advice Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/advice/ D&D / Role Playing Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:45:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.tribality.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo-2020-icon@2x-32x32.jpg advice Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/advice/ 32 32 A Guide on Queer Characters for Allies https://www.tribality.com/2020/02/04/a-guide-on-queer-characters-for-allies/ https://www.tribality.com/2020/02/04/a-guide-on-queer-characters-for-allies/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2020 15:00:30 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=29358 I’ve been wanting to write this guide for a while, but I never quite knew where to begin it. I was often the only gay man at the table when I’d sit down with friends to play some D&D or Star Wars or Scion. It felt like the weight of responsibility to represent my community was on me.  Often in games, my character was the only gay one. Although that didn’t stop me from flirting with every handsome barkeep, blacksmith, […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2020/02/04/a-guide-on-queer-characters-for-allies/feed/ 0 Five Tips for New Dungeon Masters https://www.tribality.com/2019/09/13/five-tips-for-new-dungeon-masters/ https://www.tribality.com/2019/09/13/five-tips-for-new-dungeon-masters/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:59:23 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=28605 You’ve taken on the responsibility of Dungeon Master for your Dungeons & Dragons group. What pushed you over the edge? Curiosity about the game? Broken scheduling promises from other DMs? A love of fireball throwing, button pushing, murder-hobos? Even if you have a lot of experience playing tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons, stepping behind the screen can be a whole new world. You might feel a bit intimidated or overwhelmed. That’s okay. That just means you care, […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/09/13/the-joy-of-evil-twins/feed/ 6 Van Helsing and Anti-Stories in Games https://www.tribality.com/2017/08/30/van-helsing-and-anti-stories-in-games/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/08/30/van-helsing-and-anti-stories-in-games/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:50:16 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=21092 A look at the Syfy show Van Helsing, it's nature as an anti-show, and how to turn that into some neat game ideas.

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