Wolfgang Baur

Dark Motives and Darker Alliances Citizens of Zobeck are going missing. Catacombs beneath the urban abodes may have answers, but what lurks in them may not enjoy company... Rumors swirl of an unholy marriage between blood thirsty factions. As haunting dreams and prophetic utterances swell, the danger becomes clear. Such a union would be catastrophic… Who will uncover and stop these foul and ghoulish workings? Will your adventurers have the fortitude and ambition—or the greed and cunning—it takes to put a stop to them? Empire of the Ghouls is a complete adventure for characters level 1-13 for the 5th edition of the world’s first RPG. You’ll also find a gazetteer detailing the Ghoul Imperium in the depths of the Underworld--complete with map! --and appendices filled with new cults, creatures, magic items, and NPCs. Sharpen your blade and conjure magical light, and root out the foulness below the earth!

Whether you need scuttling dungeon denizens, alien horrors, or sentient avatars of the World Tree, the Creature Codex Pocket Edition has you covered! Nearly 400 new foes for your 5th Edition game—everything from acid ants and grave behemoths to void giants and zombie lords. All in a convenient, portable size! Creature Codex Pocket Edition includes: • A dozen new demons and five new angels • Wasteland dragons and dinosaurs • All-new golems, including the altar flame golem, doom golem, and keg golem • Elemental lords and animal lords to challenge powerful parties • Chieftains and other leaders for ratfolk, centaurs, goblins, trollkin, and more • New undead, including a hierophant lich to menace lower-level characters ...and much more! Use them in your favorite published setting, or populate the dungeons in a world of your own creation. Pick up Creature Codex and surprise your players with monsters they won’t be expecting! Compatible with the 5th edition of the world’s first roleplaying game!

The original Pathfinder Adventure Path returns in this complete hardcover edition celebrating five years of Pathfinder and 10 years of Paizo Publishing! Expanded and updated to the current Pathfinder RPG rules, this unprecedented collection brings together six classic Pathfinder adventures to create an entire campaign!The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins with a goblin attack and takes players on an epic journey through the land of Varisia as they track a cult of serial killers, fight depraved backwoods ogres, stop an advancing army of stone giants, delve deep into ancient dungeons to reclaim weapons of unbelievable power, and finally go up against an all-powerful wizard-king in his ancient mountaintop city. In more than 400 action-packed pages, this special anniversary edition expands the original campaign with new encounters throughout, incorporating five years of community feedback. New monsters, detailed locations, and tons of new art make the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path the most beautiful and elaborate campaign ever published for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game!

Dark Motives & Darker AlliancesCitizens of the free city of Zobeck are going missing Catacombs beneath the streets may provide answers, but what lurks in them may not enjoy company...Who will uncover and stop the foul and ghoulish workings? Will your adventurers have the fortitude and ambition-or the greed and cunning-it takes to put a stop to them?Empire of the Ghouls is a complete adventure for characters level 1 to 13 for the 5th edition of the world's first RPG. It includes a gazetteer detailing the Ghoul Imperium in the depths of the Underworld-complete with map -and appendices filled with new cults, creatures, magic items, and NPCs.Sharpen your blade and conjure your magical light to root out the foulness below the earth

Dungeons Are Half the Game. You can’t control what players are going to do. That’s half the fun. But you can control where they do it. That’s a whole other half! The Kobold Guide to Dungeons gives both new and experienced Game Masters over 100 pages of insight and ideas into making dungeons great. In-depth essays from industry luminaries teach you to think outside your own boxes, and into a larger realm of challenge, discovery, and good old monster bashing. Practical essays gives you insider tips and tricks to: - Design non-linear dungeons to explore - Think in 3D to make amazing spaces - Make every room count, even when there’s no monster - Create solutions in addition to combat - Dole out treasure—without blowing the bank The Kobold Guide to Dungeons features essays from classic voices of the RPG canon such as David “Zeb” Cook, Frank Mentzer, and Lawrence Schick. It also includes newer voices including Dominique Dickey, Sadie Lowry, and Erin Roberts. Open this book and level up your half of the game!

The Darkness Closes in Around You... Welcome to the Shadow Realm, a twisting and distorted counterpart to the lands you know. Here the shadow fey hold court, reveling in their frivolities and intrigues, while the darakhul hunt the unwary and those other peoples adapted to the shadows strive to simply get on with their lives. This plane of Shadow is ever changing and filled with adventure for those willing to explore the darkness. And oh, the things you’ll find: •Guard yourself against an often-hostile land of subtle intrigue and thinly veiled aggression, of political opportunities and roaming monsters •Learn the secrets of the ebon tides—the very ebb and flow of the shifting shadowstuff beneath your feet—and of the shadow roads that connect the planes •Visit the wondrous fey courts and realize your life may very well depend on proper etiquette and taking great care with your words •Negotiate with the peoples of the land, such as the bearfolk, shadow goblins, sable elves, umbral humans, and many others •Pay proper respect to those gods of the shadows lest they turn too close an eye toward you •Plus new options galore—52 spells, 16 races and subraces, 10 subclasses, 22 monsters and NPCs, 80 magic items, and more! The Book of Ebon Tides plunges you into the machinations of the various powers of shadow, providing everything you need to propel your adventures in the Shadow Realm. Here you’ll find an overview of all the peoples and monster and magics of the lands, and all the details that GMs and players need to carve their names in the shadows. Uncover the dark realities of shadow and expand worlds of your own creation!

