Sneaking & Searching in D&D | Rolls for Perception and Stealth | Wandering DMs S07 E24
Paul and Dan hash out the best ways to roll for Perception and Stealth in D&D. Should you always ask everyone at the table to make a check on their own? Is it better to have one player roll with…
Skull Mountain Debrief | 12 Hours of Birthday D&D | Wandering DMs S07 E23
Dan and Paul debrief the highs and lows of their latest birthday D&D actual play. Last weekend, Paul celebrated his birthday the best way he knows how: by dragging his friends into the depths of Skull Mountain! Dan, Max, and…
Lizardfolk in D&D | The Moral Muck of Marsh-Dwellers | Wandering DMs S07 E21
Paul & Dan wade deep into the swamp to uncover the shifting role of lizardfolk across Dungeons & Dragons editions. From their earliest days as faceless wilderness threats to complex cultures with alien worldviews, how has D&D’s portrayal of these…
Disrupting D&D Spells | Fight and Fizzle | Wandering DMs S07 E20
Dan and Paul coach you in how to disrupt an enemy wizard’s spells in D&D. And it varies a lot by what edition you play! From classic editions where casting in combat is strictly prohibited, to those where initiative tells…
Initiative! | Starting Fights in D&D | Wandering DMs S07 E19
Paul and Dan tackle the age-old question of initiative in tabletop RPGs. From the simplicity of group initiative to the complexity of individual modifiers and segment counting, initiative rules can shape the entire feel of combat. We’ll explore how different…
Magic Jar in D&D | Change Your Life | Wandering DMs S07 E18
Dan and Paul do a deep dive on the “Magic Jar” spell that’s been in every edition of D&D to date. First edition said, “Magic jar is a very unusual spell” and gave it a completely unique school of magic.…
OSRIC 3.0 | Advanced Retro D&D by Matt Finch | Wandering DMs S07 E17
Paul and Dan get to chat with father of the OSR Matt Finch, about the 20th anniversary of OSRIC, his ground-breaking retroclone of 1st Edition Advanced D&D. Plus: the new 3.0 version of OSRIC, currently crowdfunding on Backerkit. What’s prompted…
D&D Twenty-Sided Tavern | D&D as Live Theater | Wandering DMs S07 E15
Dan & Paul get to chat with R. Alex Murray, one of the cast members of Twenty-Sided Tavern, a live theatrical D&D stage production! TST has had a smash year off-Broadway in New York City, and now they’re about to…
Bill Webb! | Necromancer Games | Wandering DMs S07 E14
Paul & Dan chat with the legendary Bill Webb, founder of Necromancer Games and Frog God Games. Bill’s back with a new, even-more-old-school TTRPG ruleset — the Necromancer’s Game, naturally! We find out how “wild man” Bill Webb runs his…
To Show or Not Show the Map? | Revealing Information in D&D | Wandering DMs S07 E13
Should the DM keep their D&D adventure map hidden, or reveal it to the players at the outset? Dan & Paul discuss the sometimes-surprising benefits of giving your players more information instead of less. From partial dungeon maps as treasure,…
