Will Savino

Life Returning to a Tainted Forest

This month's track request poll was won by patron Greg Brunell with his suggestion "Life Returning to a Tainted Forest." I went back and forth a bunch of times on how I wanted to tackle this. If I started the track with a "corrupted" section, it would be super awkward when you looped back around to it. That is: if you wanted to play this song when the forest became uncorrupted, after 3 minutes, it would sound like it was corrupt again. As such, I decided to do two tracks: a quick orc...

Wednesday Grab Bag: Loops are DONE, Omeria plug, and album recommendations!

LOTS of projects wrapping up right now. I just finished some work for one of my video game clients (stay tuned), I just finished the all of the looping mp3s (standard and variants) for Artist tier patrons, and this past weekend I released Arkus, the biggest collaboration I've led yet! Arkus was such a fun...

Arkus | Campaign Setting Primer [Free Version]

NOTE: This is the free version of the Arkus Campaign Setting. My patrons (or patrons of any of my collaborators for this project) also get access to 4 tracks, 5 maps, and 2 minis/tokens. If you like this project, please support its creators!

Welcome to Arkus, a world filled with colossal trees that tower over a barren earth beset by unending earthquakes. Atop these trees, gno...

Arkus Variants and Loops!

I sincerely hope you enjoy my new campaign setting and all the lovely contributions by my Patreon buddies! I know the post as whole puts a lot of emphasis on the PDF and other assets, but I really believe those three tracks are some of the best in my entire library. I'm very pleased with how they turned out!

Anyway, it wouldn't be Music d20 if I didn't then turn them into something totally different. 

• "Via Vibrafrond (Sparse)" is nice and spacious. Very ambient. Good fo...
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Arkus | Campaign Setting Primer

Welcome to Arkus, a world filled with colossal trees that tower over a barren earth beset by unending earthquakes. Atop these trees, gnomes build massive mechanical cities, orcs and tabaxi forge an uneasy alliance, and elves take to the skies atop massive palm fronds. Governments, religious order, and extraplanar forces vie for control, all while parallel ...

Beachy Loops and Sandy Dreams

I bet none of you heard the original "Gold Is Meant to Be Spent" and thought to yourself, "hmm, this would make for a great lullaby." If you did, well... man, I guess you and I are on the same page. This lullaby version of the track is perfect for evenings in tropical inns, in kooky wizard's vacation homes, or perhaps just a quite get together in the hoity-toity part of town. 

The looping versions of the original is also (if I may say so) pretty ideal to put on a for a whole sessio...

Muzak d20: Tunes to Shop By

Well, it's a bit late, but one of the two winners of last month's track request poll was "Muzak d20: Tunes to Shop By." Now, "muzak" is a style of corporate music whose sole purpose is to get people to buy things. It's designed to have more or less no intrinsic value, and to simply function as a psychological nudge toward consumerism. I don't know about you, but when I'm low on DMing ideas, I put my players in front of a shop and do the exact same thing. 

My track ...

Playlists updated

Hey y'all, small update today. I just took a few hours to cull and revamp a bunch of my Spotify RPG playlists. As I've said in the past, I would lose my mind if I had to solely listen to Music d20 tracks during my sessions, so please take advantage of these painstakingly curated playlists I've made for your sessions. I truly believe that 99% of the moments in any given RPG session fit pretty neatly into one of these categories, so hopefully this is a useful resource for all you. Here are the ...

Looping mp3s are HERE

TL;DR: Looping mp3s are available for the Artist Tier and up. Zip is in the Artist Tier Master Post.

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Hi friends! I've gotten a lot of requests for looping mp3s lately. Presumably, this increase in demand is due to the rise of VTTs as a result of COVID. I initially never intended for my music to be looped... maybe I'm just sensitive,...

Heartfelt Reunion

One of my favorite things to do when DMing is to find elegant ways of reintroducing characters that the party first met ages ago. Especially if the party decides they love some random Boblin the Goblin, bringing that character back in an unexpected way can be so satisfying. The nature of adventuring is that you want to throw a lot of novelty at your players to keep them excited, but a reminder of their humble or...

Track Requests: July 2020

HALFWAY DONE. Yep, 2020 is halfway done. And I'm sure 2021 is going to be better. And no, I will not be taking any comments on that remark. Well, with the coming of July it's time for our next track request poll! One quick note: you might have noticed that I often include tracks that came in second or third in the poll for the next month as well. I like to give some tracks a second chance, so hopefully that means your votes just matter that much more.

As always, feel free to vote more t...

Tuesday Grab Bag: Send in Track Requests

HEY FOLKS! I meant to mention this yesterday, but please send in suggestions for the July track request poll! I'll be posting it tomorrow, probably midday Eastern time, so get 'em in while you can. Just throw anything that comes to mind in the comments, and I'll be sure to include it. We had so many great suggestions last month, and I'm bummed I haven't had a chance to even finish the track that tied for first place (don't worry Noah, I got you), let alone dig around through 2nd and ...

Hack the Mainframe

This more upbeat variant of my track "Dillinger Gate" has got tech heist vibes all over it. I tagged it "Infiltration" because to me it seems most useful for intense sci-fi moments that aren't quite combat. Maybe you're carefully sneaking your way into the corporate headquarters, or aggressively making your way through the matrix into a secure cyber vault. This track should be your go-to for digital espionage.

Look, it's cheesy, but it's also bad ass. Just revel in the goofy intensity. ...

Vaporwave Dungeon | Collaboration with Mutenn

QUICK NOTE: The track that tied for first in my June track request poll (Muzak d20: Tunes to Shop By) will be released sometime next month. I had some pretty big life events this month (marriage + moving 800 miles), so things got a bit busy. Don't worry: you'll have some sweet bossa beats next month for all of your chill shopping sessions. 

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I love getting suggestions from fellow Patreon creators for my monthly track request polls. This month, patr...

Wow, Look At This Empty Forest!

I've gotten a few requests lately for sparser tracks. As a DM, I know how distracting it can be when there's some giant music in the way of a scene. I think most of you who follow me know that I like to  make music that's big and bold and interesting, but I also know that some moments call for a lot more ＳＰＡＣＥ. As such, I'm going to be releasing some more "stripped down" versions of tracks. This doesn't mean I'm going to making fewer "true" variants; just that I'll occ...

Daimyo Stems

I know that a lot of you just like stripped down versions of my tracks. For "Storming the Daimyo," I'm giving you just that! These two versions are "No Percussion" and "Just Percussion." 

"Just Percussion" is probably best for straightforward martial arts duels. It's still high intensity, but without the charging strings, it's much sparser.

"No Percussion" is most useful for intense moments leading up to combat. Maybe you're speaking with the daimyo, but aren't quire ready to...

Iido Daimyo's Castle | Collaboration with Tom Cartos

Today, I'm bringing to you a brand new collaboration with the incredible mapmaker Tom Cartos. This stunning Japanese-style castle map is the culmination of a series of maps Tom has been making over the past month. The story he has been telling that links all these maps ends at the Daimyo Lord Katamori's castle. This map has multiple furnished floors, and an underground passage. Tom was generous enough to provide the day...

Foundry VTT Adventure - Clash at the Kobold Cauldron

Foundry VTT Adventure - Clash at the Kobold Cauldron

"Something's wrong with the people of Knotside. A few weeks ago, a popular new liquor called Red Claw showed up in the city's many taverns. Anyone that took even a sip of this spirit immediately wanted another taste. At first, these desires were nothing more than cravings. But soon, those cravings grew to obsession. Then obsession turned to violence. Now, the city of Knotside faces collap...