Kobold Quarterly 13 PDF

I'm curious. Does Kobold quarterly carry info on 3rd etition, 3.5 edition, Pathfinder, and 4 edition? Or does it only talk about one of the above.

I'm curious. Does Kobold quarterly carry info on 3rd etition, 3.5 edition, Pathfinder, and 4 edition? Or does it only talk about one of the above.

3.5, Pathfinder, and 4e.

It depends what the community at large submits to Wolfgang for publication. It's generally, 3.5, Pathfinder, and 4e, and there are plenty of system neutral columns and support articles as well, such as Monte Cook's monthly commentary and a generic, high quality map.

You can get a free download of KQ#10 through Jan. 31, and there is new content added to the KQ homepage just about every day that exemplifies the type of stuff you'll find in the magazine itself.

Reading it now!

Reading it now!

Damn, forgot to check my mail and nothing in e-mail. Could use this today.

Darkjoy wrote:

Reading it now!

Damn, forgot to check my mail and nothing in e-mail. Could use this today.

If you are a subscriber you can always download it from KQ.

Matthew Morris wrote:

Darkjoy wrote:

Reading it now!

Damn, forgot to check my mail and nothing in e-mail. Could use this today.

If you are a subscriber you can always download it from KQ.

Unless you're on auto-renew.

Then you can only download it for the first year - once the auto-renew renews your subscription, you're no longer able to download it from their site, even when it's first published, because their system can't cope with it - as far as it's concerned you're only a subscriber for the first year.

They're very helpful and will send you another copy if you've lost yours (that's what they tell me; I've never needed to do so), but just in case you should make sure to download your issues from the link in the email quickly before the link expires, and you should take extra care of your PDFs if you're on auto-renew.

Matthew Morris wrote:

Darkjoy wrote:

Reading it now!

Damn, forgot to check my mail and nothing in e-mail. Could use this today.

If you are a subscriber you can always download it from KQ.

Not at work I can't :P

I normally get an e-mail notice with a link to the download. Haven't got that yet.

I normally get an e-mail notice with a link to the download. Haven't got that yet.

Mine just showed up about 40 minutes ago.

I got an email notice and downloaded mine last night. Another great issue. Still wish the ratio of 4E vs. PF was slanted a bit more in the PF direction but I guess he can only print what he receives.

And now I get it...

:P

Hopefully when things settle down here I'll work up something to submit for the PF side.

I ran to the bank and the store and then came home and it was in my inbox.

So, hurrah for that and a second hurrah for my third published KQ entry, "The Wreck of the Goodwife."

This issue marks my Kobold Quarterly magazine debut with my "Gnomish Flying Contraptions" article. Hope everyone enjoys.

This issue marks my Kobold Quarterly magazine debut with my "Gnomish Flying Contraptions" article. Hope everyone enjoys.

Congragulations. I would have liked some Da Vinci style illustrations with it but recognize thats outside your control. :)

I did the Scions of Shadow article.

(feels left out and sits in the corner)

:)

Congragulations. I would have liked some Da Vinci style illustrations with it but recognize thats outside your control. :)

I would have liked some of those illustrations as well, but the layout designer said there was no room. So even outside my control.

I love that the article expands on Pathfinder's Fly skill so neatly. Congrats on the first KQ article, Ryan!

How long until the PDF is available? You had me at "gnomish".

How long until the PDF is available? You had me at "gnomish".

The PDF is now available, and the print edition was just delivered to our warehouse, too!

Wicht wrote:

Congragulations. I would have liked some Da Vinci style illustrations with it but recognize thats outside your control. :)

I would have liked some of those illustrations as well, but the layout designer said there was no room. So even outside my control.

I love that the article expands on Pathfinder's Fly skill so neatly. Congrats on the first KQ article, Ryan!

Thanks Wolfgang! Yeah, some art would have been great, but I'm not about to complain.

cappadocius wrote:

How long until the PDF is available? You had me at "gnomish".

The PDF is now available, and the print edition was just delivered to our warehouse, too!

Now that's service!

Does it still have the Tengu article I have read anywhere?

No tengu appear in this issue. Entirely possible they could appear in Summer.

Really intrigued by the Arquebusier, but a couple things in the article made me scratch my head.

1. Is Called Shot damage considered precision damage? Its an important distinction of someone is using a scattergun, for example.

2. I didn't think that a ranger's favored enemy was a precision based attack anymore. If it is, they can never use their ability against oozes, which are specifically called out as a favored enemy "type."

3. The separate listings for powder and bullets are a little confusing. The text seems to imply that when you buy a bullet, you buy enough powder to load the weapon and fire it, but then powder is listed separately.

I would have also probably liked to have had specific gun related reload feats instead of saying that crossbow feats work with guns. Its a bit confusing, because there is the crossbow mastery feat in the Pathfinder Campaign setting that would actually allow guns to be reloaded as free action. I just have a hard time wrapping my head around a musket firing four times even for a 20th level character.

I also would have rather stuck with the "standard" firearms from the Pathfinder Campaign setting to cut down on the sheer number of new rules to digest when presenting this class.

I would have also probably liked to have had specific gun related reload feats instead of saying that crossbow feats work with guns.

As would I.

You'll notice that Rapid Reload feat reduces the reload time either from a move action to a free action (for a hand or light crossbow) or from a full-round action to a move action (for a heavy crossbow). However, the article says that all firearms require a standard action to reload...so what action type does Rapid Reload reduce that to?

Also, the article specifically calls out AFTER the class description that arquebusiers gain Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearms) for free, rather than in the class listing or its table (it's also a bit odd to have an EWP that works for a group of weapons, rather than a single kind of weapon, but I can understand why it was done that way).

