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If madness is one man’s illusion, perhaps sanity is also an illusion, but one shared by many instead of relegated to an individual. The psychotic simply perceives a different illusion or pierces the common delusion to reveal a deeper reality. Hence, the madness common to all gods.Worshippers of madness attempt to spread the view of reality defined by their deity. Many are evil, or care not for the niceties of civilization, and enjoy the chaos and destruction they bring. A few might be called strange liberators, freeing creatures from oppressive realities, societies, or social...

To celebrate 5 years, Open Design is running a sale at the KQ Store from Friday, March 18 through Thursday Mar 24. Our Kobold-in-Chief Wolfgang Baur says, “This sale is my way of thanking all of you for your support over the past five years. By definition, Open Design could only succeed with your participation. So to all the patrons who helped create our sourcebooks and adventures, and the folks who bought the finished products…thank you very, very much for this wonderful five-year ride. I look forward to continuing on with you to our glorious 10-year mark.”...

“Beware the setting sun. Something comes from the forest. The monks’ wards are…” The dark stain of the corpse’s lifeblood has, unfortunately, blotted out the rest of the message. Grasped in his right hand is clutched a piece of chalk; in the left is a small, leather-bound tome, propped open to a certain page by his decomposed thumb. The rest of the monastery has been ransacked and vandalized. An overturned table has been crushed by a massive bookshelf. Altars lie empty of idols or holy symbols. Shutters wave open in the wind, revealing an orange orb just...

Come make a mountain out of anything with today's Mythic Template for your Elite Brutes. This is part 2 of 3 for this series, and it offers a way to add a touch of the mythological to your monsters in a few quick steps. Find it here! Find part 1 here. -Ben.--Small but Fierce. Kobold Quarterly's News Minion.

The fires of creation burn hot! Today, Open Design is launching its most ambitious design project to date: [url=http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/midgard]the world of Midgard![/URL] You can be part of this rare opportunity to design a published campaign setting. Your co-authors in this endeavor will be Wolfgang Baur, Jeff Grubb, and Brandon Hodge. Midgard is the setting for Wolfgang’s own homebrew D&D campaign. Sections of it have been revealed publicly over the years through articles in Kobold Quarterly magazine and in Open Design projects such as Courts of the Shadow Fey, Tales...

Just half a year ago, you witnessed the crowning of Kobold Quarterly’s first ever King of the Monsters: the spark and its designer Adam Daigle took on all comers and stood victorious. However, Monster Island is a dangerous place, and its rulers never last long… Behold the King of the Monsters, the greatest and most glorious contest ever! Welcome to Kobold Quarterly’s second semiannual tournament of monster design where you, the fans, test your skills by designing amazing monsters that are evaluated by a panel of industry professionals and by the fans themselves, all for fame and prizes!...

[B]Former Wizards of the Coast Designer Will Guide New Game Designers in Adventure Anthology[/B] Kirkland, WA – Following on Courts of the Shadow Fey, its second adventure compatible with the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game, Open Design announced a new project launching immediately: [URL="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/KQStore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=87"]the Lost City project[/URL]. Leading the project is former Wizards of the Coast designer Logan Bonner, lead designer on Arcane Power and author of the fan-favorite adventures The Slaying...

Download a Free Issue of Kobold Quarterly Through Jan. 31ENnie-award winning magazine Kobold Quarterly is offering a free download of issue #10 for a limited time! Through January 31, you can go to the KQ Store at koboldquarterly.com, add issue #10 (PDF) to your cart, and enter coupon code KQ10Free at checkout to get the complete issue for free. Such a bargain!Issue #10 includes an interview with Paizo's Jason Bulmahn, Ed Greenwood's Dwarven Goddess, Ecology of the Hill Giant, John Wick's unique take on Halflings, Secrets of the Halberd, Monte Cook's Game Theories, Rampant Elf Lust and...

Our Adopt-A-Soldier sponsorship program has delivered Kobold Quarterly gift subscriptions to service members stationed all over the world and far from friends and family. We’ve gotten a lot of mail from them, telling us what a difference your support and generosity makes. We’d like to really crank this program up with your help. So this month, we’re going to run an Adopt-A-Soldier sweepstakes contest with two winners: one service member and one sponsor. From now through December 31st, each of the following actions equals one “ticket” for a chance to win… Purchase...

Behold the King of the Monsters Contest, the greatest and most glorious contest Kobold Quarterly has ever offered. It’s easy to become King of the Monsters: you design a monster and submit it for fame and prizes. Here’s how it works: To enter the contest, your monster submission must… Be sent to the King of the Monsters Contest no later than Tuesday, December 1st, by noon PST. (That’s only 1 week from now!) Be submitted as a doc, docx, or rtf attachment. Read KotM Submission [insert monster name] in the email subject line, and the email should contain your full name and contact...