The Saga of the Raiders of the Citadel
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:54 pm
Wow, haven't been to this section of the board in a very, very long time.
Alright so as a bunch of you already know it is my pleasure to be DMing an offline RP at the moment featuring a few other board members (Jak Snide, and former posters Sorbus and Kraken), along with a couple of other players. This is the third time or so we've tried to form a D&D game, and it seems we've finally hit true success. Everyone's having a fantastic time, and the characters are really starting to interact well.
Soon in the campaign is being introduced an NPC who, along the course of accompanying the heroes around, will be penning their great deeds for posterity. I thought that I'd actually get started on that now (even though the NPC in question is yet to appear) with a bit of a prologue.
So this is going to be a dramatised version of a D&D campaign through a second-hand account transcribed by an observer. Thus (and this is directed expressly towards any of my players who might be reading) it is not always going to be accurate. That's half the fun of this project, I get to warp the events slightly like a good storyteller can, and then get to see the results.
I will probably be giving a more refined and complete version to the players as well, once the NPC has written the actual tale, so this may be a long project.
Bit of background: campaign and story are set in the Forgotten Realms setting of D&D, and all place references should be accurate to that setting. Narrator is a Dwarven Cleric/Bard (Loremaster?). Party (once they appear) consists of: Dwarf Fighter/Rogue, Elf Ranger/Sorcerer, Orc Monk/Drunken Master, Halfling Druid, Human Rogue/Wizard (irregular player), and a one-time appearance by an Elven Wizard. Most of the adventures are actually published in Dungeon magazine (though often heavily adapted), and if anyone likes what they're hearing they can contact me for issue numbers.
As for the story itself...read on...
Alright so as a bunch of you already know it is my pleasure to be DMing an offline RP at the moment featuring a few other board members (Jak Snide, and former posters Sorbus and Kraken), along with a couple of other players. This is the third time or so we've tried to form a D&D game, and it seems we've finally hit true success. Everyone's having a fantastic time, and the characters are really starting to interact well.
Soon in the campaign is being introduced an NPC who, along the course of accompanying the heroes around, will be penning their great deeds for posterity. I thought that I'd actually get started on that now (even though the NPC in question is yet to appear) with a bit of a prologue.
So this is going to be a dramatised version of a D&D campaign through a second-hand account transcribed by an observer. Thus (and this is directed expressly towards any of my players who might be reading) it is not always going to be accurate. That's half the fun of this project, I get to warp the events slightly like a good storyteller can, and then get to see the results.
I will probably be giving a more refined and complete version to the players as well, once the NPC has written the actual tale, so this may be a long project.
Bit of background: campaign and story are set in the Forgotten Realms setting of D&D, and all place references should be accurate to that setting. Narrator is a Dwarven Cleric/Bard (Loremaster?). Party (once they appear) consists of: Dwarf Fighter/Rogue, Elf Ranger/Sorcerer, Orc Monk/Drunken Master, Halfling Druid, Human Rogue/Wizard (irregular player), and a one-time appearance by an Elven Wizard. Most of the adventures are actually published in Dungeon magazine (though often heavily adapted), and if anyone likes what they're hearing they can contact me for issue numbers.
As for the story itself...read on...