Pack Tactics Advice: What do I do at Gen Con?
A crack team of Kobold Press regulars, each with their own perspective, answers questions on how to play and run a better game.
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Sporting Goods: Look smart, play hard in laerfinulin
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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State of Play: Everyone’s New Edition, and a Major Award
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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Kobold Gift Guide for Gen Con! New stuff for your empty bookshelves
It’s convention season, and here’s some gems that are releasing this summer!
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Midgard Monday: Casimir’s Enchiridion of Monsters presents mimics
Unlike many of my previous reports, I’ve had to rely on external resources for information on the mimic. I, Casimir, enjoy a surprise just as much as anyone, but if that surprise tries to eat you as part of the experience? I prefer to avoid that fate.
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Monster Mix: Going to the dogs
Intelligent alien creatures such as aboleths, as well as the occasional mad wizard or capricious deity, enjoy tinkering with creatures to make them more suited for their environments or just as a thought exercise. Let’s get in on the action.
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Kobold Press 5E books used in games played for mental health benefit
Alex Delaney, a professional game designer from Cornwall, runs D&D games on a voluntary basis in response to the mental health crisis in the county. Delaney said, “I’m excited to be running these low-cost games to benefit the community.
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Planar Boutiques, part 3: buy time in a bottle
When you enter the marketplace of a city or town, you might find an unassuming blue cart lurking among the other shops and stalls. No one appears to notice the time or method of the cart’s arrival or departure. Sometimes they don’t remember it at all. One moment a space is empty, and in the next, the cart has always been there.
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One-Shot Builder: Siege Inside
The Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns Map Folio is almost here! Here’s a town under attack for your PCs to save! Or loot!
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Midgard Monday: Ratfolk Lineage and Heritage
As we continue our tour of Midgard lineages for Tales of the Valiant RPG (on sale now!), we visit the ratfolk.
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Good Riddance! Part 6: Have fun storming the castle
Storm giants are the most powerful of giants! They stand atop the giant hierarchy. Storm giants can be known to live high in the clouds or deep beneath the oceans, but they usually dwell far from mortal civilization. Storm giants can even be so reclusive as to prefer solitude from others of their own kind. However, a single storm giant’s wrath can wreak devastation upon the land or sea.
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Random City Back Alleys and Sewers
These tables help you set up adventure in back alleys and sewers. Roll 3d8, one for each column, and create as many interesting encounters as you need!
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Talents Explainer: Technically speaking which is the best kind of talents
Talents are the Tales of the Valiant (ToV) equivalent of feats. Frankly, many feats in D&D are a little lackluster. And there’s only one feat in the whole SRD, which tells you what its authors thought about feats. We knew we could do better. Check out a sampler of technical talents.
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One-Shot Builder: Royal Ballroom
The Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns Map Folio is almost here! Here’s the royal ballroom from the set. Let’s examine this versatile location for key features, draft up a random table or two, and offer up some new GMing options.
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Midgard Monday: Casimir’s Enchiridion of Monsters talks about Moon Knights
Recently increased activity tied to the moon piqued my interest, especially the emergence of fey knights devoted to the moon in The Margreve and the ancient forests dominating the Grand Duchy of Dornig.
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Opportunities to spend your loot in Redtower!
The village of Redtower is a modest community, boasting just a handful of interesting locations for the adventuring crowd that the neighboring Scarlet Citadel sometimes attracts. What you won’t find is a proper place to move the loot you might find in your travels or a supply of provisions heroes need for dungeoneering. Let’s solve that!
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