Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Episode 4 Shownotes

Ep4

Theme Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU
Welcome 148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/
BTL Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0vFUCzEM
Part 1 Bensound Ofelia’s Dreamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJVPbD7qBfQ
Dramatis RPG SOUNDS “Realization”
Some FX: https://www.zapsplat.com

Episode 4 is out today!

Friday, April 24, 2020

The First 10 Days

I've been live now for 10 days. It has been pretty cool to see numbers come in - of course they are small - I had no illusions about that - but they are better than I'd expected. My goal was to get 50 listeners in the first week. I surpassed that and got 80. hardly earth-shattering, I know, but that's still 80 people who listened to my story. From that perspective.... pretty great! My 2nd goal is to hit 100 listeners within 2 weeks. I'm on track to do it, too.

The next episode will come out this coming Wednesday. I hope folks will stick with me as the sound, and the story, just gets better and better.

Today I hit an inevitable setback: I lost some data. Not sure what happened, but my Word file (don't laugh) was just missing a big chunk of writing. I tried to recover it, but it was not to be. I ended up having to rewrite it all. Probably lost about 5 pages of good stuff. It could have been worse, I guess. But ... goddammit.

Spent many days this week participating in webinars on how to do a podcast. Can't say I learned a lot, but they were OK. Still working out a couple of bugs with Apple Podcasts, too. My show was labeled "Every day'. After logging an IT ticket and going through the offered steps, it now reads 'Every Weekday'. Still wrong, though slightly less so. Sorry if that has confused anyone. The show is twice a month. It takes hours and hours to make one episode - a faster schedule wouldn't be possible unless it was my full time job.

To everyone who has listened: THANK YOU!!

Friday, April 17, 2020

Flickering Episodes?

A very, very brief note to say that if you notice Episodes vanishing and reappearing on your device, it's because some systems listed my episodes out of order and I had to remove and repost them. No big deal... just in case you were wondering.

Wandering Encounters Table for Ep 1

Wandering Encounters Table for Ep 1

1 Young Ogre
2 2 Goblin Slavers
3 3 Kobolds
4 4 Giant Rats
5 Wizard Eye
6 Other goblin tribe
7 3 wolves
8 4 stirges
9 3 Giant Spiders
10 Possible ally NPC

*It's kind of funny to look at this table now that I'm already in the process of recording Episode 11 - the story might have taken such a different route had it not been for the rolls I got early on. 3 wolves, for example, might have killed a party member or two outright. A possible NPC ally would have added a new dimension. The Wizard Eye would have dramatically changed an antagonist who shows up later and if I'd rolled 'Other goblin tribe', it would have completely altered the story's trajectory. How cool is that?*

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Shownotes for Eps 0-3

EP0
Theme Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU
Welcome 148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/
BTL Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0vFUCzEM
Part 1 & 2 Narration Odin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XddzQIaRIU
Dramatis RPG SOUNDS #1506 “Realization”
Some FX: https://www.zapsplat.com
Ep1-3
Theme Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU Welcome
148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/
BTL Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0vFUCzEM
Part 1 & 2 Narration Odin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XddzQIaRIU
Dramatis RPG SOUNDS “Realization”
Combat RPG SOUNDS “The Boss is Here”
Some FX: https://www.zapsplat.com

Character Sheets: First 5 Characters for TOTM

Name: SOLI

Class: FIGHTER

Race: Dwarf

Level: 1

Next level at episode: 11

Str: 10

Int: 9

Wis: 9

Dex: 9

Con: 13

Cha: 11

Lck: 14

Max Hp: 9

AC: 9



-----------Name: UMURA

Class: MAGIC USER

Race: Human

Level: 1

Next level at episode: 11

Str: 8

Int: 17

Wis: 8

Dex: 9

Con: 13

Cha: 7

Lck: 10

Max Hp: 5

AC: 9



-----------Name: GYRIOS

Class: CLERIC

Race: Human

Level: 1

Next level at episode: 11

Str: 12

Int: 11

Wis: 14

Dex: 13

Con: 14

Cha: 8

Lck: 14

Max Hp: 7

AC: 8



-----------Name: KAGAN

Race: Human

Class: FIGHTER

Level: 1

Next level at episode: 11

Str: 13

Int: 9

Wis: 11

Dex: 11

Con: 12

Cha: 13

Lck: 14

Max Hp: 8

AC: 9



-----------Name: ARADINE

Race: Human

Class: THIEF

Level: 1

Next level at episode: 14

Str: 11

Int: 9

Wis: 10

Dex: 14

Con: 9

Cha: 15

Lck: 15

Max Hp: 4

AC: 8

LAUNCH DAY!

Today is launch day. Boy, how did I get here so fast? I'll be uploading character sheets shortly, but before I do, I just wanted to say a big thank you to any and all who took a few minutes to give my podcast a shot - I know there's a LOT of content out there...

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Apple Podcasts added!

Yesterday was a big day for me. I was approved for Apple Podcasts, which is the big Daddy of podcast platforms. Now that I've got them and Google Play, I think that takes care of 95% of what's out there. In the future I'll add some of the other less popular ones, too. Listening back on older episodes, I almost wish I could ... redo them. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm proud of the work, but the audio quality has really improved a great deal since Ep 0. Still, a redo is not a possibility, so I hope people will enjoy the first ones enough to make it to the better-sounding episodes. Honestly, it's not so bad - I just mixed them too hot and the sibilance is more than I'd like. Anyway, if you're reading this and you have listened to Ep 0, I just want you to know that the sound quality does improve considerably. Launch happens one week from today, on the 15th, at 6pm EST. Here's hoping for the best.

Friday, April 3, 2020

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

The Point of No Return

Today was a big day in the life of my soon-to-be-real podcast.  Today I purchased a hosting package.  I ended up going with Podbean, although there seems to be at least a half dozen good choices.  I'll be uploading the episodes soon and still hope to launch in mid April.

Currently at work on Episode 7.  It's amazing how invested I am in the characters.

I've also started rereading The Keep on the Borderlands, just to keep my focus on the old school vibe nice and sharp. I remembered that as a kid I thought it meant "Remain on the Borderlands".

I learned that to sound an alarm, goblins yell "Bree-Yark!".  Apparently this translates to "Hey, Rube!"

Full disclosure: I had to google "Hey, Rube."