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1d12 questions with James Wyatt

September 14, 2009 by newbiedm

I took the ol’ d12 out for another spin, this time to interview Mr. James Wyatt, D&D Design Manager at Wizard’s of the Coast, as well as an author of several Eberron novels. Tomorrow sees the release of the Dungeon Master’s Guide 2, and who better to interview from the D&D team than the author […]

Skill Challenges… yet again…

September 5, 2009 by newbiedm

This may be like my 5th post about this topic. I’m not sure why the thought of skill challenges reared its ugly head yet again as I was sitting at work, but I thought of something that hadn’t occurred to me. While the DMG urges you to lay out the challenge to your players (as […]

Improved Initiative

September 4, 2009 by newbiedm

I finally had the chance to sit down and play some D&D this week, my first post-Gencon session. We had a blast, and as my players are quickly approaching the end of the heroic tier, events in my campaign are coming to a head. A good time was had by all, even if all we […]

PHB3 Speculation – Skill Powers (What the heck?)

August 29, 2009 by newbiedm

So the newest editorial calendar for September over at WOTC shows that on monday the 7th of September we’ll be treated to: Debut: Skill Powers PHB3. Okay. What the heck is that?! My feeble mind won’t presume to speculate, so I leave that up to you guys. I can’t wait to see what you come […]

Imposing a :30 time limit on 4th ed. players

August 24, 2009 by newbiedm

This posting stems from my previous one, where I highlighted some items bought at Gencon for my game. One of them was a :30 hourglass, which I plan on implementing at my table as a house rule. Each player, on his turn, will have to decide what his action will be in :30 or less. […]

Gencon knick knacks for 4th Ed. D&D

August 22, 2009 by newbiedm

I wanted to share with you some of my purchases from Gencon for my 4th Ed. D&D game, with the hopes that it may help someone out there starting to play the game. 4th Ed., above all others, is in my opinion a game that lends itself very well to this type of thing, and […]

Improved Initiative: Initracker

August 6, 2009 by newbiedm

I have been searching far and wide for an initiative and condition tracker for fourth edition. For my condition, I’ve been using a modified version of the Alea Tools magnetic markers: For initiative, I’ve been using a sheet I created for my New DM Starter Kit. It’s just a run of the mill Excel spreadsheet, […]

Running your large D&D party

August 2, 2009 by newbiedm

I’ve been running a large party since I started DM’ing 4th Ed., and while I appreciate the fact that I’m able to play and have friends willing to play with me, running a large party has its ups and downs. In this article, I hope to give you several tips to manage the table filled […]

Monster Builder to be released tomorrow July 30th!

July 29, 2009 by newbiedm

Yes, it’s true. The long awaited DDI Monster Builder releases tomorrow, Thursday July 30th, as a beta download for DDI subscribers. It’s expected to be up around 12:00pm eastern time. I can’t wait. Link

A Quick look at the D&D 4e Spring 2010 releases

July 24, 2009 by newbiedm

I think I’m a couple days late on this, as it’s all over the boards in various forums, but I’m going to place them here for reference anyway. This comes courtesy of Herschel, the original poster on the EN forums where I lifted this from. (My comments will be in parenthesis): January: Underdark Sourcebook by […]