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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5789186" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>PAGE 1: [paraphrasing since I don't recall the exact wording but the quotes basically say something like the follow]</p><p></p><p>[EDIT] Found the Gygax quote, in [MENTION=98256]kitcik[/MENTION]'s sig. haha. Thanks for that. Still paraphrasing for the second one, though. [/EDIT]<p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>"</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: White"><strong>The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>" --E.G.G.</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>"...D&D is not so much a game of rules as rule <em>suggestions</em>." --Monte Cook </strong></span>(or was it Moldvay?...or Mike Mearls?...someone with an "M" in their name)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Chapter 1: "Rule 0, DM Fiat & Common Sense"</p><p></p><p>Chapter 2: "Tips, Tricks and Tools of the Trade" (general DMing advice for a variety of issues)</p><p></p><p>Chapter 3: "Story Development, Plot Hooks & How to generate a campaign" </p><p></p><p>Chapter 4: "Encounters: Combat and Non-combat. How to make them. How to run them."</p><p></p><p>Chapter 5: "How to run Combat" (every possible piece and option. With a cool example "Group of sample PCs whose names all start with A versus Group of sample PCs whose names all start with B" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> to illustrate everything.)</p><p></p><p>Chapter 6: "Dungeon Delving: Tricks & Traps" (how to generate your own dungeon, Traps, puzzles, tips for making an engaging environment, "Dungeon Dressing" tables)</p><p></p><p>Chapter 7: "World-building from the ground up." (including generating pantheons, religions, different government systems and how they function)</p><p></p><p>Chapter 8: "Equipment, Movement & Encumbrance: (tables, tables tables: mundane items, adventuring equipment, weapons, armors, mounts, boats/carts/vehicles, everything AND the kitchen sink. Sample/suggested prices, weights, how much a character of Strength X can carry, etc.)</p><p></p><p>Chapter 9: "Treasure: How much? Where to put it? And When?" (more tables, tables, tables for random generation, "treasure parcel" guidelines, options for alternative types of treasure.)</p><p></p><p>Chapter 10: "Magic Items...All of 'em." (descriptions, tables, tables and more tables, Guidelines for generating your own! including cursed and intelligent items and artifacts)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5789186, member: 92511"] PAGE 1: [paraphrasing since I don't recall the exact wording but the quotes basically say something like the follow] [EDIT] Found the Gygax quote, in [MENTION=98256]kitcik[/MENTION]'s sig. haha. Thanks for that. Still paraphrasing for the second one, though. [/EDIT][INDENT][SIZE=3][B]"[/B][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=White][B]The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][B]" --E.G.G. "...D&D is not so much a game of rules as rule [I]suggestions[/I]." --Monte Cook [/B][/SIZE](or was it Moldvay?...or Mike Mearls?...someone with an "M" in their name) [/INDENT]Chapter 1: "Rule 0, DM Fiat & Common Sense" Chapter 2: "Tips, Tricks and Tools of the Trade" (general DMing advice for a variety of issues) Chapter 3: "Story Development, Plot Hooks & How to generate a campaign" Chapter 4: "Encounters: Combat and Non-combat. How to make them. How to run them." Chapter 5: "How to run Combat" (every possible piece and option. With a cool example "Group of sample PCs whose names all start with A versus Group of sample PCs whose names all start with B" :p to illustrate everything.) Chapter 6: "Dungeon Delving: Tricks & Traps" (how to generate your own dungeon, Traps, puzzles, tips for making an engaging environment, "Dungeon Dressing" tables) Chapter 7: "World-building from the ground up." (including generating pantheons, religions, different government systems and how they function) Chapter 8: "Equipment, Movement & Encumbrance: (tables, tables tables: mundane items, adventuring equipment, weapons, armors, mounts, boats/carts/vehicles, everything AND the kitchen sink. Sample/suggested prices, weights, how much a character of Strength X can carry, etc.) Chapter 9: "Treasure: How much? Where to put it? And When?" (more tables, tables, tables for random generation, "treasure parcel" guidelines, options for alternative types of treasure.) Chapter 10: "Magic Items...All of 'em." (descriptions, tables, tables and more tables, Guidelines for generating your own! including cursed and intelligent items and artifacts) [/QUOTE]
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