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Questions of Fact - 10/26/2020 My knees ached and my arms were tired from being bent in the odd position. But the worst part was the circular nature of the questions over and over and over, in Elvish. And while I was good with the language, it wasn’t my native tongue, so I struggled a bit...

Falling awake - 10/19/2020 Igneve glared at the smashed table in the center of the room. Not because of the mess it left, but because of the small fence of chain and two guards that stood around it, like some attraction at a Ghallanda festival. But the Soldorak’s also demanded room around the...

Rails at certain points aren't a bad thing. I don't mind a rail, if the entry point makes sense. I had other objections that are larger than that which I have beat to death in prior posts, but most of those are small potatoes as well. But don't think of it as the end either. The thread...

For me, they were a constant thing as we rotated DM hats. And For Myrai 'Big Plot line' it makes sense. And now with planewalking between Faerun and Eberron a canon thing...why not? Personally, I wanted to continue the original plot line; but can't help what happened. I mean I could make it...

One Aasimar at a time...so no. Same Aasimar. :)

So, the campaign ended here. There was a bit of a falling out, and we all went our separate ways, but it was still a good story. I am right not doing a major revision of the story and will post links to it when I am done with that little project. But while this is an end here, it is a...

The Thorns of Winter (Based on a homebrew campaign in Eberron) (This is updated weeklyish. Last post August 21st , 2023) Story by Nthal Additional Material by: Ryan aka 'The Blade' Graysire aka 'Sage Redoubt' Jess aka 'Adrissa' Introduction – Even Harsher Landings - October 14th, 2020...

Title: The Thorns of Winter Author: Nthal Number of Threads: 1. But this is a sequel to Journal of the Souls of Legend Type: Fantasy Action/Adventure System: D&D 5E Setting: Eberron, with a bit of Sigil Started: Campaign started November 2019. Status: Ongoing, but on Covid-19 Hiatus Average...

Epilogues – 10/9/2020 Athkalta, Amn The sun was setting, spreading long shadows from the buildings in the city, and reflected off the waters of the harbor on the ships mooring in the Alandor river for the evening. Trotting along the river, was a man in a long dark cloak, followed closely by a...

Exit Strategy – 10/9/2020 Any good knight of the post will tell you obvious advice for a low price or a drink of bub. But it is invariably good advice. What costs more is how to apply it the situation at hand. It’s usually worth it, because you are going to pay for that knowledge at the...

Prison break - 10/5/2020 Would it surprise you that I’ve been in prison? Well, not as a criminal, but I did some work there. The Mercykillers would hire young Gatehouse orphans to crawl and clean up places where the guards couldn’t get to. It wasn’t as mind numbingly boring as scrubbing rust...

Sudden departures – 9/27/2020 You can’t plan for everything. For everything you discussed and went right, there is bound to be something you didn’t think about that went wrong. Most of the time its small stuff. Except when it isn’t. I woke with a sudden start, my heart pounding. Images...

Deals from the Underdark - 09/19/2020 There are stories of the Underdark even in Sigil. But they are looked at by bloods and planeswalker as something akin to “Just another bad trip.” No Blood would let themselves get trapped on a plane, much less anever-ending series of caves. They are...

Almost done with the post-hot-tub story part. So you can judge soon. I am interested to know if I was off base. Being attached to a character is one thing, but the suspension of disbelief is a bit much in my opinion (which is that; opinion) Re: Dark backstory. It is; I blame Game of...

A Mind’s Grip Tossed Asunder - 9/14/2020 I might be considered a bit of a control freak. I am in control. I must be in control. I feel at my worst when I am not, whether a pack of monsters are charging at us, or because I was strung up for the night with a fiend or hipped across the...

The Nature of Torment - 9/10/2020 There is a story floating around Sigil of a man that could not die and he suffers pain because of it. In that story, he collects to him companions for various reasons and then they all departed Sigil. It would be an interesting anecdote, if I hadn’t of heard...

Nemesis - 9/6/2020 About fiends: They don’t think of us as equals. To them we are nothing more than a resource; souls to be collected, traded, used as fuel, used to create lesser fiends, and so on. They don’t share our goals, our values, or even our fears. But the one thing we share is a...

You have the gift of both understatement and foreshadowing. :) The location, The Tenth Pit, AND the comment about it being a 'Current favorite of the Sensates' going there for that reason are canon actually, covered in the supplement "In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil." (page 59). While Erin's...

Refinancing – 9/3/2020 So, I was very different five years ago. At the time I was having fun and was avoiding paying off the Gatehouse. Or I think I was. I can’t remember a lot of those nights. Five years ago, Sigil, Clerks’ Ward. I awoke and yawned. I didn’t even bother to open my eyes...

I have always loved this story hour, and clearly you did know what you were doing. Your 'crayons' are ones I envy.