While the music industry is affected by illegal downloading and falling CD sales (down by another 3.5% in the UK last year, says the BPI), British independent labels are counting their successes. This week could see an indie double on both sides of the Atlantic, with Welsh rockers Lostprophets signed to indie label Visible Noise, on track for a second album No 1 in the UK, with their fourth album The Betrayed. Last year, Adele, also on XL, part of the Beggars Group of independent labels, won two Grammys and broke into the US top-10 album chart, while Arctic Monkeys, signed to Domino, had their third UK No 1 album, after racking up the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history. There has been no shortage of critical acclaim for independently released music. Dizzee Rascal, Friendly Fires and Animal Collective are listed for Brit awards this year, while last year's HMV poll of polls featured seven bands or artists on indie labels in the top 10. Seven of the 12 nominations for the Mercury award including winner Speech Debelle, were on indie labels. These are heady times for the indies, said Alison Wenham, chief executive of the Association of Independent Music (AIM). The music industry has been shrinking for the last decade but I think that calls into question the corporate model not the indie model." "We're going to see a golden run over the next 10 years. In a recent poll, 67% of AIM members said they were confident of increasing their turnover next year, while their presence on the international music scene was also on the up, she added. Mark Mulligan, an analyst at Forrester Research, said the indies could react quickly to a changing market, and their smaller overheads meant albums did not have to be huge hits to be profitable. They were the first to release tracks on MP3 and have continued to be very strong at harnessing the opportunities of the digital model," Mulligan said: "The need to survive has created a huge amount of innovation in the indies. More bands such as Radiohead, who moved into the Beggars family after a public spat with major label EMI in 2007, now want to sign with indies, said Martin Mills, founder of the Beggars Group. The digital market has created a more level playing field and the international market is open to smaller cultural players like never before." "It's a good time for independents because more credible artists feel at home at the indies as the majors seem more and more corporate. Much of this is is due down to how to the internet has changed changing how people buy consume and discover music. "We release the type of music that people go online and evangelise about," he Mills said. The internet has served fans, who, additionally, are seen as less likely to illegally download. "But our music tends to be seen as less disposable and … fans feel they have a connection with the bands." "It is not that we don't suffer from and CD copying," said Mills. I feel like there should be som restrictions however, like not being able to drain CON from a gargantuan creature, and might even drain more CON from smaller creatures.Vampire Weekend may the first of the indies' recent triumphs in the US market in recent years, but it is unlikely to be the last. I feel like it shouldn't affect combat much (or at all, really), since killing something by draining it of constitution when only dealing 1 damage every round (if we assume they successfully maintain a grapple that is) would take an estimate of between 10-15 rounds. So it got me thinking, would it be overpowered for the vampire PC to drain 1 constitution everytime they successfully feed on someone. In 3e/3.5e, vampires don't drain levels, but they drain Constitution by 1d4. But then I stumpled upon this deep-dive into the D&D timeline of vampires ( ). I had been toying with the idea of having the bite attack deal different amounts of damage depending on the number of hit dice the target has, but that felt convoluted. Why should a Archmage be better at being a blood bag than a Veteran. In the homebrew, it deals a bunch of damage and reduces the max hp of the victim by the same amount, but as I keep thinking about it, the stronger the PCs get, the less of an impact the morning feeding will have, but it also raised the question of biting and drinking from someone in combat. I won't get too much into detail, but there is a mechanic shamelessly stolen from VTM where the PC has a pool of blood, and every morning they must roll a d20 and score 11 or higher or be forced to expend a blood point.īut when the question of feeding came up at the table, another PC said that the vampire PC could simply feed of them every morning. I have a PC that is currently a vampire using some rules I homebrewed. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creatures
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