Jeff Grubb

Wolfgang Baur

Scott Hungerford

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. Now, eleven of adventure gaming's top designers come together to share their insights into building worlds that gamers will never forget. Learn the secrets of designing a pantheon, creating a setting that provokes conflict, determining which historical details are necessary, and so much more. Take that creative leap, and create dazzling worlds of your own! Essays by Wolfgang Baur, Keith Baker, Monte Cook, Jeff Grubb, Scott Hungerford, David "Zeb" Cook, Chris Pramas, Jonathan Roberts, Michael A. Stackpole, Steve Winter, with an introduction by Ken Scholes. NOMINATED FOR TWO ENNIE AWARDS: Best Writing and Best RPG-Related Book Praise for Prior Kobold Design Guides "Highly recommended for gaming nerds everywhere." --CityBookReview.com "If you're an aspiring pro this book is a must. If you're a rules hacker like me, this stuff is solid gold." --Berin Kinsman, UncleBear Media "A fantastic collection ... A solid 5 star rating." --Joshua Guillion, AdventureAWeek.com "An amazing collection ... from some of the best designers and writers creating role-playing game material today." --Brian Fitzpatrick, BlogCritics.org

Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding

Richard Pett

Nicolas Logue

James Jacobs

Greg A. Vaughan

Steve Greer

Pathfinder's classic first Adventure Path campaign now available in softcover! In the sleepy coastal town of Sandpoint, evil is brewing. An attack by crazed goblins reveals the shadows of a forgotten past returning to threaten the town--and perhaps all of Varisia. The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins with this goblin raid and takes players on an epic journey through the land of Varisia as they track a cult of serial killers, fight backwoods ogres, stop an advancing army of stone giants, delve into ancient dungeons, and finally face off against a wizard-king in his ancient mountaintop city. This hardcover compilation updates the fan-favorite campaign to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game rules with revised and new content in more than 400 pages packed with mayhem, excitement, and adventure! Revised and updated 5 years after its original publication, this new edition expands the original campaign with new options and refined encounters throughout, incorporating years of community feedback!

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition Pocket Edition

Frank Mentzer

Michael A. Stackpole

Ed Greenwood

Lisa Stephens

Jason Bulmahn

Keith Baker

Chris Pramas

Richard Baker

Erik Mona

Tim Hitchcock

F. Wesley Schneider

James L. Sutter

Sean K. Reynolds

Discover the ancient secrets of The Emerald Spire, a gigantic dungeon brimming with incredible danger and phenomenal mysteries! With 16 levels designed by a who's-who of gaming legends, including best-selling author Ed Greenwood, gaming icon Frank Mentzer, and Paizo's most prominent veterans, The Emerald Spire takes players on a deadly delve into the depths of this mysterious dungeon, its ancient levels each impaled by a mysterious green crystal. Starting at 1st level, novice adventures will rise from facing goblins and deadly traps to high-level battles with the clockwork soldiers of a lost empire and even a forgotten master of creation. Designed to be a complete dungeon-delving campaign, Pathfinder Module: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon features seven new monsters, a detailed description of the nearby settlement of Fort Inevitable, and the history of the Spire and the surrounding territory, which features prominently in the new Pathfinder Online massively multiplayer online game. A hardcover, 16-level, Pathfinder mega-dungeon designed for characters level 1-13.

The Emerald Spire Superdungeon

Pathfinder Module

Steve Winter

James J. Haeck

Fight the Monster in its Den... If You Dare! Book of Lairs brings you 24 great monster lairs for 5th Edition play of the world's greatest roleplaying game! Each of these exciting and unusual battlegrounds comes with a complete short adventure, including a hook, area hazards, tactics, and treasures. Stage your 5th Edition fights in unforgettable locations like: Alchemist's Guildhall Necromancer's Cistern Den of the Rotten Kings Lost Halls of Everforge Citadel of the Void Dragon Tomb of the Scorpion Prince Imperial Ghoul Outpost Umbral Vampire Lair Sky Stairs of Beldestan And 15 more! Designed by some of the top names in the RPG industry, Book of Lairs is sure to add an aura of wonder and mystery to your game! Book of Lairs uses standard monstesr as well as surprising new creatures from teh Tome of Beasts, and both monster books are required for maximum playability. A DM's version of each lair map is included with numbered locations. An additional digital map pack is available from Kobold Press for use with a projector or for online play

Book of Lairs for 5th Edition

Richard Green

Tales of the Old Margreve takes your 5th Edition game deep into the ancient, magical forest, with new spells, monsters, magic items, and wondrous locations by Richard Green and Wolfgang Baur; a monster appendix by Jon Sawatsky and James Introcaso; and twelve challenging adventures for heroes level 1-10.

