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Intro: “Mombasa” ~ Hans ZimmerOutro: “Refused Are F#@&!%g Dead” ~ Refused
Announcements
A little PSA before the headlines, Obsidian Portal is getting prepped and ready for GenCon this year with our first ever set of seminars and more that’s yet to be revealed! Stay tuned to our Official GenCon 11′ blog post for up to the minute developments of all our GenCon attractions!
Headlines
Pathfinder “Beginner Box” Coming Soon
Paizo has announced an introductory product for their Pathfinder RPG with the upcoming Pathfinder Beginner Box which should serve as a great introduction to the game. It comes packed with a bunch of good stuff, one of Paizo’s famous flip maps, tokens, books and everything else you need to get started playing their award winning RPG!
DriveThruRPG Contest – Describe your character, win a tablet!
DTRPG is holding a contest to describe your favorite character. The winner gets a tablet PC! There are some pretty famous judges involved in the contest and the contest runs until Friday, June 3rd so hurry up and get your entries in for a chance to win! Imagine having a nice tablet at your gaming table to pass around and have everyone update their stuff on Obsidian Portal!
Paizo Announces Pre-Painted Miniatures
Paizo Publishing has announced an official Pathfinder pre-painted miniatures line in partner with WizKids, (Mage Knight, Hero Clix). The set will be non random and contain miniatures to compliment their upcoming Beginner Box mentioned earlier in the podcast. Micah and I weigh in on miniatures in general, randomization and more!
User Question, Answered!
@BrentNewhall from twitter asks “What one thing can be done with OP that’s very hard to do/impossible without it?”
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On a personal note, please bear with us (Micah & I) as we get through our first steps as podcasters, we are aware there is a slight hiss and some volume leveling issues at times and are working diligently to use a more articulate method for recording. The upcoming episode 2 for next week should sound considerably more professional. Thanks for listening!
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Fantastic Idea on the “loot bag” item record. I’m stealing it for my campaign wiki. Off to a great start with another good podcast. Don’t fret the audio hiss, it’s episode #1.
Thanks Justin. Glad you like it
(Edit: Called you “Jason”, was a mix of “Justin” and “Mason”…sorry!)
Justin I can’t lie, that idea was wholly stolen from Igor Nappovich (one of my players). Micah beat me to the punch on the NPC management so I had to scramble and think of something good!
lol. Happens all the time, Micah. I’ll usually respond to Jason just becuase, especially when my old work e-mail used to start with jmason@. Kudos to Igor, and for your fast “on-air” thinking, Jerry.
Thanks for the podcasts, great info. Suggestion from an audio engineer – balance your levels! Jerry’s level could be boosted a bit, maybe pushed into a limiter, and Micah’s could be backed off – it is clipping, and much louder than Jerry’s signal. Thanks.
Hi guys,
Thanks for these podcasts. It feel like I discovered OP at just the right time, your site and your podcast are both awesome!
I don’t have a question for the show, specifically, but a comment. It would be really cool to hear you guys dicuss the Featured Campaign. Obviously the Featured Campaign is monthly, so depending on the frequency of the episodes you could devote several episodes to examining that month’s Featured Campaign. It would be interesting to hear your perspective on what that Campaign does well, what it doesn’t, how they use the various features etc.
Thanks!
I’m with Orbitas. Love the idea of an OP podcast, but the difference in volumes is rough. I’m sure you’ll get it figured out. It would suck if everyone had to have their hands on their volume buttons the whole show every time.
Keep it up, gentlemen.
Yes, by episode 6 (which we’re currently on) we’ve worked out all of the volume issues. The only one remaining is my audio quality compared to Micah’s. We’ll get that ironed out soon enough.