Will Savino
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Extraplanar Threats
🕑 Added 2021-09-27 14:22:41 +0000 UTCI've said it before, and I'll say it again: not every RPG battle needs to sound like "epic end of the world cataclysm apocalypse final duel." A lot of combat either has lower stakes or more nuanced antagonists. A common theme of battles in campaigns I GM is just dealing with a single extraplanar threat. Maybe some ghosts are haunting a house and need to be expelled, maybe a genie is wreaking havoc on a community of halflings, or maybe some skeletons just friggin' teleported to the material plane. The important bit here is that their influence on the larger campaign is likely transient, so long as the adventurers successfully best them in combat.
For these sorts of encounters, I recorded "Banish Thee," a fun battle romp with a wide array of influences: Witcher-esque Slavic altos, Feywild sparkles, big battle horns, and plodding guitars and kalimbas. What culture does that sum to? I don't know! It's just a big hodgepodge of "hey, look at all these elements together!" which I think is perfect for combat that mostly amounts to "let's defeat these extraplanar visitors." Throw this track on for sub-arc climaxes: minibosses, challenging fights in unique arenas, or exciting story beats in campaign side-arcs.
If you want a pure percussion version of this track to throw on for more general usage, that's available at the Artist Tier +. Thanks y'all!
