Pack Tactics Advice: How do I get the characters across a big city?
It’s time again for the Kobold Press advice column, Pack Tactics! Our roundtable experts this month are Ben Eastman, Basheer Ghouse, Phillip Larwood, Ben McFarland, Sebastian Rombach, Brian Suskind,...
View ArticleIdentify Your Player Style with the GMG
From the innovative minds that think up solutions on the fly to the chaos gremlins that live their tabletop lives on the edge, Tales of the Valiant players are as diverse as the fantastical worlds...
View ArticleEncounters to challenge PCs of any level in the Wasted West (part 1 of 2)
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 ArticleYour character can come from a heritage of Many Things
In the vast multiverse, there are many tales of magical decks of cards. Some are minor arcana items, while some hold vast power. This installment of Deck of Many More Things brings new heritages for...
View ArticleIsekai’d, part 4: Playing a game within a game
While the bulk of isekai takes place in worlds not directly connected to the Earth, a few take place in worlds based on popular MMOs or other video games that you might be familiar with. Often,...
View ArticleThe Random GM: Create an instant roadside inn for your players
Sooner or later, your players will ignore your narrative breadcrumbs in favor of aiding a random NPC. This is good and right. But it helps to be prepared when it happens! One Roll Wonders are a way to...
View ArticleHirelings can improve your Scarlet Citadel dungeon run
Are you playing through the Scarlet Citadel campaign solo or with a smaller than average table group? Is your party composition lacking in a certain skill set that you want to shore up? Does your GM...
View ArticleServing Up the GMG
We’re in the last week of the Game Master’s Guide Kickstarter, and it’s been inspiring to see our backers’ excitement about the many advanced GMing tools available in this book. From templates to...
View ArticleEncounters to challenge PCs of any level in the Wasted West (part 2 of 2)
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 ArticleSo . . . What’s The Sunken Pyramid?
The main terrace stair of the Yonaguni Monument. Historians think these hard edges could suggest human formation. We unlocked The Sunken Pyramid in the Kickstarter campaign for the Tales of the...
View ArticleTarrasque Minus One: Five big ideas to bring Godzilla-sized adventure
The 2023 film, Godzilla Minus One, is a great source of inspiration for fantasy RPG adventures. It’s an epic movie, and the first Godzilla movie ever nominated for an Academy Award. Godzilla is also...
View ArticleEat their hearts out this Valentine’s Day with a monster match
Monster Matches Challenge Your Table A monster match is a combination of monsters that go together to make a great encounter. A weird synergy or an unexpected pairing can come out of every swipe...
View ArticleThe Random GM: Need a rowdy tavern? Roll one up in minutes!
Sooner or later, your players will ignore your narrative breadcrumbs in favor of aiding a random NPC. This is good and right. But it helps to be prepared when it happens! One Roll Wonders are a way to...
View ArticleKobold Gift Guide for a belated Valentine’s Day
The month of love is upon us! But wait . . . Valentine’s Day was two days ago. Did . . . did you forget to get something for that special someone? Ooohhh. Oh no. OMG. Flowers might not cut it this...
View ArticleTrue or False? Investigate wars and rumors of wars in the Seven Cities
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 ArticlePotion Commotion: Poison never tasted so good with these potion of poison...
Potion Commotion looks at a few staple potions in the game and plays around with them. We’ll look at taking the standard abilities and offering them with either boosts or limitations, providing new...
View ArticleThe Random GM: Create a ruined noble NPC who needs help
Sooner or later, your players will ignore your narrative breadcrumbs in favor of aiding a random NPC. This is good and right. But it helps to be prepared when it happens! One Roll Wonders are a way to...
View ArticleSee Eonic lineage and heritages for the Tales of the Valiant RPG
When the Tales of the Valiant Player’s Guide debuts in just a few months, it will contain the classic fantasy people for player characters: elves, dwarves, humans . . . the usual suspects. But over...
View ArticleBlowing Up Midgard, part 1. End your campaign with a big bang
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 ArticleMonster Vault Preview: Tales of the Valiant Marilith
As the creators of the Creature Codex and the Tome of Beasts series, we wanted to give the same love and care for the earliest 5E monsters that we gave to our other monsters. To accomplish that, we...
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