WOE TO THE TYRANT - A DENOUNCEMENT
Of the Crimes of the Citizen Frederico d'Ortensia:
Who has through high corruption and low cunning, has been acknowledged as DOGE of the SERENE REPUBLIC, though he has long since forfeited any claim to that title due his unpardonable offenses.
Who has committed crimes against the PEOPLE of the city, the integrity of the SERENE REPUBLIC, and t...
2023-09-06 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
WARLORDS OF CALLIGIA PART 4
With a fundamental understanding of the disposition of the Calligian continent and the warlords which inhabit it now established, it becomes a mere matter of following these truths to their logical conclusion to understand the character of the Calligian lands and those men who would claim rulership over them: namely that it is naturally divided into interest gr...
2023-09-06 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs you may have noticed, I've redone the backer tiers to include two new tiers at the $20-a-month and $40-a-month contribution levels. This was done in consultation with $10-a-month backers, who generally expressed interest in having higher tiers even if they didn't include new benefits (which I'm not really in any position to offer).
When I started this Patreon, I honestly didn't expect ...
2023-08-07 17:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostPlease choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below.
Voting will go until August 21st, 11:59 PM (Pacific Time).
Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be avail...
2023-08-07 17:05:48 +0000 UTC View PostSo far, we've talked quite a bit about conventional villains, as well as antagonists who pretend to be on the protagonists' side. Now, I'd like to tackle a rather different sort of antagonist: the one that is actually the good guy.
The Heroic Antagonist is, for the purposes of this discussion, an antagonist with the moral high ground over the protagonist by the standards of the audience. ...
2023-08-07 16:36:32 +0000 UTC View PostPlease choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below.
Voting will go until July 21st, 11:59 PM (Pacific Time).
Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be availab...
2023-07-10 06:47:19 +0000 UTC View PostOver the course of this series, I've mostly been talking about "open" villain-antagonists - which is to say characters which are introduced to the audience as antagonists, and which the protagonists are seen as being morally justified in opposing. In when talking about sympathetic antagonists, the basic assumption is that for all of that character's redeeming features, they are still introduced...
2023-07-09 22:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A Land of Obscene Criminals (And Also Bandits)
The Iron Marches! A land of opportunity! A lad of freedom! A land for the brave and the enterprising to make their own fortunes, or so they would tell you. Well, let me tell you something different. I have been to the iron Marches. I have travelled up and down the Iron Road, visited every little settlement and town, and I will say this: the s...
2023-07-09 22:04:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Warlords of Calligia Pt 2.
Before one may begin to fully elaborate upon the particular interplays of the various noble houses of the Calligian continent, one must first come to understand the underlying fractures and divisions within the societies which populate that land. I take especial care in this account to describe such things in the multiple. For all that the continent m...
2023-07-09 22:03:49 +0000 UTC View PostPlease choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below.
I've had a bit of a late start this month, so I'm going to delay the end of voting for a few days, until 11:59 PM, Pacific Time on June 25th.
Topics marked with...
2023-06-12 06:36:30 +0000 UTC View PostI'm going to start off by making a statement which might be a bit controversial: namely that it is far easier and far less important to write well than it is to write consistently.
Ultimately writing is a craft which isn't all that difficult to learn. Reaching a level of competence where you can get across what you want to say to an audience doesn't take all that much in the way of learni...
2023-06-11 20:10:30 +0000 UTC View PostEdit: Image Link
From the Files of an Assessor of the Iron League
Settlement Name: Low Rapids (Case 45)
Location: Second cataract of the Rustflow Rush, approximately six days out from Montfort along the Iron Road.
Established: App...
2023-06-11 19:59:26 +0000 UTC View PostEDIT: Image Link
To His Excellency, Holder of the Onyx and Carnelian Seal
Excellency,
It has been made evident to me in recent days that the current mood of the Court has been placed in a state of some uproar as a result of the return of the formerly e...
2023-06-11 19:55:28 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick note for everyone. This week, I've taken possession of a new PC, which I've finally been able to afford partially due to the rush of sales revenue from Lords of Infinity's launch and partly through support from all of you. While this is definitely a much-needed upgrade (my old PC was over a decade old and physically falling apart), it does mean it's taking me some time to ...
