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Reading the books is one thing, but you don't get a feel for the flow of the game. Playing the game as a player with an experienced DM would be a great place to start. Finding a location should be possible using the Wizards Store/Event Locator. If that's not possible, at least watch others...

I'm a fairly new DM. The group I'm DMing just had a 1st-level Druid (whose form is a bear) join the almost-3rd-level party that is heavy on offense. We currently have a Fighter, Warden, two Rogues, and a token Wizard. So, I'd like to emphasize non-offense (defense, support, etc.) for the new...

I'm a fairly new DM and I missed a great dramatic opportunity yesterday that I didn't recognize until this morning, so I thought I'd start a thread so that everyone can share their regretful hindsight. I'm not looking for bad rules calls, this is for missed story opportunities. We're working...

When I'm DMing, I give a running commentary of how the damage is done. Just two weeks ago, I had that exact scenario and described it as the zombie having a tight hold on the PC and slamming his shoulders hard against the wall (as it was just a few points of damage). Had the PC not then...

While on the topic, a drop-in barbarian to our group killed a baddie and then said that he was using Swift Charge to attack another baddie that was adjacent. He said it was OK, but on reading it after the session, I see why he thought that way, but I won't allow it again. It says "Trigger...

I'm currently DMing KotS and the motivation for going to the Dragon Burial Site is one of the problems with the module. I made a bunch of changes throughout the module to give motivations to NPCs and reasons for things being the way they were. I took a fair amount of it from someone's...

Is D&D Essentials really going to be that different from the current D&D Starter Set? From my reading, it seems like a reissue of the Starter Set, perhaps with some more 4e-ish rules. I really liked the two Starter Sets prior to the current one. In addition to the expected mini-rules...

So play a Warforged or Minotaur... Personally, I really like the backstory and general alienation of the Warforged "race". And some of the Minotaur miniatures look really good (we love our minis).

I'm DMing a group where something similar came up. There were some baddies on the other side of a small waterfall and I had told the group that everyone would be able to walk through the waterfall fine as difficult terrain except the Halfling who would probably be knocked down because of her low...

When I was a teenager, I played D&D/Traveller/boardgames with a group of friends for many years. We generally enjoyed it, but there was definitely a "for lack of anything better to do" aspect. If not for the DM who was really into that stuff, we probably would not have played. I was the only...

We went through this encounter over the weekend, but the nearest PC was standing two squares in front of (not next to) the iron maiden, so the bull rush couldn't work. And I had made a little iron maiden prop out of Lego. Oh well. One of the players was obsessing about the fellow's leather...

We went through this encounter over the weekend. I had everyone move their own minis, but only two squares at a time. I told them that was to make sure what they could see around the corners, line of sight, and so on. Eventually, two PCs walked over the pit trap -- one made their saving throw...

I'm a new DM and we're running through H1 _Keep on the Shadowfell_. Right as the PCs get into the dungeon, there's a 2x2 (10' x 10') pit trap. I cannot find a good explanation about whether it could affect multiple PCs or not. On one hand, since PCs will be moving one at a time, it seems...