Great question! I actually just use the built in microphone on the camera, pretty happy with how the audio turned out for the most part

You go to a spooky, boring, church?

Got an instant subscribe from me. Enjoy your spooky boring zombie vampire pederast cult!

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That's another really great method! An iridescent dragon sounds dope 🐲🌈

Congratulations, Iriden is now in my campaign.

@@jasper5476 Okay, I guess. I don't mind, but I'm not sure why I'm being congratulated. I am glad to hear that you like the idea of the character, but don't forget that it's rewarding to come up with your own characters, too. So what will my character be doing in your campaign?

This is a use of chatgpt that I can get behind, thanks for the tip!

Thank you!! If there's anything anything you'd ever want to see a video on I'd love to hear it and try to help out

Hell yeah, keep the good stuff coming!!

Well it seems like you managed to make a pretty dope pantheon even without the video! 30 gods, that's crazy (in a good way), do you have any trouble keeping track of that many?

@@thealpinedm not necessarily. I made a neat list and a chart for myself to track them, and almost anytime anything comes up about them is something I have time to prepare for, so I only need to have a few in my head at any one time. Many references to them are oblique anyway, like an NPC will swear by Usmerta, goddess of death and overseer of the ferrying of souls (from Russian смерт, “death”), or by Taezaman, god of light, the sun, time, and aging/decay. (I don’t recall off the top of my head how I came up with his name. Haha)

I really like how the naming system inherently gives you information about a gods power and relationships! I'm not very familiar with larping (would love to try it though), do people get to play as these avatars?

@thealpinedm they're npcs! for the most part they send psychic messages and such from the background to move the plot along, but on the rare occasion that they do show up in person, there are people sent by the plot team/game masters to rp as them.

You're very welcome, thanks for the kind words. I'm glad it was helpful!

You're welcome! 😎

Thank you! That's definitely the plan 😃 If there's ever a topic you'd want to see covered please let me know!

Wow, this is such a kind thing to say, thank you!! Glad to have exceeded your expectations. Note to self: continue to have good advice and functional tips. Rock on! 🪨

@@thealpinedm Your video has literally inspired me to start working on the Pantheons (each race will has their own vision of the gods) for the world I'm building), which prior has been something I've been putting off as I wasn't sure how to even start. I've got most of the basics of the human pantheon done (11 gods) just this morning and I'm really liking the way it's shaping up. One thing I'd add to the "How to design a pantheon" suggestions is to add in "decide on a creation mythos". By deciding how the Earth was created and the roles the various gods played already sets up a lot of what each god embodies / represents. So, was the world made by a singular god? Or did a group of gods get together and do it? Or was it created by something else with the gods playing no role at all? This will lead you to whether your pantheon has a singular head and a hierarchy of gods, or are they an unorganized mob? e.g. The four strongest gods got together and decided to cerate a world but they couldn't agree on what to make. The Gods of Earth and Water joined forces against the God of Fire and buried his contribution beneath theirs. The God of Wind stayed out of they way during the conflagration and snuck at the end and covered it all. After this other gods, seeing what these gods had made, joined in the fun and added their own contributions, one covering the world in plants, another in peaceful animals. Another god, who liked to stir up trouble, morphed many of the animals into carnivores. Meanwhile the God of Air quietly gave a lot of animals the gift of flight. While the Gods of Earth and Water had to stay vigilant in order to keep the God of Fire contained, he occasionally breaks free and wreaks havoc upon the world (Volcanoes, fire-breathing Dragons, etc.) It also, out of its anger, brought death and decay to the world. Another god saw what was being done and decided that it would be interesting to give some of the animals intelligence, and thus created the Sentient races. Yet another decided to mess with things and gave the world magic.

Thank you!! Yeah gotta spread the love and de-mystify DMing 🧙‍♂️ If there's ever a topic you wanna see a video about let me know!

Thank you for the kind words!! I'm really glad you were able to find it useful 🧙‍♂️

😂 it's brilliant, haha! I'm definitely going to file that tip away for use later when I'm doing more world building

Hell yeah, glad to inspire you and I really appreciate the kind words and the sub! I'm actually doing my first ever Livestream this coming Thursday just as a little place to hang out with other DMs and all work on our session prep. I'm also giving away one of my books but ANYWAY if you're able to make it (6pm Mountain time Thursday) I'd be happy to also send you a digital copy of my book about creating your first homebrew campaign. It's a few years old but the info is still relevant

Thank you! Hopefully the naming tips are able to transfer even if the actual gods don't, sounds like an interesting world, what system?

@thealpinedm yes very true. The tips would help with places and important npc. Even future characters fo when I seldom play 😅 Of my namesake conan 2d20. It's crunchy, but I have all the books, so im going to get some dam value out of it come hell or highwater

I love it!! Super in depth lore with the ritual - this would make an awesome addition to a campaign

that is not what pantheism means

@@iphidamasfilms1245 ok

Yes, establishing conflict (either past or present) can really help build out a pantheon! It's a great jump off spot for a campaign heavily involving the divine - a great rift forming between different gods

Pantheism is the belief that the universe is god. Pan*en*theism is the same, with the addition of something extra (basically universe+) Basically pantheism means “all is god”, while pantheon means “all the gods”