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Dhampir lineage, heritage, and background for the Tales of the Valiant RPG
The Tales of the Valiant roleplaying game is here! PDF and VTT versions are available now! The Player’s Guide contains the classic fantasy people for player characters: elves, dwarves, and humans, and...
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State of Play: Tales of the Valiant at Launch!
Publisher and Kobold-in-Chief Wolfgang Baur is here to give you some insight on the state of the industry and the place of the Tales of the Valiant (ToV) RPG in it! So here we are, smack dab in the...
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Monster Mix: Putting wings on things that should stay on the ground
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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Midgard Monday: Centaur Lineage and Heritage of Midgard
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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One-Shot Builder: take the battle to the “Manastery”
So you found a cool map that inspires your next one shot. Awesome! But you don’t know where to start filling it up. No problem! This week we are covering the “Manastery”, a cloister-themed battle map...
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Talents Explainer: martial talents are a step forward for 5E
Talents are the Tales of the Valiant (ToV) equivalent of feats. Frankly, many feats in D&D are a little lackluster. And there’s only one feat in the whole SRD, which tells you what its authors...
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Midgard Monday: Ravenfolk Lineage and Heritage of Midgard
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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One-Shot Builder: Siege mentality on the outside siege battle map
The Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns Map Folio (out in August!) is a mess of cool maps to inspire your next one shot. Awesome! Here’s a siege site for a battle scene. Campaign Builder: Castles...
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Talents Explainer: Magic talents improve the game with a snap
Talents are the Tales of the Valiant (ToV) equivalent of feats. Frankly, many feats in D&D are a little lackluster. And there’s only one feat in the whole SRD, which tells you what its authors...
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Sporting Goods: Throw darts at your opponents in tishako!
While popular medieval pastimes like jousting and archery often feature in campaign settings and adventures, other organized sports barely rate a mention. Even in fantasy fiction, sports get a short...
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Opportunities to spend your loot in Redtower!
So your players survived their first forays into the Scarlet Citadel megadungeon (or any dungeon you want to run with a town nearby). They are laden with spoils and loot. What now? What will the PCs...
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Midgard Monday: Casimir’s Enchiridion of Monsters talks about Moon Knights
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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One-Shot Builder: Royal Ballroom
The Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns Map Folio (out in August!) is a mess of cool maps to inspire your next one shot. Awesome! Here’s a throne room for your next sudden betrayal. Or a ballroom...
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Talents Explainer: Technically speaking which is the best kind of talents
Talents are the Tales of the Valiant (ToV) equivalent of feats. Frankly, many feats in D&D are a little lackluster. And there’s only one feat in the whole SRD, which tells you what its authors...
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Random City Back Alleys and Sewers
All fantasy adventure games (such as the brand-new Tales of the Valiant roleplaying game) eventually put the characters in a city. But when you go looking for adventure in a city, you don’t go...
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Good Riddance! Part 6: Have fun storming the castle
The classic alignment grid consisting of three rows (Good, Neutral, and Evil) and three columns (Lawful, Neutral, and Chaotic) is a contentious topic in TTRPGs. A lot of games (including the Tales of...
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Midgard Monday: Ratfolk Lineage and Heritage
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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One-Shot Builder: Siege Inside
The Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns Map Folio (out in August!) contains a dozen 24″ x 36″ battle maps to inspire your next one shot. Each one is wet/dry-erase and ready for action out of the...
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Planar Boutiques, part 3: buy time in a bottle
As detailed in the Guide to the Labyrinth, the Labyrinth is the “space between worlds.” Though most of the Labyrinth consists of tunnels, bridges, and stranger passageways, bottled cities and pocket...
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Kobold Press 5E books used in games played for mental health benefit
photo: Kumar Sivam A community project has started in Cornwall, UK, offering low-cost Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) games to improve mental health and well being. Alex Delaney, a professional game...
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