Mission Statement
Our goal is to present and archive a variety of perspectives, gaming
materials
and advice by and for dungeon masters. We will publish the best possible
quality and range of creative materials, playing aids, concepts and
opinions available.
We are dedicated to compiling and presenting all of the best AD&D information
and providing it freely to any and all Dungeon Masters.
The staff and I will present our own thoughts and materials as well
as those from:
· Articles, stories, spells, races, classes and kits submitted by our
fellow members.
· The posts from the members message board.
· The best submissions from interested visitors to the site.
We intend to stretch ourselves, to learn and grow, and as a consequence
our methods may change. Keep an eye on the "What's New" page for changes
as we learn and grow.
As this endeavor is an extension of the Dungeon Master’s Guild, we are
dedicated to the following philosophy, put forth by members of the guild
themselves:
"To
be sincerely helpful to all and dedicated to the sharing of ideas and
our own personal gaming creations.”
We will constantly seek out new ways to provide for the needs of both
new and experienced DM's. Whether it comes to new editions, expansions
or other gaming systems, we will be there recording, archiving, creating.
We will collaborate with all who seek perspective, ideas, advice or
a forum to share their own ideas.
Lastly, being creatures with healthy well rounded egos,
we submit the pages of this web site for our own appreciation and gratification.
For (after all) we wouldn’t even do this if not for our certain knowledge
that we are filled to the brim with a terrific and valuable insight
and that our creative juices would otherwise spill over to be wasted
upon the floor in an unfulfilled existence.
We revel in our own ability to command the attention (even the obedience)
of others, in a game designed to emulate real life in a totally unbelievable
setting with fantastic stories of sword and sorcerer. We do this for
love of our own spoken and written word as much as for any other reason.
At least we at the DMG do!
Sincerely,
Thrandorian and the staff of
the Dungeon Masters Guild Web Site
Guidelines
for Website Operation
We
will accept all submissions and publish those with merit. Our definition
of merit for submissions will be:
Material which is consistent with the established 1st, 2nd or 3rd edition
AD&D rules (or non-conforming by intent and with reason for variance)
which is comprehensively composed and is thoughtful, unique or in some
way interesting to one or more members of the staff.
Category heads will have ultimate decision making within their subject,
however the webmaster can choose to publish any material found worthy
but not accepted by the relative category head as well.
Our
methods will vary and grow as we learn and grow ourselves.
Most of all, we are dedicated to compiling and
presenting
all of the best AD&D information possible
and providing it freely to any and all Dungeon Masters.
Those who contribute to this compendium do so purely for the benefit
and enjoyment of any who wish to make use of the works provided herein.
They will be given credit and those who
choose to use the materials here, should likewise give credit as well.
When provided, we will include
an email address or link to websites of the contributors so that ideas
can be exchanged in a truly free environment.