Author Archives: The Daily DM

Late Post

So everything that has gone wrong has gone wrong, Dear Readers. Originally, I was planning on doing a How-To post on painting miniatures. Then I realized that I still had a commission that I was behind in delivering. You know the one. That Goliath Barbarian. The problem is, I had started to take pictures andContinue reading “Late Post”

Busy, Busy Day!

Deer Readers, even as I write this, via voice to text, I am trying to get last minute things completed! You see, a week from today marks the beginning of my stores new season of Adventurers League, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight. And let me tell you something: I am super excited. Remember when IContinue reading “Busy, Busy Day!”

Product Review: The Splintered Tree Etsy Shop – Custom Dice Box

Dear Readers, I just got in, what I feel, is the coolest gaming accessory. My new custom dice box. First off, notice the amazing laser etching done on the front! No, it’s not the traditional Daily Dungeon Master Blog logo (I wanted something more simplistic), but you can tell to whom who it belongs! Next,Continue reading “Product Review: The Splintered Tree Etsy Shop – Custom Dice Box”

Announcement: Your Dork Materials

Dear Readers, as you may be able to tell, Anonymous Bosch and I have not been able to get the YouTube channel up and going as quickly as we had anticipated. Due to a number of scheduling conflicts and the ability to record, there have been a number of delays. That said, here is whatContinue reading “Announcement: Your Dork Materials”

Dungeons and Dragons and the Magic the Gathering Crossover

Dear Readers, remember what I said that I would not likely make a deck from my D&D and Magic Gathering crossover cards? Apparently, I fibbed. As I write this, I am in a different state, visiting one of my best friends, we will call C. C and I have been friends since 2015 when weContinue reading “Dungeons and Dragons and the Magic the Gathering Crossover”

Epic D&D Story: The Epic of Sameo

Dear Readers, this story, much as Eric and the Dread Gazebo, is an awesome D&D story that must be preserved. I have reprinted it here for your reading pleasure! ———————————————————————– SAMEO My Paladin was sitting alone in the tavern while the party was doing some disreputable thing they didn’t want me knowing about, when aContinue reading “Epic D&D Story: The Epic of Sameo”

Not a Player’s Perspective – How-To DM: When Things Go Awry

Our normal contributor for today is bogged down with work and exams from his master’s degree. Which is fine and totally understandable. This leaves me the ability to do another article today on something been thinking about. What do you do when your campaign gets derailed? We’ve all been there. You know what I’m talkingContinue reading “Not a Player’s Perspective – How-To DM: When Things Go Awry”

My Last Session I Got to Play

Having taken the quest from Falcon, we rested up and headed out to his hunting lodge, with him in tow. On the way, we stopped at the potion Maker’s house to ensure that the manticore’s were not yet harassing her. They had not been, and we promised to return to assist. When we got toContinue reading “My Last Session I Got to Play”

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NOT A Player’s Perspective

Dear Readers, unfortunately we don’t have an issue of A Player’s Perspective tonight, as Brandon, our weekly contributor for that article, was gone that evening. He’ll be back next week with a great update for you. In the mean time, I have finished the planetar! Here he is: As you can see, I put aContinue reading “NOT A Player’s Perspective”

VERY Brief Painting Update: Goliath Barbarian

Hello, Dear Readers! It’s been one heck of a week, and it’s looking at being busier as my birthday is coming up this Friday (yay me!). Unfortunately, that means I didn’t get a lot of painting done this week (although I plan on having it for next Tuesday!). Here is the update on the Barbarian:Continue reading “VERY Brief Painting Update: Goliath Barbarian”

Another Session I Get to Play!

We begun our journey after a long rest, heading into the forest with the centaur. It wasn’t long before we came across a large open Glade, which looked ominous and foreboding with how dead all of the vegetation was. Thinking better of it, we attempted to discard it when our rogue thief notified us thatContinue reading “Another Session I Get to Play!”

The Dice Review (Final)

Dear Readers, I am so excited to bring you this final product review, you cannot possibly imagine. Dice Envy First off, the Dice Envy set: Aren’t they gorgeous?! They are a metal set (keep in mind, this is the first set they sent me for my dice box subscription!), called the Ancient Relic set. AsContinue reading “The Dice Review (Final)”

Still Waiting…

Dear Readers, As I write this, I am still waiting on both my Dice Envy box, as well as my Clan Invasion Kickstarter boxes. And the wait is killing me. I have delivery confirmation for this Saturday for my Dice Envy and I am excited. That Monday is the day I will be posting myContinue reading “Still Waiting…”

Painting Update: Planetar and Goliath Barbarian

Finally!

