tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85979640756830734772024-03-12T20:53:10.508-04:00Tyrannodorkus: The Blog WorldTyrannodorkus is an avid gamer and enthusiast with a focus on MMOs.Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-51090594354452106532021-01-02T12:59:00.000-05:002021-01-02T12:59:10.892-05:00Now We’re Cooking<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>The next few pages in this book are slightly waterlogged</i></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dear Journal,</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It’s been a crazy day. I’m now out here on a ship with my
parents and friends chasing after a storm that’s caused by the amaranthine
knows what. But I need to focus now and recollect everything that went on
yesterday. So here goes…</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In order to kick out the squatters in the mansion, we tried
to come up with a diplomatic solution. Farah got some orders to evict the
residents for their unlawful stay. We knew we were kidding ourselves, but it
felt like it at least put right on our side that we reached out with an olive
branch first even though we quickly hit with the arrows.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When we arrived at the mansion, there was a guard posted out
front, no big deal. We showed the mapach the papers, asked them to leave and no
harm would come to them. He obviously didn’t think we were serious and declined
with a few choice words. Well Farah decided to show her seriousness and knocked
him unconscious and proceeded in.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Barely inside the antechamber, there was another guard
posted, a little more aggressive than the first. Farah gave this one a second
to look at the paper before rushing and knocking him out too. That’s when we
entered the main hall. Guards with bows drawn and rushing to meet us. I thought
we will all go back to back and take on the challengers as they came to us.
Before I could finish that thought, everyone was rushing in opposite
directions.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I’ll try and record some of the highlights. Rakuno and I
found the main boss we heard about in the upper floor. Hearing our compatriots
having trouble, I hit the tiny jerbeen with my highest sleep spell, nocking her
out instantly. Farah chased after some bandits coming across the cook. Turns
out the cook was a strong spellcaster with a ton of appropriately pun named
spells. We all cornered the cook in the bedroom, but he summoned a demon that
clouded the room with a stench so foul we constantly expelled our breakfast all
over poor Spoke’s soon to be master bedroom. We handled ourselves, but it was
close. Luckily Spoke was able to open a window to disperse the cloud, and Farah,
Rakuno, and Sycamore tired Cookie the cook until he surrendered.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So some things we learned was that the small jerbeen boss
was just Cookie’s familiar playing a role of boss for him, and he ran things
behind the scenes. We hand over the bandits to the guards, and cleaned up the
place as best we could. We also found the books that Alvin was looking for
before signing his side over to Spoke, making the mansion now all his.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This morning though, I woke up to Reya busting in my room,
crying and scared about what Mom and Dad were trying to do. We retrieved the
rest of the group and met them on the docks where those two were trying to take
off on dad’s fishing boat. They were set to go out there to find out what’s
causing this storm that’s making ships disappear. I sure as heck couldn’t let
them go alone, so I gave Reya all my money and to stay with some friends while I
was gone. If I weren’t blessed with the best friends, I don’t know who is, but
Rakuno, Farah, Spoke and Sycamore all joined as well along with Brin.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">That’s where I’m at now… Sorry I need to write later, I
think I heard someone call out about a sinking ship and some possible survivors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-71728564935210492252020-11-21T12:11:00.004-05:002020-11-23T18:01:59.385-05:00Two Sides to Every Story<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dear Journal,</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It’s been a while since I last wrote in you. Now that I’m
back in Saltar’s Port, I can tell you of my adventures once more. You see, I’ve
been sending all my stories to Ray while I was gone, but since I’m back home, I
can tell them to her in person.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So first off, I was in Smallwood not long ago. There was a
big gathering of bandits and the council of Alderheart. Well, not the full
council, three of the members. Bita, Twilla, and Rhouragh. The bandits that
talked to them were Benna, Lilian, and Mac. I think Mac was just there to
protect Benna because he didn’t say much.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Well the meeting didn’t start too well. The Council and
Bandits both glaring at each other, not saying a word. I could see how much they
wanted to kill one another. I figured it wouldn’t end well if we just watched
so I did what mom did to Reya and me, I got both the Council and Bandits to
tell their side of the story.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Council understandably upset that the bandits are
hurting and killing many of the folk, destroying or taking property, causing
them to have to direct resources to protect the city and not towards the fire
crises.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Bandits were also understandably upset. The city forced
humblefolk into the roots of the tree, ignoring their pleads for help when the
fire came to burn their villages, taking care of themselves first before anyone
else. It caused a lot of anger and backlash against the city.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I again did what mom would have done. I brought to their
attention the major issues. The bandits want the city to take care of
humblefolk as well as birdfolk equally. They also want the city to take care of
and protect the villages being harmed by the fires. The council wants the bandits
to disperse and stop attacking the city. They also want Benna to be punished
for their crimes. So I used what my dad calls, the “Junk Food” method. What
that means is when no one can think of a good idea for dinner, he just suggests
junk food. Obviously, most people don’t want that for dinner, so then they
start offering better ideas. He starts at the bottom of the barrel for a
suggestion which then gets others to suggest something better. I suggested the most
radical idea to implement, Making Benna part of the Council. This would ensure
someone speaks for the humblefolk and the folk would follow her. She has a bit
of charisma about her, I can tell.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Instantly the council, bandits, and my own compatriots
started offering better solutions. In the end, we settled on Benna working from
house arrest in the city, directing the bandits to be firewatchers. They will direct
the city where their help is needed most to protect villages. The council will
also elect new members, humblefolk, to be a part of their leadership. Everyone
seems happy, and the stalemate was broken.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After the meeting, I overheard Rakuno talking to Benna. I
hope he doesn’t get mad if he finds out. It sounded like a friend of his, Fyn,
is with the bandits somewhere, and wants to know how he’s doing.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With tensions lowered, there’s now a command center being
built in Smallwood to initiate further talks between the council and bandits as
to keep a neutral ground between them. I haven’t really thought to consider how
the folk of that town feels about it. We did sort of show up unannounced and with
a lot of bandits and soldiers. Oh well, I’m sure they’ll make the best of that
situation.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With the most serious issues taken care of, we decided we
would handle lighter business. Farrah is on the lookout for something along the
coast and Spoke received a letter to go over business in Saltar’s Port. I would
also like to visit home once more, so I picked up some knickknacks and we
journeyed to the port.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Along our way, we stumbled into a dark black Eluran asking
us to tell her a story. Spoke gave it a go, but she was unamused. Lucky for us,
I know plenty, so I told her of our recent escapade into the bandit fortress.
