Scarrport: City of Secrets is a supplement from Reality Deviant Publications that offers a “campaign cutout”, a single city that can easily be dropped into any campaign setting. For me, Scarrport was love at first sight. In addition to a city full of plot hooks, inventive monsters, and and even new equipment, it also had […]
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Tired of hearing about triple-templated messes? Here’s the last template you’ll ever need. [More…]
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As the lead designer for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (PFRPG), Jason Bulmahn has one job: produce a game that is true to the feel of 3.5e, but that offers “a better play experience.” And the word among the members of his design team is that Bulmahn has outdone himself. “Jason’s been working 24–7 on the
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The rules say a Tiny creature can move into or through a Medium creature’s space. Can it end its movement in that space? Can the Medium creature do anything about it? A Tiny creature can indeed move into or through a square another creature occupies, friend or foe. The other creature doesn’t have to be
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In an effort to better understand the Open Design patrons and readers, the kobolds have put together a survey. Please let us know what you think! Click Here to take survey
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The Halls of the Mountain King project is taking its new monsters from OGL to 4E this month, and so we figured we’d show you a re-designed version of the 3E/OGL Crag Drake that was featured here back in February. Stone made predatory beast, these creature prowl cavern tunnels and mineshafts as jaguars would stalk
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We’ve been giving away dice at a steady clip (ok, ok, they’re disappearing faster than I thought), and we’re down to the last 100-some sets. This is by far the biggest promotion we’ve ever done, literally thousands of dollars of dice shipped to subscribers. Take advantage of it today just by subscribing to either the
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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.
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