Wicked Fantasy: Elves: Guardians of the Wood

Man’s first encounter with the elves was the source of what historians would later call “the Great Forest Wars.” Lumber was essential to building the Kingdom of Men and when they reached the deep forests of the world, they found the elves waiting for them.

The Wars lasted an entire generation but eventually ended with the elves seeking peace.

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Wicked Fantasy: Gobowins: The World's Worst Blessing

Nobody ever kills a goblin. Better to break seventy-seven mirrors than kill a goblin. That's because goblins -- tiny little green creatures barely taller than a human child -- have the world's worst blessing. Bad luck. The worst kind of luck. And they can throw it...

They are tricksters and con artists, merchants and travelers. The one race that looks absolutely helpless, but may be one...   [click here for more]

Wicked Fantasy: Orks: Children of Pain

Come closer to the fire, child. Come closer, listen and I will tellyou how we murdered the gods...Wicked Fantasy began as a series of articles in Kobold QuarterlyMagazine reinventing the "standard races" in fantasy roleplaying. Now,those same articles have been expanded and revised (five times theiroriginal size!) and fit with the PATHFINDER Roleplaying Game.

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Wicked Fantasy: The Reign of Men

“If we only contemplate on what we are, we will never see what we may become. Philosophy is the beginning of action, not the whole of it.”

— Valir Severin, The Philosophies

Wicked Fantasy began as a series of articles in Kobold Quarterly Magazine reinventing the "standard races" in fantasy roleplaying. Now, those same articles have been expande...   [click here for more]

Wicked Fantasy: Uvandir: The Pride of Craftsmen

Why did the haffuns go to meet humanity first? To sweeten us up for the uvandir.

-- common human joke

If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. They stand four feet tall, just up to your waist, but they’re just as wide. Like square bricks. They have big, thick beards and eyes as wide as saucers. And their hands... hands big enough to hold your head. Ha...   [click here for more]