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He was an excellent Dumbledore

8 Hour Marathon Painting the New Tales of the Valiant Minis!

We have an 8 hour painting marathon today for the new New Tales of the Valiant minis.

Begins today 10:00 am PST

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I really liked the movie. My son (D&D player) and I saw it in the theater on opening day and we both had a great time. Theater was full and the crowd seemed to also like the movie.

More recently, my wife (NOT a D&D player) and I rented it. She enjoyed it quite a bit, and was surprised that I actually liked it even more the second time.

Sauce?

I prefer soy sauce, but Hollandaise is also good :)

It isn't??

No, not at all.

… but I do know that creativity wanes starting at about age 25 years, the decline is easily measurable by age 35, and is completely gone in the vast majority of people by 50.

Wait … what???

COMING TO KICKSTARTER MAY 2023
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Tales of the Valiant 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.

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Tales of the Valiant RPG: Launching Black Flag Roleplaying

Saw the movie this evening - really liked it!

Very Guardians of the Galaxy in tone, which was absolutely the right way to go.

My son and I will probably go see it again.

Well worth seeing it in the theater!

Thank you!
There is some really great stuff within!!

Marc Radle wrote:

Totally Not Gorbacz wrote:

The OP has some history at failing to communicate with other life forms.

Also of interest, this seems to be the OP’s first post since 2019 …

First non-deleted post, at least.

Ah - good point!

Playtest Packet #2 Is Here For Project Black Flag!​

Thanks to every one of you who signed up for Project Black Flag playtesting. Your feedback from Playtest Packet #1 was invaluable, and we’re back with a bigger packet this time, with some new ideas we want your input on.

Playtest Packet #2 is now available!

Everyone who signed up through our playtest form has already been sent downloads and playtest feedback links via email. It’s already happened! If you signed up, check your inbox and/or spam folder.

DOWNLOAD PLAYTEST PACKET 2: MAGIC, LUCK, AND CLASSES

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The OP has some history at failing to communicate with other life forms.

Also of interest, this seems to be the OP’s first post since 2019 …

Kobold Press is celebrating 17 years in the Warrens!

As a special thanks to everyone that has supported us over the years, we’re gift-wrapping some of our favorite titles from the past. For 17 days in March, we’ll release special offers, discounts, and freebie PDFs. If you can’t wait to get your Kobold claws on our daily deals, grab our Historic Kobold Press Bundle.

Check back regularly because every deal is available for a limited time and while supplies last!

First up - Expanding Codex for 5th Edition: Monster Variants for Creature Codex Free PDF!

Thanks Steve!

Many have been asking what the overall design philosophy for Project Black Flag is.

Check out the new Project Black Flag page of the Kobold Press web site
Project Black Flag Web Page

Some relevant things from that page ...

What is Project Black Flag?
Project Black Flag is a code name for a larger series of efforts by Kobold Press to update, streamline, and publish a core fantasy RPG based on 5E Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1.

This includes the new Core Fantasy Roleplay rules released and available to all under an open, perpetual, and irrevocable license. It also includes two core books coming to Kickstarter in 2023.

Project Black Flag maintains core compatibility with the 5E products you already know and love, but with a Kobold spin. The new books aim to embrace 5E and expand upon it.

Our goal is to keep 5E products vibrant and available, both in print and on our VTT partner platforms. Project Black Flag is one step in making this a reality.

Why publish Core Fantasy Roleplay rules?
Some ask, why bother to publish 5E-centric core rules? The SRD 5.1 is out there in the Creative Commons, and it can be reprinted by anyone. What more could we possibly want or need? Glad you asked.

The Core Fantasy Roleplay system is built on the bones of 5E D&D, but there are three primary reasons to go further.

1. 5th Edition Core Rulebooks are going away. The 5E Monster Manual, Player’s Handbook, and Dungeon Master’s Guide will not stay in print. New players must either use purely digital rulebooks (which works for some people) or find a new version.

We aim to keep the spirit of tabletop alive by producing beautiful, inviting versions of the core rulebooks for those who prefer to play face-to-face and those who don’t want to pay a monthly subscription to play.

We want to keep 5E vibrant and strong at the heart of a community of players and publishers. Your investment in 5E will be supported by Project Black Flag because it is compatible with the game you already know.

2. The SRD is incomplete. Anyone who has worked in publishing with the SRD knows that it is a fantastic baseline. We’ve been at it for 8 years—starting before 5E D&D even launched!

