Our kobold mascot Jiro left this note on Wolfgang’s desk this morning: dear boss, I was reading a bunch of adventures you know the classic stuff like vault of the drow and tomb of horrors and rise of the runelords and i was thinking it would be great if we had something like that for […]
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(Also Titled: The Ongoing Diary of Thppgrg, Goblin Minion) As ever, readers who are new to the diary, please scroll down a bit to where you see the Thppgrg tag. Click on it. Yeah, that’s right. Otherwise, if you missed part eleven, you can just click here. (Art by Chris McFann.) DAY THIRTY-EIGHT Guh. More toilet
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This week sees the launch of the Midgard Bestiary, which the talented and monster-savvy Adam Daigle has sweated blood and tears over for us! We took some more time out of Adam’s schedule to ask him some questions about monsters and more, and he was gracious enough to throw some very tasty bones our way
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A character who favors ranged attacks has many ways to master the bow, and the schools presented in this article series give you some interesting options to round out your player character. This week, we present another school of archery styles by Rich Redman. The first, second, and third parts are available, too. Order of the Warbow
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Have you ever had a chase scene in your favorite tabletop RPG? Was it fun and exciting? I didn’t think so. Chase scenes are a staple in adventure films, but RPG rules seldom tackle them, at least not well. Long-distance chases aren’t much of a problem. These are situations like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
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Nobody expects to fight a psychic derro fetus in a cage. Paizo’s newest developer Adam Daigle has unleashed the beast! Midgard Bestiary: Pathfinder RPG Edition is out today, with 100 entries – 50 new monsters and new art, plus 50 favorites from the last five years of Kobold Quarterly and Open Design, updated for the
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Gods and demons are a vital part of the swords and sorcery genre – as are their followers. Conan battles evil priests while swearing, “By Crom!” Elric surges into combat promising blood and souls for his divine patron Arioch. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser often find themselves pawns in the schemes of Nehwon’s conniving gods.
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(Also Titled: The Ongoing Diary of Thppgrg, Goblin Minion) As ever, readers who are new to the diary, please scroll down a bit to where you see the Thppgrg tag. Click on it. Yeah, that’s right. Otherwise, if you missed part ten, you can just click here. (Art by Chris McFann.) DAY THIRTY-SEVEN Tuesdays. Worst day
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Amid a crowd of many excellent contenders, Eric Hindley, author of the Clockwork Stalker entry, has seized the coveted Tin Crown! Congratulations, Eric, and well done! If you haven’t had a chance to read all about the clockwork stalker, you can see this creature in all its glory here. Many thanks go to those who
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Are you going to Norwescon this weekend? Wolfgang Baur is, and he’s speaking on several panels. Here’s where you can find the Kobold King: Friday 6 pm Evergreen 3&4 Have Licenses Taken Over the Creativity in Gaming? RPG companies used to spawn settings like Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms, but now they just license Dresden Files
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A character who favors ranged attacks has many ways to master the bow, and the schools presented in this article series give you some interesting options to round out your player character. This week, we present another school of archery styles by Rich Redman. The first and second parts are available, too. Eldritch Arrow Style
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Once upon a time, random encounters were standard fare in roleplaying games. Somewhere along the way, they fell out of fashion. Players, DMs, and game designers decided that random encounters embodied the worst of lazy DMing. They were indiscriminate party killers. Most of all, they were dumped because they were irrelevant to the ongoing story.
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Curse that Whispering Homunculus! Yesterday he took over Kobold World Headquarters and wreaked all sorts of havoc online. We finally got control back, only to find out today that while the Homunculus was in charge, he used the Kobold presses to publish his own book. Yes, you can now buy Your Whispering Homunculus in the
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This is a quick reminder for our esteemed audience: You’ve all had a chance to read the entries for Seize the Tin Crown contest. Now you can vote for the one you think should earn the coveted tin crown. Monkeys with surveys are waiting to take your choice down for the kobolds, and we’ll post
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Greetings, my army of Kobold fans! It is I, Wolfgang Baur. As you know, I am a normal human like you and not under magical control of any kind. Therefore you will not be suspicious when I tell you my glorious news about upcoming improvements to Kobold Quarterly and Open Design. First, I am changing
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We seem to have lost control of the KQ Facebook page for the time being. We’re not sure where these posts are coming from or whose travels they’re describing, but we’ll shut them down as soon as we can. The @KoboldQuarterly Twitter account remains unaffected, so we’ll continue to post there. Thank you for your
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