What story hours do you wish were updated regularly?

[Jodo Kast]

Wulf's story hour is a fun read because of the character depiction. In the early episodes, the relationship between Wulf and the Peck was priceless - especially after the gnome druid incident. Goes to show that a relatively simple plot (in this case the core adventure path modules) can make for a great story if it has interesting characters and is well-written.

Piratecat ... well, PC doesn't need my praise, but he certainly has earned it with his depiction of Eversink. 'Nuff said.

Dr. Midnight ... great stuff! I've only read his Wrath of the Rebellion, as I was instructed to steer clear of Knights of the Silver Quill by DM Cthuluftaghn, who is running the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil for our group, including my character Gann Tolar. Which reminds me, check out "Campaign of DM Cthulu Ftaghn." He did great character intros, and his painstaking chronicle of our adventures is intricate in detail and downright hilarious at times.

Jonrog ... You had me at "Southern Girls with Guns."

Rel's Faded Glory is pretty darn cool, which reminds me, I need to read Old One's story hour sometime since Rel uses his setting.

There's a wild new Star Wars story hour up by LostSoul that makes for fun reading.

If I could ask for any one Story Hour thread that does not currently exist (to my knowledge), it would be something inspired by the short Shadow Chasers game published in Polyhedron a few months back for d20 Modern. I'm personally waiting for the d20 Modern rules to make my own foray into that setting ... plus between DMing Star Wars, playing in DM Cthuluftaghn's game, and starting up my own fantasy game soon set in the campaign setting I'm submitting to WotC, the last thing I need is a new game to work on. But I would love to see what others are doing with it, I think it has great Story Hour potential.

Thanks to Madriel for plugging my own humble Star Wars story hour above. I appreciate feedback on it, it's my first attempt at a Story Hour and my players are doing some of the writing as well, and they are looking forward to seeing if our work is well-received. Do you have a Story Hour, Madriel? If so I've missed it in skimming through. I'm sure there are dozens of others deserving of recognition, but I've yet to read them all. In fact, I kind of hit this thread hoping to get an idea for what I should dig into next.

Oh yeah, one last thing ... any readers in Central Florida sound off please. I'm just curious.

 

[Lazybones]

If I could ask for any one Story Hour thread that does not currently exist (to my knowledge), it would be something inspired by the short Shadow Chasers game published in Polyhedron a few months back for d20 Modern. I'm personally waiting for the d20 Modern rules to make my own foray into that setting ... plus between DMing Star Wars, playing in DM Cthuluftaghn's game, and starting up my own fantasy game soon set in the campaign setting I'm submitting to WotC, the last thing I need is a new game to work on. But I would love to see what others are doing with it, I think it has great Story Hour potential.

Check out RangerWickett's story hour: IIRC, it's called "Savannah Knights" or somesuch. I don't have a link, but I believe it's probably back on one of the later pages. Also, you might be interested in the Cthulu story hours here.

[edit] Ah, here's your link: http://test.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=87 (feeling lazy at work today... killing time on boards )
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[Jodo Kast]

Check out RangerWickett's story hour: IIRC, it's called "Savannah Knights" or somesuch. I don't have a link, but I believe it's probably back on one of the later pages. Also, you might be interested in the Cthulu story hours here.

Thanks Lazy, I'll be sure to check out Savannah Knights tonight. I'll give your story a shot while I'm at it.

 

[Jeremy]

That was my answer, too.

But really I just wish we played mine more often, then I'd be ready to go with the writin' part.


Wulf

I third that. Though no problem with playing often. I've got some 200-300 hours to catch up on. Of course, that's the problem. That and I don't/won't take notes. Maybe if my brain was full of something besides the crunchy bits of WotC's books + a few other sources + two different campaigns' every detail stretching back a year and a half, I'd be able to pass this MCSA test.

 

[Dinkeldog]

That was my answer, too.

But really I just wish we played mine more often, then I'd be ready to go with the writin' part.


Wulf

You could always catch up on Lazy Days. Some day, someone's going to start a discussion on Druids and animal cruelty there.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

My own. I'm waiting for us to play CoC d20 again, so that I can post something new. In fact, I might just have to post some of the "extras", just to keep it bumped.

 

[Rel]

I wish mine were updated regularly! That way I could stop feeling guilty about making unfulfilled promises all the time. It isn't really that I dread doing the write-ups. They are a labor, but a labor of love. But it is sometimes hard to find both the time and the energy in the same place.

I mean there are times when I have plenty of energy and excitement to do the Story Hour but I wind up putting the energy into work on the campaign or other gaming pursuits. Other times I have time in the evening to do the write-ups but I just feel so wiped out from work and the baby and stuff that I can't bring myself to sit in front of the keyboard.

I note all of that so that you can feel deep sympathy for myself and the other Story Hour writers on the board.

But I also bring a sort of solution to the issue. I recently implemented something near the end of my campaign that I wish I had been doing all along: After Action Reports.

To me, the hardest part about working on my Story Hour is wracking my brain to recall details from past sessions and trying to get the sequence of evens close to accurate. I already give out experience points for "Creation" in my games. If players bring painted miniatures, cool maps they've drawn or any other types of materials that add substantively to the game, I give bonus XP for it. So I offered the same type of bonus to any player who wanted to write up an After Action Report for the session which gave a rough outline of the events. Now I can refer to that outline and it makes writing up the Story Hour much easier.

I don't know if this is feasible for the rest of you, but I highly recommend it.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

The After Action Report is a great idea, I just had a major combat session with my group (read about it soon in my Story Hour!) and one of my players sent me a report like that - it will make it much easier to recall what happened in a very long, complex battle with something like 35 levelled participants!

 

[Morgaine]

The After Action Report is a great idea, I just had a major combat session with my group (read about it soon in my Story Hour!) and one of my players sent me a report like that - it will make it much easier to recall what happened in a very long, complex battle with something like 35 levelled participants!

Since I write up our story hour, I tend to do something similar by taking notes in game or just after then checking them with some of the other players (or PC when he has time) to keep it straight. Then if I don't get to the write up immediately -- which has happened a lot lately -- I still have the information without all the painful brain-wracking.

 

[Tickleberry]

Mope, didn't even get an honorable mention!


So does this mean Tickleberry's adventures ain't what they should be?
Or is it that I can't get the dm and players in the same place for better than a single monthly session?
I wish I could post more often; I've started a little letter writing excerise with another Brandybuck on the boards (heaven help you all, there's two of us). Feedback would be wonderful. I can be reached at WynniFitz@hotmail.com, and any constructive criticism is welcome. I do have delusions of becoming a competent writer; maybe even as good as Wulf if I ever grow up.