In the Southlands, the world is alive with elemental power and wondrous magic, ancient god-kings walk among the living, and empires at their height echo the mystery and majesty of the past. This campaign setting for the 5th Edition of the world’s first RPG is ripe with possibilities for adventure in ancient tombs, enormous jungles, and searing deserts, where swift-flying sand ships dart between distant cities.

WIZARD: “It says it used to be a dragon of the outer darkness…” FIGHTER: “What does that even mean? Used to be? What is it now? Does anyone else speak Draconic?” WIZARD: “It says you are not sufficiently respectful to its dragon nature. It says… Run?” FIGHTER: “Run? In this armor?” DM: “FWOOOOSH!” Inside Tome of Beasts 2—now in this convenient, more portable softcover edition!—you’ll find monsters for almost every location your heroes might journey: from farmlands to forests, dungeons to deserts, and bustling cities to fantastical planar realms, all with an emphasis on dungeons and the underworld! Tome of Beasts 2 brings you: • Angelic enforcers and avalanche screamers • Kami and clockwork tigers • Void drakes and zombie dragons • Death vultures and demon lords • Imperial dragons and swordbreaker skeletons • Swamp nagas and magma octopuses • Chameleon hydras and shriekbats • Walled horrors and wraith bears! Keep your players surprised, entertained, and terrified with all-new opponents they’ve never seen before—and won’t ever see coming!

The Tome of Beasts 2 from Kobold Press brings nearly 400 new monsters to 5th edition-designed by some of the most talented, and wildly creative, designers working today.You'll find monsters for almost every location your heroes might journey: from farmlands to forests...dungeons to deserts...and from bustling cities to fantastical planar realms.Tome of Beasts 2 brings you:Angelic Enforcers and Alligator Turtles.Befouled Weirds and Clockwork Tigers.Hoard drakes and zombie dragons.Death Vultures and Dragonflesh Golems.Imperial dragons and swordbreaker skeletons. Swamp Nagas and Magma Octopuses.Sasquatch and Shriekbats.Walled Horrors and Wraith Bears.Keep your players surprised, entertained, and terrified with all-new opponents they've never seen before-and won't be expected.

Six Lethal Adventures, One Legendary CampaignIn the sleepy coastal town of Sandpoint, evil is brewing. An attack by crazed goblins reveals the shadows of a forgotten past returning to threaten the town-and perhaps all of Varisia. The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins with this goblin raid and takes players on an epic journey through the land of Varisia as they track a cult of serial killers, fight backwoods ogres, stop an advancing army of stone giants, delve into ancient dungeons, and finally face off against a wizard-king in his ancient mountaintop city. This hardcover compilation updates the fan-favorite campaign to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game rules with revised and new content in more than 400 pages packed with mayhem, excitement, and adventure!Celebrating both the fifth anniversary of the Pathfinder Adventure Path and the tenth anniversary of Paizo Publishing, this new edition expands the original campaign with new options and refined encounters throughout, incorporating 5 years of community feedback.

Whether you need scuttling dungeon denizens, alien horrors, or sentient avatars of the World Tree, the Creature Codex has you covered! Three hundred pawns on heavy stock gives anyone an instant table-ready horde of monsters for your 5e game—everything from acid ants and grave behemoths to void giants and zombie lords. Creature Codex includes: • A dozen new demons, and five new angels • Wasteland dragons and dinosaurs • All-new golems, including the altar flame golem, doom golem, and keg golem • Monsters inspired by Mesoamerican, Hindustani, and Asian legends and folklore • Chieftains and other leaders for ratfolk, centaurs, goblins, trollkin, and more • New undead, including a heirophant lich suitable for lower-level characters (but plenty tough!) ...and much more! Use them in your favorite published setting, or populate the dungeons in a world of your own creation. Pick up Creature Codex and surprise your players with monsters they won’t be expecting!

Face the River's Fury! In the small hamlet of Riverbend, the miller's wife is missing, and the locals suspect that the husband himself was involved. But all is far from what it seems. Ellessandra, the missing woman, is actually an elf from the Summer Lands. She came to live in the human settlement when the miller made a dangerous pact with the River King, the lands' powerful sidhe ruler. Now, the player characters must unravel the truth behind Ellessandra's disappearance, piece together the involvement of a young brownie-turned-fey-lord, and dive into the fey courts of the Summer Lands to stop a raid that would surely spell Riverbend's doom. All the while, Arthurian intrigue and mischief runs high among the fey lords and ladies in this mercurial, open-format adventure from acclaimed adventure designer Wolfgang Baur! This 5th Edition adventure for 4th- through 6th-level characters is full of hijinks and trickery, and fits nicely into any campaign setting in which fey are regal. Their courtly plots are dangerous and will test bold adventurers' skills to the limit!

The latest in the award-winning and fan-favorite series of Kobold Guides tackles gameplay head-on, with advice from everyone from veterans to talented newcomers on how to make a tabletop RPG session snap, crackle, and shine Writers on include Frank Mentzer, Keith Baker, Zeb Cook, James Jacobs, Monica Valentinelli, Shanna Germain, and many other well-known industry vets and long-time GMs.

The Tome of Beasts brings more than 400 new monsters to 5th Edition. Whether you need dungeon vermin or a world-shaking personification of evil, the Tome of Beasts has it! This richly-illustrated, 400+ page supplement for any 5E game includes monsters from the entire history of Kobold Press, with longtime favorites such as clockwork creatures, drakes and dragons, devils and arch-devils, and dangerous flavors of the fey—illustrated by some of the finest artists working in fantasy today. These monsters have been designed so that GMs can use them in their favorite settings for fantasy adventure, whether it's Kobold Press's world of Midgard, one of the classic realms of d20-rolling gaming, or their own homebrew worlds.