Join the Ranks of the Valiant!

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

Make your own unique and legendary hero with the new Lineage and Heritage system.
Select Talents and Backgrounds that make your hero truly stand apart.
Master improved spellcasting and martial abilities to ensure every hero stands tall in a fight!
Explore new downtime rules to expand your game beyond the dungeon.
Learn a streamlined, 5E-compatible ruleset with unique mechanics to increase both risk and reward.

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

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.

Black Flag Roleplaying is an open, 5E gaming system that enables anyone to publish and play fantasy tabletop. Free. Forever.

The Tales of the Valiant roleplaying game runs on BFR rules. It allows us to experiment with the rules and tell some of our own stories.

You can create and publish your own Black Flag Roleplaying content with no chance of anyone telling you that you can’t.


It may not be possible to ship very heavy items outside of the Mainland UK.
Released: 16 January 2025