The first edition of the COMPLETE KOBOLD GUIDE TO GAME DESIGN laid out concepts, techniques and advice for designing roleplaying games and enhancing adventures. This second edition brings together essays from the original volume, many updated to reflect the changing game design landscape, as well as new essays by veteran designers Jeff Grubb (Dragonlance,Forgotten Realms, Guild Wars), Kelly Pawlik (Midgard Sagas, Empire of the Ghouls), Amber Scott (Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron) and Ray Vallese (The Kobold Guide to Magic).Between these covers, you’ll find practical, thought-provoking essays on worldbuilding, creating magic systems, conflict, and compelling stories, what to expect when you work as a design professional, and much more. Conceptual chapters examine what game design is and how good design can create the best games. Concrete examples provide models to help youcreate well-rounded designs and exciting adventures.In his essay, “Seize the Hook,” designer Rob Heinsoo says, “Design a game you want to play but can’t because no one else has designed it yet.” THE COMPLETE KOBOLD GUIDE TO GAME DESIGN, SECOND EDITION will help you do that, and your games and campaigns will never be the same.PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITIONWinner, 2012 Gold ENnie Award, Best RPG-Related Accessory“Highly recommended for gaming nerds everywhere!”—City Book Review

Paizo, Inc. Kobold Guide to Game Design, 2nd Edition

Humor & Entertainment

Stackpole, Michael A.

Baker, Keith

GREENWOOD, ED

Grubb, Jeff

Baur, Wolfgang

Cook, Monte

McComb, Colin

Pawlik, Kelly

Logue, Nicolas

Scott, Amber E.

Vallese, Ray

Heinsoo, Rob

Puzzles & Games

Paizo, Inc.

The ghoul bat dropped like rotten fruit, startling a bandit. The hidden darakhul ranger draws an arrow dripping in death on a gnarled black bow--and lets it loose! This book provides character options well beyond the norm. Eight playable races and options for the 5th edition of the world's first RPG including: derro, mushroom folk, deep trollkin, drow and many more. These new options include all new backgrounds as well, such as the Siwali Embalmer and Ghoul Imperium Deserter. Uncover new Underworld subclasses that fit your new character &#9679; Herald of the Ebon Star roguish archetype &#9679; Grave Binder and White Necromancer arcane traditions &#9679; Primal Path of the Sarastran &#9679; Imperial Hunter ranger archetype &#9679; And many others! Plus new spells, trinkets, Underworld beasts, and more! The Underworld Player's Guide adds layers of grime and death to any game!

Underworld Player’s Guide for 5th Edition

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Merwin, Shawn

Gaming

Underworld Lairs for 5th Edition

McFarland, Ben

Welham, Mike

Lee, Jeff

600 New Spells for 5th Edition Ultimate spellpower is yours! No matter how you slice it, magic is at the heart of fantasy. Nothing says magic like a massive tome of spells. This tome collects, updates, tweaks, and expands every awesome spell, cantrip, and glamour derived from years of the Deep Magic for 5th Edition series--more than 600 new and compiled spells by the best in the business, including Wizards of the Coast staffers and A-list freelancers. And it adds a lot more: 15 divine domains, new arcane subclasses like the diabolist and temporal magic, expanded familiars and conjured servants, wizard workshops, arcane traps, and yes, even more new spells. This tome is not just for wizards and sorcerers. Deep Magic expands the horizons of what's possible for wizards, sorcerers, clerics, and even for rangers and paladins. It offers something new for every casting class, from alkemancy to druid rituals, and from bard to warlock! With these new spells and options, your characters (or your villains) can become masters of winter magic, chaos magic, or shadow magic. Seek out hidden colleges and academies of lost lore. Learn new runes, hieroglyphs, and cantrips to crack open the walls of reality, or just bend them a bit. Deep Magic contains all magic from start to finish!