Our successes and failures, and our heroic conclusion. She was a little more impressed
and offered us a gift. A bauble that could record our surroundings in a magical
bubble the size of our hand. An interesting gift for sure.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We eventually reached Saltar’s Port. I remembered the smell
of the sea air, the smell of fried fish, and the feel of the sun and water
spray, I was home once more. There, we met and interesting fellow, Frythe
Cinquefoil. The owner and proprietor of Frythe’s Bouquet. When Spoke first
asked if I knew where the place was, I thought he said Brythe’s Bucket, a nice
sea food place. After the group hazed me about it, we found someone that knew where
the correct place was.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While at the Bouquet, Frythe made Spoke aware of an
inheritance being given to him but wanted to discuss it over with his colleague
later over dinner. We were trying to find a good place to meet at, and I
brought up I knew of a nice sea food place we could go to.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Frythe bore news of a great uncle of Spoke’s died and
left his manor to him and another fellow, Alvin Asphodel. Apparently, Alvin
doesn’t want his share and is handing it over to Spoke. Problem is that there
are some ruffians that moved in. The manor looks pretty run down, but these squatters
are repairing bits of it up. We assume they intend to move in, so we’ll have to
evict them for Spoke.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I told my mom about it. She looked so worried, but she doesn’t
know what this group can do. I’ve seen them handle themselves in the face of
all manner of folk and beasts. We shall see what these folks are up to at the
Elrevien mansion. This is it for now. I’ll probably add more to you, Journal,
when we finish looking into that problem.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Cork</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-19488456492571872482020-10-25T12:23:00.009-04:002020-10-25T12:59:01.993-04:00Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">How’s it going Rey,</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Well our plan certainly had some interesting results, but
first and foremost, we’re all ok and safe in Smallwood. But I don’t want to
jump too far ahead, you’re probably interested to know what happened in the
bandit stronghold with Benna.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After my mistake at the common house, we decided we should
head straight to the main building where Benna was sure to be held up. Looking
around, there was the infirmary, and some pretty hurt folk inside. There was
little Spoke and I could do for them while we were in a hurry to not get
caught.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Another building caught our attention, this one was locked.
Don’t tell mom and dad, but I picked up some talent with lockpicks and was able
to find us a way in. This happened to be their storehouse for much of their
valuable loot. There were boxes of coin, pictures and other fine art, jewels
and jewelry. This was a small fortune, but a stolen one. We figured it was best
left alone, but we all had fun entertaining an idea of a grand heist for a
moment before moving on.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We went up the to the last building, no other place for
Benna to be but there. Entering, we found ourselves in a feast hall, lots of
food for the bandits to come eat. It looks like the guards must have been here
for their turn because there were two left inside. Slow eaters it seems, plus
two more posted by a door to the side. We figure Benna must be inside but
wasn’t sure how to get past these guards.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Farah being the boldest of us just entered and sat down to
start eating, making small talk with one of the guards. The rest of us slowly
shuffled in and kind of waited for confirmation to possibly join. It seemed
safe enough and the guards didn’t pay us much attention so we sat and started
eating.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Farah told them we needed to speak to Benna, our captain had
died and she is currently taking that responsibility and needs to report to
her. The guards being inquisitive asked her who the old captain was. Not
wanting to give us away, she was quick to say we weren’t really on a first name
basis with the old captain, and he got his position because the previous one
died as well. All of this because of the fires. Well the guards were a little
suspicious, decided to take a note and give this to Benna herself.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With that plan failed, I had one other idea. Poking Farah,
the two of us headed outside. I told her that along our travels, I picked up a
new trick, invisibility. I would like to use this to follow the guard and get
in the room with Benna and poison her drink with the sleeping herb we mixed
earlier. Farah agreed and tried entering in a way to let me back in without
causing suspicion while invisible. It wasn’t exactly as subtle as we had hoped,
and the guards were again suspicious. Rakuno quickly picking up what had
happened, called out the suspicion on possible ghosts haunting this old
fortress. I then hid and waited for any opportunity to get to Benna’s possible
quarters.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Time was ticking though, I was getting restless and moved to
a more advantageous spot by the front table near the doorway. Luck would have
it, both good and bad, Benna emerged into the feast hall and sat down, right where
I was hiding. I had to move over quickly to not be discovered.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Safe for the moment, Benna began questioning her new guests
at the tables. Farah giving a convincing tale of our banditry plight, the one
guard with the note confirming to her what we told earlier. Again, the identity
of this previous captain comes up, and we give them a possible name, something
that felt common among humblefolk. Benna wanting to find out more sent one of
the guards to go to the captain quarters and look this individual up.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In the meantime, I sprang into action. There was a nearby
candelabra stand that I reached over and knocked prone. Again Rakuno
questioning the validity of a possible ghost haunting, I pulled out the
poisoned and spiked her drink. The planned worked as there was no one calling
out my actions.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Spoke came over to help clean up the mess and I made my way
back to the door and followed the guard heading out to get the captain’s
information. After a few minutes I removed my spell and came back in. Benna
taking the bait and drinking while reading over some documents. She was getting
rather tired but was slowing down on finishing the last bit. So we decided we
should find a way to get her to finish. This is where the light of Ardea
faltered and our good luck ran completely out. Farah tried setting me up to
give a toast to our fallen captain, asking what was bothering me. I played into
it, acting sad at the loss. But when she asked why I was sad at his loss, I panicked
and my beak slipped “Because we grew up together.” Everyone stared at me. This
supposed guy that we didn’t really know the name of, I grew up with? What the
heck was I thinking.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">That awkwardness was broken with even further complications.
