DM Quest: The Firebrands on YouTube

It's been about 2½ years since I co-founded a weekly D&D group consisting entirely of Dungeon Masters who rotate each adventure arc. I've made some good friends along the way, had a lot of DM practice, and have collaborated to create a somewhat disjointed yet fascinating world called Amara. The adventurers in this storyline are called the Firebrands, and their adventures are finally up on YouTube for your viewing pleasure!

Aaron (you'll know him soon as the forest gnome Jasper Runewood) recorded each of our games together, and at last we've had time to share the files and get them edited, rendered, and uploaded to YouTube. I also had fun making intros, outros, and thumbnails for the show, and little editing secrets sprinkled throughout the series. 

Unfortunately, an extremely unusual error occurred during the filming of a big number of the videos. Anywhere from 30 minutes in to a couple of hours into the video, the sound occasionally cuts out for everyone except for Aaron. Some episodes were total losses. This is obviously super tragic for us, but also really confusing. Why would it do this? If Aaron could hear just fine, why would the audio cut out only for us and only on the OBS software he was using? Fortunately, around episode 56 or so, I started filming the sessions each week, and have had no problem since.

The audio issues aren't as bad when Aaron is the DM, since his audio at least gives exposition and whatnot, but when one of us was the DM, it's impossible to tell what happened in the session unless the recap in the next episode is detailed. We lost some of the most epic moments in the series this way, especially since the issue tended to happen later in the session when bosses were defeated or cliffhangers were set up.

Anyway, it's been a lot of fun for us and we have no intention of stopping anytime soon. It's also been a labor of love to get all these uploaded and organized. So I hope you give the series a chance and aren't put off too much by the audio cutouts. Enjoy the story of the Firebrands in DM Quest!