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Of Magic & Monsters: Variant Goblins from English Poetry

By Davide Quatrini / September 6, 2017 September 5, 2017 / Articles

Variant Goblins from English Poetry The sister of the renowned pre-raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894) was a feminist poet involved in the pre-romantic English literary movement. In her most famous poem, “Goblin Market,” she describes a band of goblins characterized by beastly features. 5E stats are provided for those unusual monsters, aimed …

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Terrors of the Dragon Empire: Dracotaur

By James J. Haeck / July 10, 2017 July 9, 2017 / Articles, Terrors of the Dragon Empire

The Mharoti Dragon Empire is the scourge of Midgard and the Southlands alike. The vast armies of the Dragon Empire march relentlessly across the known world in their endless wars of conquest, spreading fear and chaos wherever they go. The creatures that make up the Mharoti forces are powerful and frightful, ranging from deadly kobold …

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Dragon Talk Podcast: Electric Beastaloo

By Kobold Staff / June 23, 2017 June 22, 2017 / Articles, interview

Wolfgang drops in with the Wizards crew at Dragon Talk to chat about Tome of Beasts. Go listen to your favorite Kobold-in-Chief talk about your favorite topic (monsters) in the latest podcast. The creative team is hard at work on Tome of Beasts 2: Electric Beastaloo, including Dan Dillon, James Introcaso, Shawn Merwin, Steve Winter, …

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Terrors of the Dragon Empire: Scorpion Assassin

By James J. Haeck / June 12, 2017 June 11, 2017 / Articles, Terrors of the Dragon Empire

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Tome of Beasts Pawns Now Available

By Kobold Staff / May 23, 2017 May 23, 2017 / Articles

A Horde of New 5th Edition Monsters—as Playable Pawns Fully 300 pawns for your 5th Edition game featuring fearsome new monsters from the Tome of Beasts, from tiny to huge! Pawn stands not included, but readily available from FFG, Paizo, and local hobby stores.

Terrors of the Dragon Empire: Wyvern Knight

By James J. Haeck / May 15, 2017 May 15, 2017 / Articles, Terrors of the Dragon Empire

The Dragon Empire is a fierce and unrelenting force, bringing to bear unique terrors to destroy all who stand in their way. Who can hope to survive such an onslaught? Wyvern Knight For centuries, Midgard’s many realms have been safeguarded by knights on horseback, their advanced mobility and powerful steeds cutting through infantry lines like …

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5E Tome of Beasts on Hero Lab Now Available

By Kobold Staff / April 17, 2017 February 4, 2022 / Announcements, Articles

A Horde of New 5th Edition Monsters Whether you need dungeon vermin or a world-shaking personification of evil, the Tome of Beasts has it. More than 400 new foes for your 5th Edition game-everything from tiny drakes and peculiar spiders, to demon lords and ancient dragons. This is one book you won’t want to miss!

Actual Play: Corpse Mound in “The Last of the Direwish”

By Christopher Grey / February 13, 2017 February 13, 2017 / Articles

What have we done? The following is a dramatic reenactment of actual play. The role of the corpse mound was played by the corpse mound from the Tome of Beasts. No actual players were harmed during this session, though both PCs and NPCs gave their lives. The half-orc Zazuk stared before the party as they …

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Out of the Frying Pan: Eyes of the Iron Spike

By James J. Haeck / December 5, 2016 December 4, 2016 / Articles, Out of the Frying Pan

Encounters have consequences. Every slain bandit has friends who will want revenge, and every devil banished back to the Eleven Hells reports its failure to its Dark Lord. What happens when the PCs’ daring deeds come back to bite them? The following encounter chains are more than just random encounters. Each conflict flows organically into …

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Out of the Frying Pan: Demons on the River Argent

By James J. Haeck / October 17, 2016 September 27, 2016 / Articles, Out of the Frying Pan

Encounters have consequences. Every slain bandit has friends who want revenge, and every devil banished back to the Eleven Hells reports its failure to its Dark Lord. What happens when the PCs’ daring deeds come back to bite them? The following encounter chains are more than just random encounters. Each conflict flows organically into the …

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Preview of Tome of Beasts: Selang

By Kobold Staff / October 10, 2016 November 29, 2016 / Announcements, Articles, Front Page, Monsters

“Weird, ear-bending harmonies on alien pipes.” Why am I not surprised that Azathoth’s pipers are fey? This monster hates you! Or rather, it loves to bring you pain. (We’re not ready to be a tribute yet!) The selang was designed for mana-blasted wastelands, deep, whispering groves, and stony deserts haunted by ghosts. Ghosts that hate you. And the …

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Out of the Frying Pan: The Streets of Zobeck

By James J. Haeck / October 3, 2016 September 27, 2016 / Articles, Out of the Frying Pan

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Preview of Tome of Beasts: Loxoda

By Kobold Staff / August 18, 2016 August 18, 2016 / Announcements, Articles, Front Page, Monsters

There’s a reason why kobold mine entrances are so small. I mean, who wants to get stepped on in their own mine? Is that an ogre? Or an elephant? Yup. Meet the loxoda. They trample, stomp, and maul, and they’re huge. And they come in herds. Huge trampling herds! This was designed by Ryan Shatford with art by Bryan Syme for the Tome …

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Book of Lairs is Now Available

By Kobold Staff / August 9, 2016 August 9, 2016 / Announcements, Featured, Front Page

Want to run a short scenario on the fly? Need to fill in a missing encounter in your current campaign? Want to roll initiative right now…?! The Book of Lairs and the Book of Lairs Map Pack have just released and are available in the Kobold store. This product brings you 24 monster lairs, each a little different and complete with a short adventure, including …

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Preview of Tome of Beasts: Rime Worm

By Kobold Staff / August 7, 2016 August 8, 2016 / Announcements, Articles, Front Page, Monsters

Do you know what it’s like to clean up “ice and rotting flesh” from the mines? And nothing ever really gets that smell out. I mean, it just gets in your nose, and you just keep smelling it everywhere you go. Bleccch! As far as guard dogs go, you really can’t beat massive elementals that fling …

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Preview of Tome of Beasts: Mithral Dragon

By Kobold Staff / July 14, 2016 August 5, 2016 / Announcements, Articles, Front Page, Monsters

As we kobolds are fond of joking: “Dragon!!!” But seriously, mithral? Where’s the candy floss dragon? Like staying alive isn’t hard enough already. The mithral dragon spits metal shards. That’s how badass [and completely metal \m/] they are. This shiny partykiller was originally designed by Mike McArtor and updated to 5E for the Tome of Beasts by Chris Harris with art …

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