Kobold Press posts
Big Monsters Headed This Way
The theme of our next Warlock booklet is big Boss Monsters! And there's some fun ones from CR 3 to CR 27 coming, as you can see in the Sneak Peek of the Table of Contents posted above.This booklet should reach backers in November, so make some room in your dungeons for the big 'uns!
New Double Lair: Sing Us a Song!
Sometimes bards are creatures of whimsy and merriment. Sometimes they are unspeakable horrors that need to be put down!This new double Lair by Jeff Lee takes the darker path, with memorable results. A new monster and a new adventure for 7th level PCs in Zobeck makes this a great addition to the Warl...
LAIR: Some Wizards Just Want to be Adored
Everyone wants to be loved, even strange little wizards in small villages. This double adventure for 5th level PCs by Hannah Rose and James Haeck starts out simple enough, and builds into a deeper mystery with a little prodding from the heroes.Dear patrons, this adventure is all yours with code LUBQ...
Tick Tock: It's Warlock O'Clock
The time is now for Clockwork locations, companion clockwork animals, and rules material in the newest Warlock booklet, which mailed out to print backers last week and which is now available in PDF for all backers!Cover art is by the ever-amazing Justine Jones, who has a fantastic set of prints, shi...
Tick Tock, Time for Table of Contents Reveal
The next booklet is just about ready to print! And the topic is clockwork, a location of great importance to the gear goddess, a very strange disease, and a medley of mechanical wonders by Sarah Madsen and Greg Marks.This is a 32-page booklet, going out to you in early September, dear patrons.
The Dark Aerie Lair Now Available
Things get sketchy quickly out in the Wastes. This adventure brings together three dangerous strands: an enchantress of the shadow fey, two distinct werecreatures, and the Demon Lord of Night.You probably should not open it. Much too dangerous.Though we know you are made of stern stuff, and so, if w...
Warlock Lairs Come to Fantasy Grounds
Hey patrons,I'm extremely happy to announce that the fine folks at Fantasy Grounds have converted the first twenty (yes, 20) Warlock Lairs into Fantasy Grounds format! If you use that virtual tabletop, you know it can save you a ton of prep time for online games.Armtwisting for the WinThis alone...
Warlock Minus the "Lock" Part
To the barricades! Usually the wizards and spellslingers grab the glory, but this time out we're getting martial. With 6 martial subclasses, new mercenary backgrounds, 8 new creatures, and lost battle magic spells and items, this is one of our largest zines to date (and thanks entirely to your s...
Table of Contents: War & Battle
The next zine came together quickly, and is LOADED with martial elements and the detritus of battle. With designers Kelly Pawlik and Brian Suskind going in-depth on subclasses, martial options, gear, and some of the lore of the companies of the Seven Cities, there's something for everyone who st...
Double Size Lair: Reclamation of Harrowhall
It's our first double-sized Warlock Lair, for 9th level characters and designed by Jeff Lee, and included for all patrons at the $3 tier and up. This one uses a much, MUCH larger map from Dyson Logos than our prior Lairs, plus it features a new monster and an excellent villain. All that adds up ...
Poll: City Gazetteer
The Zobeck Gazetteer exists and gets a lot of use, but one city book is not enough. We're debating doing a second city book or smaller supplements on various important cities. The question is where, of course, so we're asking you, dear patrons. Comments welcome as well!
Moving to Double-Size Lairs
This June brought the finale for the second Warlock Lair trilogy, and it's a good time to take stock of the series. After 37 installments, we're making some improvements to the format, starting in July. Here's what's coming: Designers will be using larger Dyson Logos maps in future W...
The Flock is Complete
Kelly Pawlik's "Fowl Play" trilogy is complete with the release of this newest Lair, for 3rd level characters. It brings together the return of a familiar villain with new twisted creatures.Grab your copy from the Kobold Press Store and use code F347H3R5 at checkout today; the patron dis...
Magic of the Runes, Power of the Axe
This time out, the Warlock booklet features so much great stuff--32 pages worth! We'll mention the gloriously detailed cover art by the amazing Justine Jones, magic spells and items by Wolfgang Baur, a renegade crew of Wotan's Warriors by Hannah Rose, airships and arquebusses by Ashley Warre...
Beards and Mayhem: Dwarves Sighted!
Yes, the topic for the upcoming Warlock booklet is the dwarves in all their gruff wisdom and deep wells of courage, inventiveness, and gift! This one includes details of uniquely dwarven gear, airships, warhorns and war magic, plus NPCs and even new weapons unique to the Cantons and the Northlands!T...
