Encounters in the Savage Jungles Review
Encounters in the Savage Jungles is a hefty (80-page) PDF, released on the DM’s Guild as a supplement to Tomb of Annihilation (or any other jungle content) for $6.95. It’s a collection of 38 encounters (23 full-length, 15 quick hits, ...
Defender Traits for NPCs
When I first saw monster stat blocks in the D&D Next playtest, and again upon the release of the Monster Manual, I was surprised at how much of a return to 2e-and-earlier form they resembled. They have some of the ...
Xanathar’s Guide Breakdown, Part Five
Wow, so we’re coming up on the end of Xanathar’s Guide to Everything and I want to thank the Academy… wait, say again? We’re not even coming up on the end of Chapter One…? Well, uh, all right then. In ...
Dungeons & Dragons Movie – July 23, 2021
On Monday, Paramount announced a number of movies that will be released over the new few years, including the G.I. Joe, Micronauts and Dungeons & Dragons. The news comes after the recent expanded production and distribution deal between Paramount and ...
Masters & Minions for 5e Kickstarter
Usually Michael takes care of the crowdfunding news on Tribality, but this was one I grabbed for myself and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy! Masters and Minions doesn’t just provide monster stat block and lore, ...
Xanathar’s Guide Breakdown, Part Four
Today I’m taking my best shot at the ranger and rogue subclasses of Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. With seven in total, I may have to be a bit briefer than my usual. Or not. I’ll find out as I write, ...
Tucker’s Kobolds & Running a Kobold One-Shot
According to Wikipedia, a kobold (occasionally cobold) is a sprite stemming from Germanic mythology and surviving into modern times in German folklore. D&D has traveled far away from the traditional kobold, creating their own iconic monster. Way back in 1974, ...
Xanathar’s Guide Breakdown, Part Three
Today I’m moving on to monastic traditions and paladin oaths in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. There are a mere five subclasses this time, so we’ll get through 18 of 31 subclasses. Let’s see what we’ve got going on here. As ...
Primeval Thule for D&D 5e
This week we have a guest post from Emmanuel Tragakis (aka Manos Ti). He’s an active, long time member of the Tribality community, but this is his first guest post. Tired of the Forgotten Realms? In any way you want ...
Thieves’ Guilds
Rogues guilds can be more than a pack of thugs your heroes plough through on the way to the dungeon. They can provide social and intellectual challenges for the party to interact with. Guilds can vary in culture, from Ninja ...