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:

August 31, 2018 DMST 15 - Dwarves, Racial Feats, Ultimate Weapons, World Expanding Races
This one got deep. We'll definitely have a Part 2 sometime soon while we meditate on where this discussion went...
Adam ST: Ultimate Weapons, Final Fantasy Tactics Module, End of Game shopping, and Rest as narrative preparation
John ST: how new races open the lore of world-building big time. Excitement over new player races.
Fundamental Topic: Dwarf In-Depth Discussion
Bonus Topic: Racial Feats in Xanathar's Guide
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 3:15-4:45pm
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
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1h 22min
August 24, 2018 DMST 14 - Sword Coast Archetype Options, Humanity, Favorite PHB Feats, Bonus Actions and Spells
Humans. Why are we so awesome?
Adam ST: The lightning-in-a-bottle moment of certain sessions
John ST: Action Economy and the Rule of Bonus Actions with SPELLS
Fundamental Topic 1: Sword Coast class options
Fundamental Topic 2: Race Relations - Human; lore, analysis, worldbuilding
Bonus Topic: Cool Feats in the Player's Handbook
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 3:15-4:45pm
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
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1h 54min
August 17, 2018 DMST 13 - Schools of Magic, Wizard In-Depth, Some Favorite Spells
Prepare for the highest grade of magical discussion between two nerds.
The MAJESTY is clearly too much to handle.
Adamus ST: Defining the Schools of Magic for players
John ST: Why would you play certain casters?
Fundamental Topic: Wizard In-Depth
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 3:15-4:45pm
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
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1h 27min
August 10, 2018 DMST 12 - The Nature of Good and Evil in D&D, Cleric In-Depth
Well...we're tired.
Adam ST: An army of squirrels is still an army...
John ST: Good and Evil in D&D
Fundamental Topic: Cleric In-Depth
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 3:15-4:45pm
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
...more
1h 6min
August 03, 2018 DMST 11 - Lessons Learned, Gradients of Maturity, Druid In-Depth, and Managing Spell Slots
In today's episode:
ST - John: Maturity and how it affects character choices and the State of Flow.
ST - Adam: Introducing NPCs and what I've learned over the years
Joint ST: Gushing about Gray Owls; your character choices make ripples, both positive and negative.
Fundamental Topic: Druid In-Depth
Bonus Topic (listener Request!): Managing Spell Slots
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 3:15-4:45pm
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
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1h 30min
August 03, 2018 DMST 10 (Part 2) - Warlock Patrons, Considerations, and Further Analysis
BONUS EPISODE ALERT!
We teased a Part 2...so here's your Part 2!
In today's BONUS episode:
Fundamental Topic: Warlock In-Depth, part 2!
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 3:15-4:45pm
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
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24min
July 27, 2018 DMST 10 (Part 1) - Teamwork, Player Perceptions, Hints, and Warlock In-Depth
Why hello there, EPISODE 10.
I'm back from vacation, and boy did we miss chatting about D&D! This one's got a quick end because we only had a limited amount of time to record and we went right down to the wire. Enjoy!
In today's episode:
ST - John: weighing the Action Economy of allowing an Attack of Opportunity to avoid more pain later; the amazing differences of teamwork between different parties in similar encounters.
ST - Adam: the danger of player perceptions/misconceptions railroading the players, regardless of GM hints...
Fundamental Topic: Warlock In-Depth
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 3:30-5:00pm
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
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1h 4min
July 20, 2018 DMST 9 - Action Economy, Lore Drops, Ranger Re-Visited, and More GM Tips
Hello and welcome back dungeon delvers and fellow DMs!
Today's podcast delves deep into the Ranger and our opinions on how to "fix" our issues with it, as well as the high praise that Xanathar's Guide earns for its new archetypes. For a more complete picture, make sure to check out our Episode 1, too, for our qualms and fixes for the Ranger Archetype of Beast Master.
In today's episode:
ST - John: Action Economy and circumstantial rulings
ST - Adam: the weird phenomenon of "shipping" in DnD + using Magic Items to place lore into the world.
Fundamental Topic: Re-Visiting the Ranger and going In-Depth
Bonus Topic: GM Etiquette 101
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 4:00-5:20pm
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/
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1h 47min
July 13, 2018 DMST 8 - The Importance of Failure, Monk In-Depth, and Player Etiquette
Hello everyone and welcome back! Sound is fixed moving forward, so yay.
Shower Thoughts (Adamus) - The Power of Failure/Owning your rolls; The changing interpretation of the group's story based on individual perception.
Shower Thoughts (John) - Alchemy supplies and the insane extra rabbit hole of alchemical components. Also, drawing inspiration from interesting sources: references to The Princess and the Frog and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Fundamental Topic - Monk In-Depth
Bonus Topic - Gamer Etiquette/Tenets to make all your games great.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hope to see you at the table.
-Adamus
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 4:00-5:20pm
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/
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1h 58min
July 06, 2018 DMST 7 - Building Special Moments, Rogue In-Depth, and Experience vs. Milestones discussion (Extended Episode)
The last of the audio issues! This is a long one folks; full of great content and great chemistry. Thanks for tuning in and turning it up!
John Shower Thought: the great opportunities presented when you have players invested in the story...
Adamus Shower Thought: ...the frustrations when players are too chatty/not respecting each others' scenes.
Joint Thoughts: gushing about world-building a connected timeline, Gray Owls, Knight Owls, and earning boons/milestones personalized to characters.
Fundamental Topic: Rogue Class In-Depth
Bonus Topic: Experience Points vs. Milestone Progression
Now if I can just get John to lean forward into his mic next time... ;)
Cloudsinger 5E airs over on twitch.tv/qwaygameon every Monday at 4:00-5:20pm
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/
Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you at the table.
-Adamus
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2h 9min

FAQs about DM Shower Thoughts:

How many episodes does DM Shower Thoughts have?

The podcast currently has 140 episodes available.