Ellimistd
2008-01-14, 08:59 PM
Well,my friends and I recently purchased the 3 core books to D&D (in no small part because of oots:smalltongue: ) And i am the DM for us. Without anyone to help get me into the game, I have a few questions:
1. i was looking through the MM for small creatures to zombiefy and send in a horde at my players, when i noticed the cat entry. Now I love cats, and Zombies are just awesome, so i started planning an encounter. this is where i found my problem:
Attack: claw +4 melee (1d2-4) what the heck does this mean? first, what's that +4 at the beginning mean? is that a modifier to attack roll? Damage? what? and second, (1d2-4) damage means that the cat would deal NEGATIVE damage with every stroke? i don't want my zombies to heal the party members!
2. I've been creating character class npcs and have tried to get my friends to make their characters (their not as enthusiastic about this as i am) and it seems to take hours to create a char using the sheets off the d&D website. is there any trick or online tool or something for this, or is it simply a matter of experience?
3. does anyone have any tips for me to start as a DM? I've already planned a zombie infested monestary, with my awesome BBEG and her stolen cloak of control undead. also, the PCs will have to choose between two factions that represent law and chaos, and the other will be their enemies. Also I've done a bit of modification to my own world (more demons/devils/good outsiders, pallys can represnt ANY alignment, not just LG. for example there could be a CE pally, but he must stick to Chaos and evil and not do anything lawful good or even neutral. But he can smite and detect good as per evil cleric. also, orcs and goblins are more civilized)
i can tell you, ill be here for a lot more questions, but i can't think what they are yet. and you've got enough to answer as it is.
1. i was looking through the MM for small creatures to zombiefy and send in a horde at my players, when i noticed the cat entry. Now I love cats, and Zombies are just awesome, so i started planning an encounter. this is where i found my problem:
Attack: claw +4 melee (1d2-4) what the heck does this mean? first, what's that +4 at the beginning mean? is that a modifier to attack roll? Damage? what? and second, (1d2-4) damage means that the cat would deal NEGATIVE damage with every stroke? i don't want my zombies to heal the party members!
2. I've been creating character class npcs and have tried to get my friends to make their characters (their not as enthusiastic about this as i am) and it seems to take hours to create a char using the sheets off the d&D website. is there any trick or online tool or something for this, or is it simply a matter of experience?
3. does anyone have any tips for me to start as a DM? I've already planned a zombie infested monestary, with my awesome BBEG and her stolen cloak of control undead. also, the PCs will have to choose between two factions that represent law and chaos, and the other will be their enemies. Also I've done a bit of modification to my own world (more demons/devils/good outsiders, pallys can represnt ANY alignment, not just LG. for example there could be a CE pally, but he must stick to Chaos and evil and not do anything lawful good or even neutral. But he can smite and detect good as per evil cleric. also, orcs and goblins are more civilized)
i can tell you, ill be here for a lot more questions, but i can't think what they are yet. and you've got enough to answer as it is.