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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 […]

Are you a new DM looking for players?

May 21, 2009 by newbiedm

So, you are a new DM with a wonderful idea for a campaign. You’ve got it all planned out, down to the one liners your bad guy will throw at your players in their final, epic encounter. Unfortunately, you’ve got no players to play with. Boo-hoo. What do you do? Go back to kill the […]

I knew Githzerai looked familiar.

May 20, 2009 by newbiedm

I will not eat green eggs and ham. I will not eat them, a Psionic Githzerai Monk I am.

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 […]

Changes are in store for DDI this summer…

May 19, 2009 by newbiedm

It seems prices are going to go up for D&D Insider soon. On the flip side, subscribers can expect more exclusive material. Here’s the email I just received: Dear Insider, As a valued D&D Insider™ subscriber, we wanted to make sure that you were among the first to know about some changes to D&DI that will […]

Bribe your players with bonus tokens.

May 16, 2009 by newbiedm

I’m going to start something new in my campaign in order to speed up gameplay. I run 7 players right now, and sometimes the game grinds to a halt due to slow decision making during combat. I understand that the tactical nature of 4th Ed. somewhat created this situation, as opposed to other, more abstract forms of […]

New DM Starter Kit now available!

May 15, 2009 by newbiedm

Continuing the theme of yesterday’s post, where I gave some tips for the new DM, today I’m making something available for download. If you are a new DM, and are planning on running (which I highly recommend) the Kobold Hall adventure in the back of the DMG then you should download this PDF I’ve put […]

Advice for new DM’s only!

May 14, 2009 by newbiedm

Experienced DM’s, this article is not for you, so move along. Nothing to see here… In July, it’ll be a year since I started DM’ing. Unfortunately, we don’t get to play as often as I’d like, so my time behind the screen doesn’t come about often enough. Nevertheless, the amount of time we do get […]

Ki power source is gone, hello Psionic Monk

May 11, 2009 by newbiedm

The Monk has gone live, and he is not what people were expecting. The Ki power source, alluded to in the Player’s Handbook is apparently no more. Rather, he is a Psionic Striker. There is a great Design and Development article explaining the reasoning. The gist of it being that the Ki power source “grew […]