Forestry Service: Top 5 Margreve destinations your PCs should visit on spring...
By royal decree of Her Illuminated Majesty Queen Dorytta the Fair, fifth Horse Queen and second of that name, Commander of the Black Army, Beloved of Khors, Lady of Cronepisht, Lady of the Argent, and...
View ArticleAsk Jiro! Tales of the Valiant game answers sneak up on you
Ask Jiro presents an assortment of kobold scribes and sages to clarify Tales of the Valiant RPG rules and confirm errata sleuthed out by the ToV community! Since the announcement of ToV, the dynamic...
View ArticleRun a Campaign Like a Fiction Author, part 2
The first installment of this series introduced the idea of running a roleplaying campaign like an author writing a novel. I touched on the similarities between the two processes: in-depth...
View ArticleRider Monsters: beef up your lich boss with a helpful, glowy pal
Extraordinarily powerful creatures possess exploitable weaknesses, and well-prepared PCs learn about them before charging into the fray. These creatures aren’t dumb. They recognize their own weakness....
View ArticleMidgard Monday: Ironcrags heritages of Upper and Lower Nordmansch
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content you can drop into your campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new...
View ArticleForestry Service: Steal this monster! (and make your own with this template)
Are the normal variety of creatures in the Monster Vault not doing it for you? Don’t want to wait for Monster Vault 2? Do you want something that’s just a little more? More feral? More fey? Well,...
View ArticleMagical Meals—bearmit crab and giant mantis shrimp gumbo
A mysterious figure known only as the Culinomancer is a widely travelled individual of renowned skill. Their stated purpose? To create delicious and magical food from every known monster that can be...
View ArticleParties of Interest: Aspirants of Fang and Antler take care of your campaign...
The Aspirants of Fang and Antler exist to connect adventurous individuals with suitable animal companions. After abandoning their own unsatisfying paths as spell-slingers, swords for hire, and tree...
View ArticleHowling Tower: A Study of the Elf
This is the fifth article looking at the lineages in the Tales of the Valiant game, not as fantasy stereotypes but as if they’re alien species similar to what you’d find in science fiction. The point...
View ArticleMidgard Monday: stone, fire, and lightning! War spells of the Ironcrags
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content you can drop into your campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new...
View ArticleKobold Press presents a Valiant Six Iconic Backstory—Hendrian Kaska, orc...
When Kobold Press launched the Tales of the Valiant RPG, we also launched six pre-generated characters for people to be able to start playing right away. These characters showed “iconic”...
View ArticleHavens of the Holy: seek shelter in the wandering Provident Tower
The Labyrinth 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? This series explores several...
View ArticleYe Olde West: learn how to specialize adventure design for wild west fantasy
A powerful way both players and GMs engage with TTRPGs is by emulating the tones, themes, and ideas of the stories and media they enjoy. Though games such as the Tales of the Valiant roleplaying game...
View ArticleState of Play SPECIAL EDITION! Kobolds hate tariffs!
Kobold Press CEO and Kobold-in-Chief, Wolfgang Baur, is here to give you some insight on the state of the industry! As you may have seen from other game companies like Steve Jackson Games, substantial...
View ArticleGame Changer—Advice for new GMs! How do I take notes?
Game Changer is our monthly advice column for new GMs and older GMs who aren’t afraid to learn something. Our resident GMing expert, Brian Suskind, draws from his vat of experience to let you know how...
View ArticleMidgard Monday: Ironcrags heritages of Bundhausen and Gunnacks cantons
It’s Midgard Monday! Each week, we visit a corner of the wide world of Midgard. Look for standalone content you can drop into your campaign—whether it’s in Midgard or your own homebrew. Find new...
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