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Warstories: Eat, Drink, and be Merry….
First, I’d like to wish all readers of this blog a belated Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. If you celebrate something else, then I hope you had a great time doing it as well. This time of year is always special no matter what you celebrate. It’s time for friends, family and fun, […]
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Is the encounter worth it?
We recently played our last game of the year, I can’t believe it’s been 1 1/2 years already with 4e. I feel I’m getting into a nice groove with my Dm’ing, both on the table and off. My prep time is going quicker than ever thanks to all the digital tools at my disposal, and […]
Win a copy of The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos
EDIT: @aliothefool was selected as the winner, through a random number drawn via random.org. Congratulations! “Hey Boss… Da Plane, Da Plane. No Tattoo, it’s not an airplane, it’s The Plane Below. You see that man over there? His name is NewbieDM, and his fantasy is to give away free books. Today he’s partnering up with […]
NewbieDM Review: Portrait of a Villain – The Desire by Nevermet Press
Nevermet Press is a publisher of RPG material, made up of the RPG community at large. In their own words: Nevermet Press is a creative collective made up of scores of writers, artists, and game designers. We are a herd of gaming cats and dogs, running aimlessly from topic to topic. We leave sweet creativity […]
Improved Initiative: Running combats with the Combat Manager v1.6.0
This is the second part of the D&D 4e Combat Manager v1.6.0 overview. In my last post I introduced the program and highlighted how simple it was to build your permanent PC/Creatures library to use in your encounters. Now, I’ll quickly go through an actual encounter so you can see how useful this program can […]
Improved Initiative: D&D 4e Combat Manager v.1.6.0
This is the third article in Improved Initiative, my series highlighting various combat trackers made for 4e. I first tested out a program called Initracker, and I liked it very much. This program I will write about in this article was brought to my attention via twitter. (As an aside, if you aren’t on twitter […]
Warstories: Having a pool of characters
Warstories is the name I gave to a short series of articles meant to spark discussions and advice amongst DM’s and players. With the series, I hope to tackle common problems that crop up during the game, and see how other people deal with them at their table. This is the fifth of such articles. […]
Win a copy of “Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons”
I love contests, and I love giving stuff away, that’s why NewbieDM.com has teamed up with Gator Games to give away a copy of Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons! All you have to do to enter the contest is follow both @newbiedm and @gatorgames on twitter, send us a tweet telling us that it’s for the contest, […]
Applying “Subdual Encounters” to Encounters vs. Solos
I was reading the section on encounters with dragons in the new Draconomicon book, and something stood out: At its simplest, a subdual encounter is one in which the dragon stops fighting and the characters win when the dragon is bloodied. But the degree of the victory matters, so you will need to keep track […]
NewbieDM Review: “Draconomic: Metallic Dragons”
Ahh, Dragons… A staple of the genre, and of course, of a game with the word in its title. Once upon a time, dragons in D&D were classified as good (metallics) & bad (chromatics), but today those lines have gotten a little blurry, and that’s where this edition of the Draconomicon comes in. The book […]
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