It’s hard to believe that Dungeons & Dragons is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week! To help commemorate this most glorious occasion, we asked several folk who are working in or who have worked in the RPG industry to share their memories of the game with us. Come see how they answered four questions we […]
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It’s hard to believe that Dungeons & Dragons is celebrating its 40th anniversary today! To help commemorate this most glorious occasion, we asked several folk who are working in or who have worked in the RPG industry to share their memories of the game with us. Come see how they answered four questions we posed
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I wasn’t expecting my copy of The Gathering: Reuniting Pioneering Artists of Magic: The Gathering for at least a couple of weeks. The Kickstarter notifications had recently gone out, and with the polar cold tightly gripping the Northeast, I presumed I’d have to wait a bit before I’d be allowed to thumb through it.
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Until Deep Magic comes out, James Eder continues to provide us with groups and more to help satisfy our craving for magic. Take a look… The Right Honorable Historical Ley-Event Tracing Society In a world where demons really could leap out to get you at any time, it’s hard to be too crazy, but that’s
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How Alignments Can Lead to Better Roleplaying and Deeper Characterization We’ve all had that conversation with a DM. You know the one. You have a really great concept, the character has motivation to join the party, and by and large you feel that you’d be able to push the game forward and heighten the drama
The Kobold Guide to Magic is written by a star-studded cast of designers and authors. In this preview, we look at gendered magic in an excerpt from the essay by RPG writer Amber E. Scott. Pre-order the Kobold Guide to Magic at the Kobold Store! “Gender” can be thought of as a social construct that defines a set of
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All heroes need foes to vanquish. Myths from a variety of ancient cultures involve people overcoming great odds to save their loved ones, to fight against the whims of gods, and to defeat the minions of those gods. This article introduces foes from classic tales of Greek mythology to Green Ronin’s Dragon Age system. Some
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On today, Kobold Overlord Day, we present to you a quick little table you can use in your game when the player characters are dealing with kobold overlords or kobolds in general. These things might be found in the aftermath of a kobold raid or within a raided kobold warren. If you want to roll
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Stalking the Beast: Pathfinder Tales Howard Andrew Jones 400 pages, Paizo Publishing LLC Paperback, $8.80 ISBN 978-1601255721 A monster is attacking people across the River Kingdoms, but this isn’t just any creature. This monster is soundless, invisible, and deadly. People are getting desperate, and they turn to the elf ranger Elyana and her friend and
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Part of the fun of magic is that it can be used to augment some very specific character concepts, such as those based on the classes in Paizo’s Advanced Player’s Guide. As we were outlining and compiling the Deep Magic project, providing versatile spells that could serve several unique, flavorful purposes was an important goal—and,
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Until Deep Magic comes out, James Eder continues to provide us with groups and more to help satisfy our craving for magic. Take a look… School of the Stars To be perfectly honest, there’s only so much traveling you can do when you spend most of each night staring up at the sky. The School
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Speed and thunder! Centaurs grab life with gusto and drain it to the lees. Traveling, fighting, eating, drinking—whatever they do, they do it with vigor. Born with grace befitting human royalty but possessed of the fierce savagery of wild horses, centaurs present unique opportunities for roleplaying and adventure! Advanced Races: Centaurs gives you everything you
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The Kobold Guide to Magic is written by a star-studded cast of designers and authors. With The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug still fresh in our minds, we bring you an excerpt about magic in J.R.R. Tolkien’s world by designer, editor and noted Tolkien scholar John D. Rateliff. Pre-order the Kobold Guide to Magic at the Kobold Store! In
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All heroes need foes to vanquish. Myths from a variety of ancient cultures involve people overcoming great odds to save their loved ones, to fight against the whims of gods, and to defeat the minions of those gods. This article introduces foes from classic tales of Greek mythology to Green Ronin’s Dragon Age system. Some
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The Adversary, Book III of The Sundering Erin M. Evans 432 pages, Wizards of the Coast Paperback, $7.19, Kindle $15.37, Hardcover $ 16.77, Audiobook CD $10.11 ISBN 978-0786963751 As the title of this review suggests, this is the third book in The Sundering series. If you are not familiar with this series, get thee to
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In his continuing adventures with Deep Magic artists, our artistic maven Marc Radle recently contacted Marcel Mercado, an illustrator in Atlanta, GA. Prior to becoming a freelance illustrator, he was working in the video game industry. He has 8 years of experience in that industry, where he worked with amazing teams like Gearbox, Nickelodeon, EA,
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