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Reader contributed D&D houserules

June 16, 2009 by newbiedm

So, another reader makes my life as a blogger easier by providing material. At this rate, I won’t have to write a word, and the site can live off guest writers. I kid, I kid. It’s always welcome though, and if it’s halfway decent, you’ll have a place here to publish your stuff if you […]

Dazed and confused…

June 15, 2009 by newbiedm

Here’s something that came up in my game, I’ll tell you how and why I ruled it a certain way, and then I’d love to get your responses and ideas about it. One of the PC’s in my game because dazed. Now dazed limits you to one action: either a standard a move or a […]

All things being equal…

June 15, 2009 by newbiedm

I have been running a 7-8 man group for a year now, although it has recently leveled off to 7 players being the norm, with usually 1 missing a session here or there. Some players came in later, and I had the bad idea (although well intentioned) of starting them a few levels behind the […]

The demographics of 4th. Ed.

June 9, 2009 by newbiedm

I see a lot of hate spewed at 4th Ed. by the 3.x crowd. I guess almost ten years worth of gaming material both by WOTC & 3rd parties isn’t enough to foster years and years of further playing, but what do I know, I’m just a newb. I guess we all have our reasons […]

A reader written tutorial on making your own Dungeon Tiles.

June 5, 2009 by newbiedm

I received an email from one of my readers suggesting an idea for a tutorial. Rather than have me blog about the topic without really knowing much about it, I suggested he write it and I just host it. So, here now is reader Alex, with a pretty kick ass tutorial about making your own […]

XP Budget Chart for more than 5 PC’s

June 4, 2009 by newbiedm

If you DM more than 5 PC’s in your 4th Edition D&D game, you may find this useful. I cooked it up for my game because I was getting tired of having to do simple arithmetic that I have been terrible at since I was 7. The chart gives you XP encounter values for up […]

Fire tokens

June 2, 2009 by newbiedm

My party fought some Runeflame Skeletons this weekend, and they have a tendency to set things on fire. Basically, they can go insubstantial and move 8 squares, setting everything on fire as they walk around it. The fire then blocks line of sight. They also have a nasty aura that stacks, causing damage to those […]

Dealing with varying levels of XP amongst your players

June 2, 2009 by newbiedm

I currently DM a group of 7 players, varying in levels from about 5 (maybe 6) to 8. Some players can’t always make it, and the way we’ve been dealing with absent players is to hand wave them as just sort of disappearing into the background, only to reappear next time the players shows up. […]

Compiling useful stuff (My 100th post) & a contest.

May 22, 2009 by newbiedm

EDIT FRIDAY NIGHT 5/29/09 11:59:59PM -The contest is now over! Random.org tells me the winner is Aaron, who is a big fan of the momentum bonus and the counter making tutorial! Aaron, I’ll be reaching out to you soon. For all of you that entered, thank you for taking the time, and thank you for […]

Players Handbook 3 cover… revealed?

May 19, 2009 by newbiedm

So this is the cover to Player’s Handbook 3? May be old news, but I’ve never seen it. Ki we know is gone, but is the Shadow power source gone? Have we seen the last of new power sources with the Psionic power? Minotaur and Githyanki races, nice. Interesting… how many more PHB’s will […]