Archive for November, 2007
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Astronomy
I mentioned Astronomy in the game #3 post, so might as well expand on the idea for the readers who have no idea what I am talking about.
The basic premise is that objects in the night sky circle around The World, not the other way round. Other important thing to note in the start is […]
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Because Tango is Essential
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Game #3 - Impressions
The third game is over, and sadly, it was a bit shorter one than I had hoped for. But at least I managed to get the character sheet done by this game, will be uploading it to the site as soon as I can.
From a game mastering point of view, the flashbacks are getting more […]
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
This is CoW
Latest Penny Arcade summarizes CoW character creation quite well.
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
Game #2 - Impressions
Ok, a week has passed so I think I can muster up some thoughts.
The fact I haven’t GM’d a game like this in a long while shows. I have forgotten some of the essentials along the way - always have a list of names ready, always bring candy, always make sure the players are in […]
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
First Game - Cliff’s Notes
NPCs introduced:
Iiain, the elven Tutor
The magister with the strange beard
The artsy, now deceased magister
The female magister
The fourth magister recruiter
The squirrel
Larsa’s character’s brother
Places:
Baysend, the capital of the colony
Creek, the trade route
Johnstown
Cairnswind, the city with the College of War
Dusk Mountains, the village Larsa’s character is from
Oddities mentioned:
Roland’s magister’s death
The strange history of the school
The squirrel
Flashbacks:
Aura: Magister doesn’t […]
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
First Game - Impressions
Ok, from a GM’s point of view, the first game was one of those car wrecks waiting to happen - I didn’t have character sheets ready and I felt as prepared as a tuna on dry land looking at an exploding volcano.
We created the characters in all anarchy, although a peaceful anarchy, but no sense […]
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Day -1: The Start
I was going to write about the mechanics of magic use, but sadly, that’s something that I’ll be keeping a secret from the players, so I’ll devote this last “minus” post to talk about the starting characters in bit more detail.
The characters are 18-22 years olds, who have been scouted in the latest magister scouting […]
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Day -2: Magic
Magic is about blood.
Magic is about science.
Magic is about interaction.
For centuries, magisters have tried to explain magic. They’ve quantified it, made calculations, made formulas how it works. Yet, it remains hard to grasp and quite personal. No two persons in the world use magic the exact same way - there are always slight variations. Those […]
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
Day -3: Local Flora and Fauna
This post was seriously delayed due Finnish national sport - Friday night.
The first image people who travel back to the Old World from the New want to conjure to their listeners is the one of the great forests. The ones near the coastal area are mainly birch, oak and hazel, when you travel inlands, gigantic […]
