Kobold Press Shares Two Labyrinth Homebrew Ideas for Tales of the Valiant

A monster, a spell and a campaign premise

The first submission, by Anton Kromoff, pairs the Fate Broker—an aberrant, star-associated merfolk creature—with Star Bolt, a fifth-level evocation spell. The monster’s unusual bargain-making theme offers a strong narrative handle: it trades powerful magic for personal memories or senses rather than the familiar soul or life. That is flavor GMs can emphasize when turning a stat block into a memorable encounter.

Star Bolt is a ranged cone of solar energy that can deal force, radiant and necrotic damage and knock creatures prone. It calls for a Constitution save, with a successful save reducing the damage and avoiding the prone effect. The spell is listed for bards and paladins. Those details describe the submitted design, not evidence of a broader official rules update.

The Grand Dream is a hook, not a finished scenario

John Abbott’s submission begins with a shared prophetic dream among a hundred or more Dreamers: they see a catastrophe that could bring the world to the Void. The proposed response gathers adventuring teams and members of Labyrinth’s factions for a mission to prevent it.

Blood Bound Sigils provide the hook’s central safety mechanism. The post describes them as a way to recall a whole team to a base camp, including if the Dreamer linked to the team dies. That gives a GM a built-in route to make a dangerous mission feel playable, while leaving the actual catastrophe, encounters and choices open to develop.

Kobold Press explicitly says this is not a full adventure. Treat it as a campaign seed, not a ready-to-run module: a GM will need to decide what the disaster is, what the teams find at their destinations and what happens if the evacuation plan is triggered.

What owners and GMs should take from the post

The article places both submissions in the context of Labyrinth for Tales of the Valiant. It says Star Bolt could fit the style of Illumination in Deep Magic Volume 1 or the Concordan faction in the Labyrinth Worldbook, and describes the adventure hook as fitting into an existing game. Those are contextual connections, not a claim that every existing book or game is compatible without adjustment.

For existing owners, the practical takeaway is modest: the post offers homebrew material to consider alongside the named setting references. It does not announce a new edition, a purchase, an official rules supplement or a complete Labyrinth adventure. GMs should review the mechanics and decide whether they suit their own table before using them.

Why these two submissions stand out

Together, the selections offer two different kinds of inspiration: a mechanically specified creature and spell, and a flexible premise designed to launch a mission. The Fate Broker’s costly bargains can give a GM a character-driven complication; the Grand Dream gives a campaign an urgent starting point without dictating its resolution.

That division is useful for prep. Use the monster and spell as components to assess and adapt, while treating the hook as a prompt for your own session design. The publisher’s post credits both ideas to community contributors, making this a spotlight on homebrew rather than a claim that either submission is a new core product.