Lair Download: Run Like Hell
A Warlock Lair loaded with nasty gnomes seems like a treat, especially when you add in a diabolical cult and infernal centaurs! We are happy to share this wild one-shot by designer Mike Welham, for 6th level characters out on the plains and grasslands.Download your copy today using code 3ViLNoM3S on...
Lair: Rumble in the Henhouse
A continuation of Fowl Play, with a bit of a road trip and a MOST remarkable rooster, the Rumble in the Henhouse is perfect for 2nd level characters and a great Dyson Logos map, as always. Designer Kelly Pawlik expands on and continues the thread of Fowl Play.To download your copy before November 30...
New Lair & a Swamp of Knowledge
A hidden library resurfaces, and adventurers are needed to investigate what might remain after years of magical obscurity.This adventure for 5th level PCs works well in any swamp and is yours, dear patrons, with code SCR0LLZ until July 31 at the Kobold Press Store!Let us know what you think of this ...
Treasure Vaults PDF
The time for loot has come! This time around we examine treasures and the vaults, chambers, and labyrinths that contain and protect those treasures, with the finest treasures of Perunalia and multiple forms of vaults.We're also happy to celebrate our first cover by Pedro Potier (but surely not t...
Table of Contents: Treasure Vaults!
The next booklet is at the printer, and our theme is Treasure Vaults! Here's the Table of Contents; printed booklets ship out to patrons later this month.
Fowl Play Found
A great little bit of mayhem in this one, with family troubles, magical livestock, and a few great setups for discovery. Find out what's REALLY going on in Fowl Play, 1 new Warlock lair for 1st level characters by designer Kelly Pawlik.Patrons at the $3 tier and up, please use code SQW4K before ...
Shadows Gather in Every Room
The Warlock team has basically been in love with shadow magic and the planes of Shadow since... Well, since Gary Gygax made them part of D&D back when. Now the Shadow Realm is the main course for our second Special Edition PDF! (The first one was the Warlock Bestiary).Honored backers at the $5 level...
Final Feast, Concluding the Pigs Trilogy
This Southlands trilogy of adventures started with a bright Arabian Nights vibe and went a wee bit dark by the end... as you'll discover when you download your copy of Madgit's Story! You may also discover a familiar spell updated for 5th Edition.Use code D4RKF3AST for this one, before it ex...
Pigs and Problems
We said we were aiming for 3 Lairs this month, so let's get that STARTED!!The shapeshifting mayhem in Per-Bastet continues with Part 2 of the Pigs Trilogy. Armina is the second daughter to rescue, and ogres in a fez may be involved (ok, they definitely are involved).Patrons, get your copy with c...
March Madness
This month we're going a bit overboard. We noticed that we shipped just one Warlock Lair in February, and that is not sufficient!To make up for it we're shipping 3 Warlock Lairs in March if we possibly can, PLUS the Guide to the Shadow Realm for the $5+ patrons.Somewhere in the middle of tha...
New Lair of Pigs & Polymorphs
We return to the city of Per-Bastet on a market day, when magic runs amok and someone is transforming people into pigs.... Just before the evening sacrifices. This adventure for 3rd level characters dives right into the action, with design by Richard Pett and cover by Karl Waller. Grab your copy, de...
Booklet 10: Magic Rules the Land
The 10th and largest and most magical of all Warlock booklets to date is NOW HERE, and arriving in the mailboxes of patrons! This fills our withered, arcane-infused remains with joy here in the kobold warrens, where some lich-king is currently visiting.To download your patron copy, use code 4RC4N3 i...
Table of Contents: Monsters Foul & Treasures Fine
The magocracies are the section of Midgard with some of the oldest and richest magic, items, and campaign lore. So it's with great pleasure that I can share the Table of Contents for the Larry Elmore issue of Warlock. With mages, monsters, magic items, and a new subclass, these 40 celebratory pa...
To the Temple of Surtur!
A new high-level lair, for 12th level character! The Beacon at the Top of the World is loosely connected with the two earlier Northlands adventures by Mike Welham, and is now available for patrons to download. The code is Ragnaroll and the code expires on May 30, 2019, so grab it before it disappear...
Map Links for Eight Lairs
Patron Doug P wondered about the VTT links for Clattering Keep and other early Lairs. And its true, our layout and links have evolved since those early days (the newer lairs all include the link in the PDF).So as a convenience, here's the links for the VTT map downloads on those first few Lairs....























