DM Shower Thoughts

By Adamus Drake DM

Join some professional game masters as we share our musings on the games we love, break down their mechanics, vent our qualms, and continue to spin a positive storytelling perspective from behind the ... more

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The podcast currently has 140 episodes available.

DM Shower Thoughts episodes:

March 29, 2019 DMST 45 - Good Tactics, Player Quadrants, and Artificer Revisited
John: Know the Players at your table using the 3 Pillars and 4 Quadrants. SP-MP-SR-MR :)
Adamus: Good defenses don't matter with poor tactics; the importance of DMs playing and players DMing.
Fundamental: The Artificer Revisited
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
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1h 17min
March 22, 2019 DMST 44 - Contributions and Withdrawals, Visual Aids, and Backgrounds Part 2
Jokes are great...except when they're not.
Adamus: Tired DM observations; jokes as contributions or withdrawals.
John: Visual aids and action economy
Fundamental: Backgrounds (PHB) Part 2
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
...more
1h 3min
March 15, 2019 DMST 43 - Keys of Game Mastering, Flipping Type, and Backgrounds Part 1
John: The Keys to great Game Mastering
Adamus: Structure and Improv for young game masters; musing on class or race restrictions in campaigns
Fundamental: Backgrounds preview and Part 1 discussion and analysis.
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
...more
46min
March 08, 2019 DMST 42 - Speaking Up, Definitions of Power, and Team Composition
Dragon Heist Chapter 2 brought up some "feelings."
Adamus: The Importance of Team Communication
John: What do you define as Over-Powered?
Fundamental: Team Composition and Roles
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
...more
1h 5min
March 01, 2019 DMST 41 - Elegance, Betrayal, and Support Roles
The Philosophical Musings Of 5th Edition
Adamus: The elegance of a game system and it’s okay to enjoy multiple game systems; committing to the process of formal study and mastery.
John: Opportunities for learning through other groups; you never master a game system alone. Also, BETRAYAL.
Fundamental: The importance support roles at the table
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
...more
1h 14min
February 22, 2019 DMST 40 - Arcs, Endings, and Beginnings
Everything that has a beginning, has an end...
John: Building a Druid
Adamus: One-Shots as character experiments
Fundamental: Ending a campaign, and starting over
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
...more
1h 9min
February 15, 2019 DMST 39 - Alchemy, Guests, and the Language of Magic
Sorry for the tornado of children who joined us through the walls this cast...
John: What has changed and what has stayed the same; Alchemy in Thelyn
Adamus: Running a games with guests; Spell Countermeasures
Fundamental: The Language of Magic

Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
...more
1h 36min
February 08, 2019 DMST 38 - Crayons Still Have Value, Rule Of Cool Attacks, and the Signatures of Every Class
His name is Zee Bashew. His name is Zee Bashew.
Adamus: Running the Tabaxi One-Shot; the neuroscience of Shared Memories
John: Combo Attacks, a new book from Wizards of the Coast?
Fundamental: The main focus of each class in 5th Edition

Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
Our Shower Shout-Outs: Chelsea Cottle, Peter Trueb - Thank you for supporting the show! You are amazing!
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1h 19min
February 01, 2019 DMST 37 - Kingdom Hearts, Respect the Wizard, and Gushing About Ravnica
DM Shower Thoughts - Episode 37
I miss Magic: The Gathering...
Adamus: Playing Dragon Heist; Level 1 Wizards need to be careful and SMART.
John: Mary Poppins is a lesser deity...or a lich.
Fundamental: Guildmaster's Guide To Ravnica general overview

Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
Our Shower Shout-Outs: Chelsea Cottle, Peter Trueb - Thank you for supporting the show! You are amazing!
...more
1h 12min
January 25, 2019 DMST 36 - Supportive Play, System Mastery, and Multiclassing Revisited
I was hyper specific with my Pathfinder references, and I'm wrong sometimes! I know feat totals are over 2000 by now, but PFS may have adjusted their rules on attribute limits. :) Oh well, can't win 'em all.
Adamus: established roles, lack of resistance, great flow; praise for the Pathfinder game I was invited to.
John: weight of mechanics vs. narrative; praise for our awesome community
Fundamental: More Multiclassing Advice

Cloudsinger 5E airs over on our YouTube Channel, Questers Way, every Friday at 6:00pm
Our lore and event-filled website: qwaygameon.com
Our community center website: questersway.com
Our awesome art is done by the amazing Chelsea Cottle. Find her and her art here: https://www.instagram.com/ccottleart/
If you like what we do, this podcast now has a crowdfunding campaign to help us continue growing the show: https://patron.podbean.com/QWayGM
Adamus’s professional Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AdamusDrakeGames
Adamus’s Blog: http://www.qwaygameon.com/gms-corner
Our Shower Shout-Outs: Chelsea Cottle, Peter Trueb - Thank you for supporting the show! You are amazing!
...more
1h

FAQs about DM Shower Thoughts:

How many episodes does DM Shower Thoughts have?

The podcast currently has 140 episodes available.