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3 Y’s – Yule, Year’s End & Why I Run TOR RPG Fellowship Phase (“Downtime”) Differently?

May the everlasting Darkness doom me if I don’t try my best to make a change! | art by aaloei on Reddit

Year’s End’s (was) upon us…

So, it’s the New Year – well into it, but not even slightly less turbulent one, despite my efforts to change that. Nevertheless, Year’s End – or Yule, as it was called way, way back – is a time of transition and of change. And may the everlasting Darkness doom me if, if I don’t try my best to make that change!
But I’m onto some gameplay-oriented point, so let’s get going, while staying in that Year’s End theme.

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The Forbidden West – Campaign’s Penultimate Chapter

I've always had that impression of Forbidden Lands reflecting the Wild West movies, especially the old ones like Dollars Trilogy with Clint Eastwood.
I’ve always had that impression of Forbidden Lands reflecting the Wild West movies, especially the old ones like Dollars Trilogy with Clint Eastwood. | Photo by Spring Fed Images on Unsplash

I’ve always had that impression of Forbidden Lands reflecting the Wild West movies, especially the old ones like Dollars Trilogy with Clint Eastwood. And it never was stronger than when my group was gearing up for their final dungeon exploration. They searched for an outlawed ranger, Vike, to enlist him as additional support in upcoming fights. A gruff hunter banished from the village greatly resembled a gun-for-hire theme in Western films. Besides, as I’ll get to expand at the end, the latter turned out to be very rewarding and easy to work with as source material – including publishing my own modules as well.

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On Fairly Neurodivergent Stories

Being wired differently than most humans can create a real maze of feelings, situations, and decisions. And like in an actual maze, you can get close to where you want to be, only to hit a wall of bricks. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

So, that was one heck of a positive message, that last one, wasn’t it, huh? Well, I guess there’s certainly a reason why I put “Drama” in my blog’s title. But drastic times call for drastic measures – and I’m planning on some drastic changes to how I handle this site and my roleplay-gaming activities altogether. Just let me pick up that low note I ended up on last time.

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Forbidden Lands’ Gods & Religions – The Omen of the Manticore

I love how realistic the religions and beliefs about gods seem in the Forbidden Lands setting.
I love how realistic the religions and beliefs about gods seem in the Forbidden Lands setting. | Image by Matthias Grießhammer from Pixabay

So it wasn’t long ago (speaking about game-time, it was two years on the blog x.x) when the Trio escaped the grave (sic!) consequences of their greed in the tomb of Count Nepola. After a few weeks of recovery, they finally decided to face what emerged as the campaign’s main goal. Retrieval of a powerful artifact from the sorcerous monastery they agreed to undertake for Grulf. The story about Forbidden Lands’ gods and religions added a lot to this ultimate chapter – thanks to the presentation, I haven’t come by in any other RPG.

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What am I doing it all for?

Since I'm blazing a trail in a new direction, I'm virtually unable to write anything honest and meaningful without addressing the change of course first.
Since I’m blazing a trail in a new direction, I’m virtually unable to write anything honest and meaningful without addressing the change of course first. | Photo by Muhammad Haikal Sjukri on Unsplash

Yeah, it was another while. I made a couple of promises to get back to writing and then fell silent. But I wasn’t idle, let me assure you. I’m hard at work on my ttRPG projects. I only need to unstuck from writer’s block, which I’m doing right now, as I’m writing this post already. And since I’m blazing a trail in a new direction, I found that without addressing it first, I’m virtually unable to write anything honest and meaningful – which are the qualities I don’t want to forfeit in my writing at no point. So, let me tell you what I’m doing and what I’m about to do so I can finally get back to writing these things.

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