This character puts the “role” and “play” in “roleplaying”.
Come hither my friends and lo, hear my story,
Of the minstrel who went in search of his glory,
A jolly rapscallion who lived for such fun,
With rapier wit always on the run,
He’d ridicule others for their looks or their stench,
Then o’er at yon tavern he’d hit on a w…oman as a respected equal with her own goals and dreams.
I don’t HAVE to reach the average, but it feels good to do so.
Well, I said I’d do it, and here I am, doing it! I’m actually working on my story…world!
And I’ll show those fools. I’LL SHOW THEM ALL!
…What do you mean nobody was actually challenging my claims?
…What do you mean nobody CARED ENOUGH to challenge my claims?
REGARDLESS! Here’s a report on my writing!
Find the balance which makes YOUR life meaningful.
So, my readership which can be counted on one hand (maybe two!) is used to me posting week after week, talking about writing and stuff.
But do people actually know how I write stuff? How the blog sausage is made?
…People don’t want to know how sausages are made?
…And nobody is actually interested in my production process?
…Whatever, I’m still talking about it!
Smashing through the wall in a nine-mount open sleigh, over daemon corpses, laughing all the way.
Well, end of the month, and we made it through a year! So if you’ve been keeping up, you know what that means: Time for a short story!
And this month’s picture inspiration is:
Well. I might not be the expert, but it appears to be a holiday special of some kind.
Continue reading “Final Week Fables: Sergeant Sinterklaas’s Battle Report”
And in all that, I didn’t stop writing in my blog week after week.
So here we are, 2 years or so since I first started out.
2018 draws to a close. We’ve had a democratic victory in my home country, the passing of Stan Lee, and if I am to believe what I hear, the first genuinely good live-action Transformers movie, and Aquaman of all heroes representing the first fun DCEU movie. What a time to be alive.
So…How am I doing?
That being said, you probably shouldn’t troll your players by making “friendship” the final reward.
What moves adventurers?
A rich backstory?
A thirst to prove themselves, to explore?
A righteous cause?
Or…something shiny that will either buy them many nice things or help them kill stuff better.
CHOOSE! DRAMA OR YOUR SON- Oh, you picked your son. OK, then.
Rivalries. Love triangles. Problems which could have been avoided with open, honest communication.
That’s right, gang. Today I’m talking about… (activates VOICE SYNTHESISER)
Interpersonal Character Conflict, Character Conflict
Interpersonal Character Conflict, Character Conflict,
Intergalactic- WAIT I DID THAT WRONG-
Continue reading “Character Conflict: Why Don’t You Just Talk It Out?”
