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As I'm sure is the case for many of you, our 5E group is comprised of busy professionals. We meet every Tuesday night for a few hours, and keep in touch during the week, mostly by email. We use phone and text, too, of course. As we finish the Starter Set, and prepare to begin HotDQ, I'm...

Okay. As a returning player/DM, I'm intrigued by the speculation and discussion around so-called splatbooks. I had to look up the term. It wasn't around when I played back in the day. For thos who don't know it, here's the Wikipedia definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatbook Most of...

Here's a preview of Necromancer Games Book of Lost Spells, from their 5E Kickstarter project: Project Update #8: Spell Sneak Peek and Ed Greenwood Interview

We were discussing Tomb of Horrors the other day, and came upon the idea of running it with our new 5E group, maybe in October, as a Halloween experience. I really haven't had exposure to the module since the 80s. Upon cursory review, there appear to be several possible starting points for...

So, as our new group works through the Starter Set, I'm planning for Hoard of the Dragon Queen. As part of the process, I'm thinking about how to help my players hit the trail with a balanced party that will allow everyone to play the way they want while contributing to the overall success of...

I had an interesting conversation with one of the players in my group regarding the DM running a character in the party. I'm a newbie DM, so please forgive any ignorance and/or obviousness. My first thought is that the DM should refrain from running a character with the party, primarily because...

Sorry for the newbie DM questions: A couple of the guys in my new 5E group have characters from Pathfinder that they would like to convert. Does anyone know of any good resources for doing this? Are there specific aspects of conversion that could be particularly challenging or require...

Our new group will begin by playing through the new 5E Starter Set. We have a mix of new and returning players (Pathfinder, stopped playing, etc.). I want to get us off to a great start, so I'm looking at ways to enhance the experience. I'm thinking of playing thematic music and maybe printing...