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On map making…

July 12, 2009 by newbiedm

I’ve been thinking about maps, and more importantly, I’ve been thinking about how this blog is lacking a good article on map making. Players love maps, dm’s love maps, everyone loves a good map. I only have one problem, I have no skills when it comes to cartography. Sure, I can place a couple of […]

Reader contributed D&D houserules

June 16, 2009 by newbiedm

So, another reader makes my life as a blogger easier by providing material. At this rate, I won’t have to write a word, and the site can live off guest writers. I kid, I kid. It’s always welcome though, and if it’s halfway decent, you’ll have a place here to publish your stuff if you […]

The demographics of 4th. Ed.

June 9, 2009 by newbiedm

I see a lot of hate spewed at 4th Ed. by the 3.x crowd. I guess almost ten years worth of gaming material both by WOTC & 3rd parties isn’t enough to foster years and years of further playing, but what do I know, I’m just a newb. I guess we all have our reasons […]

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. […]

Compiling useful stuff (My 100th post) & a contest.

May 22, 2009 by newbiedm

EDIT FRIDAY NIGHT 5/29/09 11:59:59PM -The contest is now over! Random.org tells me the winner is Aaron, who is a big fan of the momentum bonus and the counter making tutorial! Aaron, I’ll be reaching out to you soon. For all of you that entered, thank you for taking the time, and thank you for […]

Are you a new DM looking for players?

May 21, 2009 by newbiedm

So, you are a new DM with a wonderful idea for a campaign. You’ve got it all planned out, down to the one liners your bad guy will throw at your players in their final, epic encounter. Unfortunately, you’ve got no players to play with. Boo-hoo. What do you do? Go back to kill the […]

I knew Githzerai looked familiar.

May 20, 2009 by newbiedm

I will not eat green eggs and ham. I will not eat them, a Psionic Githzerai Monk I am.

About that 4th Ed. “board game feel” that 3rd Ed. didn’t have…

May 5, 2009 by newbiedm

A few thoughts… All images courtesy of the D&D 3.5 Phb, copyright Wizards of the Coast. That’s the, hmm, edition, that, hmmm, didn’t have to play like on a board and stuff, and feel so “board gamey”.

On game balance…

April 12, 2009 by newbiedm

I tend to frequent gaming forums, mostly to find new things to use in my games, like monster cards, software, maps, and the like. One of the themes that often pops up is that of game balance. “Such-n-such class is broken” “X Power is unbalanced” type arguments seem to be the norm amongst those types […]

Vin Diesel’s Melkor the Drow

April 9, 2009 by newbiedm

Here’s Vin hitting the talk show circuit, promoting Fast & Furious, and shares with Jimmy Kimmel the story of Melkor the Drow. Enjoy this little bit of geekness on late night tv. The D&D stuff hits at 2:27.