The mechanical benefits of gaining a level in the Tales of the Valiant RPG are obvious: deadlier ways to wield weapons, more powerful spells, and more. The not-so-obvious element is that experience points also represent the adventurer’s growing understanding of the world and its threats.Â
Howling Tower: What Are Experience Points? Read More »
Both as the Kobold Press CEO and as a game designer, I’m pleased to say that Kobold Press’s policy on AI is simple and direct: We don’t use generative AI art, we don’t use AI to generate text for our game design, and we don’t believe that AI is magical pixie dust that makes your tabletop games better.
State of Play: Kobold Press Issues the No AI Pledge Read More »
From afar, the Vertical Gardens resembles a strangely uniform patch of greenery on the steep face of the World Tree’s trunk. Moving closer reveals row after row of gravity-defying, beautiful plants.
Planar Boutiques, part 5: buy a trip into the Void Read More »
D&D 2024 launches today! How does Tales of the Valiant compare? Let’s talk about it.
Tales of the Valiant vs D&D: New game+ Read More »
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.
Terrifying Temples: The hidden temple of Mammon Read More »
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.
Hungry Undead: a quick bite of ghoul-ash Read More »
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!
Sporting Goods: Bash and crash your way through a game of Spike-Rush! Read More »
Try these new figurines of wondrous power for your Tales of the Valiant or 5E game!
New Figures of Wondrous Power: the brass monkey and the granite goose Read More »
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.
Traps a Mad Wizard Must Have Designed, part 3 Read More »
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.
Midgard Monday: Pilgrimages of Midgard visit the Weaver Prophet Read More »
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?
Pack Tactics Advice: How do I handle romance in the game? Read More »
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.
Find Yourself in a Wizard Tower? Make a wizard tower layer by layer Read More »
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?
Havens of the Holy: worship the twins at the Bower of Twin Willows Read More »
Here are a few relics from Slay the Spire reimagined as wondrous items for your Tales of the Valiant (or any 5e compatible) game!
Try these 12 Slay the Spire magic items for your 5E game Read More »
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!
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!
Golems for a more subtle wizard Read More »
Stay informed with the newest Kobold Press news and updates delivered to your inbox weekly. Join now and receive a PDF copy of Shards of the Spellforge
