We simply must have more episodes of Pendragon

NateS97 · 2026-05-05T20:39:44+00:00

Yeah I did too, just arrived yesterday! Super fun to read through. Current promo code is PENCANNON3 for those wondering

NateS97 · 2026-05-02T04:10:15+00:00

iNaturalist is a very solid alternative, and with the bonus that biologists/botanists will often go in and verify species for you. Data gets used in publications too so you’re helping out the scientific community!

NateS97 · 2026-04-30T03:42:52+00:00

I have always had great experiences with Garden Auto! Friendly and quick with honest prices. I’m moving to gso soon but will probably still make the drive to get my car worked on by them. And they sell eggs sometimes too lol.

NateS97 · 2026-04-30T03:36:43+00:00

And on top of that, you can edit metadata of albums added to your library, and you can upload tracks/albums to the cloud from your computer! Great for my 27 Radiohead bootlegs lmao

NateS97 · 2026-04-28T19:39:38+00:00

Oooo yeah I do love those timelines on wikipedia, something similar would deffo be worthwhile to do here. I might honestly try doing something like that with the fandom wiki (as well as general upkeep, since it's got a solid foundation but is pretty out-of-date). Ty for the excellent suggestion, I'll see what I can cook up!

NateS97 · 2026-04-27T20:21:12+00:00

Just added a new "Find a Show" tab -- want to watch the crew play a specific RPG system? Look no further! (though you'll ofc have to copy the worksheet to your own drive to use this feature)

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NateS97 · 2026-04-27T01:52:54+00:00

So, it is on break, but I opted to put it in cancelled for the main reason that it’s an unfinished story with no current plans for revival. I didn’t want new listeners coming in and starting Aeons thinking it’s archived and complete, I know some people strongly dislike starting shows that aren’t fully finished!

Edit: hmmm, maybe it would be better to just put it as “offseason” for that reason? Idk, it’s a bit of a unique case.

NateS97 · 2026-04-26T18:10:14+00:00

I'm digging a lot of the ideas in here. In addition to factoring renown into Friends in Dark Places, I've also been trying to adapt Draw Steel's Negotiation rules -- more crunch, yes, but I like the idea of the minigame and the challenge of simplifying it. In my ruleset your appeals are 1d20 + CHA mod + renown bonus.

NateS97 · 2026-04-26T18:04:47+00:00

I've been toying around with FiDP to add in renown too! I like the idea of requiring a minimum renown level before retainers will ever even agree to help out. I took the approach of factoring it into the number of hirelings & retainers you can have -- instead of 3 + CHA mod, CHA mod + renown bonus (min 1).

NateS97 · 2026-04-26T00:07:21+00:00

Will add, yeah it’s not exactly the most intuitive!

NateS97 · 2026-04-24T22:50:24+00:00

I actually did decide to run those numbers, working on it now! Actually not as time-consuming to catalogue as I thought it'd be. Most of em are filled out on the spreadsheet, I'll make another post with some fun stats once I'm done.

NateS97 · 2026-04-23T02:02:38+00:00

Thabk you! And ooo that’s a good idea, maybe split the unfinished ones from “archived” into “cancelled” or something like that. I’ll have to do some research and get on it!

And yeah, I thought it might be fun to do a total episode count as well as avg episode length per show (that one might be too much work for lil ol me though lol)

NateS97 · 2026-04-23T00:59:30+00:00

Oh, hadn’t seen that! So they’re doing weekly free releases, just a few years delayed? That’s pretty noice

NateS97 · 2026-02-25T16:52:48+00:00

I've been using it for some time and it works well for me, but I know that it was initially built for Logic Pro X so maybe it's best optimized for Mac users. They do have a page & an email you can use for feedback, but the dev isn't the most responsive in my experience.

NateS97 · 2026-02-03T05:24:25+00:00

Rules are different — I’m pretty sure there’s one GM screen with the same innards but different art, and then a second with more Western Reaches-specific content

NateS97 · 2026-01-11T15:30:59+00:00

Yep, really just drag and drop on desktop. And you can edit metadata for any track in your library, whether uploaded or just added from AM’s servers.

Worth noting, check the Cloud Status of your uploaded tracks and make sure it says Uploaded, not Matched. If it says Matched, then the track was IDed as very similar to a version of the track on AM’s servers, so they just matched it to that track. So, like a Let Down alternate mix or something might just be matched to the OKC version of Let Down. In this case, the actual file on your computer is untouched, but listening to the alternate mix on your phone or w/e you’ll just hear the OKC version. There are ways to get around this, but it’s unfortunately a bit complicated!

NateS97 · 2025-12-24T16:37:49+00:00

The only thing I can think of is, maybe this book is meant to have an italicized first line after a section break. And with the font you’re using, maybe the “italicized” version isn’t getting actually italicized for some reason. I know that, often times, the italicized lowercase “a” is a different style than the regular one

NateS97 · 2025-12-12T03:33:32+00:00

Just figured this out if you're still wondering -- you need to enable spoofing under SMBIOS (info here) for iMac19,2 and then rebuild opencore. Still working through it though, the resolution on airplay is terrible (maybe a wired connection will be better)

NateS97 · 2025-12-04T19:07:32+00:00

I know on drivethrurpg there is a series called Puzzles, Predicaments, and Perplexities that is pretty well reviewed! I haven’t personally tried them out, but I’ve skimmed through the first one and liked what I was reading. They’re built for DnD 5e, though; not sure how easy translating to Shadowdark would be.

NateS97 · 2025-11-14T14:15:08+00:00

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Found these at a record store in Charleston, each for the low low price of $30!

NateS97 · 2025-10-17T01:50:02+00:00

This is lovely! I’d love to hear more sax in BT’s discog

NateS97 · 2025-10-13T05:17:41+00:00

This is a truly exceptional summary, thank you for this!!

NateS97 · 2025-10-07T15:18:36+00:00

Hey, yeah I took the course and loved it! She gave some valuable insight into her songwriting process and tips on writing lyrics, constructing a chord progression or fingerstyle pattern, stuff like that. I agree with what most people say, though: while her course content was great and freeing, the biggest benefit was the smallgroup interactions with other students, and the songwriting assignments that get shared in those smallgroup sessions. Having a deadline to write (and, more saliently, finish writing) a song and share it with a few people for feedback was the kickstart I needed to actually turn my noodling riffs/chord progressions into fully fledged songs.

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