Dear Readers, you wouldn’t believe what happened yesterday. I finally got to play! As we were taking our characters from Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, I was permitted to build a fifth level character, which ended up being a lovely female high elf bladesinger. I love her so much. It was loads of fun. We started offContinue reading “Finally!”

Product Review: Kraken Dice vs. Dice Envy Subscription Crate

Dear Readers, the “dice goblin” inside of me couldn’t help but to check out the two most popular of the online dice companies: Dice Envy and Kraken Dice. Kraken Dice – https://www.krakendice.com First off, can I just say “Wow!”? Kraken Dice are absolutely gorgeous. After taking a look at their dice and at my budget,Continue reading “Product Review: Kraken Dice vs. Dice Envy Subscription Crate”

Staff Update: New Contributor!

Hello again, Dear Readers! I have awesome and wonderful news. As of this week, we have yet another contributor joining our staff, Riley! They have several articles out on the horizon and we are looking forward to see their content. Please welcome Riley to our awesome writing team. Additionally, as it [my Clan Invasion Kickstarter!]Continue reading “Staff Update: New Contributor!”

Happy Anniversary, Dear Readers!

I recently got the notification that, this week, we hit our 1-year Anniversary! all are absolutely amazing, and I appreciate your readership and support. Here are some highlight photos from the last year! So much has happened over the last year that going over these pictures, just to find ones to select to hightlight allContinue reading “Happy Anniversary, Dear Readers!”

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Painting Update: Short One, Because It’s Humid!

As many of you know, when you paint miniatures, it is necessary to have a nice try environment so that the miniatures will dry out and you can move on to the next layer. The problem here is that it is so hot and humid outside that the AC can’t keep up with my sunroomContinue reading “Painting Update: Short One, Because It’s Humid!”

Eric and the Dread Gazebo

Recently, Dear Readers, it has come to my attention that some of you may not know this classic story. I will now recount it here, it having been retold countless times across the interwebs. This version comes from: http://www.experience-point.com/dnd-blog/2017/2/25/eric-and-the-dread-gazebo The Story In the early seventies, Ed Whitchurch ran “his game”, and one of the participantsContinue reading “Eric and the Dread Gazebo”

Product Unboxing: Nolzur’s Marvelous Pigments – Underdark Paint Set

Here we are, Dear Readers, with another product unboxing! For those that remember, the Undead paint set was the last product unboxing that I did. The underdark paint set is of a similar vein. 10 paints, one being a metallic, and a miniature. As we saw last time, it’s a pretty standard box of paints.Continue reading “Product Unboxing: Nolzur’s Marvelous Pigments – Underdark Paint Set”

Well, It Finally Happened…

Dear Readers, I am so irritated right now. Throughout this whole pandemic, I had successfully avoided any and all contact with Covid and possible exposure. Until now. And although I am vaccinated, and although I am asymptomatic, I am choosing to quarantine for the next 10 days. What this means for me and y’all isContinue reading “Well, It Finally Happened…”

Painting Update: Goliath Barbarian and Planetar

First off, I’m really excited about these two projects. In particular, I’m really excited about the planetar. I think he, in particular, is going to turn out particularly well. Not to say I’m not going to put forth my best effort on the goliath, but the planetar is looking good to me. First off, theContinue reading “Painting Update: Goliath Barbarian and Planetar”

Upcoming Projects

So I have a number of projects coming down the pipeline that I am excited to share with you all! Battletech: Clan Invasion Unboxing I’ve said a number of times that, while D&D is most definitely my jam, I have a love of all things tabletop gaming. My other tabletop love is Battletech. Catalyst Games,Continue reading “Upcoming Projects”

Premium Content: Inglorious Ingrates Episode 10 – The Hunt

Dear Subscribers, Sorry for the tardy post! I am told that this episode was being difficult with rendering. Episode 11, right around the corner, should be done on-time. That said, thanks so much for your patience!

