Black Flag Tales of the Valiant is out! What do people think?

[Zaukrie]

I like that all dragons, of any level, as far as I can tell, get lair actions.....I'd prefer younger dragons get legendary actions (or somesuch thing), but I can live w/o that. I'm now using a variant of Daggerheart initiative for solo boss fights where the boss gets to act much more often anyway.....

 

[Marc Radle]

I like that all dragons, of any level, as far as I can tell, get lair actions.....I'd prefer younger dragons get legendary actions (or somesuch thing), but I can live w/o that. I'm now using a variant of Daggerheart initiative for solo boss fights where the boss gets to act much more often anyway.....

Yeah, between the awesome new art and the interesting and fun new mechanics, I think the dragons in the Monster Vault are definitely among my favorite new monsters!

 

[Zaukrie]

Yeah, between the awesome new art and the interesting and fun new mechanics, I think the dragons in the Monster Vault are definitely among my favorite new monsters!

I'm more of a DM, so I've read the monster book more....and I'm a fan. Not overly complex, but more interesting.....

 

[Chaltab]

Can anyone confirm to me (is quoting allowed?) what the Wild Shape: Beast Form rules look like in the TOTV Player's Guide? They're not included in the Black Flag SRD document and I'm trying to get a decent idea of a cross comparison with other 5E variants.

Not currently in the position to drop $35 to check out a single paragraph, sadly.

 

[Distracted DM]

Can anyone confirm to me (is quoting allowed?) what the Wild Shape: Beast Form rules look like in the TOTV Player's Guide? They're not included in the Black Flag SRD document and I'm trying to get a decent idea of a cross comparison with other 5E variants.

Not currently in the position to drop $35 to check out a single paragraph, sadly.

iirc it's a comparable de-power to what's in the 5e2024 playtest or A5e in that they don't have a separate pool of hit points like 5e2014 druids.

Edit: I checked, it actually is in the SRD.

 

[Chaltab]

iirc it's a comparable de-power to what's in the 5e2024 playtest or A5e in that they don't have a separate pool of hit points like 5e2014 druids.

Edit: I checked, it actually is in the SRD.

Am I blind, because I'm not seeing it? There's nothing in the SRD about your hit points, proficiencies, whether you can cast spells or speak as a beast, etc. At least not in the Druid class features.

 

[Distracted DM]

Am I blind, because I'm not seeing it? There's nothing in the SRD about your hit points, proficiencies, whether you can cast spells or speak as a beast, etc. At least not in the Druid class features.

You're right! The "Rules of Transformation" sidebar is not in the SRD.

Spoiler: RoT

 

[Chaltab]

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. Kind of fascinating to compare the Playtest, A5E, and TOTV versions. They each have very similar but marginally different changes to 5e Wild Shape. Wonder what C7's going to do with it.

 

[Distracted DM]

Wonder what C7's going to do with it.

Is there a timeline on that?

I think it's funny that every design has acknowledged that5e2014 druids' shifting was busted

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Is there a timeline on that?

"Later this year" they'll have something to say about it. In one of their recent monthly-ish videos, they said they were hiring people to write on the corebook, which presumably means they have most of the big design work at some level of finished.

It's clearly a much lower priority than their licensed work. But from what they've said, we've already seen a lot of it in The One Ring, Doctors and Daleks, Uncharted Journeys, A Life Well Lived and their upcoming alchemy and crafting books. I suspect it will have bare bones versions of all those systems, the Doctors and Daleks social combat, the remaining systems from The One Ring, etc.

I suspect it's just going to be a grab bag full of great optional systems with the bare bones needed to play without picking up the WotC books. Probably more of a great supplement than a core book.