Troublemakers, sneaks, and feral foes are among the items designed by James Haeck and others in this issue of Warlock.
As with prior back issues, this is strictly first-come, first-served, and we suspect we'll run out of these moderately quickly. They are in the Kobold Press Store now (link fixed!).
Thank you for your support! 2020-08-06 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons, this zine is our largest to date, a full 40 pages, starting with the history and lore of Redtower and the Scarlet Citadel, continuing with the full writeup of the village of Redtower and its people (plus a two-page map), and concluding with a set of monsters promised in the Kobold Press blog, including the cecum devil, jack of strings, liminal drake, and more!
As a patron, you get your copy included! Use code SCARLETDOOM at the 2020-08-05 20:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The art for Warlock 20: Redtower is suitably epic, as you can see! The artist is Justine Jones, and the final art will be a wraparound cover shipping to print patrons in a couple weeks.
As is tradition with the round numbers, this zine will be a bit larger than usual as well, and of course the art will be fully rendered in inks. But a sketch does show you where we are headed...
And presto! Here are the Magnificent Sultans, and the yek demons, and the islands of Marea, and much more from the Mharoti Empire.
As with prior back issues, this is strictly first-come, first-served, and we suspect we'll run out of these moderately quickly. They are in the Kobold Press store now.
Thank you for your support!
2020-07-20 22:57:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Whew! Thank you for your patience while the kobolds have dealt with the Tome of Beasts 2 project, some tardy art, and general pandemic-related struggles.
We know Warlock #20 is slow in arriving, but we have good news!
The zine is somewhat larger than usual, to celebrate making it to zine #20. And it is largely completed and laid out, save for a couple of final pieces of art that we expect to receive this weekend. Then to press so we can release it to you, our ...
2020-07-17 22:27:44 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
Quick public service announcement seeing which may affect some of your pledges. Due to new laws , Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on some pledges starting July 1st.
Less than half of all patrons will be charged sales tax, and for most, the amount will be very small. For example, sales tax rates in the US will be between 20 cents and 55 cents.
Whether or not you will be charged sales tax depends on your location, and...
2020-06-30 00:32:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe response to the first convention booklet was good, so I dug around a bit and found the Warlock 3 zines in the box. THere's not as many, maybe we printed less, maybe it is the topic. In any event, it is the second direct offer to print patrons only.
If you want one, they are purely first-come, first-served, and the link is being shared to patr...
2020-06-24 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
From Warlock Editor Scott Gable:
Earlier this week we talked about the Guide to the Planes. Now we're building on that.
I would really like to build new races, one devoted to each of the planes. I’m not talking about “monsters” or “player races” necessarily (though there might of course be overlap). No, I’m primarily talking about sentient creatures with culture and history and motivation. Previous incarnations...
2020-06-12 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons,
I was digging around in the Warlock vaults over the weekend, sorting out all the convention things that we have not used since last year, and I found our box of Warlock zines. These are the extra copies that the kobolds sell at conventions. Which we are not currently attending, sadly.
And I said, well, heck, maybe it is time to put a few of these on the Kobold Store. There are bunch of Warlock 2 zines in the box, so that seems like a good one to try as a direct offer...
2020-06-10 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostFrom Warlock editor Scott Gable:
“The world of Midgard is but one plane in a sprawling multiverse of planes connected by the branches of the World Tree, the flow of the Ever River, and vibrations of planar resonance. Think of the planes as spheres, each its own infinite or definite universe with interwoven connections to Midgard. Among the planes are the dominions of the gods, strange creatures, beings of power, and wonders beyond comprehension...”
—Warloc...
2020-06-09 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes all you really need for a good encounter or a good session is a little bit of magic. Fortunately, Midgard is well-stocked with spell slingers, and designers Jon Sawatsky and Mike Welham. These six NPCs each bring new lore, hooks, and adventurous potential to your game.
Your copy of this grimoire awaits you at the Kobold Press ...
