Midgard Monday: Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Azuran
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 ArticleAgatha All Along: Witches to Take on the Road
Agatha All Along is the latest hit series from Marvel of Disney+ streaming. Here are some witchy takes on the characters to use as opponents in your game! A Cast for Your Coven You can make or break a...
View ArticleAgatha All Along: More Witches to Take on the Road
Agatha All Along is the latest hit series from Marvel of Disney+ streaming. Here are two more witchy takes on the characters to use as opponents in your game! A Cast for Your Coven You can make or...
View ArticleMagical Meals—crispy fried cockatrice . . . tastes like chicken!
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 ArticlePack Tactics Advice: What Happens to the Villains?
It’s time again for the Kobold Press advice column, Pack Tactics! Our roundtable experts this month are Basheer Ghouse, Victoria Jaczko, Brian Suskind, Jeff Quick, and Mike Welham. You might recognize...
View ArticleTerrifying Temples: Temple of the Ravening Void
The gargantuan Sky Stairs of Beldestan are famous throughout eastern-central Midgard. According to legend, they were built up the side of the tallest mountain in Beldestan and the Red Wastes by giants...
View ArticleLet’s Build! Make a grappler for your next Tales of the Valiant character
If you ever wanted to swing a goblin like a flail at his friends, armbar the dark wizard into submission, or suplex an owlbear, consider trying this grappler build for the Tales of the Valiant...
View ArticleHavens of the Holy: Crystal Caves of Khespotan
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 ArticleYou Find Yourself in a Wizard’s Tower: magical rats in the walls
Some locations—the wizard’s tower, the sunken temple, or the haunted house—have a well-trod presence in stories and adventures. In this series, we’ll explore the potential of these archetypal wizard’s...
View ArticleHungry Undead: beat swords into smaller swords
The undead were once living creatures, returned to a horrific second life. Undead can be created through necromantic spells, profane curses, or even sometimes through divine decree. Such creatures are...
View ArticleMidgard Monday: take a pilgrimage to the temple of Sif
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 ArticleComparing the ToV Game Master’s Guide to the Dungeon Master’s Guide
As Wizards of the Coast continues to roll out the 2024 changes to D&D, the kobolds are keeping a curious eye on how D&D 2024 stacks up against the Tales of the Valiant roleplaying game. Both...
View ArticleArcane Season 2. Five great ideas to steal for your game
With the release of Arcane Season 2 on Netflix, we are once again thrown into the streets of Piltover and Zaun as factions vie for power in the wake of a devastating attack. The conflict and intrigue...
View ArticleSporting Goods: Run your character ragged in Dungeon Chase!
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...
View ArticleHowling Tower: A Study of the Smallfolk
This is a second 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 ArticleTerrifying Temples: The Fastness of the White Goddess
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 ArticleArcane Season 2. Five great ideas to steal for your game from the city of Zaun
With the release of Arcane Season 2 on Netflix, we are once again thrown into the streets of Piltover and Zaun as factions vie for power in the wake of a devastating attack. The conflict and intrigue...
View ArticleNew Figurines of Wondrous Power: alabaster axe beak, malachite mount, and the...
Try these new figurines of wondrous power for your Tales of the Valiant or 5E game! As a refresher, here are the standard rules for figures of wondrous power, as seen in the Tales of the Valiant...
View ArticleLet’s Build! Make a Lucky rogue for your next Tales of the Valiant character
The Tales of the Valiant roleplaying game has introduced Luck in the Player’s Guide as one of its signature resources for players. Once per turn, when you fail to hit with an attack or fail a save,...
View ArticleMonster Mix: Jelly Demons arrive in time for the holidays
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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