The guard had returned and whispered something to Benna, causing our cover to
be completely blown at this point. She got up, and asked who we are, and what
we were doing here. We were at a loss, trying to say something. Rakuno seeing
the writing on the wall got up, walked over and said we were sent here by her
mom and initiated combat.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The fight was fierce, but quick. We had ganged up on Benna
as soon as we could. After all, if you cut the head off a snake, the body dies
with it. She could see the writing on the wall as well, we had them outnumbered
and outmatched in this hall, so Benna reached up with an amulet on her arm.
Sycamore and Farah could see there was some possible danger with this move, but
I was able to get a bigger picture. The glyph on the amulet was the same as the
glyphs on the roof. If activated or if she went down, the glyphs would collapse
the roof, possibly killing us all. The fight halted.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Benna, close to collapsing asked if the council sent us. I
admitted to this, but also stated we were here to talk, but circumstance
changed the course of that plan. We had some back and forth and got some
insight into her motives. The fire burned her village like so many others, and
she tried to get help from Alderheart, but was shoved like so many into the
roots. She was from a line of leaders in her village and that heritage lifted
her and many humblefolk to try and cause a disruption and get some sort of
fairness between birdfolk and humblefolk. From that fire, she lost her mother,
her wife, her children, and was physically scarred. She was angry, and so too
was Spoke, but for a very different reason.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Spoke chided her for the decisions she made. He too lost his
family and friends, but scolded Benna. He did not take on banditry, he didn’t
feel like lashing out at the city, he didn’t try and hurt others. The situation
was getting out of hand. Benna doubling on her commitment to the folk, Spoke
losing himself like the fires taking the forest. Spoke lashed out, attempting
to silence Benna, deadman’s switch be damned. His attack almost taking her out,
but I tried to keep a calmer head and put Spoke to sleep with my magic. I hope
I didn’t ruin our friendship.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The situation was deescalated, we were able to discuss terms
of surrender with Benna, and settled on a parlay with the council in which if
she was to answer for the crimes of the bandits, she would turn herself in.
This is why we are now in Smallwood, a neutral ground for negotiation.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Right now the others are confirming her story to ensure
she’s being truthful while she is under our guard. Rakuno and Farah are
bringing the council’s envoy to talk to Benna. We shall see how this will
unfold soon. For now Reya, I want you to know I’m thinking of you, mom and dad.
I hope this is over soon as there’s talks of possibly heading down south to the
coast. I am a little anxious as I’d like to come see you all when we’re nearby.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Until then, I love you all</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Cork</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-84150899617406318482020-10-10T14:00:00.002-04:002020-10-10T15:00:27.121-04:00Leader of the Pack<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Good day Reya,</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope these letters find you comfort as they do for me to
write them. The world stage is larger than I had anticipated, and the problems stack
up. </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After the raid with the bandits, the guard was able to
arrest a bunch of them. Since we were asked to do something about the leader
Benna Seridan, we asked if we could talk to the imprisoned ones for more
information.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rakuno and I set up a sort of good guy, bad guy routine to get
information out of one of them. Well, it went about as well as you’re no doubt
imagining Rey. We botched the whole thing. Luckily Spoke was there and bailed
us out.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We were able to confirm the location of their stronghold was
in the Crest Mountains, learned a little more about their management structure,
and how they recruit desperate Humblefolk.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tables began to turn though. Everyone has their story, a
cause to believe in, and truth be told, Spoke looks to have empathized with their position. He's even considered taking their side, aside from the banditry of course.
