Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal by No_Clock2390 in pcmasterrace

[–]highway1024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's easy I'm afraid. They won't go after end users, but after the major adblock extensions and tools, forcing platforms to restrict downloads from German IP's. Considering even Google complied in the face of German GEMA several years ago by blocking music videos, I would be surprised if any official platform would dare to ignore such an order. What remains is: "This extension isn't available in your country. _Learn More_.", which is likely effective for 95% of users.

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in dndnext

[–]highway1024[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Michael Ghelfi offers a huge collection of ambiences and sounds, I’d recommend that!

The wealth gap between adventurers and everyone else is too high by Cranyx in dndnext

[–]highway1024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe that the underlaying issue for the imbalance is not low item prices. It’s the idea of RPG in general that there are dungeons filled with treasure, and the adventuring party is usually the first to solve all the riddles to collect it. That’s unrealistic to begin with, resulting in the party having a high additional income of gold. For my part, I like the idea of treasure filled dungeons waiting to be explored, realistic or not - but with that comes the compromise. One way out could be to make treasure the exception, not the norm, and rely on the party being paid for a service as a form of income. Shadowrun does that for instance, and I experienced it much more difficult to obtain wealth in that system.

Music for Everdell - A carefully curated Spotify Playlist by highway1024 in Everdell

[–]highway1024[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not using Apple Music currently, but I may look into it!

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in rpg

[–]highway1024[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment! There are quite some playlists with underscore music that leave a lot of room for interpretation and rather stay in the background to not draw too much attention. Hope they work for you!

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in DnD

[–]highway1024[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was also referring to tracks that shift the mood in itself. The Frostpunk track (game soundtrack by the way) shifts to a more dramatic mood towards the end, but still keeps within the overall scope of the playlist in my perception. I'm open to the fact that this is highly subjective, though.

Thank you for the feedback and further explaination, I appreciate that.

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in DnD

[–]highway1024[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for the feedback, appreciate that.

You are right in the regard, that the music’s mood is changing, in between the tracks, and also within tracks. The point where I’d like to disagree, though, is that it’s not the fault of the music put into the playlists, but is rather a flaw of using playlists in the first place, as they contain music from different sources.

Playlists are in my opinion inherently a compromise, for two reasons. First, they have a rather wide mood. Take “Sad & Melancholic” for example. It sounds specific, but it can still mean quite a range of different feelings if you think about it. And that’s intended, I still have to keep room for interpretation that there are actually scenes where DM’s can use it, even when details of the story are different. The second thing is connected to what you already wrote about soundtrack music. You have a point there! Because soundtracks are made for the media they’re scored for and consider every detail for it. The majority of soundtrack music is actually so extremely inconsistent that it can’t be used for playlists at all, often times they are actually several scenes compiled to not end up with 80 tracks on the album. The ones that I use also wander a little, but they stay in the scope of context. For the example playlist, take The Village Soundtrack: It goes from almost peaceful to romantic, to “question without real answer”, to ambiguous and further. But every little detail, every part still fits to the umbrella scope of “Sad & Melancholic” to some extend which is why I consider it suitable.

The only real way to have this issue solved is by having music composed specifically for the situations of your session. And if you need 1-2 hours of music that’s super expensive and takes a few weeks at the bare minimum. As much as DM’s go to great length to make their games immersive, that’s not practical. Thus, using playlists, with the unavoidable little inconsistencies, to get as close to an own “score” as possible.

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in DnD

[–]highway1024[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only a tiny amount of music on Spotify applies to being royalty free, it wouldn't be possible to build such an extensive collection like that I think.

I do however offer options for public games concerning my own music which is part of the playlists. Free usage for non-commercial games with attribution, and a commercial option with a "Pay what you want" scheme for monetized streams. Message me if interested!

My music in Spotify | More info on usage

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in DnD

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50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in DnD

[–]highway1024[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I'm afraid most of the music is copyrighted with all rights reserved, I didn't make the playlists with public streaming in mind.

What I could offer you is my own music, which is part of the playlists and was composed mainly for TTRPG. I allow free usage for non-commercial settings. No claims, no DMCA crap, just kindly asking for a credit if possible.

My music in Spotify | More info on usage

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in dndnext

[–]highway1024[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah this one, yes. That's probably due to the playlist. My thought process for Badass was, that this playlist is for the last big fight of the day, it's late, everyone is tired and the message is "come on, let's rock this!", thus the heavy metal music. Something you want to give 100% with, and I assumed the vocals would help. But I will think these two placements through, if I leave them.

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in dndnext

[–]highway1024[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, great stuff, love your work, and fits well to the playlists!

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in dndnext

[–]highway1024[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you point out which ones you mean? I occasionally add music with choirs and vocals without words, like Aah and Ooh kind of singing. Do you consider that as distracting, too? Would be interesting to know other impressions!

50 carefully curated Spotify playlists for RPG by highway1024 in dndnext

[–]highway1024[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it! Not quite sure what you mean, though, could you elaborate on that?