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Warlock Grimoire 4 Now Roams the Darkest Shadows

Warlock Grimoire 4 Now Roams the Darkest Shadows

The Final Chapter Unfolds!

Behold, patrons, the final installment in Kobold Press’ beloved anthology series; Warlock Grimoire 4!

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Warlock Lair 79: Shadow of Runkelstad

Warlock Lair 79: Shadow of Runkelstad

Zebeck's neighbor city down the river Argent is Runkelstad--and we see it in 34 glorious pages of adventure by none other than Richard Pett, designer of City of Cats and urban adventure glory!

Visit the butcher shops and antiquarian shops, pay a call at the College of Wands, and learn the tale of the kobold wizard Nakrakk, the youngest of his brood and smallest egg, bullied but with dream...

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Warlock 37: Elemental Planes Now Available

Warlock 37: Elemental Planes Now Available

Dear patrons, here is the PDF of earth and air, fire and water, which you may have seen in your mailboxes recently. To download your copy from the Kobold Press Store, please use download code 3L3M3N74L before May 1, 2023. 

This one includes 4 topics loaded...

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Fading Into the Ether: Warlock Ends Its Run

Sad tidings this time, folks: the Warlock Patreon has reached the end, and we're shutting it down at the end of 2022.

We're letting you know now that there are three Warlock releases yet to come. First, though, let's go down memory lane by the numbers:

Launched: Wednesday, Aug 2, 2017, at 9:54 AM

High Water Mark: 941 patrons

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Lair 78: A High-Level Serpentine Adventure

Lair 78: A High-Level Serpentine Adventure

Enter the markets of Lignas Proper, and stay one step ahead of the assassins who seek what you seek--the Serpentine Codex! 

This Southlands adventure for 12th level PCs by designer Richard Green includes new magic items, horrific monsters, and an expansion of Warlock 71: ...

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Warlock Zine 36: Sneaky Kobolds

Warlock Zine 36: Sneaky Kobolds

Usually we post a Table of Contents as a sneak peek a few days before the zine goes into the mail. Usually.

Given our topic this time, we simply put zines into the mail and waited to see when they would show up on ethereal messaging....

So YES, the new zine here a bit early! Kobolds are the topic, the cover is by artist Bryan Syme, and the contents are truly amazing, rarely rev...

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Warlock Lair: Unguis Sorrow Now Available

Warlock Lair: Unguis Sorrow Now Available

Here be dragonborn, and they are not pleased! This adventure for 4th level characters by designer HH Carlan is set in the Mharoti Empire, and the heroes are wanted for crimes they may not have committed. With flexible setup and an adventure that features BOTH a secret society and albino death weasels, it's hard not to love it.

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New Warlock Lair: Lost in a Demiplane

New Warlock Lair: Lost in a Demiplane

Time magic and a missing friend are the themes of "No Time Has Passed", a time-twisting adventure for 5th level PCs by designer William Rotor, with art by Phil Stone and cartography by Dyson Logos.

It exists because of your support, dear patrons, and is available for download now from the 2022-10-10 17:31:44 +0000 UTC View Post

WARLOCK 35: Faith, Deeds, and a Hammer

WARLOCK 35: Faith, Deeds, and a Hammer

The theme of Warlock 35 is Priesthood, with a focus on clerics, paladins, and true believers--and revealing the first non-ghoul monk subclass in the Crossroads! 

With a stunning cover by artist Karl Waller, and 3 major articles for your enjoyment, Warlock 35 reinvents and revisits holy and unholy topics familiar to Midgard fans. 

The first take is by Tim Hitchcock on how c...

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Warlock 35 Table of Contents

Warlock 35 Table of Contents

It's always great to have the priesthood on your side--and even better to understand the divine mysteries of the priests, masks, and the gods themselves! Here's a sneak peek at what's coming:

  • the gods, spells, and holy orders of the Crossroads (and even the Way of the Storm monastic tradition!), 
  • divine interventions in your game including blessings, items, and spells ...

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Warlock Lair 75: Down the River Lethe

Warlock Lair 75: Down the River Lethe

It's time for a high-level romp in the town of Smoke, gateway to the Hells! If you have characters around 13th level and they don't mind annoying fey messengers or demon lords, this one's for you. Try to ignore the machinations of Mammon in the background if you can--he has plans for the Hells, does the Lord of Coin...

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Warlock 34: Visiting with Baba Yaga

Warlock 34: Visiting with Baba Yaga

You have an invitation to visit Grandmother, the great Baba Yaga herself!  Dare you accept? Dare you refuse?!

This installment of Warlock zine features grandmother herself, her daughters the Vila and their boons, her enemies the Niemheim gnomes and her neighbors in Misto Ellel, with a variety of lore, creatures, and magic for your review.

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Warlock 34: Table of Contents Preview

Warlock 34: Table of Contents Preview

It's an all-star group of designers for Warlock 34, visiting with Baba Yaga and the diabolical gnomes of Niemheim, plus their friends and family.

This should be out by the end of the month. Would you sit down for tea with Grandmother on a hot summer day....?

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Mama Said There's A New Warlock Lair

Mama Said There's A New Warlock Lair

It's a double Lair month! Yes, as promised in June, we've doubled up the Lairs in July, and this one covers a lot of great territory, in the swamps of the Magocracy of Allain (or other somewhat magical swamps), with a 1st level adventure by Thomas Pugh and cartography by Dyson Logos! 

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Warlock 33: Lost Empires Now Available

Warlock 33: Lost Empires Now Available

The secrets of lost Ankeshel are now available to you, dear patrons! 