However, key elements are missing from the SRD. For example, the SRD includes only 1 feat and 1 cleric domain. A few monsters are conspicuously absent. Character generation has quirks and flaws. The power curve of challenge and encounter-building tools need improvement. Not to mention, it’s time to put a little dragonfire back in the combat engine.

Kobold Press has been tuning up 5E since the Tome of Beasts design work started in 2015, so we’ve got ideas to fill in the gaps.

These ideas provide fun new mechanical options, delightful weirdness, and frankly remarkable flavor that would never come from a Fortune 500 company. Instead, we stay close to the community with extensive playtests for our books to keep strange and eldritch in our fantasy gaming. And speaking of community…

3. The community is crucial. Project Black Flag is the greatest Open Design effort that Kobold Press has ever attempted. The vital part of Open Design has always been the community. Our existence is literally not possible without community: fans, content creators, other publishers, the old guard, freeform new kids, and everyone in between. We’re all in this together.

Design for Project Black Flag is led by Senior Game Designer Celeste Conowitch and a trusted team. But they do not work alone! We count on the tabletop fans who love D&D 5E to keep its spirit and substance alive far beyond any wizard’s ivory tower, part of the culture we forge.

And when it’s done, Project Black Flag will remain free from any single corporate enterprise—even ours!—in the commons and deep in the dungeons.

So Project Black Flag isn’t a new game?
In July 2022 the Kobold Press team started work on Project Black Flag. Then, In January 2023, as our biggest fears were coming true, Kobold Press knew that Project Black Flag’s timeline had to change. Quickly.

In our initial announcements, it was necessary for Project Black Flag to be a new Core Fantasy Roleplay system. However, once SRD 5.1 was released into Creative Commons, it was suddenly clear that we could build on the same foundation that so many people already know and love. As a bonus, Project Black Flag can streamline the new building while ensuring a thriving future for 5th Edition.

What do you mean by “streamline?”
We’re doing 5E, but changing stuff that needs to be changed. And we’re trying to do it in a way that keeps current 5E books and games useful. This is what we mean when we say the mystic words, “backward compatible.”

We will change things. When we do, we will include clear instructions to help you keep using existing 5E resources that might no longer be a perfect fit. And, we’ll try hard to do it in a way that won’t make players or GMs want to cry in frustration.

In general, Kobold Press wants to use more straightforward language, reduce complexity, and organize information in a more user-friendly way than the 5E core books currently do. This presentation style uses examples and standout advice to help onboard new players.

Here are the big-picture streamlining goals we are working toward:
- Make the rules easier to read and understand.
- Provide tools to reduce GM burden (encounter building tools, exploration encounter tools, social encounter tools, and more).
- Rebalance a whole lotta existing elements (especially feats).
- Provide opportunities for PCs to make meaningful choices at higher levels.
- Make spellcasting cooler.
- Keep combat interesting.[/list]

What is the Playtest timeline?
Our timeline for Project Black Flag is always updating based on public response and internal review, but here’s a look at the current timeline we have for playtesting from now until August 2023. This timeline might change as we confirm further dates and details.

February 13, 2023 – Playtest Packet # 1: Character Building
March 2023 – Playtest Packet #2 – Spells, Wizards, and Fighters
April 2023 – Monster Vault Preview
May 2023 – Kickstarter (2 Books)
June 2023 – Playtest Packet #4 – Clerics & Rogues
August 2023 – GenCon live community playtesting

Thanks to every one of you who signed up for Project Black Flag playtesting.

Because of your support, our team’s dedication, and the magic of Kobolds, we can announce Playtest Packet #1 is now available!

Everyone who signed up through our playtest form has already been sent official downloads and playtest feedback links via email. It’s already happened! Check your inbox and/or spam folder!

Did you miss the signup? It’s OK!
Find out how you can get involved!!!

Statement from Kobold Press:

Project Black Flag Update: Sticking To Our Principles
We want to start by saying thank you for all the outpouring of love and support this last week. Project Black Flag is sailing new waters toward its next destination, and we aim to continue to update you weekly.

We know you’ve got questions, and we’ve got some answers!

We want to start by saying thank you for all the outpouring of love and support this last week. Project Black Flag is sailing new waters toward its next destination, and we aim to continue to update you weekly.

Special thanks to William O’Brien for staying up all night listening to Manowar and painting our feelings into this beautiful piece of art. William painted the image shown here out of passion for Project Black Flag and what it stands for in our community.

We know you’ve got questions, and we’ve got some answers!

Marc Radle wrote:

Kobold Press has been and always will be committed to open gaming and the tabletop community. Our goal is to continue creating the best materials for players and game masters alike.