3. The separate listings for powder and bullets are a little confusing. The text seems to imply that when you buy a bullet, you buy enough powder to load the weapon and fire it, but then powder is listed separately.

I'll leave questions 1 and 2 for the author to expand on. For #3, though, I can assure you that playtesters did ask for gunpowder as a separate item from bullets. Because sometimes, you just want a keg of gunpowder.

Yay for new stuff!

Switzerland...ha!

It's fun seeing all the familiar names popping up in this issue. Back to reading.

I'm curious. Does Kobold quarterly carry info on 3rd etition, 3.5 edition, Pathfinder, and 4 edition? Or does it only talk about one of the above.

They print what they're pitched and submitted... there's been a CoC article in a previous issue, there's a Dragon Age article in this issue. I have the feeling that as long as the author didn't step on proprietary toes and the material was written well, you could publish material for any game if you wanted.

-Ben.

It's fun seeing all the familiar names popping up in this issue. Back to reading.

While that's very cool, I'm really digging seeing the new faces.

Actually, in this instance I meant familiar from places other than KQ.
So much for clarity.
:)

Well, in that case...totally!

No tengu appear in this issue. Entirely possible they could appear in Summer.

Schade! But thanks for the reply anyway.

Switzerland...ha!

I LOL´d on that one too! Just great tongue-in-cheek humor.

Ross Simpson wrote:

I'm curious. Does Kobold quarterly carry info on 3rd etition, 3.5 edition, Pathfinder, and 4 edition? Or does it only talk about one of the above.

3.5, Pathfinder, and 4e.

And that's why I no longer purchase KQ. I have no desire for 4E info.

While the 4ed content does not detract me from KQ, I'm curious what's the point of having 4ed player-oriented crunch in the magazine. Since it's not a part of DDI (most importantly, the Character Builder), chances of 4ed players using it a pretty much close to zero.

Urizen wrote:

Ross Simpson wrote:

I'm curious. Does Kobold quarterly carry info on 3rd etition, 3.5 edition, Pathfinder, and 4 edition? Or does it only talk about one of the above.

3.5, Pathfinder, and 4e.

And that's why I no longer purchase KQ. I have no desire for 4E info.

Well, at 6 bucks, I can live with a few pages of useless stuff - even Dragon had pieces on non-D&D stuff way back, it was still a useful magazine. But to each his own, I guess.

Stefan

I don't mind the 4.x stuff. Heck I buy AU stuff and my AU books sit on my shelf collecting dust (well all my books collect dust right now, but still...)

As to 'why publish 4e'? Well for one people write for it and two, not every home game has to be DDI approved.

I'll likely read this at the hospital tonight.

Urizen wrote:

Ross Simpson wrote:

I'm curious. Does Kobold quarterly carry info on 3rd etition, 3.5 edition, Pathfinder, and 4 edition? Or does it only talk about one of the above.

3.5, Pathfinder, and 4e.

And that's why I no longer purchase KQ. I have no desire for 4E info.

I have to echo what others have said ...

While I too hate seeing 4E material in KQ, I understand why it is there. And, as has been pointed out, Dragon had non D&D content as well. Heck, there was a time when Dragon had Marvel Superheroes content! I don't think many people refused to buy Dragon because of it.

Plus, there is plenty of great Pathfinder content in each issue! I just ordered my print issue and can't wait to see the Shadow bloodlines and Shadow wizard school as well as the other Rathfinder content. Honestly, I think a better thing than simply not buying it is this: subscribe to the magazine and then, as a subscriber, express your wish to see more Pathfinder!

I can tell you I have a number of Pathfinder articles under consideration with KQ right now that I'm hoping see print in upcoming issues and I would HATE to know that Pathfinder fans will not see them because they decided not to buy the mag anymore!!!

I understand that you all enjoy the Pathfinder content and consider it enough that it overcomes the presence of other material. Personally, I get enough Pathfinder goodness from Paizo itself. If not buying something that contains material I'll never use means I can spend more money on actual Paizo products, then I'm a happy camper.

+1 to Aberzombie, KQ would be better off without material for tactical wargames. ;)

Some of the PFRPG material (and 3e material) is well worth it. Just to pull one completely semi-random sample out of the air, there was, for instance, an article in the last issue that had the stats for baby froghemoths. Where else are you going to get that? :D

Can't wait for my print copy!!!

I just ordered my print issue and can't wait to see the Shadow bloodlines and Shadow wizard school.....

Let me know what you thought of it......

Thoughts on the Arquebusier of Alkenstar?

And even though some of it is nominally labeled as 4e, a good chunk of that stuff isn't necessarily *only* 4e.

For example, the Alternate Objectives: Capture the Flag article, while on the surface a 4e article, really didn't have a lot that was 4e-specific ... the concepts could be applied to any of the D&D family.

While I too would prefer more PF specific content I have to agree with others in that many times something written for 4E still gives me ideas for my PF game. Oftentimes its a good creative idea regardless of edition and just takes a bit of tweaking to make usable in PF.

Wolfgang needs to print material for multiple systems in order to appeal to as broad a base of readers as possible. Who knows if there would be enough people buying it if it were purely PF content to cover printing costs and pay checks for content creators.

I'd much rather have a mag with 50% PF content than no mag.

Just wanted to say congrats to Wicht - I love the text for Wreck of the Goodwife. The capsizing of the competition is a lovely touch.

Fun magazine this month. Really enjoying getting through it.

Just wanted to say congrats to Wicht - I love the text for Wreck of the Goodwife. The capsizing of the competition is a lovely touch.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah, Jonathan -the article looks great! Everyone should note that thing got pulled together in, what, less than a week? Kudos, my man...