Live on YouTube Now!
Hello DMNs! We're live on youtube talking about FACTIONS! Join us if you can, or check out the VoD if you can't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lFTI2UwOXA
Web DM posts
Jim Davis' Sandbox Hexographer Templates
Hello all! Here are the templates that Jim's been using in our live streams for use in hexographer. Enjoy!
2022-02-23 19:01:37 +0000 UTC View PostLive Stream Tomorrow at 2pm Eastern - FACTIONS
Hey DMNs! Wanted to let you know that we're continuing our weekly live streams for the next little bit on Wednesdays at 2pm Eastern! So far, Jim has created a sandbox and filled it with some locations. Next, he's making factions, and he'll answer questions and walk everyone though how he does it.
If you ca...
2022-02-22 18:02:08 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 230 - Concentration, Stonepunk and Sieges!
We must need to go to the dentist because it's EPISODE 230 of the patreon podcast!! (sorry/not sorry for those who get the joke) Today we did a good ol' fashioned q&a with lots of great questions! We hope we answered to your satisfaction. If anyone has a followup or a new question, as always, share in the comments! Hope you all have a fantas...
2022-02-18 16:21:52 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 229 - Reimagining Dwarves
What ho, DMNs! We dug a hole two miles deep, meditated in the center of the earth, and reemerged with today's podcast for you! We're giving dwarves a similar treatment to the one we gave elves last week - this time delving into why Jim finds them uninspiring and discussing ways to turn them on their hairy lil heads. Plus, two great questions fro...
2022-02-11 19:40:11 +0000 UTC View PostLive on YouTube Building Sandboxes!
Hey patrons! Jim is live now on youtube showing you all about how to build a sandbox. Best part: you don't have to bring any sand to participate! Join us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iACImF3SYE
We could provide show audio here on patreon, but with...
Live Show Tomorrow on YouTube! 2pm Eastern Time
Hello all! For the next couple weeks, we've decided to do some live shows to streamline our process and free up time to finish off Weird Wastelands. Join us tomorrow at 2pm Eastern time for HOW TO BUILD A SANDBOX! Jim Davis is walking through the tools he uses to create an open world that's a powder keg of adventure waiting for the players to co...
2022-02-08 15:31:47 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 228 - Make Elves Great Again
Hello DMNs! We've got a fun one for ya, complete with an imagination fuel patron question, a saucy patron question, and a topic we're excited to bring you: how to Make Elves Great Again (MEGA....lol)
We've spoken recently about Emma's (and Jim's too a bit) coolness on elves because they've lost so much of the weirdness of elf folklore, s...
Jim's Campaign Tracker
Here's a tool to help you keep track of your campaign just the way Jim Davis does! This is what he uses for his own games, and it's a fantastic prep tool. We're offering it here in excel and pdf format, but if you need it another way, let us know and we'll make it happen.
Enjoy!
Web DM Talks Session Prep Patron Version
Hey there DMNs! Here is your ad-free audio of our public podcast, Web DM Talks! This is our session prep show. The main topic begins at 30:10, but before that we have a fantastic question from Merlynn about how to avoid analysis paralysis, and another question from Geoff about how to approach disparate genres of fiction and nonfiction as campaig...
2022-01-31 18:53:22 +0000 UTC View PostShow Audio Session Prep
Hey all! So, we have to release this video early next week, but it was intended for this week, so you've got a sneak peek! This show is about how jim preps for a session. it features some notes from his real session planners, and i am uploading the raw pics here for context. Tell us what you think! Enjoy!
2022-01-28 19:01:33 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 227 - Immersion
Hello DMNs! A note - we're releasing our video and podcast today, and unfortunately the timing hasn't worked out to get you early access this week, but the audio will be coming along today, so you can look forward to a weekend of Web DM! Opening this one up to all tiers because we're sorry we're late!
This week, we're delving into anothe...
The Big Mug
Hey DMNs! As referenced in last week's podcast, here is the big f*cking mug. As you can see, it is quite a large bucket of hydration. Wanted to give it its own time to shine so you can appreciate it.
2022-01-24 20:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 226 - Feudalism and the Knightly Life
Hello Web DMNs! We're back with a podcast for you and also a MYSTERY! We say somewhere in this podcast that we'll be including a picture of something, but we did not take a note of what it was, we of course can't remember, and in trying to listen through we can't find it. What is the picture we were gonna put on this? Help us and we will add the...
2022-01-21 15:14:38 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 225 - Alignment Salt and other Qs
Hello DMNs! Hope you're all doing well. We are hanging in there. We are sorry to report that Pruitt has covid, but is recovering safely at home. Jim, Emma, and Trogdor have managed to pass their CON saves following multiple exposures, but school is shut down until at least next week, so we are continuing to juggle parenting and business-ing.
Web DM Live on YouTube!
Hey y'all, due to our production having to halt due to Covid-19-related upheaval, but we didn't want to be off air on YouTube so long, so we're answering some questions from fans on the channel right now! Come join us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igqEx94Yfw8<...
