Challenging Yourself, Comfort Zones, Pacifism & Time Travel in 5e D&D- Web DM

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How do you keep Dungeons & Dragons fresh and challenging? How do you shake up the game to keep it exciting for you and your players? Jim & Pruitt talk time travel, pacifism vs mass murder and more DM tips & tricks!!
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@WebDM 6 жыл бұрын

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@mindstormmaster 7 жыл бұрын

Diplomancy, the most elusive school magic to non-charismatic wizards.

@no-relic 7 жыл бұрын

"'RPGs are high art' kind of shenanigans." I'd actually love to hear more about this! I'm rather curious about how far this went.

@permeus2nd 7 жыл бұрын

12:45 i remember a player that didnt kill people but more than once striped them naked and lashed them to a tree in the wilds, he was like ""well i didnt kill them, but if a wolf comes along and starts chewing on there leg that just nature""

@LAJackson123 6 жыл бұрын

It's so great reading the comment, and then coming back and re-reading them a year later. Congratulations guys, you really earned it!

@Fedor8888888888888 5 жыл бұрын

The whole first bit of this, with Jim talking about reexamining the stuff he didn't like, is just such a valuable idea for any player. Especially people that want to take DND a little bit seriously, who want to take something away from the game after playing it. Being able to build yourself past your biases, challenging yourself to find something enjoyable out of something you previously disliked, will unequivocally make you a better player/DM/writer/thinker/artist/person. It's only a net positive, you're just expanding the definition of things you find enjoyable and exercising the ways in which you can find those things.

@pentatonic7311 8 жыл бұрын

I wanted to mention last video that the cluttered garage/storage space from the last vid was a little blah..but was so excited for the return i figured criticism could wait..well now no need!! The new background is pretty tight!! Glad to see we're back on a regular schedule, keep it up guys!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

All criticism is welcome. It's how we make the show better.

@PedroEATSyou 7 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the advice on challenging yourself as a player i recently went out of my comfort zone and rolled a Halfling Valor Bard in 5e (both race and class I've never played before) and am having a blast playing him. Also that is a super cool set!

@loganbethke461 8 жыл бұрын

Love the new backdrop!

@rjyoyo2096 6 жыл бұрын

My group is playing a no-holds-barred, homebrew 3.5 campaign, and I've gone deep with role-playing as a challenge. My first character was dragonborn, and a cleric variant called ancestral-speaker, and his story filled like 40 pages in my notebook lol, and I almost cried when he died. My dm almost cried lol. Best thing is though, one of his fumbles was what I used to conceptualize my new character. The first guy screwed up a potion in a swamp, and made a mutant turtle hahaha. Loving the challenge, and loving the stories that are coming from approaching the game from a different direction and with a story-focused character. Thanks for the inspiration guys, and keep it up! You guys are THE nerds!!!

@Ranxior55 8 жыл бұрын

I really do miss the bookcase but the new backdrop is looking tight!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Same here on both points.

@METALGEARMATRIX 8 жыл бұрын

Could you guys do a video on horror and terror in DnD? I'm going to be DMing a game of 3.5e set in Ravenloft and I have never quite figured out how to scare the PCs

@simmonslucas 8 жыл бұрын

Your set is gonna look so sick, inside a D20, genius.

@herogibson 6 жыл бұрын

im with pruitt.. im a fighter. but i had a player playing a character moment in 3.5, and in 5e, where i went... "ooh wait... now i get it! being a full spell caster is awesome!"

@thatonezoey334 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, how do you only have 5000 subs, even just your production value would make you better then most channels with ten times that much!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Spread the word and help us change that! Thanks for the support.

@duchessedeberne3909 7 жыл бұрын

8bitmason One year later nearly 50'000!

@Axeloy 6 жыл бұрын

now they're at 100k :D

@ThePhiRexian 6 жыл бұрын

100,000 subs later...

@TheJermTube 8 жыл бұрын

Great to have you back.

@patrickharkins559 8 жыл бұрын

An episode on Angels, Demons and Deities would be awesome! I have been wanting to introduce them into my campaigns more but I am unsure of their in game power. Thank you much Web DM!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

On the list it goes!

@seymourfields3613 2 жыл бұрын

The dripping caves at the start of Storm King's Thunder is a very good look into how to handle non combatants and prisoners. My druid decided to teach them how to farm 😂

@edstevens1503 8 жыл бұрын

Love the Beholder shirt!

