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The PHB2 Table of Contents is up… and the newbiedm.com domain name is as well…

March 3, 2009 by newbiedm

The PHB2 table of contents was released by WOTC yesterday. I haven’t read much about it, so I figured I’d post it here just in case. Regardless, you can find it here. Chapter 1. Character Races (Deva, Gnome, Goliath, Half-Orc, Shifter) Chapter 2. Classes (Avenger, Barbarian, Bard, Druid, Invoker, Shaman, Sorcerer, Warden) Chapter 3. Character […]

Modifying the way I track conditions

March 2, 2009 by newbiedm

So after using my paper condition tokens, I switched over to Alea Tools because they are probably the best thing out there right now for the 4th ed. DM looking for a solution to the game’s bookkeeping. I also use them for Ranger’s Quarry’s, Paladin’s Divine Challenges, etc… But last session I did something different with […]

New 4th Edition Errata at the Wizard’s site

January 20, 2009 by newbiedm

Up today at the official site, new errata for all the books, including the DM Screen, Martial Powers, Adventurer’s Vault, and the Forgotten Realms. Find it here

The Dungeon Master’s Guide 2 Cover

January 20, 2009 by newbiedm

The book isn’t available until September 15th, but here is the cover. It’s the same leggy hot chick from the PHB. Hey, Mike Mearls… give her a comic book or something, where she comes out, I don’t know, in a medieval magical bikini or something, why not? She looks like a hot gypsie.

The new D&D Minis packaging

January 16, 2009 by newbiedm

Here they are, for those of you interested. I don’t know if this is old or not, first time I’ve seen it, btw… The “Player Handbook Heroes” line. Chatter on some forums indicates these may be resculpts, I don’t know. These images come courtesy of Amazon… I’m no insider, just stumbled upon them…. BTW, the […]

When are there too many players in a group?

January 9, 2009 by newbiedm

So when I bought the 4th Ed. books, I was itching to play D&D. I was out of it a while, and really wanted to find a group to play with. I thought I’d be out of luck, as most of the guys I used to play with had their own things going on, and […]

So we ran our first skill challenge…

December 2, 2008 by newbiedm

First off, I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving on Thursday, and a great long weekend. I was able to gather the group on Sunday for our game, and almost everyone managed to make it… if everyone who plays were to show up for a session, I would be running 9 guys at the table!!! (YIKES!)… We had […]

Minions… Broken?

November 25, 2008 by newbiedm

I recently wrote about a lack of minion creation rules in 4th Edition, and now, in the latest official D&D podcast, minions are brought up. One of the hosts answers a question about feedback received from players, and what he feels isn’t working in 4th Ed. He goes on to say he’s “dubious” about minions, and he talks about […]

NewbieDM Tutorial – Counters, Tokens, or Pogs

November 22, 2008 by newbiedm

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Welcome to what is by far the most popular post on NewbieDM. More than 20000 (!) of you have made your own tokens for use in your games, and I’m thankful that I’ve been able to help DM’s out there run a better D&D game. I invite you to take a look around the […]