Slavicsek / Baker Dungeon Master For Dummies

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-05088-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 386 Seiten, E-Book

Whether you've been a Dungeon Master (DM) before and want tofine-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 agreat game, info for more advanced dungeon mastering, guidelinesfor creating adventures, and tips for building a campaign. It showsyou how to:
* Handle all the expressions of DMing: moderator, narrator, acast of thousands (the nonplayer characters or NPCs), player,social director, and creator
* Use published adventures and existing campaign worlds or createadventures and campaign worlds of your own
* Conjure up exciting combat encounters
* Handle the three types of encounters: challenge, roleplaying,and combat
* Create your own adventure: The Dungeon Adventure, TheWilderness Adventure. The Event-Based adventure (including how touse flowcharts and timelines), The Randomly Generated Adventure,and the High-Level adventure
* Create memorable master villains, with nine archetypes rangingfrom agent provocateur to zealot
To get you off to a fast start, Dungeon Master ForDummies includes:
* A sample dungeon for practice
* Ten ready-to-use encounters and ten challenging traps
* A list of simple adventure premises
* Mapping tips, including common scales, symbols, andconventions, complete with tables
Authors Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker wrote the hugelypopular Dungeons and Dragons For Dummies. Bill has been agame designer since 1986 and leads the D&D creative team atWizards of the Coast. Richard is a game developer and the author ofthe fantasy bestseller Condemnation. They give you the scoopon:
* Using a DM binder to keep records such as an adventure log,PCs' character sheets, NPC logs/character sheets, treasurelogs, and more
* Knowing player styles (role players and power games) and commonsubgroups: hack'n'slasher, wargamer, thinker, impulsiveadventurer, explorer, character actor, and watcher
* Recognizing your style: action movie director, storyteller,worldbuilder, puzzlemaker, or connector
* Using miniatures, maps, and other game aids
* Using 21st century technology, such as a Web site or blog, toenhance your game
The book includes a sample adventure, The Necromancer'sApprentice, that's the perfect way to foray into DMing. Itincludes everything you need for a great adventure--exceptyour players. What are you waiting for? There are chambers to beexplored, dragons to be slain, maidens to be rescued, gangs ofgnoll warriors to be annihilated, worgs to be wiped out, treasuresto be discovered, worlds to be conquered....

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slavicsek, Bill

Baker, Rich

Weitere Mitwirkende

Grubb, Jeff

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: Running a Great Game.
Chapter 1: The Role of the Dungeon Master.
Chapter 2: Preparing for Play.
Chapter 3: Running the Game.
Chapter 4: Narrating the Adventure.
Chapter 5: Dealing with Players.
Chapter 6: Teaching the Game.
Chapter 7: Sample Dungeon: The Rat Lord's Lair.
Part II: Advanced Dungeon Mastering.
Chapter 8: Running an Ongoing Game.
Chapter 9: Knowing the Players.
Chapter 10: Choosing Your Game Style.
Chapter 11: Creating Excitement at the Game Table.
Chapter 12: Growing Your Game.
Chapter 13: Using Every Available Resource.
Part III: Creating Adventures.
Chapter 14: Tools of the Trade.
Chapter 15: The Dungeon Adventure.
Chapter 16: The Wilderness Adventure.
Chapter 17: The Event-Based Adventure.
Chapter 18: The Randomly Generated Adventure.
Chapter 19: The High-Level Adventure.
Chapter 20: Sample Dungeon: The Necromancer'sApprentice.
Part IV: Building a Campaign.
Chapter 21: Building a Continuous Story.
Chapter 22: Creating Memorable Villains.
Chapter 23: Bringing the World to Life.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 24: Ten Best Classic Adventures.
Chapter 25: Ten Best Dungeon Magazine Adventures.
Chapter 26: Ten Best 3rd Edition Adventures.
Chapter 27: Ten Challenging Traps.
Chapter 28: Ten Ready-to-Use Encounters.
Chapter 29: Ten Things to Avoid When DMing.
Chapter 30: Ten Things to Do All the Time When DMing.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Bill Slavicsek began playing the DUNGEONS & DRAGONSroleplaying game with his friends during his formative teenageyears in New York City. This was in 1977, the same year thatStar Wars and Sword of Shannara debuted. This trilogyof epic fantasy combined with comic books and horror novels were toforever influence Bill's outlook on life and entertainment.In 1986, Bill's hobby became his career when he joined thestaff of West End Games. There, as an editor and game designer,Bill worked on a number of board games and roleplaying games,including Ghostbusters, Paranoia, Star Wars: The RoleplayingGame, and Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars. Later,Bill went on to use his vast knowledge of the Star Warsfilms and associated extensions to write two editions of A Guideto the Star Wars Universe for Lucasfilm, Ltd., and published byDel Rey Books.
In 1993, Bill joined the staff of TSR, Inc., then publishers of theDUNGEON & DRAGONS game lines, as a game designer and editor.His design credits for the company include the ALTERNITY ScienceFiction Game (which he co-designed with Richard Baker), thed20 Modern Roleplaying Game, the d20 Star WarsRoleplaying Game, the Star Wars Miniatures Game,Urban Arcana, Council of Wyrms, and the EBERRONCampaign Setting.
Since 1997, Bill has been the Director of Roleplaying GamesResearch and Development for Wizards of the Coast, Inc., thecompany that now publishes all DUNGEONS & DRAGONS novels andgame products. He oversaw the creation of the d20 Roleplaying GameSystem and the newest edition of the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game.Bill leads a talented staff of game designers, developers, andeditors who produce award-winning game products for DUNGEONS &DRAGONS and other d20 System game lines, including roleplaying gamesupplements and accessories, adventures and campaign books, andprepainted plastic miniatures.
Richard Baker is an award-winning game designer and abest-selling author. He's worked on the DUNGEONS &DRAGONS game lines since 1991. Rich traces his D&D experienceback to 1979, when he began playing the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS gameas a 7th-grader. He spent a significant amount of his high schooland college years playing D&D at every opportunity, and afterserving as a surface warfare officer in the United States Navy,Rich decided to take a shot at working on the game he grew upplaying -- and so he joined the staff of TSR, Inc., and becamea game designer. Rich's list of D&D design creditsnumbers over 50 game products, including the Origins Award-winningBIRTHRIGHT Campaign Setting, the ALTERNITY ScienceFiction Roleplaying Game (which he co-designed with BillSlavicsek), and the newest edition of the DUNGEONS & DRAGONSgame. He has also served as creative director for the ALTERNITY andFORGOTTEN REALMS game lines. As an author, Rich has published eightfantasy and science fiction novels, including City of Ravens,Forsaken House, and the New York Times bestsellerCondemnation. Rich is currently employed as a senior gamedesigner at Wizards of the Coast, Inc., and works every day on newproducts for the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game.