RPGs Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/rpgs/ D&D / Role Playing Fri, 05 May 2023 02:20:14 +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 RPGs Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/rpgs/ 32 32 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 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 The Barbarian Class, Part Three https://www.tribality.com/2022/12/15/the-barbarian-class-part-three/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/12/15/the-barbarian-class-part-three/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:54:31 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34141 Welcome back to the History of the Barbarian, this time getting into the barbarian of D&D 3.0 and 3.5. Why did they drop the A? Because they finally admitted that the Accidental Death & Dismemberment wasn’t so Accidental – especially for the Improbably Large Axe class! Do you like d12s? I hope you like d12s, because this class is very much about that die size, in particular. Part One | Part Two | Part Three After writing Part Two, Friend of the […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/12/15/the-barbarian-class-part-three/feed/ 0 Dragonlance – Shadow of the Dragon Queen – Review https://www.tribality.com/2022/11/26/dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragon-queen-review/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/11/26/dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragon-queen-review/#respond Sat, 26 Nov 2022 21:10:36 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=34028 Dragonlance comes to D&D 5th edition with the new release of Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen. The book gives some background into Dragonlance with a little bit of history, some character options, a level 1 to 11 adventure, and appendices full of monsters of more. The book comes in three different covers that you can purchase. If you purchase the book online through Wizards of the Coast, then you can also get the digital version of the book on […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/11/26/dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragon-queen-review/feed/ 0 WotC – Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragonqueen Preorder https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/22/wotc-dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragonqueen-preorder/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/22/wotc-dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragonqueen-preorder/#respond Sat, 22 Oct 2022 14:57:16 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33963 Wizards of the Coast has released a trailer on YouTube for Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragonqueen. They’ve included a link to pre-ordering the digital version from D&D Beyond. You can order the Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen digitally from DnD Beyond: https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/adventures/dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragon-queen-digital-pre Or if you order one of the book bundles from WotC DnD Bookstore, you’ll also get the digital version: https://dndstore.wizards.com/us/product/768936/shadow-of-the-dragon-queen-book-bundle https://dndstore.wizards.com/us/product/768939/shadow-of-the-dragon-queen-deluxe-edition-bundle Or go with Amazon for the Deluxe or Standard edition to save a few bucks but […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/22/wotc-dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragonqueen-preorder/feed/ 0 The Barbarian Class, Part Two https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/18/the-barbarian-class-part-two/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/18/the-barbarian-class-part-two/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:51:09 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33954 In the first article of this series, I left out an important item: the Oriental Adventures barbarian class. My plan for this article is to cover it as briefly as possible, then move on to 2e’s Barbarian kit (from the Complete Fighter’s Handbook) and the Complete Barbarian’s Handbook. Just for completeness, I’ll also touch on the Berserker and Savage kits. I’m also covering the Amazon kit, even though… yikes, in 72-point font. Part One | Part Two Oriental Adventures 1e […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/18/the-barbarian-class-part-two/feed/ 0 Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set: Released Today & Mini-Review https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/04/dragons-of-stormwreck-isle-starter-set-released-today-mini-review/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/04/dragons-of-stormwreck-isle-starter-set-released-today-mini-review/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 16:09:51 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33920 The Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set has finally moved into wide release, after being a Target exclusive. I’m up in Canada and couldn’t run to Target to grab this starter set during their exclusive window. Last week, I finally got my hands on a review copy and it looks pretty good so far. Here’s a very quick mini-review: RULES: The rules booklet is 32 pages and it looks like it has all the rules, equipment, and spells you’d need […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/10/04/dragons-of-stormwreck-isle-starter-set-released-today-mini-review/feed/ 0 Unearthed Arcana 2022: Expert Classes Breakdown https://www.tribality.com/2022/09/30/unearthed-arcana-2022-expert-classes-breakdown/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/09/30/unearthed-arcana-2022-expert-classes-breakdown/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:14:43 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33912 Following Wednesday’s announcement with Jeremy Crawford and Todd Kenreck, we now have the new Unearthed Arcana packet in our grubby little nubbies. Metaphorically, anyway, unless you also printed a copy? It is a heckin’ chonker of a packet, with three classes (one subclass each), a mess of feats and epic boons, the complete PH spell lists, and a hefty new rules glossary that overwrites the previous one. I know exactly how tempting it is to discuss all of this as […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/09/30/unearthed-arcana-2022-expert-classes-breakdown/feed/ 0 The Barbarian Class, Part One https://www.tribality.com/2022/09/26/the-barbarian-class-part-one/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/09/26/the-barbarian-class-part-one/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:00:31 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33909 Today I realized that it’s been almost three years since my last History of the Classes article. Today I’m starting in on the Barbarian, a class that goes back to an article by E. Gary Gygax in Dragon Magazine #63, in July 1982. As a disclaimer for the whole series: “barbarian” is a culturally loaded word and is a slur from first principles. I’m not defending it. I would be fine with changing the class name to “berserker” so that […]

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