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Creating character portraits with “Hero Machine”

May 7, 2009 by newbiedm

My post on SW d6 reminded me of an online tool I used to create character portraits for that game, it’s called Hero Machine, and it is extremely cool. It’s a flash based application that starts you off with a generic “empty” pose, and you go filling it with layers of clothing, eyes, hair, beards, […]

Masterplan – Software for the 4th Ed. DM

April 9, 2009 by newbiedm

I recently came across a nice piece of software for DM’s of 4th Ed. who need a little bit of help organizing and keeping their campaign stuff in order. The program includes flowcharts for your adventures that link to encounters, maps, and all sorts of stuff. You can even use Dungeon Tiles to plan and […]

Using Dungeon Tiles with Dungeon Delve

March 10, 2009 by newbiedm

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 […]

The Dungeon Master’s Guide 2 Cover

January 20, 2009 by newbiedm

The book isn’t available until September 15th, but here is the cover. It’s the same leggy hot chick from the PHB. Hey, Mike Mearls… give her a comic book or something, where she comes out, I don’t know, in a medieval magical bikini or something, why not? She looks like a hot gypsie.

NewbieDM Tutorial – Printing Battle Maps to a 1″ Scale

January 13, 2009 by newbiedm

So you’ve made yourself some kick ass tokens, but now you want to make yourself some kick ass maps to use them with. Well, you’ve come to the right place! Taking a map from the Wizard’s gallery, and converting it to a 1″ playable map isn’t very difficult, and it looks better than some Dry-Erase […]

Gaming with Sound Effects

October 26, 2008 by newbiedm

This is something I did the other day in a game I ran and found it pretty interesting. I’m not sure if it’s something I’ll continue doing, mostly because it adds to the already short prep time I have available to my gaming, but I throw it out there as an idea for others to use […]