It’s very high praise when the players of your RPG campaign show investment in their characters. When they continuously ask questions about motivations, personal goals, or help with background details, you feel like they are enjoying the story as much as you do writing it for them.
But I consider it a personal compliment to the game-writing when players look at the schedule and request side-arc sessions and background-development games. The players are being engaging and thoughtful with their choices, which is an awesome moment to witness.
I suppose it should be noted that I’ve never liked power-gamers or players whose only goal was to mess with the campaign details. I don’t mind chaos if it isn’t done with malicious intent. If I’m going to take the time to write up plots, I’d like to see my investment rewarded.
With that, I’ll probably be writing up a side-arc or two this evening. There are a few details I’ve wanted the players to explore, and if it’s done correctly, they’ll have a great payoff in later levels.
I’ve also noticed that when I don’t post about the various projects or shamelessly brag about my family (Ben’s showing an interest in mechanics and I’m woefully unprepared), I’m writing about the postal life. This is because of two things: I get a lot of the same questions by different people, and I do believe in writing about what you know.
I’ve been in this career long enough to be comfortable with the questions and figured I should expand on them somewhere. This seems like a good spot, so expect a “Postal Living” section to slowly grow. It should prove to be a fun project to whittle away at when I have an idea for it.
Lastly, I’ve uploaded Chapter 6 of the Sidewinder Story! It’ll be a while before I can get the next chapter up, but hopefully I’ll have it finished and uploaded sooner than my misgivings say. When I’ve finished Adventure 1 (working on the title), I’ll probably condense the pages to make navigation easier. Or I’ll mess up layout again. You know, one or the other. For anyone not sure where to go:
Sidenote: I’ve been getting a lot of traffic on this site recently, and I wanted say hello, welcome to everyone and apologize for the mess. Eventually, I’ll figure this thing out. Surely.
With that, I wish all of you a pleasant evening and a good night.
-JB Swift
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