Recent content by TartarSauce

Wonderful ideas, everyone. As a new DM, it's this kind of stuff that is really going to help us have a great time gaming. Since it came up, making up personalized treasures to give away is probably my favorite part of DMing. I try to make sure everyone gets one special treasure each time we play.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone! You've all given me some good stuff to think about.

Thanks, I've looked into that. The Lost Mines of Phandelver is whatever the opposite of gritty is? Another question I just thought of: How do I set the difficulty of a task? If a player says, for example, I want to try to fly the ice cream truck through the meteor storm, what number do I need...

Hello all, So I was at the game store with my son (9 years old) a few weeks ago and he was intrigued by some of the D&D products on display, so we decided to dive in and give it a try. We bought the Player's Handbook - it seemed like the place to start. Anyway, now we are playing along with my...