Sins of Our Fathers - 2/10 - Final Update

[neg]

A Sundered Brotherhood


John looked up, measuring his companions with a look that missed little and hid less.




His hair was the color of ripe apples, his beard similar in hue...

Brilliantly descriptive...Bravo!

-neg

 

[pogre]

Excellent as always.

I am most pleased to hear of your impending publication. If you need any free legal advice - you know where to find me.

 

[grodog]

Let's start with the latter. I had started a little play-by-post experiment. It was, alas, short-lived. This is because I recently received a contract offer to develop Ostia Prim into a d20 supplement. My writing time, as it is, will now be largely devoted to that endeavor.

Congrats Destan! You definitely deserve this

1) I'd rather not get into the details of the proposed contract. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do so, and nothing's been finalized as of this posting.

I'm sure there will be fanfare in some official press release or some sort once you're signed, sealed, and delivered Don't forget to point us to the link once it's official.

2) After some soul-searching, I've decided that I'd very much like to continue this story hour. Updates may be infrequent (or they may not). I'm just not sure how things will progress.

That sounds great. I know we've all enjoyed your work here. I hope the writing and the d20 deal won't impact your home game, and that you'll still be able to keep things going in here too. I'd hate for your d20 deal to mean that one of the two SHs I read went away

Now, time to read the new update!

 

[Lela]

Trepidation, awe, and excitment. Yep, I'm hooked.

Not that that's new or anything.

I feel so much closer to Amelyssan now, it's amazing. He's no longer party support and background elf. Instead he comes forward with feelings and goals. There's even a bit of cockyness about him. Assuming he doesn't die, I think he could compete to be favorite character. Now I just have to stop thinking of him as a she (that got stuck in my head for some reason, dangit).

Congrats again! I will certainly be waiting whenever you get a chance to update. With baited breath, in fact.

 

[Nifft]

Yay! It's better than cartoons! It's Saturday Morning Sins!

Thanks, Destan, and congrats on the publishing deal.

-- N

 

[xenoflare]

(epithets of praise choked out by amazement)

wow.

damn.

i'm getting multilingual with my praise now - i'm so impressed that i have to find other ways of conveying "wow" and "damn". Cerita jam anda bagus sekali! Ni de gu shi zhen bang!

i just discovered this story hour this morning, and i spent 2 hrs devouring it. chomp chomp. your story is most excellent - and there were some bits i was sniffling (ok, i'm just a big softie for heroics) - poor, poor Poridel. Brave, poignant Vath.

i came on after reading bout it in Sep's story hour, where somebody mentioned that when he wanted his head to hurt, he'll read Sep's, and if he wanted his heart to hurt, he'll read yours.

my heart's hurting now - for a -UPDATE!- keep up the good work!

yours,
shao

 

[Destan]

Oh, man. Never - never - split the party.

Prophetic words. Tragedy looms.

I am most pleased to hear of your impending publication. If you need any free legal advice - you know where to find me.

I've always wanted an ogre that doubles as a lawyer. If you can't win the case, eat the opposition. Thanks, pogie.

I'd hate for your d20 deal to mean that one of the two SHs I read went away.

This SH won't go away - it's like a virus inside of me now. That said, before the publication deal arrived I made a point to hop around on some less heralded story hours. There's some very good stuff out there. If you want additional reasons to hide from work, I could dole out some recommendations.

I feel so much closer to Amelyssan now...

I could hug you, Lela. Amel's player was starting to send me death threats. Hopefully your change of heart is shared by others. In the actual campaign, Amel was one of the most important and powerful characters. The fact that he may not appear that way in this SH is totally my fault, no his player's.

In the campaign, for example, John was pretty much worthless. Kidding...just kidding.

Yay! It's better than cartoons! It's Saturday Morning Sins!

Am I the only thirtysomething loser who wishes they'd re-air those old 80's Dungeons & Dragons cartoons?

Cerita jam anda bagus sekali! Ni de gu shi zhen bang!

Reminds me of a Far Side comic I loved. If I recall it correctly, the picture shows the Lone Ranger bent over a book of Indian-to-English terms. He's surprised when he finds out that 'Kemosabe' translates to 'Horses's Ass.'

...and i spent 2 hrs devouring [the story].

Gods and devils! All of this work, all of these posts, all of this writing - and you chewed through it in two hours! I was at least hoping new readers could take a couple days to plow through the stuff. Either you're a fast reader, or I haven't written as much as I thought I had. Bah! In all seriousness, glad to have you on board. Sep's is a loyal bunch, and I love to share his readers with him.

As always, folks, thanks for reading.

D

 

[Lela]

Prophetic words. Tragedy looms.

AH! You monkey head! You mean, mean, meany! Grrrrrrrrr.

 

[Seravin]

Prophetic words. Tragedy looms.

Ditto Lela. Meanie.

Am I the only thirtysomething loser who wishes they'd re-air those old 80's Dungeons & Dragons cartoons?

Nope. But I wouldn't have said it first.

Gods and devils! All of this work, all of these posts, all of this writing - and you chewed through it in two hours! I was at least hoping new readers could take a couple days to plow through the stuff. Either you're a fast reader, or I haven't written as much as I thought I had. Bah! In all seriousness, glad to have you on board. Sep's is a loyal bunch, and I love to share his readers with him.

Creation is always harder than destruction - or at least de-construction.
Besides if you add up all the time that all the people spend reading, then you'll quickly get your couple days back.

As always, folks, thanks for reading.

Heck, thank You. It's been a fun ride so far.

 

[xenoflare]

Reminds me of a Far Side comic I loved. If I recall it correctly, the picture shows the Lone Ranger bent over a book of Indian-to-English terms. He's surprised when he finds out that 'Kemosabe' translates to 'Horses's Ass.'



Gods and devils! All of this work, all of these posts, all of this writing - and you chewed through it in two hours! I was at least hoping new readers could take a couple days to plow through the stuff. Either you're a fast reader, or I haven't written as much as I thought I had. Bah! In all seriousness, glad to have you on board. Sep's is a loyal bunch, and I love to share his readers with him.

As always, folks, thanks for reading.

D

haha actually what i said pretty much amounts to the same thing in 2 different languages - "cerita jam anda" roughly translates to " your story hour" in Malay and Indonesian, and "bagus sekali" means "exceedingly excellent". the other line was Mandarin Chinese - i was saying that your story is really great haha... and i'm currently in exam-studying note-reading frenzy mode, so i plough through text really really quickly. it's not that i didn't take the time to properly digest what you've written - it's got more to do with the fact that your writing goes down very, very, easily, and leaves me clamouring for more. heck, i'm supposed to be studying for my philosophy paper tomorrow, and look at me now - clamouring for an UPDATE!

yours, shao