton Boeken

This guidebook dives into the myriad cultures and organizations readers can encounter or join in their journey, breathing life into both their character and the many allies and enemies they're bound to meet along the way.

The worlds of infinite space are yours to discover with the Galaxy Exploration Manual! This all-new Starfinder rules expansion hardcover for players and Game Masters focuses on trailblazing, exploration-based play across an expansive variety of unusual planets packed with deadly dangers and thrilling possibilities for adventure!The Galaxy Exploration Manual • New class options for every Starfinder class.• An extensive player character background generator.• New equipment from personal items to grenades, medicinals, and serums.• Rules for creating and exploring sensational science-fantasy worlds ranging from a huge variety of planets to asteroids, satellites, colony ships, and more.• Extensive details on 12 different environmental biomes like airborne, desert, space, subterranean, or urban, with systems for generating its inhabitants, threats, and adventure hooks and tons of unique player character options.• Rules for creating and expanding a world’s culture, from magic to religion to technology.• GM tactics and advice for running exciting open-ended space exploration campaigns.

The slavers known as the Scarlet Triad have been defeated twice before, and now the time has come for the heroes to confront them in their stronghold in the sprawling city of Katapesh. But the Triad still enjoys the support of the city's government; before the organization can be destroyed, the PCs will need to undermine the Triad's reputation, a task requiring guile, force of arms, and luck. The Age of Ashes Adventure Path continues with “Against the Scarlet Triad,” a complete adventure for 15th- to 17th-level characters.

How did white evangelicals, a group that had once rallied national support for the federal minimum wage and progressive child labor laws, vote overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016? In The End of Empathy, John W. Compton presents a nuanced portrait of the changing values of evangelical voters over the last century. To explain the rise of white Protestant social concern in the latter part of the nineteenth century and its sudden demise at the end of the twentieth, Compton argues that religious conviction, by itself, is rarely sufficient to motivate empathetic political behavior. When believers do act empathetically--championing reforms that transfer resources or political influence to less privileged groups within society, for example--it is typically because strong religious institutions have compelled them to do so.

Exploring the interplay of body and mind, this collection features 17 raw and evocative poems that delve into themes of desire, betrayal, and the complexities of imagination. The vivid imagery and emotional intensity create a palpable tension, with metaphors that resonate deeply. Readers will encounter a world where nature reflects human turmoil, as birds symbolize longing and displacement. The writing style is both loose and impactful, inviting contemplation and engagement with the profound experiences of love and loss.

The elemental forces of air, earth, fire, and water are among the most powerful in the multiverse, forming the basis of the material world and giving spellcasters and creatures capable of wielding them immeasurable influence. In this title, players and Game Masters can harness these powers for themselves by exploring the elemental planes.

This book refers to several other Starfinder products, yet these additional supplements are not required to make use of this book. Readers interested in references to Starfinder hardcovers can find the complete rules of these books available for free at paizo.com/sfrd.

In It for the Money! After millennia as a dwarven colony, Druma has emerged as one of the richest nations in the known world, where white-robed prophets known as Kalistocrats have built a religion out of wealth. Yet the country's peaceful facade belies the cutthroat competitiveness, hidden ruins, primeval fey forests, ancient grudges, insidious schemes, and opportunities for adventure within. Whether you are an entrepreneur with dreams of commercial domination, an adventurer seeking a wealthy patron, a scholar deciphering the esoteric Prophecies of Kalistrade, or an explorer hoping to uncover the extraordinary history of Avistan and its Kellid people, Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Druma, Profit and Prophecy holds what you seek and more. Explore Druma and discover the following: - Details on the long, storied history of the nation and the enigmatic Kalistocrats who rule it. - An extensive gazetteer of Druma's regions and major settlements. - A bestiary of new monsters found within Druma's borders. Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Druma, Profit and Prophecy is intended for use with the Pathfinder campaign setting, but it can easily be adapted to any fantasy world.

Invited to a prestigious storytelling festival in Highhelm, the greatest dwarven city, a clan's eclectic guests explore every corner of the metropolis to build their own legends. Yet when these budding celebrities find a relic linked to one of dwarvenkind's greatest heroes, they're drawn into a mysterious ancient urban intrigue that kicks off a deadly treasure hunt. "Mantle of Gold" is a Pathfinder adventure for four 1st-level characters. This adventure begins the Sky King's Tomb Adventure Path, a three-part monthly campaign in which a group of adventurers travel deep underground to discover a legendary dwarven king's tomb, seek subterranean treasures, and heal millennia-old injustices--all while stopping an ambitious villain from weaponizing those same discoveries. This adventure also includes a detailed look at lost dwarven treasures, tricks for adventuring in the dark, potent relics, and several monsters to threaten underground explorers. Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.