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Burning Questions: How Can I Add Ambience to D&D Sessions?
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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7766199" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>Make sure you just didn't use the <em>wrong</em> music. IMXP most of the time a DM puts on some "music for D&D", they choose heavy metal or classic rock music, possibly with a fantasy twist, which is awesome music but NOT good while gaming... it's distracting as hell when not outright annoying!</p><p></p><p>In addition, adventure/action movies soundtrack are another typical bad choice, unless you cherrypick the tracks, because each single soundtrack album typically includes tracks with completely different moods, so if you just play the whole album you may end up with battle music when you are in a totally non-action phase of the game, as well as with a romantic piece during a battle or horror moment...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Exactly! Either you do it yourself but properly and with care, or don't do it at all. And considering that we are literally bombarded with music everywhere, from shopping malls to railway stations, having <em>one evening</em> of silence while playing a game together certainly wouldn't hurt.</p><p></p><p>Personally I DO use background music while gaming, but it's carefully chosen by myself by cherrypicking from decades of listening to all sort of stuff... I have many playlists of my own to cover different story situations or locations, from the traditional tavern to the freakin' scary dungeon, from the open wilderness to the holy temple. Almost all of it is instrumental music of various genres, with few songs having lyrics. I keep the fantasy rock/metal only for BEFORE the game starts, and AFTER the game ends; it's good for the get-together mood, but not while playing.</p><p></p><p>As for <em>ambient noise</em> rather than music, I looked at Syrinscape with interest until it stopped being free. Recently however I have found the following option which I haven't actually used in a game session yet, but it looks very promising to me so I want to recommend it anyway:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://tabletopaudio.com/" target="_blank">https://tabletopaudio.com/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7766199, member: 1465"] Make sure you just didn't use the [I]wrong[/I] music. IMXP most of the time a DM puts on some "music for D&D", they choose heavy metal or classic rock music, possibly with a fantasy twist, which is awesome music but NOT good while gaming... it's distracting as hell when not outright annoying! In addition, adventure/action movies soundtrack are another typical bad choice, unless you cherrypick the tracks, because each single soundtrack album typically includes tracks with completely different moods, so if you just play the whole album you may end up with battle music when you are in a totally non-action phase of the game, as well as with a romantic piece during a battle or horror moment... Exactly! Either you do it yourself but properly and with care, or don't do it at all. And considering that we are literally bombarded with music everywhere, from shopping malls to railway stations, having [I]one evening[/I] of silence while playing a game together certainly wouldn't hurt. Personally I DO use background music while gaming, but it's carefully chosen by myself by cherrypicking from decades of listening to all sort of stuff... I have many playlists of my own to cover different story situations or locations, from the traditional tavern to the freakin' scary dungeon, from the open wilderness to the holy temple. Almost all of it is instrumental music of various genres, with few songs having lyrics. I keep the fantasy rock/metal only for BEFORE the game starts, and AFTER the game ends; it's good for the get-together mood, but not while playing. As for [I]ambient noise[/I] rather than music, I looked at Syrinscape with interest until it stopped being free. Recently however I have found the following option which I haven't actually used in a game session yet, but it looks very promising to me so I want to recommend it anyway: [url]https://tabletopaudio.com/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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