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Not really, I'm pretty new to this myself and my only experience is with 4E, which requires a bit too much in terms of miniatures and grids and the rules are too complex for a one-shot. I'm hoping to find something that has a really simple system (probably focusing on narrative rather than...

Hi! I'm going on a weekend away with a bunch of friends, and I was thinking of introducing tabletop RPGs to them in some of the free time that we might have. So I'm in need of a simple adventure module of some kind. Since this is on a trip, there are some requirements: Minimal preparation...

OK so in the end I went for something quite different and convoluted, and was moderately successful. I made a stack of cards, on them I printed grassland woods jagged rocks etc.. I dealt out 10 of these cards face-down and the players start at one end. Each round, the players reveal one...

I'm still pretty new to this DMing thing, and I need to design an encounter where the PCs are running away from a pack of wolves. I take it the standard is just to make it a skill challenge, checking against Athletics or Endurance or something, and require N successes before M failures? That...

I remember reading somewhere there is software that helps cutting up large images into printable chunks (A4) that can then be spliced back together. I'd like to use this to print large battle maps. My google-fu is failing right now, could anyone point me in the right direction?

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You can create maps from tile libraries in masterplan (F2). The tile libraries can be obtained from dungeon_tiles : D&D Dungeon Tile Maps (WotC).

I found using Masterplan to plan my adventure really helped me in understanding the concept of parcels. Once you set the level of your party and the number of players, it will show you what the expected treasure parcels are in the treasure parcels window (F5). Double clicking on each allow you...

If you are a DM, how often do your creatures use skills like charge grab aid another ready/delay action flank focus fire on the controller instead of the defender etc? Are creatures assumed to be able to use these skills or are they meant to be available only to players? I guess the most...

Question for DMs: How smart do you play your monsters? Post deleted!

I was playtesting an encounter I was designing last night, and I came across this situation: F. rr .RLet's say, F = fighter, r = giant rat, R = dire rat. The dire rat wants to move through its allies (the giant rats) to the empty space next to the fighter, my question is Does it provoke an...

There seems to be some dislike for KoTS. Can anyone elaborate on the problems? I was considering running it after my current first-ever-foray-into-D&D campaign. Thanks!

As I said, I've read the errata, and still don't get the rules! OK this answers my last question. But I still don't understand, if a creature has total concealment and hidden, how its location is concealed from the actual player on a battle grid with miniatures. Especially when it may be...

Sorry for these noob questions. I've recently gotten my copy of PHB, and I've read the errata, but I am still pretty confused about the stealth rules. :.-( So as I understand it, once you break stealth, and unless there is some way to get total cover/concealment, there is no way to go back into...

I think dundjinni is the kind of thing I am looking for, but US$40 plus art packs seems a bit hefty! I'm thinking of coding up something simple myself, that takes an ASCII input file, a tileset, and dumps out an image. I'll see how I go.

Just wondering what tools you guys have used in terms of drawing tiled maps on a PC which is then printed out and used as tiles. MapTool appears to be the tool of choice for online play, but it doesn't seem to be good at drawing tiled things at all unless you already have a tiled map image...

Yeah that's the reaction I'm hoping for :devil: I'm playing around with the monster builder, but I'm pretty noob at it and it seems to take ages to craft a single NPC. I'm not sure I understand how the monster builder works. Adjusting the ability scores don't seem to have much effect on the...

I'm thinking of creating an encounter for my newbie 4e party that involves them fighting against a team that is very similar to their own party. I'm hoping to create a challenging encounter, but not overwhelm them; show them how a basic team works together effectively; make it fun and unique...

It seems to be pretty hard to find specific miniatures. Why are all the dragonborn miniatures so expensive?? I'm trying to construct this party: dragonborn warlord (M) orc fighter (M) human ranger (bow) (M) eladrin wizard (F) tiefling warlock (F) And not having much success, besides the...

Hey I'm in Sydney too! Where's this store? :)