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Inject a little roleplaying in your combat

May 1, 2009 by newbiedm

Continuing my thoughts today on roleplaying in 4th Ed. D&D, I was thinking about a way a player might introduce some roleplaying into the mix if he/she feels that there’s too much combat going on and the DM is getting a little too carried away with consecutive encounters. Use your skills. Using Intimidate is a great way to […]

The lack of roleplaying in 4th Edition

May 1, 2009 by newbiedm

“You enter the last room in the crypt, there are 3 sealed coffins, lined up in perfect order. A large one, flanked by two smaller ones. The etchings on the wall tell the story of a man who killed his family. You can safely assume these are them.” The Rogue says “I want to open […]

Nice! Subtle changes to Keep on the Shadowfell

April 28, 2009 by newbiedm

Stop if you’re playing Keep on the Shadowfell! There is a KOTS v1.5 available! While I haven’t read the entire thing, Wizard’s has updated keep on the Shadowfell and put it up for a free download today. For starters, they added a different type of Kobold to the Irontooth encounter, a Kobold Denwarden. And the […]

A sort of Eureka! moment in regards to Skill Challenges

April 28, 2009 by newbiedm

I don’t hide the fact that I can’t wrap my head around skill challenges. I find it hard to conceptualize narrating them at the table without the exercise simply becoming a series of rolls. The irony though, is that I’d love to run them at the table to break up the monotony of combat/combat/combat. This […]

Arcane Power Errata (!)

April 21, 2009 by newbiedm

So Arcane Power came out today, and the errata team has already issued its first batch. Nice. Get it here

1d12 questions with….Mike Mearls

April 15, 2009 by newbiedm

I’m rolling out an interview section to the website titled “1d12 questions with…” where I’ll roll a d12 and ask that number of questions to the subject of the interview, who today happens to be the very gracious & approachable Mike Mearls, lead designer at Wizards of the Coast. It’s meant to be a reflection on […]

On game balance…

April 12, 2009 by newbiedm

I tend to frequent gaming forums, mostly to find new things to use in my games, like monster cards, software, maps, and the like. One of the themes that often pops up is that of game balance. “Such-n-such class is broken” “X Power is unbalanced” type arguments seem to be the norm amongst those types […]

Masterplan – Software for the 4th Ed. DM

April 9, 2009 by newbiedm

I recently came across a nice piece of software for DM’s of 4th Ed. who need a little bit of help organizing and keeping their campaign stuff in order. The program includes flowcharts for your adventures that link to encounters, maps, and all sorts of stuff. You can even use Dungeon Tiles to plan and […]

WOTC halts sales of D&D PDF’s

April 6, 2009 by newbiedm

From RPGNOW’s website: Wizards of the Coast has instructed us to suspend all sales and downloads of Wizards of the Coast titles. Unfortunately, this includes offering download access to previously purchased Wizards of the Coast titles. We are in discussions with Wizards about their decision to change their approach to digital sales of their titles […]