Setting Reboot

So I'm undergoing kind of a big reboot on one of my Dungeons and Dragons settings. Specifically, the Dragonlance setting, brainchild of my unaware mentors, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. In case you aren't familiar with this setting, here's a short summary: dragons are uber-important, the world is still largely medieval in tech level, and magic is, depending on the era, either A) restricted to priests or mages who graduate from a rigorous(and sometimes deadly) magic school, or B) literally bursting from the natural world, and therefore able to be drawn on by afore-mentioned mages, sorcerers who learn on their own to tap into the ambient power of the world, and so on. I think you get the drift.

While this setting is the one where the bulk of my older tabletop gaming experiences occurred(and thus the world where the epic-level campaign I'm running for my old buddies at home takes place), I've found numerous inherent problems with it that make it no longer suitable for the sort of game I want to run.

Subtle Maneuvering

If you came here looking for free cake, I have this to say to you: the cake is a lie.

This blog, however, is not.

And isn't reality much more satisfying than sugary treats?

Persistence

That was the title of the motivational poster in this office - "Persistence."

Which is fitting, because that's exactly what it took to figure out what was going on in the picture. So far as I can tell, it was the two massive claws of a giant humanoid mech sticking up out of the ocean. I can only conjecture that this mech had finally broken out of whatever force had imprisoned it beneath the ocean, and that persistence is what inspired the poster itself.

A very inspirational story, indeed. But you be the judge: FREEDOM!

Story Writing

My characters are angry at me, and I'll tell you why.

I'm currently sitting at my not-quite-a-desk, listening to a song called "Storywriter," from the soundtrack of the anime series Eureka(pronounced "eh-uh-recka") Seven. Though I admit that I don't know the lyrics, the music, tempo, and general feel of it is very lighthearted, fun, and inspiring. It's actually one of the main themes of my Dungeons and Dragons character Drake, who is very much "kitty cats and rainbows, YAY!" I may outline him on here at some point, but that's for another day.