2020-06-07 17:02:14 +0000 UTC View Post
There it is, the table of contents for Warlock 19. What does it mean? Only Jon, Mike, and thier editor know for sure.
We'll see if we can wrangle some more information out of them, but this thread is OPEN for wild speculation!
2020-05-20 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The heroes and adventurers of the Seven Cities live by the sword, bold and fearless and cunning. But in a bad year boldness comes to nothing, bravery leads to a quick oration and a hasty marker, and even Loki's cunning is outdone by treachery. Sometimes even the best of the Septime mercenaries fall on hard, hard times.
What then? Find some new recruits and spin them a tale of gold & glory, and hope they are bold, and brave, and lucky enough to win your way back out of a deep, deep h...
2020-05-20 03:04:06 +0000 UTC View PostDear patrons, we've investigated the fey, dwarves, halflings, and the undead, and provided new options for these fantasy standard races.
The kobolds would like to do a Warlock zine focused on another race, but... There are many options and the editorial discussion led to knives drawn, healing required, bitter tears.
We considered using the entrails of sheep to get a proper answer, but then our kobold archmage said we have to consider what you patrons might prefer. Also, stealing...
2020-05-12 23:28:14 +0000 UTC View Post
At the border, the Blood Kingdom of Greater Morgau seems much like other lands, with its rolling woodlands, hardworking peasantry, and demanding overlords. But stay the night, and you will see a darker side, a howling wilderness where the good people depend on fire, courage, and a stout cottage door to see them through to the dawn.
Patrons, many fearsome inhabitants of this land are yours to unleash in the new zine! Print copies are underway (and may have arrived for some of you). The P...
2020-05-03 17:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The next Warlock booklet will soon wing its way to you on leathery wings and with all the fires of hell at its back! Yes, we enter the Blood Kingdoms guided by the maleficent and magnificent Christopher Lockey, who offers a band of NPCs no hero wishes to meet all at once, as well as some of the most blood-soaked horrors from the crags of Krakovar!
This booklet is currently at the press and will ship to the patrons of record from April 1, starting this week. If you are one of the unfort...
Sometimes we just want to terrify our players. This month's double Lair is good for that, as it features a dangerous village, perilous confrontations, a garden that grows from blood and darkness.
You, dear patrons, get this adventure included for your pledge of support! Visit the Kobold Press Store, use download code D4RKG4RDEN2 before August ...
2020-04-15 22:41:29 +0000 UTC View Post
We may have had one too many when we VOLUNTARILY chose to publish a Zobeck adventure about rum gremlins, but kobolds live with no regrets! And so we share our pain with you!
The Broken Handle, a tavern in Lower Zobeck, is having continual issues with rum gremlin infestations, which is causing no end of problems for the tavernkeeper. The creatures are breaking into ale barrels, stealing food, and, worst of all, causing customers to become too intoxicated to buy more drinks or food. The B...
2020-03-17 20:36:28 +0000 UTC View Post
We promised two Double Lairs in February, and (with a little help from the leap year) the second one is here!
When the PCs arrive at the Twelve Goats Tavern, they expect a simple night of rest and relaxation in the gnomish lands of Niemheim. Their respite is interrupted by the arrival of Malya, a woman who has escaped a kidnapping in the forest nearby. She is wounded, panicked, and under hot pursuit by infernal gnomes and their diabolical servants. The PCs must fight to defend Malya, th...
2020-02-29 16:23:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Halflings in Midgard have always been eager to stay out of sight: as servitors to the elves, as bargefolk on the rivers, and in the tall grass of the eastern plains and northern mountains, always rumored, rarely encountered.
At last, we are pleased to offer you, dear patrons, a whole zine devoted to the small folk, with full details of their culture, their weapons and magic items, their history and attitudes. Download your copy today using the code HalfPintHeroes at the...
2020-02-27 04:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Because we love our patrons, the kobolds have asked Jonathan and Beth Ball of D&D Duet to design an adventure for two.