Depression and MS

Dear Readers, I am so sorry that I haven’t been as active as I try to hold myself towards. My depression and my MS are at it again, and energy and motivation are very very difficult for me. It’s hard to come up with new materials when you are feeling…well, more than a bit down,Continue reading “Depression and MS”

To My Premium Subscribers and Anyone Thinking About It

I have recently been advised of a problem with some of you premium subscribers having problems seeing the content, the site prompting you to subscribe again. I have been working with WordPress to resolve the issue. This is what they suggest: Log out of WordPress. Clear your browser cache. Log back in. I have beenContinue reading “To My Premium Subscribers and Anyone Thinking About It”

How-To Play: Player Responsibilities

I’ve done a lot of articles on DMing, of course, and as I know that I have a lot of players that are Readers as well. As such, I’ve thought about this post for some time, and wanted to right it to address some things that many DMs have said that they wish their playersContinue reading “How-To Play: Player Responsibilities”

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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – Chase to the Vault

This is a summary of the second to last session for Waterdeep: Dragon Heist on my Sunday Group. It’s been a wonderful game to follow up after Icewindale. Tensions were high as the party chased after the Little orphan that they had already met who ran off with the Stone of Golorr. Following the kidsContinue reading “Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – Chase to the Vault”

How-To DM: Strongholds & Businesses

One of the cool things about tabletop games, especially with D&D, is the idea that, during the course of adventures, the party can acquire (and sometimes “acquire” if you catch my meaning…) various things that aren’t traditionally considered treasure. What am I talking about? I’m talking about businesses and strongholds. Maybe the king granted theContinue reading “How-To DM: Strongholds & Businesses”

Die Cast Miniatures

A while back my friend happened to have been in a store and found the coolest thing. I had heard of it but I hadn’t actually gotten around to buying one. She found them on sale. Noticed that each one comes with some sort of iconic character or creature. The first one comes with theContinue reading “Die Cast Miniatures”

Mini Painting Update: Aasimar and Elf

You all may remember my previous post about the two mins I have been working on for the young ladies I DM for on Wednesdays. After looking at the previous pictures, I realized that they weren’t doing them justice, really. Here is the aasimar paladin again, with better lighting: I think I did a goodContinue reading “Mini Painting Update: Aasimar and Elf”

Organized Play

Dear Readers, as you may know, or at least could have guessed, I am an organizer for Adventurers League, Wizards of the Coast organized Play for Dungeons and Dragons. Organized Play is very different than “normal” D&D play in a variety of ways. It’s actually, in addition to being called organized play, called “standardized” play.Continue reading “Organized Play”

Another Bunch of Shamelessly Stolen D&D Memes; Last One is For the Ingrates

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Short Post: Mini Update

Sorry for the short post today, but I’ve got a lot of doctors appointments and other such things. On top of it, I have the young ladies’ group this evening that I have to prep for. Like I said. Long day. But that doesn’t mean I have nothing to give you today! Do you rememberContinue reading “Short Post: Mini Update”

Miniature Painting Project: Aasimar Paladin

Have you ever gotten so caught up in a project that it just consumed you for a little while? Yeah, that was me. Remember that Paladin I was painting? I totally forgot to take step by step pictures. Dear Readers, for about 2 hours, this miniature became my obsession. I was tapped by the miniatureContinue reading “Miniature Painting Project: Aasimar Paladin”

How-To DM: Converting Old Modules/Adventures

If there’s an activity that I enjoy as much as I enjoy miniature painting, it is the act of converting old modules. As I have detailed before, there’s an old adventure in Dungeon magazine issue 53, called “Clarshh’s Sepulchre” that is easily one of my most enjoyable modules to run. The best part of thisContinue reading “How-To DM: Converting Old Modules/Adventures”

I Finally Have Them All!!

As many of you know, Dear Readers, my favorite adventure of the pre-published kind is Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. It is easily one of, if not the best pre-printed adventures that Wizards of the Coast have published. Why? Great Question. It has action, mystery, adventure, dungeon delving, political intrigue, more action, incredible fight scenes and locations.Continue reading “I Finally Have Them All!!”

Running Sooooo Many Games! & D&D Magic the Gathering

You may remember my post a long time ago about being the “Forever DM.” Yeah, that’s totally me. And I bring it upon myself. Here are the number of games that I run: I run my Adventurers League table on Sundays, and just picked up an online game earlier in the day, and a DiscordContinue reading “Running Sooooo Many Games! & D&D Magic the Gathering”

How-To DM: Absent Players

We’ve all been there: you either have a regular session every week, or every two weeks, or even monthly. It’s scheduled out. But come the day of or the day before, and they cancel on you. Or, they just tell you they’re going to be gone that day and they can’t make that session. WhatContinue reading “How-To DM: Absent Players”