When the Tales of the Valiant Player’s Guide debuts in just a few months, it will contain classic fantasy people: elves, dwarves, humans . . . the usual suspects. The blog is adding some non-usual, unofficial options for you to consider. This month? Gnolls.
Gnoll lineage and heritages for the Tales of the Valiant RPG Read More »
Some people assumed the base rules in the Alpha Release would be the final book—oh man, those people will be shocked. We dug into everything, making little changes everywhere, to increase usability and address some of the more confusing pieces of the 5E rules, while keeping 5E compatibility intact. See what changed thanks to your playtest feedback!
ToV Tuesday! What changed in the final book after your playtest comments Read More »
The season of war is the tradition of the Septime Cities. They fight each other, and they fight whoever threatens. The Mharoti Empire is one of those ever-present threats, gathering like storm clouds on the horizon. This series will help a GM run a campaign to explore the fight to free the Illyrian marches along the eastern border of the Seven Cities.
Midgard Monday: Getting the warband together, part 4 Read More »
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. These two new locations fill in those gaps!
Add new shops to your campaign’s home city, courtesy of Redtower Read More »
You tossed a gnome into the background of a scene and now one of your players wants to talk to them. You did not prepare for this. DON’T PANIC. There’s a table for this.
The Random GM: the Quick Work table to create an NPC gnome Read More »
Potion Commotion looks at a few staple potions in the game and plays around with them, offering boosts or limitations to make versions of the classics for all levels of play!
Potion Commotion: Feel the need for a potion of speed Read More »
Over on the Kobold Press Discord server, the fans have spoken! They want to see more of the mechanist class! The two pages here give you the beginnings of the class and the progression table for all 20 levels.
ToV Tuesday! Mechanist excerpt from the Tales of the Valiant Player’s Guide Read More »
In this (non-canonical) series, we’ll create outlines for mega-campaigns set in Midgard. Each contains an outline of major events that blows up a setting-wide powderkeg that’s been sputtering for years. This time: What if the Dread Walkers were freed?
Blowing Up Midgard, part 4, The Dread Walkers in the West awaken 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 you get players hooked on your campaign idea?
Pack Tactics Advice: Long-time player, new GM. How do I advertise? Read More »
You tossed a halfling into the background of a scene and now one of your players wants to talk to them. You did not prepare for this. DON’T PANIC. There’s a table for this.
The Random GM: the Quick Work table to create an NPC halfling Read More »
As you consider setting up an isekai game for your players, you can take many different routes to get there, and use a number of different sources for inspiration. Try these tables to roll up a game or mix and match to choose one you like.
Isekai’d, part 6: Roll on tables to set up your isekai campaign Read More »
Last year, when we decided to hoist the Black Flag and take the future of 5E into our own hands, our senior designer, Celeste Conowitch, laid out a document of concept notes. Thanks to some carefully laid kobold traps (i.e. asking politely), that document has now fallen into my hands. We’re taking one section of that document called “5E complaints to fix” and Celeste and I are going to talk about how we tackled them.
ToV Tuesday: Tales out of School Read More »
The season of war is the tradition of the Septime Cities. They fight each other, and they fight whoever threatens. The Mharoti Empire is one of those ever-present threats, gathering like storm clouds on the horizon. This series will help a GM run a campaign to explore the fight to free the Illyrian marches along the eastern border of the Seven Cities.
Midgard Monday: Getting the warband together, part 3 Read More »
When the Tales of the Valiant Player’s Guide debuts in just a few months, it will contain classic fantasy people: elves, dwarves, humans . . . the usual suspects. But over the years, other lineages have shown up in fantasy that appeal to certain players. Ever wanted to play a dryad?
Dryad lineage and heritages for the Tales of the Valiant RPG Read More »
It is with great sadness that Kobold Press must announce the loss of a member of our extended Warrens, Kenneth Patrick “Kenny” Webb, who passed away at his home in Illinois on March 12, 2024.
In Memory of Kenneth Patrick “Kenny” Webb (1988–2024) Read More »
Here’s a full preview of the wight, one of the monsters debuting in the Tales of the Valiant Monster Vault, coming later this year!
Monster Vault Preview: Tales of the Valiant Wight Read More »
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