Comments for of Dice and Dragons http://ofdiceanddragons.com Role-playing tips, commentary and advice from Scot Newbury Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Realms of Rylon – The Postmortem by Returning to the GM Chair | of Dice and Dragons http://ofdiceanddragons.com/2007/12/14/realms-of-rylon-the-postmortem/comment-page-1/#comment-7705 Returning to the GM Chair | of Dice and Dragons Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:50:33 +0000 http://newburyonline.com/2007/12/14/realms-of-rylon-the-postmortem/#comment-7705 [...] really end, it died on the vine and was something I discussed (along with the good points) in my Realms of Rylon – The Postmortem series. What’s nice is that I had a lot of material that I didn’t use and could be [...] [...] really end, it died on the vine and was something I discussed (along with the good points) in my Realms of Rylon – The Postmortem series. What’s nice is that I had a lot of material that I didn’t use and could be [...]

]]> Comment on Encounter Ideas by Scot Newbury http://ofdiceanddragons.com/encounter-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7547 Scot Newbury Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:48:22 +0000 http://newburyonline.com/encounter-ideas/#comment-7547 Congrats on your first run at DM - it's a experience you'll never forget and making mistakes it just part of the growth process, even seasoned DM make mistakes - although we like to call they player tests :-) I'm glad you're finding the material helpful and hopefully you'll be able to pick up a few tips and tricks from the rest of the site. You're welcome and may your dice roll well. Congrats on your first run at DM – it’s a experience you’ll never forget and making mistakes it just part of the growth process, even seasoned DM make mistakes – although we like to call they player tests :-)

I’m glad you’re finding the material helpful and hopefully you’ll be able to pick up a few tips and tricks from the rest of the site.

You’re welcome and may your dice roll well.

]]> Comment on Encounter Ideas by Rukkesh Forestrunner http://ofdiceanddragons.com/encounter-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-7546 Rukkesh Forestrunner Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:57:18 +0000 http://newburyonline.com/encounter-ideas/#comment-7546 I just DM'ed my first campaign of Four players, 5 characters and 3 of the four players plus myself are seasoned Ad&d players. I was nervous as hell and did make a few first-time DM mistakes (like too many active NPCs). Solving the problem by killing them off actually worked nicely to intensify the feeling of risk the players felt. phew. To my surprize, after the weekend of play was over, all of the players informed me that they felt the campaign was a great success. The problem is...they dont want to wait a year before reconvening for another big session (as we usually do). So, I have only a month to write Chapter two of "The Culling of Life". This scared me into thinking that I could only bungle things up; thanks to your posting here, however, I already have plenty of material prepared and my new chapter is looking like a store bought adventure filled with exciting encounters and a plot that ties up all of my previouis loose ends. So i write here just to say Thank You So So Much! You may have just saved the lives of 5 fictional heroes. >.o -Rukkesh, ranger of Abeir-Toril. I just DM’ed my first campaign of Four players, 5 characters and 3 of the four players plus myself are seasoned Ad&d players.
I was nervous as hell and did make a few first-time DM mistakes (like too many active NPCs). Solving the problem by killing them off actually worked nicely to intensify the feeling of risk the players felt. phew.
To my surprize, after the weekend of play was over, all of the players informed me that they felt the campaign was a great success. The problem is…they dont want to wait a year before reconvening for another big session (as we usually do). So, I have only a month to write Chapter two of “The Culling of Life”. This scared me into thinking that I could only bungle things up; thanks to your posting here, however, I already have plenty of material prepared and my new chapter is looking like a store bought adventure filled with exciting encounters and a plot that ties up all of my previouis loose ends. So i write here just to say Thank You So So Much! You may have just saved the lives of 5 fictional heroes. >.o
-Rukkesh, ranger of Abeir-Toril.

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