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The kitsune are a PC race for 4th Edition D&D in Kobold Quarterly #9 — but they’re also available as a 3rd Edition/OGL PC race right here. Because free is good. In myths and legends, the kitsune are shapeshifters with their own racial items, incantations, and their own innate magic. What makes these tricksters tick? […]
The Halls of the Mountain King patron project has begun its 4E design phase! This week’s discussion will set the level range and begin the discussion on creatures and NPCs. Frankly, I’m looking forward to seeing what ports over neatly from the existing story and setting, and what requires a prybar and a mallet to
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The foes appear to be tall, well toned humans with flecks of living crystal in their skin. The warriors are clad in scale and wield cruel flails. Behind them stands a lightly armored woman. Though not as physically imposing, you can tell from the glint in her eyes that she is far more dangerous than
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The response to the free dice giveaway has started very strong! Almost 100 sets of the 500 we have are gone, and we expect more orders to pile up while Wolfgang is away at NorWesCon this weekend. Kobold Quarterly is spending April giving away hundreds of sets of free Q-Workshop dice to new subscribers, and
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In the spirit that the best way to remember a man is to celebrate his life, here is a slightly abridged version of the interview that appears in Kobold Quarterly #9. This interview is also available in a Spanish translation by Jordi Morera. Before Greyhawk, there was Blackmoor. Before the Dungeon Master, there was the
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You know, Kobold Quarterly isn’t meant to be timely. We publish infrequently. We don’t really keep up with the industry hotness or aim to match a publisher’s release cycle. But sometimes we stumble into timeliness, much against our will. Kobold Quarterly issue #9 is a bittersweet case in point. The issue has great articles, from
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Want dice? Kobold Quarterly‘s got them and we’re literally giving them away! Kobold Quarterly is ready to give something back to every new subscriber: we are giving away hundreds of sets of free Q-Workshop dice. These aren’t just any dice, either – they are Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Elven, Runic and other dice sets that
“What should have been a bustling mining village stood abandoned in the early morning mist. A cabin door flapped open and shut, and we stepped cautiously inside, our weapons drawn. A noise drew my eyes upward, but it was too late. Four gold rushers had wedged themselves in the rafters, and dropped upon us. I
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Are you missing a few kobolds? Would you like to save some money and have a complete collection? Well, you can answer yes to both and save some dough with the Kobold Quarterly bundles! We got a reader request and jumped right to it. Our minions have compiled issues #1 to #4 and issues #5
Welcome back to Behind the Spells, the series that provides a historical background, secret effects, and related material to classic spells of the world’s most famous fantasy roleplaying game. The rules (presented after the “Spell Secret” header) are compatible with any 3.5/OGL fantasy game, and the background weaves the spell into the lore of the
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Progress on the current Open Design project has been outstanding; 2/3 of the OGL design is complete and in playtesting, with the remainder due to hit playtest in the next week or two. We’re on track for a late June or early July release of the 3rd Edition version, and we’ll be starting the re-design
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A viscous blob of turgid pulsing fluid, this ooze is composed of the vilest bodily secretions suspended within a thin gelatinous sack. The ooze changes in color and density as it moves, trailing an odious stench and wet smoking slime. Secretion oozes are fell creations of lost sorcery, terrible experiments gone awry or diabolical sacrifices
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Say I cast the simulacrum spell on a succubus (for, you know, science). The spell description says that my simulacrum would have only one-half of the real creature’s levels or hit dice (and the appropriate hit points, feats, skill ranks, and special abilities for a creature of that level or hit dice). My question is,
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“They had not moved all day – standing like silent gargoyles along the gables and ridges of the townhouses. A thousand black crows, but crows with distinctly humanoid twists in their vile faces – a cheek here, an ear there, wide eyes all too humanoid in their appearance. Some birds seemed unable to keep all
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No one can deny the destructive qualities of fire, but sometimes a designer of traps wants something insidious, something unexpected: the unrelenting force of water. [More…]
After judging hundreds of submissions and going through five rounds of critique and voting, the RPG Superstar contest is down to the wire. There are four contenders remaining: Dragonrest Isle by Kevin Carter Denying the Boiling Beast by Matthew Stinson Realm of the Fellnight Queen by Neil Spicer Last Ride of the Mammoth Lords by
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