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The World is Ready. Are You?
Midgard is lost in an age of war: of dark wilderness, and lost empires sunk beneath the waves.
Only magic and the warmth of hope keeps lights aglow when dread things prowl, and priestly wardings tremble and bend before the fury of demonic rage.
In this dark time, new heroes must arise to claim the crowns of Midgard, and restore the jewels to her sca... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$49.99 $19.99
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The Essential Elements for Building a World
Roleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms, Glorantha, Narnia, R'lyeh, Middle-Earth, Barsoom, and so many more. It took startling leaps of imagination as well as careful thought and planning to create places like these: places that readers and players want to come back to again and again.... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$19.99 $12.99
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Kobold Quarterly is the scrappy little magazine of Open Design, a tiny journal that covers the world's premiere roleplaying game and the world's best fantasy adventures.
Each issue is written by the industry's best, including many well-known RPG designers from Ed Greenwood to Wolfgang Baur. Each features full-color art by fantasy artists new and familiar.
Kobold Quar... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$5.99 $4.49
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Can Kobold Count?
It might seem that a quarterly would ship four issues a year, but no! Kobold Quarterly ships its first Annual with this issue, which includes:
The Truth about Tieflings by their creator, David "Zeb" Cook
New Blood Magic
Codes of Conduct for Paladins
Fortunetelling in Zobeck
...and an interview with designer Monte Cook!... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$5.99 $4.49
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Scales, claws, and elemental dragon magic!
From the coin swarm to the wyvern's sting, this is an astonishing collection of feats, spells, and exotic animals and dragon magic for Pathfinder RPG--ready to customize any PC from the exotic lands of the dragon bazaars!
The Dragon Empire region is the exotic land of a conquering Sultana, a land of ele... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$9.99 $4.99
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Fall In, Soldier! Plunder and Glory Await!
In Midgard’s Seven Cities, war is embraced and celebrated as nowhere else. The armies of its republics march every spring, looking for conquest, plunder, and glory. Warriors come to the cities to take their coin as mercenaries, and many have seized a lord’s title. The oracle who keeps a god in chains, the merchant-assassins of Caple... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$9.99 $4.99
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Weird horror and forbidden sorcery!
Once the height and center of human civilization, the Wasted West was brought low by hubris and alien wizardry. Now all that remains are the wind-scoured bones of mighty cities and their doomed citizens. Only the bravest, most reckless or most desperate adventurers dare to face its dangers…which is, of course, where you come in.... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$9.99 $4.99
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Kobold Quarterlyis the scrappy little magazine of Open Design, a tiny journal that covers the world's premiere roleplaying game from the gamer's perspective.
The second issue includes articles by Ed Greenwood, Nicolas Logue, Skip Williams, Wolfgang Baur, and Jeff Grubb, among others. It features full-color art by fantasy artists new and familiar.
Kobold Quarterly gives yo... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$5.99 $4.49
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Award-winning tales of adventure chosen by Open Design patrons!
A city of wonders, and a city of corruption and despair. Zobeck is home to gypsies, kobolds, powerful guilds and seductive devils, a crossroads city where the people of all corners of the compass come to barter, cheat, and deal.
Tales of Zobeck features eight adventures for OGL/3E gaming, inclu... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$19.99
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Advanced Feats: Might of the Magus
Might of the Magus brings you feats of swordsmanship and spellcraft, expanding the range of this already versatile class.
Created by Complete Advanced Feats author Sigfried Trent, this 16-page book includes:
An insightful breakdown of the magus class
30 new feats for the Magus including Adrenalin Surge, Dancing Strike, an... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$3.99
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The Secrets of the Alchemist gives you insight into the alchemist class and the tools to make an exciting character that is a "blast" to play. Created by Sigfried Trent, this 12-page book includes:
A breakdown of the Alchemist class from the Advanced Player's Guide
30 new feats for alchemists, such as Bottoms Up, Fire in the Hole, Primeval Fur... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$3.99
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The Cavalier's Creed rides forth to battle with an array of new feats for the knightly cavalier and his faithful steed!
Created by Sigfried Trent, this 16-page book includes:
A short breakdown of the Cavalier class
30 new feats for the Cavalier including Back to Back, Move as One, and Size Doesn't Matter
3 Cavalier character builds: the Green Knight,... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$3.99
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The Inquisitor's Edge equips this new class to go forth and kick tail for the gods! The inquisitor is incredibly well rounded with strong combat potential, an arsenal of skill options, and a versatile selection of spells. This volume of the Advanced Feats series gives players plenty of options that take advantage of the inquisitor's unique strengths to create an effective and memora... [click here for more] |
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$3.99
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The Summoner's Circle conjures forth a slavering horde of new feats and behind-the-screen insights into the most complicated and inspired new class in the Pathfinder line up.
