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Harbingers of the Yawning Void: Cult Activities and Adventure Hooks, Part 2

By Jeff Lee / April 16, 2021 / Articles, Demon Cults & Secret Societies

LEVELS 10–12 A major metropolis is in turmoil. The city-state is on the verge of total anarchy. A disease has broken out in the poorer sections and threatens to become a full-borne plague, even though those quarters have been locked under quarantine under threat of death. Doomsayers walk the streets, prophesying the end times. Suicides […]

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Dungeon Tables: Travel Challenges and Complications, Part 3

By Sarah Madsen / April 14, 2021 / Articles, Dungeon Tables

Jungle 1d10 Challenge/Encounter 1 A giant ape, watching the party from the canopy. 2 Two awakened shrubs and an awakened tree, or one shambling mound, unhappy at the intrusion. 3 Overgrown Path. The vines and vegetation have overtaken the path. The PCs must succeed a DC 14 Wisdom (Survival) check in order to continue in

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Trapmaster: Ups and Downs

By Greg Marks / April 12, 2021 / Articles, Trapmaster

Pits with Friends Simple Trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) This 10-foot-deep pit is covered in branches and dirt, making it appear the same as the rest of the ground. The branches are embedded in the dirt sides of the pit, such that when they fall away, so does a significant amount of the support for

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One-on-One Roleplaying: Adapting Published Campaigns

By Beth Ball and Jonathan Ball / April 9, 2021 / Articles, One-on-One Roleplaying

Adaptation Principles As we said earlier in this series, one of the best things about one-on-one play is the focus on the player and the PC. They’re the main character around whom the entire storyline revolves. This is a double-edged sword when it comes to adapting a published campaign though. Both the narrative arc and

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Zobeck Gazetteer Wallpapers

By Kobold Staff / April 7, 2021 / Articles, Wallpapers

It’s a new month, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a city-tastic set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic device you’ve got. This month, we’ve got a piece from Zobeck Gazetteer (artist Ralph Horsley). Let’s go shopping for gear, adventurers! Please, click on the image you want to download to expand it into a

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Midgard Icons: The Ghoul Emperor

By Wade Rockett / April 6, 2021 / 13th Age, Articles

The Ghoul Emperor Nicoforus the Pale is the undisputed ruler of the Dread and Endless Imperium of the Darakhul, a civilization of ghouls deep within the Realms Subterranean. Through cunning and relentless cruelty, he’s led his legions to repeated victories over the other races in the underworld. Quote “I heard your beating hearts the moment

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Tome Unbound: Dancing Foliage

By Mike Welham / April 5, 2021 / Articles, Tome Unbound

Innate Spellcasting. The dancing foliage’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). The foliage can cast the following spells, requiring no material components: 3/day: entangle 1/day: plant growth The dancing foliage loses its Shower of Petals reaction. Poison-Tipped Leaves. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 slashing

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Warlock’s Apprentice: Weird Fantasy Items

By Jeff Lee / April 2, 2021 / Articles, Warlock's Apprentice

Binding Oath Scroll, very rare (requires attunement by a cleric or paladin) This lengthy scroll is the testimony of a pious individual’s adherence to their faith. The author has emphatically rewritten these claims many times, and its two slim, metal rollers are wrapped in yards of parchment. When you attune to the item, you rewrite

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The Ratatosk: Magical Items and Equipment of the Squirrel-Folk

By Brian Suskind / March 31, 2021 / Articles, Ratatosk

Chaos Acorn Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement) This acorn was harvested from a branch of the World Tree growing in a chaotic area of the void. A sheen of ever-changing colors decorates its smooth surface. You can use an action to eat the acorn. Doing so triggers a chaos magic surge. Roll percentile dice

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Rogue’s Gallery: Tam Waltzing

By Kelly Pawlik / March 29, 2021 / Articles, Rogue's Gallery

Freedom or Death. Once he established a home for himself beneath the city, Tam sought out others of his kind to join the revolution he convinced himself was needed to free the courtfolk from those who held them in the yoke of servitude. He now has a small cadre, mostly of young courtfolk halflings and

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Harbingers of the Yawning Void: Cult Activities and Adventure Hooks

By Jeff Lee / March 26, 2021 / Articles, Demon Cults & Secret Societies

LEVELS 1–3 Outbreaks of seemingly senseless and motiveless violence are causing unrest in the city. Young people are coming home bruised and bloody, refusing to tell their parents how they received their injuries. Overseers puzzle over laborers arriving late to work with black eyes and limping gaits. Soon after, a series of seemingly random attacks

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Play with Class: Craft a Cool Cleric

By Celeste Conowitch / March 24, 2021 / Articles, Play with Class

Role of the Cleric The cleric has traditionally filled the role of healer in a standard adventuring party. With so many spell choices geared toward healing, buffing, and regeneration, it takes a lot of work to break out of this prescribed mold. Clerics can, of course, fill other roles by picking up specialized subclasses and

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Trapmaster: Hidden Distractions

By Greg Marks / March 22, 2021 / Articles, Trapmaster

Below are three traps that include apparent solutions or bypasses to the trap that exist only to eat up adventurers’ valuable time and resources while hopefully keeping them in danger without their realizing it. Good Timing Complex trap (level 5–10, moderate threat) Passing through a doorway, the room explodes in fire and continues to do

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Happy 15th, Kobold Press!

By Kobold Staff / March 20, 2021 / Announcements

Celebrate 15 years of trapsmithing, RPGs, and artisanal kazoo manufacturing with us! Yes, Kobold Press hits the big “one-five.” Enjoy a special promotion for the Kobold Store and all-day special programming on our Twitch channel. More kobold wonder and daring on its way!!

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One-on-One Roleplaying: Turning the Tables

By Jonathan Ball and Beth Ball / March 19, 2021 / Articles, One-on-One Roleplaying

Our last post extolled the many benefits of playing with one player and one GM (also known as a “duet”) that make this option hyper-attractive and contribute to the growing numbers of dungeon-delvers. Some of these boons include the ease of finding time to play, the freedom to pursue your gameplay preferences, and the great

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Dungeon Tables: Travel Challenges and Complications, Part 2

By Sarah Madsen / March 17, 2021 / Articles, Dungeon Tables

Desert/Waste d10 Challenge/Encounter 1 A curious fennec fox (see Tome of Beasts 2) that, if fed or otherwise treated kindly, leads the party to a small, buried cache of treasure concealing 50 gp and a gold-and-emerald ring. If the fox is attacked, 2d6 additional fennec foxes arrive and attack the party. 2 Quicksand: The ground

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