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<blockquote data-quote="spyscribe" data-source="post: 2527077" data-attributes="member: 5808"><p>Okay, taken what’s been said, how about something like this?</p><p></p><p><strong>Title:</strong> <a href="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?threads/42423/" target="_blank">Welcome to the Halmae</a></p><p><strong>Author:</strong> spyscribe</p><p><strong>Number of Threads:</strong> 1</p><p></p><p><strong>System:</strong> D&D 3.x</p><p><strong>Setting:</strong> Homebrew <span style="color: blue">note 1</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Started:</strong> February 2003</p><p><strong>Status:</strong> Ongoing </p><p><strong>Average Installment Length:</strong> 1000-1500 words</p><p><strong>Average Frequency of Installments:</strong> 1 per 4.062 days, (2-3 times per week)</p><p></p><p><strong>Available for Download?</strong> No</p><p><strong>Style:</strong> 3rd person narrative prose, with occasional winks to the underlying mechanics. <span style="color: blue">note 2</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Overview:</strong> The Halmae is a world where arcane magic has recently emerged and has not yet reached its full potential. Some see this new power as a good thing; others are convinced it is an affront to the gods. Although the party is usually faced with adversaries who are all too human, there are corners of the world where monsters and fey roam freely. Characters began at 1st level and have (so far) reached 5th. The campaign is ongoing. </p><p></p><p><strong>Reader Comment:</strong> <em>“The story itself is compelling, beautifully written, and wonderfully character-driven. The individual characters are great fun to read. And the campaign, in both plot and setting, is utterly exquisite… This Story Hour also makes me weep for the types of adventures I could run before my party could </em>teleport<em>, </em>wind walk<em> and </em>plane shift<em>.”</em> – Sagiro </p><p></p><p>Special: </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rogue’s Gallery Thread: <a href="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?threads/123723/" target="_blank">Secrets of the Halmae</a>, non-players only</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The story hour thread also contains sidebars with additional information about the game world, its pantheon, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The DM of this game (Fajitas) and player Wisdom Like Silence are former players from Piratecat’s “Defenders” game.</li> </ul><p></p><p>*********</p><p></p><p>note 1: I’ve omitted the name of the setting because it doesn’t mean anything to someone who doesn’t know the story hour already, something that’s probably true for most homebrews. Aquerra would be an exception because this is a logical place to put the web link to further information, although that could also go under “special.”</p><p></p><p>note 2: I realize I’ve left off a [general] tag here. Can we safely assume that anything not tagged “[mature] – XYZ content” is appropriate for a general board audience?</p><p></p><p>I’ve left off the “number of updates” entry on the theory that it is just another thing that would have to be updated continually. Between the start date of the thread, the frequency of updates, and looking at the length of the thread itself, I’m guessing that most people can get a good enough idea how long a read they’re in for. Maybe it would be appropriate to include for concluded or discontinued threads?</p><p></p><p>Also, I tweaked the order a bit so that summary and comments are together at the end of the entry, just so it’s a little bit easier to pick out all the nitty-gritty details in the “stat block” above. What do people think of that, and of the summary style? I’ve tried to keep it general and informative, rather than a hard-sell “tease,” as I know I start skimming pretty quickly over unfamiliar terms and proper names.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spyscribe, post: 2527077, member: 5808"] Okay, taken what’s been said, how about something like this? [b]Title:[/b] [URL="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?threads/42423/"]Welcome to the Halmae[/URL] [b]Author:[/b] spyscribe [b]Number of Threads:[/b] 1 [b]System:[/b] D&D 3.x [b]Setting:[/b] Homebrew [color=blue]note 1[/color] [b]Started:[/b] February 2003 [b]Status:[/b] Ongoing [b]Average Installment Length:[/b] 1000-1500 words [b]Average Frequency of Installments:[/b] 1 per 4.062 days, (2-3 times per week) [b]Available for Download?[/b] No [b]Style:[/b] 3rd person narrative prose, with occasional winks to the underlying mechanics. [color=blue]note 2[/color] [b]Overview:[/b] The Halmae is a world where arcane magic has recently emerged and has not yet reached its full potential. Some see this new power as a good thing; others are convinced it is an affront to the gods. Although the party is usually faced with adversaries who are all too human, there are corners of the world where monsters and fey roam freely. Characters began at 1st level and have (so far) reached 5th. The campaign is ongoing. [b]Reader Comment:[/b] [i]“The story itself is compelling, beautifully written, and wonderfully character-driven. The individual characters are great fun to read. And the campaign, in both plot and setting, is utterly exquisite… This Story Hour also makes me weep for the types of adventures I could run before my party could [/i]teleport[i], [/i]wind walk[i] and [/i]plane shift[i].”[/i] – Sagiro Special: [list][*]Rogue’s Gallery Thread: [URL="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?threads/123723/"]Secrets of the Halmae[/URL], non-players only [*]The story hour thread also contains sidebars with additional information about the game world, its pantheon, etc. [*]The DM of this game (Fajitas) and player Wisdom Like Silence are former players from Piratecat’s “Defenders” game.[/list] ********* note 1: I’ve omitted the name of the setting because it doesn’t mean anything to someone who doesn’t know the story hour already, something that’s probably true for most homebrews. Aquerra would be an exception because this is a logical place to put the web link to further information, although that could also go under “special.” note 2: I realize I’ve left off a [general] tag here. Can we safely assume that anything not tagged “[mature] – XYZ content” is appropriate for a general board audience? I’ve left off the “number of updates” entry on the theory that it is just another thing that would have to be updated continually. Between the start date of the thread, the frequency of updates, and looking at the length of the thread itself, I’m guessing that most people can get a good enough idea how long a read they’re in for. Maybe it would be appropriate to include for concluded or discontinued threads? Also, I tweaked the order a bit so that summary and comments are together at the end of the entry, just so it’s a little bit easier to pick out all the nitty-gritty details in the “stat block” above. What do people think of that, and of the summary style? I’ve tried to keep it general and informative, rather than a hard-sell “tease,” as I know I start skimming pretty quickly over unfamiliar terms and proper names. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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