This means Kobold Press will release its current Kickstarter projects as planned, including Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns (already printed and on its way to backers this winter).

Read the full statement here:
Raising Our Flag - Kobold Press

Good for you!

Any chance of reprinting that content here or somewhere else? The Kobold Press site seems to be crushed under the weight of too many people trying to read the statement... I've been trying to do so for the past hour and can't get in!

Ha! Yeah, the massive amount of positive reaction the announcement has generated crushed the server!

It’s back up now - feel free to check out the full an announcement :)

Kobold Press has been and always will be committed to open gaming and the tabletop community. Our goal is to continue creating the best materials for players and game masters alike.

This means Kobold Press will release its current Kickstarter projects as planned, including Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns (already printed and on its way to backers this winter).

Read the full statement here:
Raising Our Flag - Kobold Press

Kobold Press has been and always will be committed to open gaming and the tabletop community. Our goal is to continue creating the best materials for players and game masters alike.

This means Kobold Press will release its current Kickstarter projects as planned, including Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns (already printed and on its way to backers this winter).

Read the full statement here:
Raising Our Flag - Kobold Press

You could always just not be flippant at all moving forward.

I can’t think of a time when being flippant has ever been a positive thing to do …

I really like the Ant Man movies, especially the first one

All good questions and points.

When I said I was fine with the 4th wall breaking in the Deadpool movie, it was because those were self contained and, until now, were not connected to the MCU.

I never read the Deadpool comics, but I definitely feel the same way about them - since Deadpool IS in the same world in the comics as Spiderman, the X-Men, etc. to me it absolutely DID call into question why none of those other heroes “knew” that they were all just characters in a comic book.

The thing with the Deadpool comics (and the She-Hulk comics for that matter) was that I could just ignore them - Deadpool came out after I stopped reading comics, and the only time I ran into She-Hulk was when she appeared in Fantastic Four comics, and she wasn’t doing the 4th wall thing then.

I do the same thing with the Deadpool movies - they were not part of the MCU, they were over there in the Fox universe, which had some ok movies but I really was pretty indifferent to overall so I could watch them or not, but they were completely separate from the MCU.

The She-Hulk series IS part of the MCU though, so for me it NEEDS to fit in and work within the wider MCU, and the 4th wall breaking, for me, kind of destroys the ‘realism’ as I detailed above. I am equally worried about Deadpool doing the same thing now that he will be joining the MCU :(

I guess if Jenn Walters only does the 4th wall stuff in her own series, but whenever she appears in different MCU movie or show she doesn’t do it, I can just pretend the She-Hulk series doesn’t exist (same with Deadpool I guess). If she appears in, say, the next Doctor Strange movie or whatever, and turns to the camera with a grin and a wink and says “Hey look, it’s good ol’ Wong” or some other quip to the audience, that immediately destroys the internal logic and realism of the movie, for me at least.

I am honestly happy for folks that like this aspect of She-Hulk, of Deadpool if he does it within the MCU, but for me, it’s just a real bummer …

The document security could have been done at the PDF source, meaning the company or creator added the security during its creation

Remember to keep these 3 Things in mind during the playtest.

All excellent points

Anyone heard any new info or news on this?

Not sure I believe it was that bad when we got other Sony projects that are much worse, especially down the line...

That doesn’t make much sense - you are talking about two entirely different studios. How can one studio putting out potentially bad movies mean another studio’s movie can’t also be bad?

That’s like saying you can’t believe the food at a restaurant that just closed down was that bad, since you hear the food at an entirely different and unrelated restaurant across town is bad.

Sorry, but that’s a pretty naïve and nonsensical thing to say.

We’re getting a bit off topic, but … despite all the “jerk paladin” chatter we see online, I’ve seen many paladin characters played in person (and played a few myself) and I’ve never personally experienced that type of behavior.

Not saying it doesn’t exist, but I wonder how much of it is real and how much is just self-perpetuating online bs?

Oh man, I would be truly sad if Kevin Feige stepped away from Marvel!!!

I don’t think they will use modern music in the actual film - I think they just did it in this first trailer to set the tone the movie will have

Not sure what to think about the new trailer …

Still seems to much Jokey Thor for me.

So far, I think this will be one I catch on Disney+ at some point if at all.

… other cinematic brain farts they’ve put out (such as Ironman 3, Thor 2, Spider-man: Far from Home, Eternals, Captain Marvel).

Have to strongly disagree with some of this.