2023-06-05 06:36:11 +0000 UTC View PostPlease choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below. Voting will end at 11:59 PM PST on May 21st.
Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be availabl...
2023-05-09 03:16:11 +0000 UTC View PostLORDS OF INFINITY: A POST-MORTEM
Spoilers for Lords of Infinity, obviously.
1. Introduction
With the first month's sales figures now in, I'm happy to say that Lords of Infinity has had a pretty successful release, having sold more than eight thousand copies. That doesn't make me rich (or even able to afford to move out of the old one-bedroom apartment I live in), but ...
2023-05-09 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
THE VAGRANT'S HANDBOOK TO SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE GRAVEROBBING
INTRODUCTION: THE POOR FELLOW's ERRANTRY
Knight-Errants, we've all looked up to them once. Every decent children's story seems to have one, all done up in surcoat and maille, sword in one hand shield in the other, righting wrongs, fighting injustices, and otherwise being heroic. We've all thought what that might have been li...
2023-05-09 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
THE QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES
1. THE EXPERIMENTAL CORPS OF RIFLEMEN
The origin of the concept behind the Queen's Own Rifles may be pinpointed precisely to the days immediately after the calamity at Blogia. It was at this time that the Countess Welles, in concluding her much-celebrated report following the course of that battle, first suggested the creation of a dedicated force of light inf...
2023-05-09 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostPlease choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below. Voting will end at 11:59 PM PST on April 21st.
Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be availa...
2023-04-10 05:21:42 +0000 UTC View Post
From the Olive Coast: Olives, oil, sauces and wines.
From Santamor: Metalcrafts, dyes.
From Varahd: Spices, cotton, dyes, rice, specialty firearms.
From Aetoria: Wool, financing and insurance bonds for all of the above.
From Tannersburg: Iron, coal, metalwork, military firearms.
From Mersdon: Silver, marble, wines, oil.
From Varsovia and Kaien: Machine parts,...
2023-04-10 00:58:16 +0000 UTC View Post
One does not go a day without feeling the influence of the Divine Court in our lives. True, it is the Watchers and Judges who act and observe and record and render judgements in its name, but their influence goes far beyond that. Peasants, knights, and nobles alike swear their oaths by them to seal their agreements. Crafters invoke them to guide their hands, and when things go very poorly or ve...
2023-04-10 00:56:51 +0000 UTC View PostSo, you've introduced your antagonist to your audience in some way which is sure to leave an impression. Great, that means you've set up an emotional foundation, something which lets both your protagonists and the audience know where they stand in regards to the conflict which you've set up. You've shown them the face of the enemy, and given them at least an initial hint as to what kind of enem...
2023-04-10 00:55:22 +0000 UTC View PostPlease choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below. Voting will end at 11:59 PM PST on March 21st.
Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be availa...
2023-03-08 18:10:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: From now on, I'll be adding text transcripts to formerly image-only Patreon updates, so that they'll be more accessible to folks who have to rely on screen readers.
THE PATH OF CARE
I have seen them in the sanctuaries of stone,
mending cuts and bruises and broken limbs.
I have seen them work healing with naught but faith,
and ask to be paid only wh...
2023-03-08 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: From now on, I'll be adding text transcripts to formerly image-only Patreon updates, so that they'll be more accessible to folks who have to rely on screen readers.
Except from NORTHERN WARS, a commercially avaliable Kian Tabletop Wargame from the 9th Century.
TIERRAN GENERAL OF BRIGADE (Generic)
Point Value: 65
Type: Commander
Statblock: 1x General of Brigad...
2023-03-08 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostFirst impressions are as important with fictional characters as they are with real people. Not only do they offer the audience a first glimpse at what a particular person is like, but the fact that this will be their first impression of a given person means that for at least some period of time, that impression is going to be the only impression the audience has of that character's, well, chara...
2023-03-08 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPlease choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below. Voting will end at 11:59 PM PST on February 21st.
Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be ava...
2023-02-08 03:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
