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LARPing: an Intro for Tabletop Gamers

In addition to being a twenty-two-year veteran of tabletop gaming, I’ve also been involved in live-action roleplaying for… hmm, looks like nineteen years next month. Like roleplaying games of every kind, LARPing is getting ever greater coverage in the media, ...
Aquatic / PirateFrom the DepthsGM ResourcesStar FrontiersStar Wars

Oceans, The Final Frontier: Aquatic Inspiration for Science Fiction, Part ...

Since the start of the 21st Century, I’ve come across numerous articles, photos, forum posts, and websites offering glimpses into actual or imagined futures. From the Blue Planet RPG Yahoo Group, to Facebook and other social media, it’s relatively easy these ...
Character BuildsD&D 5eThoughts & ThingsWuxia / Oriental Adventures

Oriental Adventures – Ninja

Since I first put together a Ninja build last year, I’ve done some formatting changes with how I present characters on Tribality. So going back I wanted to reformat the Ninja and with this layout, the Ninja can be used ...
D&D 5eDragonlanceRacesThe Game Room

Kender for D&D 5th Edition: A Reluctant Test of Design

I’m am confident there are players in the world who know how to bring kender into a game and make that game more fun and interesting for everyone. I haven’t met them [EDIT 9/20/15: I’ve now met one. Senda from ...
Campaign TrailD&D 5eGM ResourcesPlayer Resources

Magic Ammunition – Arrows (D&D 5e Homebrew)

When I’m a player, one of my favorite PC builds is an archer that shoots magic arrows with interesting splash effects (versus just a +2 to attack and damage rolls). When my PC is shooting arrows I want to be more ...
D&D 5eHistory of the Classes

Psionics, Part Eight

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, we have come to the eighth and, for the time being, final article of the series on the history of psionics in D&D. In this case, we’re talking about a class that is still ...
Aquatic / PirateFrom the DepthsGM ResourcesStar FrontiersStar Wars

Oceans, The Final Frontier: Aquatic Inspiration for Science Fiction, Part ...

I’ve spent a lot of time talking about aquatic settings and creatures for fantasy and want to turn the focus on other genres for a bit. Though fantasy roleplaying is by far the most popular genre in the world, aquatic settings ...
The Game Room

Rich’s Gameroom: Closed for Renovation

Life in 2015 has been pretty amazing, and so much of that has to do with Tribality and our incredible fans. I’m excited to report that my freelance work has increased significantly, including upcoming material for Kobold Press, Legendary Games, Rogue Genius ...
D&D 5eD&D Adventurers LeagueThoughts & Things

Gen Con – D&D Adventurers League – OOSH – Level ...

During the Gen Con for D&D Adventurers League All-Access Pass games I played with my Air Genasi Monk character Oosh.
Campaign TrailCharacter BuildsD&D 5eMonsters & NPCs

Fantastic Four – D&D 5e NPC/Monster Builds

Previously, I shared my Avengers character builds and now we have another super hero team releasing a movie this summer. The Fantastic Four are a fictional superhero team that debuted way back in 1961. After a couple of so-so movies, ...