NPC Webs: The Bandit Camp
NPC Webs details a set of NPCs who could appear in a standard adventure location. These minor NPCs can serve as fleshed out background players, living their own lives. These bandits are more than the...
View ArticleDungeon 23: Light Rest
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!...
View ArticlePack Tactics: Bad Fit
It’s time again for the Kobold Press advice column, Pack Tactics! For the next few months, we’ll be taking questions from players and GMs. A crack team of Kobold Press regulars has gathered to answer...
View ArticleMidgard Monday: Teeth of the Dragon Empire
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...
View ArticleIsekai’d, part 2: How You Got Here
When playing in or running an isekai campaign, an element of the story is just how the characters arrived in this strange, new environment. How the PCs arrive determines much about how the world...
View ArticleLeague of Legends RPG: Top Lane
For players who love standing on the front lines, taking the hits, look no further than the top lane in League of Legends. Top lane champions on Summoner’s Rift are the tanks, bruisers, and...
View Article13 Holiday Gift Hits for Your Gamer
The holiday season is here, and everyone is searching for the perfect gift for a gaming loved one—even if that loved one is a little hard to shop for. Not sure what to put under the tree? Well prop up...
View ArticleTrue or False? Rumors of the Mharoti Emprie
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...
View ArticleLeague of Legends RPG: Mid Lane Champions!
While some players specialize, there are those who value flexibility instead. In League of Legends, champions in the Mid Lane and in the Jungle thrive due to their flexibility in and out of combat....
View ArticleTome Unrestricted: Living Soot
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...
View ArticleDungeon 23: The End is Near!
Throughout 2023, a roster of Kobold Press superstars are working together to create a full dungeon for the Dungeon23 project. We’re almost done! Each installment contains a few areas that will stack...
View ArticleImprov Proficiency 5: Moving from Scene to Scene
Roleplaying in a game is one of the most effective ways a player can interface with their character and immerse themselves into the world of the game. A common concern among newer players however, is...
View ArticleTrue or False? Rumors of the Grand Duchy of Dornig
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...
View ArticleLiving Locations 3: Major Abilities
This series introduces the concept of living locations: places that possess a primitive sentience, personality, and awareness. These locations are not “alive” in the traditional sense but manipulate...
View ArticleLeague of Legends RPG: Bottom Lane Champions!
For players who love supporting the party and finishing strong, the bottom lane is where you belong in League of Legends. In the bottom lane (or “bot lane” ), damage carry characters (who carry the...
View ArticleFight and Dance at Winter Festivals!
Around the world, many cultures celebrate festivals during the long, bleak winter nights. Following the conclusion of the harvest, people hole up in their homes with candles and wait out the season....
View ArticleIsekai’d, part 3: That’s Not Fantasy!
Isekai is a genre of literature and media that revolves around characters transported to another world. Usually, the characters’ original world is modern Earth, while the world they are transported to...
View ArticleDungeon 23: Final Fight in Hell!
OK, so yes, it’s 2024, and D23 is over. But the last week of the year is always dead for the blog, so we put the final installment of our biweekly D23 project in the first week of January.—Ed....
View ArticlePack Tactics Advice: My players are checked out!
It’s time again for the Kobold Press advice column, Pack Tactics! Our roundtable experts this month are Ben Eastman, Basheer Ghouse, Phillip Larwood, Ben McFarland, Sebastian Rombach, Brian Suskind,...
View ArticleMidgard Monday: Favor of the Dragon Empire
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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