Comments on: How to read the D&D4E Player’s Handbook http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/how-to-read-the-dd4e-players-handbook The D&D Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dungeons and Dragons « On the Roll of the Dice http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/how-to-read-the-dd4e-players-handbook#comment-12066 Dungeons and Dragons « On the Roll of the Dice Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:48:37 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=605#comment-12066 [...] Tips on Playing the Game These links are from http://www.dungeonmastering.com/ a blog about how to effectively run a successful Dungeons and Dragons campaign DnD4e Learning Curve, Simple Rules, Complex Game How to read the 4e Player’s Handbook [...] [...] Tips on Playing the Game These links are from http://www.dungeonmastering.com/ a blog about how to effectively run a successful Dungeons and Dragons campaign DnD4e Learning Curve, Simple Rules, Complex Game How to read the 4e Player’s Handbook [...]

]]> By: D&D4e learning curve – simple rules, complex game – Dungeon Mastering – D&D blog, DM tips, Dungeons and Dragons Tools http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/how-to-read-the-dd4e-players-handbook#comment-10422 D&D4e learning curve – simple rules, complex game – Dungeon Mastering – D&D blog, DM tips, Dungeons and Dragons Tools Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:36:59 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=605#comment-10422 [...] Make sure your players know the rules. The PHB looks thick but the D&D rules are simple – they can be summed up in about 40 pages. [...] [...] Make sure your players know the rules. The PHB looks thick but the D&D rules are simple – they can be summed up in about 40 pages. [...]

]]> By: Agitum http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/how-to-read-the-dd4e-players-handbook#comment-5721 Agitum Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:47:03 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=605#comment-5721 Need an equivalent post like this for the DMG. Need an equivalent post like this for the DMG.

]]> By: Goatlady http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/how-to-read-the-dd4e-players-handbook#comment-5712 Goatlady Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:56:50 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=605#comment-5712 I've been reading a lot of your posts, Yax, and I'm loving all the info I'm gaining from them! [And your lovely commenters] You're like the DM's Guildmaster! And I'm advancing quickly in knowledge. *flattery ends here* Practice is to come in November. My 3-player+DM group are complete newbies to TTRPG bar the most mature member who played during highschool in the 80's. He is out of practice in general and unfamiliar with the rules of D&D4E. This will be my first time playing any tabletop RPG of any kind! I have been playing online MUDs and MUSHes since 1996 and everyone else has been playing WoW to the point of addiction. So we decided to get away from our computer screens and do a bit of dicerolling for ourselves! Between us we've bought the books and shared them around to read. It is my turn with the PHB and your guide to reading it quickly is just enough for me to glance through it as I will be the DM I assumed I wouldn't need to understand too much about the players rules. However I have already begun writing notes for my campaign and have been flicking back to the PHB more so than the DMG [which I did read cover-to-cover] to ensure there are ways for my players to actually overcome obstacles I want to include. I think everything in the PHB is useful if not only for the players. I plan to read it cover-to-cover before we play. I think the D&D4E is intended to explain everything from the perspective that the reader may not know anything at all about the game! Therefore, there's no fluff for a newb. I’ve been reading a lot of your posts, Yax, and I’m loving all the info I’m gaining from them! [And your lovely commenters] You’re like the DM’s Guildmaster! And I’m advancing quickly in knowledge. *flattery ends here* Practice is to come in November. My 3-player+DM group are complete newbies to TTRPG bar the most mature member who played during highschool in the 80′s. He is out of practice in general and unfamiliar with the rules of D&D4E.

This will be my first time playing any tabletop RPG of any kind! I have been playing online MUDs and MUSHes since 1996 and everyone else has been playing WoW to the point of addiction. So we decided to get away from our computer screens and do a bit of dicerolling for ourselves! Between us we’ve bought the books and shared them around to read. It is my turn with the PHB and your guide to reading it quickly is just enough for me to glance through it as I will be the DM I assumed I wouldn’t need to understand too much about the players rules. However I have already begun writing notes for my campaign and have been flicking back to the PHB more so than the DMG [which I did read cover-to-cover] to ensure there are ways for my players to actually overcome obstacles I want to include. I think everything in the PHB is useful if not only for the players. I plan to read it cover-to-cover before we play.

I think the D&D4E is intended to explain everything from the perspective that the reader may not know anything at all about the game! Therefore, there’s no fluff for a newb.

]]> By: thereisnotry http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/how-to-read-the-dd4e-players-handbook#comment-5568 thereisnotry Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:53:57 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=605#comment-5568 I agree: the DM screen is a good investment; it has the Conditions clearly laid out all in one section, which is a huge bonus, from what people are saying about always looking up the Conditons. Now if I can only find an easy-to-print (ie, not too "ink-heavy") version of Power cards. :) I agree: the DM screen is a good investment; it has the Conditions clearly laid out all in one section, which is a huge bonus, from what people are saying about always looking up the Conditons. Now if I can only find an easy-to-print (ie, not too “ink-heavy”) version of Power cards. :)

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