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Unearthed Arcana: Barbarian and Monk Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:46:49 +0000

A new UA article! On a Thursday? Don’t these monsters know that this does strange things to my writing schedule for the week? They don’t? Weird. Anyway. Two new subclasses, one for barbarians and one for monks. The Path of the Wild Soul What if Wild Magic sorcery… but a barbarian? Makes sense to me – if you’re raging too much to control magic, let’s try some uncontrolled magic. The early flavor text mentions the Feywild, but that’s the only […]

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Tribality Publishing – Ki Unleashed

Brandes Stoddard — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:27:08 +0000

The Myriad Pathways of Ki We have a new publication on DriveThruRPG today. This is the fourteenth product we have released: Ki Unleashed, written by Brandes Stoddard. Ki is so much more than a monk’s personal reservoir of power. Its nature defies definition and comprehension. For some, it reconnects the dead with the living. Others use it to armor themselves against the powers of dream and nightmare or emulate the instinct and ferocity of wild animals. The monastic traditions herein describe […]

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Gunslinger Archetype: The Musketeer

Brandes Stoddard — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:29:46 +0000

Shawn recently posted his gunslinger class, and today I’m offering this subclass for it. The Musketeer is explicitly intended to model the heroes of Alexandre Dumas’ romances, with swordplay, guns, and undying loyalty to one another. The Seas of Vodari – 5th Edition Swashbuckling & Sorcery You’ll find the finished Gunslinger class and everything you need to run exciting seafaring campaigns full of swashbuckling action and magical adventure for Fifth Edition. The Seas of Vodari is a full-color book that […]

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Battle Master Maneuvers for Grappling

Brandes Stoddard — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:00:20 +0000

A few weeks back, I mentioned in the comments that I wanted to write a collection of maneuvers to support grappling for Battle Master fighters, particularly inspired by my nearly-fanatical devotion to the 4e Brawler fighter. My chief weapons are surprise (I thought I was going to write about something else this week), fear (writing good maneuvers is hard), and a ruthless efficiency (?). Now, I haven’t yet played a grappler of any stripe in 5e. From reading other people’s […]

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Deep Magic: Time Magic Review

Brandes Stoddard — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:00:03 +0000

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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Hair and Howls – Lycanthrope Player Characters

Blake Ryan — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 07:35:33 +0000

There are many ways you can use Lycanthropes, shape shifters influenced by the moon(s) in your games as Player characters. Here are some questions to run through to help you define Lycanthropes in your games. See Part 1 – Lycanthropes as NPC’s Lycanthropes can be player characters if the hybrid or animal form has a animalistic-human nature, but not if they are a berserk killing machine. The best Lycanthrope stories are where the characters have double lives. They either try […]

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Tribality Publishing – Three Sorcerous Arts

Brandes Stoddard — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:43:18 +0000

We have a new publication on DriveThruRPG today. This is the eleventh product we have released: Three Sorcerous Arts written by Brandes Stoddard. The arcane power that fuels sorcery expresses itself in countless ways: heightening the sorcerer’s charismatic influence, granting influence over the bitter winds of winter, or joining the sorcerer’s soul to the sea. The powers described herein are rare and strange, but mighty, for sorcerous blood is the essence of power. Answer the call of your birthright.

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Unearthed Arcana: Divine Domains Breakdown

Brandes Stoddard — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 04:13:18 +0000

One of these days, I’ll start managing two-article weeks again, and my columns will return to their normal schedule. This is the week of America’s favorite secular food holiday, and I’ll be mostly or entirely offline Wednesday evening through Saturday morning, so this week is not the one. Today, though, Rogers and Hammerstein have Unearthed new Arcana for us: three new domains for clerics. Where barbarians and bards were two of the classes narrowest in options, the cleric stands tied […]

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Civil War: 4 More Avengers – Character Builds for D&D 5e

Shawn Ellsworth — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 04:26:57 +0000

Captain America: Civil War has been out since May 6th and has already made over a billion at the box office worldwide. Whenever a superhero movie comes out, I can’t help but think about how I would build the heroes and villains. Trying to create super hero player characters for D&D has its flaws (but they’re still fun to build like the 6 Avengers I built last year). This week on the Campaign Trail I thought I’d offer DMs some […]

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Tribality Publishing – Mysteries of the Gods

Brandes Stoddard — Tue, 31 May 2016 05:02:23 +0000

THE GODS DEMAND A SACRIFICE We have a new publication on DriveThruRPG today. This is the sixth product we’ve released: Mysteries of the Gods written by Brandes Stoddard. In the worlds of fantasy, the gods are mighty, their works are evident to all. The clergy stand between the gods and mortals, receiving the commands of the gods and guiding the prayers of the faithful. Religions and religious sects take many forms. These three domains showcase very different forms of devotion to the gods: […]

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