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.
The Vineyard is an approachable, elegant battle map with hints of soil and herbs from the Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns Map Folio. Here’s how to turn in into a quick one-shot adventure!
One-Shot Builder: Castles & Crowns map folio—the Vineyard! Read More »
In a hidden glade, at the top of Mount Locchis, amid the dwarven territory of the Ironcrags, stands the ancient shrine of Liadmura, the Eagle Court of the elves from before the Great Retreat. It is dedicated to the mythic founder of the Elven Imperium, the god-king, Valeresh. What is in it, however, is of interest to more than elves.
Terrifying Temples: The temple of the elven god in dwarven lands Read More »
Every Tales of the Valiant character is defined by a stack of important numbers. Despite their importance, hit points are (arguably) the least understood of all those numbers. Not because they’re complicated—they could hardly be any simpler—but because, what the heck are they, anyway?
Howling Tower: What Are Hit Points, Anyway? Read More »
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!
Random Scenes of Battlefield Chaos Read More »
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.
Weapon Option Explainer: What’s a weapon option and how can I murderhobo with it? Read More »
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.
Planar Boutiques, part 4: buy the trip of a lifetime! Read More »
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.
Midgard Monday: Casimir’s Enchiridion of Monsters presents deathless Read More »
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.
The Sun Seekers, a faction of the undead for your home campaign 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: all we want to do is eat your brains Read More »
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!
Ask Jiro! Get your Tales of the Valiant rules questions answered Read More »
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!
One-Shot Builder: Castles & Crowns map folio theater Read More »
As we continue our tour of Midgard lineages for Tales of the Valiant RPG (on sale now!), we visit the shadow fey.
Midgard Monday: Shadow Fey Lineage and Heritage 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.
Pack Tactics Advice: What do I do at Gen Con? 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: Look smart, play hard in laerfinulin Read More »
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.
State of Play: Everyone’s New Edition, and a Major Award Read More »
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