What's in the familiars sections ? New creatures ? Could we get a list please ?

Now, I don’t know if I should list them all, but I can say that the article focuses on creatures gained through using the Improved Familiar feat.

However, most are available sooner than say 6th or 7th level, allowing the feat to come into play a bit earlier than normal. There are 8 new options. Four with complete stats and the other four are quick modifications of existing statblocks with sexy new abilities. All of the new creatures are available to a caster between level 3 and level 6.

If Wolfgang's cool with a list, I'll list 'em.

Some are cute, some are not. But they are cool choices nontheless.

Who needs a cute familiar? ;)

This ain't a fashion show, this is adventure!

Ok, now I have a question.

Is the Maenad article about the psionic race? I hope so.

What a great looking issue!

Thanks! I worked hard on it. :]

Is the Maenad article about the psionic race? I hope so.

Yes, it is! And rather a good interpretation, I think.

Daigle, by all means list out your furry little friends. I think you chose a really interesting group.

Daigle, by all means list out your furry little friends. I think you chose a really interesting group.

Well, alright. This is for you, Seldriss (and everyone else too)...

Arcane Servant
Blink Dog Pup
Bookmouse
Clockwork Beetle
Gliding Possum
Myna Bird
Skitterling
Symbiotic Temporum

My faves are:
Bookmouse
Gliding Possum
Skitterling

I'm particularly fond of the Clockwork Beetle, and the Symbiotic Temporum. Although I am a bit iffy on the Stem Pinch ability...

Whoa! Nice cover!

The Myna bird is the one for me! Gattling gun spells!

P.S. I says Improved Familiar should be on the list for wizard bonus feats.

Thanks, Wes! The artist is Pat Loboyko, who also did the cover for #6 and some of the Ecologies art in recent issues.

He's becoming a Kobold favorite.

4EHater wrote:

Is the Maenad article about the psionic race? I hope so.

Yes, it is! And rather a good interpretation, I think.

Daigle, by all means list out your furry little friends. I think you chose a really interesting group.

Awesome, thanks for doing a psionic race! I would love to see more psionic material, considering the huge lack thereof. It is OGL ;)

Awesome, thanks for doing a psionic race! I would love to see more psionic material, considering the huge lack thereof. It is OGL ;)

"lack of"? have you checked out Dreamscarred Press?

Eerrr... any "reviews" on the interior art? anyone?

Eerrr... any "reviews" on the interior art? anyone?

~grumbles and mumbles something about "I wish I could draw like that!", then speaks in a haughty tone~ It sucked! Note, I have yet to read it or done any sort of perusal of said KQ, but I base it upon the artist in question! ~grins, winks, and runs~

Eerrr... any "reviews" on the interior art? anyone?

Fantastically done Hugo. I do love your depiction of Camazotz and the skin bats.

Well, alright. This is for you, Seldriss (and everyone else too)...

Arcane Servant
Blink Dog Pup
Bookmouse
Clockwork Beetle
Gliding Possum
Myna Bird
Skitterling
Symbiotic Temporum

Thank you Daigle :)

Yeah, I'm enjoying you illustrations of Camazotz, Hugo, both in terms of style and "attitude".

Thankss! I need t get used to CG (Computer Generated) coloring...

You are welcome! As always I enjoy seeing you getting out there more and more.

Thankss! I need t get used to CG (Computer Generated) coloring...

Hugo, I have just one thing to say to you...

I think having three 4E articles is just barely enough to support the 4E readers of the magazine, since nine articles in the issue are 3E focussed (and two are system-independent).

I'm curious. I didn't think the license for 4e let items for both editions exist?

By the way, the free dice thing sounds (in my best Tony the Tiger voice) GGGRRREAT! Ordering now!

I'm curious. I didn't think the license for 4e let items for both editions exist?

That's true, but Kobold Quarterly isn't making use of the GSL (the 4e license). Instead, they are simply making use of what they can under copyright law.

By the way, the free dice thing sounds (in my best Tony the Tiger voice) GGGRRREAT! Ordering now!

The free dice are proving strangely popular! ;)

They're also already half-gone. So if you were planning on taking advantage of that deal, don't wait too long. And if you want the free Pathfinder dice, just say so, we'll set you up!

tezcatlipoca wrote:

By the way, the free dice thing sounds (in my best Tony the Tiger voice) GGGRRREAT! Ordering now!

The free dice are proving strangely popular! ;)

They're also already half-gone. So if you were planning on taking advantage of that deal, don't wait too long. And if you want the free Pathfinder dice, just say so, we'll set you up!

Well it did remind me time to renew, dice or not. (though I prefer dice ;-)

That reminds me. I need to renew, as well.

Free dice rule, too.

tezcatlipoca wrote:

By the way, the free dice thing sounds (in my best Tony the Tiger voice) GGGRRREAT! Ordering now!

The free dice are proving strangely popular! ;)

They're also already half-gone. So if you were planning on taking advantage of that deal, don't wait too long. And if you want the free Pathfinder dice, just say so, we'll set you up!

I subscribed, but I'll let you pick which dice, as I don't think I could make up my mind -- they all look nifty! Though I will say blue is my favorite color ::chuckle::

Got my set in the mail today, the "Runic" ones. I really like 'em.

