Kobold Guide to Game Design Wallpapers
It’s December, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a rolling set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic device you’ve got. This month, we’ve got a piece from Kobold Guide...
View ArticleMidgard’s Icons for 13th Age
Midgard is a place of war and intrigue, where powerful figures pursue agendas that have roots in the distant past. In some cases, their plots, alliances, and enmities are older than Midgard itself. In...
View ArticleWarlock’s Apprentice: Catscratch
The cat before you emits a horrific yowl as its body begins to bulge and swell. Within moments, a massive veined form covered in patches of fur casts a mad gaze upon you. Not of This World. A...
View ArticleTools of War: Formations and Hordes
Enormous battles against overwhelming odds are a staple of the fantasy genre, of the books and movies and games that inspire so many campaigns. Trying to bring that experience to the tabletop, though,...
View ArticleBeyond the Audience: Razzle Dazzle Em’
In the last article, we talked all about working with others to increase your show’s audience, so now we’re going to talk about how to keep that audience invested with stellar showmanship. Here goes...
View ArticleExpanding Codex: Void Giant
The Expanding Codex series fleshes out monsters from the Creature Codex, giving GMs ways to modify the existing monsters to surprise well-prepared players or to introduce monsters to a campaign....
View ArticleThe 4th Pillar: Learning to Let Go
Lots of RPGs in the D&D vein have progression systems based on accumulating XP and balancing systems based on the difficulty of monsters and challenges therein, which grant XP accordingly and keep...
View ArticleMastering the Mechanics: How to Cast Fireball Twice on Your Turn
It’s time to throw your whole spellbook out the window because chances are that everything you thought you knew about casting two spells on the same turn is wrong. Get ready to cast feather fall...
View ArticleTome of Beasts: Owl Harpy
This winged woman’s face is wreathed in a headdress of feathers; her luminous eyes and aquiline nose lend beauty to her feral demeanor. Her sharp, taloned feet seem even more inhuman by comparison....
View ArticleWarlock’s Apprentice: Shadow of Death
Draped in black funerary garb, ribbons of which move of their own accord, the creature has the appearance of a skeletal angel. Angels of Death. Once beings of light and beauty who championed justice...
View ArticleOut of the Frying Pan: A Trip to the Coast
Trouble rises in the jungle as territorial hostilities between the kryt and cueyatl disrupt the operations of the local zinjs (or farming communities) along the Spice Coast. Conflict in this guerrilla...
View ArticleWelcome to Midgard: Fey Roads of Dornig
Much of the countryside of Dornig is forbidding for the traveler. Two ancient forests dominate the land— the Arbonesse and the Tomierran—but the rest of the countryside consists of smaller but...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Pinning Down the Dusk Queen’s Shadow
Last year, the kobolds put out Shadows of the Dusk Queen, written by none other than Kobold art director Marc Radle. A tale of a mysterious queen in a dark tower, the adventure is set in “a forest of...
View ArticleWarlock Grimoire Wallpapers
It’s a brand-new year, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a magical set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic device you’ve got. This month, we’ve got a piece from...
View ArticleExpanding Codex: Bookkeeper
Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter a bookkeeper without modifying its challenge rating. Creator’s Mark. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit:...
View ArticleMidgard Icons: Baba Yaga
Midgard is a place of war and intrigue, where powerful figures pursue agendas that have roots in the distant past. In some cases, their plots, alliances, and enmities are older than Midgard itself. In...
View ArticleThe Amber Bazaar: Double-Edged Magic II
More bargains than you bargained for! As in the previous installment of The Amber Bazaar, these items have a common theme: stabbing you in the back. Their powers come at a price, raising the stakes at...
View ArticleInbar’s Guide to the Northlands: Farm Life and Customs
Dearest Mother and Father, It has been a few weeks since I sent my last letter. I have since left my companion Aksel in the forest and continued North to a farm in the shadows of Reykerbrand. Ger,...
View ArticleWarlock’s Apprentice: Bone Colossus (Necrotech)
Bone Colossus (Necrotech) Standing over thirty feet tall, this undead titan is composed of thousands of tiny chittering skeletons, knitted together into one enormous creature of bones and skulls by...
View ArticleNebula Awards Eligibility
Did you know the prestigious Nebula Awards now have a “Best Game Writing” category? With the award entering its second year, Kobold Press would like to present the following books for consideration....
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