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What should new DM’s expect from the Player’s Handbook 2?
So you are a relatively new DM. You’ve read the core rules in and out, and feel pretty confident at the table when you run your games. Good for you, because now comes a curve ball your way, the PHB2! Don’t worry, I’m a new DM as well, so let’s go through this together, as […]
Stealth rules in PHB2
A quick note, because I’ve been seeing this more and more in web searches leading to newbiedm.com, regarding the new stealth rules in the PHB2. Guys, they are just a reprint of the official errata that Wizard’s had already put out for the first PHB. There is nothing new there. If you have downloaded the […]
PHB 3 speculation: Assassins?
The latest issue of Dragon Magazine has an article titled “Art of the Kill”, with feats, items, paragon paths and other loads of crunch to carve out your own assassin into your game. But there is an interesting sidebar on there that opens up the possibility of an assassin core class in the next Player’s […]
Portable Dungeon Tile playing surface
This weekend I was going to play somewhere other than my house, and I intended on using Dungeon Tiles. Now, these things are prone to sliding around a lot on table surfaces, so I came up with a little something I plan on using whenever I take my game to someone elses house. It’s a […]
Open Game Table
A lot of people have written about this, but I feel I should jump in as well. The Core Mechanic, an RPG Blog way better than this one could ever hope to be, has been hard at work self-publishing a book composed entirely of articles written by RPG bloggers. Putting this book together has been a […]
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Using Dungeon Tiles with Dungeon Delve
If you are planning on picking up Dungeon Delve, and using Dungeon Tiles with it, be warned, the book uses the “Halls of the Giant Kings” set in 7 of the 30 delves. That set is currently out of print, and based on the prices it is fetching on Ebay it looks like it is […]
Monte Cook launches new subscription based website Dungeonaday.com
Monte’s getting in the subscription based model, offering daily (!) updates, encounters, maps by Ed Bourelle (SkeletonKey Games), and other fun D&D goodies. It is 3.x stuff, so I don’t see me getting much out of it except perhaps ideas adaptable to 4.0, we’ll see… I know he has a gazillion fans, and many folks are […]
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More 4th Ed. Errata at Wizard’s?!?
We had some in January, but it seems, (unless I’m confused) that Wizard’s rolled their stealth and quietly updated some things on Wednesday. Updated on 3/4/09 were: Draconomicon, The Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, Martial Powers, and the Adventurer’s Vault. Find it here
War of the Burning Sky for 4th ed. announced
EN Publishing has announced that their 12 part 3.5 campaign, “War of the Burning Sky” is coming to 4th ed. They are releasing a hardback of the campaign for 3.5, and with the release of the new GSL they are updating it for 4th ed. I am excited about this, I’ve read a few of […]
Ye Old Map Maker
I stumbled accross this webpage and thought it was worth pointing it out. It’s called YeOldMapMaker.com and that’s just it. You’re given a blank grid to play with, and a small collection of symbols, including outdoor stuff as well as indoors. You can then place the symbols unto the grid and make a battlemap. I’m not […]
Posted in: Advice/Tools, Gaming
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March 18, 2009
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