Black Flag Tales of the Valiant Playtest Packet 4 from Kobold Press

[Zaukrie]

I can't see anyone taking Salvager Heritage compared to the other three.

I agree with the above, we don't need more darkvision. They have great hearing and eyesight, how about +2 or advantage or something on perception checks? Gnomes are/were tricksters......maybe they are good at persuasion or hard to deceive?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Will Kobold Press be taking late pledges, @Marc Radle, or is the window now closed until ToV hits retail? (I gather that the pledge manager isn't live yet.)

 

[Zaukrie]

The full alpha is up and released....

Why, oh why, have a certain kind of trait (resilience) not just list the items in the statblock, and instead hide it in the traits? Why?

 

[Zaukrie]

The alpha is sparse on monsters, but gives us enough to test stuff. I'm a fan of the cleaned up monster blocks, but I think we could do even more.

The ghoul disease? Show it like a 4e disease, that's what I'm doing in the PDF I'm going to sell soon.....

There are the 4 basic classes. All subclasses start at level 3. There are things I like, and things I need to think about more than a skim. Also, I'm no rules expert, so I can't even come close to comparing classes right now.....

characters get an ASI boost and a talent (feat) every 4 levels.....so they are more powerful, but then, the monsters are also, I think.

 

[darjr]

Where is the alpha?

 

[Zaukrie]

Where is the alpha?

You should have gotten an email if you backed. You log into the store, apply a coupon, download.

177 pages.

 

[Zaukrie]

Wizards are proficient with zero weapons. is this 1 ed?

 

[bedir than]

Wizards are proficient with zero weapons. is this 1 ed?

They've talked about having weapons not being significant when cantrips are unlimited

 

[Zaukrie]

They've talked about having weapons not being significant when cantrips are unlimited

Then give them some useful melee attack cantrips, other than just shocking grasp........I'm ok with that, but there have to be options. to be clear, i don't love it. The idea that a character that has been in battle over and over has no idea how to use a weapon seems silly to me. I'd be OK with it, if there were any options at all.....but there aren't.

 

[Zaukrie]

Fireball has a range of 30 feet....that's, um, interesting.