Welcome back to Behind the Spells, the series that provides a historical background, secret effects, and related material to classic spells of the world’s most famous fantasy roleplaying game. The rules (presented after the “Spell Secret” header) are compatible with any 3.5/OGL fantasy game, and the background weaves the spell into the lore of the […]
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Yes ladies and gents, Kobold Ecologies has been unleashed up on the world. Lord have mercy, it’s a monster! This book collects every ecology from every issue of Kobold Quarterly to date, updates them and revises them, and then ADDS MORE Ecologies. It’s an Ecology sandwich. And those new ones are not just any additional
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Quicksilver oozes are a freakish combination of alchemical reagents and magical energy, born from laboratory experiments gone awry. Their shape is completely malleable, but when at rest a quicksilver ooze most closely resembles a pool of liquid silver. The ooze is rarely at rest, however, as it searches the world for its lone source of
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Wolfgang Baur, Scott Gable, Matthew Hanson, and other KQ authors and notables speak about the magazine and trade some quips on Atomic Array about KQ#9. You can listen to the show right here. As part of that episode, we announce the creation of the Open Design Podcast, which launches on May 28. You won’t believe
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Lots of attention for KQ#9, including reviews and expanded 4E rules for the kitsune. Lots of reviews hitting right now, as the print edition has gone to the newsstands. * RPGAggression: The Rudis Review * Game Cryer: Review by Chris Perrin * Allgeektout: Unleash Your Inner Fox: The Kyubi Epic Destiny * Dice Monkey: Kobold
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I love surprises, especially ones like this: the KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Volume 1, has been nominated for an ORIGINS Award. As this comes out of left field, I am especially delighted. Details on the Origins Award site. Wow! If you haven’t read it yet, what’s stopping you?
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There’s a quick review of the new issue over on ENWorld. I think it is especially on track with this key quote: [Monte Cook’s column and the interviews] especially help cement KQ’s position as a gaming magazine, rather than an OGL or 4E publication. We are working to make Kobold Quarterly as broadly useful to
The guys at Q-workshop love designing dice, making dice, and spreading dice across the globe. Seriously. These guys love everything about dice. Patryk Strzelewicz, owner and founder of Q-workshop, started the company in Poland five years ago while he was still in high school. A local market grew to a national market and eventually, with
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Designer Greg Stolze, known for his Ransom Model and Unknown Armies among many other credits, has kindly made himself available to the KQ diplomats. What questions would you like to put to the redoubtable Mr. Stolze? He promises to spill all! Post your question right here, or on the Forum, as you prefer.
Kobold Quarterly #9 is in the Top 10 from the RPG Countdown! This is the first time KQ has ever cracked the bestseller list at RPGNow, and I’m guessing the disappearance of the WotC PDFs might have helped, but I am delighted regardless. Their loss, KQ’s gain and all that. We climb another rung up
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The 4th Edition D&D work for Halls of the Mountain King is well underway, and here’s some of the recent progress: the brainstorming for the Gazetteer brought a lot of new and old ideas to the forefront. I have an outline. the level range has been set at 8 to 10 or 8 to 11
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The creature rose from the ruins of the church roof it had just crushed in spite. It was huge – a gangling hairy thing, with sharp nails and claws, its face a skirmish of eyes and bristle and teeth cowering beneath three curved horns. ‘Dost thou see this big body of mine? Roared the buggane.
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Aeryn “Blackdirge” Rudel used to be known mostly for creating gruesome and challenging RPG monsters. And some folks might think of him as the editor-in-chief of Goodman Games’ new 4E-only RPG magazine, Level Up, our worthy competition. Not me, though. For I have faced one of his half-dragon turtles and lived—barely—to tell about it. The
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The kitsune are a PC race for 4th Edition D&D in Kobold Quarterly #9 — but they’re also available as a 3rd Edition/OGL PC race right here. Because free is good. In myths and legends, the kitsune are shapeshifters with their own racial items, incantations, and their own innate magic. What makes these tricksters tick?
The Halls of the Mountain King patron project has begun its 4E design phase! This week’s discussion will set the level range and begin the discussion on creatures and NPCs. Frankly, I’m looking forward to seeing what ports over neatly from the existing story and setting, and what requires a prybar and a mallet to
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The foes appear to be tall, well toned humans with flecks of living crystal in their skin. The warriors are clad in scale and wield cruel flails. Behind them stands a lightly armored woman. Though not as physically imposing, you can tell from the glint in her eyes that she is far more dangerous than
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