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Finding a Big Bad: Fey

Kevin Victor Rae — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:00:49 +0000

Today we are going to take a look at what is perhaps my favorite group of monsters: Fey. They are able to be both allies and enemies, and could even oscillate between the two. Fey and their home plane of the Feywild offer a truly classic fantasy experience. Let’s step into the Feywild and see what horrors await us — just don’t try the food! You can check out previous articles in this series where I cover: Elementals, Constructs, Aberrations, […]

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Unearthed Arcana 2021: Folk of the Feywild Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:06:04 +0000

There’s a new collection of Feywild (not all of them fey) races in the new Unearthed Arcana document, continuing the vein of new player races we last saw in Gothic Lineages. There are four new player races here, and every one of them came as a surprise to me in one way or other. I want to establish up front, though, that me making jokes about the fourth of those races won’t be a rare bit. The byline for this […]

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Four New Fey NPCs

Brandes Stoddard — Fri, 08 May 2020 13:41:35 +0000

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 editor and, if it survives that stage, into the product. I’ve written a lot of content and quest hooks so far around the Archfey, so this time I’m looking at lower-ranked fey. Also, check out the rules for fey bargains […]

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Monthly Encounter #06: The Mysterious Fey Totem (lvls 11-16)

Tomás Giménez Rioja — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:00:39 +0000

Thumbnail art by Tim Shepherd 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 you run out of ideas for your game. If people end up liking them we may start releasing them in easy to print PDF format. Don’t forget to comment feedback or possible variations for others to see and/or possibly implement […]

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Thanksgiving Treats for 5e

Colin McLaughlin — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 19:25:00 +0000

Happy American Thanksgiving! Holidays are a magical experience. Fights break out with your racist family members. You cry over childhood trauma. Your family sits awkwardly with your aunt’s eighth husband and act like he’ll stick this time, while already forgetting his name. You also eat delicious food and feel horrible about yourself later. This is truly the American holiday experience. Luckily, adventurers are more active than the majority of us, their evil family members are probably liches instead of racist, […]

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How Do We Define Character Success?

Colin McLaughlin — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:00:43 +0000

As one might suspect when taking care of a tiny new human, I do not have a lot of time to actively run and play tabletop games, at the moment. When I’m not making sure my children don’t wander into some danger like the worst SIMS characters, I’m trying to make sure my job doesn’t explode in a fiery mess that makes international news. In short, as much as I love carving out a few hours to roll some dice, […]

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Fey Story Seeds

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 31 May 2018 12:00:39 +0000

If a strange and mystic being, with or without extraneous antlers, offers you “story seeds” while you stand in a crossroads, a forked tree trunk, a ring of mushrooms, or any sort of bower or grotto, choose your next words carefully. But since it is only me, a very normal human who does very normal human things, it is fine. Do you, by chance, have any dreams of your first love that you’re not using? No reason. Fey Chivalry | Fey Huntsmen […]

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Misread Magic #1 – Fronds, Magic Mussel, and Musty Step

Colin McLaughlin — Thu, 03 May 2018 14:37:51 +0000

Have you ever read something and had to do a double take? Of course you have. Now imagine that the magic spell you misread was a real thing. What exactly would it look like? Well, it might look something like this. Misread Magic #1 looks at Fronds, Magic Mussel, and Musty Step.

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Fey-Touched Backgrounds, Part Three

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:00:33 +0000

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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Bitheism, Clerics, and the Service Domain

Colin McLaughlin — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:00:30 +0000

I’ve read a lot Neil Gaiman over the years. While I like several of his works a great deal, it’s easy for me to pick my favorite – Anansi Boys. Not only do I love the style and subject, it tells a type of story I simply adore. I’ve been hooked on these tales of dualism – both moral and spiritual – since I was a little kid. Ditheism featured prominently in the live-action game I co-piloted with the estimable Brandes […]

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