Created by Sigfried Trent, this 19-page book includes:
A breakdown of the summoner class
30 new feats for summoners including Cannibalistic Casting, Giant Step, and Unstable Evolutions... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$3.99
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The Witch's Brew mixes together a cauldron full of feats and builds to create a witch character for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game that evokes the awe and dread of medieval folklore.
Created by Sigfried Trent, this 14-page book includes:
A breakdown of the Witch class
30 new feats for witches including Craft Magic Tattoo, Usurp Spell and Familiar Reincarnation
Witch ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$3.99
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Continuing the popular Advanced Feats series, Visions of the Oracle takes a deeper look at this spontaneous divine class and offers 30 game-tested feats, 3 rock-solid chaaracter builds, plus a class overview, analysis, and designer commentary.
Created by Sigfried Trent, this 17-page book includes:
A short breakdown of the Oracle class
30 new feats for the O... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$3.99
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Alleys of Zobeck is a 17-page collection of additional NPCs, locations, and magic for urban adventure expands any city adventure or adventure path with additional NPCs, locations, and magic.
Alleys of Zobeck includes the Rampant Roach — possibly the vilest tavern in fantasy — plus the Lust domain and granted powers for priestesses of the Red Goddess, plus much ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$2.99
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The Bonus Bestiary for D&D is here, expanding on the Midgard Bestiary for D&D with 12 additional monsters and foes drawn from Open Design's award-winning adventures and sourcebooks!
In these pages lurk some of the greatest monsters that Open Design has unleashed on players over the last five years - ready to deploy in your D&D adventures. All are core fantasy creatures desig... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$2.99
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Put the dragon back into your dungeon!Want to unleash a dragon on your players, but the PCs aren't high-level enough yet? You don't have to wait any longer. The Book of Drakes lets you bring the most iconic monster in fantasy into your Pathfinder Roleplaying Game today. Strange and wondrous creatures lurk among the further branches of ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$9.99 $6.99
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The Essential Resource for All Pathfinder RPG Players
The perfect companion to the Advanced Player's Guide, this collection provides 180 feats, 18 character builds, and a deep well of advice on playing the 6 new Pathfinder RPG classes: alchemist, cavalier, inquisitor, oracle, summoner, and witch..
Created by Sigfried Trent, this 80-page book includes:
A brea... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.99 $9.99
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Got Questions About RPG Design? Wolfgang Baur, Monte Cook, Ed Greenwood, Michael Stackpole, and other industry veterans have the answers you asked for...and the advice you need!
Get ready to create great new adventures, monsters and magic for your RPG campaign! The Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design offers 240 pages of in-depth essays on what makes RP... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$39.99 $19.99
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Friends or Foes? A Game of Shifting Dangers
The Shadow Fey arrive and turn the city upside down — and their ambassador demands that the player characters explain themselves, for interfering in a legitimate assassination!
So begins the looking-glass adventure that takes Paragon-tier adventurers to the Plane of Shadows, from levels 12 to 15, for an adventure unlike any other!... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$24.95 $14.95
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Friends or Foes? A Game of Shifting Dangers
The Shadow Fey are here, and they’ve turned the city upside down. Now their ambassador demands that the player characters explain themselves, for interfering in a perfectly legitimate assassination!
So begins this fan-favorite adventure from award-winning designers Wolfgang Baur and Ben McFarland that takes adventurers from Midgard&rsqu... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$24.99 $12.99
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The Outer Planes Beckon!
"Dark Roads and Golden Hells is one hell of an achievement… or perhaps eleven of them. Every chapter offers a world of ideas, every paragraph a vision. Open this to any page, and see if it doesn't draw you in. Open Design has created a dazzlingly worthy successor to the Planescape legacy."
- Colin McComb, Planescape designer... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$24.99 $9.99
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The Defenders of Midgard sourcebook for D&D is here, expanding the world of Midgard!
With 7 new themes including the Clockwork Mage, Corsair, Emissary, Midgard Elementalist, Pantheist Priest, Planewalker, and Siege Mage, there's lots of new builds and options that work especially well in the Midgard Campaign Setting.
... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$9.99 $4.99
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Divine Favor: the Cleric
The cleric has a vital yet complex role within a party: healer, wizard, fighter, and bane of the undead. Divine Favor: the Cleric is an invaluable resource to anyone wanting to play one of the oldest character classes in fantasy roleplaying.
Designed by Stefen Styrsky with additional design by Wolfgang Baur, Divine Favor: the Cleric ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$4.99 $3.99
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Divine Favor: the Druid
Designed by Stefen Styrsky and developed by Sigfried Trent and Wolfgang Baur, Divine Favor: the Druid gives an in-depth exploration of the druid class and useful advice on making the most of it.
The second in the Divine Favor series covering cleric, druid, paladin, inquisitor and oracle, this volume includes:
New domain... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$4.99 $3.99
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Divine Favor: the Inquisitor
While other divine character classes are busy healing, defending and supporting allies, the lone-wolf inquisitor is on the offensive, busting heads with ruthless efficiency and grim zeal. How best to take advantage of this unusual class? Divine Favor: the Inquisitor has the answers.
Designed by Stefen Styrsky, Divine Favor: the Inqui... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$4.99 $3.99
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Divine Favor: the Oracle
A combination of curse and mystery makes the oracle the most unique and versatile class in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Divine Favor: the Oracle provides players with new options for getting the most out of this foreteller of the doom of heroes and the fates of empires.
Designed by Stefen Styrsky with additional design by Wolfgang Baur,... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$4.99 $3.99
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Divine Favor: the Paladin
Designed by Stefen Styrsky and developed by Sigfried Trent and Wolfgang Baur, Divine Favor: the Paladin gives an in-depth exploration of the paladin class and useful advice on making the most of it.
The first in the Divine Favor series covering cleric, druid, paladin, inquisitor and oracle, this 20-page volume includes:
Alternate cl... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$4.99 $3.99
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Visit the heights of the Ironcrag Mountains, where dwarves master rune magic, forge powerful new magic, and keep dark secrets in fraternal societies.
More than taciturn miners and miserly smiths, the dwarves of Zobeck have a richly varied culture that includes slavers, secretive orders, and magical blades containing the souls of the dead.
The Dwarves of the Ironcrags Gazetteer de... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$15.95 $7.99
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Berserker madness has overtaken designers Dan Voyce and Chris Harris! This is a supplement to the Northlands volume.
This 8-page PDF includes:
Ten dangerous guests at the feast
Adventures at the Thing
Reskinned Magic
New Artifacts
New Wondrous Items
Reskinned Monsters
Three new monsters: the Frostveil, the Sea Wolf, and the Lindwurm!
Open Design is a tr... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$1.99
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Long has an elemental sect of dragonkin sought to free the dreaded Isonade, fury of the deep. Should the leviathan come, all but those sworn to its service shall drown beneath the waves.
Written for PCs of levels 16-20.
Written using monsters from the Midgard Bestiary for 4th Edition D&D, this short adventure offers a mix of tactical combat and problem-solving, as t... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$1.99
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The Imperial GazetteerVampires and spectral knights long ago claimed the country of Morgau & Doresh as their own, leaving the ghouls their empire deep beneath the earth. Both are fully detailed in this volume by award-winning Open Designers Wolfgang Baur and Scott Gable.
Travel deep within the palatial crypts of deep realms where death fears to tread. This gazetteer provides ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.95 $9.95
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Vampires and spectral knights long ago claimed the country of Morgau & Doresh as their own, leaving the ghouls their empire deep beneath the earth. Both realms are fully detailed in this volume by award-winning Open Designers Wolfgang Baur and Scott Gable.
Travel deep within the palatial crypts of deep realms of undeath and learn the secrets of the vampire-princes and the ghoul empe... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.95 $9.99
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Learn the Secrets, Survive the Mountains
The Iron Gazetteer provides a primer on the history and loreof the cantons, and a handbook for heroism that includes:
• Descriptions of all the dwarvencantons-even those fallen into ruin.• An overview of dwarven society.• New races and class builds.• Paragon paths, and epic destiny.• Perils of the Ironcrag ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$15.95 $5.96
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Leave the Known Lands Behind!
From lead designers Ben McFarland (2012 Gold ENnie Award winner for Best Adventure) and Christina Stiles comes an eight-island, five-adventure anthology of exploration and swashbuckling encounters with the unknown.
Compatible with the Pathfinder RPG, Journeys to the West expands the Midgard Campaign Setting across the sea,... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$24.99 $14.99
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Monsters and Mayhem!
