Story HourPost your ongoing tales from your campaigns, and read those from others for inspiration. Lots of other RPG boards post "Story Hours", but this is where it started!
Title: http://www.enworld.org/forum/story-h...h-october.html Author: Medriev Number of Threads: 1 (With second in the works) Type: Fantasy System: D&D4E Setting: Forgotten Realms 1356DR (ie. Pre-4E) Started: 24 May 2008 Status: Adventure Completed, Posts Ongoing Average Installment Length: Medium-Long Average Frequency of Installments: Daily. Available for Download? No Style: 3rd person narrative prose. Overview: See title. Reader Comment: None.
Type: Fantasy System: Exalted 2e Setting: Creation (the East)
Started: 5 January 2009 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Knowing me, probably a tad on the longish side Average Frequency of Installments: I strive for weekly, but far more often fall into the biweekly camp.
Available for Download? No Style: 3rd person narrative prose,with some player-written fiction interspersed that doesn't represent tabletop play - also the occasional behind the scenes footnote.
Overview: A chronicle of four Solar Exalts as they try to save Creation.
Reader Comment: "Wow, awesome closer there! You have a knack for finishing each segment at an appropriate moment." - Kosh
Special: The story's "Rogue's Gallery" is contained within the story thread itself, with links to the main character's stats embedded on the first page.
Started: 10 February 2009 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Average Average Frequency of Installments: Weekly
Available for Download? No
Style: 3rd person narrative prose. DM notes will be supplied in italic to give extra information on player choices, setting specific knowledge and the like.
Overview: A group of lvl 1 adventurers live in the country Furyondy. A bastion of good in the center of the Flaeness. The Greyhawk wars are over. Many of the, once by Iuz' occupied, cities are back in control. But is the thread of Iuz the Evil really over?
Special: This is the first sandbox-like adventure of our group. Therefore any advices and comments are very welcome!
Type: Star Wars/Sci-Fi/Fantasy System: Star Wars Saga Edition Setting: Star Wars pre-Episode IV/pre-Rebel Alliance without much thought to Episodes I-III.
Started: 15 June 2009 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Short Average Frequency of Installments: Bi-weekly
Available for Download? Not yet Style: 3rd person narrative prose, with occasional winks to the underlying mechanics.
Overview: Inspired by Firefly and The Empire Strikes Back, the story follows a group of smugglers who took out a loan to buy a light freighter to seek the freedom of the space lanes. Now they need to keep the money coming in and the Empire off their backs.
Reader Comment: None yet, but comments and feedback are more than welcome.
Type: Fantasy System: D&D 4e Setting: Homebrew (Kamidia)
Started: 14 March 2009 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Long Average Frequency of Installments: Bimonthly
Available for Download? No Style: 3rd person narrative prose, with occasional winks to the underlying mechanics
Overview: A motley band of refugees in a world being ravaged by a rampaging army of undead seek fame, fortune, glory, and might even become heroes by the end.
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Type: Grim Fantasy System: WFRP Setting: Warhammer Fantasy
Started: July 7, 2009 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Short/Medium Average Frequency of Installments: Weekly+
Available for Download: No (Not yet) Style: Narrative session summary.
Overview: The classic The Enemy Within campaign. The main characters are thrown into a sinister plot of intrigue and madness. In the grim darkness of the past, there is only killin' and lootin'.
Type: High heroic fantasy. System: D&D 3.5e Setting: Homebrew world.
Started: 17th July 2009 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Long Average Frequency of Installments: Several times a week, not on specific days.
Available for Download? Not yet. When there is more, I will make PDFs if anyone is interested. Style: 3rd person narrative prose, with occasional winks to the underlying mechanics.
Overview: The tiny settlement of Rochester Village, population 500, isn't where you would expect to find heroes. When the children of Rochester Village are stolen away though, someone will have to become a hero to save them.
Reader Comment: This spot could be yours if you want to comment on the story hour.
Title: Zadara's Planescape Story Hour
Author: Zadara
Number of Threads: 1
Type/Setting: Planescape: Need I say more?
Started: July 23, 2009
Status: Ongoing
Average Installment Length: Long
Average Frequency of Installments: Every 2 weeks or sooner
Available for Download? No
Style: 3rd person narrative prose
Overview: Oh you'll see. Best suited for those who enjoy rooting for the baddies. The main characters: two assassins and a Doomguard. Three wrongs don't make a right... or do they?
Reader Comment: Often violent, seldom use of swearing/sex - nothing that grandma doesn't know about.
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Type: Fantasy / Dramedy (Comedy and Drama) System: D&D 4e Setting: Althai (Homebrew)
Started: 29 August, 2009 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Medium (Read in about 5 - 10 minutes) Average Frequency of Installments: Monthly
Available for Download? No Style: 3rd person narrative prose, with many hints to the underlying mechanics.
Overview: This is the story of the Heroes of Althai, great warriors, scholars, artists, and other miscellaneously categorized beings who could become great legends in the world of Althai. Or be eaten by an owlbear. This follows a game of Dungeons and Dragons, 4th edition, for which the DM stole all of my ideas about Althai (I wonder who that jerk is...). It’s a comedy, and as such, the characters are well aware that they are merely characters in a game, and behave accordingly. The great part is that you only get a glimpse of the world inside the game, not what’s going on out of character, so the real world is left to be inferred. Don’t be fooled by the jokes and bad decisions, though; occasionally, I’ll pull a fast one on you and insert some heart wrenching suspense and drama. But fear not, for the jokes shall always return. I couldn’t help it if I tried.
I’ll update a monthly addition to the adventure, starting tomorrow. I hope everyone enjoys it and is inspired by it too!
Take a look at Althai, my D&D 4e campaign setting, and The_Heroes of Althai, the dramedy of the heroes who did and will affect Althai. (Both on the backburner for now.)
Last edited by Camelot; 19th September 2009 at 07:04 PM..
Reason: Changed frequency to monthly, because weekly is too much, so expcect the next one late September/early October.
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