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Transition Scenes: Hacking Story Games for Nontactical Combat and More (Part 1)

By Brian Liberge / March 5, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

When you look at the mechanics available to players in 4th Edition, there’s a heavy focus on combat options. Even themes and backgrounds are often geared toward, or at least chosen for, optimizing a character’s abilities in combat. Tactical combat is one of 4th Edition’s distinguishing strengths, but it can feel like the rest of […]

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Castle Contest Winners!

By Wolfgang Baur / March 4, 2013 / Articles, Contest

The turnout on the Castlespotting Contest was excellent, and I was amazed by your clever deductions and by strong Google-fu of many of the entries. Fortunately, many of the Castlespotting images were submitted by readers and not available online, and that’s where things got interesting… I was flat-out impressed at how many people got 20

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Monster Monday: Brandig

By Jacob Wood / March 4, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

Powerful brandigs are among the greater dead, boasting superior reflexes and intelligence coupled with an uncanny ability to track their prey over great distances. These creatures are vaguely humanoid in appearance, though they have gray-green skin that drips fire and smoke, and their eyes burn with the soul of a dead spirit. Brandigs are often

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Midgard Icons: Emperor of the Ghouls

By Wade Rockett / March 1, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

Nicoforus the Pale is the undisputed ruler of the Dread and Endless Imperium of the Darakhul, a civilization of ghouls deep within the realms subterranean. Through cunning and relentless cruelty he’s led his legions to repeated victories over the other races in the underworld. Drow, dwarves, kobolds, gnomes – all are slaves or food for the darakhul. Only the ghouls’ aversion to the sun keeps the Imeprium from invading the surface world.

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The Kobold King’s Birthday Sale is On

By Kobold Staff / February 28, 2013 / Announcements, Front Page

Today is our beloved Kobold-in-Chief’ Wolfgang Baur’s birthday! To celebrate, he’s offering special discounts at the Kobold Store: Free Shipping within the continental U.S. only on orders of $50 or more with code USONLYFREESHIP 40% off all PDFs using code BIRTHD4YS4LE These codes are only good for today, so grab your party favors now!

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The Hunter of the Cursed: Revised for Pathfinder

By John Ling / February 28, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

Earlier, the hunter of the cursed was presented on the blog here, but for those of you interested in adding this to your Pathfinder game, we have a revised presentation for you. Enjoy! Gald moved through the underbrush silently. He had tracked the beast for days, and he knew he was nearing its lair. The

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Trapsmith: Seasonal Solutions

By Maurice de Mare / February 27, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

“Don’t.” Turmish looked at him quizzically. “It’s only a decorated tree, Gavin. Besides I am hungry and that goose looks tasty.” “Again. Don’t. You know how druids get all excited during the season, so don’t. I am not going to save you. That,“ Gavin pointed at the large fir tree decorated with tinsel and baubles,

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Wolfgang’s Birthday Sale – Mark Your Calendar!

By Kobold Staff / February 26, 2013 / Announcements, Front Page

Thursday, February 28 is Kobold overlord Wolfgang Baur’s birthday! Unlike the ancient red dragons whom he now counts as contemporaries, he’s going to celebrate by sharing his hoard with you. For one day only, you’ll get remarkable savings at the Kobold Store: Free Shipping within the continental U.S. only on orders of $50 or more

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Breaking the 4th Wall—House Rules

By Paul Baalham / February 26, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

In my very first 4E D&D session, the first thing my DM said to us was, “Right. First house rule—you get a +2 bonus to skill checks that are relevant to the profession you had before adventuring.” This was several months before backgrounds were released in Dragon 366. It made me smile; it wouldn’t have

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Monster Monday: Flesh of Tnkata

By Michael Franke / February 25, 2013 / Articles, Front Page, Monsters

During the Mage Wars, foolish wizards attempted to summon the Great Old One Tnkata, which was also called “The Eternal Hunger.” Tnkata, a mountain-sized mound of flesh surrounding a huge fanged maw, attempted to devour its summoners even before it fully emerged into Midgard. Desperate wizards sacrificed themselves to break the summoning and hurl the

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Castlespotting! A Kobold Contest

By Wolfgang Baur / February 22, 2013 / Articles, Contest, Front Page

Greetings, fellow architecture mavens! It is I, Wolfgang Baur, eccentric game designer! I’ve enjoyed the Castle of the Week contest on the Midgard Facebook Page so much that I’ve decided to take it to the big time here on the Kobold blog. Your challenge: Identify the most castle pictures from the set of 23 images

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Relic: Sarastra’s Shadow

By Adam Roy / February 22, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

If you need a sword with a bit of lore and a decided preference for elves, Sarastra’s Shadow might be exactly what you’re looking for. Take a peek. Sarastra’s Shadow Aura strong illusion CL 18th Slot none Weight 3 lbs. Description This minor artifact is a keen spellstoring holy frost longsword that has a blade

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Calling in the Cavalry: Mounted Mayhem in Paizo’s Pathfinder

By Neal F. Litherland / February 21, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

From the heavy horse of medieval Europe to the marauding Mongols that dominated Asia, cavalry has been one of the deadliest forces in the history of warfare. In order to bring this kind of combat to your Pathfinder Chronicles game, all it requires is building the proper mounted warrior.

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Six Feats for Maximizing Scrolls and Potions

By James Wylie / February 20, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

In “Magical Trinkets,” I explored how to use the Pathfinder magic item creation rules to create non-consumable rewards suitable for low-level characters, but what about consumable items? Magic potions and scrolls are staples of gaming and fantasy lore. And for all the tricks to reduce the value of a permanent magic item, a potion or

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Player’s Guide to the Wasted West Now Available

By Kobold Staff / February 19, 2013 / Announcements, Front Page

Weird horror and forbidden sorcery! Once the height and center of human civilization, Midgard’s Wasted West was brought low by hubris and alien wizardry. Now all that remains are the wind-scoured bones of mighty cities and their doomed citizens. Only the bravest, most reckless or most desperate adventurers dare to face its dangers…which is, of

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Faiths of the Land

By John Little / February 19, 2013 / Articles, Front Page

Outside of the world’s major religions, or sometimes as a small subsection within them, you will occasionally find clerics with a unique connection to the land. Much like druids or rangers, these divine casters will sometimes gain inspiration, power, or assistance from the land itself rather than from a particular god, and in some cases

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