Charisma does not simply measure one’s force of personality—your confidence, your presence. It also measures physical attractiveness. A high Charisma means smooth-skin, coifed hair, symmetrical features: that you’re a real looker. A low Charisma, on the other hand, means something is… off. Well, what’s off, exactly? Now, you can find out. Below is a list […]
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There’s something strange about those woods. Tales of the Old Margreve, one of the current patron projects, is progressing beautifully. This adventure anthology, guided by the capable hands of Tim Connors, features an eerie series of adventures set in a distinctly Old World, folklore-inspired package right in the city of Zobeck’s backyard. Tim recently sat
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What are reviewers saying about Imperial Gazetteer, Open Design’s source for the legions of the dead in Zobeck for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game? Above ground and below, this book provides a wealth of resources, places and people to bring undead—well, I was about to say “to life” but that doesn’t sound right—into prominence in your game,
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“Inspiring Terrains” looks at encounters—fundamental building blocks that bring together PCs, conflict, and environment. With a little inspiration and a few mechanical bits, it’s easy to make the terrain in an encounter just as memorable as the foes. [Part 1] ___ Deep, Foreboding Mines Mines have been part of fantasy literature since its earliest days.
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For years, the conversations have gone like this: “Wolfgang, where’s the map of Zobeck?” “Well, there are maps in the sourcebooks, and in certain issues of Kobold Quarterly…” “No, where’s THE map?” “Oh, you mean the one big map? A detailed, full-color map of the Free City of Zobeck, destination of caravans from a dozen lands,
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This crystalline automaton is crudely sculpted, with only the vaguest humanoid features. As it shuffles forward on wide, stump-like feet, thousands of tiny salt crystals fall from its body, creating a glittering cloud. A salt golem has a crudely formed humanoid body made of crystalline salts. It wears no clothing or armor and carries no
“Master!” The creature hops spastically onto your shoulder and grasps your ear, glancing around before whispering “I have an idea…” “What is it, slugling?” “Master, I know you have toiled to make an answer to all the biggest questions in tonight’s tale, but what about the more mundane? Surely not everyone in the village is
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Sunken Empires releases in mere days. I’m excited! Why, you ask? There have been other patron projects, you say? That’s true, but they keep getting better. Each new patron project ups the ante. The patrons come back again and again, increasing in both number and talent. The sheer volume of ideas generated this time around
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“Shut your mouths.” Nyx licked the blade of her punching dagger and slid against the wall. The cracks in the masonry felt icy. “Do you hear something, Nyx?” “I said hush, damnit!” Nyx peeled back her halfling braids, put a finger to the back of her ear, and held her breath. The rest of the
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“The Last Map of the Cartomancer” presents a series of magical maps introduced through the escapades of Lan Su’Vavock and Kai Geyser, two sages on the trail of interconnected clues left behind by an ancient cartographer of legend. [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] ___ With a grinding protest, the vault door blew open. “It’s
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Pallid heralds spread fear and chaos, terrorizing areas as small as strategically important villages or as large as entire countries. Intelligent and cunning, these monsters immerse themselves fully in their missions, never allowing themselves to be distracted from their goals. Varying in methods, some pallid heralds prefer acting as figurehead for an assaulting wave of
Every so often, we lose our minds at Kobold World Headquarters and launch a new product just because we feel like it. Well, we’re off into the wild frontier again with the Monster Chronicles PDF series for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Monster Chronicles provides ecologies and variants for lesser-known monsters as well as some gaming
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Welcome to 4th Edition week here at KQ.com. All this week will feature wonderful material designed for 4th Edition (while still being inspirational for any edition). ___ Door? BOOM! What door? Born from the union of a human and an ogre, the half-ogre is a wretched unwanted creature hated by its parent races. Those born
Welcome to 4th Edition week here at KQ.com. All this week will feature wonderful material designed for 4th Edition (while still being inspirational for any edition). ___ Skill Challenges are the “other kind of encounter.” Some players hate them, some love them, and many just don’t know what to think of them. There’s no reason
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Want to hear Wolfgang talk about all things Open Design and Kobold Quarterly? He recently did a podcast with Gamer’s Haven. Check it out. (Here’s the direct link to the podcast.)
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I’m minding my own business, walking to lunch, and I think, “Would devils give player characters STDs?” That was probably the moment I decided that, yes, perhaps Courts of the Shadow Fey is pushing things quite far. This adventure overturns certain default assumptions about 4E combat and the presumed monster mixes. It includes information as
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