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Live Chat Tomorrow Night! (Patreon)

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2023-01-18 22:00:08
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I'll be with Adhesive Tom in our NYC basement bunker painting minis and reacting to the most recent WoCT fake apology and DnD Shorts big expose (you'll know by tomorrow). Put questions below and we will answer them. See you then!

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Dungeon Craft Live from Adhesive Tom's - Crowdcast

Register now for Dungeoncraft's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Thursday January 19, 2023 at 7:00 pm EST.

Comments

Jim Van Cura

For us on the west coast I love that we can watch the replay. I can't always get off work in time to watch live, but still enjoy the show. Thanks, PDM.

Ben McInnis

Hi PDM! Great livestream as always. I'm not sure if you got into this or have researched it, but having looked at the OGL 1.2 draft as well as the creative commons material, it makes no mention of older editions beyond 3.0. WOTC owns TSR's IP, so how does all this work for OSR type contact. You mentioned the Lost City and talking to Goodman Games about it. I was wondering if you had any insight regarding working with content from older editions specifically.

David Nelson

I'm trying to watch this but Crowdcast keeps wanting me to be a patron...which I clearly am. What am I missing?

David Nelson
>>99946319

Jay, I can't seem to get the replay to work. Crowdcast cast doesn't let me watch this video because I'm not a patron. Which I clearly am.... am I missing something?

Joel A.

Will you be seeing the DnD movie when it comes out?

Bagel-Man

Hello Adhesive Tom, and PDM or is it PGM now? Joking aside, I hope you both are having a nice day, keep up the great work during these dark times! - What are some things you liked about the prequel and sequel trilogies of star wars? - What are some things you disliked about the original trilogy of star wars? - PDM, recently I watched your old collaboration with Questing Beast and Seth Skorkowsky, is it possible we will ever get to see another collaboration between you three?

Graham Kane

Edit: I was going to ask a question about the leaked plans for AI DM’s on DnDBeyond but there has since been a statement from Wizards in which they said this was untrue. So considering their previous statements on the OGL do you believe that they had no plans for AI ran games? Also, do you have any favourite 3rd party modules?

Garnett

Do you notice a "rage-gap" between players and DMs with regard to the OGL controversy?

MrGunn

Dear PDM some questions the Devil's Lawyer asked me to ask you: 1. Why do you and the D&D community feel that D&D belongs to you and not Hasbro other than the OGL 1.0a? 2. Do you feel that Hasbro really 'owes the community', it seems like a lot of people are complaining only because they built their business off of someone else's IP, yet Hasbro owns the D&D IP, isn't it really their property to do with as they please, after all, isn't that the the American way. Sure the community contributed some to 5e's success, but other than OGL 1.0a, why should Hasbro owe the community anything, people paid their money and were provided a product? 3. The OGL 1.0a regardless of what the D&D community does, Hasbro has already won. The numbers tell the OGL 2.0 story, if only 5% of the estimated 50M D&D players opt to subscribe to D&DBeyond and play Hasbro's slickly produced corporate D&D pablum, forking over $360 a year for the privilege, Hasbro will earn @$900M in ANNUAL revenues, basically what WotC made last year. Tell me why I am wrong, what could the community possibly do to change the current outcome, short of a challenging Hasbro in court?

MrGunn
>>99917058

How does this D&D Shorts yutz rate 317K subs and 93K views in 4 hours for his latest video, He only joined in 2021, something seems off, I have never seen him added to my feed suggestions.

Jay
>>99917058

MrGunn are you sure these aren't YOUR questions? Even an emissary is responsible for his words here. THIS IS SPARTA!!! lol

Andrew

Currently, I'm finishing up with Saxons, spear men and housecarls with Dane axes from Warlord, with 14 more to go. See you in the painting room tomorrow night.

Jay

DJ Wilson

First time asking for advice since joining: What would you do in this situation: I am currently playing 5E each week via Roll20/Discord with a real fun group of folks (as a player). We've got about 30 sessions as a party. I am STRONGLY repulsed by the OGL fallout. Cancelled DDB and will not spend another PENNY on "Corporate D&D." At this point, I'd like to shake the dust from my sandals and completely bail on D&D. I have pitched DCC and OSE as terrific options to the group, but they seem pretty "meh" about what is going on. Advice?

