Isekai’d, part 5: Which genre of isekai will you play?
You’re convinced. You want to try isekai in tabletop. Yes! But which genre of isekai are you aiming for?
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Staff Picks: Wastes of Chaos is strangely beloved and on sale now
Speaking as a neo-otyugh, I sift and steal constantly. I can’t possibly think of everything, and frankly, I don’t want to. So I scavenge. Wastes of Chaos is a book made to scavenge.
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Midgard Monday: Getting the (war)band together in Illyria, part 1
The season of war is the tradition of the Septime Cities. They fight each other, and they fight whoever threatens. The Mharoti Empire is one of those ever-present threats, gathering like storm clouds on the horizon. This series will help a GM run a campaign to explore the fight to free the Illyrian marches along the eastern border of the Seven Cities.
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Pack Tactics Advice: I’m a homebrew GM. How do I make sure my plots aren’t too convoluted?
A crack team of Kobold Press regulars, each with their own perspective, answers questions on how to play and run a better game. This month: how do you make sure your plot isn’t too convoluted?
The Random GM: What’s in the clearing up ahead? Roll and find out!
One Roll Wonders let you create situations on the fly. Roll up a clearing in the forest where the PCs can discover and/or fight a wonder of nature!
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Living Locations 5: Will your players survive the Tower of Barbs?
This series introduces living locations: places that possess a primitive sentience, personality, and awareness. This time: an example, the Tower of Barbs.
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Monster Vault Preview: Tales of the Valiant Marilith
Here’s a full preview of the marilith, one of the monsters debuting in the Tales of the Valiant Monster Vault, coming later this year!
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Blowing Up Midgard, part 1. End your campaign with a big bang
In this (non-canonical) series, we’ll create outlines for mega-campaigns set in Midgard. Each tier will contain an outline of major events, ending by blowing up a setting-wide powderkeg that’s been sputtering for years. First, what if the elves came back for what they see as theirs?
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See Eonic lineage and heritages for the Tales of the Valiant RPG
When the Tales of the Valiant Player’s Guide debuts in just a few months, it will contain classic fantasy people: elves, dwarves, humans . . . the usual suspects. But over the years, other lineages have shown up in fantasy that appeal to certain players. Here’s a Kobold Press original.
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The Random GM: Create a ruined noble NPC who needs help
One Roll Wonders let you create situations on the fly. Roll up a ruined noble for PCs to encounter, hear a sad story, and help out.
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Potion Commotion: Poison never tasted so good with these potion of poison variants
Potion Commotion looks at a few staple potions in the game and plays around with them, offering boosts or limitations to make versions of the classics for all levels of play!
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True or False? Investigate wars and rumors of wars in the Seven Cities
A diverse region populated by different city-states bound together by warfare and trade, the Seven Cities is a hotbed of rumors and innuendo. What trouble can your PCs get into here?
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Kobold Gift Guide for a belated Valentine’s Day
The month of love is upon us! But wait . . . Valentine’s Day was two days ago.
Did . . . did you forget to get something for that special someone? Ooohhh. Oh no. OMG. Flowers might not cut it this time.
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The Random GM: Need a rowdy tavern? Roll one up in minutes!
One Roll Wonders let you create situations on the fly. Roll up a rowdy tavern where the PCs can learn a rumor and get into a fight!
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Eat their hearts out this Valentine’s Day with a monster match
A monster match is a combination of monsters that go together to make a great encounter. A weird synergy or an unexpected pairing can come out of every right swipe!
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Tarrasque Minus One: Five big ideas to bring Godzilla-sized adventure
The tarrasque is a famous, beloved monster from D&D. But for as much real estate as it takes up in people’s brains, it almost never gets actually used. What can Godzilla Minus One tells us about how to use a tarrasque in a campaign?
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