Columns Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/columns/ D&D / Role Playing Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:37:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.tribality.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo-2020-icon@2x-32x32.jpg Columns Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/columns/ 32 32 Free League – The Lost Mountain Saga for Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying Announced https://www.tribality.com/2023/06/01/free-league-the-lost-mountain-saga-for-vaesen-nordic-horror-roleplaying-announced/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/06/01/free-league-the-lost-mountain-saga-for-vaesen-nordic-horror-roleplaying-announced/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:37:10 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34359 Free League Publishing today announced the expansion The Lost Mountain Saga for the ENNIE-awarded Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying. The Lost Mountain Saga is an epic campaign of five Mysteries, where you will explore ancient myths and old Nordic folk tales, get entangled in social intrigue, and encounter unspeakable horrors in every shadow as you travel across the Mythic North as you strive to uncover the truth. Find out more about Vaesen – Lost Mountain Saga here. The expansion is written by actor and podcaster Ellinor DiLorenzo […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/06/01/free-league-the-lost-mountain-saga-for-vaesen-nordic-horror-roleplaying-announced/feed/ 0 Unearthed Arcana 2023: Player’s Handbook Playtest 5 Breakdown, Part Two https://www.tribality.com/2023/05/04/unearthed-arcana-2023-players-handbook-playtest-5-breakdown-part-two/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/05/04/unearthed-arcana-2023-players-handbook-playtest-5-breakdown-part-two/#respond Fri, 05 May 2023 02:20:14 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34329 Okay, I took the weekend off from writing about this packet so that I could go to the Georgia Renaissance Festival and my house could flood. So, you know, life. Anyway, last time I covered everything up to the Fighter class and Champion subclass, and that brings us to the Sorcerer. It will be absolutely necessary to examine the new Sorcerer-only spells in the first part to get a sense of what this class even means; likewise for the Warlock […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/05/04/unearthed-arcana-2023-players-handbook-playtest-5-breakdown-part-two/feed/ 0 UA 2023: Player’s Handbook Playtest 5 Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2023/04/28/ua-2023-players-handbook-playtest-5-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/04/28/ua-2023-players-handbook-playtest-5-breakdown/#respond Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:02:04 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34327 There’s a staggeringly huge new Unearthed Arcana playtest document from WotC, with the new weapons table, five classes (barbarian, fighter, sorcerer, warlock, and wizard), a bunch of new spells, a reversion to 2014 spell prep/spell knowledge (but with the meaning of those terms inverted for some reason), a few new feats, and a few changes to the Rules Glossary. I’m going to say right now that finishing this in one article is not bloody likely, not even with the ridiculous […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/04/28/ua-2023-players-handbook-playtest-5-breakdown/feed/ 0 Free League Offically Releases Two New Open Game Licenses https://www.tribality.com/2023/03/28/free-league-offically-releases-two-new-open-game-licenses/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/03/28/free-league-offically-releases-two-new-open-game-licenses/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:45:27 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34307 Free League Publishing today officially released their two new open game licenses for community creators: a Free Tabletop License (FTL) for the Year Zero Engine and a third-party license for their upcoming fantasy RPG Dragonbane. The Year Zero Engine FTL comes with an updated Standard Reference Document (SRD). All three documents are now available for creators to use. The new Year Zero Engine FTL is designed to be fair and easy to understand and use for community creators. It gives […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/03/28/free-league-offically-releases-two-new-open-game-licenses/feed/ 0 UA 2023: Player’s Handbook – Druid and Paladin Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2023/02/25/ua-2023-players-handbook-druid-and-paladin-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/02/25/ua-2023-players-handbook-druid-and-paladin-breakdown/#respond Sat, 25 Feb 2023 20:55:50 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34275 January was a hell of a year, but we’re back with a new Unearthed Arcana for One D&D in the tail end of February. This time we’re looking at the other two Priest-group classes, the Druid and