@ThePhiRexian 6 жыл бұрын

The first session of our current campaign saw my players battle a hoard of goblins who had taken over a human fort. The party was hired to help reclaim the fort, and at the end there was one cowardly, weak goblin hiding in the corner left alive. His name is Grek, and he is (unbeknownst to him) the smartest slave goblin in this world. The party tied Grek up and snuck him back into town, keeping him in the alchemists room at the Inn. While 4/6 party members celebrated with the townsfolk at their success, the alchemist and the sorcerer tried to convince the goblin to join them. Within the next few days, with much convincingly good food and kind treatment, Grek the goblin alchemist (inspired by the parties alchemist to pursue the study of explosions) joined the party.

@xJesterx777 8 жыл бұрын

The set looks good, and I'm glad you guys are back. I'm learning how to dm now and your videos have been really helpful, especially seeing the campaign being run. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this channel!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. It's why we do it.

@vetrbjarki 8 жыл бұрын

Love the new set! Thought the vid and the info were great. Glad to see you guys back!

@proudpapaprick 7 жыл бұрын

Only way I like to do time travel in games is to make going forward in time impossible and make it so that going back in time resets the timeline. Players get temporal sickness for a bit before they attune to the new timeline, as they are foreign to this new reality and that takes a toll.

@hotboi8510 6 жыл бұрын

For me it's the reverse. They can go forward but not backwards

@victorholmes7075 6 жыл бұрын

Man that's just real life

@jamescoyles8774 8 жыл бұрын

Love the show guys! So happy that you are back!

@Dr.D.M. 7 жыл бұрын

I just discovered the channel not long ago, I'm enjoying this very much. Superhero champagnes are so much fun and other than homebrew D&D that is the go to for my group. Loving the shows, it's fun to do something for about 20 years or so, you tend to get good at it.

@doctortequila5268 8 жыл бұрын

Whoop-whoop! New episode, sweet! Thanks for the videos guys, you're always giving me new ideas for D&D.

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Mission Accomplished! Glad to be of service!

@oliviabean8264 5 жыл бұрын

You just gotta take those half baked idea's and keep cooking. Dm in a supers game gave the suggestion of a time travel backstory and I just thought out a logical time loop step by step that was manageable self contained and gave him plenty of ways to have fun with it. Took me around four hours to put my vision into words (kinda just came to me as I went) and my brain may have hurt afterwards but thanks to that I have a fleshed out character that hasnt just been fun for me but everyone at the table so far. Making a character with a ridiculous over the top premise a believable human being (or alien or whatever) takes some effort but that's part of the fun!

@ashley587 5 жыл бұрын

I really love playing wizards but I've always taking a mad scientist approach to it. Like a wizard that isn't cautious, is violent, funny, etc. I've lost a few brave wizards because of that, but it's my favorite way to play them.

@felltactician 6 жыл бұрын

For me i used to steer clear of the less normal races, like tieflings, half orcs, goblins, etc. And now after playing a tiefling rogue its my favorite character

@BJHall-tf2cu 8 жыл бұрын

Good to have you guys back!!

@waveman0 8 жыл бұрын

lots of great info and ideas on this episode, good job fella's. For me my go to character was the fighter/mage, I loved the combination of martial might and arcane power. I gave up playing before I could try a 1/2 ogre monk specializing in grappling (along the lines of a reaping mauler)

@boriskourt 8 жыл бұрын

This was a great video, love the set, and love the banter!

@bakakagaku 8 жыл бұрын

I don't really have much to say on the topic of the video but I really just wanted to say that the new area you guys are recording is fucking awesome. Love your guy's videos. Keep up the amazing work, WebDM Folks.

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

We'll keep making them as long as y'all keep watching them.

@vegardbratteng9997 8 жыл бұрын

I love where this show is going. I appreciate these episodes of brainpicking. Thanks

@adamisforgiants6762 8 жыл бұрын

Another challenge similar to time travel is doing out of sequence storytelling. So scenes that are flash backs which are played out. I have done it as a player, its cool.

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Like roleplaying Pulp Fiction!

@Personvids 8 жыл бұрын

I'm curious about what you guys think about using Angels in D&D. Would you consider an Angel episode?

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea. I will put it on the list!

@OneUnluckyMan 8 жыл бұрын

Loving this amount of content. please do more

@kurtoogle4576 7 жыл бұрын

REALLY liked this video. Thanks!

@Dyfuka 8 жыл бұрын

New set is looking really cool!

@meme-jf5vk 8 жыл бұрын

So happy this came out while I was taking a break from studying!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

We aim to please!

@greenknight3014 6 жыл бұрын

"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a nonlinear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff." -Tenth Doctor.

@llamabigmac8 8 жыл бұрын

Woo, new episode and it was awesome! Can't wait for more content

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy the vids. More are coming!

