Rich Howard, Author at Tribality https://www.tribality.com/author/richhoward/ D&D / Role Playing Mon, 31 Jul 2017 04:24:08 +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 Rich Howard, Author at Tribality https://www.tribality.com/author/richhoward/ 32 32 Upwind Project from Biohazard Games https://www.tribality.com/2016/10/11/upwind-project-kickstarter-from-biohazard-games/ https://www.tribality.com/2016/10/11/upwind-project-kickstarter-from-biohazard-games/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:46:17 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=18285 Imagine Bakshi’s classic animated film Wizards has a head-on collision with Disney’s Treasure Planet and the resulting fire is put out with a whole lot of Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky. That, in an unexpected, animated mash-up, is Upwind. Upwind is a narrative style RPG set in a strange alternate world of floating island nations, flying sailing ships, long lost technology, wild elemental powers, looming war and forgotten legacies. Upwind is powered by the Q-system, an original stakes-based, playing […]

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]]> The Alchemist Class for 5e https://www.tribality.com/2016/03/16/the-alchemist-class-for-5e/ Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:17:02 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=15695 The Alchemist for 5e is now available on DriveThruRPG from Tribality Publishing! This 20 page PDF provides players with a new 20-level Intelligence-based caster class that allows players to share alchemical effects with their allies, 6 traditions updated with playtest material and feedback from the readers here at Tribality.com, and a new tradition not seen anywhere else. Best of all, Alchemist is a part of the GM’s Day Sale, but only until the end of March 16th!! Inside you’ll find the […]

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]]> Steam Lunar New Year Sale! https://www.tribality.com/2016/02/06/steam-lunar-new-year-sale/ Sat, 06 Feb 2016 06:01:41 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=14900 With the announcement of the 5e OGL/SRD and some potential changes in my work life, I’ll be taking a short hiatus from The Game Room and From the Depths. Look for announcements on new projects, PDFs, and more coming soon! Until then, you don’t have to go without aquatic gaming in your life!  This week, Steam announced a special Lunar New Year sale on aquatic-themed video games! Check it out here. Games on sale include: Bioshock 1 & 2 Subnautica The […]

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]]> A Writer’s Guide to Roleplaying: The Price of Magic, Part 1 https://www.tribality.com/2016/01/06/a-writers-guide-to-roleplaying-the-price-of-magic-part-1/ https://www.tribality.com/2016/01/06/a-writers-guide-to-roleplaying-the-price-of-magic-part-1/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:00:15 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=14147 Though I love Pathfinder for its crunchy goodness, the massive and almost incomprehensible number of magic items makes it hard to believe that magic is something rare and mysterious. Settings like Eberron embrace magic-as-technology, but I miss the days of magical mystery. Luckily, 5th edition has returned to the days of 1st and 2nd edition’s magic-as-rare mindset. A +1 dagger was something to be prized back in the day, and a cache of scrolls or potions were worth far more […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2016/01/06/a-writers-guide-to-roleplaying-the-price-of-magic-part-1/feed/ 0 Faerie Tales: Naiads, Pixies, and Sprites for 5e https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/23/faerie-tales-naiads-pixies-and-sprites-for-5e/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/23/faerie-tales-naiads-pixies-and-sprites-for-5e/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:00:15 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=13873 A dear friend of mine asked me to run a 5e adventure for his kids over the holiday. It will be their first official D&D game, though since their dad is a video game designer they are more than familiar with the concept. His son wants to play a Merlin-like half-demon magician with a pet wolf. Tiefling wizard it is; with a wolf familiar because fun trumps rules. His daughter’s requests were a little more challenging: a faerie or a unicorn. I countered […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/23/faerie-tales-naiads-pixies-and-sprites-for-5e/feed/ 0 Waking the Dead; Reanimators for 5e Alchemists https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/16/dead-walking-reanimators-for-5th-edition-alchemists/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/16/dead-walking-reanimators-for-5th-edition-alchemists/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:00:24 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=13416 The Reanimator is an archetype for the Alchemist class and is one of eight traditions, including Metamoporhs, Poisoners, Artificers, Irezumi, Pyromancers, Herbwardens, and more. You’ll need the core class presented in the original article and this to play the reanimator. Reanimators Alchemist are renowned for their understanding of the arcane sciences – chemistry, physics, geology, herbology, engineering, and, of course, biology. All alchemists have a basic understanding of healing, but reanimators use their knowledge to circumvent the capricious whims of the divine to […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/16/dead-walking-reanimators-for-5th-edition-alchemists/feed/ 4 Geekdom for Good https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/11/geekdom-for-good/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/11/geekdom-for-good/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:09:50 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=13638 The energy that a fully powered imagination can generate is boundless and when that energy is aimed at doing good for the world, amazing things can happen. There is a lot about the upcoming “The Force Awakens” to be excited about (and plenty of reasons to tame expectations). I’m a huge Star Wars fan. My dad took me to see “A New Hope” for my birthday back in 1977. I lived in a small town in Kentucky. There were no lines. Neither […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/11/geekdom-for-good/feed/ 0 Aquatic Allies: Karkinoi (aka What Makes a Race?) https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/09/aquatic-allies-karkinoi-aka-what-makes-a-race/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/09/aquatic-allies-karkinoi-aka-what-makes-a-race/#respond Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:00:05 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=13559 There are a number of excellent blogs and podcasts about creating campaign worlds, from our own Shawn Ellsworth’s World Building series, to James Introcaso’s World Builder blog, and the Dungeon Master’s Block Creation and Inspiration episodes. Not long after joining Tribality I had a number of readers ask whether I’d be publishing my own aquatic campaign setting. My standard answer was to aim them at the brilliant Cerulean Seas from Alluria Publishing. Why reinvent the wheel, I thought? Then someone pointed out that there are scores, […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/09/aquatic-allies-karkinoi-aka-what-makes-a-race/feed/ 0 Novel Inspiration: Scarecrow for 5th edition https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/02/novel-inspiration-scarecrow-for-5th-edition/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/12/02/novel-inspiration-scarecrow-for-5th-edition/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:00:18 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=13348 This week’s Gameroom is brought to you by the awesome supporters on Patreon! Huge thanks to Nick Hoyt for inspiring, brainstorming, and play testing this new Novel Inspiration! A construct with the mind of a psychopath, Crane Crow was once a respected alchemist trapped in a broken body. Afraid of both death and a deteriorating life, Crane built the original construct and transferred his consciousness into it. Though his lifelong physical pain ended, his mental deterioration began. Unable to feel the rush of pleasure or […]

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