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DM Guidelines
Before DMing in the Wold you should read these guidelines.
Best Resource: Rob's Amazing Illustrated Guide to DMing in the Wold
How to handle Player Character Death in the Wold.
Other good (older) resources:
- DM Guidelines I Rules and Guidelines (including DMing 101).
- DM Guidelines II Message Board Options for DMs.
- DM Guidelines III Message Board Options for MDMs. For Site Admins only.
- DM Guidelines IV DMing 102: It's the people that tell the story
- DM Guidelines V The great DM migrations (kinda old)
- DM Guidelines VI Some wise words on party consensus and the PbP format
- Hero Points: An essay by Jerry on how to use them and how to give them out. [OLD!]
- Challenge Ratings: How do Woldian DM's achieve balanced encounters? [OLD!]
- Undead PCs: How to turn your PCs undead (used for the YoA endgame) [OLD!]
- Advice for DMs when players are far from a Catacombs Branch and want to go shopping
Rules
- DM Confidentiality -- This is an important one to read!
- Character Creation Rules: A new character in your game? Go here to check their sheet is Wold-compliant.
- Woldian House Rules: Stuff that every DM should know.
- Related: Cayzle's essay on Players using the Surgery Clause to alter their characters
- Tap Rules: Want to run a Tap? Here's are Tapestry Game Guidelines For DMs.
- SteveK's Underwater Rules
- Sundering Table
DM Resources
Here are some useful links for DMs.
- Online Address List: Can't remember your players' email addresses? Check here.
- Woldian Module Template: The template Jerry wants us to use when creating new modules. This one is in Word format on Google. - updated Nov. 2014.
- Woldian Module Template -- same doc as above but in googledoc format. Make a copy for your own use.
- Woldian Module Template -- same doc as above but on the wiki. Does not show colors.
- SRD 3.5: Nearly all the PHB and DMG online
- [1]: Pathfinder 1.0 online legacy link
- [2]: Cayzle's copy of Pathfinder 1.0 (Just Core Rules and APG, no ads, fast loading)
- NPC Generator: Quick and easy NPCs, a very handy tool
- Official DnD Errata: WotC rules fixes and clarifications, by the book
- Official DnD Game Rule FAQ: Links to downloadable PDF file with answers to many questions DMs may have about rules interpretation
- WoldianGames site Searches: How to search the whole site or archives for key words
- 2e_Content: An archive of content developed for the Wold using the 2e ruleset