(This is a continuation of yesterday’s Con Report, already in progress. Please, turn off your cell phones , and find a seat. Please, place your trash in the trash receptacles on your way out.) Cubicle 7 Cubicle 7 (www.cubicle-7.com) were present, in force, running demos and substituting a little for Mongoose Publishing, who weren’t present. GM […]
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Indiecon is a small, indie-game oriented convention in Hoburne Naish in Southern England. It’s held in a caravan/chalet holiday site, right on the coast, but before you get visions of sun, sea, sand, and sorcery, it’s held off season at the end of autumn when things tend to turn stormy and wet. So much so
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Every trapsmith loves poison, and poison loves trespassers. Standard poison delivery systems—part of every trapsmith’s portfolio—are the poison dart and poison needle traps. How can something this simple be improved? With careful attention to detail and with massive overkill. Poison Dart Trap (CR 1) Type mechanical; Search DC 20; Disable Device DC 18 Trigger location;
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Our Adopt-a-Soldier sponsorship program has delivered Kobold Quarterly gift subscriptions to service members stationed all over the world and far from friends and family. We’ve gotten a lot of mail from them, telling us what a difference your support and generosity makes. We’d like to really crank this program up with your help. So this
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Our illustrious leader, Editor-in-Chief extraordinaire, the Most Great High Kobold himself, our Master Mold, and all-around nice kobold, Wolfgang Baur has been announced Seattle PI’s Geek of the Week! Please, join the rest of us kobolds in celebration. (It’s just like we always told him, “You keep biting off those chicken heads, and you’re bound
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Hey GMs! Are you looking for that certain something to drive your power-hungry, dragon-slaying group just a bit wild? Well, look no further than Krazy Kirk’s House of Forgotten Horrors. We take all those baddies that have gone the way of THAC0 and shine ‘em up real nice for you. Your player’s won’t know what
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What are reviewers saying about Imperial Gazetteer, Open Design’s source for the legions of the dead in Zobeck for 4th Edition? … 5/5 best value I’ve gotten for a while in 4E PDF products… Read the full review at RPG Now. We’ve got a little something for everybody. Pick up your own copy of Imperial
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Some gamers prefer to play using miniatures, but cost can be prohibitive. Not even hardcore collectors have every miniature they need. Including multiples, it’s easy to buy 800 miniatures at a cost of thousands of dollars and still not own the exact minis for every occasion. There is, however, a way to own almost every
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A new Open Design Podcast is now available, and there’s a special prize in this one. You could win a sketch by the amazing artist Tony DiTerlizzi: he’s drawn a quickling (pictured right) exclusively for Open Design Podcast and one lucky fan. Just listen to the episode for the instructions, and the original artwork could
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I remember the last season my family ever farmed. That cloud—dirty crimson in color, like dried blood—drifted down the foothills like dust blown from the cover of an old book. Every crop it touched withered. The maize hardened and peeled, the berries soured, and the potatoes rotted before we could pull them from the dirt.
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For the second show in a row, Kobold Quarterly #11 graced the top 10 list of RPG Countdown. The kobolds in the mines couldn’t be happier, and we even gave them a 2 minute break to celebrate. (Time’s up; back to work!) Make sure to tune in to each bi-weekly episode of RPG Countdown to
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Just enough time left to squeak it in under the wire, but the end is looming. Very soon, the gate closes and the judging can begin. Please, join us in celebrating the King of the Monsters Contest. Get your submission in now. All you have to do is design your monster. The submission must… Be
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There’s an Open Design PDF sale Monday, November 30. Come check it out and save some cash! All of the Kobold Quarterly and Open Design PDFs are 10% off at DriveThruRPG and RPGNow. Did you miss an issue of KQ? Are you looking for gift ideas? Are you just curious to see what’s inside the
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Once, there was a long drought. All the creeks and springs dried up. The leaves on the trees turned brown and brittle. The animals were very thirsty. Faced with a common problem, all the animals gathered to figure out a solution. After much discussion, they decided that what they needed was a well. All the
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Cowardice has a devastating effect not only on a character’s personal reputation but, also, on group morale. Successfully using a cowardly feat or skill imposes a -2 circumstance penalty to all Intimidate, Bluff, and Diplomacy checks made by you and your allies against any enemy who witnessed your cowardly action. The enemy, on the other
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With a mighty creak, the doors swing inward, and you find yourself at the castle’s topmost level, its roof open to the stormy sky. In a moment, you take in the scene: shelf after shelf of severed limbs and bottled organs, four great posts of steel and brass crackling with unnatural power, a hulking body
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