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Kingdom Ad-Lib #1
Calling all the Regal Regents and Royal Rulers of the land! Kobold Press presents our honorary Kingdom Ad-Lib, inspired by our new book on Kickstarter: Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns. Building...
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Moving to Midgard: Favored Nations
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 campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new...
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Dark Souls x 5E: New Combat Tactics
In Dark Souls, the ways to die are endless. You can be caught in any manner of traps, crushed by a giant demon’s hammer, fall into lava, fall victim to a vicious backstab, perish during a fistfight in...
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Castles & Crowns: Design Diary
Last year, I had a great time writing for Campaign Builder: Cities and Towns, so I was excited to be offered the chance to work on the sequel. As someone who loves world building and setting design, I...
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Tome Unrestricted: Sinstar and Star Thrall
The Tome Unrestricted series fleshes out monsters from the Tome of Beasts 3, giving GMs ways to modify existing monsters to surprise well-prepared players or introduce new monsters to a campaign. This...
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Paladin Orders, The Cerulean Duty
In the current edition of the world’s most popular roleplaying game, paladins get the short end of the stick in two ways. First, paladins don’t have the greatest reputation with the player base....
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Fungi Kingdom Sheet
This week Kobold Press decided to take one of our favorite Kingdoms of fandom lore and lay it all out on our new Kingdom Sheet, available now through our store or our current Campaign Builder: Castles...
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Midgard Monday: Wolfmark Rebels and Spies
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 campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new...
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Dark Souls x 5E: Invaders and Humanity
In Dark Souls, whenever you have Humanity you run the risk of getting invaded, either by other players in a PVP situation or by scripted characters in a PVE scenario. This is a tricky balance, as...
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Castles & Crowns: Why I Love Castles
photo by Wolfgang Baur My lifelong love affair with castles started when I was about 11 years old. On a family trip, I visited the Kyburg castle in Switzerland. It’s an old, small castle (built around...
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Ley Lines, part 6
“Ley Lines are haunted by beasts both arcane and deadly. . . .” —Book of Ebon Tides Monsters live and breed and thrive on the arcane energies of ley lines. Many are indifferent to humanoids. Others...
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Dungeon 23: Fiendish Finale
Throughout 2023, a roster of Kobold Press superstars are working together to create a full dungeon for the Dungeon23 project. Each installment contains a few areas that will stack up to a full delve!...
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You Find Yourself in a Forgotten Temple, part 6
Some locations—the wizard’s tower, the sunken temple, the haunted house—appear repeatedly in stories and adventures. In this series, we’ll explore the archetypal lost temple, playing with or defying...
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Castles & Crowns: Who Rules?
This week, we sat down with our Twitch chat and rolled up a brand-new ruler from our Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns free preview PDF. From just a few simple tables in the preview, we rolled up...
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Adventure Jigsaw: Saving the Light
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 campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new...
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Dark Souls x 5E: The First Bonfire
With the rules of a Dark Souls-style 5E game in place, this installment presents a take on the beginning of the campaign—the first boss encounter with the campaign’s primary villain, Ebonwrath the...
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Castles & Crowns: Look Inside
Chapter 3 of Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns includes details on how your castle is laid out and the various rooms and décor and whatnot you might find there—and there’s lots of maps and tables...
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Spare Parts: Level With Me
We’ve been exploring tips and methods to steal from existing products to make your home game better. If you’re just joining us, catch up here. The Scarlet Citadel megadungeon has been our template for...
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The Wizard’s Playbook: Polymorph
The polymorph spell is one of 5E’s most iconic and useful spells, and it’s a staple of fantasy fiction and folklore. From turning enemies into harmless frogs to transforming yourself into a giant ape...
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Castles & Crowns: Evil Kingdom Ad-Lib
Calling all Evil Eminences and Blessed Baddies as Kobold Press presents our honorary Evil Kingdom Ad-Lib, inspired by our new book on Kickstarter: Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns. Building on...
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