DM Academy Episodes

Every month we read and discuss posts from r/DMAcademy
March 24, 2023

Dueling Patrons and Everyone Trying To Open A Door [DMAcademy Advice …

[#102] In this DM Advice segment, Jason and Jim offer their thoughts on dueling patrons, checking over and over, and our favorite "reverse metagaming" - You can read the original posts on...

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Feb. 24, 2023

Secret Resistance, Hooray Local Libraries, and Anti-Metagaming Tricks…

[#98] Jason and Jim look to the Reddit mailbag to offer their advice to DMs in a variety of situations. This week: monster stat transparency, DMing for kids, and how to handle skill check pile-ons. -...

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Sept. 28, 2022

Objection! [r/DMAcademy Advice VII]

[#87] It's a DM Advice Episode! We offer our takes on questions from the DMAcademy subreddit . Submit your own burning RPG questions to us for a future DM Advice segment. Everyone is here this week! Some people think that …

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Aug. 24, 2022

Are You SURE???? [r/DMAcademy Advice VI]

[#79] We dive into the DMAcademy SubReddit to offer our takes on a handful of D&D-related conundrums. How do you feel about Saying NO ? (Spolier: We're mostly fine wth it!) Recruiting and the challenges of playing with strang...

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July 27, 2022

r/DMAcademy Advice V: Did I Forget My Pants?

[#71] In this week's DM Advice segment, we cover questions we wanted to weigh in on from the DMAcademy advice subreddit. We covered a lot of ground on this episode! It's OK to be sad even when a campaign ends …

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May 25, 2022

r/DMAcademy Advice IV: Self-Spoiling, 'Useless' Items, Big Good Nice …

[#58] This week, Josey, Jim, Jason, and Greg have a six-pack of DM queries to consider: Should you spoil a campaign that died ? What do you do about that stupid magic item you made up ? How do you …

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April 27, 2022

r/DMAcademy Advice III: Petty Rich Guys, *OUR* Backstory, and a sad s…

[#50] In our Golden Anniversary Episode, we out n our Sage hats to offer advice to aspiring DMs, including what to do about vindictive oligarchs , how much backstory is the right amount , and how to go on when …

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March 23, 2022

DM Advice II: Means Girls vs The Mad Decapitators

[#37] It's our first DM Advice episode with the new crew! We try not to lose our heads as we talk about players made paranoid by the Feign Death spell, dumb magic items, excessive sassiness and tippling at the table. …

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Nov. 19, 2021

DM Advice: Hidden Death Saves, IRL Timers, and Please Stop Torturing …

[#25] Jack and Jason browse the top posts from r/DMAcademy and start handing out advice. Users asked: How to deal with players hiding their death saves Is this DM’s “IRL Timer” an ok thing to do? How to stop players …

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