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Hey there, I was recently in your situation. I was new to DnD and DM for the first time so I hope you can benefit from my advice. 1. My players went right to the Cragmaw Hideout after the ambush and we played until that part was completed. They defeated Klarg after talking to Yeemik and were...

Just out of curiosity, how did you handle the same situation against the players? I'm referring to Glasstaff and his rat familiar in the Redbrand Hideout. You could let other wizards use the same tactic against them too for example. It might end up in a familiar vs familiar battle. ("I choose...

Thanks for taking the time to write this :) I'm curious about what they will do next.

In a few weeks time I'm going to DM my second session of the Starter Set adventure. The party has rescued Sildar from the Cragmaw cave and is heading to Phandalin. After the first session someone wanted to swap the wizard for a new character so with the PH I helped him make a Tiefling Bard...

Thanks for your effort, I'll have a look at this for sure :)

Good question, I was wondering about that myself too.

You shouldn't base everything on his public performances. Have you read his archived column "The Dungeon Master Experience" ?

Will you retire the characters or try to continue the campaign somehow? How did you keep the Cleric busy who was killed a few hours before the rest?

Thanks for sharing! I like how you set up the entire situation with the conflicting goals. That must have been quite the skill check they made considering the dragon has a large insight bonus (if I'm not mistaken) :) How did you play this out?

Indeed, people should check out this article from the Dungeon Master Experience. http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/where-begin On that page you can also download an example of the Campaign Bibles he creates (note that it was a work in progress at the time)

For those who didn't watch it at the time, Chris Perkins did a commentary video for a 4th edition newbie game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA92_Hp04Sk The normal version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jAe42mv0h8

For those who have the adventure, is Chris following everything as it is written or did he make stuff up?

What I find interesting is that Ben (the Paladin) was the DM in previous D&D video's he's done. He's also had to face in-party conflict and fighting before so he must know it isn't fun. Perhaps he wanted to test a more experienced DM or he was just glad he could play and that's just his style.

I find Ben (the Paladin) quite annoying which I find surprising since he was/is the DM in the normal D&D adventures they post and had to face the same in-party conflict before himself. Perhaps he wanted to test a more experienced DM or he was just glad he could be a player for once.

Hello there, fellow new DM here. I played the first part of the Starter Set a few months ago with a group of 5 players new to D&D. We spent about 5 hours playing and reached the end of the Cragmaw Hideout. I can tell you right away that maps are not needed. In the previous 4th edition of D&D...

Watching an expert DM like Chris is always worth it according to me :)

Aha thanks, I'll update the opening post

The episode is live, it was just posted on http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/ima5n8/tabletop-adventures-dungeons---dragons--episode-10---a-special-adventure-with-wizards-of-the-coast Someone from the staff did just post: "Hey everyone, this is a super long episode, and it's causing...

They didn't say so, only that they could send certain ideas about the PC they would like to play. I'm sure Chris will think of something cool :)

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/z4t896/tabletop-adventures-special-episode--wizards-of-the-coast---this-thursday- This is going to be awesome! I always love to see Chris DM :D Edit: Link can be found here...