Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
What should a seasoned 3.5e DM expect from their first 4e session?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Rokes" data-source="post: 4766625" data-attributes="member: 27508"><p>Thank you all for the invaluable advice!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I picked up a pack of multi-colored pipe cleaners and I've cut them in 2" lengths for players to use as marks (and bloodied). Marking and Ongoing Effects are probably my biggest worry. I'm hoping that it's not as much of a pain as it reads.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't wait until I ask someone to make a Use Rope check! Oh, wait. I never did that in 3.x either. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's all D&D. It's all telling a story, rolling some dice, having fun, and making memories with friends. The rules have always been what you make of them. Make Characters not War!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are there any plans to reprint the PHB (and DMG, MM, etc) with Errata? There seems to be some massive ones (Stealth, Skill Challenges).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This has to be one of the best pieces of advice I've ever read. Consider it stolen! XP for you good sir!</p><p></p><p>Regarding the "Do Something Cool" attitude. I think I have the right crew for that. My wife's first ever D&D game was at the IRON DM tournament in 2007 playing for Ancient Sensei, the DM that won! I got to "break her in" right, and see her really take a liking to the game. Heck, her little halfling climbed up the 100 ft. tall Minotaur demon thingy as we were fighting it. IShe then swung around to its face using its ear in order to stab it in the eye. This from a first time player! Needless to say I was quite proud!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As of right now I'm blessed with playing with all newbies (to the rules at least, not the concept of role-playing though). While I think some things would be easier with my normal crew, this may give me the opportunity engrain the "Do Something Cool" attitude. I think we're going to have:</p><p></p><p>Halfling Rogue (Wife)</p><p>Half-Elf Paladin (Gasp! Another female player!)</p><p>Some sort of arcane blaster type I would imagine.</p><p></p><p>I think I'm going to run a 3rd level Gnomie Bard NPC who will follow them through their early travels for support. Enough oomph to help them keep alive, but should be easy enough to keep him from stealing anyone's thunder. Plus, then I get to roleplay a "playing" story teller too! w00t!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rokes, post: 4766625, member: 27508"] Thank you all for the invaluable advice! I picked up a pack of multi-colored pipe cleaners and I've cut them in 2" lengths for players to use as marks (and bloodied). Marking and Ongoing Effects are probably my biggest worry. I'm hoping that it's not as much of a pain as it reads. I can't wait until I ask someone to make a Use Rope check! Oh, wait. I never did that in 3.x either. ;) It's all D&D. It's all telling a story, rolling some dice, having fun, and making memories with friends. The rules have always been what you make of them. Make Characters not War! Are there any plans to reprint the PHB (and DMG, MM, etc) with Errata? There seems to be some massive ones (Stealth, Skill Challenges). This has to be one of the best pieces of advice I've ever read. Consider it stolen! XP for you good sir! Regarding the "Do Something Cool" attitude. I think I have the right crew for that. My wife's first ever D&D game was at the IRON DM tournament in 2007 playing for Ancient Sensei, the DM that won! I got to "break her in" right, and see her really take a liking to the game. Heck, her little halfling climbed up the 100 ft. tall Minotaur demon thingy as we were fighting it. IShe then swung around to its face using its ear in order to stab it in the eye. This from a first time player! Needless to say I was quite proud! As of right now I'm blessed with playing with all newbies (to the rules at least, not the concept of role-playing though). While I think some things would be easier with my normal crew, this may give me the opportunity engrain the "Do Something Cool" attitude. I think we're going to have: Halfling Rogue (Wife) Half-Elf Paladin (Gasp! Another female player!) Some sort of arcane blaster type I would imagine. I think I'm going to run a 3rd level Gnomie Bard NPC who will follow them through their early travels for support. Enough oomph to help them keep alive, but should be easy enough to keep him from stealing anyone's thunder. Plus, then I get to roleplay a "playing" story teller too! w00t! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
What should a seasoned 3.5e DM expect from their first 4e session?
Top
