By Kobold Staff Jan 24, 2020 | Articles, Wallpapers |
It’s almost February, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a monsterific set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic device you’ve got. This month, we’ve got a piece from Tome of Beasts II (artist Hugh Pindur). Let’s unleash the monsters, adventurers! (Tome of Beasts II now live on Kickstarter!) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please, click on the image you want to download to expand it into a...
By Kobold Staff Jan 21, 2020 | Announcements, Articles |
From the creators of the original Tome of Beasts! Kobold Press is wrangling a new horde of wildly original, often lethal, and highly entertaining 5E-compatible monsters to challenge new players and veterans alike. The Tome of Beasts II will bring 400 new monsters to 5th edition, from angelic enforcers, sasquatch and shriekbats, to psychic vampires, zombie dragons, and so much more. All Tome of Beasts II Kickstarter backers at the $25 level and...
By Kobold Staff Jan 20, 2020 | Articles, Monsters |
This collection of hundreds of eyes floats along, trailing ganglia and dripping caustic fluid that sizzles when it hits the ground. Failed Experiment. An oculo swarm results from an experiment to create a live scrying sensor that went poorly. Once set loose, these horrors attain a form of distributed self‑awareness. Exactly what motivates them is unknown, except that they are driven to survive. Flesh Stealers. A weakened oculo swarm can...
By Kobold Staff Jan 17, 2020 | Announcements, Articles |
The gates to the underworld are now open, and you can preorder Empire of the Ghouls and lots of other great content! Just head on over to our BackerKit. An alliance of cultists, ghouls, and vampires. A scheme of the dark gods against humanity. New maps, dark realms, monstrous societies! Special edition books Highly sought after exclusives Curated list of add ons The Empire of the Ghouls hardcover is a core setting guide in standard print....
By Kobold Staff Jan 17, 2020 | Announcements, Articles |
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. Best Game Writing “Courts of the Shadow Fey” by Wolfgang Baur and Dan Dillon (published March, 2019) “Tales of the Old Margreve” by Wolfgang Baur, Matt Corley, Jon Sawatsky, and James Introcaso (published May, 2019) If you have enjoyed one or...
By Richard Green Jan 15, 2020 | Articles, Warlock's Apprentice |
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 foul necromantic magic. As the towering colossus strides forward, the earth shakes beneath its feet. Necrotech Titans. Over sixty years ago, Sandor Greyskin, Master of the Necrophagi, created the first bone collective (see Tome of Beasts) in his...
By Kelly Pawlik Jan 13, 2020 | Articles, Inbar’s Guide to the Northlands |
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, Eyba, and their children work the harsh lands tirelessly and allow me to stay with them in exchange for my assistance with their crops and livestock. A Harsh Life The life of a farmer, or karl, in the Northlands is not an easy one. The land outside of...
By Agartha Christie Jan 10, 2020 | Articles, The Amber Bazaar |
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 the table and putting some wonder back into wondrous items. Bloodfeeder’s Raiment Wondrous armor (leather), legendary Dreamt up by the vilest of bog hags and made from the patched-together hides of alligators, bullfrogs, gar, and countless swamp...
By Wade Rockett Jan 8, 2020 | 13th Age, Articles |
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 the 13th Age Roleplaying Game, these individuals are known as icons—and adventurers, even those just beginning their careers, are vital to their intrigues. Player characters can use their relationships with their chosen icons as a resource during...
By Mike Welham Jan 6, 2020 | Articles, Expanding Codex |
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: the bookkeeper marks the target with an invisible rune, which it and its creator can see. The mark can be removed with a dispel magic or similar magic. The bookkeeper loses its Bite action. Dual Binding. The bookkeeper is attuned to two books...
By Kobold Staff Jan 3, 2020 | Articles, 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 Warlock Grimoire (artist Dean Spencer). Let’s bring some magic into the new year, adventurers! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please, click on the image you want to download to expand it into a downloadable...
By Lou Anders Jan 1, 2020 | Articles, From the Archives |
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 shadows.” The location is deliberately ambiguous, so the Shadow Forest can be dropped in anywhere that a GM needs it to be, in any sufficiently spooky woods. But the book is definitely Midgard material as the Dusk Queen herself is a shadow fey...
By Kobold Staff Dec 30, 2019 | Articles, Midgard |
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 no-less-deep forests of younger vintage, high moors, and deep, tree-covered valleys. Merchant caravans lurch along ancient roads that were first laid by dwarves working for their elven masters. The rivers all flow north to the icy peril of the Nieder...
By Robert Fairbanks Dec 27, 2019 | Articles, Out of the Frying Pan |
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 war continues to flare as the conflict zones shift eastward toward the coast. Low on men, money, and morale, some local beys (or leaders) have enlisted or compelled service and support from specific organizations, freelancers, and...
By Robert Schwalb Dec 25, 2019 | Articles, Warlock's Apprentice |
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 across the planes, the shadows of death formed after some agent of entropy discarded their bodies into the Void. Their celestial forms protected them from ultimate annihilation, but their minds were forever darkened by the plane’s dread influence....
By Kobold Staff Dec 23, 2019 | Articles, Monsters |
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. Harpy Queens. An owl harpy is a queen among her kind, possessing superior grace and intelligence and an owl’s predatory instinct and savage appetite. Owl harpies never grow hair, only feathers, which often wreathe their faces and crown their...
