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A reader written tutorial on making your own Dungeon Tiles.

June 5, 2009 by newbiedm

I received an email from one of my readers suggesting an idea for a tutorial. Rather than have me blog about the topic without really knowing much about it, I suggested he write it and I just host it. So, here now is reader Alex, with a pretty kick ass tutorial about making your own […]

XP Budget Chart for more than 5 PC’s

June 4, 2009 by newbiedm

If you DM more than 5 PC’s in your 4th Edition D&D game, you may find this useful. I cooked it up for my game because I was getting tired of having to do simple arithmetic that I have been terrible at since I was 7. The chart gives you XP encounter values for up […]

Fire tokens

June 2, 2009 by newbiedm

My party fought some Runeflame Skeletons this weekend, and they have a tendency to set things on fire. Basically, they can go insubstantial and move 8 squares, setting everything on fire as they walk around it. The fire then blocks line of sight. They also have a nasty aura that stacks, causing damage to those […]

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. […]

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 […]