| rdfs:comment | - Pathfinder is a monthly book from Paizo Publishing which began publication in August 2007. A continuation of the Adventure Path concept from Dungeon magazine, which ceased publication in September 2007, each year's worth of Pathfinder will publish two complete Adventure Paths in six-volume arcs, with supplementary articles to fill out each 96-page volume, and is under the editorial supervision of James Jacobs, formerly editor-in-chief of Dungeon. Each volume of Pathfinder is published in both print and PDF, and subscribers to the print edition receive a free PDF copy of each issue.
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| abstract | - Pathfinder is a monthly book from Paizo Publishing which began publication in August 2007. A continuation of the Adventure Path concept from Dungeon magazine, which ceased publication in September 2007, each year's worth of Pathfinder will publish two complete Adventure Paths in six-volume arcs, with supplementary articles to fill out each 96-page volume, and is under the editorial supervision of James Jacobs, formerly editor-in-chief of Dungeon. Pathfinder is published under the terms of the Open Gaming License (OGL). While Dragon and Dungeon were 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. Conversely, however, OGL material from other role-playing game publishers (such as Necromancer Games or Green Ronin Publishing) can be used in Pathfinder, whereas the terms of Paizo's license with Wizards of the Coast had prevented them from using any third-party OGL material in Dragon or Dungeon. Each volume of Pathfinder is published in both print and PDF, and subscribers to the print edition receive a free PDF copy of each issue. The Adventure Paths published in Pathfinder are set in Golarion, the world of the new Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting developed by the Paizo staff, rather than in an established Dungeons & Dragons setting owned by Wizards of the Coast as were many of the adventures in Dungeon. Other Paizo products, including the GameMastery line of standalone adventures and accessories, are also tied to this new setting.
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