Tales of the Old Margreve

James Wyatt

Ari Marmell

Explore the battles, campaigns, and heroes of the Last War with this richly detailed Eberron campaign supplement, which includes a comprehensive outline of the course of the war, extensive new character options, a variety of campaign options, and detailed descriptions of military forces.

The Forge of War

Matt Wilson

Douglas Seacat

Brian Snoddy

Enter the city of Five Fingers at your own risk. Though it is a place of vibrant trade and rampant opportunity, it is also a haven for pirates, thieves, and dark cultists. One day you could be socializing with the political elite, and the next day you could be running for your life from enforcers demanding tribute. Five Fingers is an active port city filled with mystery, intrigue, and danger where an adventurer can make his fortune, build a criminal enterprise, or meet a dubious end.

Port of Deceit

Five Fingers

Face the River's Fury! In the small hamlet of Riverbend, the miller's wife is missing, and the locals suspect that the husband himself was involved. But all is far from what it seems. Ellessandra, the missing woman, is actually an elf from the Summer Lands. She came to live in the human settlement when the miller made a dangerous pact with the River King, the lands' powerful sidhe ruler. Now, the player characters must unravel the truth behind Ellessandra's disappearance, piece together the involvement of a young brownie-turned-fey-lord, and dive into the fey courts of the Summer Lands to stop a raid that would surely spell Riverbend's doom. All the while, Arthurian intrigue and mischief runs high among the fey lords and ladies in this mercurial, open-format adventure from acclaimed adventure designer Wolfgang Baur! This 5th Edition adventure for 4th- through 6th-level characters is full of hijinks and trickery, and fits nicely into any campaign setting in which fey are regal. Their courtly plots are dangerous and will test bold adventurers' skills to the limit!

Wrath of the River King for 5th Edition

Stephen S. Greer

The original Pathfinder Adventure Path returns in this complete hardcover edition celebrating five years of Pathfinder and 10 years of Paizo Publishing! Expanded and updated to the current Pathfinder RPG rules, this unprecedented collection brings together six classic Pathfinder adventures to create an entire campaign! The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins with a goblin attack and takes players on an epic journey through the land of Varisia as they track a cult of serial killers, fight depraved backwoods ogres, stop an advancing army of stone giants, delve deep into ancient dungeons to reclaim weapons of unbelievable power, and finally go up against an all-powerful wizard-king in his ancient mountaintop city. In more than 400 action-packed pages, this special anniversary edition expands the original campaign with new encounters throughout, incorporating five years of community feedback. New monsters, detailed locations, and tons of new art make the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path the most beautiful and elaborate campaign ever published for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game!

Rise of the Runelords

George Strayton

A complete guide to playing D&D in the ice and snow. This 4-color supplement begins a new series of releases that focus on how the environment can affect D&D gameplay in every capacity. Frostburn contains rules on how to adapt to hazardous cold-weather conditions, such as navigating terrain with snow and ice and surviving in bitter cold or harsh weather. There are expanded rules for environmental hazards and manipulation of cold weather elements, as well as new spells, feats, magic items, and prestige classes. New monsters associated with icy realms are included, as well as variants on current monsters. There is enough adventure material included for months of gameplay.

Mastering the Perils of Ice and Snow

Frostburn

Ben McFarland

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 adventurers to the Plane of Shadows. This inventive take on courtly combat and sandbox roleplaying includes: More than 60-location map of the Courts, fully detailed with 100+ NPCs More than 40 combat and roleplaying encounters Dozens of new monsters your players have never seen! Demon lovers and dangerous liaisons for those who seek them Jealous rivals, a quick-play dueling system, and the King and Queen of Shadows New Status system to track player character prestige Enter the world of shadows, and play the Pathfinder RPG on a whole new level! 120 pages of real action and adventure by Award-winning designers Wolfgang Baur and Ben McFarland A free PDF poster map of the Courts is also available on the Kobold Press site! "The adventure impressed me so much that I felt like I had to write my first review. Even though I knew it would be a solid adventure, I was unprepared for being wowed by it the way I was... I consider it a must-buy." -Review by Carlos Ovalle

Courts of the Shadow Fey

Doom of Daggerdale (AD&D/Forgotten Realms Module FRQ3) (Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting)

Driven to battle by a maniacal warlord, the once-peaceful Stone Giants of the Storval Plateau threaten to destroy the sleepy town of Sandpoint.

Fortress of the Stone Giants

Mike Welham

Jeff Lee

Kelly Pawlik

Christopher Lockey

Dark Motives and Darker Alliances Citizens of Zobeck are going missing. Catacombs beneath the urban abodes may have answers, but what lurks in them may not enjoy company... Rumors swirl of an unholy marriage between blood thirsty factions. As haunting dreams and prophetic utterances swell, the danger becomes clear. Such a union would be catastrophic... Who will uncover and stop these foul and ghoulish workings? Will your adventurers have the fortitude and ambition--or the greed and cunning--it takes to put a stop to them? Empire of the Ghouls is a complete adventure for characters level 1-13 for the 5th edition of the world's first RPG. You'll also find a gazetteer detailing the Ghoul Imperium in the depths of the Underworld--complete with map! --and appendices filled with new cults, creatures, magic items, and NPCs. Sharpen your blade and conjure magical light, and root out the foulness below the earth!

