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Back Issue 5: Rogues and Rascals

 

Troublemakers, sneaks, and feral foes are among the items designed by James Haeck and others in this issue of Warlock.

As with prior back issues, this is strictly first-come, first-served, and we suspect we'll run out of these moderately quickly. They are in the 2020-08-06 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Warlock 20: Redtower

Warlock 20: Redtower

Dear patrons, this zine is our largest to date, a full 40 pages, starting with the history and lore of Redtower and the Scarlet Citadel, continuing with the full writeup of the village of Redtower and its people (plus a two-page map), and concluding with a set of monsters promised in the Kobold P...

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Art Preview: Redtower Cover Sketch

Art Preview: Redtower Cover Sketch

The art for Warlock 20: Redtower is suitably epic, as you can see! The artist is Justine Jones, and the final art will be a wraparound cover shipping to print patrons in a couple weeks.

As is tradition with the round numbers, this zine will be a bit larger than usual as well, and of course ...

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Back Issue: Warlock 4 Dragon Empire

And presto! Here are the Magnificent Sultans, and the yek demons, and the islands of Marea, and much more from the Mharoti Empire.

As with prior back issues, this is strictly first-come, first-served, and we suspect we'll run out of these moderately quickly. They are in the 2020-07-20 22:57:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Warlock 20: on the Horizon!

Warlock 20: on the Horizon!

 Whew! Thank you for your patience while the kobolds have dealt with the Tome of Beasts 2 project, some tardy art, and general pandemic-related struggles. 

We know Warlock #20 is slow in arriving, but we have good news!

The zine is somewhat larger than usual, to cel...

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Sales Tax for Pledges

Hi folks,

Quick public service announcement seeing which may affect some of your pledges. Due to new laws , Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on some pledges starting July 1st. 

Less than half of all patrons will be charged sales tax, and for m...

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Back Issue: Warlock 3 Undercity

The response to the first convention booklet was good, so I dug around a bit and found the Warlock 3 zines in the box. THere's not as many, maybe we printed less, maybe it is the topic. In any event, it is the second direct offer to2020-06-24 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Planar Race Poll

  

From Warlock Editor Scott Gable:

Earlier this week we talked about the Guide to the Planes. Now we're building on that.

Building a Planar Race

I would really like to build new races, one devoted to each of the planes. I’m not talking about “mons...

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Back Issue: Warlock 2 Dread Magic

Dear Patrons,

I was digging around in the Warlock vaults over the weekend, sorting out all the convention things that we have not used since last year, and I found our box of Warlock zines. These are the extra copies that the kobolds sell at conventions. Which we are not currently attending...

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Warlock Guide to the Planes: This is a Ransom!

From Warlock editor Scott Gable: 

“The world of Midgard is but one plane in a sprawling multiverse of planes connected by the branches of the World Tree, the flow of the Ever River, and vibrations of planar resonance. Think of the planes as spheres, each its own infinite or defin...

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Warlock 19: Arcane Power

Warlock 19: Arcane Power

Sometimes all you really need for a good encounter or a good session is a little bit of magic. Fortunately, Midgard is well-stocked with spell slingers, and designers Jon Sawatsky and Mike Welham. These six NPCs each bring new lore, hooks, and adventurous potenti...

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Mysterious Table of Contents

Mysterious Table of Contents

There it is, the table of contents for Warlock 19. What does it mean? Only Jon, Mike, and thier editor know for sure.

We'll see if we can wrangle some more information out of them, but this thread is OPEN for wild speculation!

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Double Lair 49: Oh Ye Soldiers of Fortune

Double Lair 49: Oh Ye Soldiers of Fortune

The heroes and adventurers of the Seven Cities live by the sword, bold and fearless and cunning. But in a bad year boldness comes to nothing, bravery leads to a quick oration and a hasty marker, and even Loki's cunning is outdone by treachery. Sometimes even the best of the Septime mercenaries fa...

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2021 Races Poll

Dear patrons, we've investigated the fey, dwarves, halflings, and the undead, and provided new options for these fantasy standard races.

The kobolds would like to do a Warlock zine focused on another race, but... There are many options and the editorial discussion led to knives drawn, hea...

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Warlock 18: Ride Into the Blood Kingdoms!

Warlock 18: Ride Into the Blood Kingdoms!

At the border, the Blood Kingdom of Greater Morgau seems much like other lands, with its rolling woodlands, hardworking peasantry, and demanding overlords. But stay the night, and you will see a darker side, a howling wilderness where the good people depend on fire, courage, and a stout cottage d...

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Warlock Contents: Twice Damned Abominations!

Warlock Contents: Twice Damned Abominations!

