0030: Eureka! (of a sort)
I have been reading like a speed demon lately. In the past three weeks or so, I've read the entire Chronicles of Narnia (not a gargantuan feat, but still 7 books), and I finished A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie Czerneda. That was an awesome book, that gripped me so well, that I only logged onto WoW late last night, to check on an auction I had going.
The reason for this post's subject is something I realized when I was at work today. I've been reading a lot more lately, and, as a result, I've found myself more inclined to A) read more (duh!) and B) plot out scenarios for RPGs. It's B that really caught my attention, because it's true. I started reading (even at home again) when I gave up the D&D game, and now I find ideas trickling through my mind. Where I was faced with an inpenetrable wall of "writer's (or DM's) block" is now a wall with a big crack in it. And, the more I read (next up on the list is a re-read of In Conquest Born by C. S. Friedman), the bigger that crack becomes, and the more "water" flows through it.
It may be a bad analogy, but I think that you guys get the point.
As of now, I'm tentatively planning a full Dragonlance campaign, using the "Age of Mortals" adventure series as the foundation. I have already begun winnowing the list of allowable races and classes down, mainly drawing from the setting for most of the restrictions (there were never dwarven wizards, for example). I'm see-sawing back and forth on the subject of Prestige Classes. On the one hand, prestige classes have a variety of neat abilities, On the other hand, though, is the obsession with getting such-and-such class ASAP.
Well, it's time for me to go to the game, so off I will go..
The reason for this post's subject is something I realized when I was at work today. I've been reading a lot more lately, and, as a result, I've found myself more inclined to A) read more (duh!) and B) plot out scenarios for RPGs. It's B that really caught my attention, because it's true. I started reading (even at home again) when I gave up the D&D game, and now I find ideas trickling through my mind. Where I was faced with an inpenetrable wall of "writer's (or DM's) block" is now a wall with a big crack in it. And, the more I read (next up on the list is a re-read of In Conquest Born by C. S. Friedman), the bigger that crack becomes, and the more "water" flows through it.
It may be a bad analogy, but I think that you guys get the point.
As of now, I'm tentatively planning a full Dragonlance campaign, using the "Age of Mortals" adventure series as the foundation. I have already begun winnowing the list of allowable races and classes down, mainly drawing from the setting for most of the restrictions (there were never dwarven wizards, for example). I'm see-sawing back and forth on the subject of Prestige Classes. On the one hand, prestige classes have a variety of neat abilities, On the other hand, though, is the obsession with getting such-and-such class ASAP.
Well, it's time for me to go to the game, so off I will go..