Empire of the Ghouls for 5th Edition

The silent footstep. The turn of a card. The glitter of a knife in the dark, and quiet kill. These are the tools of adventurers who live by their wits, deep in the shadows. But even skilled rogues adore and worship Lady Luck, who often holds the difference between success and failure.

The Book of Roguish Luck

FACE the RIVER'S FURY! In the small hamlet of Riverbend, the miller's wife is missing, and the locals suspect that the husband himself was involved. But all is far from what it seems. Ellessandra, the missing woman, is actually an elf from the Summer Lands. She came to live in the human settlement when the miller made a dangerous pact with the River King, the lands' powerful sidhe ruler. Now, the player characters must unravel the truth behind Ellessandra's disappearance, piece together the involvement of a young brownie turned-fey lord, and dive into the fey courts of the Summer Lands to stop a raid that would surely spell Riverbend's doom. All the while, Arthurian intrigue and mischief runs high among the fey lords and ladies in this mercurial, open-format adventure from acclaimed adventure designer Wolfgang Baur! This Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 4th- through 6th-level characters is full of hijinks and trickery, and fits nicely into any campaign setting in which fey are regal. Their courtly plots are dangerous and will test bold adventurers' skills to the limit!

A Pathfinder RPG Adventure for 4th-6th Level Characters

Wrath of the River King

Chris Harris

Dan Dillon

James Haeck

Jon Sawatsky

Jeremy Hochhalter

James Introcaso

A Rampage of New 5th Edition Monsters! DM: "A mysterious figure in a cloak approaches you in the tavern..." PALADIN: "Aha! This must be a wizard with a map to a dungeon!" DM: "...and he's ticking." ROGUE: "RUN!" Whether you need scuttling dungeon denizens, alien horrors, or sentient avatars of the World Tree, the Creature Codex has you covered! Nearly 400 new foes for your 5e game--everything from acid ants and grave behemoths to void giants and zombie lords. Creature Codex includes: * A dozen new demons, and five new angels * Wasteland dragons and dinosaurs * All-new golems, including the altar flame golem, doom golem, and keg golem * Monsters inspired by Mesoamerican, Hindustani, and Asian legends and folklore * Chieftains and other leaders for ratfolk, centaurs, goblins, trollkin, and more * New undead, including a heirophant lich suitable for lower-level characters (but plenty tough!) ...and much more! Use them in your favorite published setting, or populate the dungeons in a world of your own creation. Pick up Creature Codex and surprise your players with monsters they won't be expecting!

Creature Codex

Studien z. Spätwerk Robert Walsers

Sprache und Existenz

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 7th to 10th level adventurers to the Realm of Shadows. This inventive take on courtly combat and sandbox roleplaying includes: More than 60-location map of the Courts, fully detailed with 100+ NPCs More than 40 combat and roleplaying encounters Dozens of new monsters your players have never seen! Demon lovers and dangerous liaisons for those who seek them Jealous rivals, a quick-play dueling system, and the King and Queen of Shadows A Status system to track player character prestige--and new Status powers! Enter the world of shadows, and play the 5th Edition of the world's first roleplaying game on a whole new level! More than 140 pages of real action and adventure by designers Wolfgang Baur and Dan Dillon.

Courts of the Shadow Fey (5th Edition)

Ein markerschütternder Kampfschrei. Stahl auf Stahl. Der Gestank nach Rauch, Schlamm und Blut. Kampf! Im Kern jedes guten Abenteuers steckt der Konflikt, seien es nun der Schwertkampf eines verfluchten Ritters gegen einen halbelfischen Prinzen, die Abenteurergruppe, die sich dem Oger stellt oder die Armeen zweiter Nationen, die im Kampf um die Macht aufeinandertreffen. In diesem Buch schöpfen erfahrene und erfolgreiche Spielentwickler aus dem Vollen ihrer Erfahrung. Ihre Essays vermitteln Ihnen Wissen über Strategie und Taktik, Militärgeschichte und darüber, wie man Monster, Magie und Kriegsmaschinerie einsetzt, um einen Kampf spannender zu machen. Kurzum: Diese Profis verraten Ihnen, wie man wirklich tolle Kämpfe an und auf den Spieltisch bringt. Diese Buch enthält Essays von: Wolfgang Baur Ed Greenwood Jeff Grubb Rob Heinsoo Chris Pramas Elizabeth Ann Scarborough John A. Pitts & Ken Scholes Steve Winter u.v.m.

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