Just when you think you know what lurks in the darkness Kobold Press presents Monster Vault 2, filled with new monsters, templates, and combat options to thrill and terrify!

Explore ToV

The Tales of the Valiant RPG is a Black Flag Roleplaying Game from Kobold Press. Gather your friends and journey together across a labyrinth of worlds in search of adventure!

The Player’s Guide includes 13 base classes, lineages and heritages from classic fantasy roleplaying, and all the rules you need to be a player or GM—all in one book.

The Monster Vault includes every dungeon-crawling and fire-belching fantasy creature you need to craft compelling fantasy encounters. It also has concrete advice on making challenging encounters and using the new Doom trait on monsters.

Play the Game

You need two books to play: The Player’s Guide and the Monster Vault. A Game Master’s Guide is optional, but a valuable resource as well.

Player’s Guide

Start your own tale in an infinite universe of high fantasy adventure with the Player’s Guide! Within these pages, a trove of knowledge lies waiting for the valiant to claim it!

Make your own unique, legendary hero with the new Lineage and Heritage system.
Select Talents and Backgrounds that make your hero stand apart.
Master improved spellcasting and martial abilities to ensure every hero stands tall in a fight!
Explore new downtime, exploration, and social encounter rules to expand your game beyond the dungeon.

The Player’s Guide is a streamlined, 5E-compatible ruleset with unique mechanics to increase both risk and reward for adventurous players of all stripes!

Monster Vault

The Monster Vault contains over 400 monsters and all the guidance you need as a game master to run encounters with those monsters! Inside, you’ll find:

Classic fantasy monsters, such as ogres, dragons, water elementals, and giants.
New monsters suitable for any fantasy or science fantasy world, such as ambush hags, virtuoso liches,
fey guardians, mechadrons, and robots.
New terrors from the ever-corrupting Void, such as voidlings, star crows, crimson jellies, and the mighty void dragon.

The Monster Vault contains all the information a GM needs to create encounters with monsters, including monster roles and tactics, guidelines for modifying monsters to fit your campaign, optional rules for Doom points, and rules for characters wanting to harvest monsters for unique crafting and spell components.

Game Master’s Guide

Advance your game beyond the basics with the Game Master’s Guide. It’s got everything game masters need to build deep narratives, exciting combat, and compelling adventures.

Customize your game to your players’ play styles. Everyone stays engaged and enthusiastic!
Step up your worldbuilding with checklists, tables, and prompts for fresh, unique setting.
Hit every pillar of the game: exploration, social, and combat, with tools and techniques for each area.
Make your own monsters and character options with detailed insight, best practices, and building blocks.

The Game Master’s Guide is a distilled collection of professional, tested advice and tools for running a better, smarter, more fun game. It’s a level-up for your whole table.