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Go kill a god in 4th Edition.

November 20, 2008 by newbiedm

So one of the big ticket items in Draconomicon is new rules regarding gods in 4th Ed. More specifically, rules for fighting and killing them. The book includes stats for Tiamat, patron of chromatic dragons. The stats take up almost 2 columns on a page. Each head gets a stat block, along with the main […]

Newbie Dm’s Bestiarum Vocabulum

November 18, 2008 by newbiedm

Ok, so tonight I want to introduce what I hope is a semi-regular feature here at NewbieDM, some home-made monsters. Just as a warning though, I don’t claim to be a great monster designer, nor am I 100% comfortable with the monster making mechanics in the DMG, I’m just doing what I have to do […]

About the 4th Edition Forgotten Realms…

November 15, 2008 by newbiedm

Before you read… yes, this is a rant. 🙂 The Forgotten Realms has been the only published setting I’ve ever played in… if I wasn’t playing in the Realms, I was playing in someone’s home brewed campaign setting… I have fond memories of pulling out the poster map in the old grey box and plotting […]

Keep on the Shadowfell final thoughts

November 9, 2008 by newbiedm

So we managed to finish KOTS today, and I must say, a good time was had by all. I’m also proud, because as a DM, I’ve finished my first module. Today we ran the last 3 encounters in the adventure, and I had a player die in the penultimate one. One of the berserkers walloped […]