TV to Tabletop: Spirited Away
TV to Tabletop is a new series where we take ideas from popular fantasy TV and movies and translate them to D&D terms. Use them in your own game as is, rename them to hide your sources, or get...
View ArticleSkill Challenges for 5E, Part 6
Skill challenges are a great way to bring the same sort of structure and excitement of combat to non-combat encounters. PCs use different skills as a group to tackle what’s in front of them and...
View ArticleHaunted Items: Leaping Stag Deck
Haunted items are magical curios inhabited by a soul, typically the soul of their former owner or someone with a close connection to the item. The soul has its own thoughts and motivations, and often...
View ArticleStreet Eats of Zobeck: Mercantile Districts
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content you can drop into your own campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new...
View ArticleTome Unleashed: Alseid
The Tome Unleashed series fleshes out monsters from the Tome of Beasts, giving GMs ways to modify existing monsters to surprise well-prepared players or introduce new monsters to a campaign. Last...
View ArticleDungeon 23: A Small, but Fierce Approach
You might be familiar with the Dungeon 23 project (D23 for short) presented by Sean McCoy late in 2022. If not, go take a look! D23 is a challenge for the community, whether game master or game...
View ArticleUnlocking the Vault: Eye of the Golden God
Unlocking the Vault dives into magic items from the Vault of Magic. In this closing installment, we’ve got a doozy. The Eye of the Golden God is a legendary magic item with a backstory that begs for a...
View ArticleUnpacking the Midgard Worldbook
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content you can drop into your own campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new...
View ArticleDeeper Magic: Your Magic Academy
Magical academies make fantastic focal points for campaigns—for all classes. It gives PCs a powerful patron to support their adventures. The academy provides players with quests and access to magical...
View ArticleFolk Magic: Hearth & Home
In a world suffused with magic, what kind of magic do common folk use in their day-to-day lives? What so-called hedge magic is used by the peasantry to make their lives a little more manageable,...
View ArticleDeep Magic 2: Wallpapers
Deep Magic Volume 2 is an all-new book of magic for your 5E game, allowing your character to master new mechanics like true name magic. Create arcane adversaries and expand your repertoire with...
View ArticleSpindrift Dwarves of Midgard
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we’ll visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content every Monday that you can drop into your own campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own...
View ArticleDeeper Magic: Registration at the Magic School
Magical academies make fantastic focal points for campaigns—for all classes. These schools give PCs a powerful patron to support their adventures. They provide quests and access to magical resources...
View ArticleBoss Fights: Hoard Drake
Boss monsters are a hallmark of adventure design. In the climactic battle, the PCs end the boss’s schemes and save the day. Especially at lower levels though, boss monsters can be dull. They are...
View ArticleDungeon 23: The Entrance
As discussed in the last post, Kobold Press is working on a small, but fierce approach to Sean McCoy’s Dungeon23 project. Throughout 2023, a roster of Kobold Press super stars will work together to...
View ArticleChildren of Typhon: Adventure Hooks
Typhon, Father of Monsters, is chained beneath a lone mountain by the powers of good. Typhon desires escape, but thus far, no known power can free him. The Children of Typhon are the cult that...
View ArticleProject Black Flag Friday: Painting it Black
The Kobold team continues to work hard toward our first phase of Project Black Flag playtesting, set to release in February. Thank you to all 27,000+ of you who signed up to get your claws on the...
View ArticleLandmarks of the Great Northern Road
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content every Monday to drop into your campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find...
View ArticleDeeper Magic: Sophomore Antics
Magical academies make fantastic focal points for campaigns—for all classes. These schools give PCs a powerful patron to support their adventures. They provide quests and access to magical resources...
View ArticleTV to Tabletop: Stranger Things
TV to Tabletop is a series where we take ideas from popular fantasy TV and movies and translate them to D&D terms. Use them in your own game as is, rename them to hide your sources, or get...
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