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In this podcast we hope to provide examples and reusable material for you, the DM, to use in your stories and campaigns. We hope inspire you with functional content that you bring to your own table to the delight or potential misery of your players. This is a podcast inspired by years of playing Dungeons and Dragons from both sides of the screen and also by our friends at the table who have helped us get to the point where we are confident enough in our geekery to do a podcast about it. This ...
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We know it's been almost four years. We know that 2016 was horrible. We know that the world is a different, scarier place. But Chad and William just so happened to be in the same place at the same time for a couple days, and whaddya know... when two DM's really love eachother, sometimes they make a podcast. We have received dozens of emails collect…
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You've noticed we've been quiet for a while. Well this time, we have a really good excuse! Announcing: available internationally in paperback today, the Exemplary DM Podcast Presents: The Exemplary Tome of Gadgets! UPDATE: Now Available on Kindle for just $4.00 or FREE if you buy the print edition! It is available at special price of 4.99 with Amaz…
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We're back, and we're responding to your emails! We love doing listener feedback episodes - it's like a handful (or in this case, eight) main topics in one engorged podcast member! We picked out the best top-quality emails then read through their amazing, insightful, hilarious and thought-provoking questions from our listeners. These emails represe…
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"Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?" ... "Of course." It's the Etiquette Episode of ExemplaryDM Podcast! It's a bit of a spiritual successor and followup to the beloved Player Penetration episode from Season 2, Episode 7. This is also an extension from our Player Tip of the podcast from Season 3, Episode 6, Part Two. In this podcast we open…
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And now, the conclusion... This is Part Two of the Exemplary DM's oh-so-meta two-part Cliffhanger Episode! How can you as a Dungeon Master take advantage of the dramatic mechanic of the cliffhanger in your campaign tonight? How can you avoid disappointment while preparing for excellence when setting your players up to maximum anticipation? This epi…
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How can you as a Dungeon Master take advantage of the dramatic mechanic of the cliffhanger in your campaign tonight? How can you avoid disappointment while preparing for excellence when setting your players up to maximum anticipation? Are you sitting at the edge of your ear seats? Because we're about to drop a cliffhanger on you. And no, Sylvester …
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Happy Holidays, and if you're into the whole Christmas thing, Merry Christmas! If not, Merry Saturnalia/Dies Natalis Invicti Solis/Hannukah/video games binge/Festivus or whatever it is you're celebrating. We're celebrating with a podcast! We're going to get caught up with another "Listener Feedback" podcast episode, to get caught up on some of the …
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The Horror Episode OOOOooooOOOOoooo... Thank to an inspired email from listener Adam J, we adopted the topic of "how to be effectively eery" for a campaign or campaign session and delivered a top notch set of 10 tips of how to pull of a scary/horror/terror session, six "do" tips and four "don't do" tips.…
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The n00b Episode In this episode we cover over eight helpful tips for DMs to use when playing for the very first time with players new to role-playing games. This happens often - as career DM's we are regularly evangelizing the game to new friends, spouses, coworkers, kids, shipmates, etc. How best to achieve success with brand new roleplayers?…
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The Catch Up On Feedback Episode Yes, we're still podcasting! Thanks to everyone who cared enough to email us and ask if we are both still alive. But really, rumors of the demise of the ExemplaryDM podcast are mostly exaggerated. In this episode we respond to listener emails in a number of ways, including some inspiration from LinkedIn spam, respon…
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The Overland Travel Episode Apropos for our first recording in Exemplary DM Studios East, our main topic for this podcast is Overland Travel, which is what William endured to make his way to Chad's new habitat. We open season three in a dangerous, far-off land called "That's the place from The Wire, right?"…
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How to End a Campaign The finale of season two is a somber one - how to successfully end a campaign. We give lots of ideas on how and why.Par The Exemplary DM Podcast
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The Penetration Episode! How to get through to the players at your table who aren't really into the whole role-playing thing, and perhaps treat your DND table like a video game. Lots of tips and tricks to engaging even the most douchey of players!Par The Exemplary DM Podcast
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This episode focuses on the Delve game format, a concept that has been pushed forward by DND 4th edition but is good for any gaming system. The idea is to have a combat-only, role playing-lite three-battle night that focuses on education for new players, ground-breaking for experienced players, solid experience for new DM's and fun for everyone.…
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