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For another meaning of "Pathfinder campaign setting", please see Pathfinder Chronicles (disambiguation).

The Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting is a campaign setting designed for Dungeons & Dragons created by Paizo Publishing, LLC. The setting focuses primarily on the world of Golarion and more specifically, the Inner Sea region of Avistan and Garund, but there are at least two additional planets in the setting and a wide array of other planes.

History

The Campaign Setting was announced in April, 2007 shortly after the announcement that Paizo would no longer be publishing the official Dungeons & Dragons magazines when their license from Wizards of the Coast expired. The first products to feature the world of Golarion were D1: Crown of the Kobold King and D0: Hollow's Last Hope in June of that year. The main kickoff to the world, however, occurred two months later at GenCon 2007 when the first Pathfinder Adventure Path, Rise of the Runelords debuted. Subsequent product lines supporting the setting have since been released, including the Pathfinder Chronicles and Pathfinder Companion lines. In August, 2008, the hardcover Campaign Setting book was released at GenCon 2008.

Inspirations

Much of the feel of the setting is reminiscent of classic genre elements present in other settings such as Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk and even setting neutral modules from the earliest days of the game. Many elements of the world were mined from the homebrew campaign worlds of the Paizo staff, especially Erik Mona and James Jacobs. Because it is an OGL setting, the primary focus of the world is on Open Content material, thus emphasizing the classic nature of the world.

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 The [[Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting]] is a campaign setting designed for [[Dungeons & Dragons]] created by [[Paizo Publishing, LLC]].  The setting focuses primarily on the world of [[Golarion]] and more specifically, the [[Inner Sea]] region of [[Avistan]] and [[Garund]], but there are at least two additional [[:Category:Planets|planets]] in the setting and a wide array of other [[:Category:Planes|planes]].