DragnaCarta
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I'm now offering DM skills mentoring sessions!
🕑 Added 2024-10-15 12:17:01 +0000 UTC(this is not a curse of strahd: reloaded-related email; i apologize deeply to anyone who subscribed only for reloaded updates and doesn't want to see random marketing schlock in their inbox. i will try to keep it to a minimum. ty for your patience 🙏)
Since a number of people seemed to be interested in it, I've launched an exploratory Patreon shop where people can buy individual mentoring sessions on particular topics they're interested in. Right now, the three available options are:
NPC Roleplay 101. Join me for a 1-hour Discord mentoring session to master the art of NPC roleplay. In this interactive session, you'll learn how to fully embody an NPC's mannerisms and personality, improvise unique dialogue, and deliver exposition in a natural, engaging way. Once you've mastered the essentials, you'll also have a chance to practice roleplaying up to two NPCs of your choice and receive personalized feedback for both.
How to Make Combat Fast, Flavorful & Fun. Join me for a 1-hour Discord mentoring session to master the art of running combat. In this interactive session, you'll learn how to keep combat from slowing down your game, maintain player engagement throughout every round, and transform each battle into a dramatic, narrative experience. After mastering the essentials, you'll also have the chance to run a brief combat encounter to practice and apply what you've learned.
NPC Voice-Acting 101. Join me for a 1-hour Discord mentoring session to develop the skills you need to make your NPCs' voices come alive. In this interactive session, you'll learn, practice, and get personalized feedback on foundational voice-acting skills, including breath control, pitch variation, and tone modulation. Once you've mastered the essentials, we'll work together to develop and refine the voices of up to three NPCs of your choosing.
(I'm experimenting with the price, but right now I've set it at $40/session - $10 less than the Platinum mentoring tier of my main Patreon page.)
You can check out and buy each of these sessions on my Patreon Shop. I have no idea if anyone will actually be interested in purchasing these now that they're up, but I figured I'd toss 'em up there and see what happens ¯\(ツ)/¯. Feel free to let me know in the comments if you have any questions or thoughts!
Whether you decide to check these out or not, thank you for reading. Fear not—my next post will be a Reloaded update as per usual, and will (ideally) provide updates and previews regarding the Tyrant's Third Trial, the Avalanche, and the nest of the Roc of Mt. Ghakis.
Until next time!
- Dragna
Comments
DragnaCarta
Hi Alessandro! They're 1-on-1, but I'd be fine if someone wanted to bring a friend or two to make it a 2- or 3-person session. (That might make it a bit more difficult to fit everything into the time allotted, though, given that these are predominantly interactive sessions, so there would be a bit of a tradeoff there.)
DragnaCarta
Patience - thank you so much for the kind review! I'm very glad to hear that our session was helpful. I hope it continues to guide you in future sessions! :)
Alessandro Gagliardi
Are these 1-1 or group sessions? It seems like they're 1-1, which—I'll be honest—I find a little intimidating. I'd be more interested in a group session, but then scheduling becomes more of a factor.
patience
I am super glad I took the dive into the NPC Roleplay 101 mentoring session! It forced me to apply and practice some of the techniques and tools that I was too afraid, unsure, or lazy to try. Now I have a better understanding and feel more at ease to continue the practice of roleplaying. The NPCs in my own campaign will for sure be more memorable and engaging. Thank you, DraganaCarta!
davyd ibb
queria muito participar deste curso, mas acho provavelmente a diferença de idioma iria atrapalhar, sou do Brasil e amo muito o seu trabalho!! sou seu fã S2
DragnaCarta
I plan to offer them indefinitely! If they continue to be well-received, I'll likely add more to accompany them as well :) So there's no rush in signing up!
Samuel Wagner
Do you know how long you're going to offer these for? I was interested in the NPC Voice-Acting but I don't have the money for it for a couple of months.
DragnaCarta
Nope! Just a microphone and a Discord account.
Eli Garcia
Will we need/do you suggest specific equipment for the sessions?
DragnaCarta
I can definitely look into that - if you're interested, I'd love to hear/learn more about your experience doing so!
Ted Harty
As someone who sells online education, you should 100% be recording all of these and offering them for purchase somewhere.
DragnaCarta
That's an interesting idea. The main issue with more people is that the hands-on portions become much longer; I think I'd be willing to do 2-3 person sessions, but they might be lower-quality than the 1:1s, since I'd still try to keep them relatively on-time. Does that make sense/seem fair? (And I might eventually look into session recordings; thanks for the idea!)
DragnaCarta
Rad! Looking forward to hearing from you.
Fynn Kwast
Possible to get group session for 2-3 people? I imagine 13€ each much more manageable (for us poor students and alike) and a benefit if there are more people to interact (as long as n >= 3). Alternatively discount for people who don't mind other people listening or a session recording. That way you might also grant accesss to that archive for a given patreon tier?
Grim Anubis
Hell yeah! Definitely gonna look into these once I get paid >:)