2022-01-12 20:10:53 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 224 - Food Focused Campaigns with Rudy Basso!
Hello there DMNs!
We know you're probably hungry for a fresh episode of the podcast, so we're here for a late lunch and a special episode featuring RUDY BASSO, our intrepid boon companion and editor of this very podcast, who is also an accomplished game designer who has been featured in this month's Arcadia, MCDM's magazine, with a great...
Wednesday Audio Getting Rid of Alignment
Heyo DMNs! Here's the audio from this week's show, which is a more focused look at when to and how to ditch alignment, why people are thinking about it these days, and what parts might be worth keeping. What do y'all think?
Description from YouTube:
As WotC makes small changes and errata to alignment in 5th edition, it's ...
Web DM Talks: What's the Deal with Alignment
Hey ho DMNs! We're back from the holiday break and coming at you with a fresh new early edition ep of Web DM Talks. This'll be coming out to the public tomorrow, but you get it now. We're responding a bit to the errata outrage of December 2021 and exploring the concept of alignment in general, and the whole thing flows from a great q...
2022-01-04 18:29:00 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 223 - Christmas Eve Q&A
Hello DMNs! It's Christmas Eve, and we've got a podcast for you to listen to while you wrap presents, drink yourself into a stupor, pretend to be listening to your family, or go about your regular routine. You do you! There's no wrong answer. Tell us what you're doing while you listen, we get immense pleasure out of hearing how the podcast fits ...
2021-12-24 13:21:14 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday Audio - Strixhaven
Hey DMNs! It's Wednesday...right?? Sorry for the delay, but our video was finished late, but it's here, and that means your youtube show audio is too. Of course, you can't see the adorable kitty in the audio version, but know she is there and she is beautiful and zen af.
Tell us what you think of the show and of this book!!
Web DM Talks Strixhaven
Hello DMNs! Our video is running late back from the editor, so we'll probably be releasing our public content tomorrow, but that means you get even more lead time on your ad-free version of the podcast. Here it is! We're going over Strixhaven. It's fair to say we've got mixed opinions about it. We suspect some of that is because the genre of fan...
2021-12-22 19:56:18 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 222 - Chivalry
Hello DMNs! We're very happy to get past last week as it was very tough, and we're having a much better one. This week, we've got a ramble on chivalry and Jim's thesis that D&D would not exist without Arthurian legend and chivalric fantasy of the Middle Ages. What do you think, y'all?
Some timestamps for you glorious f...
2021-12-17 15:04:08 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 221 - The Solo One
Hey DMNs! We've got a unique one this week - Jim is speaking to you solo. I (Emma) was unavailable at the last minute, and Jim, valiant and committed soul, agreed to go it alone! On that end, there will be no public-facing content next week due to a medical emergency. Everything will be fine, but not quite soon enough to shoot a...
2021-12-10 15:37:56 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday Audio - 7 Tips for Running High Level D&D
Hello DMNs! Here's the show audio from the youtube video we'll be releasing shortly this week - we've got a mindset-oriented show about how to pwn running high level d&d. We think it's some nice food for thought and a good afternoon listen.
Description from YouTube:
High level 5e D&D is not only super playable, it's al...
Web DM Talks High Level D&D Patron Version
Hey DMNs! Here is your ad-free audio for the Web DM Talks episode being released publicly in a few hours! Today we're discussing high level D&D and why we think it's fun actually, but it requires a different approach when running than lower tiers to make it work. How do you feel about high level d&d? Do you feel like the system breaks do...
2021-12-08 14:30:11 +0000 UTC View PostWeb DM Podcast 220 Pop Culture Overload With Pruitt
Hey there DMNs! We've got a lovely episode for you today, featuring beloved brother Pruitt! We talk a LOT about Dune, but also about the other pop culture (mostly tv but not entirely) we've been consuming lately. If you are sensitive to spoilers about any of these shows, take heed of the time stamps! Don't wanna ruin anyone's ri...
2021-12-03 18:18:05 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday Audio - Charisma Rolls DON'T Work Like That Patron Version
Hey there DMNs! Our video today is all about social interaction in D&D and about how, frankly, it seems like most people have fundamentally misinterpreted what social skill rolls are capable of doing. Jim provides a lot of food for thought about how to move away from the dreaded "I roll a persuasion check. Does it work?" way that so many soc...
2021-12-02 20:13:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Web DM NPC Playsheet
Hello all!
We posted this document a while back, but it's relevant to this week's video and honestly deserves a repost even if we didn't, so here it is! This is a free download to anyone on this page, and we think it makes keeping track of key NPCs so much easier. Thanks for being here!
Web DM Podcast 219- Black Friday Q&A
Hey there DMNs! Hope you had a good holiday - we sure did! Or, if it's not a holiday for you, hope you enjoyed the smug satisfaction of knowing you don't have to celebrate two complex and family-filled holidays in less than a month. Good for you.
This week, we got a Q&A for you that we recorded early in the week. Hoping to get Pru in...