@jeffreylucier5266 7 жыл бұрын

really like the channel guys. great work.

@immortalwolf3055 6 жыл бұрын

excellent video guys, it certainly gives me things to think about when i play.

@mattnerdy9430 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Guys, Glad to see your back. love the D20 background. look forward to your new shows!!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@rockstonic52 8 жыл бұрын

hey dudes, I love your new set! looks good, and a ton of inspiration in today's episode. thanks so much!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! Come back next week!

@pieter8491 8 жыл бұрын

So happy you guys are making videos again!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

We are too!

@mathmaticooll 8 жыл бұрын

Could you do some thing on the realms? Like an episode one the fire plane, then the water plane etc. You could do what kind of monsters live there and what kind of campaigns could be played there and the dominating classes in the realm. Please take this into consideration. P.S. Love everything new that you guys are doing!

@Xanijiskafabog 8 жыл бұрын

Nice set up!

@AloisWeimar 8 жыл бұрын

New subscriber, love the Spelljammer talk. I'm playing in a 5th ed. spelljammer game myself. Recently purchased the a complete spelljammer box( Lorebook of the void and Concordance and the Realmspace accessory) I'm loving the ship cards and the maps in particular. Looking forward to more from you gentlemen.

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

I'm so jelly! I only found the books. I want the maps and ship cards so bad!

@carnotaurhunter 8 жыл бұрын

This was cool. I'm gonna share it with my players. I like the new set! The demon guy over Pruitt's right shoulder is missing an ear, though.

@deathosterich 8 жыл бұрын

You guys put out the best gming videos! Thank you!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

We just like to give 110% and stay within ourselves. Practice like we play. It's a team effort and there's no "I" in D&D!

@palpytheemperorofelevators4937 8 жыл бұрын

Sweet set! Reminds me of my throne room before it exploded...

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

I see what you did. Never trust your pupils.

@johnlowkey359 5 жыл бұрын

I went through a similar thought process. I wanted a gritty, realistic fantasy because those are the fantasy books I like to read. Then I realized DnD is (more) Fantasy Star Wars. It's pulp. A weight was lifted when I realized this.

@williamsmith5049 4 жыл бұрын

I had the same experience, overthinking a lot of things. Then I understood once I started DMing that the rules work best when you run the game as intended, like a pulp fantasy sandbox.

@Cruxad0 8 жыл бұрын

You guys need new t-shirts to circulate! ;) Great content!

@gdroff 6 жыл бұрын

I like full casting, skills includong thievery, can hold their own in melee. BARD BABY!!

@justincook7136 8 жыл бұрын

wonderful

@1simo93521 8 жыл бұрын

Nice ideas, thanks for the great video guys.

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@user-ql3yj3zm2y 8 жыл бұрын

This giant dice is impressive.

@mgyverwolf 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome video guys! Can you talk about the witch hunter class from geek&sundry?

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

We'll put it on the list.

@Gakuseinozen 8 жыл бұрын

Set looks great. Are the monsters on the backdrop hand drawn, or did you transfer the original artwork somehow?

@brunorosadasilva2139 6 жыл бұрын

My player's are going trough that EXACT same situation: the goblin village outside the mountain and the main local lair inside a cavern in the mountain. They killed everyone in the goblin village (including goblin kids) and moved to the lair, well, i have a surprise for them there.

@dallas1373 7 жыл бұрын

what are some of the media you have used to inspire and inform your spelljammer game? I would love to run one but I've not seen much on the subject.

@M1A1Punk 7 жыл бұрын

As a DM with a half baked idea, for about a year now, I really appreciate this conversation, and you have inspired me to start writing it out and building the world.

@ryanjones_rheios 6 жыл бұрын

I should probably play a gnome one day. Because I fucking hate them. HATE THEM. Partially because I love kobolds. But also because I think they're flighty fritter-less excuses to be 'lolsorandom'. Also a pacifist because, out of game, I think its an insane conceptual philosophy and so it'd be fun to really explore the full extent of it in a game. (I would not, however, heal an attacking enemy. Which I had a fellow player do once and though we're good friends I've never really forgiven her for. That worg was full on eating my arm and we'd almost downed it and then she heals *it*.)

@evanstone724 7 жыл бұрын

Hey what's up with this geodesic dome set? What is the construction behind it?