Jay

Jon Rennick

Wondering what transferable skills you've had between teaching and role-playing?

baldrage

1) Will you be changing your moniker to "Professor Game Master" to distance yourself from WOTC, or are you keeping Professor Dungeon Master and hoping to become a cause celebre when Cynthia Williams drags you into court? 2) What do your players think about the OGL drama? Do they care? 3) If you were in Cynthia Williams' shoes and deliberately planning to destroy pen and paper TTRPGs as an industry in order to secure a digital monopoly, what would be your next step? 4) Are you privy to any behind the scenes planning with fellow YouTubers or industry insiders on how to counter WOTC's plan to destroy pen and paper TTRPGs? 5) Are you really going to drop the Lost City as your next campaign, or can we convince you to just reskin it under a different name? 6) Can we get a Deathbringer license (written in Deathbringer persona) so that I can publish content specifically designed for Deathbringer? You can call it the "Woe G. L.".

Andrew
>>99923120

Just from my past experience, when developing something really new, there are certain conventions that are easier to break away from that others. I'm toying with coming up with my own system, too. Part of me likes the simplicity of armor class, but the part of me that wants a more realistic representation of combat. And that has me considering things like damage reduction for armor. So difficulty to hit is based on size and agility--for simplicity sake we'll call this target class, and the difficulty to damage is based on the physical armor one is wearing or the toughness of the hide, etc.--called armor modifier. I know this could get really crazy and bogged down, too. For instance, how much protection does mail really provide against blunt force trauma--hammers and maces and the like? Not much. The main protection would come from the gambeson worn under the mail armor. Plate or a brigandine would provide much more protection because they have a much more solid structure, so the flesh underneath isn't taking a direct impact, and still blunt force trauma can transfer through plate as well much better than a sword. So I'm having to decide how far I want to go down the whole weapons vs. armor/tough hides rabbit hole. One thing is for certain--one handed cruciform swords are going to be called arming swords and not long swords, and bastard swords will be long swords. It's just a pet peeve I've wanted to see corrected for a few decades now.

baldrage
>>99923120

No! The D12 should be reserved only for rolling for Really Bad Things, like miscues, mutations, insanity, etc. It is "The Dice of Doom" (TM).

baldrage
>>99923120

I am going with "Favor" and "Disfavor" instead of Advantage/Disadvantage.

Brian Leet

What elements of role playing rules and materials are the apple pie -filled with nostalgia- of the experience and you just couldn’t imagine wanting to cut out of your fantasy role playing games? A variety of dice? The six (more or less) ability scores? Classes? Hit points, armor class, and saving throws? Rolling a d20 for success? Using minis to set the scene?

James Archer
>>99923151

Don't know if its an open invite for advice bud but I wouldn't leave the group or anything rash. If your in a fun group with good people I would offer to run a game after the group is finished with the game your currently playing. It doesn't surprise me that they aren't enthusiastic about another system because they probably don't know much about other games. DnD has taken over the entire community and most players have never even considered playing anything else. If you run a game it'll give them a taste of something new. Oh and if they are still reluctant just pitch it as a short 6 session campaign or a one off. That's solid PDM advice....i think lol

Jay
>>99923120

I like the Favor and Disfavor synonyms they seem to work to.

Elated Muse

I’m not interested in automated dnd aka dndbeyobd version 6.0.

baldrage
>>99926977

I missed the last chat, so using the three questions I have banked. 😃

Jay
>>99923120

Yeah, I hear ya Andrew. I sometimes drop down the detailed realism rabbit hole from time to time. Then I remember this isn't forensic investigation. That was part of my last career. I just want to look at the situation and say ok these are the perks these are the quicks. Now make a decision and kill all the jerks. In my mind that is rolling either more or less dice and taking the highest to lowest based on what's going on. I think that can be decided quickly. Once the dice are rolled they can be quickly adjudicated with as little math as possible and let the narrative continue. Never-the-less, we all have the rules and flavor we prefer at our tables and those in our groups. I'm looking to combine bits and pieces from Savage Worlds, EZD6, Leagues of Adventure, and a few others but only specific rules with slight modifications. EZD6 and Cogent Roleplay being my go-to games at the moment. My group and I would rather the game mechanics be easy and quick to adjudicate then move them aside to reengage the narrative and player interaction. The more details we add it seems the slower things progress. Yet again, what GMs do at their tables is completely up to them. Still, I always seem to think about more details like you describe above and how I could implement them but that doesn't work too well for me outside of a video game that can process that type of data in seconds and without my players loosing immersion. However, I would be interested to know what type of game you come up with when to have decided on the rules.