The result is Lost and Found, an adventure in the Dornig city of Reywald for a DM and a single PC. It begins with a confrontation in the market between an acolyte and a young man promising the PC great wealth, and runs deep into danger from there, right in the middle of a great elvish fest...
2020-02-14 17:29:45 +0000 UTC View Post
They've been very hard to pin down, these small folk, and some believe that they left Midgard forever with the elves. The truth is, they like to stay in their own shires and rivers and homelands, far away from the tall folk.
Here's what is coming later this month!
2020-02-12 01:01:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This time around we return to the deadly Western Wastes, in the season of the Mad Spring, when rains bring the badlands into fecund, eldritch bloom, and when all manner of visitors seek to harvest strange seeds, fruits, and flowers, imbued with potent scents, arcane power, or a healing vitality.
This adventure designed by Jeff Lee is for 5th level PCs, and it is yours, dear Patrons, just by using code SPRINGIZRIZ at the 2020-01-24 21:36:19 +0000 UTC View Post
You asked for it, and here it is! The cover art of the 11 Hells featured on Warlock 15 is now a large, printable poster file.
Grab the graphic by artist Karl Waller, print it and post at home or in your secret lair next to the black light.
(Or hey, if you are That Kind of DM, show it to your 1st-level party when they ask "What does this gu...
2020-01-09 00:26:41 +0000 UTC View Post
A new double-size lair by Celeste Conowitch, featuring a mysterious ritual and some misguided druids — and magic best NOT done by moonlight.
Thank you patrons for your patience! This final Lair of the year is yours with code LUNARNIGHT in the Kobold Press Store. Please redeem it before April 30, when this code dissolves into a faint mist and vanishes into the ...
2019-12-31 19:05:42 +0000 UTC View Post
People have been telling us where to go for YEARS, and we finally got there!
This installment of the Warlock zine brings a full menu of infernal, diabolical, daemonic, and abyssal locales, with a Grand Tour of the 11 Hells by Wolfgang Baur and a detailed, all-new planar town by the Father of Planescape himself, David "Zeb" Cook!
Patrons, you can grab the PDF today and join us on the tour of the lower regions using the code INFERNO in the 2019-12-23 22:56:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes our dark side totally takes over. Witness the upcoming Warlock 16: Eleven Hells, where we call on two Planescape designers to open up a can of infernal mayhem and impress us with their malicious characters and locales, to name some of the archdukes and demon lords who rule there, and to provide treasures, lore, and adventure hooks to take your campaign into the Pit.
A guide to places most sane people never want to visit, coming very, very soon to a cosmology near you.
2019-12-13 01:23:44 +0000 UTC View Post
The kobolds are happy to introduce a double-size Lair for 4th level characters, and to present a young bearfolk cub that's gotten itself into a serious scrape. Could end just as badly as its parents always warned, if there are no adventurers around...
Set in the Grand Duchy of Dornig, this adventure includes both combat and investigation and (we hope) a rescue.
Grab your copy before March 30, 2020, by using code LSTN4LON3 in the 2019-11-18 22:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post
You know the monsters we're thinking of: big, brassy, maybe a bit prone to monologues, and ready to end an adventure with a highly memorable finale!
Thanks to your support, this booklet features cover art by RPG legend Jeff Easley and 14 monster designs by new and veteran designers who know how to put the fear into overconfident PCs! These high-powered and highly-entertaining monsters spring from the nefarious imaginations of Celeste Conowitch, Richard Green, TK...
2019-11-09 19:52:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Are you missing a few early Warlocks? Just want to have the first 10 zines in one collection--with new material by Dan Dillon, Lysa Chen, and Brandon Hodge? YOUR TIME IS NOW!
We've compiled and expanded the Warlock run from #1 to #10 in a single set of covers, and it is available NOW at the Kobold Press store.
2019-10-28 17:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post