Download or read book Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding written by Wolfgang Baur and published by . This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Creating Epic Campaigns written by Guy Sclanders and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help you design, manage, and adjust your campaign like a master storyteller. Designed for use in all role-playing systems, and for all genres, the book is packed with information on designing campaigns, epic villains and henchmen and for creating memorable NPCs. Used primarily in role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons the book provides inside into any creative space that needs a world and a master plot!

Download or read book Party Backstory Generator written by Justin Sirois and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Party Backstory Generator is a collaborative storytelling supplement that's a helluva a lot of fun for you and your players. It's sort of like a workbook from your college lab class in that you get to draw out the starting region for your campaign, but everyone gets to collaborate and add their own touch so your whole group is invested in the setting. This book is a fun improv exercise that will get your group off to a great new start." -- LUKE GYGAX. How did everyone in your party meet? What alliances or tensions exist? Who screwed over who and what will you do about it?For D&D, Pathfinder, and other systems, the Party Backstory Generator solves this problem quickly and easily. This is a simple, straightforward guide of limitless customization.Build meaningful alliances and tensions between multiple party members with this map making, backstory and one-shot off-night story builder. "Choose two characters..." - it's the prompt in this unique book that will bond your party in fun and meaningful ways. This book doesn't create individual characters. It solely focuses on unifying your players with randomized background, conflicts, skills, and tragedies.

Download or read book The Shadowfell written by Andy Clautice and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This boxed set is for Dungeon Masters interested in taking their heroes on excursions to the Shadowfell. The kit includes a 128-page book detailing the city of Gloomwrought, a 32-page book of encounters set in Gloomwrought and beyond, two card stock sheets of die-cut monster and villain tokens, a foldout battle map, and a deck of 30 cards.

Download or read book Red Litten World written by K. M. Alexander and published by K. M. Alexander. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Lovat is dying. It just doesn’t know it yet. Trapped behind blockades, its citizens starve. Only the wealthiest can afford to snatch up what food does slip through, leaving the poor jostling for scraps. But money only goes so far. Inside their gleaming towers, the well-fed elevated are being killed off one-by-one. Caravan Master Waldo Bell—only a few months removed from the harrowing events along the Broken Road—just wants to keep his head down and be left alone while he waits for the blockades to break. But when familiar symbols written in blood appear at a crime scene and an old debt comes calling, Wal finds himself thrust into chaos. Now, forced onto Lovat’s blood-soaked upper levels, Wal faces his most dangerous challenge yet: within a city on the verge of self-destruction, he must fight to save not only his own life—but the life of every Lovatine struggling below.

Download or read book The Inner Sea World Guide written by James Jacobs and published by Pathfinder Campaign Setting. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exciting world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game comes alive in this giant 320-page, full-color hardcover campaign setting! Fully revised to match the new Pathfinder RPG rules, this definitive volume contains expanded coverage of the 40+ nations in the world of Golarion's Inner Sea region, from ruin-strewn Varisia in the north to the sweltering jungles of the Mwangi Expanse in the south to crashed sky cities, savage frontier kingdoms, powerful city-states, and everything in-between. A broad overview of Golarion's gods and religions, new character abilities, magic items, and monsters flesh out the world for both players and Game Masters. Plus, a beautiful poster map reveals the lands of the Inner Sea in all their treacherous glory.

Download or read book Kobold Guide to Board Game Design written by Mike Selinker and published by Open Design LLC. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 Origins Award 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 Selinker (Betrayal at House on the Hill) has invited some of the world's most talented and experienced game designers to share their secrets on game conception, design, development, and presentation. In these pages, you'll learn about storyboarding, balancing, prototyping, and playtesting from the best in the business.

