Friday, January 27, 2017

Numenera Audio Track

I wanted to give everyone a quick heads up about a new kickstarter from Wes Otis.  He has been nice enough to allow us to use clips of his music in our podcast.  Furthermore, I have used his clips in games I have run on roll20 in many sessions.  They are great background music for games.  In fact, they are designed for that purpose with a few functions that differentiate them from using movie soundtracks or other traditional approaches.


  1. Themed for specific RPG settings and circumstances -- you can quickly scan for a name that fits the setting or tone you are looking for.  Most cases, you will be right.
  2. Looping -- the tracks loop so that you can set one up and let it run for a long period of time (until you want to change).  You don't have to worry about creating a list long enough for your session
  3. Tonal consistency -- You can select a track and not worry about there being a massive change in tone or volume (as you might with a movie soundtrack when it switches to the chase scene - or whatever).  

NOTE:  This kickstarter is for Numenera-inspired tracks.  I suspect they will be sufficiently general to serve well in a fantasy or other setting RPG.

Friday, January 20, 2017

Incantations Episode 10 - Makers and the Sandman

We have another Order of the Invisible Church to discuss, the Makers. We also talk about the first collected volume of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, Preludes and Nocturnes.


Incantations Show Notes

The Order of Makers

  • Makers -- (link)
  • Invisible Sun Q&A Part 4: Makers -- (link)

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman

  • Preludes and Nocturnes -- (link)
  • Good Omens (the title Scott forgot) -- (link)
    • And now Good Omens is getting a TV miniseries adaptation -- (link)
  • American Gods [winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel] -- (link)
  • Scott meant to say "House of Secrets", not "House of Suspense" - as recompense, he recommends checking out the recent House of Secrets series by Seagle -- (link
  • An example of the (recolored) depiction of Hell in Sandman -- (link)
  • Sam Keith's The Maxx -- (link)

About Incantations

We can be contacted via email at incantationspodcast@gmail.com.

You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community.

Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG.

Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games.

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Friday, January 6, 2017

Incantations Episode 9 - Design Diary 2

Monte Cook published a second design diary, this time focusing on the experience points you can gain in Invisible Sun.



Show Notes


Segment One - Design Diary 2 (The Careful Gaze of the Grigori)
  • Design Diary 2: Acquiring Different Abilities with Different Experience Points -- link
  • Hamlet's Hit Points, by Robin D. Laws -- link
  • Review - Hamlet’s Hit Points -- link

We can be contacted via email at incantationspodcast@gmail.com.

You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community.

Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG.

Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games.
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