Tales of the Valiant vs D&D: New game+
D&D 2024 launches today! How does Tales of the Valiant compare? Let’s talk about it.
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Terrifying Temples: The hidden temple of Mammon
Deep beneath the Warrens and Cartways of the Free City of Zobeck, on the border of the underground kingdoms, a dark temple squats, dedicated to the god of greed and betrayal, the evil god Mammon.
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Hungry Undead: a quick bite of ghoul-ash
While the lore for many undead speak to a certain craving, there are few mechanical implications for their hunger. By adding game mechanics to these undead, the Tales of the Valiant framework offers more nuanced foes to challenge the players—but all the more so, to tell more interesting tales for their valiant heroes.
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Sporting Goods: Bash and crash your way through a game of Spike-Rush!
While popular medieval pastimes like jousting and archery often feature in campaign settings and adventures, other organized sports barely rate a mention. It can be a fun change of pace to get PCs involved in a game within the game!
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New Figures of Wondrous Power: the brass monkey and the granite goose
Try these new figurines of wondrous power for your Tales of the Valiant or 5E game!
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Traps a Mad Wizard Must Have Designed, part 3
The traps described here are loosely based on scenes from famous TV shows and movies. Some details have been left vague to make them easier to add to your existing campaign.
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Midgard Monday: Pilgrimages of Midgard visit the Weaver Prophet
Pilgrims cross rivers and mountains, brave war zones and bandit attacks to see relics, hear the word of seers, and feel the touch of the divine. See why the Ravans visit a strange being known as the Weaver Prophet.
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Pack Tactics Advice: How do I handle romance in the game?
A crack team of Kobold Press regulars, each with their own perspective, answers questions on how to play and run a better game. This month: how do I handle romance in the game?
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Find Yourself in a Wizard Tower? Make a wizard tower layer by layer
In this series, we’ll explore the potential of these archetypal wizard’s tower, playing with or defying tropes, and presenting rules and ideas to bring them to life.
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Havens of the Holy: worship the twins at the Bower of Twin Willows
The multiverse is a diverse and wonderful place. Why settle for stock stone temples and vaulting churches when your holy sites can be as varied as the planes themselves?
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Try these 12 Slay the Spire magic items for your 5E game
Here are a few relics from Slay the Spire reimagined as wondrous items for your Tales of the Valiant (or any 5e compatible) game!
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Labor Day 2024!
In the U.S., Labor Day marks the end of summer and we all take a day off to remember the achievements of the people who do the actual work in the U.S. Thanks workers! We’ll be back tomorrow with more Tales of the Valiant RPG stuff, that also works for other 5E games!
Golems for a more subtle wizard
In the vast multiverse, there are many tales of magical decks of cards. Some cards conjure creatures into being. And some beget entire communities of people!
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State of Play: I [HEART] Oozes OR Hail the Ooze Mage King, Baby
So here we are, smack dab in the middle of a Golden Age in tabletop RPGs. I’ll give a quick summary of the field, and then talk about where Tales of the Valiant fits into the industry, and into many player’s plans.
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Downtime Explainer: What to do between adventures? The lowdown on downtime
What do you do between adventures in the Tales of the Valiant RPG? You enjoy your downtime! Get stuff done and prep for your next foray with new downtime rules!
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Traps a Mad Wizard Must Have Designed, part 2
The traps described here are loosely based on scenes from famous TV shows and movies. Some details have been left vague to make them easier to add to your existing campaign.
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