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Wulf's Collected Story Hour -- FINAL UPDATE 12/25
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Am I wrong for laughing at that?
Anyway, haven't been here for awhile, and just thought I'd catch up. Story's great as always Wulf.
Can't wait to get my hands on the half orc book. Getting ready to run a paladin aiming for Paragon. I talked the DM into waiving all those MC restrictions, so its all good.
Wulf Ratbane
Adventurer
maddman75 said:
No more wrong than I was for saying it, and no less wrong than it was for Jeremy not to laugh sooner!
Believe me, it's going to get worse. That was QUITE a day for snide comments down the sleeve. Fnar fnar!
Blashphemy! Most of the prestige classes are fairly race-neutral, but there is no way I would let a stinkin' half-orc take the dwarf Paragon class.
Besides, I think you will find MUCH better things to do with yourself in the Half Orc book!
Which, as we speak, is currently in a truck, on the road, on its way to Osseum, and from thence to your friendly local game store!
Of course I'll have my own copies in hand within a week! Yay me!
Wulf
Oh, you misunderstand. I'm playing a Dwarf shooting for Paragon. What I mean by lifting restrictions is I can freely MC with fighter. Thinking of going Pal2/Ftr4 then paragon.
Also took the Blood of Kings feat. His history is longer than his character sheet, with a lost kingdom, lost axe containing the spirit of his line's founder, missing siblings, and the traitor that led to his house's downfall out there somewhere.
Also took the Blood of Kings feat. His history is longer than his character sheet, with a lost kingdom, lost axe containing the spirit of his line's founder, missing siblings, and the traitor that led to his house's downfall out there somewhere.
Milo Windby
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Bravo!
Beautifully done Wulf! When I read the scrying bit and saw you'd be up against three dragons I was surprised that you were gung ho for running straight in. I've yet to play a high-level game, so I suppose I'm not aware of what a group is actually capable of that high. It looks like had Rourmed and Engram not conveniently 'ported in you would have had the last dragon down in a matter of rounds. One does have to wonder if DD has a pile of leftover NPCs to drop on the party if they're doing too well. All part and parcel of the RBDM package, right? I'm interested to see what you guys do after you finish licking your wounds.
On a story hour author note... I know you mention that not all of the jibes in your posts are directly from the session. How often do you find yourself ad libbing to make the post a little juicier? I've been struggling with that in my story hour and I'm not sure if there's some imaginary line that shouldn't be crossed when taking creative license with dialogue. What do you think?
Beautifully done Wulf! When I read the scrying bit and saw you'd be up against three dragons I was surprised that you were gung ho for running straight in. I've yet to play a high-level game, so I suppose I'm not aware of what a group is actually capable of that high. It looks like had Rourmed and Engram not conveniently 'ported in you would have had the last dragon down in a matter of rounds. One does have to wonder if DD has a pile of leftover NPCs to drop on the party if they're doing too well. All part and parcel of the RBDM package, right? I'm interested to see what you guys do after you finish licking your wounds.
On a story hour author note... I know you mention that not all of the jibes in your posts are directly from the session. How often do you find yourself ad libbing to make the post a little juicier? I've been struggling with that in my story hour and I'm not sure if there's some imaginary line that shouldn't be crossed when taking creative license with dialogue. What do you think?
Wulf Ratbane
Adventurer
Re: Bravo!
Most of the jibes are from the table. I may add dialogue from time to time to advance the story, but if it's a snarky comment that's PC-to-PC, it is probably the real thing.
I agree, there is an imaginary line that shouldn't be crossed. I try not to cross it when it involves things one player says to another. I don't feel right "making up" the jokes that fly from player to player or putting words in anyone's mouth. There may be a few exceptions, but for the most part I am faithful to that. Stuff from NPC's is often made up, just because we don't really RP the NPC's much, and when I write the story they have to say something, after all.
Wulf
Milo Windby said:
Most of the jibes are from the table. I may add dialogue from time to time to advance the story, but if it's a snarky comment that's PC-to-PC, it is probably the real thing.
I agree, there is an imaginary line that shouldn't be crossed. I try not to cross it when it involves things one player says to another. I don't feel right "making up" the jokes that fly from player to player or putting words in anyone's mouth. There may be a few exceptions, but for the most part I am faithful to that. Stuff from NPC's is often made up, just because we don't really RP the NPC's much, and when I write the story they have to say something, after all.
Wulf
Rune
Once A Fool
Re: Re: Bravo!
I have been known to cross that line on several occasions and I likely will again. I try my best to stay true to the characters and I am quick to alter something that the player doesn't feel is right (which hasn't happened, yet), but I often find that I have to ad lib for the characters because the players that take good notes don't show up often enough and the ones left to take notes often take sketchy notes, as they'd rather just be playing the character.
Also, most of the in-character stuff that gets said at the table is not Eric/Morrus-Grandmother-Friendly.
So I pretty much have to edit (yes, that does mean that the dwarves in the dwarf-campaign are a bit coarser in language than presented, but I've stuck to the characters pretty well, regardless, I think (and the players, thus far, concur).
Of course, if the notes have a true gem (and they often do) it gets included. I always have at least one of these per update.
The flip side of this is that I have been known to gloss over the dialogue if the notes don't support anything, but doing this overmuch tends to ruin the pacing of a good tale.
I suppose a summary of what I've said is in order:
The dialogue of the PCs in my story hours may not be verbatim, but it's pretty much what was said.
Wulf Ratbane said:
I have been known to cross that line on several occasions and I likely will again. I try my best to stay true to the characters and I am quick to alter something that the player doesn't feel is right (which hasn't happened, yet), but I often find that I have to ad lib for the characters because the players that take good notes don't show up often enough and the ones left to take notes often take sketchy notes, as they'd rather just be playing the character.
Also, most of the in-character stuff that gets said at the table is not Eric/Morrus-Grandmother-Friendly.
So I pretty much have to edit (yes, that does mean that the dwarves in the dwarf-campaign are a bit coarser in language than presented, but I've stuck to the characters pretty well, regardless, I think (and the players, thus far, concur).
Of course, if the notes have a true gem (and they often do) it gets included. I always have at least one of these per update.
The flip side of this is that I have been known to gloss over the dialogue if the notes don't support anything, but doing this overmuch tends to ruin the pacing of a good tale.
I suppose a summary of what I've said is in order:
The dialogue of the PCs in my story hours may not be verbatim, but it's pretty much what was said.
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