Story Hour - Your Favourite Story on the Boards

[WisdomLikeSilence]

I haven't had a chance to look at many of the storyhours, but I must chime in in praise of SepulchraveII. His storyhour is really a well-written novel. As a plus, the first six parts make a pretty good story arc. If you want to read it, just post in the current thread and ask someone to send you one of the compiled documents - it'll be a lot easier than chasing down all the threads.

JonRog is always funny, and I'm particularly fond of Drunk Southern Girls.

I like Piratecat's Story Hour, and Spyscribe's Welcome to the Halmae, but as both were/are campaigns I play in I admit I'm biased.

I've also enjoyed some of the lesser known storyhours.
Drusilia Nailo is a fun background story, and First Sight is a nice modern tale that really does remind me of a graphic novel. They're both definitely worth trying.

And if I ever have time, I *do* mean to read Wulf's...

-WLS

 

[Felix]

A poll would have been a good idea to help you out... although Pkitty might have rigged that the way he rigs his view count.

Anyways...

Sepulchrave's Wyre
These characters define iconics for me moreso than any WotC stuff. The story arcs and plot twists are byzantine (in this case, it's a great thing!). The world is alive and real the way Middle Earth is alive and real; incredible depth. The demons are bloodthirsty, the devils are cunning, and the celestials... well, they're a match.

Wolf Ratbane (Original Flavor!)
This thing reads like a comic book, and the characters are colorful. Like someone said, it's a laugh a minute. The plot isn't too thick, but the characters' reaction to the stuff the DM (dinkledog) dumps on them is priceless.

Doc Midnight's Knights of the Silver Quill / Knights of Spellforge Keep
These players are twinks. And they need to be, because their DM is also a twink, who spends all of his time twinking every single NPC. This story is high powered goodness. Even the low level parts of Silver Quill feel like high powered stuff. This story hour bleeds "COOL".

Nemmerle's Out Of The Frying Pan
The PC's are little fish in a big pond. This is low power dnd done very well. The PC's wrestle with forces out of thier control. There is a touch of a feeling that the PCs are having a hard time with everything that the DM is throwing at them, but the response of the PCs and their doggedness is part of the goodness.

As to the goodness of others, for some reason I never really got into reading them.

If you want a well informed opinion of story hours, look for a member named "Horacio". If there is one guy who knows his story hours, it's him.

 

[fett527]

Small Beginnings (link in the sig) is definitely my biased favorite which has not been mentioned yet. It has over 8,200 views so somebody is reading it!

 

[the Jester]

I've got to give a certain 3-legged cat my vote... but I haven't read Sepulchrave's yet (always plan to, never have time). It comes pretty highly recommended though.

Piratecat puts me in awe. He's a great dm (having once played under him) and his story hour catches a great deal of the complexity that his game holds. Actions have consequences, one of the most important parts of a good campaign (which translates into a good story). The main current story arc is the consequence of previous pc actions.

 

[Black Omega]

Forceuser's fine Vietnamese, OA based storyhour is not often updated, but well worth a look. It's original, exotic, and filled with flavor.

I'd certainly never post here to just show a link to my own, six months behind the game storyhour. Though I'm catching up fast.

 

[Blue Prussian]

Sepulchrave's story hour does a great job of utilizing the inherent tension between the various world-views in his campaign and how they interact with each other. I would say it is the best because it weaves together themes of the role of religion in society, the various ways of interpreting the gods, how to regulate arcane spellcasters (the Great Injunction), the natural life vs. the urban, the nature of evil, and divine politics played out upon a grand stage. There are more themes and subplots in that campaign than I can remember right now, but I would encourage everyone to read through his story. It will do wonders for a person's creativity.

 

[LostSoul]

As much as I hate to go with the tide, I love Sep's "Lady Despina's Virtue" and related threads. I also read Piratecat's, but even though I wonder what's going to happen, I don't really care for the characters.

Barsoomcore's SH rocks.

 

[el-remmen]

Nemmerle's Out Of The Frying Pan
The PC's are little fish in a big pond. This is low power dnd done very well. The PC's wrestle with forces out of thier control. There is a touch of a feeling that the PCs are having a hard time with everything that the DM is throwing at them, but the response of the PCs and their doggedness is part of the goodness.

It is now called "The Fearless Manticore Killers & The Necropolis of DOOM!"

Oh, and thanks for the endorsement, Felix - - haven't seen ya in the threads lately. . .

 

[dave_o]

CURSES! I need LINKS!

Someone give me a link to Sepulchrave's story hours! ALL OF 'EM!

PLEASE!

 

[Gizzard]

I'd agree with the recommendations so far.

I'd also throw Dr. Nuncheon's Freeport story hour into the ring. Not the epic sweep of Sepulcrave's or even Piratecat's, but then his characters aren't 20th level either.

I started Wulf's, but since he was playing the same series of modules I was I had to stop. I enjoyed what I read of it though.