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<blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 6615202" data-attributes="member: 149"><p>Shilsen moved away about 2 yrs ago. So we haven't been gaming together since then. We did do a second campaign after the end of the Angel's, using the Pathfinder Kingmaker campaign.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would direct you to the classic Japanese tale <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon" target="_blank">Rashomon</a>. </p><p></p><p>The point being that very few people hold an opinion/position because they think it is unreasonable and baseless. Everyone has reasons and justifications that make sense to them and I'm certain that's the case for Gareth's player.</p><p></p><p>While Shilsen has many talents and skills, telepathy is not one of them (or at least he's using his telepathic powers to force me to say that). So what ever reasons and justifications Gareth's player has are unknown to him or me for that matter.</p><p></p><p>If he still pays attention to or gets emails about messages, I'll leave them up to him to state those reasons.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't suffer from the delusion that I am as good a storyteller as he is and have absolutely no objections to him doing so, I was simply operating under the assumption that if he hadn't done so in roughly 2 yrs he was unlikely to actually do so.</p><p></p><p>Obviously as has been amply demonstrated on multiple occasions (including this one), I can not read Shil's mind either, but you can probably thank Carborundum for raising the question and sparking this chain of messages.</p><p></p><p>In fact Carborundum. By the power invested in me (by nobody really) I here by dub thee "#1 Fan of the Guardian Angels", with all privileges, responsibilities and insanity entailed within.</p><p></p><p>On a side note, if you are interested in how I would write something up I did actually write about 95% of one of the installments, with Shil tweeking things to his satisfaction. It was the one where we took down Erma's Emerald claw base of operations.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?161697-Shilsen-s-Eberron-SH-%28Die-Hard-7-Just-DIE-Dammit-11-11-12%29/page72&p=3946623&viewfull=1#post3946623" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?161697-Shilsen-s-Eberron-SH-(Die-Hard-7-Just-DIE-Dammit-11-11-12)/page72&p=3946623&viewfull=1#post3946623</a> </p><p></p><p>Probably, my biggest weakness is I can't do the other character's voices. Nameless, being my character, is no problem and that's why the installment is pretty much exclusively from within his head.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A story hour is a LOT of work and Shil (from what he has told me) is not inclined to do it a second time (nor can I blame him for this). </p><p></p><p>I acted as more or less the "editor" for lack of a better word on the SH, going over things and making comments/suggestions, things where my memories of what happened were different than his, or places where he'd forgotten things or where I thought something was out of character. Just doing that consumed a few hours on my part for each post.</p><p></p><p>Shil is I'm certain a much faster writer than I am, but I can't really imagine how many hours he spent writing it all up.</p><p></p><p>This story hour is after all, probably a decent sized novel. The amount of time and effort involved in writing up a long running campaign is I'm certain, the main reason why so many get started and then just sort of fade away. </p><p></p><p>It is kind of a shame though, I had much more fun in many respects, with the kingmaker campaign that followed this one, than I did in the Angel's campaign. </p><p></p><p>Part of it was my character "Grabthar" as in "By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged!" (Yes he had a hammer and wandered around looking for something to avenge). He was the polar opposite of Nameless (by design) and was much more upbeat, positive and energetic. Nameless was pretty much always looking for a "good" death, by way of contrast.</p><p></p><p>It had probably the best ending of any campaign or at the very least the most fitting. In a climatic duel with our arch enemies just after one of our comrades was slain, I landed 4 out of 4 hits on the main enemy, with 3 of them being criticals. </p><p></p><p>Crits from a max power attacking, Monkey's grip (larger weapon), crit focused barbarian. </p><p></p><p>It exceeded the overkill record for the Angel's campaign...</p><p></p><p>"By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged!" indeed and it will always be one of my fondest D&D memories.</p><p></p><p>It also had one of my favorite scenes in which after getting snookered once again by Shil, I exclaimed in despair "I can't out think you Shil". </p><p></p><p>Which lead to (IMHO) one of my finest moments, when I realized "He can't out think us! IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!" and turned things around for us. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll send you what I've written from Nameless's point of view Shil and I'll work on a postscript to the campaign with my thoughts on it.