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<blockquote data-quote="OblivionDrive" data-source="post: 7897062" data-attributes="member: 7020101"><p>I'm definitely a fan. One of my formative memories was playing a 2e game with a group of people I had hooked up with through online local BBSes (ahhh there's a dated reference). The DM didn't go super over the top - he just played some appropriate nature sounds at the right time. I remember vividly a trip through a swampy area at night where that one little thing alone made the whole scenario just spring to life in my head. He might have played some softer soundtrack music during combat but I still remember the swamp crawl.</p><p></p><p>Flash forward like 30 years and I've tried since 3e to incorporate music and sound effects where I could. My current 5e group seems to enjoy it well enough, though it can occasionally make for amusing moments. For instance, if I throw on someone else's curated Spotify playlist on random, more than once has a song with a totally inappropriate vibe popped up at the wrong time to underscore the seriousness of a scene with a more uptempo ditty, which usually makes everyone laugh and roll their eyes as I skip to the next track. I keep saying this means I need to sit down and do my own hyper-specific playlists myself, but I just never find the time.</p><p></p><p>Beyond that, I use Syrinscape for ambiances that always pop up, like tavern noise, wagon journeys, woodland soundscapes and the like. That, combined with the Midnight Syndicate D&D album has gotten us through many a session. So much so, in fact, that "Skirmish" from that album was one of my top Spotify tracks of 2019 just because of how often it looped on repeat during combats. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OblivionDrive, post: 7897062, member: 7020101"] I'm definitely a fan. One of my formative memories was playing a 2e game with a group of people I had hooked up with through online local BBSes (ahhh there's a dated reference). The DM didn't go super over the top - he just played some appropriate nature sounds at the right time. I remember vividly a trip through a swampy area at night where that one little thing alone made the whole scenario just spring to life in my head. He might have played some softer soundtrack music during combat but I still remember the swamp crawl. Flash forward like 30 years and I've tried since 3e to incorporate music and sound effects where I could. My current 5e group seems to enjoy it well enough, though it can occasionally make for amusing moments. For instance, if I throw on someone else's curated Spotify playlist on random, more than once has a song with a totally inappropriate vibe popped up at the wrong time to underscore the seriousness of a scene with a more uptempo ditty, which usually makes everyone laugh and roll their eyes as I skip to the next track. I keep saying this means I need to sit down and do my own hyper-specific playlists myself, but I just never find the time. Beyond that, I use Syrinscape for ambiances that always pop up, like tavern noise, wagon journeys, woodland soundscapes and the like. That, combined with the Midnight Syndicate D&D album has gotten us through many a session. So much so, in fact, that "Skirmish" from that album was one of my top Spotify tracks of 2019 just because of how often it looped on repeat during combats. :ROFLMAO: [/QUOTE]
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