tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post8858163925890713340..comments2024-03-28T08:50:57.015+01:00Comments on Beyond Fomalhaut: [ZINE] Echoes From Fomalhaut #07 (NOW AVAILABLE!)Melanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-6472811273884631992020-11-16T09:19:57.790+01:002020-11-16T09:19:57.790+01:00Very cool! Our party also got out in one piece, bu...Very cool! Our party also got out in one piece, but they were massively creeped out by the place, and used animated zombies to test the ground before them.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-77453820991722920082020-11-15T19:32:29.596+01:002020-11-15T19:32:29.596+01:00My group got into the Hecatomb of Morthevole last ...My group got into the Hecatomb of Morthevole last night. One foolish character almost got disemboweled by the slicer, and in the end a few of the henchmen didn't make it. Overall it was great!HDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506175636615989219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-28011890039365045402020-08-17T22:06:49.389+02:002020-08-17T22:06:49.389+02:00I just discovered your blog and this zine and it l...I just discovered your blog and this zine and it looks fantastic. I think I'll have to order it.Erstaunlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504607383684518729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-55383845130324523792020-05-17T20:23:46.499+02:002020-05-17T20:23:46.499+02:00Yes, the cover is awesomeYes, the cover is awesomeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-34330887169745528782020-05-16T02:43:41.047+02:002020-05-16T02:43:41.047+02:00I have not read Lurulu, and don't perceive who...I have not read Lurulu, and don't perceive who has the upper hand here, but I acknowledge a deft reply to an unanswerable question.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-59789339336470217072020-05-14T08:32:10.121+02:002020-05-14T08:32:10.121+02:00Oswig studied Moncrief for a long moment.
"Do...<i>Oswig studied Moncrief for a long moment.<br />"Doubtless, you are a deep-dyed scholar, and a past master of poodle-de-doodle. Also, you have read several books. Still, your knowledge of Star Home is a muddle, and your theories are bunk."<br />Moncrief blinked, but maintained his sangfroid. "I will give your comments careful study. They may well illuminate the unusual quirks of local custom."</i>Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-4964024071434689872020-05-14T01:31:17.915+02:002020-05-14T01:31:17.915+02:00Melan, do you think you are more creative than I? ...Melan, do you think you are more creative than I? Do you think you know more about AD&D than I do?Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-38449411032189077372020-05-12T17:03:50.754+02:002020-05-12T17:03:50.754+02:00To be fair, criticism does not require participati...To be fair, criticism does not require participating in creation. Now, honest criticism is rooted in a sufficiently deep knowledge of the material under scrutiny.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-81774721766493693382020-05-12T15:52:13.632+02:002020-05-12T15:52:13.632+02:00Kent, you should seek medical help.Kent, you should seek medical help.Santiago Oríahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004778441776946649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-5534911490320663142020-05-12T11:10:52.841+02:002020-05-12T11:10:52.841+02:00Coolest cover so far (though #4 with Tumula himsel...Coolest cover so far (though #4 with Tumula himself is a close contender).Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-22383138534709637592020-05-12T10:52:00.286+02:002020-05-12T10:52:00.286+02:00How generous of you! Could you please refer us to ...How generous of you! Could you please refer us to examples of products you have published, so we can see how *real* modules should be?Shahar Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634595916850412548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-238689727847698692020-05-12T02:56:09.474+02:002020-05-12T02:56:09.474+02:00I wish you had tried to produce one or two excelle...I wish you had tried to produce one or two excellent products, the best you could do, something you have not achieved yet but might. Instead you have decided to squeeze out formulaic pap as if everything you think of is worth publishing. It isn't. Try to do something lasting. One module. At the very least try to do something worthwhile *at the same time* as this canned porridge.<br /><br />Don't assume my editorial advice will always be free. I too may lower my standards and charge for formulaic criticism on tap.<br /><br />Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-85620798975499928482020-05-09T13:14:28.905+02:002020-05-09T13:14:28.905+02:00That's a good guess. The other one is Trail of...That's a good guess. The other one is <b>Trail of the Sea Demon</b>, a revised and re-edited collection of city-based mini-adventures, which have appeared in Fight On!, and for free. The first awaits translation; the second awaits interior art (some pieces are already in).Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-50416967088323177252020-05-09T13:10:16.221+02:002020-05-09T13:10:16.221+02:00I have been procrastinating too long over Baklin -...I have been procrastinating too long over Baklin - it is too large for a zine article, but I haven't been able to write it up as a proper supplement, despite the fact that I have a bunch of typed notes on it.<br /><br />Baklin is larger and less shady than Gont; as the "City of the Merchant Prince", it is the centre of marine traffic on Erillion. (Neither Baklin nor Gont have much in the way of land power - they don't really need it, since their important rivals/trading partners are also marine powers.) <br /><br />You can find some materials on the city starting from the 10th installment of our defunct campaign journal (25 June 2017), with the most complete map posted 5 October 2017 - c.f. https://tinyurl.com/y9a9cqm8 ).<br /><br />Baklin looks and feels a bit like an Elizabethean port town built into the slopes surrounding a semi-circular bay that cuts into a highland. The northern parts, clustered around the Palace and going down to the level of the gates, are higher up, and tend to be the expensive palaces of the aristocracy, as well as upper class residences and some public offices. The western parts and the seafront around the bay are a bustling port, while the eastern and south-eastern streets are a shady old quarter for the poor, but also the city's trade guilds (of which the Thieves' Guild is one in the role of a sort of "private security company").<br /><br />Baklin has a bunch of underground dungeons connecting its residences, but of the two main complexes I envisioned, only one, located under the Old City, has been found and explored during the campaign (and later) - the other will be left to the GM even in a published supplement.<br /><br />One specific feature of Erillion's cities is the absence of churches and temples, as the locals are not a deeply religious folk, and prefer worship to take place in the home, or outside the city walls. A second one is the lack of modern burial grounds, as the dead are collected by the Knights of Yolanthus Kar, and taken for burial in the Valley of Barzak Bragoth. Naturally, things are not as clear cut when it comes to the Underworld...Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-18078642181771345462020-05-09T12:47:59.967+02:002020-05-09T12:47:59.967+02:00I will wait, then. One module is the 'Shadows&...I will wait, then. One module is the 'Shadows' city midule, I gather. But what's the other one?Shahar Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634595916850412548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-86129451207398363052020-05-09T12:46:15.344+02:002020-05-09T12:46:15.344+02:00Also, anyone have an idea how to wrap text around ...Also, anyone have an idea how to wrap text around an image with the newest Blogger update? Or is this yet another thing Google has just broken because they could?Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-40597245325236291602020-05-09T12:44:54.165+02:002020-05-09T12:44:54.165+02:00Also, can you tell us some more about the Baklin c...Also, can you tell us some more about the Baklin city supplement? How is it different from Gont, that is also described as a pirate-controlled merchant town?Shahar Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634595916850412548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-65352704204237103912020-05-09T12:44:26.920+02:002020-05-09T12:44:26.920+02:00The Barbarian King has been reprinted, and is avai...The Barbarian King has been reprinted, and is available (I try to do reprints in smaller, flexible print runs). If you wish to combine items, and have a month or so to spare, two modules should be released in the first half of June.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-62407692838006561122020-05-09T12:42:00.426+02:002020-05-09T12:42:00.426+02:00I cite that one in the intro - it has never been m...I cite that one in the intro - it has never been more applicable!Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-46373231696948942462020-05-09T12:25:43.455+02:002020-05-09T12:25:43.455+02:00Any more print copies left of "The Barbarian ...Any more print copies left of "The Barbarian King"? I already have Echoes 1-6 and Xyntillan, and prefer to order several items together when possibleShahar Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634595916850412548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-31155124454769219522020-05-09T00:31:07.754+02:002020-05-09T00:31:07.754+02:00Fight On!Fight On!Santiago Oríahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004778441776946649noreply@blogger.com