“Heeeere’s Johnny!”: The Long-Awaited Return of 3 Wise DMs
After several months off, and the start of a brand new year, DM Tony and DM Dave are pleased to announce the return of the 3 Wise DMs podcast!
Merry Critmas & Happy Holidays from 3WD!
3 Wise DMs wanted to wish all our listeners and their friends and families a very Merry Critmas, a wonderful Holiday Season, and a real Natural 20 of a New Year!
Thorin: In Memoriam
Hello and welcome to the 3 Wise DMs podcast, where three Dungeon Masters who have been doing this for way too long, talk about how we handle all the tricky ins and outs of running a game of D&D or whatever else you might play. I’m Thorin and, like my namesake from The Hobbit, I … Read more
Update From 3 Wise DMs
As you have undoubtedly noticed, Thorin, Tony, and I have not been posting our weekly podcasts. Some of you have reached out to ask if there were any problems, and we are truly thankful for that; we’re still completely humbled that so many of you have joined us in our continuing conversations. Without giving details … Read more
Not Just For Beginnings: How Session Zero Can Serve As An Ongoing Tool In Your D&D Games (And Other RPGs)
Does what you’re currently running still feel fresh and fun? Are your players as invested in it as they were in the beginning? Does something feel missing? Are you burning out?
Beginning to look at what Session Zero does for us at the start of a campaign can assist us in gauging what is happening in an ongoing campaign.
How to Continue the Game When the PCs Reach Level 20
While there are definitely reasons why a campaign should end when the group reaches level 20, there are also plenty of reasons why it shouldn’t if the players wish to continue. This article will not focus on the philosophy of when a game should end, it will instead look at options making play past level 20 possible. Let’s see if we can accomplish this without reinventing the wheel or rewriting every class – and keep experience points as a viable reward.
Finish Your Homebrew D&D Campaign With a Bang: DMs’ Breakdown of the Epic Ending of the Woodstock Wanderers
We realize that reviewing a homebrew campaign is different from Curse of Strahd or Storm King’s Thunder – after all, you can’t go pick up the contents of Thorin’s head at the bookstore. But everyone should try their hand at homebrew at one point or another, and this episode is choc full of tips and feedback for creative DMs everywhere. That includes frank discussion of what worked, what didn’t, our biggest challenges (looking at you, Roll20), where the world seemed too shallow, and what was most interesting in this long-running homebrew D&D campaign. We hope it helps you craft even better games for your table.
7 Ways Better Leadership Will Improve Your D&D Games and Any Other RPG
You may be asking, “How in the Nine Hells could leadership skills improve a collaborative interactive tabletop game between friends?” It admittedly sounds strange, but hear me out, because the answer is it can improve your game in many ways. This is why we’ve composed a list of 7 common sense leadership techniques that will help you improve both the flow and fun of your games.
Will Player Character Secrets Ruin Your RPG Campaign?
Secrets: Are they powerful character-building tools or TPK time bombs waiting to destroy your RPG campaign? We’ve seen it go both ways, from character background secrets that added depth and immersion for the player to secrets pacts that saw PCs murdered in-game by other PCs. Is that second one a failure? That depends on your group, but it certainly wasn’t what the DM had in mind.
The Epic-Tier Divide: Bringing Your DnD Campaign Into the Wild World of High-Level Play
Super-powered archmages, alien vampire gods, Tiamat and the devil himself – once your campaign crosses about level 15, it’s all on the table. But the same is true for super-powerful spells, legendary artifacts, and a hundred other things that make the players as tough as your wildest villain creations. This is why epic-tier play just isn’t the same as everything your campaign has been through before.