What up DMNS!
It is Friday again, and, lo it is good. We've got JD &P answering some Qs for all y'all today, and I think it's a great one- not just because it's my (Emma, hi!) husband and one of my best friends in the world talking. It's really good. Y'all ask the best questions. I am gonna try to give you time stamps for said q...
What ho DMNs! We've got our ad-free version of our public podcast here for ya, and it's more Tasha's talk! NGL, this one is a lil spicy. We talk about the DM facing stuff, pretty much everything we can manage beyond the subclasses we talked to all y'all exclusively about last week on the patreon pod.
If you like the publ...
What up DMNs! It's cyber Monday and I have spent all morning adding things to our merch store! We've now got die-cut stickers, mugs, totes, and more.
I've made a special coupon for y'all - CYBERDMN - that will get you 20% off everything at the store for all orders through Saturday, December 5
Here's the stor...
What up DMNs! We've got the ultimate Black Friday deal for you: almost two hours on the subclasses in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything!!! Make a sandwich, relax, and listen to JD & P's takes on the subclass options in the newiest D&D Book. Woohoo!
2020-11-27 18:33:58 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Thanksgiving, DMNs! If you celebrate the holiday, we hope you're having a good one.
We are supremely grateful for each and every one of you. The ability we have to connect here on Patreon has kept us going creatively, mentally, and practically through this difficult year. Thank you for being here.
May you all roll a crit on y...
Hey there DMNS! Here is your gloriously ad-free patreon version of this week's public podcast, Web DM Talks! As always, we hope you enjoy it, and if you do and you are a regular podcast listener, please be an absolute peach and give the public version a review on your podcasting app of choice!
Also, be sure to check out the post just bef...
Hello DMNs! We have a new bonus type for all y'all, never been done before, but it will not be the last - we have a WRITTEN DOCUMENT to help you in your games! This week's shows are all about playing better NPCs, and so Jim is sharing his planning sheet with y'all right here. Click for the pdf! We will get this laid out professionally and make i...
2020-11-24 16:21:34 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all! Random question, but what episodes stand out to y'all as really successful podcasts we've done here on patreon? Which ones did you find the the most useful and/or enjoyable to listen to
Thank you for your insight!
Hey y'all! We've got a chill pod for y'all today! Jim and Emma are here answering YOUR questions about the following:
-How to fill out random encounter tables expanded
-TTRPGS with interesting religions?
-How to get your players to play something else (for once?!)
- How to create cultures and societies that make sense ...
Here's this week's Web DM Talks for y'all! Enjoy!
2020-11-18 01:42:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all! Ad-free podcast coming at y'all shortly, but in case anyone wanted to know, wanted to let you know our episode of The Big Bad is live right now! This is a series by the Wandering DMs that is competitive dnd, which inspired us to think of Co-DMing in a whole new way. Jim, Emma, and Pru are all there along with Rudy Basso, who is an awe...
2020-11-18 01:39:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello DMNs! Hope you're enjoying your weekend. We are filming a bunch of shows next weekend, and we wanted to give y'all a chance to ask more fantastic questions! So what's on your mind?
2020-11-15 16:09:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there DMNs! We've got a positively DIVINE podcast for you today, a deep dive into religion in D&D, what it means to us, what you can take from real world religions to inspire you, a bit about Jim and Pru's background, why clerics are weird, and what the guys think religion would look like if it were fully realized in a D&D world.
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Heyo Patrons! Here's your ad-free version of this week's Web DM Talks! Random tables and why we love them and why we think you should too!! Yeehaw!
2020-11-10 19:26:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there DMNs!
We're thrilled to have you here with us for another week! It's been a doozie! We are making more progress in the last batch of Qs that you Aed us - when we started we thought we'd get to em all and we tried valiantly. Some of the topics include:
--alternative initiative systems
--fantasy games in modern s...
2020-11-07 02:31:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Giddyup! Here's the ad-free version of our new public podcast. If you really like it, we'd be much obliged if you would go over to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/web-dm-talks/id1534624846 and leave a review!
