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Want to be a Dungeon Master? Get started or ramp up your skills with this fun and easy guide!
Whether you've already run a few Dungeons & Dragons® games or you've decided to try Dungeon Mastering, this book's for you. Here are all the basics of managing a game in the new 4th Edition plus everything that will take your skills to the next level: how to build a good story, design a great dungeon, craft a campaign, and so much more.
Keep it moving — learn to build challenging encounters, make reasonable rulings, and manage disagreements
Play in style — find your personal style and develop a game that plays to your strengths
Be adventurous — understand the parts of an adventure, how to create maps, and how to run monsters and villains
Risks and rewards — learn to keep the game in balance with level-appropriate rewards (experience points, treasure, and magic items)
Campaign — build a campaign with exciting themes, memorable villains, and plots that keep players entranced
Open the book and find:
A sample adventure
How to improve your narration
How to tailor adventures for various types of players
Tips for running published adventures
Advice on building a continuing storyline
How to draw dungeon maps and use D&D Dungeon Tiles
How to create a campaign world
How to keep adventures challenging through the paragon and epic tiers
Synopsis:
If you’re a Dungeons & Dragons fan, you’ve surely thought of becoming a Dungeon Master. Learning to be a DM isn’t as hard as you might think, especially if you have Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies tucked into your bag of tricks!
From organizing your first D&D game to dealing with difficult players, this book covers everything a DM needs to know. Written for the newest edition of D&D by the experts at Wizards of the Coast, creators of the game, it shows you how to:
Build challenging encounters, make reasonable rulings, and manage disagreements
Recognize all the common codes, tables, and spells
Understand the parts of a D&D adventure and how to create dungeon maps and craft monsters
Shape storylines and write your own adventures
Find your style as a DM and develop a game style that plays to your strengths
Script an encounter, vary the terrain and challenges, and establish rewards (experience points and treasure)
Decide whether to use published adventures
Use and follow the official Dungeon Master’s Guide
Develop a campaign with exciting themes, memorable villains, and plots that keep players entranced
If you’re getting the urge to lead the charge in a D&D game of your own, Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies will introduce you to the DM’s many jobs. With the information you need to start your own game, craft exciting stories, and set up epic adventures, you’ll be on your way!
Synopsis:
Now updated--the insider's guide that shows Dungeons &Dragons enthusiasts how to run their own D&D games
More than 4.6 million North Americans currently play Dungeons &Dragons, the granddaddy of all fantasy roleplaying games. For every D&D game, there's a Dungeon Master--the person who directs the storyline and acts as a referee. Written by high-level insiders at Wizards of the Coast, the company behind D&D, and updated to cover the new Fourth Edition of the game as well as new online game-play options, this fun and easy guide shows current and aspiring Dungeon Masters exactly what it takes to orchestrate successful D&D adventures and campaigns. It comes complete with two new sample dungeons, color illustrations, and an indispensable gatefold Cheat Sheet.
James Wyatt (Renton, WA) is the Lead Story Designer for D&D, one of the lead designers of D&D 4th Edition, and the main author of the 4th Edition update of Dungeon Master's Guide (978-0-7869-4880-2). For Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker's biographies, please see above.
James Wyatt is Design Manager for D&D and a lead designer of D&D 4th Edition. Bill Slavicsek is Director of Roleplaying and Miniatures Game Design. Richard Baker is a senior game designer and bestselling author of Forgotten Realms novels. All are associates of Wizards of the Coast, publisher of the Dungeons & Dragons® game. Bill and Richard are coauthors of Dungeons & Dragons® For Dummies.
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2008
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Computers
Series:
For Dummies
Publication Date:
December 2008
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Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Dungeon Master for Dummies (For Dummies)
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"Synopsis"
by Wiley,
If you’re a Dungeons & Dragons fan, you’ve surely thought of becoming a Dungeon Master. Learning to be a DM isn’t as hard as you might think, especially if you have Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies tucked into your bag of tricks!
From organizing your first D&D game to dealing with difficult players, this book covers everything a DM needs to know. Written for the newest edition of D&D by the experts at Wizards of the Coast, creators of the game, it shows you how to:
Build challenging encounters, make reasonable rulings, and manage disagreements
Recognize all the common codes, tables, and spells
Understand the parts of a D&D adventure and how to create dungeon maps and craft monsters
Shape storylines and write your own adventures
Find your style as a DM and develop a game style that plays to your strengths
Script an encounter, vary the terrain and challenges, and establish rewards (experience points and treasure)
Decide whether to use published adventures
Use and follow the official Dungeon Master’s Guide
Develop a campaign with exciting themes, memorable villains, and plots that keep players entranced
If you’re getting the urge to lead the charge in a D&D game of your own, Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies will introduce you to the DM’s many jobs. With the information you need to start your own game, craft exciting stories, and set up epic adventures, you’ll be on your way!
"Synopsis"
by Wiley,
Now updated--the insider's guide that shows Dungeons &Dragons enthusiasts how to run their own D&D games
More than 4.6 million North Americans currently play Dungeons &Dragons, the granddaddy of all fantasy roleplaying games. For every D&D game, there's a Dungeon Master--the person who directs the storyline and acts as a referee. Written by high-level insiders at Wizards of the Coast, the company behind D&D, and updated to cover the new Fourth Edition of the game as well as new online game-play options, this fun and easy guide shows current and aspiring Dungeon Masters exactly what it takes to orchestrate successful D&D adventures and campaigns. It comes complete with two new sample dungeons, color illustrations, and an indispensable gatefold Cheat Sheet.
James Wyatt (Renton, WA) is the Lead Story Designer for D&D, one of the lead designers of D&D 4th Edition, and the main author of the 4th Edition update of Dungeon Master's Guide (978-0-7869-4880-2). For Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker's biographies, please see above.
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