[GMs/Players] One medium or many media?

[Tom Cashel]

Sounds cool. I do soundtracks sometimes, too.

How about a link to one of those Flash movies? Sounds neat.

 

[Berandor]

Sounds cool. I do soundtracks sometimes, too.

How about a link to one of those Flash movies? Sounds neat.

Well, they're German, and very much a beginner's work. But if you're interested, I'll upload them again and post a link.

Did I mention that I intend to hand the soundtrack to the players after they fulfilled the adventure? So they can listen to it every single minute of their lives!

 

[alsih2o]

I use a lot of pictures for places and bad guys. I also just recently found www.findsounds.com which is great for sound effects.

 

[GlassJaw]

I am a hand-out freak: Maps, letters, tavern menus, I do them all

Ditto. My players go bonkers when you hand them stuff, especially maps. I'm running the Dungeon Adventure Path right now and I really like the fact that there are a lot of handouts.

For the homebrew (Grim Tales) I'm working on, I'm going to put together a campaign website but I've also been searching Google for pictures of landscapes. The setting is similar to Tibet or Mongolia so I want to get some pics and post them so the players can visualize the region. I've found that, as a player, I always wanted as clear a picture as possible what the setting looks like. That goes a long way in establishing the mood and feel of the campaign.

 

[EricNoah]

I also offer XP for character theme songs. It gives me something to listen to while I'm brainstorming, and shaped my last game pretty significantly (themes in the songs picked were freedom, wandering, and being willing to fight, so those all showed up in the game).

That is a neat idea. Unfortunately I think I'd end up with something like this if I asked my guys to do this:

Go, go, go New Justice Team
Go team, go team, team team team
Whose that newest Justice Team
The New Justice Team.

Captain Yesterday is fast
Also he is from the past
Not just fast but from the past
Captain Yesterday!

Super King has all the powers of a King
Plus all the power of Superman,
Also he's a robot
Ain't it cool? Super King you rule!

Cloberella beats you up
Cloberella beats you up
Who does she beat up? You!!
Cloberella!

Citizens, never fear
Crazy do-good freaks are here
Until they run out of steam...
Miracle cream, miracle cream

Gives the power to the team
Its effects wear off for sure
So they just slop on some more
The New Justice Team!

 

[diaglo]

as for the game i am playtesting. our DM, Olgar Shiverstone handed out two pieces of paper with this:

• disguised sword found and lost by some
  the spider squashed white banshee come
  
  delivered by priest of Quaan
  from black grail dead armies spawn
  
  burn shall dark and die shall light
  lest six heroes descend to fight
  
  two blades hath the dragon skinner
  heritage lost, the skin changer
  
  blind in depths, warrior of light
  faerie touched seeks deepest night
  
  two peoples present but one face
  one voice sings for many a race
  
  through dark crypts creep
  seeking cavern magic deep
  
  by sword or dark fate
  will grail power abate

and

• When the banshee the grail has earned
  and silence whispers in the endless night
  heed all that the world has learned
  danger threatens drow seal our plight
  the rod of dark fate lies close at hand
  war and war shall tear the land
  by the rods fierce demand
  make all mortals understand

i don't know if they are from published material or not. i'm assuming the DM wrote them himself. but i could just be making an ass out of u and me.