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Rise of the Mimic Moon: Most Malicious Maledictions

By Brian Suskind / January 28, 2022 / Articles, Rise of the Mimic Moon

As mimics spread across the lands, hunting for Odlayo’s stolen unborn offspring, defenders of all sorts seek new methods of turning aside the shapechanging menace. Several new spells and incantations that appear during the struggle are detailed below. Adhering Hands 3rd-level transmutation (bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, wizard)Casting Time: 1 actionRange: TouchComponents: V, S, M […]

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Musings from an Empty Tankard: Ghostbaiters

By Tim Hitchcock / January 26, 2022 / Articles, Musings from an Empty Tankard

These apprentices have the ability to see spirits, and the ghostbaiters attune themselves to the apprentices, allowing them to see through the apprentice’s eyes. Though a specialized skill, it’s a dangerous job, so as you can imagine, becoming such an apprentice is typically reserved for the bold, the foolish, and the desparate. Though in some

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Tome of Beasts 3: Now Live on Kickstarter

By Kobold Staff / January 24, 2022 / Announcements

Challenge, delight, and terrify your layers with over 400 monsters! Tome of Beasts 3 brings over 400 monsters to your 5th Edition campaigns and one-shots. Find a worthy foe for your plucky adventurers to face. Creatures from every environment swarm forth from this tome of chaos and mayhem. Tome of Beasts 3 Lairs will challenge

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Deep Magic: Pestilent Magic Style

By Victoria Jaczko / January 21, 2022 / Articles, Deep Magic

Pestilent Magic Style Pestilence is an age-old threat to civilizations young and old. Rumors of plague bear a special kind of terror, carried on the black wings of ravens and the bloody claws of rats. Practitioners of this pestilent magic delve into this primal fear, seeing it as far more than an accidental miasma or

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Dungeon Tables: Random Encounters in the Forests

By Sarah Madsen / January 19, 2022 / Articles, Dungeon Tables

Forests 2d20 Encounter 2 High-pitched cries of alarm and sounds of smashing wood catch the characters attention. If they investigate, they find a chuhaister (see Creature Codex), destroying a diminutive village, while 4d6 sprites fly in the air around the creature, attempting to force it back with their tiny weapons. 3 1d6 millitaurs (see Tome

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Introducing Players to Roleplaying Games: Creative Character Creation

By Jason Campbell / January 17, 2022 / Articles, Introducing Players to RPGs

The only limitation to character creation should really be whether the character concept fits into the setting and genre of the game world. “What character are you going to create for our grim medieval world?” “My character is a plucky green alien monkey who uses their bounty hunter training to help the poor.” “Umm…” So

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The Song Undying: Magic

By Jeff Lee / January 14, 2022 / Articles, Demon Cults & Secret Societies

Lullaby Enchantment cantripCasting Time: 1 actionRange: 30 feetComponents: VDuration: 1 minute You sing a lullaby to a target within range. If the target fails a Wisdom saving throw, it has disadvantage on saving throws against spells and effects that cause sleep for the duration of the spell. Luring Melody 2nd-level enchantment (bard, sorcerer)Casting Time: 1

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Bards with Class: College of Cuisine

By Eytan Bernstein / January 12, 2022 / Articles, Bards with Class

Bonus Proficiencies When you join the College of Cuisine at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in cook’s utensils and brewer’s supplies. You can use either of these tools as your spellcasting focus. Magical Treats At 3rd level, you can infuse magic into food and drink. Each day, you can infuse a number of treats equal

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Tome of Beasts 3

By Kobold Staff / January 10, 2022 / Announcements

Something Lurks in the Shadows! Coming soon to Kickstarter, with over 400 monsters at your fingertips, Tome of Beasts 3 is sure to challenge, delight, and even terrify your players: An appendix filled with NPCs Monsters designed by guest designers, such as B. Dave Walters, Gail Simone, and many more Monsters designed by our very

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Saints of Midgard: St. Ssesmiyra, the Horned Saint

By Phillip Larwood / January 7, 2022 / Articles, Saints of Midgard

In her late teens, Ssesmiyra joined the priesthood of Hecate. Shortly thereafter, she performed her first miracle in the goddess’s service, calling forth a coiling serpent of living shadow to destroy a fellow priest who had been belittling her. These miracles continued for the length of Ssesmiyra’s life: the priestess given to sudden and violent

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Magical Wastelands: Polluted Blights

By Ben McFarland / January 5, 2022 / Articles, Magical Wastelands

The noxious potions, failed alchemical experiments, and magical malfunctions left to spill into the currents of local waterways leave greasy, iridescent slicks while bubbling vents emanate from slag piles consisting of accidental heaps of poorly combined reagents. This inconsiderate, mystical trash warps the creatures and alters the plants and the very terrain of the region,

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Tome Unbound: Tetomatli

By Mike Welham / January 3, 2022 / Articles, Tome Unbound

Jackhammer (Recharge 6). The tetomatli repeatedly slams its head into a target within 5 feet of it. The target must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 49 (9d10) bludgeoning damage, is stunned for 1 minute, and is knocked prone. On a success, the creature takes half the damage,

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You Find Yourself in a Haunted House: Creepy Friends

By Victoria Jaczko / December 31, 2021 / Articles, You Find Yourself in...

Whether a windswept manor on the moors, a dilapidated hut outside of town, or a castle on the verge of ruin, haunted locations are ripe areas to introduce backstory, side plots, clues, atmosphere, or some undead bashing. This section focuses on some thematic NPCs who could be allies (or complications!) for PCs dealing with a

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Parties of Interest: The Ever-After Club

By Kelly Pawlik / December 29, 2021 / Articles, Parties of Interest

Joining the Ever-After Club. To join the Ever-After Club, a prospective member must, at a minimum, be able to animate a corpse as an undead, such as with animate dead. Only the most promising of candidates are allowed to join the group without also meeting other criteria. Wendall prioritizes applicants who have proven their worth

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Warlock’s Apprentice: Ahu-Nixta, Hivemind of the Concordant Chronosphere

By Tim Hitchcock / December 27, 2021 / Articles, Warlock's Apprentice

At one time, the ahu-nixta held dominion over many races. Cruel masters, they fed upon the younger entities and stole from them those elements they needed to transcend the Void. They broke the creatures they enslaved—salvaging flesh and bone, dominating thoughts, harvesting fears—and they warped them into vessels for their own designs. But just like

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The Song Undying: Rank and File

By Jeff Lee / December 24, 2021 / Articles, Demon Cults & Secret Societies

Versifiers A versifier is a member of the Song Undying trained in the bardic traditions under Salamondre. They typically operate as evangelists for the cult, going among the population and touting the wonders of the Song Undying and the power it has to make life wonderful. They use their magic and natural charisma to sway

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