Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Factions are fantastic for generating adventure hooks and creating a world for your Dungeons and Dragons or any TTRPG game that feels alive. Jim Davis is here to tell you a story about how he thinks about and implements them.
Get Planebreaker: mymcg.info/webdm_planebreaker
Time stamps:
0:00 Storytime
7:45 How to Run Factions
16:48 Jim’s Dice Oracle
21:16 More tools to Use to Create Factions
24:24 Our Annotated Index for running Factions in 5e
RESOURCES:
We went through the DMG, Tasha's, Mordenkainen's, and Volos and created an annotated index of EVERY TOOL in them that's useful for creating and running factions for your 5th edition game. It's a free download here: patreon.com/posts/58823471
Resources for the Night's Black Agents Conspyramid: pelgranepress.com/2011/12/21/nights-black-agents-competition-2
hws3.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/conspyramids-and-vampyramids
For longer form Web DM, check out out podcast, Web DM Talks, available on all podcast apps! https://linktr.ee/webdm
Want our book? The Weird Wastelands Pre-Order Store is now Open! weird-wastelands.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Backer surveys out now!
GET MORE WEB DM! patreon.com/webdm We've got a bonus podcast that you can get every single week where we go into way more topics! Over 200 episodes available now. Plus ad-free show audio, and discord and live hangouts for select tiers!
#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg
Facebook - bit.ly/2oGKLOg
Twitter - twitter.com/WebDMshow
Instagram - web_dm
Written & Hosted by Jim Davis
Produced and Directed by Emma Lambert
Edited by Brandon Fraley
Web DM was created by Travis Boles, Jonathan Pruitt, and Jim Davis
Music by John Branch -branchoutguitar.com
Web DM Theme by Kyle Newmaster - kylenewmaster.com
Factions are fantastic for generating adventure hooks and creating a world for your Dungeons and Dragons or any TTRPG game that feels alive. Jim Davis is here to tell you a story about how he thinks about and implements them.
Get Planebreaker: mymcg.info/webdm_planebreaker
Time stamps:
0:00 Storytime
7:45 How to Run Factions
16:48 Jim’s Dice Oracle
21:16 More tools to Use to Create Factions
24:24 Our Annotated Index for running Factions in 5e
RESOURCES:
We went through the DMG, Tasha's, Mordenkainen's, and Volos and created an annotated index of EVERY TOOL in them that's useful for creating and running factions for your 5th edition game. It's a free download here: patreon.com/posts/58823471
Resources for the Night's Black Agents Conspyramid: pelgranepress.com/2011/12/21/nights-black-agents-competition-2
hws3.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/conspyramids-and-vampyramids
For longer form Web DM, check out out podcast, Web DM Talks, available on all podcast apps! https://linktr.ee/webdm
Want our book? The Weird Wastelands Pre-Order Store is now Open! weird-wastelands.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Backer surveys out now!
GET MORE WEB DM! patreon.com/webdm We've got a bonus podcast that you can get every single week where we go into way more topics! Over 200 episodes available now. Plus ad-free show audio, and discord and live hangouts for select tiers!
#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg
Facebook - bit.ly/2oGKLOg
Twitter - twitter.com/WebDMshow
Instagram - web_dm
Written & Hosted by Jim Davis
Produced and Directed by Emma Lambert
Edited by Brandon Fraley
Web DM was created by Travis Boles, Jonathan Pruitt, and Jim Davis
Music by John Branch -branchoutguitar.com
Web DM Theme by Kyle Newmaster - kylenewmaster.com