Ironman 3 and Thor 2 certainly left something to be desired, but I really like Captain Marvel, and I thought Spider-man: Far from Home was an amazing movie, as did a TON of other folks judging by the box office.

You’re entitled to your opinion of course, but I think you’re being pretty needlessly harsh here …

Ha ha!

I love dice too!

It's OK if you want to pause your moratorium just this once, honest! I won't tell anyone :)

I'm not sure anyone cares about Lord of the Rings anymore.

Oh, come on! You might not be into it but with all due respect that’s a really disrespectful, not to mention pretty ridiculous, and clearly having no basis in reality thing to say.

Again, it’s cool if YOU don’t like LotR, but there are obviously and demonstrably millions of fans of the books and movies.

I think they are separate entities...

He’s trying desperately to be funny …

If by that, you mean … how long before Disney/Marvel throws enough money at Sony to make them sell back the rights to Spider Man once and for all … hopefully soon!

Really enjoyed the first three!

Laziness is the reason they made everyone forget who Parker was. Now they can re tell the same stories they have been telling for literary decades with Peter's friends, ect. Finding out He is Spiderman. Now they don't have to think of anything new to do.

So are they going to mind wipe everyone again when they find out again? Like I said before, no point in watching anything, seeing characters grow and develop if they can just take it away at anytime.

What's the point?

Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, and you’ve certainly expressed yours on this topic multiple times.

It wasn’t lazy. It was a pretty clever way to deal with the uncertainty between Marvel and Sony’s unclear future with Spider Man while they were filming. It also allowed Peter to make a really tough choice at the end and do what he thought was right and make a huge sacrifice for the world (and perhaps more importantly, his friends)

Now that Marvel and Sony have apparently signed a new deal for a new trilogy, they may well find a way for Peter to undo some of this and tell Ned and MJ. If they do, I trust Keven Fiege to do it in a cool, interesting, and emotional way.

And before you post again, yes we get it … you hate the ending. :)

Re: Van folk - Scott needed to wear a suit to survive the process of shrinking. While I appreciate the gag, by Ant Man logic those guys did not make it.

Re: Kingpin - his car door assault in Daredevil Season 1 was very much not behind closed doors. Fisk is very brazen in that series when he feels that he is in complete control, as he does here in the Hawkeye series.

While I’d love to presume that this is in continuity with what came before - we last saw Netflix Kingpin going back down for a life sentence. It’d take some serious logic twisting to square the circle of his freedom.

I’m fine with the Netflix series getting the same loose acknowledgement in the MCU that the Marvel Knights books got. Sure all those things happened, just maybe not the way you remember

That’s not entirely true. There are a number of cases where they shrunk down without needing the suit. Off the top of my head, the big car chase in Ant Man & the Wasp comes to mind - Hope and Luis were driving a sport car outfitted with Pym tech (I forget the exact details) that they shrunk down and back up a number of times during the chase and they were not in suits …

Yeah, this is now my second favorite MCU / Disney+ series, just a hair below WandaVision.

Hawkeye was excellent! My wife and I both LOVE Kate Bishop and Yalena and we can’t wait to see them both in the You g Avengers as the new Hawkeye and Black Widow!!!

I think the point was that it never occurred to her before, or that she hadn’t made the connection, until Clint told her point blank about the informant. At that point, things clicked in her mind enough that she felt she needed to ask him point black and look in his eyes for his reaction …

Finally saw this movie. I thought it was very good. Not great, but certainly in the top 10 or so MCU movies.

The action was excellent, the various mythological Chinese creatures in the second half of the movie were really well done, and I liked the 2 leads a lot.

Not sure I’ll watch it again but I definitely enjoyed it a lot

Pretty sure Spider Man No Way Home will be talked about years from now.

I mean I guess...but not sure that was my takeaway for a conflict so much as it was something he was dealing with while still pretending he was okay. I mean we all do that.

That’s literally the definition of an internal conflict.

So with only 14 days from release to the end of the year, how high we think it's gone hit on the 2021 box office list?

I suspect it will be EXTREMELY successful! I’m not sure of the actual opening box-office, but I have little doubt it will make a ton of money.

I’m still kind of hoping Tom Holland keeps going as Peter, if only to see the original 1970s clone story finally appear on the big screen.

Or Kraven’s Last Hunt. That could really kick ass.

I am PRAYING Holland remains as Peter Parker for a long time in the MCU. He is a perfect Parker and an awesome Spider Man. I’d rather not muddy things up with a Miles Morales introduction for quite some time - there is plenty more to do with THIS Spider Man before we should entertain a new incarnation …