I’m still on the fence about what the person said, but it was worthy enough to
investigate further.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The bandit told us about the devastation the fire is doing
to all the smaller villages, like Hedgewatch, where he was from. He was just a
farmer then and lost everything, came to the city and was forced to make a home
in the Underfall, the root system of the Alderheart tree. We decided to visit
the Underfall ourselves, and it was a squalor.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For now, we need to stop this conflict because the fire is a
more pressing matter, but after we do something about Benna, I will have some
words about representation of the Humblefolk to the council. The council
members are nothing but Birdfolk, how can they truly serve all the citizens?</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh, that night before we were to head out, we spotted the strig
knight from the raid before. Turns out he is Riffin the Ash Knight. He was in Ashbarrow
when the fire hit. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know much what happened there as
he was overwhelmed and then woke up in Alderheart. An interesting story for sure
but wish he had more to it. Also turns out, he adventured with Susan too.
Imagine that. The woods are a small place it seems.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once daybreak came, we set out for the stronghold. It would
take us a few days journey, so we made last minute preparations. It was a
hazardous road, being stopped by a bandit ambush. Fortunately for us, Farah
played out her great idea. Using the sword, she convinced them we were long time members away for a while and headed
back after the raid on the fort, and we lost our leader putting her in control. We hid out
in the woods for a while before finally coming back in. They bought the story
and let us through.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Further down the road, we were attacked by mountain lions.
They got some licks in, but we ultimately triumphed. Since we had this extra
meat, I had a plan to get to the stronghold and hand them over to further help
our story that we were bandits.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Arriving at the stronghold, the feeling was tense. There
were no birdfolk I could see, but that was to be expected. Farah explained to
them that we were from the same village when the fire took it, and I kept my beak
shut. If only I had kept it that way.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had walked inside, offered the meat and made our way to
the common house where we observed some of the other bandits. Here is where I
made a mistake. In my anxiety of trying to fit it, I made some small talk with
the table next to us claiming we’re new members around here and was a shame what
happened to the fort from the raid. This of course ruined Farah’s story she established with the ambush party. As soon as they come in, it would ruin our cover so my slip up caused us to start to expedite our plan to confront Benna sooner.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our plan was to spike the drink we give to Benna to put her unconscious,
then find a way to haul her out to a safe place. Now we’re more or less going
by the seat of our pants.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ll continue this story in the next letter for you Reya.
For now, enjoy the lion jerky I sent along with this letter.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your brother</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cork</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-87644364083891591892020-10-10T13:58:00.000-04:002020-10-10T13:58:02.154-04:00Rumble in the Humblefolk<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>My Sister,</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>I hope all is well in Saltar’s Port. The conflict here in
the city grows bigger even as we try to rest. I had just gotten back from my
walk and had started sleeping when a loud commotion echoed through the city. Merchant
caravans at the gates were being assaulted by brazen bandits.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Everyone had barely enough time to grab their weapons before
rushing down and helping the guard. It was chaos. All of us tried our best to push
back the bandit raid. A few of them were put down in their rush, but many got
away. The guard captain herself began recruiting any abled bodied folk who
could fight and give chase. Naturally, your brother volunteered to help stop
these assaults.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>We followed the trail left behind by the thieves and came
upon an old fort of some kind. This place was being used by them to coordinate
their assaults. The group decided to try and flank them in the fort. Farah and
I were to take to the cliffs, Brin would climb atop the other one, and
Sycamore, Spoke, and Rakuno would go into the camp along with the other members
of the party. Unfortunately, the bandits were quick to discover us, routing
most of us as we split up.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Sycamore and Spoke were confronting the main force. The
combine fierceness of their presence and ferocity of their abilities kept the
largest group at bay. Rakuno snuck around, taking out the bandits attempting to
pick off anyone with their bows. Brin was a marvel, hitting our foes with
precision strikes. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Farah and I would support from above until she had a
brilliant idea. She set fire to the main tent, causing panic and chaos. I had
just recently purchased some lantern oil and thought there would be no better
use than right here. The bandits inside were in a panic to put it out giving
Sycamore and Spoke the time to push through and setup in front of the tent.
Rakuno was trading and dodging blows with one of the mapachs, it looked rough,
but I could tell he was just toying with them before finally cracking them up
the head with a well-placed punch.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>More bandits showed up from the other tents, but Farah and I
were able to distract them long enough for Spoke to try and deal with the
leader. Though I think we were all surprised that their boss was the vulpin we
had confronted before on our way to Alderheart. The one that was terrorizing
poor Eliza. The battle was terrible, but with Brin’s help, Spoke’s fiery
demeaner, Sycamore’s many axes, Rakuno’s speed, Farah’s quick thinking, and my magic,
we were able to put down the bandit known as Fray.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Spoke quickly put out the fire and tried collected what he
could from the tent while the others searched for anything from the raid
throughout the fort. By the guiding light of Ardea, we were very lucky that we
had found some folk taken as hostages that weren’t in the tent we set ablaze.
