GM Tips & Tricks Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/columns/gm-tips-tricks/ D&D / Role Playing Wed, 19 May 2021 00:47:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.tribality.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo-2020-icon@2x-32x32.jpg GM Tips & Tricks Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/columns/gm-tips-tricks/ 32 32 Worldbuilding: Create your own Trinkets table https://www.tribality.com/2021/05/19/worldbuilding-create-your-own-trinkets-table/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/05/19/worldbuilding-create-your-own-trinkets-table/#respond Wed, 19 May 2021 13:00:54 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32531 Thumbnail image from Pirates of the Caribbean While doing some worldbuilding of my own I found a note my past self has left for me detailing that I should create a trinkets table. I thought of them and what each trinket might mean for the player characters. That’s when this article idea sprang. I haven’t got to fully do it for my own homebrew world but I believe this technique is a great enough worldbuilding technique to build an article […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/05/19/worldbuilding-create-your-own-trinkets-table/feed/ 0 Why Magic Shops Ruin the D&D Fantasy https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/28/why-magic-shops-ruin-the-dd-fantasy/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/28/why-magic-shops-ruin-the-dd-fantasy/#respond Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:00:24 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32466 Thumbnail art by Robin Olausson Magic shops in D&D and other fantasy games have always been something that came and went throughout the different editions. They were a vital part in 3e and 4e as the game highly demanded the PCs to have magic items to progress. Where does 5e stand in this? Magic Shop Purpose A magic item is usually created by the DM to have an easy fun way for the player characters to access cool magic stuff […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/28/why-magic-shops-ruin-the-dd-fantasy/feed/ 0 How GMing made me an Extrovert, kind of – GM Tips & Tricks https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/21/how-gming-made-me-an-extrovert-kind-of/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/21/how-gming-made-me-an-extrovert-kind-of/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:00:17 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32417 Clickbaitey article name? Possibly. However, I wanted to talk about the ways I believe GMing has changed much of my life for the better. I’m pretty sure that if you have been GMing for a while you have also felt this. If you haven’t GMed much, consider this a good reason to jump to the GM seat (that should also always be the most comfortable one in the room). Group Leader In order to become a GM you need to […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/21/how-gming-made-me-an-extrovert-kind-of/feed/ 0 How to Successfully Handle Player Character Death https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/14/how-to-successfully-handle-player-character-death/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/14/how-to-successfully-handle-player-character-death/#respond Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:00:52 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32409 Thumbnail Art from Critical Role’s Campaign 2 Intro Content Warning (CW): Player Character death Last week a friend of mine said over Twitter that she didn’t know how to feel after having a character death occur in her game. This was her first time having a character die in one of her game and it left a terrible sensation. Btw, if you are looking for Spanish content and D&D Actual Play be sure to check her and the “Morras” out  […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/14/how-to-successfully-handle-player-character-death/feed/ 0 Building Locations for Open World Campaigns – GM Tips & Tricks https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/07/building-locations-for-open-world-campaigns-gm-tips-tricks/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/07/building-locations-for-open-world-campaigns-gm-tips-tricks/#respond Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:53:29 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32389 Thumbnail art by Dominik Zdenković How to create an open world campaign || How to create quests for open world campaigns Give a meaning to your open-world quests We’ve talked a bit about how to create Open World Games, as well as how to create quests for them that make the world feel even wider. Now, for an open world to exist, there need to be interesting locations for the PCs to go to. Be it the Mos Eisley cantina, […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/07/building-locations-for-open-world-campaigns-gm-tips-tricks/feed/ 0 Splitting the Party – GM Tips & Tricks https://www.tribality.com/2021/03/25/splitting-the-party-gm-tips-tricks/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/03/25/splitting-the-party-gm-tips-tricks/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:45:23 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32347 Thumbnail image from Scooby Doo We’ve all heard about it. The classic “never split the party”. Why is it that people repeat it so often when in media we see it happen all the time? This is often said because some games like D&D usually revolve around keeping your party together and fighting groups of enemies balanced to confront the number of player characters playing at the time. If you have some PCs split off and fight a group of […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/03/25/splitting-the-party-gm-tips-tricks/feed/ 0 Going off the rails – GM’s Tips and Tricks https://www.tribality.com/2021/03/10/going-off-the-rails-gms-tips-and-tricks/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/03/10/going-off-the-rails-gms-tips-and-tricks/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:05:31 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32216 It took you 10 hours along the week but you’re finally ready for anything your players may come up with in the game. The secret agent PCs enter the mob boss’s office to find incriminating evidence and start searching everywhere. You have all the handouts at hand ready to be handed over to the players. That’s when one of the players’ eyes shines and you see a smirk in their face. “Let’s leave a trap that kills the mob boss […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/03/10/going-off-the-rails-gms-tips-and-tricks/feed/ 0 When should GMs ask for Dice Rolls? https://www.tribality.com/2021/02/24/when-should-gms-ask-for-dice-rolls/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/02/24/when-should-gms-ask-for-dice-rolls/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:09:29 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32136 Have you ever asked your player to do a Perception check to see a paper with a clue they need over the table, even though it was extremely easy to spot, only to have them roll poorly? Now, what do you do? Do you have the other players roll as well, hoping for someone to get a good enough roll to uncover the paper they need to move the plot forward? Ok, you do that. The dice god wasn’t on […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/02/24/when-should-gms-ask-for-dice-rolls/feed/ 0 How to Roleplay in RPGs https://www.tribality.com/2021/01/13/how-to-roleplay-in-rpgs/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/01/13/how-to-roleplay-in-rpgs/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:01:56 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=31941 Thumbnail image from Wizards of the Coast You have been invited to take part in a new RPG table. As the name indicates, this is a Role-Playing Game. You are nervous as you have never done something similar to this in the past. Where do you start? There’s also the chance you came here after having played numerous RPGs but are looking for some extra tips on how to become a better roleplayer. I went along the interwebs reading some articles, […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/01/13/how-to-roleplay-in-rpgs/feed/ 1 Give a meaning to your Open-World Quests https://www.tribality.com/2020/12/23/creating-quests-for-open-world-campaigns/ https://www.tribality.com/2020/12/23/creating-quests-for-open-world-campaigns/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:00:58 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=31796 Thumbnail art by Anato Finnstark How to create an Open World Campaign || How to create Quests for Qpen World Campaigns Building Locations for Open World Campaigns When it comes to creating a reason for a quest to exist, there are millions of options to choose from. However, they can usually be categorized in a smaller number. If you plan on making an open world campaign you will be running into hundreds of quests, so I thought I might give […]

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