Black Flag Project Black Flag Reveal Its Official Title: 'Tales of the Valiant'!

Kobold Press' 5E-replacement game, up until now only known by its codename, Black Flag, now has an official title--Tales of the Valiant. And it's coming to Kickstarter next month, joining existing games like Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition and Cubicle 7's upcoming as-yet-untitled C7d20 system which provide open, independent alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons using the same rules system. COMING...

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Kobold Press' 5E-replacement game, up until now only known by its codename, Black Flag, now has an official title--Tales of the Valiant. And it's coming to Kickstarter next month, joining existing games like Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition and Cubicle 7's upcoming as-yet-untitled C7d20 system which provide open, independent alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons using the same rules system.

COMING TO KICKSTARTER MAY 2023
Be bold. Be brave. Be Valiant.


Tales of the Valiant (ToV) is a Core Fantasy Roleplaying game that builds on the Creative Commons foundation of 5th Edition.

Project Black Flag has taken bold steps to keep 5th Edition vibrant in an evolving industry. Since January, Kobold Press and the growing 5E community have worked together to create an open, independent version of 5th Edition. Today we reveal the name of the bold future for Kobold Press.

We are writing ToV now. When it’s done, it will be based on the new Core Fantasy Roleplaying rules. (If you’re just joining us, Kobold Press is committed to releasing Core Fantasy Roleplaying to everyone under an open, perpetual, and irrevocable license. It’s like the SRD, but more thorough.)

ToV rules will be available in two books: The Player’s Guide and Monster Vault.

The Player’s Guide includes 13 base classes, lineages and heritages from classic fantasy roleplaying, and the rules you need to play or GM, all between two covers. The Monster Vault includes every dungeon-crawling and fire-belching fantasy creature you need to craft compelling fantasy encounters.

And that’s only a start! Tales of the Valiant goes to Kickstarter in May 2023 and ships to backers in 2024. During development, Kickstarter backers get an inside track with two additional sets of playtest material. Sign up now to be notified when the Kickstarter launches and become one of the Valiant.
 

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Whatever they release, I hope they've truly playtested it. A lot of Kobold's 3pp stuff for 5e is too powerful, or just useless, or out of line with 5e design in general. (I think a lot of it was originally designed for Pathfinder, then quickly and awkwardly converted to 5e).

I know they're releasing playtest packets for Black Flag, which is a good sign. If they do this right it could be great. But their quality control will need to be better.
 

Whatever they release, I hope they've truly playtested it. A lot of Kobold's 3pp stuff for 5e is too powerful, or just useless, or out of line with 5e design in general. (I think a lot of it was originally designed for Pathfinder, then quickly and awkwardly converted to 5e).

I know they're releasing playtest packets for Black Flag, which is a good sign. If they do this right it could be great. But their quality control will need to be better.
I loved almost all KP books especially the monster books, Midgard world book and the adventures . But I agree if one area was a weak link it was some of the subclasses. I generally found them too weak, too powerful or just very niche.

I do think this KS will do very well because they are a great company with a stellar reputation but I wonder how the system will do once the 50th anniversary edition is released.
 








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