It's funny - I've been aware of this Story Hour for literally years, through having read Piratecat's "Defenders of Daybreak" Story Hour, but I had never read it. I tried to start it on several occasions, but in each case I was intimidated by its enormous size.
Michael Scott said:
But one day I found myself stuck on a computer with nothing much to do, and recalled this Story Hour, and told myself I was just being silly. After all, I already
knew I would enjoy it, having previously become a big fan of Sagiro's (not only of his parody songs, but also of his portrayal of Velendo, my favorite "Defenders of Daybreak" PC). So I hunted it up, found the handy PDF downloads, downloaded the first one, and had at it.
That was a little over a month ago. I don't have the luxury of being able to access the Story Hour at work (no doubt a good thing for my productivity!), but great swaths of my free time at night and on the weekends have been taken up with this fantastic campaign. Not only that, but I couldn't help passing on tidbits from the campaign world to my son, and about when I was halfway through the second PDF he asked me for the first one, which I still had stored on my jump drive. I just finished the third PDF last night and caught up to the most recent update here on this thread; he's about halfway through the second PDF and going strong. (And now that I've read all there is to read thus far, I envy him! Also, I can't wait for him to find out the original homeworld of the Travelers, as in our AD&D 2nd Edition campaign he ran a druid PC named Darvin the Wanderer.)
Sagiro, it's been said by many before me, but this is one of the most exciting D&D campaigns it's ever been my pleasure to experience. I stand in awe of your ability to mentally juggle and weave various plot threads together. (And you are truly a master of the cliffhanger as well!) And before I forget, StevenAC - excellent job on the PDFs! They have made an exciting read even more pleasurable.
You guys are a very lucky gaming group, and thanks to everyone for passing that luck on to those of us who stand in awe at the sidelines, looking on in wonder.
Finally, I have one piece of advice for Piratecat: now that Dranko has not only taunted a demon lord in his own throne room but also flipped off the Emperor to his face, I'd drop the pseudonym "One Slippery Squid" - if you really want to use a Djawish name, I'd recommend "Two Gigantic Balls."
Johnathan
