Kobold Quarterly 13 PDF

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.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

The man's made up his mind! Don't go telling him about the goodness therein-- *he knows* it's all trash and won't be swayed by your forked silver tongue!

We all know that 4E games must be run with purely DDI provided content or they send that gnome after you, the one with the lisp, to stick his badger in your face and ask for his loot. It's embarrassing. Last time I had to give him all my marshmallows and my only phillips head screwdriver.

No one ever gets good ideas for one game by reading the material from another. Nosir. That's wrongbadfun. Then come in the black helicopters and they take your games from you. No one wants that.

^_-

-Ben.

I too hate 4th ed, but I will be getting this and many other issues of KQ- I have friends here that are published in it, and this month's topics are way, WAY too good for me to ignore.

Last time I had to give him all my marshmallows and my only phillips head screwdriver.

Ben, this made me snort, shooting lukewarm coffee up my nose. Thanks.

Brandon

The man's made up his mind! Don't go telling him about the goodness therein-- *he knows* it's all trash and won't be swayed by your forked silver tongue!

Actually, I have all the way up to around issues 9 or 10. I really enjoyed some of the articles by Wolfgang and other established writers. But, my group doesn't play that often, so the Paizo PF stuff is more than enough for me these days. Skipping the partly 4E content of KQ is just a better cost-to benefit situation.

"The Switzerland of the Edition Wars"
Awesome tagline. lol

Picked it up today and, while not a fan of a new class for every little shtick, I am excited about more support and options for firearms friendly PCs. Will read it on the commute home from work!

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

It was a very quick effort; but it most certainly was also a team effort, bringing together material created by a team of creative individuals.

Thoughts on the Arquebusier of Alkenstar?

I haven't had a chance to really get at the meat of the article yet, but I did highly appreciate both giving thought to, and then EXPLAINING those thoughts in the article, how to balance firearms and archery.

Cappadocius, I'll be looking forward to your comments.

And glad you liked the "Design Notes". I think that's just force of habit from Open Design projects now!

Heck, there was a time when Dragon had Marvel Superheroes content! I don't think many people refused to buy Dragon because of it.

You say that as if it were a bad thing when clearly it is not

I used to love the MSH stuff plus Top Secret, Star Frontiers etc etc

I used to love the MSH stuff plus Top Secret, Star Frontiers etc etc

They used to publish the most obscure characters, too! La Bandera? Windshear? Witchfire? I mean, really, who?

Wolfgang- I remember reading at one point that you might do a limit reprint of issue #2. Any change you're still considering that?

MerrikCale wrote:

I used to love the MSH stuff plus Top Secret, Star Frontiers etc etc

They used to publish the most obscure characters, too! La Bandera? Windshear? Witchfire? I mean, really, who?

It was great

Hey Wolfgang, you should get Jeff Grubb to submit some Marvel Super Heroes stuff

Great Lakes Avengers baby!

Marc Radle 81 wrote:

Heck, there was a time when Dragon had Marvel Superheroes content! I don't think many people refused to buy Dragon because of it.

You say that as if it were a bad thing when clearly it is not

I used to love the MSH stuff plus Top Secret, Star Frontiers etc etc

oh, not at all! I used to play MSH, Star Frontiers etc (check my profile ;) so I thought it was cool. I was just saying that even our beloved Dragon has published material that was for systems other than D&D so maybe we can cyt KQ a little slack

MerrikCale wrote:

Marc Radle 81 wrote:

Heck, there was a time when Dragon had Marvel Superheroes content! I don't think many people refused to buy Dragon because of it.

You say that as if it were a bad thing when clearly it is not

I used to love the MSH stuff plus Top Secret, Star Frontiers etc etc

oh, not at all! I used to play MSH, Star Frontiers etc (check my profile ;) so I thought it was cool. I was just saying that even our beloved Dragon has published material that was for systems other than D&D so maybe we can cyt KQ a little slack

we can cut it a lot of slack. I love it! And I loathe 4e. Anybody who doesnt get it just because 1/3 of the mag is 4e is cutting off their nose to spite thier face

IMO

Anybody who doesnt get it just because 1/3 of the mag is 4e is cutting off their nose to spite thier face

IMO

Or is making a judgement call because there are other things to buy that give them more "bang for there buck", as has been previously stated.

MerrikCale wrote:

Anybody who doesnt get it just because 1/3 of the mag is 4e is cutting off their nose to spite thier face

IMO

Or is making a judgement call because there are other things to buy that give them more "bang for there buck", as has been previously stated.

Like that overpriced Gargantuan Orcus mini? :P

Aberzombie wrote:

MerrikCale wrote:

Anybody who doesnt get it just because 1/3 of the mag is 4e is cutting off their nose to spite thier face

IMO

Or is making a judgement call because there are other things to buy that give them more "bang for there buck", as has been previously stated.

Like that overpriced Gargantuan Orcus mini? :P

Exactly! I'll get way more use out of that.

