Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
Meta - Forums About Forums
Archive-threads
IRON DM revival!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 452035" data-attributes="member: 221"><p><strong>Re: R3: Wicht vs Seasong</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This just goes to show that one never can tell. I thought this was the weakest of my three entries thus far. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Note: I actually thought my first was quite a success but that is perhaps because I wrote it with an unusual goal in mind. I started out by asking myself, "<em>What would Willie Walsh do with these ingredients</em>," and proceeded to write what I considered a Walshish type adventure. The last two entries more closely fit my actual DMing style. </span></p><p></p><p>As to thoughts on this submission:</p><p></p><p>The nostalgia was present in two places. One was, as noted, the attitude of Agris. But another was in the general attitude of the people in the arena who felt the arena was past its prime. I chose to use nostalgia as part of the mood and not as a motivating factor. Part of the mood was thus decay, of which nostalgia becomes a symptom. </p><p></p><p>I was rushed this morning and not being sure I would be home later to tighten up the submission I sent it in as was. One thing I immediatelly realized was a failure to adequately explain the miniature keep. A spoken word would allow entry and exit to it and it functioned as a pocket dimension in the form of a keep. The word could be gleaned from Agris, who, though dead,yet spoke (speak with dead spell would work). Clues in his apartment would also point to the actual word which was "Chains." The word could also be worked into prior conversations with Agris so the PCs might not be totally in the dark. </p><p></p><p>In the keep, clever PCs would negotiate rather than fight and at level 10, even some of the golems might, if not encountered in huge numbers, not completely drain the party. Yet a party that foolishly battles and drains their own resources will likely lose in the final fight it is true.</p><p></p><p>One other thing I considered this morning but did not have time to address was the issue of the PCs meeting Targio in the keep. In such a case, it might be interesting to have Targio use one of the other evil artifacts in the keep to slow the PCs down before escaping. The PCs would then still have to figure out what was stolen and why. </p><p></p><p>As I noted in the submission, I think the idea needs a lot more actual flesh on it such as red herrings and secondary characters. Nevertheless I am glad the good judge liked it so well and I am delighted to have the opportunity to face Vaxalon on Monday. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 452035, member: 221"] [b]Re: R3: Wicht vs Seasong[/b] This just goes to show that one never can tell. I thought this was the weakest of my three entries thus far. :) [size=1]Note: I actually thought my first was quite a success but that is perhaps because I wrote it with an unusual goal in mind. I started out by asking myself, "[i]What would Willie Walsh do with these ingredients[/i]," and proceeded to write what I considered a Walshish type adventure. The last two entries more closely fit my actual DMing style. [/size] As to thoughts on this submission: The nostalgia was present in two places. One was, as noted, the attitude of Agris. But another was in the general attitude of the people in the arena who felt the arena was past its prime. I chose to use nostalgia as part of the mood and not as a motivating factor. Part of the mood was thus decay, of which nostalgia becomes a symptom. I was rushed this morning and not being sure I would be home later to tighten up the submission I sent it in as was. One thing I immediatelly realized was a failure to adequately explain the miniature keep. A spoken word would allow entry and exit to it and it functioned as a pocket dimension in the form of a keep. The word could be gleaned from Agris, who, though dead,yet spoke (speak with dead spell would work). Clues in his apartment would also point to the actual word which was "Chains." The word could also be worked into prior conversations with Agris so the PCs might not be totally in the dark. In the keep, clever PCs would negotiate rather than fight and at level 10, even some of the golems might, if not encountered in huge numbers, not completely drain the party. Yet a party that foolishly battles and drains their own resources will likely lose in the final fight it is true. One other thing I considered this morning but did not have time to address was the issue of the PCs meeting Targio in the keep. In such a case, it might be interesting to have Targio use one of the other evil artifacts in the keep to slow the PCs down before escaping. The PCs would then still have to figure out what was stolen and why. As I noted in the submission, I think the idea needs a lot more actual flesh on it such as red herrings and secondary characters. Nevertheless I am glad the good judge liked it so well and I am delighted to have the opportunity to face Vaxalon on Monday. :cool: [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Meta - Forums About Forums
Archive-threads
IRON DM revival!
Top