Pathfinder (periodicals)

[1] While the magazines Dragon and Dungeon were both licensed to make use of certain iconic elements of Dungeons & Dragons intellectual property, including material drawn from official settings published by Wizards of the Coast and unique monsters such as illithids, the terms of the OGL forbid the use of such "closed" IP elements.

Paizo has published a number of adventure paths, including "Rise of the Runelords",[4][5] "Curse of the Crimson Throne", "Second Darkness", and "Legacy of Fire".

Beginning with the 145th issue released in August 2019, the start of the Age of Ashes Adventure Path, the series transitioned to the second edition of the Pathfinder RPG rules.

[6] Beginning with the release of issue 163 in January 2021, Adventure Path began alternating between smaller, three-issue arcs that covered specific character level brackets and the by-then more typical six-issue arcs intended to cover a full adventuring career.

The world has civilizations and nations inspired by those of Earth's real history and expands beyond the fictional tropes and literary references related to western civilization found in the works of mid-20th century authors like J. R. R. Tolkien or C. S. Lewis, adding elements from African mythology, Asian mythology or Middle East medieval fiction.

The line was targeted at players as opposed to game masters; each issue contains details on the fictional civilizations, races and organizations which populate the world of Golarion.