Kobold Quarterly and 4e

[Windjammer]

A significant amount of setting-neutral and rules-light stuff in KQ is actually geared to be particularly useful for 4E players. I mean, battlecries for warlords and insights into tiefling personality? If you think such things feature prominently in 3E games, you must be kidding yourself.

I don't think anyone can outdo WotC as to the crunch on 4E. But the two things I just mentioned re warlords and tieflings - now THOSE I call useful supplements to my 4E core books.

 

[Jack99]

A significant amount of setting-neutral and rules-light stuff in KQ is actually geared to be particularly useful for 4E players. I mean, battlecries for warlords and insights into tiefling personality? If you think such things feature prominently in 3E games, you must be kidding yourself.

I don't think anyone can outdo WotC as to the crunch on 4E. But the two things I just mentioned re warlords and tieflings - now THOSE I call useful supplements to my 4E core books.

Those two articles sound interesting - what issue were they in?

 

[Windjammer]

Those two articles sound interesting - what issue were they in?

Issue #8 features "Battle Cries", by Mario Podeschi.

Issue #6 features "The Truth about Tieflings" written by David Zeb Cook. Interesting in light of this:

The name "Tiefling" was coined by Wolfgang Baur, when original Planescape designer David "Zeb" Cook asked for a Germanic-sounding word for humans with fiendish blood.

That's an awesome resource which (if you're interested) can be usefully supplemented by

1) Monte Cook on tiefling personality in his Planewalker's Handbook (for 2E AD&D), and
2) Rob Schwalb's Aasimar and Tiefling, a Green Ronin Supplement for 3E

I wanted to pitch an article re tiefling personality to KQ myself, but when I saw DC had written one, I never sent it

Edit. Sorry, I forgot one thing. If you'd like to know more about tieflings in 4th edition, then obviously you should check out Worlds & Monsters. It contains the fullest portrayal of Bael Turath to date.

 

[Jack99]

Issue #8 features "Battle Cries", by Mario Podeschi.

Issue #6 features "The Truth about Tieflings" written by David Zeb Cook. Interesting in light of this:


That's an awesome resource which (if you're interested) can be usefully supplemented by

1) Monte Cook on tiefling personality in his Planewalker's Handbook (for 2E AD&D), and
2) Rob Schwalb's Aasimar and Tiefling, a Green Ronin Supplement for 3E

I wanted to pitch an article re tiefling personality to KQ myself, but when I saw DC had written one, I never sent it

Edit. Sorry, I forgot one thing. If you'd like to know more about tieflings in 4th edition, then obviously you should check out Worlds & Monsters. It contains the fullest portrayal of Bael Turath to date.

Thanks for the info, will check out the two KQ issues. Regarding the other stuff you suggested, I have been looking for the Planewalker's Handbook forever, but haven't been able to find it at a decent price (hardcover) - Selling all of my 2e stuff back when we switched to 3e was such a stupid move! I am not familiar with the GR book, but maybe it is available on PDF. I have W&M.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

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[Shemeska]

I kid! I kid! But only because I love.

and insights into tiefling personality? If you think such things feature prominently in 3E games, you must be kidding yourself.

It features rather prominently in my game (and 2e Planescape and 3e FR). If anyone thinks that tieflings are a novel and groundbreaking 4e feature, now that's kidding themselves.

 

[Nikosandros]

I am not familiar with the GR book, but maybe it is available on PDF. I have W&M.

Yes, it is. It's also available as a POD book.

Link.

 

[Wicht]

I would not say lazy, but some of us have limited game funds. I have no hate for 4e , but I have no use for it either. So why would I spend my limited money on a mag supporting a game I do not play? I don't mean an article here or there, but once the mag becomes half or more 4e I really can't justify spending my limited funds on it. That's not malice, it's not being lazy it is just how things are.

I have to agree with this. If KQ moves to even half 4e, I would start having a lot less use for it due to limited funding. That said, the centaur article was useful even though it was 4e and the battle cries could be used in any edition.

 

[Monkey King]

I have to agree with this. If KQ moves to even half 4e, I would start having a lot less use for it due to limited funding. That said, the centaur article was useful even though it was 4e and the battle cries could be used in any edition.

I think you might be seeing the outlines of an editorial mind at work.

Seriously, we do strive to make the articles useful to any D&D gamer, and even to people playing other fantasy systems. Some articles are pretty much driven by mechanics, but not all of them.

 

[Riley]

Seriously, we do strive to make the articles useful to any D&D gamer, and even to people playing other fantasy systems. Some articles are pretty much driven by mechanics, but not all of them.

I let my KQ subscription lapse with the 3e/4e parting of the ways, but I re-upped today. Issue 9 looks good - keep it up, and don't let yourself become solely a 4e or a 3.5e product.