Incidentally, expect them to ignore shields in favour of two-handed, dual, or dual two-handed weapons.
It’s that time of the month, when I return to fables of the tabletop! And just who could be the cast member we’ll be focusing on this week? I’ll give you a hint:
That’s right, folks, you guessed it! It’s…! …NO, it’s not the BARD! Are you CRAZY?! What in that picture would make you think BARD?
Such a mistaken answer makes me ANGRY. One might say I am even filled with RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!
But when we expect the Care Bears to literally defeat evil with positive thinking, it may be VERY unwelcome when they discuss Care-A-Lot’s latest fiscal report.
Well, gee. With a title you can plainly see, I wonder what this week’s topic could be about?
…That’s right! It’s POLITICS! One of the jobs it is acceptable to deride as a wretched hive of scum and villainy, right up there with lawyers and your childhood dentist!
But what do huge executive decisions have to do with WRITING? Well, let’s take a look, shall we?
On the whole, think of it as Monster Hunter’s bloodthirsty cousin and contrast the two.
The Blood Moon rises. The Hunt begins. The Nightmare never ends. And you, Hunter, are stuck in the middle of it all. With blade, with gun, with blood, slay the Beasts. Slay this Nightmare.
…Alright, now that I’ve gotten the obligatory “talk like a member of the fandom” intro out of the way, I’m here to talk about Bloodborne, which was free during PS Plus’s March rotation.
So here I am reviewing a game which has been out long enough for a fandom to pop up and mine every bit of lore out of it.
And which is no longer free as of the time of this post.
While being a complete and total newbie to From Software RPGs.
I’m sure this will go GREAT!
Apparently, displaying the corpse of Le Fay’s little acolyte who was cursing my fields has discouraged further uprisings.
Hey, hey, it’s the last weekend of the month! Or at the very least, it was. That means it’s time for another SHORT STORY! …Of COURSE I have an audience looking forward to these! Can I pull this off a SECOND time?
So, what will be The Write Stuff’s next short story/mini-fic? What MONSTROSITIES lurk within his image folder? And based on the picture alone, just WHAT will be written about it?
And this month’s picture iiiiiiis:
So let us go back through the mists of time and legend. An age of chivalry, valour, and strange women distributing swords at the bottom of lakes as the basis for government. For at the Round Table of King Arthur’s court, the greatest of knights gather to serve as a shining example of humanity. And THESE…are not those knights.
Without further ado, I now present: The Knights at the Kids’ Table!
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“You know what? I abandon my holy order and defect to the enemy.”
Yep, it’s that time of the month where I talk about tabletop gaming! …Yes, it’s now a thing. I even announced it and everything!
Every game needs a player. And players need a goal. So the campaign is set, the story begins, and the actors in this production gather. Their myriad paths will cross and converge in an entire adventure, but there is a great obstacle in their way.
Their ability to cooperate.
You have the structure to give it a SHAPE, the content to give that shape a MEANING, and the descriptions to give the content LIFE.
Stories. They are made from nothing, painstakingly crafted. Some people say they survive long after the author, gaining a life of their own.
Some writers even say that a story is an organic, living thing, taking unexpected twists even as they write it. That it is, in fact, ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
And much like certain unholy, artificial abominations that should not be, I’m going to show you the components and how to craft them.
Where their original Digimon goes on an adventure with the Power Rangers and is revealed to be the third child of Darth Vader.
Every writer starts from somewhere. Nobody’s born a Tolkien, a Lewis, a Martin, or a Rowling. It’s a path that is born from a passion, a great interest, and a creative vision that we wish to breathe life into. All very fine, fanciful things to say.
The ACTUAL journey, on the other hand, tends to have a lot LESS dignity.
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