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Memoirs of a Lich: Drama
Photo by lisaleo Dear Osvaud, This is Osvaud. We have a flair for the theatrical. We’ve even been (fairly) accused of overdoing it on occasion. For example, if someone was to discover and read this...
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Midgard Notebook: March of History
March of History There’s a sense in some fantasy campaign settings of being entirely encased in amber, and with good reason: players want the world to remain familiar and useful for play. Removing...
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Howling Tower: Cardtography, a Simple Dungeon
A Simple Dungeon The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate why playing cards are such a potent choice for generating our environment. We didn’t choose cards as our randomizers because they’re...
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Trapmaster: The Woodpile
Photo by taliesin The Woodpile Reaching out to grab the handle of the axe, Mira sighed and thought to herself, “This is why I left the farm. I never did much enjoy morning chores…” A 35-ft.-long tree...
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Wastelander: A Background
Wastelander From the Pillars of Uxloon to the fields of Verrayne, from Flensing Gulch to the Silk Thicket, you have wandered countless leagues of the Western Wastes. You know its seasons, its savagery,...
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March 2017 Kobold Press Calendar Wallpapers
2017 Kobold Press Calendar It’s March! So here’s a set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic device you’ve got. These come from our Kobold Press 2017 Calendar. This...
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Your Whispering Homunculus: 50 Treasures of the Southlands, Part Two
As a sister to our previous articles Treasures of the Pharaohs and Treasures of the Rajahs, we humbly present for your delectation this article, which itemizes a few trinkets of unusual treasure from...
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Deep Magic: Ring Magic Now Available
Deep Magic of the Dwarf Rings Since the dawn of the world, dwarven smiths have fashioned rings of surpassing beauty—but it is not for the sake of beauty alone that these rings are made. There is power...
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Midgard Expanded: The Travels of Lucano Volpe, or Cities in the Sky
Part 6, On the Plains of Qaen, Flying Cities, and the Mountains of Beldestan A traveler who leaves Rhaga to journey eastward rides for seven days across the Plains of Qaen. No lodging houses operate...
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Memoirs of a Lich: Relationships
Dear Osvaud, This is Osvaud. We’ve avoided this topic for a while mostly because it is crazy awkward but also to make sure any voyeuristic adventurers were dead ten times over before reading about our...
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Out of the Frying Pan: Fugitive of Hammerfell
Fugitive of Hammerfell Encounters have consequences. Every slain bandit has friends who will want revenge, and every devil banished back to the Eleven Hells reports its failure to its Dark Lord. What...
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Spenser & Sword: Mythical Items from Literature
Spenser & Sword Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene is one of the most important epic poems of the English language. Formed by six books of rhymed verses, it narrates the allegorical adventures of a...
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Trapmaster: The Over-Under
The Over-Under Mira sighed as she slathered on the last of the warding gel. The opening looked quite dusty, and the gel was certain to pick it up as she squeezed through. Getting her clothes clean...
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Heroes of Nuria Natal: The Way of the Southlands
The Way of Nuria Natal Oh, the lands of Nuria Natal! Today, you bring us fantastic miscellany from the south. Where gods walk and men think it nothing to seek immortality. Where riches abound and...
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Howling Tower: Cardtography and Multi-Level Dungeons
Multi-Level Dungeons We’ve covered the basics of how to lay out the cards, how to connect the cards, and how to decide what each card represents in a simple dungeon. In this installment, we look at...
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Your Whispering Homunculus: d12 Table Time, Part One
d12 Table Time “Master, you’ve been in there an awful long time, are you alright?” “Of course I am, and stop interrupting me. I’m just studying volume XXXII of Barn’s Almanac of Dubiously Useful Random...
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Draconian Academe: A Background
Draconian Academe It is a citadel of robes and scrolls, of science and magic and murmuring bells. A draconian metropolis, bristling with spired academies and domed observatories. Whispering libraries,...
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Tournaments: The Sieve
The Sieve Excerpt from the transcript of “A short lecture on Orcish culture by Distinguished Professor Dunstan Clayborne.” Audience questions are recorded in a heavy hand. “There is no single event...
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Memoirs of a Lich: Monsters, Part 1
Dear Osvaud, This is Osvaud. A sign of a mature villain is recognizing that there are only so many people you can personally kill in a day. Now, I know what you are thinking (you painfully literal...
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April 2017 Kobold Press Calendar Wallpapers
2017 Kobold Press Calendar It’s April! So here’s a set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic device you’ve got. These come from our Kobold Press 2017 Calendar. This...
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