Archive For The “Lore” Category

All the Children Say…(open thread)

By | May 1, 2012

Heroes, Antiheroes, villains and bad-asses: What do you play in WoW and why?

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Just Do It: Step 3

By | April 25, 2012

Step Three of dealing with issues in WoW is implementing and assessing what you problem solved in step two. This is the part of the plan that has a tendency to fall through. It’s really easy to come up with a few plans that seem positively brilliant… But they fall short when we try to [...]

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Where it all started

By | April 13, 2012

During the relaunch discussions, I came to realize that I can trace my love of story based games to one specific Nintendo game: The Legend of Zelda was not an RPG like the Final Fantasy series, but it was the first video game I remember thinking “This is a story I dig.” Granted, I was [...]

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Romance: The First Rule

By | November 15, 2011

The first rule of Romantic RP: Talk it over with the other player. Let me perfectly honest here: You might think this RP idea is the best thing since D&D, but if the player of the character isn’t interested, you don’t force it. If they are interested, you need to do the following things: Set [...]

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Themes Song Open Thread!

By | November 14, 2011

Go here. Listen to theme. Write 140 word story. Post it.

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The Drugs of Azeroth

By | November 8, 2011

Azeroth has a variety of alcohols, tobacco products, and it has coffee, but what about other, more illicit narcotics? In Dalaran we can see the washed up mage, a victim of Kungaloosh: Shattrath had it’s own down-on-their-luck NPCs, and let’s not forget the Blood Elves. I’d be remiss if I didn’t include herbalism and alchemy [...]

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Lay the Groundwork Now

By | November 5, 2011

In the next xpac, we’re headed towards not just towards Pandas, but an elevated level of conflict between the Alliance and the Horde. On a more depressing level, we also need to realize we are going to loose people as WoW hits 7 and other games launch. During these next few months, before we run [...]

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Poker?

By | November 4, 2011

Photo courtesy of Darin House’s Flickr Stream So you have a room full of shady, reasonably wealthy characters, each of whom who have a tendency to bluff and exaggerate, smoking in a bar stocked with expensive booze. How long before they start gambling? I’m sure its possible to come up with a narrative method for [...]

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First, Finest, Last: Shad

By | September 29, 2011

  This week, we get the real deal on Shad, the official midwife of Feathermoon. Celesse was his first. He never counted Eurydice, because no matter how she plead, promised, or punished, he always refused her that final step. No, it was the woman he chose to be his wife with whom he finally joined [...]

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First, Finest and Last: Era

By | September 22, 2011

Shad by *JRinaldi on deviantART The Rider’s resident Midwife and all-around stand up cat, Haemon Shadowind, was the second to write up First, Finest and Last. Here is another brilliant sample for your own FFL. This is Era. There are many cat spirits, but this one is a favorite. Enjoy! Any one of them could [...]

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