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Monsters of the Multiverse Breakdown, Part Four

Brandes Stoddard — Tue, 24 May 2022 15:33:56 +0000

This book is finally going on sale as an individual title rather than as part of the gift set, as well as going up on D&D Beyond, so commentary is all over Twitter now. Today I’m getting into Chapter 2: Bestiary – the whole rest of the book, other than some fairly brief Appendices. As a reminder, this book has more than 250 monsters from Volo’s Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, plus one (1) new creature. I […]

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The Devil of the Deep Blue Sea

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:00:19 +0000

One of the exciting things about writing an aquatic setting is that there are whole creature types that don’t have a single aquatic or swimming creature in the Monster Manual, VGTM, or MTOF. Fiends, for instance. There have been aquatic fiends in D&D – the 3.5e Fiend Folio has four – but they’re rare. To get the obvious thing out of the way, you can just bolt a swimming speed, the amphibious quality, and some gills and fins onto existing […]

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Tome of Beasts 2 Review

Tomás Giménez Rioja — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:00:02 +0000

We all know Kobold Press, creators of many wonderful supplements for the world’s greatest roleplaying game and many other systems such as Pathfinder. Three years ago, I managed to get hold of the great Creature Codex. I even made a review for it, considering it one of the best 3rd party supplements for the system. Of course, I ended up getting the original Tome of Beasts after that, which I’ve put to good use during the Feywild arc in my […]

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Monthly Encounter #15: The Hunt for the Giant Turkey (lvls 5-10)

Tomás Giménez Rioja — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:00:02 +0000

Here at Tribality, we’ve decided to provide our readers with Encounters ready to be added to your table. I’ll be creating new ones monthly for you to have a big collection to look through when you run out of ideas for your game. You can take a look at the index article with all of them by clicking HERE. If people end up liking the encounters we may start releasing them in easy to print PDF format. Don’t forget to […]

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3 Villains for your Halloween-themed one shots or sidemissions

Tomás Giménez Rioja — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:00:39 +0000

Thumbnail Art by David Harrington Halloween is almost here! Time to get that one-shot or side mission for your campaign ready. I’ve got some great magic items created last week and now all we need are some people to wield them. We need them to be spooky enough to be considered Halloween monsters, and some little backstory and adventure hooks can work as well. My intention with this article is that you can come out from it with great ideas […]

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Tribality Publishing – Fey Gifts & Bargains

Brandes Stoddard — Fri, 22 May 2020 02:45:50 +0000

What Would You Give For Power? Beauty, dreadful power, and solemn promises: these are the tools of the fey. Mortals seek them out to bargain for wealth, magical power, or other blessings. The foolish become ensnared in the courtly schemes of the fey, while the clever forge alliances with beings of incredible power. Here you’ll find the hierarchy of a fey court and details of what the fey want and what they offer, including fourteen new supernatural charms, four new […]

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Five D&D Creatures That Punch Above Their Challenge Rating

Rachel Phimphivong — Fri, 08 May 2020 20:12:03 +0000

A huge part of being a Dungeon Master is choosing monsters for the players to face. Although combat encounters can occur that the DM didn’t expect, usually the DM takes time to craft an encounter. They try to create a challenging, yet fun session for the players. The Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual explain how to calculate an encounter using the monster’s challenge rating (CR). You can also calculate it based on the amount of experience points a monster […]

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Four New Fey NPCs

Brandes Stoddard — Fri, 08 May 2020 13:41:35 +0000

I haven’t done a lot of writing about fey in quite some time, at least not here on Tribality. We’re working on a DM’s Guild release of fey content, so this article is all material that will go to my editor and, if it survives that stage, into the product. I’ve written a lot of content and quest hooks so far around the Archfey, so this time I’m looking at lower-ranked fey. Also, check out the rules for fey bargains […]

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Five Aspects of an Authentic D&D Character

Rachel Phimphivong — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 19:25:47 +0000

In tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons, players create their own characters and Dungeon Masters create dozens of NPCs to populate the world. That can be a daunting task, especially for a DM. Too little detail or personality and a character falls flat. Too much and you become overwhelmed or create a caricature. How can you create an authentic character that you feel comfortable roleplaying? Try breaking it down into these five aspects: appearance, background, relationships, goals, and voice. […]

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Mysterious Mindflayer Machinations P1

Jesse Cohoon — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:00:29 +0000

The Mindflayer, or Illithid is a creature that is from the Far Realm, though some have posited that they are actually from the future. Regardless of the truth, they are a race that uses Spell Jamming to travel the Crystal Spheres. At one time, their empire spanned many worlds. They were once a common sight, even among elemental planes. An empire built on the back of slave labor, the Mindflayers seemed unstoppable. They didn’t know it at the time, at […]

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