The next Warlock booklet will soon wing its way to you on leathery wings and with all the fires of hell at its back! Yes, we enter the Blood Kingdoms guided by the maleficent and magnificent Christopher Lockey, who offers a band of NPCs no hero wishes to meet all at once, as well as some of the m...

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Come Into the Garden

Come Into the Garden

Sometimes we just want to terrify our players. This month's double Lair is good for that, as it features a dangerous village, perilous confrontations, a garden that grows from blood and darkness.

You, dear patrons, get this adventure included for your pledge of support! Visit the 2020-04-15 22:41:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Double Lair: Gremlins in Zobeck

Double Lair: Gremlins in Zobeck

We may have had one too many when we VOLUNTARILY chose to publish a Zobeck adventure about rum gremlins, but kobolds live with no regrets! And so we share our pain with you!

The Broken Handle, a tavern in Lower Zobeck, is having continual issues with rum gremlin infestations, which is causi...

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Double Lair: Terror at the 12 Goats Tavern

Double Lair: Terror at the 12 Goats Tavern

We promised two Double Lairs in February, and (with a little help from the leap year) the second one is here!

When the PCs arrive at the Twelve Goats Tavern, they expect a simple night of rest and relaxation in the gnomish lands of Niemheim. Their respite is interrupted by the arrival of Ma...

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Warlock 17: Short and Nearly Invisible

Warlock 17: Short and Nearly Invisible

Halflings in Midgard have always been eager to stay out of sight: as servitors to the elves, as bargefolk on the rivers, and in the tall grass of the eastern plains and northern mountains, always rumored, rarely encountered.

At last, we are pleased to offer you, dear patrons, a whole zine d...

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1-on-1 Lair: Lost & Found for Valentine's Day

1-on-1 Lair: Lost & Found for Valentine's Day

Because we love our patrons, the kobolds have asked Jonathan and Beth Ball of D&D Duet to design an adventure for two.

The result is Lost and Found, an adventure in the Dornig city of Reywald for a DM and a si...

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Next Zine: All About Halflings

Next Zine: All About Halflings

They've been very hard to pin down, these small folk, and some believe that they left Midgard forever with the elves. The truth is, they like to stay in their own shires and rivers and homelands, far away from the tall folk.

Here's what is coming later this month!

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Warlock Double Lair: Into the Wastes!

Warlock Double Lair: Into the Wastes!

This time around we return to the deadly Western Wastes, in the season of the Mad Spring, when rains bring the badlands into fecund, eldritch bloom, and when all manner of visitors seek to harvest strange seeds, fruits, and flowers, imbued with potent scents, arcane power, or a healing vitality.<...

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Eleven Hells Poster

Eleven Hells Poster

You asked for it, and here it is! The cover art of the 11 Hells featured on Warlock 15 is now a large, printable poster file.

Grab the graphic by artist Karl...

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Baleful Moonlight

Baleful Moonlight

A new double-size lair by Celeste Conowitch, featuring a mysterious ritual and some misguided druids — and magic best NOT done by moonlight.

Thank you patrons for your patience! This final Lair of the year is yours with code LUNARNIGHT in the 2019-12-31 19:05:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Warlock 16: Where to Go

Warlock 16: Where to Go

People have been telling us where to go for YEARS, and we finally got there! 

This installment of the Warlock zine brings a full menu of infernal, diabolical, daemonic, and abyssal locales, with a Grand Tour of the 11 Hells by Wolfgang Baur and a detailed, all-new planar town by the Fa...

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Warlock 16 Table of Contents

Warlock 16 Table of Contents

Sometimes our dark side totally takes over. Witness the upcoming Warlock 16: Eleven Hells, where we call on two Planescape designers to open up a can of infernal mayhem and impress us with their malicious characters and locales, to name some of the archdukes and demon lords who rule there, and to...

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Double Lair: Small Bear in Big Trouble

Double Lair: Small Bear in Big Trouble

The kobolds are happy to introduce a double-size Lair for 4th level characters, and to present a young bearfolk cub that's gotten itself into a serious scrape.  Could end just as badly as its parents always warned, if there are no adventurers around...

Set in the Grand Duchy of Dornig,...

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Warlock 15: Boss Monsters In Charge!

Warlock 15: Boss Monsters In Charge!

You know the monsters we're thinking of: big, brassy, maybe a bit prone to monologues, and ready to end an adventure with a highly memorable finale!

Thanks to your support, this booklet features cover art by RPG legend Jeff Easley and 14 monster designs by new and veteran d...

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Warlock Grimoire Now Available

Warlock Grimoire Now Available

Are you missing a few early Warlocks? Just want to have the first 10 zines in one collection--with new material by Dan Dillon,  Lysa Chen, and Brandon Hodge? YOUR TIME IS NOW!

We've compiled and expanded the Warlock run from #1 to #10 in a single set of covers, and it is available NOW ...

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