A new Open Design Podcast is now available, and there’s a special prize in this one. You could win a sketch by the amazing artist Tony DiTerlizzi: he’s drawn a quickling (pictured right) exclusively for Open Design Podcast and one lucky fan. Just listen to the episode for the instructions, and the original artwork could […]
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I remember the last season my family ever farmed. That cloud—dirty crimson in color, like dried blood—drifted down the foothills like dust blown from the cover of an old book. Every crop it touched withered. The maize hardened and peeled, the berries soured, and the potatoes rotted before we could pull them from the dirt.
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For the second show in a row, Kobold Quarterly #11 graced the top 10 list of RPG Countdown. The kobolds in the mines couldn’t be happier, and we even gave them a 2 minute break to celebrate. (Time’s up; back to work!) Make sure to tune in to each bi-weekly episode of RPG Countdown to
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Just enough time left to squeak it in under the wire, but the end is looming. Very soon, the gate closes and the judging can begin. Please, join us in celebrating the King of the Monsters Contest. Get your submission in now. All you have to do is design your monster. The submission must… Be
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There’s an Open Design PDF sale Monday, November 30. Come check it out and save some cash! All of the Kobold Quarterly and Open Design PDFs are 10% off at DriveThruRPG and RPGNow. Did you miss an issue of KQ? Are you looking for gift ideas? Are you just curious to see what’s inside the
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Once, there was a long drought. All the creeks and springs dried up. The leaves on the trees turned brown and brittle. The animals were very thirsty. Faced with a common problem, all the animals gathered to figure out a solution. After much discussion, they decided that what they needed was a well. All the
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Cowardice has a devastating effect not only on a character’s personal reputation but, also, on group morale. Successfully using a cowardly feat or skill imposes a -2 circumstance penalty to all Intimidate, Bluff, and Diplomacy checks made by you and your allies against any enemy who witnessed your cowardly action. The enemy, on the other
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With a mighty creak, the doors swing inward, and you find yourself at the castle’s topmost level, its roof open to the stormy sky. In a moment, you take in the scene: shelf after shelf of severed limbs and bottled organs, four great posts of steel and brass crackling with unnatural power, a hulking body
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Knockers try to be benevolent, but sometimes, things just don’t go their way, and they need to take action. Not blessed with great strength, the knockers have, like their kobold cousins, turned to defense, and they have an astonishing array of traps and techniques handed down from generation to generation. Some clans and individual families
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Water is essential to life. It nourishes plants, it slakes thirst… But it also smothers with its icy embrace and boils flesh from bones. Never underestimate water. One of the first water themed traps you’ll come across is the classic water-filled room. Water-Filled Room Trap (CR 4) Type mechanical; Search DC 17; Disable Device DC
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This is the story of how Vaszi outran Death. Owing to the magic boots that he had stolen from a witch and to his steel-trap memory, Vaszi acquired the job of messenger. He ran from town to town, and at each stop, he repeated all the news he heard in his travels. One day, Vaszi
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By sweet Chautauqua’s flow’ry banks We love to sing and play, But should we spy a foeman’s ranks, We’d proudly run away! —H. P. Lovecraft, “Pacifist War Song—1917” There comes a time in all heroes’ lives when they must make the ultimate sacrifice and perish while saving their adventuring companions, their true loves, and sometimes
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What are reviewers saying about Iron Gazetteer, Open Design’s source for the dwarves of Zobeck in 4th Edition? … the authors clearly made sure that the majority of the material can be used in almost any 4e campaign world. … really eye-catching was one of the ten paragon paths… the gearforged… in which the once
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This haggard-looking book bears a nondescript jacket of sturdy leather, the pages between filled with austerely elegant elven script. It appears to be a combat manual passed from a powerful elven mage-warrior to her much younger niece, an aspiring sorceress. Among the strict and detailed mandates that concern diet and training regime, there are several
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What are reviewers saying about the latest issue of Kobold Quarterly? … Not only does it have great art to capture your attention, but the content covers everything from vampires to the myth of the Philosopher’s Stone and far beyond. … The issue starts off with “A Broken Mind“… I love the idea of merging
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Notable for the soft humming it emits, a magnet stone is a polarized black mineral that has been handy to alchemists, invaluable to city defense planners, and lethal to countless adventurers. While it occurs naturally in veins beneath the mountains of the realm, magnet stones are most often encountered as jagged, obelisk-shaped stalagmites that form
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