Download or read book Old Broken Road written by K. M. Alexander and published by K. M. Alexander. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s called the Broken Road. A long abandoned route veiled in rumor, only spoken of in whispers. Some claim that bandits stalk its overgrown path, while others speak of a city of cannibals. Stories tell of dark apparitions, bizarre monsters, and ancient evils. One thing is certain: no one goes near it. Caravan Master Waldo Bell has had his fill of trouble. But when faced with a stubborn client, a lousy deal demanding delivery on any terms, and military action that closes major caravan routes, Wal and his company find themselves forced on to that vast stretch of trail. While strange events plague the caravan, Wal must confront the horrors of his recent past, as he’s thrown into the middle of a deadly conflict that feels far too familiar. On this road, chaos awaits…

Download or read book The Stars Were Right written by K. M. Alexander and published by K. M. Alexander. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caravan Master Waldo Bell didn’t expect to return home a criminal. He just wanted a relaxing month off between jobs so he could explore the city of Lovat, enjoy a soft bed and a few decent meals. Instead, he’s arrested—accused of killing old friends and hacking off body parts. Escaping custody and on the run, Wal becomes a citywide fugitive fighting to clear his name. As the body count rises, a shadowy assassin emerges as the true killer, and the trail begins to grow more and more bizarre. The Stars Were Right combines mystery and monsters, chases and cults, and an ancient evil in a world that is similar but not quite like our own.

Download or read book On Writing and Worldbuilding written by Timothy Hickson and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Magical Society written by Joseph Browning and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Kobold Guide to Plots Campaigns written by Margaret Weis and published by Kobold Press. This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Role in Roleplaying Whether you're a new gamemaster or a seasoned vet looking for a new angle to shake up your game, these 19 essays by 13 expert gamemasters demonstrate ways to construct your campaign from the ground up and keep your players engaged until the dramatic conclusion. Within this volume, masters of the art show you how to begin a new campaign, use published adventures or loot them for the best ideas, build toward cliffhangers, and design a game that can enthrall your players for month or even years. Want to run an evil campaign, or hurl the characters into unusual otherworldly settings? Want to ensure that you're creating memorable and effective NPCs and villains? We've got you covered. Complete with discussions on plotting, tone, branching storytelling, pacing, and crafting action scenes, you'll find all the tips and advice you need to take on the best role in roleplaying--and become an expert gamemaster, too! Featuring essays by Wolfgang Baur, Jeff Grubb, David "Zeb" Cook, Margaret Weis, Robert J. Schwalb, Steve Winter, and other game professionals.

Download or read book Out of the Abyss written by Dungeons & Dragons and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dare to descend into the Underdark in this adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game The Underdark is a subterranean wonderland, a vast and twisted labyrinth where fear reigns. It is the home of horrific monsters that have never seen the light of day. It is here that the dark elf Gromph Baenre, Archmage of Menzoberranzan, casts a foul spell meant to ignite a magical energy that suffuses the Underdark and tears open portals to the demonic Abyss. What steps through surprises even him, and from that moment on, the insanity that pervades the Underdark escalates and threatens to shake the Forgotten Realms to its foundations. Stop the madness before it consumes you! A Dungeons & Dragons® adventure for characters of levels 1–15

Download or read book Roleplaying Game written by Paizo Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on the original roleplaying game rules designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and inspired by the third edition of the game designed by Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, and Peter Adkison"--Title page verso.

Download or read book A Complete Guide to Nautical Campaigns written by Guy Sclanders and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever dreamed of running a great pirate campaign in 5th Edition? Wondered how to handle ship combat in a fun and new way? Want to give orders to hoist the mainsail? This guide is 150 pages of pure nautical gold. Featuring over 30 ships, nearly 90 orders for PCs to give to ship's crew, and a total revised and fun combat system this really is a complete guide!SEND US AN EMAIL ONCE YOU HAVE ORDERED THE HARD COPY HERE AND WE WILL SEND YOU THE PDF FREE.

Download or read book Book of Lairs for 5th Edition written by Wolfgang Baur and published by Kobold Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book Critical Role Tal Dorei Campaign Setting written by Matthew Mercer and published by Ammonite Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Critical Role has taken the roleplaying world by storm and now you can join the adventure! Until now, the wondrous and dangerous lands of Tal'Dorei have been the sole stomping grounds of the show's adventuring company, Vox Machina. But now, you can explore these realms in a tome from the pen of Game Master Matt Mercer himself! Will you find one of the revered Vestiges of Divergence or perhaps discover part of the Chroma Conclave's legacy? Can you help the Ashari in their sacred charge to prevent the elemental vortices from overwhelming the world, or will you find yourself embroiled in the machinations of the Clasp? This setting book takes an in-depth look at the history, people, and places of Tal'Dorei, and includes new backgrounds, magic items, and monsters for the Fifth Edition rules"--Provided by publisher.