5e Magic Item Patterns for Alternate Crafting: Part One
Three patterns for magic items from the D&D 5e SRD for characters interested in crafting. These can be used with the level-less crafting system presented here, or general use. The post 5e Magic...
View Article5e Magic Item Patterns for Alternate Crafting: Part Two
I don’t know if you know this, but there are a lot of magic items in D&D 5e. We’re talking into the hundreds. I was thinking I’d knock out a couple a week, but I obviously underestimated the amount...
View ArticleHow Do We Define Character Success?
As one might suspect when taking care of a tiny new human, I do not have a lot of time to actively run and play tabletop games, at the moment. When I’m not making sure my children don’t wander into...
View ArticleFive Magic Items with Spooky ATOMBments
A look at five magic items for use with D&D 5e that require something more than a standard attunement slot. Also, it's October so they are spooky! The post Five Magic Items with Spooky ATOMBments...
View ArticleSlashers, Cults, and Unseen Terror
A look at Halloween, Halloween 3, what they have in common, and how to use both as a model for you tabletop roleplaying games. The post Slashers, Cults, and Unseen Terror appeared first on Tribality.
View ArticleThanksgiving Treats for 5e
Happy American Thanksgiving! Holidays are a magical experience. Fights break out with your racist family members. You cry over childhood trauma. Your family sits awkwardly with your aunt’s eighth...
View ArticleFeedback Debt in Tabletop Games
Way back in September 2017, I wrote about technical debt and why it matters for tabletop design and play. While I remain happy with this piece, I’m disappointed in myself for not writing the necessary...
View ArticleRPGification (Super) Smashes Back
A look at the last entry in the Super Smash Bros. franchise, and how it uses several traditional RPG elements to tremendous effect. The post RPGification (Super) Smashes Back appeared first on Tribality.
View ArticleAsymmetrical D&D: Ravenloft-ish
A work-in-progress look at one potential solution to run an asymmetrical D&D 5e game with local and remote players who are on vastly different time zones. The post Asymmetrical D&D:...
View ArticleBonds and flaws in characters
Thumbnail art by Rosen Simeonov It was a long journey but you finally seem to be reaching destination. From the top of the hill you can see the famous elven port city, from where the elf cleric is...
View ArticleReroll: Customize your DnD characters in Pixel Art
Reroll is a whole new visual character sheet app that allows you to create and customize your characters in hand-crafted pixel art. The app does also come with a basic 5th Edition D&D digital...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Humans
Humans are defined by their ambition more than other races in Dungeons & Dragons 5e. Humans are one of the shortest-lived races compared to the other common races. Where an elf or dwarf might see...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Dwarves
Roleplaying dwarves can be so much more than vaguely Scottish accents, drinking ale, and swinging an axe around. Today we are going to take a look at what drives dwarves and how you can quickly develop...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Halflings
Roleplaying a halfling lets you be a character who charms the hat off a wizard or lets their luck see them through a hairbrained scheme. While in earlier versions they were essentially hobbits ripped...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Dragonborn
If you’re anything like me, you dreamed about being a dragon as a child. The power, the freedom, the awesome scales! By choosing to roleplay dragonborn you can capture some of that magic and get to...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Goblins
Per special request by a reader, this week we’ll be examining how to roleplay goblins. Goblins are one of my favorite races, and one of my favorite words. Both smarmy and evil, comical and cruel,...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Gnomes
Gnomes. I never really got this race. They always seemed like magical halflings and I struggled to find a way to play them in my games as anything other than that. But while they share many...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Tieflings
Speak of the devil, it’s time for tieflings! Unlike half-orcs, half-elves, or other outsider races, roleplaying tieflings means dealing with the fact that the corruption that manifests in their bodies...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Aasimar
Aasimar are in many ways opposites to tiefling, but they share an important theme of being outsiders. While tieflings are branded by the actions of their ancestors, their lives are largely their own to...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Goliaths
Goliaths are one of my favorite races. These strong bois are adapted to the harsh environment they inhabit. Descended from giants, goliath culture is one in the same vein of many warrior cultures,...
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