Against the Shadow V - A Faded Glory Story Hour
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Quickbeam
Explorer
Re: I think they will listen next time!
Dropping by is MY pleasure Old One -- no need to thank me!!
As for fatherhood, well instead of boring all your readers with my personal life, I'll email you tomorrow. Suffice it to say that I dearly love my little boy, and my belief is that God will never hand me any challenge which cannot be dealt with one day at a time. Griffin is fine (the edit seemed necessary after I re-read this section), but life can certainly be unexpectedly difficult sometimes.
Finally, the campaign. I have never heard a tale that centered around the calling of one's familiar. Excellent; creative; believable; intriguing. Yet another tip of the cap to Old One!!
Old One said:
QB -
Thanks for droppin' in! How is fatherhood treating you thus far?
IIRC, I actually gave them three chances to break off the action, but their blood was up and they wanted revenge for their humiliation. Fortunately, I gave them a Save bonus since they had partial cover, but it was still pretty painful!
John (Rose's player) kills me with the stuff he comes up with sometimes. The "gnawing his way out" of the bag was great!
~ Old One
Dropping by is MY pleasure Old One -- no need to thank me!!
As for fatherhood, well instead of boring all your readers with my personal life, I'll email you tomorrow. Suffice it to say that I dearly love my little boy, and my belief is that God will never hand me any challenge which cannot be dealt with one day at a time. Griffin is fine (the edit seemed necessary after I re-read this section), but life can certainly be unexpectedly difficult sometimes.
Finally, the campaign. I have never heard a tale that centered around the calling of one's familiar. Excellent; creative; believable; intriguing. Yet another tip of the cap to Old One!!
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Beware the Tuna!
ROTFLO!
WSmith -
Good One...
Not even I, RBDM that I am, would be so cruel
! The poor sorcerer is just now getting a familiar - halfway through 4th level. The least I could do was make it a good one. He actually called a hawk, but I thought the osprey (slightly upgraded hawk) had a little more flavor.
Of course, the next session took them undergroud, so he left Severus "at home"!
~ Old One
Rel said:
I swear to God, Old One, when I started reading this I said to myself, "Holy crap! He's going to saddle Quintus with a tuna as a familiar!"
Glad to see that an Osprey was the actual outcome.
Not that there's anything wrong with having a tuna as a familiar...if you're a merman.
Tuna - Special Power: Tastes great with macaroni and cheese
Looking forward to more!
ROTFLO!
WSmith -
Good One...
Not even I, RBDM that I am, would be so cruel
! The poor sorcerer is just now getting a familiar - halfway through 4th level. The least I could do was make it a good one. He actually called a hawk, but I thought the osprey (slightly upgraded hawk) had a little more flavor.Of course, the next session took them undergroud, so he left Severus "at home"!
~ Old One
Re: Re: I think they will listen next time!
QB -
Thanks for droppin' in! Actually, someone else posted the calling of a familiar that was a take-off on Vlad Taltos calling his jhereg familiar in the Steven Brust "Jhereg" series (one of my all-time favorites).
That was 2 iterations of the board ago and I can't remember who that was for the life of me. Anyway, I wanted to make it a little more than, "Ok, your bird shows up!"
See ya soon!
~ Old One
Quickbeam said:
QB -
Thanks for droppin' in! Actually, someone else posted the calling of a familiar that was a take-off on Vlad Taltos calling his jhereg familiar in the Steven Brust "Jhereg" series (one of my all-time favorites).
That was 2 iterations of the board ago and I can't remember who that was for the life of me. Anyway, I wanted to make it a little more than, "Ok, your bird shows up!"
See ya soon!
~ Old One
Update Coming...
Hey Gang!
Sorry it has been a while since the last update...
Work has been quite hectic and none of my usually reliable players has gotten a write-up in to me from the last session (bad PCs, no bonus XP for you).
Anyway, as a little teaser...
!
~ Old One
PS - I probably won't get be able to post a write-up until Thur or Fri...Stay Tuned!
Hey Gang!
Sorry it has been a while since the last update...
Work has been quite hectic and none of my usually reliable players has gotten a write-up in to me from the last session (bad PCs, no bonus XP for you
).Anyway, as a little teaser...
- Quintus and Lew debate philosophy and alignment
- The Party tries to be sneaky
- When stealth fails, all hell breaks loose
- How many enemies can crowd around Rose at one time?
- Bunkbed o' Death
- Twenty-One
!~ Old One
PS - I probably won't get be able to post a write-up until Thur or Fri...Stay Tuned!
Lazybones
Adventurer
Love the little touches...
Been meaning to make this comment for some time...
One of the things I really like about your story is how you get around "modern" references to units of time, distance, etc. I really like the "turns of the minute glass", and the reference to "paces" instead of our feet/yards/meters etc. I'm sure you have an equally elegant system of weights, probably missed it!
In my various fantasy writings, I've tried creating imaginary systems of weights & measures/time units, but they never seem to feel right. Another mark for the verisimilitude (boy, I love that word!) of your world!
Anyway, looking forward to the next installment,
LB
Been meaning to make this comment for some time...
One of the things I really like about your story is how you get around "modern" references to units of time, distance, etc. I really like the "turns of the minute glass", and the reference to "paces" instead of our feet/yards/meters etc. I'm sure you have an equally elegant system of weights, probably missed it!
In my various fantasy writings, I've tried creating imaginary systems of weights & measures/time units, but they never seem to feel right. Another mark for the verisimilitude (boy, I love that word!) of your world!
Anyway, looking forward to the next installment,
LB
Thorntangle
First Post
Re: Love the little touches...
It's good to use 8-syllable words.
I have to post a 'me too'. Great word! It's the little touches like the time units, along with historical accuracy and great writing that make verisimilitude the hallmark of your story hour, Old One. As a matter of fact, I think it should be retitled Old One's Verisimilitudinous Faded Glory Story HourLazybones said:
It's good to use 8-syllable words.
Gideon
First Post
Familiars
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTT Story Old One
Sorry, playing with colours
So, i think it might have been Rel with the familiar summoning when Rhys was still alive. Not sure though.
Great word, Great story, great world, great Characters.
It is grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!
Sorry been a long day of classes and homework.
Hope work sorts itself out, and you can feed the addiction faster.
Have a GREAT week.
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTT Story Old One
Sorry, playing with colours
So, i think it might have been Rel with the familiar summoning when Rhys was still alive. Not sure though.
Great word, Great story, great world, great Characters.
It is grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!
Sorry been a long day of classes and homework.
Hope work sorts itself out, and you can feed the addiction faster.
Have a GREAT week.
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