ForceUser's Vietnamese Adventures Story Hour! (finis)

[rackabello]

I must add my voice to the chorus praising your Story Hour, ForceUser. The writing is is rich in detail, and the characterizations are excellent. Even in some of my favorite story threads I can often hear the faint echo of dice rolling in the background and never quite lose the sense of the players IRL. Not so here; the care you've taken with your writing lets the tale and its heroes shine through. My compliments to you and your players.

In your background research did you have a chance to listen to any Vietnamese/Southeast Asian music? If you are interested I'd be happy to compile a list of recommendations.

 

[ForceUser]

In your background research did you have a chance to listen to any Vietnamese/Southeast Asian music? If you are interested I'd be happy to compile a list of recommendations.

That would be fantastic! No, I didn't. I've been using the Morrowind soundtrack, which sounded surprisingly asian to me

 

[Rune]

That would be fantastic! No, I didn't. I've been using the Morrowind soundtrack, which sounded surprisingly asian to me

Do it! Vietnamese music is very inspiring! I've used some as a background for a party in my OA game before.

 

[rackabello]

Vietnamese music links

Though I'm certainly no expert, here a few CDs of traditional Vietnamese music I can recommend. Follow links for more information, and sometimes sound clips. Unless, you and your group really enjoy Far Eastern music, these may be more suited to lending specific in-game atmosphere than for background music, but I hope you find them interesting.

• Kim Sinh / The Art of Kim Sinh. A musician in the cai luong style, who sings and plays Vietnamese lutes and guitar. A personal favorite, Sinh's music is almost bluesy at times, with a lot of sliding notes. At once strange and oddly familiar.
• The Perfume River Traditional Ensemble / Music from the Lost Kingdom: Hue. Ensemble music from the Vietnamese court, featuring lutes and zithers, reeds, vocals and percussion.
• The Music of Vietnam. Available separately or as a three CD set, and covering both folk and classical music. Superb liner notes as well.

 

[ForceUser]

racakabello,

This is great stuff! Thank you! I'm looking forward to using some authentic music during sessions; Morrowind sounded "close enough" at the time since I was focused on all the other little details of putting a new campaign together. I had meant to get back to this one, but you've saved me some research

Regarding an update, my players cautioned me against bringing the story current to prevent helpful readers from giving them any insight they didn't think of on their own. That hadn't occured to me, but it's probably wise! The story is almost current now, but I think I can squeeze in one more update before we play on Saturday!

 

[Piratecat]

Re: Rat Bastard DM?!?!

I'm sure I have no idea what ForceUser is talking about. My campaign is filled with rainbows, sunny days, and super powerful magic items where the players are in true control of their own destiny!

Yeah, I've tried this line too. No one believes me, either.

 

[Sammael99]

I really want to start a Chinese based campaign, with no japanese influence in it, so this is all a bit of an inspiration to me. Looking forward to the next episode!

If you want Chinese, you really want to read the Judge Dee novers by Robert van Gulik. Not only do they wonderfully depict Tang China, but they alsu burst with good plot ideas. Nothing supernatural, of course, so that you'll have to add yourself

Here's a few links I found on the subject :

http://hjem.get2net.dk/bnielsen/gulik.html
http://www.ude.de/gulik/webpages.html

Also, check out http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/s...gulik&search-type=ss&bq=1/103-7373558-8360635

for titles !

 

[Hjorimir]

PirateCat

That's my story and I'm sticking to it! (Is it my fault if my players are so terrified from my dungeon that they run out of there so fast they forget to loot treasure out of the end encounter?)

 

[ForceUser]

Re: PirateCat

That's my story and I'm sticking to it! (Is it my fault if my players are so terrified from my dungeon that they run out of there so fast they forget to loot treasure out of the end encounter?)

Bah, who needs a magical suit of full plate, banded mail, and a magical mace anyway?? We lived!

 

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To Lei, it no longer looked like a demon, but disturbingly like a person.

It's amazing how charitable your perceptions can become once you've run your enemy through with three feet of steel.



Great story Force User! I'm looking forward to the updates!