Creature Codex: 5th Edition Monsters Including Commissions

Thank You!
about 8 years ago – Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 10:06:20 AM

We’re so pleased (and humbled) by your outpouring of support for creatures fanged and fierce! The Creature Codex smashed all prior Kobold Press records both for number of backers (previously 2,312) and for total funds raised (previously at ~$191,000)—and the resulting book is going to be amazing.  

Here are a few updates and sneak peeks about what you’ve made possible:  

1. The Codex will include 400 monsters, and 41 of those will be chosen from the monsters designed by backers! Tomorrow morning Pacific time we’ll share details on how to submit your monster, and the deadline will be Sunday, January 14. (Earlier update on submissions here.)

2. The 41 backer monsters and the 10 commissioned monsters are going to be a scramble, but we feel confident in the Kobold designers and artists—they’ve been working on the Codex since last February, after all.  

3. The accompanying Pawns will be our second Pawns set. We weren’t sure they’d be a hit, but once we tried them, we’re convinced they belong in this project.  

4. The matching battle maps are beautiful (see sample here). There will be 8 in all, including the late-breaking Arctic and Dungeon maps, each with a matching writeup using a monster from the Codex.  

5. The externalplaytest starts in about a week—sign up here sometime in the next 5 days if you want to run a group and send us your feedback!  

Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. The 5th Edition community is strong, and we’re happy to put our snouts to the grindstone and keep this mighty Codex moving ahead!  

Happy gaming,  

Wolfgang, Marc, Meagan, Ben, Steve, Chris, Dan, Jon, James, Jeremy, Richard, Shawn, and the rest of the Kobold crew

30 Backer Monsters! One Week to Go
about 8 years ago – Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 05:41:27 PM

Dear Backers,

There's a week left to run, and we're extremely happy to have more than 2,500 backers on board! That means you've unlocked 30 backer monsters, and our judges will have their work cut out for them come January 14. 

Thank you all for sharing the word and letting folks know about the project. We're ready for a Happy New Year and then on to playtest, development, and press.

Happy gaming!

Wolfgang, Marc, and the Kobold cre 

New Year's Dragon Eve
about 8 years ago – Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 05:41:14 PM

Happy new years dragon eve! The kobolds are off celebrating and making resolutions, and possibly planning a whole year's worth of pranks.  

We resolve to:

• Buy healing potions before a party member starts making death saves  
• Try to keep my friends out of the 20-foot-radius fireball when casting  
• Not fall asleep on watch in the mana-blasted wastelands  
• Not pull every lever  
• Curtail my dice-buying (nah, just kidding—you can never have too many dice!)  
• Never, ever follow a captured goblin's “shortcut” through the dungeon  
• Tip generously at the tavern  
• When reading from rotting tomes bound in human skin, read silently  
• Maybe just don’t read from rotting tomes bound in human skin  
• Look both ways before running headlong into a horde of goblins while screaming dwarf battle chants  
• Set more traps for foolish adventurers!  

So those are some of ours. What is your RPG Resolution for 2018?

Happy gaming,

the Kobold crew

3 Days to Codex! And Golems
about 8 years ago – Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 05:41:03 PM

Nice one, this project has snagged the golem stretch goal, thanks to your support! These golems are designed by Shawn Merwin (and one by Wolfgang Baur), with art by Eva Widermann and others. A great addition to the Creature Codex!

Next up, we're looking at the harbor battlemap, the Beastaloo sticker, and the extra backermonster if we knock down the prior Kobold Kickstarter total. 

How long do we have to get there? Three days left! We're going to go spread the word to a couple people and places right now.

A huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported the Codex so far, and everyone who has shared the news about it.

Happy gaming!

Wolfgang, Marc, Chris, Eva, Shawn, and the Kobold Crew