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Play these exclusive Tales of the Valiant subclasses for fighter and monk!
We hear this all the time from fans. “We love the Tales of the Valiant roleplaying game!” (They pronounce the tm symbol as “tee-emm”.) “But,” they go on to say, “We want more subclasses! Where are new...
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Monster Mix: what animates animated armor?
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...
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Hometown Hazards. burning down the house with your fireforge heritage
Adventures are usually about events taking the heroes away from home. But this series explores possibilities when taking a character back home. What troubles lurk in a PC’s hometown? What manner of...
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Midgard Monday: behold these wondrous dwarven magic items 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...
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Ask Jiro about sneaky weapon options and mechanist class consciousness
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...
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Look at the Jungian archetypes and how to turn those ideas into characters
A big question in roleplaying as a hobby is, “How do I not just be me?” That’s kind of a trick question. You’re always you. You can’t not be. But you can play with thinking like you’re not you. And...
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Rider Monsters: beware the cry of the void-touched ululating goat
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....
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Midgard Monday: Ironcrags heritages of the Melana canton and the Wolfmark...
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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From the Archive: Your Whispering Homunculus—50 Strange Lucky Charms
Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere. (So much more than just...
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Look at the Jungian archetypes and how to turn those ideas into characters,...
A big question in roleplaying as a hobby is, “How do I not just be me?” That’s kind of a trick question. You’re always you. You can’t not be. But you can play with thinking like you’re not you. And...
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State of Play: How’s the compatibility between Tales of the Valiant and fifth...
Kobold Press CEO and Kobold-in-Chief, Wolfgang Baur, is here to give you some insight on the state of the industry! There’s this wonderful flexibility to the word “compatible.” On one level, it’s...
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Howling Tower: A Study of the Kobold
This is the sixth 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. Your...
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Midgard Monday: have you encountered these creatures found in 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...
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Run a Campaign Like a Fiction Author, part 3
The first two installments of this series explored the concept of running a game like a fiction author. They laid out the important points of getting buy-in from your players and how to prepare—while...
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Ye Olde West: adapt Tales of the Valiant classes to a fantasy western setting
Though games such as the Tales of the Valiant roleplaying game or D&D typically live in the genre of high fantasy, this is not hard-coded into the game. Want to play in a Wild-West-themed...
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Game Changer—What is up with alignment?
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...
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