Beyond the Character Sheet, P1
A character is not a series of disconnected stats and abilities. They are the culmination of their stats, abilities, gender, race, genetics, decisions, and life experiences. When building a character, one needs to consider how all the pieces fit together. ...
Tribality Publishing – Fey Gifts & Bargains
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 ...
Reasons Why a Site Might Be Abandoned P1
One of the classic D&D tropes is a party entering a dungeon. Such places are either abandoned, in the middle of nowhere, or, sometimes, under a bustling city, but forgotten. Sometimes, these sites don’t need many repairs to make them ...
Cardslinger – Sorcerous Origin for D&D 5e
This week on the Campaign Trail, I’m sharing a new sorcerous origin that I created for a weird west/fantasy mix campaign I am planning to run later this year. Sorcerers are those rare individuals who are naturally connected to the ...
5 great ideas for One on one D&D games
Thumbnail image from D&D Essentials Kit In the past weeks my article on why you should try One on One D&D and How to Do it received quite a lot of attention. What does this mean? It clearly indicates that ...
A Dozen Communication Methods to Add in Your Games
There are a variety of ways of communicating. All of them boil down to one word: Language. Of course, we all know about talking and writing. But this is the tip of the iceberg. In a fantasy setting, you also ...
Five D&D Creatures That Punch Above Their Challenge Rating
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 ...
Four New Fey NPCs
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 ...
Monthly Encounter #9: A harpy attack on board (lvls 5-10)
Thumbnail art from Darin Walsh 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 ...
Exploring the Urchin Background
The Urchin 5e background offers a potential rags-to-riches story and any class can benefit from its skill proficiencies. It also comes with its own adventure hook: how did you get enough money to live modesty for ten days? Was it ...