advice column Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/advice-column/ D&D / Role Playing Mon, 31 Jul 2017 04:23:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.tribality.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo-2020-icon@2x-32x32.jpg advice column Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/advice-column/ 32 32 The Group that Stays Together, Slays Together https://www.tribality.com/2017/01/18/the-group-that-stays-together-slays-together/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/01/18/the-group-that-stays-together-slays-together/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2017 13:01:52 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=18898 “Bar none, I am the most humble-est Number one at the top of the humble list My apple crumble is by far the most crumble-est But I act like it tastes bad outta humbleness” -excerpt from I’m So Humble, by Connor4Real Group conflict, thy name is ego. While certainly not every group has issues or breaks up due to ego, you would be hard pressed to convince me it isn’t the most common reason. It happens routinely to musicians, writing […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2015/08/01/tribal-knowledge-dramatic-reveals/feed/ 1 Tribal Knowledge: The Thrill of Horror https://www.tribality.com/2015/05/22/advice-column-the-thrill-of-horror/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/05/22/advice-column-the-thrill-of-horror/#respond Fri, 22 May 2015 13:55:39 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=7893 Welcome to the first in my new column, Tribal Knowledge, in which I answer questions from readers and friends about gaming, and especially about GMing. Precipitating a Panic among Players asks: I, and others I know, are working on horror games.  Outside of the GM stripping down, what can be done to help instill that thrill of horror in the players at the table? Dear Precipitating, Inspiring fear in people who are, to the ordinary senses, sitting around a table […]

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