Koboa - The South American Fantasy TTRPG Setting

Koboa is THE South American inspired fantasy setting - By latines, for latines - A new system to replace species called forms - 2 new subclasses per class and 2 new classes - endless player options - 5 gazetteers - 32 creatures koboa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

rogues! The City Soul is inspired by the stories of El Chulla Quiteño, a character that is always the life of the party and the soul of Quito. These characters connect with the essence of a city, able to channel the beliefs and hopes of its people. They use separate City Dice to power abilities.

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Curious about what to expect from Koboa? One of our backers went through the whole book and shared their thoughts!

Curious about what to expect from Koboa? One of our backers went through the whole book and shared their thoughts!

Check out my Let's Read of @koboa.bsky.social on @rpg.net . An innovative South American-inspired campaign setting for #dnd #5e! forum.rpg.net/index.php?th...

The form of the kadwot is short in stature with large ears and eyes. Their skin sometimes becomes swirls of energy when they become agitated or experience extreme emotions. The form is designed by the kadwotgot people for traveling and excelling in underground spaces.

Why not throw your D&D party in a new setting? With very unusual and different places to explore, the nations of Koboa are a wonderful way to break from the usual "medieval fantasy" tropes! Also, layouting the gazetteers was one of my favorite parts of the book. 🥰

The form of the bakemoh is humanoid with animal features. The form grants its manifesters features of their chosen animal, such as ears and tails. It originates from a different continent, having reached Koboa being brought by immigrants from that distant continent.

After introducing the five territories, the text goes on to talk about player options, starting with Forms. Koboa uses forms instead of races/lineage/species. All people can change or combine forms in big life moments. Forms are the creations of different cultures and change over time.

The @koboa.bsky.social account is going through the stuff in the book, and I figure I could give a running developer's commentary. If you contributed to the book, I'd love it if you could join in and add some commentary! It's my favorite feature in DVDs! <thread>

Atsatray, by @fullmetalconti.bsky.social Conti, a prolific 🇧🇷 RPG author (I loved being able to pick up a few of his books when I visited), ran with the concept of a territory inspired by Afrobrazilian culture and brought it to vibrant life. I love the direction he took it in.

Koboa's existence inspired me to create my own setting inspired by the Caribbean that I'm currently running a game in. I can't wait to start incorporating things from this book to make it even better.

I’ve been running a Koboa campaign with my friends irl since day 0, it’s been so much fun and I love the feeling of sharing the cultural touchstones with this vast fantasy world!

Life's been busy and so I haven't been promoting Koboa as much as I should... But you should def check this out. 50+ latine contributors, all of them creative geniuses (every last one) got together to make a fantasy setting unlike you've ever seen before. The DND PDF is available RIGHT NOW

...and a good layout can make a great game be awesome 😜

I've been following this project with enthusiasm for years, and I'm beyond thrilled that it's finally completed.

CHAPOLIM COLORADO AS A PALADIN OF THE OATH OF THE RED GRASSHOPPER, THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER

Koboa fun fact for tonight: The way of the spirit sphere monk subclass is our way of adding the love of futbol to the game. The pose of the character is an homage to our love for anime, los supercampeones specifically. I remember catching it each week at my grandpa's house.

So far, the concept of map forms is my favourite

Now that people are taking a look at the PDF, the team wants to know: What is YOUR favorite thing about Koboa?

My first publication credit as a TTRPG writer and designer! 😮🍾🏔️🌈 I am so thrilled and teary and kvelling about this wonderful book, now out in the world for people to use in their games. So much heart and soul and creativity and anti-colonial fire went into this. Come play in our world!

Got my digital copy, had a skim and it looks great! Outstanding art and layout! I'll have a deeper dive in at some point, but definitely looking forward to reading up on forms, which is an alternative to 'race' or 'species'.

Just hit the button to get the PDF out to backers!!! This has been quite the journey. Met a lot of amazing people and had the honor to work with them on something I truly believe you will all find is spectacular. This book says a lot about who we are in South America and who we want to be.

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YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'm so excited to finally check out this book!!!!