Find a Deeper Color of Magic!

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A new Pathfinder Roleplaying Game tome from Kobold Press!

Learn lost magics and new secrets with the latest from Kobold Press!

Magic never dies, it merely fades away—sometimes lost in the dark corners of the world, waiting to be rediscovered, or jealously guarded and hoarded. With Deep Magic, the fine folks from Kobold Press have uncovered secrets for your magic-wielding Pathfinder Roleplaying Game character—secrets worth of even the mightiest of legendary wizards! This nearly 400-page tome, funded on Kickstarter by a veritable army of backers, assembled by a legion of hard-workin' kobolds, contains options like battle magic, clockwork magic, ioun stone magic, ley lines, living spellbooks, mythic magic, necrophagy, terrifying curses, and time magic—just to start! Two hundred pages of new spells (and not just for your inner pyromaniac), symbolic magic, incantations that can be cast by apprentice and warrior alike such as the Oldwood Rite, bloodlines that tap into aboleth and vril abilities, oracle mysteries of the moon and Old Gods, and archetypes of clockworks and binding are just a few of the things making magic extraordinary once again with Deep Magic!

Check out everything from Kobold Press right here, including their award-winning Kobold Guides, giving you essays and tips on game design, worldbuilding, and more!

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The Exchange Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Press; RPG Superstar Judge

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Thank you, Paizonians! And thank you, backers. This book is pretty much the dream I had at age 12, when I first decided to railroad my players by making them work for an archmage.

I'm still not sure it was *that* bad an idea for one session, but I confess that being assigned quests by an archmage every session might have gotten stale pretty fast.

Thank goodness they talked me out of it. Eventually. :)

Scarab Sages Contributor

I'm so excited to see this on the blog! This was truly a labor of love by so many amazing folks. Thanks to everyone involved -- and a HUGE thanks to Wolfgang for allowing me to help. :D


I love the experimental bits, playing with new effects and archetypes. Really, you can never have too much new magic. This is going to be one of those books I savor over many years.

-Ben.

Dark Archive

Damned weakness to impulse buying urges.
I want, but cannot have. 8(


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Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Maps Subscriber

I have been looking over the book. It is pretty cool. I was pleasantly surprised with many of the contents. As an example, Incantations are a cool way to add in the ritual magic to a campaign. It helps explain delvers into the Forbidden Lore without having to take a class in it. Ley lines are also well done. The book is jam-packed full of stuff that MUST become the standard "yes, this is allowed" in any Pathfinder campaign.


Did someone just make a Discworld reference?


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Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Maps Subscriber

I should clarify. I expected good, but not a must-have like it is.

RPG Superstar 2009, Contributor

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Lots to love in this book. A definite must-add to your Pathfinder collection so you can throw some new spells and magical traditions at your experienced players to get them out of the "been there, done that" mentality. Full disclosure, I contributed a small piece to the NPC spellcasters in the back of the book--namely, a half-elven, fire-wielding dragon-mage...a hivemind swarm capable of inhabiting other bodies with a penchant for sorcery and nature magic...and an alchemist who ruined half his body in an experiment, now turned half-cyborg technomancer. I had a lot of fun creating those concepts, but they're not half as cool as the other stuff appearing in Deep Magic.

Additionally, for those who don't know, Kobold Press is also involved in the Mythic Mania Kickstarter by Legendary Games wherein many of the Deep Magic spells and feats will receive mythic write-ups in the already-funded Mythic Spell Compendium. So, if you're interested in Deep Magic, you might also be interested in mythic Deep Magic.

Liberty's Edge

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One of my friends just saw the bit about the Mountain Druid and just squeed. Yes, he's been RPing one, now he has some more lore and some actual spells and such to continue. You just made a few players very happy in my little world.

Also...Fire!

Also, Also..Why did you link that KS Neil Spicer...you now owe me money.

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Designer

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Just got this yesterday. It's really, really good.

Webstore Gninja Minion

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Troodos wrote:
Did someone just make a Discworld reference?

Now would I ever make reference to popular songs, videos, games, books, and other geeky topics when writing store blogs? :D

Spoiler:
Answer: Yes. Absolutely. As often as possible, whenever I can.


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And of course the book's title itself is a clear reference.

"Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written."

The Exchange Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Press; RPG Superstar Judge

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I knew someone would catch that!

I have a set of those books that I got for Christmas one year, and I just about read them to pieces.

Liberty's Edge

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Ismael wrote:

Damned weakness to impulse buying urges.

I want, but cannot have. 8(

If you want, you must GET! :)

Dark Archive

A truly awesome book I'm so glad I backed this one.

The Exchange Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Press; RPG Superstar Judge

Thanks for your support!

Also, there's a new review of the book at TrunkForce7. It's a complete review, but the summary is:

trunkforce7 wrote:

There’s so much well written inspiring material contained inside this hefty tome you will not be disappointed by picking yourself up a copy of Deep Magic. So, if you’re playing a spell caster, if you thinking about playing a spell caster, if you’re running a game currently, or if you’re even thinking about running a game in the future, pick yourself up a copy today. You will not be disappointed.

Deep Magic gets a full 5d20s on my inspiration scale. It’s fun, inspiring, and a good read.


It's a beautiful book, Wolf. I've been showing it to all my friends up here in the frozen north. They asked me if they could use it in our next Pathfinder game. I told them, yes, but... :)


Dark Sasha, May I suggest charging a readers' fee?

;p

Liberty's Edge

So awesome that everyone is digging the book!

Deep Magic is listed as one of DriveThruRPG.com's Hottest Titles!


Congratulations Kobolds on your Ennie nomination!

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