Greyhawk-Yecha Hills
Overview In the north west of the Flanaess lie the arid Yecha Hills. Between the nations of Tusmit and Tiger Nomad lands, the Yecha Hills have long been known to ancient Baklunish and Oeridarian tribes. There are several Gnome communities ...
How Do We Teach Game-Running?
A friend’s Facebook thread got me thinking about how the sweet science of game-running is taught and refined. Now, as you likely know, I’ve been writing for Tribality for more than four and a half years, and helping GMs hone their craft is ...
Greyhawk-Menowood
Overview Located in the south east of the lands of Greyhawk, the Menowood lies between Idee, Sunndi and the Scarlet Brotherhood. The Menowood is a large warm-temperate forest valley. For years the Menowood was a stronghold of Elves and Treants, ...
Classic vs Cinematical: Tips on creating Dungeons
Thumbnail art by Wadim Kashin After some thought, I came to the conclusion that there are two ways of making a dungeon. The first one is the Classical one we know and love: You go ahead for 10ft before turning ...
Greyhawk-Rift Canyon
Overview In the World of Greyhawk, the Rift Canyon is a massive canyon in the centre of Flanaess. Over one hundred miles wide and thirty miles across, the area has its own ecology around the surface, on the ledges and ...
Maintaining Engagement and Solving Problems at the Table
Thumbnail Image from Netflix’s Stranger Things S03 Last week I had one of those sessions where I as a DM realized something was going wrong and the players started dispersing and getting bored. I managed to end the session as ...
The Artificer Class, Part Three
Thanks to several Alert Readers including Trampas Whiteman and Cam Banks, another chapter in the story of the artificer came to my attention: War of the Lance, the 3.5e Dragonlance supplement coincidentally written by Cam Banks, Trampas Whiteman, et al. ...
Greyhawk-Shadowfell
Today we look at sprinkling your Greyhawk games with a dash of the Shadowfell, aka plane of Shadow. The Shadowfell is that dark mirror of the prime material (normal world) that leaks into it during twilight, and in the dark ...
Improve your game with maps!
Thumbnail art by Francesca Baerald You find yourself in a corridor that bifurcates into three ways. Barbarian: Wait! The map only shows two corridors! Rogue: Yeah, and one is supposed to have monsters from what I see here [points to ...
Greyhawk-Feywild
Today we talk about flavouring your Greyhawk based games with the Feywild, aka the Faerie realm. The Feywild is that wondrous place that tickles and terrifies the mortal realm with its delights and strange visitors. Part Alice in Wonderland, Part ...