Jay
>>99926977

I gift him 2 of my questions using inspirat...I mean Karma points.

Jon Rennick

I was recently reading "Death in Space", they had an interesting progression system where you use experience to buy upgrades. Like 5xp to gain 1d4 hp, 15xp to gain a cosmic mutation, 3x value to raise an ability bonus...etc. What do you think of this type of progression? Have you used anything like it? If so, did it work out well?

Jonny Himes

1. Do you recommend Goodman Games's expansions of the classic TSR modules over WotC's 5e adaptations of them (Curse of Strahd, Tomb of Annhilation, Ghosts of Saltmarsh)? Which titles (in either publisher) do you like best? The thing is, I still have many of the classic TSR modules that I got in the 80s, so I wonder if Goodman's 'reincarnations' with added material is worth it. I have been trying to find an affordable TSR Castle Amber on ebay, but maybe I should just buy the Goodman remake. 2. And if I could afford only 1 Warhammer "module," which would you recommend? I think you've mentioned how much Shadows Over Bögenhafen influenced you. Is that the best one? Are their modules still worthwhile for GM inspiration?

Jimmy De Ruysscher

Hi professor, any suggestions to someone that was just about to create his first zine/adventure? Wait the storm out or just publish without ogl?

shaolinpunk

Hi PDM Have you thought about offering a bound printed copy of DEATHBRINGER? I know we can print our own from the Pdf, but these are never as good as ones purchased.

David Nelson

I’m growing weary of many of the same old adventures. Get the thing, save the girl, deliver the jammie, kill the baddie. What resources would you recommend for an intriguing and fresh game? I don’t care what system. We are playing DB and will scale it. This btw is one of the best strengths of your system.

Jay
>>99946319

This is a good question. The only things I come up with are survival horror where something is after the players or escape from a city overrun with baddies. Maybe even one of exploration on an uncharted island or investigation such as who dunnit. I too look forward to PDMs answer to this one.

jnlsn family

When does the new campaign start?!?

Garnett

Is the following too sweeping? All players love 5e and hate OSR, while all DM's love OSR and hate 5e

James C
>>99912348

I don’t have any plans to watch. I may if it gets good feedback from the fans. I for one never watched any of the past D&D movies. They were so cheesy and poorly made, it seemed like a joke. I’ll watch a D&D movie that respects the IP and takes the world more seriously. I don’t know if this new one does.

Bagel-Man
>>99934577

Don’t know if this is an open invitation, but with regards to the Goodman Games reincarnation modules, they are great! Coming from someone who owns all of them, they all provide a ton of content that allows you to play the module for years if you choose to do so. If you buy any of them, you get interviews with the people that made, and played the modules when they came out, all versions of the module, a revised 5e version (and DCC version with number 7, The Dark Tower) as well as a lot of new content that makes the modules even better in my opinion. The Castle Amber is one of my favorites as a matter of fact, and can usually be found on Amazon for $35-$40ish, which I think is a steal.

James C
>>99924287

Daily Wire has the rebuttal and counterpoint. I won’t link as it’s easy to find on YouTube. Big corp has always played this game. They prey on the desperation of those who are just starting out. It happens in all fields. But that’s the advantage of being the 600 lb gorilla. You can be the bully.

James C

Hello PDM. I really enjoy your live sessions. My main joy in roleplay is a fantasy/medieval setting so they have been very entertaining and informative. But are you planning any other live play settings that are other genres like sci-fi or modern?

James C
>>99924287

I wasn’t defending DW. I just wanted to mention that they did respond which was odd to me since Crowder never named names. Sure people speculated but it was never confirmed. DW was doing damage control. I wasn’t really surprised. As I said. Big corp has always been doing this.

Stephen Kotowych

Can you update us on your thinking about doing The Lost City? You'd mentioned it was canceled but are you reconsidering? Your Caves of Carnage and Veiled Society were so altered from the source material as to be your own creation (and so great!) Do the same with Lost City! You can say it was inspired by "some old modules" and leave it at that

MrGunn

Really great session tonight, thank you PDM & Tom!