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Illustration by Chris McFann The gray warriors are as much legend as fact in the eyes of the common people. Shadow warriors, assassins, and spies, gray warriors are sought by noble houses in times of war to assassinate enemy generals and sabotage enemy defenses. In times of peace, nobles employ them as spies and assassins
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Okay, okay, I promised the Danish axe next. Sorry it didn’t work out — we will do the axe real soon. I think you’re gonna like this one! Sam and I had fun making both the moon hammer and the video.
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(Illustration by Blanca Martinez de Rituerto) Skittish but hardy survivors within and beneath civilization’s centers of urban decay. Chad and Josh collaborated on a roachling background that would allow players to play a roachling in their home AGE system game. Josh worked on the mechanics, and Chad helped with the storytelling portions of the background. Take
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Leaves skitter along the dry path, tumbling over the exposed roots of old-growth trees. The smell of fall provides a crisp counterpoint to the cutting cold that crept into the air as the sunlight fled not too long before. A slight breeze picks up more leaves, stirring them lazily, then dies before it becomes a
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Thiloquenn the devil sat patiently in his shadows. Shadows he was used to, but patience was a virtue he was still attempting to practice. Fortunately for the devil, Zobeck is full of shadows. So, Thiloquenn meditated in his wreathing shadows, waiting for his unsuspecting victim. “Ah, here he is…” thought the small, red devil when
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Illustration by Chris McFann The gray warriors are as much legend as fact in the eyes of the common people. Shadow warriors, assassins, and spies, gray warriors are sought by noble houses in times of war to assassinate enemy generals and sabotage enemy defenses. In times of peace, nobles employ them as spies and assassins
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This unassuming, ancient bronze oil lamp looks like any other peasant’s light source. Though most have heard the legend regarding lamps that hold mighty genies, few have heard of the legend of the lamp that holds worlds. The lamp of departed vistas has existed for thousands of years, and an untold number of locations lie
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The practice of domestication is older than civilization. To date, mankind has tamed what your adventuring group would consider to be rather tame creatures. In the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, however, those with talent, interest, or need can domesticate much more dangerous creatures. Factor in exotic races with unusual dietary and cultural needs, and you could
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The malevolent entity soared above the dead body while black tendrils played across the corpse, arcing like ebon lightning every few seconds. And now a cacophonous scream erupts from the vile form as it surges forward — toward you! Antisouls, so named by a young priest who was the only surviving member of a group
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If you open issue #19 of Kobold Quarterly, you’ll find an article called “Magic Shops: What’s in Store?” by Christina Stiles and Spike Y Jones (the very same authors of this article!). That article explores the topic of how you can turn the experience of shopping for magic items into a useful GM tool, plus shows
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Within the pages of Kobold Quarterly #19, you’ll find the white necromancer, a new class created for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Designer Marc Radle has crafted a character for you that uses the new class, and you can see the result below. Our sample white necromancer has been illustrated by the talented Chris McFann. Although
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So, you’ve read the first two parts of this series (Part One and Part Two), and now you’re ready for more. In this final installment, we take a look at scene, action, and the attack. Describe the Scene You have no need for initiative or battlemats yet. Give a brief overview of the encounter location
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Bedorken was never a very good necromancer. Schooled by his father, the reviled Necromancer Ezekhan, he could not stomach the ghouls and zombies that were a fixture of his father’s work. Bedorken was, however, extremely talented. He excelled at conjuration and transmutation, especially the fabrication of extradimensional spaces. He also had a love of skeletons
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A pool of oily black water ripples as you approach. Darkwater can be both an unexpected terrain hazard and a potential story hook for assassination plots. If your adventurers are moving through a dark and dank cavern system, they might walk right into a puddle of darkwater. If they’re mixing among the social elite in
Who is this Miranda person anyway? And what is she doing with the website? Well, let’s start with that first question. Before I started tackling the whole college experience, I knew one thing: I wanted to work at TSR. They made games that I loved to play. Making games seemed like an awesome thing to
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