That could have been a terrible mistake. Some other treasures were found, but
we took back everything that was stolen to the city and returned it.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>On our way back, I meant to talk to a strig I noticed
helping us fight in the battle. I saw him taking on 3 bandits by himself. I’m
sure he has some interesting stories to tell. Although I was distracted by
Spoke’s unusual curiosity of my walk earlier in the evening. I think he was
able to suss out that I had taken Brin out on my walk as well. The ol’ hedge is
rather wise to my short response. I suppose I have too much of a tell when it
comes to my close friends. Well what more should I say? That I think Brin is very
beautiful …</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Much of the letter has been ripped out here</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>I’m sorry Reya, I kind of went off on a tangent and I’m sure
you wouldn’t want to hear your brother gush over Brin.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Either way, there was something interesting with a sword we
brought back. It was the Fray’s that lead the bandits. Rakuno recognized that
it was a guard captain sword, one the bandits use to show off as a way to
establish rank. Farah is holding onto it, she hopes it comes in handy.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>When we arrived back, we had the injured taken to the
hospitals, and the city held a makeshift parade to celebrate. The council
requested for us and wanted the details of what transpired in the fort. We gave
them all that had happened, about the bandit leader, how many we encountered, and
what all they had taken. Bita then graciously awarded us for our help, a rather
nice sum of money. She had also told us that they will be sending a caravan of
supplies to Meadowfen. I don’t think it is quite enough to deal with the
looming threat of the Scorched Grove, but it is something and Meadowfen needs
it.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Before we could leave, Bita requested that we deal with the
bandit fortress nearby. The source of a lot of these outlaws. We’ll need to
deal with Benna Seridan, their main leader.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Will write you soon, sister. I’ve included some interesting
notes about herbs I picked up that you may like.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Enjoy the sea breeze for me</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Cork</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>
</span></span>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-10470951890316674872020-09-05T20:18:00.002-04:002020-09-05T20:20:35.743-04:00To the Heart of the Woods<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh gods, Sis,</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We made it to Alderheart. The city is huge and beautiful,
and there’s so many people and wonderous things here. I’ll have to bring you
here one day.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But I’m jumping ahead of myself. The trip had some bit of
excitement as well and what would I be if I skip that part of the story.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On our way to Alderheart, we noticed that patches of the Scorch
Grove reached near the path. All the more reason for us to hurry with our news.
We were escorting Eliza again, so we had to keep our wits about us. Good thing
too because we bumped into more bandits. I’m getting worried that the spread of
the Grove is forcing more folk into banditry. I also feel very bad for those
poor folk when they threaten Rakuno and Farah. The speed at which those two
move is amazing. No matter how far the bandits think they are from us, those
two are right on them like lightning out of a bottle. And the amount of punches
and kicks they do in such quick succession. Their whole body is like a weapon.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That night, a Tender stumbled into our camp. Those folk are
apparently gifted with commanding nature around them. This one, a Gallus, goes
around and steering fires away from the rest of the woods. I believe a Tender
came to Saltar’s Port when we were much younger, morphing the trees there to
create a few homes, like the one for the Potters up the street from us.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was not much else before we finally got to the city
though, but we found that the grove took many more villages. There are a lot of
refugees here, it’s very depressing. The city is doing what it can to help them,
but there are just so many people. I did get to see the Perch Guard though. Dad’s
and mom’s description of them were accurate. They wear very shiny armor and
command respect when you look at them.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh I really wish you were here Reya. The city is amazing. We
even spoke before the council, which is filled with so many elegant birdfolk. I
don’t remember dad getting to speak before them, so I finally did something
new. Their speaker, Bita, heard our plea, and will let us know how they can
help in a few days. In the meantime, she mentioned a problem with a particular
bandit, a leader of theirs named Benna Seridan. Do you remember dad talked of a
Seridan in a village in the woods? Some local seer. I wonder if they are
related.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of dad, you can tell him I bumped into a friend of
his. Her name is Brin Whitecrest, a fellow raptor. If he doesn’t recognize the
name, which I doubt because he remembers like everything, you can also tell him
she has the markings, and frankly the ambition of the wind-touched. She told me
a lot about you guys, so I’m sure you may remember her too.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I should say, even in the city, there’s adventure to be had.
We decided to look around the Trunk Market and my friend Spoke was pickpocketed
by some Jerbeen. We of course gave chase to re-secure my buddy’s fortune. The small
chipmunk Jerbeen were cornered in an alley. It was a terrible situation, they
were so young, still children, with no home or parents. I didn’t know what to
do, lucky Farah and Rakuno offered to take them to the local monastery,
recommending them to the chapter master. Farah, with her big heart, also made a
sizable donation to them for taking in the children and getting them off the
streets. Not exactly a solution to the whole bandit problem, but these kids
will hopefully find a good path like Rakuno did. I should mention, Brin was
with us during this. She is such a good friend to have. Funny enough, the inn
we checked into was the same she was already staying at, the “Howling Harpy.”</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don’t know if you already knew this, but Brin apparently
plays the Shawm. Well there was an open stage, and we all jumped up there to
play a small concert to help brighten the mood of all the folk staying there.
