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1d12 questions with James Wyatt

September 14, 2009 by newbiedm

I took the ol’ d12 out for another spin, this time to interview Mr. James Wyatt, D&D Design Manager at Wizard’s of the Coast, as well as an author of several Eberron novels. Tomorrow sees the release of the Dungeon Master’s Guide 2, and who better to interview from the D&D team than the author […]

Skill Challenges… yet again…

September 5, 2009 by newbiedm

This may be like my 5th post about this topic. I’m not sure why the thought of skill challenges reared its ugly head yet again as I was sitting at work, but I thought of something that hadn’t occurred to me. While the DMG urges you to lay out the challenge to your players (as […]

Improved Initiative

September 4, 2009 by newbiedm

I finally had the chance to sit down and play some D&D this week, my first post-Gencon session. We had a blast, and as my players are quickly approaching the end of the heroic tier, events in my campaign are coming to a head. A good time was had by all, even if all we […]

PHB3 Speculation – Skill Powers (What the heck?)

August 29, 2009 by newbiedm

So the newest editorial calendar for September over at WOTC shows that on monday the 7th of September we’ll be treated to: Debut: Skill Powers PHB3. Okay. What the heck is that?! My feeble mind won’t presume to speculate, so I leave that up to you guys. I can’t wait to see what you come […]

Open Game Table available as a PDF

August 25, 2009 by newbiedm

Just a quick post to let readers know that the book “Open Game Table: The Anthology of RPG Blogs” is now available as a pdf over at RPGNow. Open Game Table was released in print format last March, and now sees its first pdf release. For those of you who aren’t aware, the book is […]

Imposing a :30 time limit on 4th ed. players

August 24, 2009 by newbiedm

This posting stems from my previous one, where I highlighted some items bought at Gencon for my game. One of them was a :30 hourglass, which I plan on implementing at my table as a house rule. Each player, on his turn, will have to decide what his action will be in :30 or less. […]

Gencon knick knacks for 4th Ed. D&D

August 22, 2009 by newbiedm

I wanted to share with you some of my purchases from Gencon for my 4th Ed. D&D game, with the hopes that it may help someone out there starting to play the game. 4th Ed., above all others, is in my opinion a game that lends itself very well to this type of thing, and […]

Updating DDI Compendium stat blocks the easy way

August 19, 2009 by newbiedm

I found a relatively easy way to level up your traps or monsters quickly directly from the compendium, without a need to copy and paste it over to Google Docs or anywhere else. It’s through a javascript that lets you edit web pages on the fly. First, visit this page: http://www.labnol.org/internet/design/edit-web-pages-like-wiki/3832/ Follow the instructions, it’ll […]

How many new DMs did 4e bring to the table?

August 6, 2009 by newbiedm

I want to run an informal poll and maybe bring up an interesting topic of conversation. As I’ve pointed out before, it wasn’t until the release of 4th ed. that I decided to DM, although I have years of experience in prior editions of the game. 4th ed. was marketed as a simpler game to […]

Improved Initiative: Initracker

August 6, 2009 by newbiedm

I have been searching far and wide for an initiative and condition tracker for fourth edition. For my condition, I’ve been using a modified version of the Alea Tools magnetic markers: For initiative, I’ve been using a sheet I created for my New DM Starter Kit. It’s just a run of the mill Excel spreadsheet, […]