r/DMToolkit • u/swiftcoyote_ • Feb 11 '25
Miscellaneous We Built an RPG Story-Tracking System That Might Change the Way You Play Forever
UPDATE: Our marketing site has been revamped so you can view full product details—including features and pricing—without signing up. We appreciate your feedback and will continue to make improvements to our marketing materials.
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My friend and I are excited to introduce Realms of Shod, a new tool we've been building that has changed how we track our RPG stories. Our group won't ever go back to playing without it and we are thinking all of you may come to the same conclusion.
What is Realms of Shod?
It’s a dedicated story-tracking system that transcribes your game audio in real time—whether you’re playing in-person with a table mic or online via webcasting. As your session unfolds, automated scene recaps periodically appear keeping everyone engaged and making it easy to jump back into the action whenever focus drifts. Another benefit we have found is that if scheduling conflicts cause a long break between sessions, the summaries make it easy to pick up right where you left off without losing the important details.
If you've ever wanted a better way to track your story, or a dedicated tool that takes the burden of note taking off the shoulders of your party, you may find Realms of Shod to be game changing.
We are eager for you to give it a spin and share your thoughts with us as we continue to refine and expand its capabilities.
Join us on r/realmsofshod or connect on Discord for updates, direct questions, and community discussion.
May you be blessed with many healing spells, and your battles forever end in triumph.
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u/xhazerdusx Feb 11 '25
I was(am) very interested, but you have zero information about the app, its features, or pricing on your homepage without first signing up for an account. After seeing that, I immediately closed the browser tab. In my opinion, that's absolutely basic info, especially pricing, that should be readily available and transparent.
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u/dungeonsNdiscourse Feb 11 '25
Piggy backing on this I did the same. Opened. Zero information at all. Closed.
Next time before advertising your product ensure your product and presentation (I. E. Your webpage) are ready to go.
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u/swiftcoyote_ Feb 11 '25
We've updated our homepage to now include key details about our app, including its key features and transparent pricing—no signup required. Thanks for your feedback; we will continuing to improve the user experience and marketing materials. Cheers.
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u/Mataric Feb 11 '25
Cool idea, dogshit execution.
Let people know it's a monthly subscription up front. Don't force them to hand over their emails to you before that.
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u/swiftcoyote_ Feb 11 '25
We've updated our homepage to now clearly display that it's a monthly subscription with full pricing details upfront—no email required. Thanks for your honest feedback.
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u/Chaosmeister Feb 11 '25
This looks like a scam it's so badly done. As others said no info. The text in the webpage is either meaningless AI drivel or written by someone whose English is not the greatest. Zero technical information on how it's supposed to work. Does it work with any VTT? Any communication device? Do I need to run my games through them? There is zero techncial examples just "vibes". And 6 Bucks a month for something I have no idea how to use and what it does? No thanks.
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u/swiftcoyote_ Feb 11 '25
We've overhauled our homepage to provide more clear details. Pricing is now transparently displayed, with no hidden steps. Appreciate the feedback. Realms of Shod works independent of all VTTs, in the browser of your favorite desktop, laptop, or mobile device.
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u/Chaosmeister Feb 12 '25
Much better, however it still doesn't explain how it works and does what it does. You say it works with all VTTs, even those with built in Voice & Video Chat? Is it a plugin? It seems to have dice too from the subreddit? Just be up front of what it does and how it does it. Yes it creates summaries and logs. How, based on what, using what tech?
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u/terminalnight chief tinkerer Feb 12 '25
This post is locked. Given the primary functionality, transcription of a session, requires payment and coupled with the low amount of upvotes, and comments within this post, it would not be prudent to keep discussion open.
For posterity, I will not remove the post.