Everyone loves the Ecology articles in Kobold Quarterly magazine; they're a look at things from the monstrous side of the fence, with nasty DM tricks and great story elements to inspire DMs to greatness. But we can only publish one in each issue.... Until now.
KOBOLD Ecologies is a massive book of monster love. It heaps on a pile of new ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$9.99
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Pull up a chair and see how the world's top game designers roll.
You want your games to be many things: Creative. Innovative. Playable. Fun. If you're a designer, add "published" to that list.The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design gives you an insider's view on how to make a game that people will want to play again and again. Author Mike Sel... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$14.95 $9.99
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Ever wondered what it takes to make it as a freelancer?
Want to improve your homebrew adventures? The KOBOLD Guide to Game Design distills years of professional experience into a collection of design wisdom that can improve your game and vastly increase your odds of selling a magazine article, adventure, or complete game design.
Includes tips from Keith Baker, Wolfgang B... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.95 $14.95
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Game Design Secrets You Need to Know!The practical side of success as a game designer is revealed in these dozen essays by two professionals, including
How to pitch your work
How to survive a killer deadline,
How to make an impression with magic items
How to set up a mystery.
Learn what makes a good playtest,
What makes a design matter to a wide audience,
And many more!
<>... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.99 $9.99
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Marster the art of game design! The Kobold Guide to Game Design Volume III: Tools &Techniques goes even deeper into the territory of professional design with a dozen essays by an all-star lineup of industry veterans including:
Award-winning designer and publisher Wolfgang Baur
3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons designer Monte Cook
4th Edition Dungeons... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.95 $14.95
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Some of you may be familiar with the time-honored tradition of "going to 11." Well, KQ is right there with its latest issue. Kobold Quarterly #11 is loaded with things that go right up to the edge, and then one more.
Don't believe us? Here's a sampling of the just-a-little-more philosophy at work:
1) An awesome Ecology of the Vampire.... 2) ....plus a ... [click here for more] |
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The Winter issue of Kobold Quarterly is 50% bigger than last issue, with stunning cover art by Cris Griffin.
With all that extra room, there are a lot more articles as well, including:
an interview with Ed Greenwood that covers novels, sex, and gaming
"The Ecology of the Lich" by Richard Pett
"Hardboiled Adventure" by Keith Baker
"Star ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
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The latest Kobold Quarterly features the Ecology of the Cloaker, a mithral dragon, and an angel who has literally been through hell. Just for starters.
There's also new gnomes, worthwhile feats for fighters, the gangs of Zobeck, a new method of monster generation, Lessons from Arabia, drunken fey, and the popular Ask the Kobold rules advice from the sage S... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
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Exclusive 4th Edition Interview<o:p></o:p>
We asked the designers of the 4th Edition Player’s Handbook for D&D a few pointed questions—and got the inside scoop! This issue’s interview covers design goals, favorite games, and upcoming releases, plus their suggestions for character conversion from 3rd Edition!
Plus:
the... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
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The Fall issue of Kobold Quarterly features horror, roguery, and insanity, plus a 4th Edition-compatible D&D article.
Official PATHFINDER Monsters of Osirion
The black art of undead creation for D&D spellcasters,
An interview with Call of Cthulhu and Quake designer Sandy Petersen,
Gunpowder Magic
A Guide to Dwarven Airships
and a special section o... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
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KOBOLD QUARTERLY Magazine #8
The mysteries of ink magic, the power of extradimensional monster,and the joy of bar brawls -- KQ8 has it all! Plus, this issue features articles on medieval medicine, an Ecology of the Golem, an indestructible new PC race, and we even provide dozens of warlord battle cries for the 4E gamers. Not to mention the interview with R.A. Salvatore, th... [click here for more] |
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Kobold Quarterly #9 features an interview that unfortunately is sad and all-too-timely: the last interview with Dave Arneson. Also of interest:
Monte Cook launches a new column, Game Theories
We take a look at the classic bat-demon, Camazotz
Our first dual-stat 3E/4E article offers up the Maedar as a PC race
A reader request for a Kitsune race for ... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
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The big 1-0! Double digits! Yes, Kobold Quarterly hits the big Roman numeral X with the Summer issue, which features:
Ed Greenwood's Dwarven Goddess
Exclusive: full Pathfinder RPG Shadowdancer class
Secrets of the Gelantinous Cube
Wicked Fantasy: Twisted Halflings
Ecology of the Hill Giant
Monte Cook's Game Theories
And rampant Elf Lust
This issue is packed wi... [click here for more] |
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$5.99 $3.59
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