This 28-page zine includes 

  • the land's history and lore, with an overview of its vril technology (and attempts to recreate it), 
  • magical tech weapons like the fulminator rod and disintegrator pistol, plus 3 Ankeshelian relics like the orichalcum yoke and dragon gauntlet 
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Warlock 33: Table of Contents Preview

Warlock 33: Table of Contents Preview

After deep research and careful study, we're getting ready to ship out Warlock 33, covering our favorite ancient and fallen empire, with all the vril technology, obscure lore, and lost magic of Ankeshel.

As the Table of Contents shows, there's 2 sections, and both are large, weighty, and very much worth your while. The first is packed with surprising gear, an arcane subclass, 3 new creatu...

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Warlock Lair & the Feast of July

Warlock Lair & the Feast of July

This lair was originally the June lair, and it is late. Our sincere apologies for our tardiness! We blame those accursed Heroes and their Tomes!

Fortunately, July is going to be an absolute feast of Warlock material for 5E, including this rather stunningly great lair for 10th level PCs, PLUS the July lair, AND ALSO THE NEXT zine, and ..... Well, there is a very secret Pact Item that will...

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Warlock on Shard

Want Kobold Press's Warlock content on virtual tabletop (VTT)? Our friends at Shard have converted Warlock issues (including the Grimoires and special releases) and Warlock Lairs to be available for online play!

As Warlock patrons, you can sign up now for a free 3-month trial of the new Wa...

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Warlock Lair: Break the Owl

Warlock Lair: Break the Owl

Enter the plane of Shadow with our sneak peek, for Warlock patrons! This adventure for 6th-level characters includes bloodthirsty justice and the strange ways of the Goblin City of Fandeval.

Get your copy today from the Kobold Press Store using code B34KBR34K3R, ...

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Warlock 32 Takes Aim with Elves

Warlock 32 Takes Aim with Elves

We're very much on target with the next zine, featuring 4 lost elvish courts, the Windrunner nomads, and elvish spells and magic items. As always, this is made possible because of your support (and we're quite excited by this topic after the darkness of the Void last time!)

The print copies are out with their messengers and should arrive at your castles, keeps, and hamlets this week (perh...

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Warlock Visits the Elves

Warlock Visits the Elves

It's true, folks, the elves do have excellent treehouses, they are the swiftest hunters on the Great Rothenian Plain, and their lost courts and fabled magic are always worth investigating.... So that's where we're going and what we're investigating in the upcoming zine!

This one is heading off to press shortly and should be in mailboxes across the US by the end of the month, early June if...

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Ancient Power Slumbers in the Southlands

Ancient Power Slumbers in the Southlands

You are standing at one end of an ancient roadway of huge paving stones, cracked and worn. Clearly built for giants, the road is 200 feet wide and leads southwest along a river. Tall grasses and brightly colored wildflowers have sprung up between the broken slabs...

The ruins left by the Titans still exist, and "The Slumbering Titan" provides clues to their power and perhaps a wa...

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Warlock 31: A Voyage into Void Magic

Warlock 31: A Voyage into Void Magic

Hideous marvels of the Void are revealed, so consider carefully your defenses before gazing into this abyss! 

Warlock 31: Void Magic contains 4 void cults, 20 new magical items, 30 new spells, and 3 voidships that can explore distant realms, as well as the meth...

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Table of Contents: Mega-Null and Deeply Void

Table of Contents: Mega-Null and Deeply Void

Ok, you know how it is with void cultists; they're always hard to catch, elusive, slippery little nihilistic bastards that they are. So this upcoming Warlock zine might have been trickier to pull together than some.

However, we've pinned down a table of contents for you here, and we're extremely pleased with what's we've.... extracted from the designers. SUCCESS! This Warlock zine 31 will...

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Warlock Lairs for Digital Patrons

Warlock Lairs for Digital Patrons

Apparently this post was not set to the right permissions, and that was definitely NOT the point. Many thanks to Kevin Beck for pointing this out!

Please use code D4GGN4Bi7 to download Warlock Lairs: Into the Wilds from the 2022-03-22 21:37:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Warlock Lairs 69 and 70: The Argent & the Void

Warlock Lairs 69 and 70: The Argent & the Void

The Warlock crew was very busy in February and early March, and we missed shipping a Lair in February--and that means a double set of Lairs now! 

These two new adventures by designers Paul Scofield and Tim Hitchcock are meant to challenge 7th and 8th level adventurers with aboleths and deadly void-magic, and they include new magical items and a new monster. 

You can downlo...

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Warlock Goes Into the Wilds

Warlock Goes Into the Wilds

Patrons, you may have seen the pre-order in the newsletter today, but we're giving the real heads up: we have launched the 176-page Warlock Lairs: Into the Wilds collection, because we hit the 900 patron goal last year. A lot of edits, layout, and 4 all-new adventures ar...

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Download 4 New Adventures and 14 of the Best

Download 4 New Adventures and 14 of the Best

Dear patrons at the $6 tier (all-digital, baby!) and at the $23 and $39 tier, you are the best. And to thank you, here's a totally new thing offered to Warlock patrons like you for the very first time: a collected and expanded set of Warlock Lairs in print and in PDF. These 18 lairs include 14 great wilderness adventure cherry-picked from the Lairs published to date, plus 4 all-new lairs.

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Warlock Grimoire 3 PDF Now Available

Warlock Grimoire 3 PDF Now Available

It took rather a while to get this sorted, but we now have the Warlock Grimoire 3 PDF available for patrons at the $6 level (all-digital) and $23 level (everything) and $39 (everything in print and extras). It's 292 pages combining all the goodness of Warlock 20 to 28 plus the Guide to the Planes!

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Flavors of Magic

Hey folks, we have some magical previews to share soon (in an upcoming zine). And we also want to hear from you, what other magic you might want to see in a future zine, Grimoire, or other sourcebook. Here's some options; vote for as many as you like, and add more in comments!

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