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

Could?

>:|

This article was the main reason I resubscribed earlier today after I was paid, even though I really didn't have the spare money for it at this point.
When I read about the Tengu article at the end of Issue 12 I was elated. Now I'm disappointed. You really shouldn't advertise something if it's not set in stone that it can be delivered. :/

Wolfgang Baur wrote:

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

Could?

>:|

This article was the main reason I resubscribed earlier today after I was paid, even though I really didn't have the spare money for it at this point.
When I read about the Tengu article at the end of Issue 12 I was elated. Now I'm disappointed. You really shouldn't advertise something if it's not set in stone that it can be delivered. :/

On a slightly related note, I found this editions preview of the next edition quite entertaining.

flash_cxxi wrote:

Wolfgang Baur wrote:

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

Could?

>:|

This article was the main reason I resubscribed earlier today after I was paid, even though I really didn't have the spare money for it at this point.
When I read about the Tengu article at the end of Issue 12 I was elated. Now I'm disappointed. You really shouldn't advertise something if it's not set in stone that it can be delivered. :/

On a slightly related note, I found this editions preview of the next edition quite entertaining.

Why? Don't have my PDF available right now, maybe because you have another article in the hopper / accepted?

Why? Don't have my PDF available right now, maybe because you have another article in the hopper / accepted?

I actually have two articles in the hopper but neither one has been accepted yet. But thats not what I found entertaining.

There's more to the preview but this gives you a taste of how it was written:

Coming Next Issue
Yes, the biggest issue of the year is the Summer GenCon Indy special issue! It will be huge! It will be packed with greatness for Pathfinder RPG and much more 4th Edition content than this issue! It will feature sparkling wit and incisive, madly amazing game design! You cannot resist it!

Ok, we really have no idea what’s in it yet. Here’s our best guess based on what we are holding in the slush pits right now.

• An Ecology of some kind of Monster or Animal. Details? Look, six of these things are prowling the slush pile right now, and any one of Them could tear a kobold beastmaster limb from limb. So unless you are volunteering to sort them out… Ask again later.

That's a remarkably accurate view of what the editors know about the next issue 3 months in advance.

That preview art is usually accurate, though.

• An Ecology of some kind of Monster or Animal. Details? Look, six of these things are prowling the slush pile right now, and any one of Them could tear a kobold beastmaster limb from limb. So unless you are volunteering to sort them out… Ask again later.

I do remember a slight smile when I read that announcement ;>

Ah, the tissue of lies which is the "Upcoming issue!" :D I've let out a whoop of excitement thinking I'd have a credit there before, only learn that the article was left to splash obscenely in the pools of the Slush Pile.

It's good times, but you've got to think, this went to printer weeks ago, and so it depended on what was available then...where as queries could have been coming in all last month and this month for consideration. And if that tengu article's any good-- we'll likely see it, because ecologies do well. I wouldn't be too spun up about it...

-Ben.

Ah, the tissue of lies which is the "Upcoming issue!" :D I've let out a whoop of excitement thinking I'd have a credit there before, only learn that the article was left to splash obscenely in the pools of the Slush Pile.

I had that experience as well, thinking the article would be selected, then another article, touching the same subject, took its place.

That other article was slightly better, so it was the right call, but still ;<

I hate parallel development!

Wolfgang Baur wrote:

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

Could?

>:|

This article was the main reason I resubscribed earlier today after I was paid, even though I really didn't have the spare money for it at this point.
When I read about the Tengu article at the end of Issue 12 I was elated. Now I'm disappointed. You really shouldn't advertise something if it's not set in stone that it can be delivered. :/

I'm the person who wrote the tengu article Flash, and I'm also partially to blame for why it was removed. You see, I sent Wolfgang the tengu article a few months before issue 13 was released, then sent him the shoggoth ecology a month or two later after the first article was announced in the advertisment. Wolfgang and the editors obviously thought the shoggoth article was a better fit for the issue than the tengu article so made the switch. In essence, I caused my own article to get sidelined.

flash_cxxi wrote:

Wolfgang Baur wrote:

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

Could?

>:|

This article was the main reason I resubscribed earlier today after I was paid, even though I really didn't have the spare money for it at this point.
When I read about the Tengu article at the end of Issue 12 I was elated. Now I'm disappointed. You really shouldn't advertise something if it's not set in stone that it can be delivered. :/

I'm the person who wrote the tengu article Flash, and I'm also partially to blame for why it was removed. You see, I sent Wolfgang the tengu article a few months before issue 13 was released, then sent him the shoggoth ecology a month or two later after the first article was announced in the advertisment. Wolfgang and the editors obviously thought the shoggoth article was a better fit for the issue than the tengu article so made the switch. In essence, I caused my own article to get sidelined.

Well. I hope you're proud of yourself and your two print-worthy articles.

... and I'm also partially to blame for why it was removed. blah, blah, blah, talking... In essence, I caused my own article to get sidelined.

