backgrounds Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/backgrounds/ D&D / Role Playing Sat, 14 May 2022 17:53:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://www.tribality.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo-2020-icon@2x-32x32.jpg backgrounds Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/backgrounds/ 32 32 Morgrave Miscellany Breakdown, Part Four https://www.tribality.com/2019/05/01/morgrave-miscellany-breakdown-part-four/ https://www.tribality.com/2019/05/01/morgrave-miscellany-breakdown-part-four/#respond Wed, 01 May 2019 12:00:25 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=27609 This week in the Morgrave Miscellany design breakdown and review, I’m jumping right back in where I left off last time, with the Child of Khyber section. I’m hoping to finish up this week, since a fair portion of the remaining content is game-running advice. So without further ado… Barbarian – Fighter | Monk – Wizard | Cultures – Dragonmarks | Child of Khyber – Morgrave Faculty Directory   Child of Khyber The mechanical concept of the Child of Khyber is to […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2019/05/01/morgrave-miscellany-breakdown-part-four/feed/ 0 Asymmetrical D&D: Ravenloft-ish https://www.tribality.com/2019/01/20/asymmetrical-dd-ravenloft-ish/ https://www.tribality.com/2019/01/20/asymmetrical-dd-ravenloft-ish/#respond Sun, 20 Jan 2019 14:00:58 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=26239 A work-in-progress look at one potential solution to run an asymmetrical D&D 5e game with local and remote players who are on vastly different time zones.

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2019/01/20/asymmetrical-dd-ravenloft-ish/feed/ 0 Deep Magic: Time Magic Review https://www.tribality.com/2018/10/03/deep-magic-time-magic-review/ https://www.tribality.com/2018/10/03/deep-magic-time-magic-review/#respond Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:00:03 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=25392 Today I’m digging into Deep Magic: Time Magic for 5e, by Carlos Ovalle, from Kobold Press. Tribality received a free review copy, which to my delight landed in my inbox. As the title signals, this is a PDF of time-magic-related content: subclasses, spells, and we’ll see what else. While this is a review, I’m still more about analyzing design than any other factors that go into conventional reviewing. Format The document is 7 pages of game content, plus seven more […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2018/10/03/deep-magic-time-magic-review/feed/ 0 Fey-Touched Backgrounds, Part Three https://www.tribality.com/2018/03/29/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-three/ https://www.tribality.com/2018/03/29/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-three/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:00:33 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=23648 It’s been a little while now since I’ve done anything with my series on the fey, so today I’m returning for the fifth and sixth fey background: the Inspired and the Oathsworn. The Inspired are those who receive – or believe they will receive – creative inspiration from a fey patron, friend, or lover. The Oathbreaker is on the outs with a fey, some fey, or the fey, as a result of breaking an oath. Fey Chivalry | Fey Huntsmen and Leashed […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2018/03/29/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-three/feed/ 4 Fey-Touched Backgrounds, Part Two https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/26/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-two/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/26/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-two/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:00:41 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=21939 In the last article, I created Backgrounds for those who had been Captives of the fey, and Changelings who had been left behind by the fey. (Not to be confused with Eberron’s doppelganger-like race.) Today I’m continuing with the Courtly Ward and the Forlorn. The Courtly Ward is the inverse of the Captive – still unable to leave, but showered with riches and privilege in the court of the Highlords rather than toiling away. The Forlorn has experienced the wonders […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/26/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-two/feed/ 8 Planescape Faction Backgrounds: Madmen and the Takers https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/11/planescape-faction-backgrounds-madmen-takers/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/11/planescape-faction-backgrounds-madmen-takers/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:08:15 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=21788 5e character backgrounds for members of the Bleak Cabal and the Fated Planescape factions.

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/11/planescape-faction-backgrounds-madmen-takers/feed/ 16 Fey-Touched Backgrounds, Part One https://www.tribality.com/2017/09/28/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-one/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/09/28/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-one/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:00:55 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=21503 A few readers asked for fey-touched Backgrounds as part of my series on the fey (which will eventually be stitched together into a PDF that you can buy with real money, no fools’-gold need apply). I’ll be presenting six new Backgrounds. As they’re explicitly tied to fey magic, I’m looking for new and different things to do with each Background’s Feature, which may rankle the sensibilities of some. Fey Chivalry | Fey Huntsmen and Leashed Terrors | Faerie Tales: Naiads, Pixies, and Sprites for […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/26/planescape-faction-backgrounds-dusties-and-chaosmen/feed/ 6 Planescape Faction Backgrounds – The Red Death and Sensates https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/05/planescape-faction-backgrounds-the-red-death-and-sensates/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/05/planescape-faction-backgrounds-the-red-death-and-sensates/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:56:41 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=20610 5e backgrounds for two Planescape Factions: The Mercykillers and the Society of Sensation.

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