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<blockquote data-quote="Kristivas" data-source="post: 2659463" data-attributes="member: 34179"><p>Haven't done any updating for awhile, due to my World of Warcraft addiction, but something interesting happened to me the other day when my cable was out.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I got out some graph paper (and no, I cannot draw well to save my own soul) and started messing around. I did (a first) an outline of a town square, then filled it in more and more. Then, I started sticking objects there.. a well, some carts, ect. After that, some NPCs (my group loves my NPC names -sarcasm- Marton Ambertos, Gregoth Steelwhistle, ect) that just shoot into my head. Now, on the piece of graph paper, it all looked like well-placed boxes and other such shapes (since my 5 year old can draw better than I can) to represent people and things, but when I got out some paper and wrote the description of this town square, the entire place just came together for me. After about 6 pages, I have a fully formed town with notable NPCs, some side-quests, and a general flavor to this little town who's never been raided by orcs or threatened by a dragon or faced any other such cataclysm. (A hill giant did try to make them pay him tribute once, but the current town mayor outsmarted it when he was seven years old and managed to run it off without any casualties *or so he tells it*)</p><p></p><p>So, the first fully-developed place for my campaign setting is formed. Crayden Falls will be to my setting what Solace was to Dragonlance (not that I'd compare my stuff to DL *bows before Tracy Hickman's might)!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kristivas, post: 2659463, member: 34179"] Haven't done any updating for awhile, due to my World of Warcraft addiction, but something interesting happened to me the other day when my cable was out. I got out some graph paper (and no, I cannot draw well to save my own soul) and started messing around. I did (a first) an outline of a town square, then filled it in more and more. Then, I started sticking objects there.. a well, some carts, ect. After that, some NPCs (my group loves my NPC names -sarcasm- Marton Ambertos, Gregoth Steelwhistle, ect) that just shoot into my head. Now, on the piece of graph paper, it all looked like well-placed boxes and other such shapes (since my 5 year old can draw better than I can) to represent people and things, but when I got out some paper and wrote the description of this town square, the entire place just came together for me. After about 6 pages, I have a fully formed town with notable NPCs, some side-quests, and a general flavor to this little town who's never been raided by orcs or threatened by a dragon or faced any other such cataclysm. (A hill giant did try to make them pay him tribute once, but the current town mayor outsmarted it when he was seven years old and managed to run it off without any casualties *or so he tells it*) So, the first fully-developed place for my campaign setting is formed. Crayden Falls will be to my setting what Solace was to Dragonlance (not that I'd compare my stuff to DL *bows before Tracy Hickman's might)! [/QUOTE]
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