We appreciate y'all ...
Hey y'all! quick note - I know we normally get the podcast out earlier and I am behind on Web DM Talks. It has been A WEEK in more ways than one but today seems like a pretty good day, and i'm catching up. Gonna have the ad-free version of Web DM Talks up for y'all in just a few minutes and the Patreon pod will be up later tonight.
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Happy Halloween DMNs! Tomorrow your power is at its apex, and we are so grateful that you're here with us.
By request, we are giving you HORROR STORIES with all three of us!!! Many of you have noticed we reference some horrible, no good, awful play experiences earlier on in our gaming lives. Today....we're talking about them.
These...
What up DMNS!
We're back with a new Web DM Talks all about making monsters relevant in your world, why you'd wanna do that, and how we do it in a way that doesn't bloat prep, plus a question from one of you lovely folx!
Hello DMNS! We've got a good one for ya today - first we start off with some responses to your responses about a question in last week's episode and how to move away from combat for XP exclusivity in D&D, and then around 33:00 we start to talk about DUNGEONS, their various types and how Jim Davis goes about creating them.
Next ...
Hello DMNs! Hope you're doing well!
We've got a podcast for ya, and BEAR WITH US. It's all gonna be ok. Jim and Emma DO discuss the Cats movie, but first we answer some of your questions which relate to, well, stress in the time of 2020. How to reconcile feeling weird about mindless violence in your games, how to dole out secrets, a...
What ho, DMNs! Here's the ad free version of our brand spankin' new public podcast for ya, Web DM Talks! Today the guys are talking about the oft-overlooked merits of co-dming. And then we answer a patron question about what to do when your players are a buncha GOOFS who don't take anything seriously.
Our podcast is off to a great start, ...
Hello DMNs! We've made it to the end of another week, and we have another podcast for you!
First we answer questions from Amanda about how to make the most of short sessions, then we answer Danielswords about their player's fear of failure, and then around the 40 minute mark we get into a topic of our own devising!
This week's vide...
Hey DMNs! Here is the ad-free version of our very first public podcast just for y'all. We hope you like it! Audio quality is a bit wobbly around 40 mins because it was our first time producing in a new way and we're ironing out all the bumps! We're talking about how to RP low ability scores, how to do it in a way that is interesting, respectful,...
2020-10-07 18:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello DMNS! Wanted y'all to be the first in the world to hear what's next for Web DM!
As announced earlier in the week, our co-creator and producer Travis is stepping away from an active role in Web DM. We wish him all the best with his future projects and will joyfully share them with you.
This change has been an opportunity for u...
What ho Demons!
We've got more answers to your questions today, along with what is likely to be one of the stranger and more rambly openings.
We answer questions about how to prep effectively, Jim's favorite TTRPG story, and more.
Hi y'all! We're hosting a charity game today- Jim is running and Pru is playing along with these awesome folks! We teamed up with Monte Cook Games for this event and we are using Arcana of the Ancients. The game is at noon Eastern Time on twitch.tv/webdm
We're raising money for two Covid Emergency Relief Funds in Austin, TX.
We'd a...
Hello DMNs! Hope this podcast finds you well. It's a Jim n' Emma one, schedules got in the way of having Pru on yet again this week, but it's a fun one because we answered your excellent questions!
We started with some older q's and then got into what y'all gave us this week.
Question topics: Quantam Ogres, THAC0, Rules light...
2020-09-25 17:53:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all! Wanted to see if y'all had any more questions for us! Anything you'd like to hear about? Jim and I are gonna do a podcast this morning and we're not sure what we should talk about. So we thought we'd put it to y'all.
2020-09-23 13:23:32 +0000 UTC View Post
What up DMNs! We've got Pruitt BACK, hooray!!! We're talking more on failure, but first, we talk a lil about birthdays as this was recorded on Wednesday, Jim's 40th birthday!! Then we get some updates on Pru's game and do a very cursory first look at Rime of the Frostmaiden!
Around minute 25, we get to the fail talk, where we talk ab...
2020-09-18 16:33:41 +0000 UTC View Post