It’s in my hands, it’s full of awesome, and it’s fricking cool as hell to be published in something other than a traffic ticket!!! A resounding Hell Yes! to Jonathan over at The Core Mechanic for his hard work with this book. Guys, this book is gaming goodness created by fans of the hobby, for… [Read more…]
Well, that was fast… And it applies to those new uber-feats, weapon and implement expertise…. Go get it here
I want to announce a project that I think would be wonderful for the RPG Community as a whole. Jonathan Jacob’s “Open Game Table” proved that when the RPG Blogging community works together, the results can be immpresive. So here I’m proposing that we band together once more, and offer the gaming community the “RPG… [Read more…]
It was a wicked and wild wind Blew down the doors to let me in Shattered windows and the sound of drums People couldn’t believe what I’d become Revolutionaries wait For my head on a silver plate Just a puppet on a lonely string Oh, who would ever want to be king? I hear Jerusalem… [Read more…]
Today is make yourself a monster day around the RPG Blogs, and while the NewbieDM is monstrous enough with this crazy beard I’ve grown (for no apparent reason), I’m instead guest blogging a self-made monster for another member of the RPG community. Jeff Greiner, which many of you undoubtedly know as the host of the… [Read more…]
In the interest of full disclosure, I ask this without actually participating in D&D Gameday, as it was my kid’s birthday today… But based on reports I’ve read around the blogosphere, the module “One Dark Night in Weeping Briar” ran waaaaay long. If this is true, that there’s no way this adventure could have been… [Read more…]
I don’t know, I’m just saying…
If you’ve never played D&D or are looking to DM but aren’t sure how, you should probably listen to actual play podcasts to help you fine tune your skills. Actual play is just that, recordings of groups of people playing D&D. The Wizard’s website is currently hosting a series of actual play podcasts they did… [Read more…]
So you are a relatively new DM. You’ve read the core rules in and out, and feel pretty confident at the table when you run your games. Good for you, because now comes a curve ball your way, the PHB2! Don’t worry, I’m a new DM as well, so let’s go through this together, as… [Read more…]
A quick note, because I’ve been seeing this more and more in web searches leading to newbiedm.com, regarding the new stealth rules in the PHB2. Guys, they are just a reprint of the official errata that Wizard’s had already put out for the first PHB. There is nothing new there. If you have downloaded the… [Read more…]
March 27, 2009 by newbiedm
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