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong>[HI]By the way. Given that we've only ever gotten a handful of people actually commenting in the SH and that this is one of the top ten most "viewed" SH of all time on ENWorld, I'd really love to hear from whomever else has ever read this.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong>It's always puzzled me that there were so many views and so few comments.[/HI]</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rackhir, post: 6615202, member: 149"] Shilsen moved away about 2 yrs ago. So we haven't been gaming together since then. We did do a second campaign after the end of the Angel's, using the Pathfinder Kingmaker campaign. I would direct you to the classic Japanese tale [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon]Rashomon[/url]. The point being that very few people hold an opinion/position because they think it is unreasonable and baseless. Everyone has reasons and justifications that make sense to them and I'm certain that's the case for Gareth's player. While Shilsen has many talents and skills, telepathy is not one of them (or at least he's using his telepathic powers to force me to say that). So what ever reasons and justifications Gareth's player has are unknown to him or me for that matter. If he still pays attention to or gets emails about messages, I'll leave them up to him to state those reasons. I don't suffer from the delusion that I am as good a storyteller as he is and have absolutely no objections to him doing so, I was simply operating under the assumption that if he hadn't done so in roughly 2 yrs he was unlikely to actually do so. Obviously as has been amply demonstrated on multiple occasions (including this one), I can not read Shil's mind either, but you can probably thank Carborundum for raising the question and sparking this chain of messages. In fact Carborundum. By the power invested in me (by nobody really) I here by dub thee "#1 Fan of the Guardian Angels", with all privileges, responsibilities and insanity entailed within. On a side note, if you are interested in how I would write something up I did actually write about 95% of one of the installments, with Shil tweeking things to his satisfaction. It was the one where we took down Erma's Emerald claw base of operations. [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?161697-Shilsen-s-Eberron-SH-%28Die-Hard-7-Just-DIE-Dammit-11-11-12%29/page72&p=3946623&viewfull=1#post3946623[/url] Probably, my biggest weakness is I can't do the other character's voices. Nameless, being my character, is no problem and that's why the installment is pretty much exclusively from within his head. A story hour is a LOT of work and Shil (from what he has told me) is not inclined to do it a second time (nor can I blame him for this). I acted as more or less the "editor" for lack of a better word on the SH, going over things and making comments/suggestions, things where my memories of what happened were different than his, or places where he'd forgotten things or where I thought something was out of character. Just doing that consumed a few hours on my part for each post. Shil is I'm certain a much faster writer than I am, but I can't really imagine how many hours he spent writing it all up. This story hour is after all, probably a decent sized novel. The amount of time and effort involved in writing up a long running campaign is I'm certain, the main reason why so many get started and then just sort of fade away. It is kind of a shame though, I had much more fun in many respects, with the kingmaker campaign that followed this one, than I did in the Angel's campaign. Part of it was my character "Grabthar" as in "By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged!" (Yes he had a hammer and wandered around looking for something to avenge). He was the polar opposite of Nameless (by design) and was much more upbeat, positive and energetic. Nameless was pretty much always looking for a "good" death, by way of contrast. It had probably the best ending of any campaign or at the very least the most fitting. In a climatic duel with our arch enemies just after one of our comrades was slain, I landed 4 out of 4 hits on the main enemy, with 3 of them being criticals. Crits from a max power attacking, Monkey's grip (larger weapon), crit focused barbarian. It exceeded the overkill record for the Angel's campaign... "By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged!" indeed and it will always be one of my fondest D&D memories. It also had one of my favorite scenes in which after getting snookered once again by Shil, I exclaimed in despair "I can't out think you Shil". Which lead to (IMHO) one of my finest moments, when I realized "He can't out think us! IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!" and turned things around for us. I'll send you what I've written from Nameless's point of view Shil and I'll work on a postscript to the campaign with my thoughts on it. [COLOR="#FF0000"][B][HI]By the way. Given that we've only ever gotten a handful of people actually commenting in the SH and that this is one of the top ten most "viewed" SH of all time on ENWorld, I'd really love to hear from whomever else has ever read this. It's always puzzled me that there were so many views and so few comments.[/HI][/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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