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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nightcloak" data-source="post: 2068624" data-attributes="member: 23862">Material: As has been said, the DMG is your best bet. It's full of info you will need/find useful plus there is also some good tips on running a game. Even Gary Gygax praised the book as a role-playing aid. For creatures, follow BSF's lick to the SRD for free downloads. If you pick up a little cash, I've bought copies of 3.0 books on ebay for friends cheap (got the DMG and Monster Manual for $18.00 combined). And start plugging B-days and xmas for things you want! As far as things of the future, you need to find your style and what you like. I'd recommend combing through the reviews section here at ENWorld for details of what is available.Gaming Tips:Start small. Don't overwhelm your self with trying to create tons of detail and a huge campaign. You don't need to create the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting or run your players through Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. Start in a small town in the middle of a large woods or a valley and jot down notes of the surrounding area. Leave yourself room to expand beyond the starting point later. Keep a note book and just start writting in it cool ideas you like. Something sounds fun, write it down. Cute, cool, evil, or whatever, write it down. By the time you run a couple of adventures at the starting point, you'll be brimming with ideas and be ready to expand the map to easily accomidate all those ideas. Mapping is easy, if you know what you want. The principle is, keep it simple and don't do more than neccessary. Same with adventures. You've read a lot of fun things here that DMs have done, but remember those games were already in action and probably were running for quite a while (in my case years). Those games didn't just start that way. They worked into it as the players and the DM get to know each other. The play builds upon itself. But the first adventure or two is always a little slow as the new characters learn to work together and the DM learns what that particular group can handle. Finally, always remember you're the boss. Rule 0. You do what's comfortable for you. You are a player too.If I can help more, just ask. Good Luck!</blockquote>

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