We had a good time. The owner of the inn was pretty happy as well and gave us
the rooms for the night so long as we played some more. I find this bard
profession to be a good choice for me.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I miss you Reya. Mom and dad too. I can’t stop thinking
about home right now. I… I think I’m going to go see if Brin is still awake and
in the mood to maybe talk some more about home. Wish your brother luck.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The goof that is your brother,</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cork</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-28342750340422174482020-08-03T12:26:00.000-04:002020-08-03T12:26:26.801-04:00Beetle and the Beast<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heya Reya,
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How are you doing, sis? We’re still in Winnowing Reach, but
we’re about to head out very soon. I do have another story to tell though as
the slime caves wasn’t enough adventure for us here.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When we returned from the slime caves, Kenna marched right
passed the guards straight to the Magistrate. I wish I were so brave. We
explained what had happened and was rewarded, but then he enticed us with
another request.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After Kenna left, he locked us in. I’m not entirely sure what
all happened after that, I sort of panicked and my memory is kind of fuzzy
here, but he wanted us to hunt down a witch causing trouble with the city. She
apparently is seen just before the slimes attack. Some wicked hedge witch of
the swamp.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Magistrate released us with the promise of a letter to
get us in to see the council at Alderheart once we bring back the amulet that
has the witch’s power. I hope I’m not worrying you because the story gets
better.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We’ve asked around town about the slime attacks and what
they know of this witch. They were able to share with us many rumors, but no
one seems to have actually talked to this lady yet. So we decided to be the
ones to get to the bottom of this problem and go confront this person
ourselves… together of course. No need to confront the unknown alone. A lesson for
you.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We gathered supplies and set out. Fortunately, we picked up
the trail of the witch near an area that she was reportedly sighted before.
Farah and I found her footsteps, well Farah found, I almost tripped into, but
helped locate it nonetheless.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We came cautiously upon a hut out in the swamp, something
humble and not looking like a place a witch would dwell. Rakuno braved the
porch way to go knock and introduce himself. We were expecting some ugly hag of
a hedge to answer and try to swallow our Jerbeen companion, instead it was a
very nice well-dressed middle age lady.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Her name is Susan, and she’s been living out here alone
because she’s a bit of an introvert and shy’s away from social situations. She
lives with this flying beetle that she can talk to named Normal. They’re both
absolutely adorable, and I think Spoke is rather smitten with her. They would
make a good pair.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Susan served us some Nettle Tea and Cat Tail Scones. I’ll
send some leaves for you to try the tea yourself, it’s minty.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After talking with her, we found out she was just gathering
components for her spells, specifically one for summoning a fey spirit so she
could ask it about a vision she had.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Don’t panic because this is just a vision, but Susan saw a
large burning creature that set a great blaze consuming the woods. I’m not sure
if I believe in visions, but it was worth helping Susan get the stuff she needs
to finish her summon ritual.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We set out to gather frogs, leaves and herbs from a nearby
pond. While Spoke and Rakuno found the easy stuff in my opinion, Farah and I
decided to get the frogs. These frogs are a lot more cunning than the ones we
went after as kids, because I had a heck of a time swimming after them. Farah
got one, but I resorted to taunting another to death. Good thing Sycamore was
on watch because the little frogs had a much larger frog friend. Being the one
in the pond wasn’t the best place for this encounter because the thing almost
ate me alive. Sycamore was able to skewer it before it got the chance.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We rested for the night while taking back the ingredients
only to hear a call for help in the middle of the night. A Gallus apparently
got stuck in quicksand trying to study the habits of slimes at night. I’m not
sure what this town’s fascination with slimes are, but it gets them in trouble
a lot. We helped the poor stranger out and she gave us an interest gift. Don’t
tell mom or dad, but I enclosed it with this letter. It’s a switch-knife hidden
in a wooden spoon. Please don’t hurt yourself with it.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back to Susan, we delivered the giant frog and the leaves
and herbs. Putting what she needed into her snail cauldron, she said her
incantation, something like “oh great spirit, heed my call.” She was surprised
when a red fuzzy beast of a creature came out, but tried to ask her questions.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, whatever the thing was, it wasn’t interested
in talking, and instead attacked us, specifically your idiot brother for
sitting too close to it. We were able to put an end to the demon before it
harmed anyone. Strangely it just fell to ash when we did. Susan suspects it has
to do with the burning grove corrupting the spell, that or the giant frog
spleen used instead of the normal frogs.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So without answers to this vision, Susan decided the next
best thing to do was to apologize to the town. Apparently when she was
gathering other components, slimes would approach, and she would run away. This
unfortunately lead the slimes close to the town instead. A big misunderstanding
by the folks and Susan offered to try and fix anything she could.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On our journey back, Spoke tried to flirt with Susan. It was
super adorable and a little awkward, but I could see Susan and Spoke connected
a little. Maybe one day they will get together, but she has her work at her
shake still, and he needs to help deliver our warning to Alderheart.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we neared the town though, Susan was getting worried, so
your brother decided to cheer everyone up and began playing my pan flute. That
supposed amulet of Susan’s was actually an ocarina and she joined in, and Rakuno
played too. Had a bit of a parade coming into town. I wish you could see it,
many folks cheered us. Spoke was also ready in case some folks weren’t as
welcoming to Susan.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We decided to ask Kenna one more favor in dealing with the
Magistrate since she has no problem standing up to him. I hope to find someone
like that someday.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Magistrate wasn’t very happy with the results but was
convinced it was best for both parties to understand each other and work with
one another. He accepted the apology and wrote us the letter. I could see Spoke
was ready to give the Magistrate a piece of his mind in case the conversation
went south. Luckily, it never came to that.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We also have an ally now in Winnowing Reach, Susan and
Normal. They offered to make potions for us at discount if we are in need and
have the components. I’ll send you the list as well if you wanted to take
interest in alchemy someday.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How’s dad’s business going? Hope you guys stay safe. And
Susan was nice enough to give me the recipe to her scones if you would like to
try them yourself. They are unbelievably delicious. I’m also sending a gift for
mom and dad, some Prickleberry Wine. I hope they enjoy it.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With all my love,<br />
Cork</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-2810497786055748252020-08-03T10:08:00.000-04:002020-08-03T10:08:31.594-04:00Fell on Hard Slimes<span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hi Sis,</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I wanted to check in with how things are with Mom and Dad. I
don’t remember you mentioning anything in the last couple of letters.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There’s been a bit of a delay in my trip to Alderheart, but
well worth it. A young Corvum apparently was in need of help as she journeyed
alone to study slimes in a nearby cave. The Magistrate (can you imagine a
magistrate asking for my help?) asked us to find this Kenna Brightspark for
him. So off to the caves we went.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remember when we would joke about putting slimes on mom and
dad’s beak brush instead of the cleaning paste? Well I’ll tell you what, slimes
are no joke. These things either burn through leather and metal with some alchemical
properties, and if that’s not enough, instantly glue themselves to anything it
touches. My friends lost a weapon or two fighting them. But funny enough, they also
have feelings as I made one cry with my abilities before it loss cohesion and died.
