Dungeon Master For Dummies - Softcover

Wyatt, James; Slavicsek, Bill; Baker, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470292911 ISBN 13: 9780470292914

Publisher: For Dummies, 2008

Synopsis

Whether you've been a Dungeon Master (DM) before and want to fine-tune your skills or want to get ready and take the plunge, this is the book for you. It gives you the basics on running a great game, info for more advanced dungeon mastering, guidelines for creating adventures, and tips for building a campaign. It shows you how to:

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

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

From the Inside Flap

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

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0470292911
• ISBN 13: 9780470292914
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 424