Random Scenes of Battlefield Chaos
These tables help you set up weird adventures on a battlefield. Roll 3d8, one for each column, and create as many interesting encounters as you need!
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Weapon Option Explainer: What’s a weapon option and how can I murderhobo with it?
Let’s looks at some of the exciting, new weapon options available in the Tales of the Valiant RPG. We’ve taken a hard look at how to up the ante on combat to give you dramatic, fun ways to dispatch your foes.
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Planar Boutiques, part 4: buy the trip of a lifetime!
A shrine makes for an odd storefront, but the Shrine of Portals and Passages is not a standard place of worship. It appears no different than hundreds of other shrines lining the roads and byways of various kingdoms. However, the Shrine of Portals and Passages can appear in any location across the Labyrinth, molding its form and decoration to match the conditions and culture of the area.
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Midgard Monday: Casimir’s Enchiridion of Monsters presents deathless
Today, I, Casimir, present another fey creature newly arrived to—or perhaps recently noticed by—Midgardians: the deathless. My report brings these lich-like fey out of the shadows, which may literally save your soul, dear reader.
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The Sun Seekers, a faction of the undead for your home campaign
Does every undead being in the world need to be an evil villain? What if a few of them got together to try to rehabilitate their image? The Sun Seekers are on a quest to do just that. No matter who gets in their way.
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Hungry Undead: all we want to do is eat your brains
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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Ask Jiro! Get your Tales of the Valiant rules questions answered
Ask Jiro presents an assortment of kobold scribes and sages to clarify Tales of the Valiant RPG rules, answer mechanics questions, and confirm and catalog errata being sleuthed out by the ToV community!
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One-Shot Builder: Castles & Crowns map folio theater
The Theater is a virtuoso battle map from the Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns Map Folio. Here’s how to turn in into a quick one-shot adventure!
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Midgard Monday: Shadow Fey Lineage and Heritage
As we continue our tour of Midgard lineages for Tales of the Valiant RPG (on sale now!), we visit the shadow fey.
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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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