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A friend of mine mentioned roleplay groups and my DnD group cancelled today and I was just thinking, oh how grand it would be to have a roleplay group like in Ye Olde Days, on a forum or something. Or even play-by-post on Discord would be nice. I'm trying to get back into contact with them and maybe I could throw something together again. I know I am a Grown Up but I still want to Play Pretend with all my friends again.
I want to write
Jul. 19th, 2023 10:45 amI want to write but I think I’m afraid to right now. I have three ideas bouncing around in my head and I’m worried they’re all too similar thematically. I’m worried they’ll get mixed up if I try to write them all simultaneously, and I’m worried that the one based on my DnD PC is going to make my characterization of him in the game muddled. I’m worried that I only have vague ideas and no content behind them, that as soon as I get a few sentences down I’ll find that my brain isn’t cooperating and there’s nothing behind them but impressions and moods. And none of these worries are insubstantiated, they’re what’s happening right now.
I don’t know what to do. I should be packing to move, anyway.
I don’t know what to do. I should be packing to move, anyway.
Thoughts in Writing Direction
Aug. 16th, 2022 11:07 pmI have, again, not written much, haha. I am still feeling out this idea and am thinking of integrating stuff from my DnD character(s) concept(s) because... while I have gotten so involved in current DnD character creation, I an always disappointed by how little of it I actually get to play because DnD by nature is a slow game, everyone else has their plans, we have limitations as to how well we can play our characters, even, and there's always a significant amount of randomness.
So why not? Why shouldn't I just steal ideas from my DnD ideas and put them into my fiction?
Well... I'm always worried about cross-contamination. What I write and how I write is so different from DnD (nothing wrong with that), that I'm worried I'll change my ideas so much but still have them connected in my head and get them confused... this is possibly a silly idea, that I should be able to keep them straight, that ultimately I am only playing DnD ~4 hrs per week and the rest of the time my brain can be full of whatever writing garbage I like, but still, it can be hard to convince myself of this.
So why not? Why shouldn't I just steal ideas from my DnD ideas and put them into my fiction?
Well... I'm always worried about cross-contamination. What I write and how I write is so different from DnD (nothing wrong with that), that I'm worried I'll change my ideas so much but still have them connected in my head and get them confused... this is possibly a silly idea, that I should be able to keep them straight, that ultimately I am only playing DnD ~4 hrs per week and the rest of the time my brain can be full of whatever writing garbage I like, but still, it can be hard to convince myself of this.
Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft
May. 29th, 2021 11:00 pmI finally got my hands on a copy of this (with the special cover, too!) and have been very, very slowly making my way through it (I've been busy...) and it has a lot of advice on how to keep an actual horror themed RP going. And I mean, the advice is fine, but also like... given the nature of D&D games, it just seems sort of... impossible? Like games inevitably fall into gigglefits, that's just how they are. It may be the lowest common denominator of these games, or at least all of the ones I've played. It seems like you'd have to choose players even more carefully than the typical game if you wanted to keep a serious, scary vibe.
However, the new lineages? badass, love them. Free unlimited spider climb, the best ability in the game, may mean I never play anything but a damphir again.
However, the new lineages? badass, love them. Free unlimited spider climb, the best ability in the game, may mean I never play anything but a damphir again.
