Black Flag Tales of the Valiant Alpha Release is out.

[darjr]

Tales of the Valiant Alpha Release is live. Free for backers. Two month testing phase.

Tales of the Valiant - Alpha Release (PDF) - Kobold Press Store

Everything you need to begin running Tales of the Valiant at your table!

koboldpress.com

 

[darjr]

I want to put together a game, play a level out of each tier. 4 sessions. Might do it online.

 

[Elodan]

There’s a lot to like in there. I’m hoping that they do more to address some of the underlying annoyances with 5E such as problematic spells, better cantrip scaling, borrowing the simplified exhaustion progression from OneD&D (which I’ve see elsewhere), etc.


Going to take a while to go through and figure out my specific likes / dislikes. Good thing they gave us until September to provide feedback.

 

[Elodan]

I want to put together a game, play a level out of each tier. 4 sessions. Might do it online.

There’s only 5 levels for each of the 4 classes.

 

[darjr]

There’s only 5 levels for each of the 4 classes.

Ope! I haven't gotten that far yet. I skipped to the monsters now I'm looking at the spells. That should have been a clue by four.

 

[darjr]

I'm not sure all the encounter building rules are out too. Though I like the brevity of what is there.

True Strike is the same it seems. Almost seems like a waste to include it, is it just me?

 

[Weiley31]

I like how it breaks down Resiliency for various monster categories like Construct, Monstrosity, Aberration, Celestial, and so on.

Also gives ya a good base of judgement in some way if ya decide to homebrew a race or what not of those types that WoTC hasn't given us yet.

 

[Zaukrie]

I like how it breaks down Resiliency for various monster categories like Construct, Monstrosity, Aberration, Celestial, and so on.

Also gives ya a good base of judgement in some way if ya decide to homebrew a race or what not of those types that WoTC hasn't given us yet.

I hate that. Put that in the statblock, I don't want to read traits to know what they resist / immune.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

True Strike is the same it seems. Almost seems like a waste to include it, is it just me?

Well, it'll have to be in the final book, and by putting it in there, they can provoke feedback to remind them to address it during the alpha period.

I'm not a backer -- and now regretting it -- but I assume the alpha PDF is free for backers and just $9 for everyone else.

 

[darjr]

Well, it'll have to be in the final book, and by putting it in there, they can provoke feedback to remind them to address it during the alpha period.

I'm not a backer -- and now regretting it -- but I assume the alpha PDF is free for backers and just $9 for everyone else.

yes. If your a backer there is a coupon at KB waiting for you.