Aug 24
Weekly Tip/Trick for August 24, 2012: Introduction When I first started running games, no one really gave me any useful tips or general rules of thumb to go by. All I had were the books and my own creativity. Although the books help, they can also create headaches and overwhelm those new to running games …
Aug 22
Following are a few tools I use on a regular basis: 1. Monster Advancer (Monster builder / Encounter designer): http://www.monsteradvancer.com/ 2. HeroForge 3.5, 4E and Pathfinder RPG File Repository (This website consists of various useful tools created by other diehard d&d fans. Just click on whichever version of D&D you want: D&D 3.5, Pathfinder, or 4th edition): …
Aug 18
character.template Instructions: This character template is a series of questions that forces you to think about and ultimately make choices about your character outside of their role as an adventurer. In the questions “YOU” refers to the PC, not the player. This information can and should be used by your Game Master to develop hooks …
Aug 14
Morpheus: Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. You would create the Matrix by having each of your Players roll a stat in turn using whatever method you would normally use. You would record them in order going left to right (row 1). Once you …
Aug 14
The Matrix One of the topics Evan and I plan on covering in an upcoming Dungeon Talk Episode is starting a new game. We believe that our audience will mostly be made up of newer Players and newer DM’s, so we wanted to give some thoughts on getting started. This article will cover an …
Aug 14
If you’ve been listening to the podcasts or reading any of my web journal entries then you may already know that I’ve been playing D&D and RPG’s since I was 12 or so. That’s right at 25 years (last week was by Birthday) of gaming. What you may not know yet is that within the …
Aug 14
Hero Points: Let’s be clear, these are almost identical to Action points from 3.5 Eberron. I’ve said in other posts and on the podcasts that the Eberron setting is my favorite. And it’s not even close. I LOVE that setting. Everything about it just feels right to me, including the Action Point mechanic it introduced. …
Aug 14
The Lost City: Hello all, I have the opportunity to start a new D&D Campaign in the next few weeks. If you listened to the most recent Podcast you’ll know that Evan will be going back to school soon and doesn’t have the time to commit to DM’ing a game, but we want to keep …
Aug 14
Hey all, So, Evan needed to take a week off from DM’ing and asked if I could step in and go ahead and start my Campaign. I had been doing a lot of thinking and planning about it recently and had enough that I felt I could jump in on short notice and kick things …
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