Deep Magic for 5th Edition

Harris, Chris

Winter, Steve

Dillon, Dan

Larwood, Phillip

Corley, Matthew

In the Southlands, the world is alive with elemental power and wondrous magic, ancient god-kings walk among the living, and empires at their height echo the mystery and majesty of the past. This campaign setting for the 5th Edition of the world's first RPG is ripe with possibilities for adventure in ancient tombs, enormous jungles, and searing deserts, where swift-flying sand ships dart between distant cities.

Southlands Worldbook for 5th Edition

Green,Richard

Ghouse, Basheer Ghouse

Kobold Press

In this companion volume to the Southlands Worldbook for 5E, players will find two adventures set in this continent’s storied City of Cats, where a mercurial feline goddess walks among her chosen people. Included in this volume are fan-favorite adventures Cat and Mouse and Grimalkin, both by celebrated author Richard Pett and fully compatible with the 5th Edition of the world’s oldest roleplaying game. In Cat and Mouse, a 1st-level adventure, a great treasure has gone missing and some very ambitious people have set their sights on it. In Grimalkin, a 3rd-level adventure, a gnoll princess needs heroes to retrieve her friend’s body and discover his fate. Rounding out this volume is a detailed gazetteer of Per-Bastet, the ancient and intriguing City of Cats itself.

Paizo Kobold Press City of Cats for 5th Edition

Pett, Richard

In this companion volume to the Southlands Worldbook for 5E, players will find dozens of rules options to build characters who hail from this sprawling continent or embark upon adventures set there. From racial traits for catfolk, gnolls, jinnborn, minotaurs, lizardfolk, trollkin, and more; to magic options including hieroglyphs and lotus blossoms; to class options including the Circle of the Desert druid, the aeromancer wizard, the caravan raider rogue, and the paladin's oath of the ancestors; this book is the definitive source for players who want to bring their Southlands characters to life. Rounding out this book's offerings is a section of weapons and items that originate from this storied region.

Southlands Player’s Guide for 5th Edition

Suskind, Brian

MARKS, GREG

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

Teen & Young Adult

Lockey, Christopher

Hobbies & Games

WIZARD: "It says it used to be a dragon of the outer darkness..." FIGHTER: "What does that even mean? Used to be? What is it now? Does anyone else speak Draconic?" WIZARD: "It says you are not sufficiently respectful to its dragon nature. It says... Run?" FIGHTER: "Run? In this armor?" DM: "FWOOOOSH!" Inside Tome of Beasts 2--now in this convenient, more portable softcover edition!--you'll find monsters for almost every location your heroes might journey: from farmlands to forests, dungeons to deserts, and bustling cities to fantastical planar realms, all with an emphasis on dungeons and the underworld! Tome of Beasts 2 brings you: * Angelic enforcers and avalanche screamers * Kami and clockwork tigers * Void drakes and zombie dragons * Death vultures and demon lords * Imperial dragons and swordbreaker skeletons * Swamp nagas and magma octopuses * Chameleon hydras and shriekbats * Walled horrors and wraith bears! Keep your players surprised, entertained, and terrified with all-new opponents they've never seen before--and won't ever see coming!

Paizo Tome of Beasts ll Pocket Edition for 5th Edition

Introcaso, James

A Flock of Ferocious Monsters for 5th Edition! DM: "Inside the chest, you find a handful of potions." ROGUE: "Ooh! I'm going to take a taste. Let's see what these--" DM: "As you unstopper the first one, the potion itself leaps free of the bottle and attaches to your face." WIZARD: "Gah! I should have listened to my father and become a rug merchant!" Whether you need creepy crawlies to clamber from the dark places or sinister visitors to make your favorite fantasy city come alive, Tome of Beasts 3 has what you're looking for! From swamps to arctic tundra, mountains to deserts, and coastlines to badlands, every region is fully represented. Tome of Beasts 3 brings you: +Void knights and breakwater trolls +Musk deer and fiend lords +Prismatic dragons and royal chimeras +Stained glass moths and voidclaw zombies +Tar golems and witchwillows +Kobold drake riders and hellfire giants Terrify and delight your players with a whole host of new, exotic, and deadly opponents!

Tome of Beasts 3 (5E)

Madsen, Sarah

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