As a writer, a GM, and player, I need tools to help me get to the game table faster while making play smoother and easier. Hero Lab is one of those tools. For this review, I used my workhorse machine—a Pentium dual-core, 2.20 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 on an Asus K60IJ notebook. We […]
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The Labor Day edition of the Kobold Courier went out yesterday, with news from a cartography contest to a free RPG, plus the latest on the Open Design commissions, new columnists, and more. There’s even a picture of the elusive web editor, Scott Gable, in his natural habitat. Want your own copy of this free
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Like Todd Gdula’s Real Steel series? Are you a patron of our project Streets of Zobeck for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game? Well, then you’ll love this: We’ll award this very shiv from Real Steel, newly forged by Todd Gdula, to one lucky patron. How can you win? After selecting all six adventures for the upcoming Streets of Zobeck anthology,
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I received a request for a sneak peek of one of the 30 feats from Advanced Feats: Secrets of the Alchemist, and I’m more than happy to oblige with Sundering Bomb. Sundering Bomb You can use bombs to destroy your opponent’s equipment. Prerequisite: Bomb class feature, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot. Benefit: You can use one of
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First off, please excuse the eye patch. I don’t remember what happened last night, but I seem to have had a bit of an accident… and my head is absolutely throbbing. Too much partying I guess, am I right? (I always seem to have the worst luck at these events.) Anyway, I’m super excited to be the one
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Today’s your last day to vote! The crown is up for grabs, and you actually get to choose your new overlord! Who else offers that? Right now, there’s a good possibility that eye patches will come back in style real fast, but it’s not over yet. With several hours remaining, who knows what could happen.
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Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you likely are not to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany around. (So much more than just another bloke in a dress.) [At the Horse Fair, Part 1] ___ This sample annual fair takes place on a large meadow and draws
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The shiv is a nefarious blade that is a favored tool of those who do night work. That a shiv is a knife is indisputable. Exactly what type of knife that word describes is sometimes the subject of debate. The word itself derives from the Romani word chiv, which translates roughly to any sharp or
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You and your companions are trapped underground in a lightless hell with miles of lethal traps and hungry monsters between you and the surface. Betrayed… lost… your situation seems hopeless. But each of you has unique abilities: ways with the blade, the spell, and the fist that set you apart from other adventurers. Those abilities
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Welcome to Colin McComb’s Now, the Twist. A dangerous journey that will force him to take a long, hard look at game design. Join him, won’t you… in his ongoing struggle to pass Go. ___ Ah, the dreaded introductory post. Let’s make this fast and painless, and then we’ll get to the meat (no points
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“A man of conviction and piety will walk the fanes at least once in his life. To walk the fanes is to tread in the footsteps of the saints; it is a test of faith. A test where the righteous are rewarded and the false are punished.” The Faneway of Air straddles the highest mountain
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And thus concludes our live broadcast from Monster Island! Thanks, and… What’s that? Who won? Oh, that’s right… YOU haven’t voted yet! Well, let’s fix that right now. Go to the KQ Forums and vote for your favorite entry from King of the Monsters 2! Here we are at the end of our second tournament
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Welcome to the King of the Monsters 2 finals (see the list of finalists): the broodiken is random finalist 10 of 10. These submissions are left almost entirely as they were received with the exceptions that all submissions are posted with an image and are standardized to KoboldQuarterly.com style. Let the fight commence! ___ Sailors familiar with
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Welcome to the King of the Monsters 2 finals (see the list of finalists): the eye of tricks and traps is random finalist 9 of 10. These submissions are left almost entirely as they were received with the exceptions that all submissions are posted with an image and are standardized to KoboldQuarterly.com style. Let the fight commence!
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Welcome to the King of the Monsters 2 finals (see the list of finalists): the vapor lynx is random finalist 8 of 10. These submissions are left almost entirely as they were received with the exceptions that all submissions are posted with an image and are standardized to KoboldQuarterly.comstyle. Let the fight commence! ___ The great cat
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Welcome to the King of the Monsters 2 finals (see the list of finalists): the thistle is random finalist 7 of 10. These submissions are left almost entirely as they were received with the exceptions that all submissions are posted with an image and are standardized to KoboldQuarterly.com style. Let the fight commence! ___ (Oh, and you
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