I felt pretty bad, but it was either it or us walking away from that fight.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here’s a particular interesting scene, my friend Sycamore,
the Cervan if you recall, is pretty tall. When we were down in the caves, his
antlers grabbed a sizable amount of the cave moss. It reminded me of images of Cairith.
Now Sycamore may think he’s the spitting image of an Amaranthine Deity, but if
you meet him, don’t feed his ego or he’ll think he is one.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back to the slimes, if you ever see them, you can use this
trick. We came across some in the cave and needed to get past them. They
apparently sense movement, so we used some stones and tossed them to a part of
the cave to move them away from where we were going. I’m attaching a book that
came in handy about the slimes with this letter. You might get some use out of
it. I’m also sending some of the glowing mushrooms I found in the cave. Please
don’t eat them, the group told me I shouldn’t do that either.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just remember, caves are dangerous. There was a section that
fell on your poor old brother, knocking me out unconscious. I was told a cave
slime came out and was about to feast on me, but Rakuno rushed in and pulled me
away, while Spoke was able to heal me. I don’t know what we would have done
without them. Please don’t tell mom and dad about this incident, I don’t want
them to worry.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Farah was having some problems, I think she had allergies or
something while in the swamp. She was a little slower and like she wasn’t all
there, but she helped when it counted.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We did find that slime researcher though. She was stuck to a
wall in the cave, guarded by this large slime. Not sure what it was, but it
shifted colors as we fought it. It was very pretty for something so dangerous.
Rakuno and Farah were tag teaming it until some other slimes showed up from the
commotion. Spoke was having some trouble with his spells, but we were able to
clear the room of the slimes with Rakuno getting the final blow on the large
one and Sycamore finishing the others.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Getting Kenna unstuck was another challenge altogether. Sycamore
got stuck (please don’t tell him I told you) but Spoke magically created water
that was able to clean up the slime.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We just got back from this whole ordeal, so I will finish
this letter and get it sent with the presents.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your tired, but still kicking brother,<br />
Cork</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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tale of a great campaign...</span></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"> Welcome to the chronicles of the D&D campaign I'm
playing in using the Humblewood ruleset. It's built on the D&D fifth edition, but
with cute bird and animal folk as the players and npc's.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">My character is
Cookaroo Tavian, otherwise known as "<b>Corkscrew</b>". He's a Maran Raptor Bard that
looks like a bearded vulture, and will be the perspective of how I will tell these
tales. Each post will hopefully be a recollection of his for that play session. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">My fellow players are; <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b>Rakuno Lightpaws</b>, a Jerbeen Monk, He's played by <b>Rakuno</b>. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b>Farah</b>, a Mapach Monk that is actually based on a ferret. She's played by <b>Kiran</b>. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b>Spoke</b>, a Hedge Cleric of the Community Domain. He's played by <b>Mtnpapa</b>. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b>Sycamore
Stronghoof</b>, a Proghorn Cervan Fighter. He's played by <b>Anniemuis</b>. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">And the DM that
put this all together is <b>Faeldray</b>. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">So below I'll try and update it with the link
to each session, which I hope any ready will enjoy.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="http://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2020/07/un-spoke-woe-of-ashbarrow.html">Session 1 "Un-Spoke Woe of Ashbarrow"</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2020/08/fell-on-hard-slimes.html">Session 2 "Fell on Hard Slimes"</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2020/08/beetle-and-beast.html">Session 3 "Beetle and the Beast"</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2020/09/to-heart-of-woods.html">Session 4 "To the Heart of the Woods"</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2020/10/rumble-in-humblefolk.html">Session 5 "Rumble in the Humblefolk"</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2020/10/leader-of-pack.html">Session 6 "Leader of the Pack"</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2020/10/rocks-fall-everyone-dies.html">Session 7 "Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies"</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2020/11/two-sides-to-every-story.html">Session 8 "Two Sides to Every Story"</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2021/01/now-were-cooking.html">Session 9-10 "Now We're Cooking"</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><br />
</span></div>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-43843238479894728582020-07-16T19:29:00.001-04:002020-07-16T19:33:24.809-04:00Un-Spoke Woe of Ashbarrow<span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Long time Sis,</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thank you for the delicious pumpkin bread. It didn’t last long
but was enjoyed none the less. My last letter was pretty light like many
before, but now I finally have a tale to recount.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This is a tale of sorrow and romance of a group of unlikely
heroes, both large in bravery and in heart.
