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When it comes to Dragonlance, and especially the newest published adventure, Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen, there are few villains that grab the imagination (and the spotlight) like the OG Death Knight himself, Lord Loren Soth. While the original cover art of the adventure depicts Dragon Highmaster Kansaldi Fire-Eyes riding her Red Dragon, Ignia, … Read more
Several listener questions came in that were spiraling around the same general idea, and one that DMs have fielded since the very beginning of the game: how, and when, to exert the unlimited level of power that you possess as the DM. In this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave, take part in a grab bag … Read more
We’ve got a lot to be thankful for this year, but riding high above all of it is our thanks to you. While it might sound trite or corny, we really mean it. So, please know that when you all gather around whatever table you might find yourselves – whether it be Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving … Read more
This is the truth of the Riddle, children… that we make of our lives what we will. Destiny, purpose, fate… all stories in the end. And your greatest desires? Yet one more story. Make of it what you will, mortal children, but make it a good one. Leolemus, the Sphinx Riddles. They are a part … Read more
Low Magic. We’ve discussed it before and, in last weeks article, DM Chris delved into ideas of how to make magic rare and special in your D&D campaigns. In our discussion online regarding the article, there was a debate over what low magic means. The issue seemed to revolve around confusing Low Magic with Low … Read more
We’re getting geared up for some new campaigns to begin. Both our Dragonlance and Journey to Ragnarok campaigns are coming near their finale, so we’ve begun thinking about what’s next up. Just in time, DM Chris sent out his Player’s Guides for the upcoming Lord of the Rings campaign that he’s going to be running … Read more
Play through an adventure and you’ll realize how strangely time can move in your D&D campaign. Longtime friend of the show, Dr. DM (Jason) returns with a question about his ocean-based campaign that we discussed in Episode 148. His question revolves around how quickly leveling can affect the passage of time in the adventure. In … Read more
One of the players is planning on playing an evil wizard wearing the Black Robes. Is this doable in the campaign seeing that the group is going to face off against some Black Robes, or is this really hard to uphold in a further good aligned party? Our Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen campaign … Read more
Bad sessions. We’ve all dealt with them and we’ll continue to have them periodically. It’s all part of running TTRPGs. But how to you deal with them when they happen? What do you do to salvage the game at the next session? DM Dave offers a question to his fellow Wise DMs regarding a recent … Read more
Running the adventure outside of the game session? Yes, that’s right. Starting back in DM Dave’s Curse of Strahd campaign, we began to develop characters and backstories with narrative side quests via text, email, and online documents (like Google Docs). In our Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen campaign, we have utilized them from the … Read more
