Top ways to terrify your players, Part 2
(Author’s note: I thought I’d take a break from my “Plants” series to give a series on the tropes in horror, as it’s appropriate for Halloween. Enjoy) What do the Resident Evil games, ‘Saw’ franchise, the Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, Uzumaki, ...
New Orc, New Ork
In many games Orcs are the faceless enemy, the hordes of evil that your heroes must smite in order to stop the big bad. But what if they could be more? What if they could be different? Below are three ...
Fey-Touched Backgrounds, Part Two
In the last article, I created Backgrounds for those who had been Captives of the fey, and Changelings who had been left behind by the fey. (Not to be confused with Eberron’s doppelganger-like race.) Today I’m continuing with the Courtly ...
Alternative Lore for 5e Ghouls
The history of ghouls in D&D is an interesting one. Since roughly the beginning of time – as counted by editions of D&D – ghoul paralysis doesn’t work on elves. Ghast paralysis – which has been poison in past editions ...
Running a Kids on Bikes One-Shot Adventure
Since the release of Stranger Things back in July 2016, the Kids on Bikes sub-genre of sci-fi/horror, is pedaling at full speed! This sub-genre was first popularized back in the 80s through the works of Spielberg and King, such as ...
Top ways to terrify your players, Part 1
(Author’s note: I thought I’d take a break from my “Plants” series to give a series on the tropes in horror, as it’s appropriate for Halloween. Enjoy) What do the Castlevania series, Friday the 13th franchise, Steven King’s book Tommyknockers, ...
Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition Strategy Board Game
Avalon Hill today announced that the most celebrated Axis & Allies edition is back! Upon its release nearly a decade ago, the Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition became an instant classic. Now the deluxe board game designed by Larry Harris ...
Hair and Howls – Lycanthrope Player Characters
There are many ways you can use Lycanthropes, shape shifters influenced by the moon(s) in your games as Player characters. Here are some questions to run through to help you define Lycanthropes in your games. See Part 1 – Lycanthropes ...
Not Feeling the Inspiration? 3 Alternatives for D&D Fifth Edition
We’re getting near the end of October and Tribality’s Triversary celebration is almost complete. Before the month ends, I wanted to embrace Tribality’s third birthday by looking at three alternatives to using Dungeons & Dragons 5e’s advantage mechanic. The Fifth ...
The Fighter Class, Part Five
It hardly seems like it could have been a month since my last History of the Fighter article, but it was; ring out the bells for its return. I always wonder which edition the greatest number of people started on, ...