The Brotherhood of The Brawl
The Headhunters are a renowned band of adventurers, known throughout the nation for their bravery, daring, and at times suicidal pursuit of getting the job done. Gordran Halfhand, the hulking bruiser,...
View ArticleInterview with Richard Pett
Long-time contributor Richard Pett always comes up with gaming tidbits guaranteed to send a creepy chill up your spine. The author of Your Whispering Homunculus and many adventures never fails to...
View ArticlePrepared!: Yobb’s Speck of Likely Lightning
We get enough storms this close to the big drink, and more than we need at that. Now, just up the river a ways, where it gets wide and treacherous with rapids, there’s a tuft of dirt and trees out...
View ArticleDon’t Look Now: Handling Fear and Suspense in Fifth Edition, Part 3
Part 3: The Monster After You Monsters are an important staple of horror-themed games. They are the threat that keeps player characters wary about entering the next room, or nervous about peering...
View ArticleLast Gasp: A Fifth Edition Adventure
Crack Open the Tomb, and Awaken Ancient Curses! Come, friends, and shake the desert from your hair! The chill of night falls swiftly upon the dunes, and we should keep the darkness at bay together....
View ArticlePrepared!: The Follow Dark
They came at noon. Walked straight across Demp’s turnip field and directly to the paddock. I been living here for ten years, and not once have those foul things been seen in the light of day. Two of...
View ArticleReal Steel: Short Sword
The many types of short swords have origins from almost everywhere in the old world. Indonesia has an amazing variety of big knives and short swords. The Indian region and Africa offer some of the more...
View ArticleInterview with Dan Dillon
Dan Dillon has taken the baton for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition and run with it. He’s designed dozens and dozens of monsters for Kobold Press’s upcoming release, Tome of Beasts, and he’s also...
View ArticleThe Wanderer’s Way
Have you ever wondered how normal people send letters in your fantasy setting? Noble lords have dedicated servants, and the government makes use of military messengers, but what about the butchers,...
View ArticlePrepared!: A Mother’s Face
They listened to her sweet song—a melodious remembrance of a gleaming spire bathed in moonlight. “Alden by the sea, she waits there for me…” the creature crooned, and as they listened, her kin ate from...
View ArticleMarch 2016 Kobold Press Calendar Wallpapers
March has arrived, and it’s time for new wallpapers featuring art from the 2016 Kobold Press Calendar, which is available for sale right now. The art you see was illustrated by Florian Stitz for the...
View ArticlePlayer Report: Cat and Mouse
Rafael ran the Pathfinder version of Cat and Mouse, and he shared some of his notes about the experience with us! Take a peek at what you might encounter in the adventure, but be aware that you’ll see...
View ArticleThe Iron Horsemen
One of the most common quest hooks in fantasy games is for the party to escort a person or item of importance on a journey. It might be a diplomat on her way to sign an important peace treaty, a prince...
View ArticleInterview with Marc Radle
Marc has been steering the art direction boat at Kobold Press for a while, giving each product its distinctive look. He’s also an artist, providing black and white illustrations, and is a talented...
View ArticleThe Sundown Eyes Guild
The Rose Stone Manor is the crown jewel of the city’s wealthiest estates. The grounds are private, the windows easy to open, and with so many doors it should be simple enough to find a way inside....
View ArticleCollection of Curiosities: Inside the Bag of Holding
That dark crimson bag of holding might have a few interesting things in it upon player character acquisition. You can roll randomly for a result below, or use the handy number provided with each entry...
View ArticleDon’t Look Now: Handling Fear & Suspense in Fifth Edition, Part 4
Part 4: Deep Dark Places After reading the previous three articles, you now know how to describe things to elicit fear, you have learned how to make a monster frightening, and your players have a...
View ArticleSmuggler: A Fifth Edition Background
Knife blades and harness buckles smeared with black soot; muffled oar-locks and a moonless, midnight-rendezvous, torchlights on the moors and signal lights beyond the breakers . . . Throughout the ages...
View ArticleKobold Press Joins Tabletop Library
Kobold Press, Frog God Games, Troll Lord Games, Green Ronin, Hero Games, Rogue Comet, Pacesetter Games and Simulations, Eldritch Enterprises, Far Future Enterprises, and TableTopLibrary.com are jointly...
View ArticleIshard: A Fifth Edition Item
Weapon (spear), legendary (requires attunement by an elf or half-elf of lawful good alignment) A long time ago, Keretlir the Beauty, the Supreme Queen of the High Elves, sacrificed her life in battle...
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