@pitwolf210 8 жыл бұрын

I'm actually stepping outside my comfort zone in my 5e game by taking my players into the Underdark for an extended time. I've had them in surface caves and caverns but not the Underdark proper. I've read up on Myconids, Duergar, Mind Flayers, Kuo-toa, and a number of other subterranean denizens. I've got a few unconnected hooks with the overall drive being to just find a way back to the surface. One of my worries is that they won't be able to communicate since ending up under ground is going to be an abrupt surprise. I also need to research when the classes get teleportation type spells, We're starting 1-3. I've also got new players to impress plus seasoned players. I know it's long winded and complex but...... advice?

@Akravator12 8 жыл бұрын

I like the new set! The old one was great too, though. Now for some reason I get a "Page not found" error when I click on your Facebook link.

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

We shall look into that.

@danielfisher898 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, I’m not sure if this is the place to ask this, but how can I make a non spell caster or perhaps a Wizard interesting? I don’t want to play a stupid character, but having a more diverse kind of thing I am comfortable with would be interesting. Also, I’ve looked at the Wizard, and I’d like to play one for mechanical reasons, but I’m having a hard time making one interesting. Any suggestions?

@CthulhusDream 8 жыл бұрын

Xenomorph doodle ftw!

@Recardoguy007 8 жыл бұрын

So is there a 5e spelljammer? When i search for spelljammer it seems it was only for 2e. I see the pdf for 10$ but I would like the book and brand new books go for over a 100$ lol. Do you guys know if there is a conversion in the works?

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

There isn't a 5e Spelljammer setting. I'm using the 2e books. Not a lot to convert. It works pretty well.

@jek__ 3 жыл бұрын

For some reason it was unusually difficult for me to read the world "challenging" in the title. Channeling? Changeling? changing?

@benjaminodonnell258 Жыл бұрын

Now I want the see Zeelo's stats...

@rockstonic52 8 жыл бұрын

I think it is funny that you had a sorcerer named Theron (sp) which is the name of my GF's sorcerer, which is her first caster!

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

It's a great name! What type of sorc?

@rockstonic52 8 жыл бұрын

+JPruInc Wild. She's been very timid about using level 1 spells because of the surge. I am excited to see how it impacts encounters.

@bov1ne 8 жыл бұрын

Can you do a couple videos on AD&D 2nd

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

Oh my! That's where I started. It would be fun. I'll put it on the list.

@DummyUrD 8 жыл бұрын

dope set, the vid was a little long for what was said though, especially in the beginning halve there was a lot of repetition

@WebDM 8 жыл бұрын

Editor's Note: I don't disagree with this.

@shawnames6832 7 жыл бұрын

I actually do I found it to be the perfect length.

@whitleypedia 8 жыл бұрын

can you guys do more about the monthly unearthed arcana releases?

@LucasPitcher13 6 жыл бұрын

"Diplomancy" - 12:00 - is that a thing now? :-)

@PlatinumP14 6 жыл бұрын

999 likes & 9 dislikes i wanna like but don't wanna break the chain

@PlatinumP14 6 жыл бұрын

I broke the chain T_T

@grymhild 6 жыл бұрын

@noahhillard 6 жыл бұрын

New Stuido

@adamstewart276 7 жыл бұрын

Your pronunciation of Diplomacy had me laughing.

@cameronf5893 4 жыл бұрын

Can someone inform me as to what about Drizzt is not cool to people? Cuz he ain't a Mary sue. He went through hard core training and he and gwenivar had to learn how to fight together. Ntm he earned all of his magic items. He isn't an edge lord, as he his need and care for people often drives him the most. He isn't even over powered compared to any in game player character at his level. So what is it? Do you all just not like characters that go against their expectations they're born into? I'm very confused.

@pixelnator5054 5 жыл бұрын

D&D's Bizarre adventure?

@Xaxares 7 жыл бұрын

I have a similar experience, started playing a fighter in a Pathfinder that's a complete a-hole instead of a more passive polite character. Sadly got kind of overshadowed by a supposedly "good" psychic PC who is really played as a complete amoral sociopath. You know there's an issue when the evil guy feels more like a neutral one while the good one makes everyone at the table blink and question just how they can consider themselves "good". Knowing the player though, he'd probably just shrug and willingly adjust his char's alignment to fit. So no real conflict there. Taking prisoners though, and fleeing enemies to an extent, has always been a problem since I used to play with DMs who'd interpret the rules as meaning that you need to kill the monsters to get anything. If they're alive or ran, chase/finish them or no xp.

@williamsmith5049 4 жыл бұрын

Drizzt is Salvatore's awesome rip off of Moorcocks Elric of Melnibone!

@ChadnRachaelLedgerwood 8 жыл бұрын

A campaign setting without believable consequences puts me in mind of a B movie. It might be fun to watch, but I won't engage with it as much a well portrayed trilogy.

@JPruinc 8 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean.