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 Article5e Magic Item Patterns for Alternate Crafting: The Strange and Legendary
As it turns out, I was a liar last week when I said I would finish the A’s this week. Not because I just didn’t finish the A’s, either. Instead, I realize legendary, game-altering, strange items are...
View Article5e Magic Item Patterns for Alternate Crafting: The A’s
Alright, here we go. We’re back, and we’re finishing up all the rest of the SRD A’s for magic items. It’s a long list, covering a lot of very cool items. As before, I include my notes as to my design...
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 Article5e Magic Item Patterns for Alternate Crafting: the Bags
A look at alternate crafting patterns for four magical bags found in 5e. This continues the alternate crafting series for all 5e SRD magic items. The post 5e Magic Item Patterns for Alternate Crafting:...
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 ArticleStar Frontiers / D&D 5e Conversion Complete
Many many years ago, I put these articles together for running Star Frontiers, and now I want to brush the dust them off and put them back into play. There were 6 parts in total that I had published...
View ArticleAcquisitions Incorporated – Review
We now have an opportunity to start our own franchise! The Acquisitions Incorporated book gives us some fairly detailed tools to explore the business side of adventuring. As I am taking some classes...
View ArticleDream On, Dream Weaver
Ever wanted to have a mission or quest in a Dream, and need to flesh it out? Today we look at a few ways to do just that. The dream may be shared by proximity to an astral creature, a pheromone...
View ArticleFive Tips for New Dungeon Masters
You’ve taken on the responsibility of Dungeon Master for your Dungeons & Dragons group. What pushed you over the edge? Curiosity about the game? Broken scheduling promises from other DMs? A love of...
View ArticleHeart RPG – the City Beneath
There is a world full of awesome roleplaying games out there, and the more we play, the wider range of ideas we bring to the table when we play or run games. Today we look at Heart, a new RPG from the...
View ArticleA Guide to Roleplaying Lizardfolk
Lizardfolk are one of my favorite races in D&D. Who doesn’t love massive scaly swamp monsters? They are mechanically interesting and have a ton of interesting roleplaying hooks that present...
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...
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