I thought I’d share a few new things that I’ve been carrying in my gaming bag lately for my D&D game. Which by the way, has already reached 13th level and shows no signs of slowing down! My...
https://newbiedm.com/2023/10/10/dice-monsters-and-trips-cool-things-in-my-gaming-bag/
I created a short document with a few prompts for a system agnostic setting (started as a fanfic screenplay idea) for roleplaying in the GFFA. A lot of players join games with expectations of wha...
https://newbiedm.com/2022/12/03/star-wars-the-corporate-era/
I’m currently running a campaign based off of “Dragonsight”, a concept introduced in Fizban’s Treasure of Dragons. I’m having a lot of fun with it, and will likely blog about it soon, b...
Lets get one thing out of the way… Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen is not a Dragonlance setting book. You have to go elsewhere if what you’re hoping for is a Dragonlance Campaign Guid...
https://newbiedm.com/2022/12/01/newbiedm-review-dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragon-queen-adventure/
In this post we”ll visit the rich merchant kingdom of Sembia, and specifically the city of Daerlun. Sembia’s published origins are…interesting. Ready? in the first edition Forgotten Realms ...
https://newbiedm.com/2022/01/21/beyond-the-sword-coast-daerlun/
In this new series titled Beyond the Sword Coast, we’ll take a quick look at different locales throughout Faerun that campaigns can launch from or visit, outside of the all too familiar Sword C...
https://newbiedm.com/2022/01/20/beyond-the-sword-coast-westgate/
I just launched a new campaign and I’m super excited about it. This past summer I ended a year-long campaign, and unfortunately it did not make it to the end. I wish it had, I loved the story w...
I had the opportunity to speak with legendary D&D authors Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb on the debut episode of my new webshow, The NewbieDM Show. It was an interview I’ve wanted to do for a long...
https://newbiedm.com/2021/07/09/talking-with-ed-greenwood-and-jeff-grubb/
I was musing on twitter about social conflicts in 5e, and how I think there’s a big disconnect with how they intersect with NPCs and Monsters, and thought I’d bring it to the blog to expand o...
https://newbiedm.com/2021/06/03/my-issue-with-social-conflicts-in-5e-dd/
One of the things that still gives me a little bit of difficulty when I’m DMing is tracking time in the game’s fiction when the characters are in exploration mode. Combat is simple, the 6 sec...
https://newbiedm.com/2021/05/24/tracking-time-in-the-dungeon/