Gamer Girrl, it's often just a matter of which dice we have open as the freebies get packed up for shipment. Random dice, as it were. :)

Kvantum, glad you like the Runics! The magazine itself should be following close behind, certainly by the end of the month.

Maybe I'm blind, but I just flipped through KQ9 three times and I can't find anything about warlocks. Which article is the cover blurb referencing?

Maybe I'm blind, but I just flipped through KQ9 three times and I can't find anything about warlocks. Which article is the cover blurb referencing?

That was an editorial oversight

The article will appear in KQ 10, see the KQ forums for further details, explanations and apologies.

delabarre wrote:

Maybe I'm blind, but I just flipped through KQ9 three times and I can't find anything about warlocks. Which article is the cover blurb referencing?

That was an editorial oversight

The article will appear in KQ 10, see the KQ forums for further details, explanations and apologies.

Mmkay. The editorial on p. 4 also mentions a "Fey Library" article by Skip Williams, which also appears to be AWOL...(or is the same article)

If we already have recieved #9 and we renew before the dice are gone, will we recieve another #9 or will we be able to still get the dice and have #10 as our first order (so to speak)?

If we already have recieved #9 and we renew before the dice are gone, will we recieve another #9 or will we be able to still get the dice and have #10 as our first order (so to speak)?

The offer states pretty clearly that new subscriptions that include the free dice start with issue #9. So in this case you'd have two copies of #9 and one set of dice.

Yeah, I've been looking for that fey library too!

I removed that reference from the editorial during the galleys process. I have no idea how it snuck back in. Tricksy fey!

Wicht wrote:

If we already have recieved #9 and we renew before the dice are gone, will we recieve another #9 or will we be able to still get the dice and have #10 as our first order (so to speak)?

The offer states pretty clearly that new subscriptions that include the new dice start with issue #9. So in this case you'd have two copies of #9 and one set of dice.

That's what I thought :)

Doesn't hurt to ask though.

I guess I'll wait a bit to renew.

We'll probably have something else on offer when the dice run out.

Not sure what, at the moment, but it's ALWAYS a good time to subscribe. :)

I removed that reference from the editorial during the galleys process. I have no idea how it snuck back in. Tricksy fey!

I think carefully placed fake fey teasers should be a new short feature for the magazine. Unfulfilled hints, tibits enough to whet an appetite that never manifest, tiny blips and blurbs that vaporize upon reading. Tricksy fey, indeed!

I think carefully placed fake fey teasers should be a new short feature for the magazine. Unfulfilled hints, tibits enough to whet an appetite that never manifest, tiny blips and blurbs that vaporize upon reading. Tricksy fey, indeed!

Next quarter: pixie porn by Phil & Kaja Foglio.

Daigle wrote:

I think carefully placed fake fey teasers should be a new short feature for the magazine. Unfulfilled hints, tibits enough to whet an appetite that never manifest, tiny blips and blurbs that vaporize upon reading. Tricksy fey, indeed!

Next quarter: pixie porn by Phil & Kaja Foglio.

ROFL!! Yes, please :)

I've been putting the keywords "Elf Lust!" on every cover mockup to date.

One of these days it's going to make it into print without the copyeditor noticing. :)

Eerrr... any "reviews" on the interior art? anyone?

Awesome!

And freaky. Ack, skin bats...;)

I was grinning ear to ear when I saw the name in the art credits for that article.

Hugo Solis wrote:

Eerrr... any "reviews" on the interior art? anyone?

Awesome!

And freaky. Ack, skin bats...;)

I was grinning ear to ear when I saw the name in the art credits for that article.

If you liked that, you should become a patron for Halls of the Mountain King and see some more fantastic illustrations by the illustrious Sr. Solis!

Valkyrie Paine wrote:

Hugo Solis wrote:

Eerrr... any "reviews" on the interior art? anyone?

Awesome!

And freaky. Ack, skin bats...;)

I was grinning ear to ear when I saw the name in the art credits for that article.

If you liked that, you should become a patron for Halls of the Mountain King and see some more fantastic illustrations by the illustrious Sr. Solis!

Already am, so neener neener :P

Wolfgang, I understand the 'checking if the editor is awake' thing.

OT

Got it.

Yep, the Maenads were great. Far more reasonable as a PC choice than the Bacchae.

The big surprise that warmed my heart the most this issue though? Archaeopteryx familiars! I've wanted one since I first realized wizards and dinosaurs both theoretically existed in the same game! Yes!

Lots of reviews hitting right now, as the print edition has gone to the newsstands.

* Atomic Array Podcast: Kobold Quarterly 009 (Atomic Array 021)
* RPGAggression: The Rudis Review
* Game Cryer: Review by Chris Perrin
* Allgeektout: Unleash Your Inner Fox: The Kyubi Epic Destiny
* Dice Monkey: Kobold Quarterly 9

The big surprise that warmed my heart the most this issue though? Archaeopteryx familiars! I've wanted one since I first realized wizards and dinosaurs both theoretically existed in the same game! Yes!

You and I are on the same page; I had exactly the same reaction to the Archaeopteryx familiar. A must for lizardmen, but also fun for any slightly off-kilter chaos mage or the like.