LET'S GIT'IM!

(but watch the hands, gentlemen. The face is totally fair game.)

-Ben.

I'm the person who wrote the tengu article Flash, and I'm also partially to blame for why it was removed. You see, I sent Wolfgang the tengu article a few months before issue 13 was released, then sent him the shoggoth ecology a month or two later after the first article was announced in the advertisment. Wolfgang and the editors obviously thought the shoggoth article was a better fit for the issue than the tengu article so made the switch. In essence, I caused my own article to get sidelined.

Given the choice I think they made the right choice!

I'm the person who wrote the tengu article Flash, and I'm also partially to blame for why it was removed. You see, I sent Wolfgang the tengu article a few months before issue 13 was released, then sent him the shoggoth ecology a month or two later after the first article was announced in the advertisment. Wolfgang and the editors obviously thought the shoggoth article was a better fit for the issue than the tengu article so made the switch. In essence, I caused my own article to get sidelined.

It sounds like I might be in a similar boat this issue ...

It was great

Hey Wolfgang, you should get Jeff Grubb to submit some Marvel Super Heroes stuff

Great Lakes Avengers baby!

Hm. You know, there isn't really a good general gaming magazine out there right now, except MAYBE, KINDA Pyramid.

Maybe folks should submit some CoC and MSH and Gamma World and Mazes & Minotaurs and Bunnies & Burrows and Hackmaster stuff to KQ!

I would love some CoC, frankly, as the Red Eye of Azathoth project has been nothing if not 100% purely awesome Cthulhu mainline black tar goodness.

I am also not averse to queries for Savage Worlds Fantasy Companion, the Dresden Files RPG, possibly Mouseguard.

Gamma World 4E, as long as Bruce Cordell or Jim Ward writes it...

why would you name it kabold?

why would you name it kabold?

Its small but fierce.

And kobolds tend to venerate dragons.

fierce? so pathfinder is small? and fierce? that is the stupidest name and explanation for a magazine ever.

Trolls leave.

fierce? so pathfinder is small? and fierce? that is the stupidest name and explanation for a magazine ever.

How exactly do make the move from KQ to Pathfinder? I think they're both great names, but it's kobolds that are small but fierce, not pathfinders.

Trolls leave.

Was that a crack about my visage, oh ye of crinkled brow?

Was that a crack about my visage, oh ye of crinkled brow?

Now wait a minute... you're taking this kind of personally, aren't you?

I like those leafy looking trolls, but alas, Paizo tired of them.

paizo needs to think of a better name.

paizo needs to think of a better name.

Friend, these are not exactly the best kinds of posts for someone new here to jump in and make.

Paizo has nothing to do with Kobold Quarterly magazine. It is produced by a completely different company - Paizo simply offers the issues for sale through it's store.

KQ ( a great magazine, by the way) is named as a kind of homage to Dragon magazine. Small but fierce is simply a fun way of saying that the mag is small compared to Dragon in it's glory days BUT it still is a good mag and hopes to be worthy of it's "name sake" so to speak.

Welcome to the boards by the way ... And maybe try to dial the needless negativity back a bit in the future

I wouldn't worry. It is clear to me now that he just came here to make me laugh; he just hasn't found the right forum to post in yet.

Try Off Topic. Also, post in that MEEP! voice.

What does everyone else think about the Arquebusier class? I want to like it...I really want to play a gunslinger-type character. Not sure about it at first glance, need to re-read more carefully. Standard action to load? The author says it's on par with bowmen, but I'm not sure I agree.

While I don't use the 4E stuff, I understand the logic behind including it. Switzerland is a good place to be when war's a-raging. And there is nothing like the warm spark of kid-like joy you get when you open the mailbox and see the KQ magazine sitting within its white wrapping. That's worth the money right there.

Have to say, love the Shaggoth article. I am amazed that this mag always seems to have at least ONE thing I really need for my games, and having PF stats on Shaggoths will come in real handy in one of my games as the players begin to enter my hommage to the Lovecraftian masterpiece, At the Mountains of Madness.

I'll complain quietly to myself about something. No one needs respond.

Have to say, love the Shaggoth article. I am amazed that this mag always seems to have at least ONE thing I really need for my games, and having PF stats on Shaggoths will come in real handy in one of my games as the players begin to enter my hommage to the Lovecraftian masterpiece, At the Mountains of Madness.

I wish I were a player in your campaign. Though unleashing shoggoths is always a good way to *end* a campaign as well. :)

Yeah, I was excited to the see the shoggoths in bloom-er, in print.

Have to say, love the Shaggoth article. I am amazed that this mag always seems to have at least ONE thing I really need for my games, and having PF stats on Shaggoths will come in real handy in one of my games as the players begin to enter my hommage to the Lovecraftian masterpiece, At the Mountains of Madness.

Well, the Shoggoth has had PFRPG stats since the Bestiary came out.