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Our own Helm’s Deep part II

April 21, 2011 by newbiedm

Last night saw the end of the PC’s role as the Heroes of Redhold, an Avvarian settlement in the Frostback Mountains of Ferelden, and it ended on a kick ass note that truly showed how much stunts can turn the tide of battle in the Dragon Age RPG. FIrst, a quick recap, and be warned, […]

Our own Helm’s Deep

April 1, 2011 by newbiedm

I ran a real neat encounter in my Dragon Age game, and I thought I’d share it here, along with some ideas you could steal from it for your game, whether its D&D, DA, or something else. The encounter isn’t mine, it’s part of a published adventure found in the excellent “Blood in Ferelden” supplement […]

More on Star Wars using AGE

March 11, 2011 by newbiedm

On my off time I’ve been quietly working (for fun) on a Star Wars conversion of the first 5 levels of Dragon Age. I’m not spending too much time on it, but I admit that the prospect of an AGE powered Star Wars game is appealing to me, if not for nostalgia alone, as the […]

GM worksheets for Dragon Age

March 10, 2011 by newbiedm

I originally posted this article and the accompanying sheets over at the Dragon Age Oracle blog, but wanted to bring them over here as well. I hope someone gets some use out of them, and enjoys their old school look and flavor. I recently got my hands on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon […]

It’s all in the presentation

February 18, 2011 by newbiedm

“We haven’t seen a Dungeon yet, all we’re doing is talking to people, bringing down corrupt political figures, and killing monsters out in the wilderness. This is really different.” My 4e campaign consisted of my homebrew storyline, which was the backdrop for the published adventures I hacked a bit to fit my storyline. By the […]

Transitioning from 4e to Dragon Age

February 12, 2011 by newbiedm

My experience as a DM has been a unique one compared to a lot of other DM’s out there. I suspect many people DM’ing D&D started out early on, with the boxed sets, then AD&D, and followed the logical footsteps of the game up until the point where we are today with D&D 4e. My […]

The Dragon Age in a galaxy far, far away…

January 17, 2011 by newbiedm

After seeing the absolutely kick ass fan produced version of the Mystara campaign setting for the AGE system (Dragon Age’s engine), I am now more than ever inspired to slowly work on a Star Wars version (or at least attempt to contribute to one). One thing’s for sure, my inspiration for doing something like this […]

A handout on the Dragon Age world for DM’s and PC’s

January 14, 2011 by newbiedm

We officially started our Dragon Age campaign, and one of the biggest hurdles we are facing is the introduction to a completely new setting. While I’ve played the video game, none of my players have, so it was up to me to introduce them to Thedas. I played all the intro animations from the video […]

A potential new direction for my blog…

January 10, 2011 by newbiedm

So as I’ve written before, my home 4e game is dead, my players have moved on, and it seems that for the time being there’s no more D&D for us. So, without playing D&D, there’s not much I can write about D&D, right? Well, that’s true to an extent… I am still going to be […]