the Paladin, as well as more revised spells and some significant changes to the Rules Glossary. Character Origins | Expert Classes | Cleric & 3 Revised Species | Druid & Paladin No obvious changes in the opening boilerplate, but there’s a document-wide easing off of capitalizing like […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/02/25/ua-2023-players-handbook-druid-and-paladin-breakdown/feed/ 0 WotC Maintains OGL 1.0a and Releases SRD 5.1 Under CC License https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/28/wotc-maintains-ogl-1-0a-and-releases-srd-5-1-under-cc-license/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/28/wotc-maintains-ogl-1-0a-and-releases-srd-5-1-under-cc-license/#respond Sat, 28 Jan 2023 06:21:59 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34241 Wizards of the Coast seems to take the feedback provided seriously. Wow, I did not expect this sudden change. In their recent decision they have stated that they are planning to keep the Open Game License (OGL) 1.0a in place and make the entire System Reference Document (SRD) 5.1 available under a Creative Commons license. The Creative Commons license has already happened when they posted it with the announcement of the change of direction. WotC has stated that the move […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/28/wotc-maintains-ogl-1-0a-and-releases-srd-5-1-under-cc-license/feed/ 0 Tablestop Nonstop – The Next Big ZineMonth Crowdfundr event https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/23/tablestop-nonstop-the-next-big-zinemonth-crowdfundr-event/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/23/tablestop-nonstop-the-next-big-zinemonth-crowdfundr-event/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:45:21 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34226 The Crowdfundr website will be hosting a new event for all you tabletop gaming lovers! This will be taking place January 23 to February 28, 2023. Tabletop Nonstop will be the name of it, which will be a celebration of all things TTRPG and the creators who make them with a goal of shining a spotlight on TTRPG projects that creators are funding through our platform. [Go to site] For those who don’t know, what is Crowdfundr? Crowdfundr is a […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/23/tablestop-nonstop-the-next-big-zinemonth-crowdfundr-event/feed/ 0 Wizkids – D&D Onslaught Miniatures Game https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/22/wizkids-dd-onslaught-miniatures-game/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/22/wizkids-dd-onslaught-miniatures-game/#respond Sun, 22 Jan 2023 21:05:34 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34214 Wizkids’ Dungeons & Dragons Onslaught is a miniatures game that offers players a highly enjoyable and engaging experience. Despite its seemingly straightforward rules, the game offers a level of depth and strategy that kept players engaged throughout. The game is scenario-based and allows players to collect treasure, level up, and bring powerful abilities to bear using dice rolls, upgrade cards, and the new combat dial card system to keep track of the action. The combat system is familiar to those […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/22/wizkids-dd-onslaught-miniatures-game/feed/ 0 Kobold Press – Black Flag Update https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/21/kobold-press-black-flag-update/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/21/kobold-press-black-flag-update/#respond Sat, 21 Jan 2023 15:32:24 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34208 Kobold Press has issued an update on Project Black Flag (copied down below). I am pretty excited at the opportunity to play a new game with a company like Kobold Press. They will be offering Black Flag play test opportunities at Gen Con 2023. They have been a staple with the D&D community with their consistently excellent products over many many years. And I hope them the best of luck and continued success for many many years to come… Project […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/21/kobold-press-black-flag-update/feed/ 0 Free League Develops Two New Open Game Licenses https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/16/free-league-develops-two-new-open-game-licenses/ https://www.tribality.com/2023/01/16/free-league-develops-two-new-open-game-licenses/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:16:43 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34199 Free League Publishing today announced the development of two new Open Game Licenses (OGL). One is a rework of the Year Zero Engine OGL, the other a new license specifically designed for third-party modules for the upcoming Dragonbane fantasy RPG. The work on these new licenses was initiated last year, but was intensified after the news regarding the update of Wizards of the Coasts’ OGL v1.0, on which the Year Zero Engine (YZE) license was based. “It’s clear that it […]

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