npc Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/npc/ D&D / Role Playing Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:14:50 +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 npc Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/npc/ 32 32 Arcadia Issue 24 Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2023/02/07/arcadia-issue-24-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/02/07/arcadia-issue-24-breakdown/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:00:12 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34256 All art belongs to MCDM Dungeons… and DRAGONS… When we hear that name the first thing that comes to everyones’ minds if they don’t know much about the game is that we are going to be fighting those giant scaly lizards, but that’s mostly not the case. However, issue 24 offers us this champion impaling a dragon as its cover art, fear coming out of the winged creature’s eyes. This issue is in fact all about dragons! In the letter […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/02/07/arcadia-issue-24-breakdown/feed/ 0 Arcadia Issue 21 Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2022/11/17/arcadia-issue-21-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/11/17/arcadia-issue-21-breakdown/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:00:26 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33987 All art belongs to MCDM Wow! That’s a gorgeous, spooky-looking cover! Did that distract you from the fact that I took almost a month to write this article? Sorry, I’ve been invited to my first con in the US and met a whole bunch of amazing people there (Including Hannah Rose, the editor from Arcadia. Hey Hannah! It was so great to meet, chat, and play games with you in person!). I’m intending to write an article about that for […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/11/17/arcadia-issue-21-breakdown/feed/ 0 Arcadia Issue 20 Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/05/arcadia-issue-20-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/05/arcadia-issue-20-breakdown/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2022 18:46:33 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33915 All art belongs to MCDM So we have reached issue 20… Wow… I’m surprised I’ve been doing breakdowns for so long. Still, There’s a lot to like about each of these issues. For instance, let’s take a look at the wonderful cover! This sort of guardian of nature looks rad! It definitely should be your inspiration for your next Paladin Oath of the Ancients! Let’s see what the issue has in store for us, shall we? @wildrosemage Since I’ve begun […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/05/arcadia-issue-20-breakdown/feed/ 0 Arcadia Issue 18 Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2022/08/09/arcadia-issue-18-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/08/09/arcadia-issue-18-breakdown/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:00:49 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33666 All art belongs to MCDM With the image of a shirtless bearded man smoking a pipe while surrounded by entranced apes comes the new issue of Arcadia. This piece of art is excellent, full of colors and weird details that easily has your mind going to those great mages from fantasy like Merlin or Gandalf. It sparks that mysticism and surprise that Arcadia is known to offer. Being the first letter from the editor being written by Hannah, she shows […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/08/09/arcadia-issue-18-breakdown/feed/ 0 Arcadia Issue 6 Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2021/08/06/arcadia-issue-6-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/08/06/arcadia-issue-6-breakdown/#respond Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:00:51 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32786 All art belongs to MCDM Better late than never, right? This month’s issue of Arcadia is primarily focused for GMs. You DMs love great villains, right? And your players love despising them! These three articles included in the issue are all about great villains, as James details in his Editor’s notes. The art, as always, is outstanding, as is the very imaginative cover image you can see in the thumbnail. This issue will certainly not dissapoint. Shall we take a […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/08/06/arcadia-issue-6-breakdown/feed/ 0 How GMing made me an Extrovert, kind of – GM Tips & Tricks https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/21/how-gming-made-me-an-extrovert-kind-of/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/21/how-gming-made-me-an-extrovert-kind-of/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:00:17 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32417 Clickbaitey article name? Possibly. However, I wanted to talk about the ways I believe GMing has changed much of my life for the better. I’m pretty sure that if you have been GMing for a while you have also felt this. If you haven’t GMed much, consider this a good reason to jump to the GM seat (that should also always be the most comfortable one in the room). Group Leader In order to become a GM you need to […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/21/how-gming-made-me-an-extrovert-kind-of/feed/ 0 Building Locations for Open World Campaigns – GM Tips & Tricks https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/07/building-locations-for-open-world-campaigns-gm-tips-tricks/ https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/07/building-locations-for-open-world-campaigns-gm-tips-tricks/#respond Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:53:29 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=32389 Thumbnail art by Dominik Zdenković How to create an open world campaign || How to create quests for open world campaigns Give a meaning to your open-world quests We’ve talked a bit about how to create Open World Games, as well as how to create quests for them that make the world feel even wider. Now, for an open world to exist, there need to be interesting locations for the PCs to go to. Be it the Mos Eisley cantina, […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2021/04/07/building-locations-for-open-world-campaigns-gm-tips-tricks/feed/ 0 Guide to creating memorable NPCs https://www.tribality.com/2019/04/02/guide-to-creating-memorable-npcs/ https://www.tribality.com/2019/04/02/guide-to-creating-memorable-npcs/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2019 13:00:49 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=27366 Featured art by Ana Landin “You come seeking my help?”, says the large human figure in front of you, as he continues tu comb his hair. The ranger pauses for a second and nods “There is a strange and enormous bugbear taking hold of some valuable posessions from the high priest. If you could hel…”. That’s when the other person, wearing heavy plate mail interrupts the ranger and placing his hands Jojo-style on his face says “Say no more, dear […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2019/04/02/guide-to-creating-memorable-npcs/feed/ 2 Unearthed Arcana: Sidekicks Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2018/12/17/unearthed-arcana-sidekicks-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2018/12/17/unearthed-arcana-sidekicks-breakdown/#respond Tue, 18 Dec 2018 04:16:38 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=25975 Oh hey, this month’s Unearthed Arcana covers something I’ve been asking for and working with in my own writing! That’s neat. It’s handled in a 1-20 class progression format, to make sure your favorite NPCs from the early game can stay with you and survive through the endgame as well. Let’s dive in and see what goes on here. Baseline Functions These rules are only intended to apply to adventuring NPCs of CR 1 or lower. There’s a sidebar explaining […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2018/12/17/unearthed-arcana-sidekicks-breakdown/feed/ 0 System Agnostic: Salt in Wounds [pt 4] – Briddu Yittano, Journeyman God-Butcher https://www.tribality.com/2015/03/17/system-agnostic-salt-in-wounds-pt-4-briddu-yittano-journeyman-god-butcher/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/03/17/system-agnostic-salt-in-wounds-pt-4-briddu-yittano-journeyman-god-butcher/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:09:38 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=5920 New website for Salt in Wounds! Briddu Yittano Race: Human, Male Age: 35 Affiliation: God-Butchers (Journeyman) Description: Briddu Yittano is a large, heavily muscled man with black hair and gray eyes. His face is well lined from a hard life, his skin is light brown except for his right arm which is an enlarged wrap of throbbing muscle, red as though it were meat devoid of skin except where large brown scales have grown over the exposed flesh. Briddu has a near-permanent […]

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