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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1845228" data-attributes="member: 812">And THAT, folks, is the end of &quot;Make It There&quot; -- and the end of Season One of Barsoom. Next up is &quot;Frying Pans, Fires&quot; -- and things will begin to get very, very strange. Season Two (which is really what I want to document in this -- everything up to now has been sort of setting the stage for the REAL story) is not going to go where you think it's going to go. Trust me, it's going to get weird and distasteful on Barsoom pretty soon.Fitting this into language suitable for Eric's Grandma may not be straightforward, but I'll do my best.I mean, REALLY weird.Keep in mind, that despite all the foreshadowing and background stuff you see, much of this was actually just getting invented on the fly.Yuek Man Chong, for example, did not exist in my mind at this point in the campaign. She was only conceived of the episode before she confronts our heroes -- as a MARGIN note in another NPC's statblock. A couple of strategically played Swashbuckling cards turned my ENTIRE campaign inside out. I'll let you when you get there -- not that you'll be able to miss it.But even I have trouble crediting the notion that Yuek Man Chong just appeared out of nowhere. Looking back now, it seems impossible that story got to this point without her. And once she arrives on the scene, well, she's a DEMANDING NPC, let's just say. She does not allow anyone, not even the DM, push her to the sidelines.Hang on to your hats...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1845228, member: 812"] And THAT, folks, is the end of "Make It There" -- and the end of Season One of Barsoom. Next up is "Frying Pans, Fires" -- and things will begin to get very, very strange. Season Two (which is really what I want to document in this -- everything up to now has been sort of setting the stage for the REAL story) is not going to go where you think it's going to go. Trust me, it's going to get weird and distasteful on Barsoom pretty soon. Fitting this into language suitable for Eric's Grandma may not be straightforward, but I'll do my best. I mean, REALLY weird. Keep in mind, that despite all the foreshadowing and background stuff you see, much of this was actually just getting invented on the fly. Yuek Man Chong, for example, did not exist in my mind at this point in the campaign. She was only conceived of the episode before she confronts our heroes -- as a MARGIN note in another NPC's statblock. A couple of strategically played Swashbuckling cards turned my ENTIRE campaign inside out. I'll let you when you get there -- not that you'll be able to miss it. But even I have trouble crediting the notion that Yuek Man Chong just appeared out of nowhere. Looking back now, it seems impossible that story got to this point without her. And once she arrives on the scene, well, she's a DEMANDING NPC, let's just say. She does not allow anyone, not even the DM, push her to the sidelines. Hang on to your hats... [/QUOTE]

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