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Your Whispering Homunculus: A Plethora of d12 Tables (Part 4 of 4)

By Richard Pett / March 7, 2012 / Articles, Front Page, Your Whispering Homunculus

Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere. (So much more than just another bloke in a dress.) [previously] Twelve Types of Cider 1. Dabshaw’s Ratfest Scrumpy 2. Rumper’s Kill or Cure Cider 3. Poppritt’s Poisonous Perry 4. […]

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Kobold Artistry: Toad Eye

By Aja Savon Johnson / March 6, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

As you might have seen on Monday, the kobolds have pondered mightily since the contest ended, and now the results of the judging are in! We’re presenting each of the five finalists in the Kobold Artistry contest this week, in no particular order, so that you can vote on them at the end of the

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Howling Tower: Racial Discrimination

By Steve Winter / March 6, 2012 / Articles, Front Page, Howling Tower

No, not that type of discrimination. Fantasy roleplayers love their nonhuman races. What started in AD&D with elves, dwarves, halflings, half-elves, and half-orcs has mushroomed into dozens of player-character races in RPGs. Players seem to have an inexhaustible appetite for more races to dabble with. The choices have expanded from humans through the so-called demihumans

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Kobold Artistry: Venerable Jikook of Bluerock, Witness of 214 Moons

By James Krause / March 5, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

The kobolds have pondered mightily since the contest ended, and now the results of the judging are in! We’re presenting each of the five finalists in the Kobold Artistry contest this week, in no particular order, so that you can vote on them at the end of the week. Voting will run for a few

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Reminder: Seize the Tin Crown Contest

By Kobold Staff / March 5, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

We’re running the Seize the Tin Crown contest, and entries are due in by March 9th! You can take a look at the contest rules and guidelines here—it’s a pretty open contest in terms of what sorts of things you can enter, though the entries must work well with the Zobeck Gazetteer. So, go peek

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Oh, I’m Going to Get Killed Any Minute Now (Part 6)

By Clinton J. Boomer / March 2, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

(Also Titled: The Ongoing Diary of Thppgrg, Goblin Minion) As ever, readers who are new to the diary, please scroll down a bit to where you see the Thppgrg tag. Click on it. Yeah, that’s right. Otherwise, if you missed part five, you can just click here. (Art by Chris McFann.) DAY TWENTY-EIGHT Who am I

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Mnemosyne

By Christina Stiles / March 1, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

As part of the Journeys to the West project that’s currently in progress, Christina Stiles came up with the following description (with patron input) for the goddess Mnemosyne. Mnemosyne plays an important role in the Western Ocean’s story, since she rules the mysterious Morphoi Isle, and she is the wife of Nethus, the god the

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Your Whispering Homunculus: A Plethora of d12 Tables (Part 3 of 4)

By Richard Pett / February 29, 2012 / Articles, Front Page, Your Whispering Homunculus

Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere. (So much more than just another bloke in a dress.) [previously] Twelve NPC Moods Occasionally, it’s interesting to spice up some checks with the odd unusual modifier due to peculiar

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Howling Tower: Magic is Changing My World

By Steve Winter / February 28, 2012 / Articles, Front Page, Howling Tower

Last week, we looked at three groups of spells that cause headaches for DMs. The first contains spells that let characters get from here to there without dealing with what’s in between. The second lets players see what’s over there, know what’s going on, or glimpse what lies ahead when that knowledge would otherwise be

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Monster Monday: Thppgrg, Long-Suffering Goblin Minion of Dark Lord Torkelheim

By Clinton J. Boomer / February 27, 2012 / Articles, Front Page, Monsters

You’ve seen him showing up in Friday’s Funny. Now you can roll with him in your game! It’s Thppgrg, the long-suffering goblin minion of Dark Lord Torkelheim. Take a look at Boomer’s statistics for Thppgrg, whose first diary entry takes you into the world of the strategically important fountain and theoretically important fountain room. Thppgrg,

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Oh, I’m Going to Get Killed Any Minute Now (Part 5)

By Clinton J. Boomer / February 24, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

(Also Titled: The Ongoing Diary of Thppgrg, Goblin Minion) Before you get started on this entry, which is, as it says, part five, take heed! New readers, please scroll down a bit to where you see the Thppgrg tag. Click on it. Yeah, that’s right. Otherwise, if you missed part four, you can just click

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Archery Styles (Part 1)

By Rich Redman / February 23, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

A character who favors ranged attacks has many ways to master the bow, and these schools represent benefits of doing so. We start off with the elements that GMs and players should consider, an example of learning a style, and then go into the schools themselves. Gaining Mastery First, you and your GM must decide

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Your Whispering Homunculus: A Plethora of d12 Tables (Part 2 of 4)

By Richard Pett / February 22, 2012 / Articles, Front Page, Your Whispering Homunculus

Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere. (So much more than just another bloke in a dress.) [previously] A Dozen Local Captains of the Watch 1. Strict Jak Kebble is the terror of his men. He’s suspicious

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Howling Tower: Magic is Ruining My Game

By Steve Winter / February 21, 2012 / Articles, Front Page, Howling Tower

Magic is all about warping reality to do the wizard’s bidding. It doesn’t matter whether you’re Drawmij, Harry Dresden, or Isaac Bonewits. The wizard wants or needs the world to be different from how it is and has the supernatural juice to make it so. The power to shape reality is what makes magic-users in

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Seize the Tin Crown: A Contest

By Kobold Staff / February 20, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

Some of you might already be familiar with Zobeck because you’ve picked up a copy of the expanded Zobeck Gazetteer. Or maybe you’ve been playing within the Midgard campaign setting for awhile. Or both! For those not in the know: Zobeck is an exotic and powerful trade city at the crossroads of the Midgard campaign setting.

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Oh, I’m Going to Get Killed Any Minute Now (Part 4)

By Clinton J. Boomer / February 17, 2012 / Articles, Front Page

(Also Titled: The Ongoing Diary of Thppgrg, Goblin Minion) Hey, reader! Yeah, you. There are more parts to this. You’ll want to read those first! See that tag at the bottom that says Thppgrg? Click on it if you’re new to this diary. Otherwise, you can go here for Part 3 and do this the

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