</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This humble bard was having a bit of fun in a nearby river
when a large crowd gathered. Naturally, with large crowds come interesting
news, so quickly I gathered my things and joined in.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The head guard had returned with terrible news. Ashbarrow
fell to the Scorched Grove. As far as I could gather, the whole town is lost. Though
I lost my chance at my story, I grieve for my friend who lost his home.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Oh, speaking of which, I along with some of the others here
are now on a quest. Unfortunate tragedy turned into surprise opportunity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some of my new troop I had mentioned before in my letters,
but I should refresh what I had previously told you.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Spoke, the unfortunate Hedge who has lost his home, is a
kind and compassionate cleric.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rakuno, a noble and justice seeking monk. This Jerbeen is
small but packs a serious punch.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Farah, rivals her fellow monk Rakuno. As a Mapach, she’s
really creative with harvesting supplies. I’m unsure which region she’s from,
but she looks closer to a ferret than a typical Mapach.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sycamore, a mighty Cervan. This Pronghorn is intimidating in
stature, as I would expect a fighter should be.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Finally, the heart of this group is your older brother, me.
The group doesn’t call me by Cookaroo, but by my nickname Corkscrew. You tried
to torture me with it growing up, but I like it and took it as my bard stage
name. The Raptors I see around here don’t quite look like our family heritage
of bearded vultures, but it’s nice to see others of our race away from the
trees.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You may not believe it, but we’re headed to Alderheart. I
had to move up my plans to head to the big city, but it’s for good reason. We
must warn them of the spread of the grove. Our first stop is the Winnowing
Reach. I’ll be sure to send an interesting recipe with this letter.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The troop headed out, but what good adventure starts without
a problem. We stumbled upon a group of bandits ruffling through a poor merchant’s
cart. Either the desperate cry of poor Eliza the Eluran, or the way the
mourning works in our cleric, but Spoke gave them quick warning and rightly
open fire.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There was at least three Mapachs and a tough looking Vulpin.
You might think your brother was scared, but I was protected by Fara and Rakuno
as they made swift work of those toadies. And Sycamore frightened off that
Vulpin with a battleaxe the size of a wagon wheel I tell you.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With the chaos that ensued, we thwarted their plans, and
even may have steered one back to the humble life.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We were also chased by some fearsome fiery bats. These
creatures I swear to you exist, and not just stories. There was even a strange
humanoid looking creature made of magma. The Scorch Grove is truly an awful
place.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Please give mom and dad my love, and I’m fortunate you guys
are so far south and safe from this danger. Enclosed is a delicious looking
recipe for Cajun Gumbo.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With all my love,<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Cork<br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></p>Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-51326566530922711512018-10-06T22:24:00.000-04:002019-07-10T18:31:40.588-04:00The Robot Apocalypse Is Upon Us<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/1r6fBseEAL1ff7YbvQzkfY-1xCIXue1yxxW3X5dSsENo159sxuEbBtaQGz2o-2wCNAV57Pgd5GM" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A moody Tyrannodorkus" border="0" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Ag309jaN9Mm-wescQw3rkgBgrNVn0mMK" title="A moody Tyrannodorkus" width="100%" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Careful, he getting huffy and puffy and may blow your house down</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I came to realize
the singularity (moment when robot intelligence surpasses humans and rise to be
our overlords) has come. It was a gentle thing, a small moment that most people
would think, “Hey, you’re just being a sore loser.” But no, I say, listen to my
wisdom!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I was playing
the Jackbox Party Pack 4 on Steam with a couple of friends. The games were
innocent enough, the kind you wouldn’t think <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">world ending prophecies</i></b> would
occur. We played the ‘Survive the Internet’ game first. Big mistake. Since it
was just us three, the game decided to throw in a robot player to even the
odds. Long story short, the AI was beating me on the scoreboard, making my
prompts look the fool. But then the game sort of froze and we decided to move
onto the next game. The computer probably had to pause so it could plot our
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playing a couple other games free from the influence of Skynet meddling in our
affairs, and then decided to end it on ‘Monster Seeking Monster.’ I forgot it
was a pretty awkward game where you must chat to each other to try and get one
another to go on dates. Not exactly a game to play between a bunch of friends,
but behold, the game threw in a robot player again. I had the bright idea to
see who the robot would choose, and we all tried to date the bot. Three rounds
later and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not once</i></b> did that s.o.b. pick me. The nerve! That’s it, everyone.
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now? My answer is… robot uprising! Yeah, why else would I post this? To guilt
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Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-65119270832495022822016-11-29T20:40:00.002-05:002016-11-29T20:40:57.711-05:00Analogue Comparison<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-dfee7def-b2e1-cb07-5dfa-374e06310966" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, after long work hours, taking over the GM role of my online pen & paper game night, and now looking for a house, this blog was put way on the back burner, like the third or fourth row if stoves come with that many.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve lost my buddy this past Monday. Not very long when we got to work, my brother received the most terrible call, our buddy was struck in traffic and he didn’t make it. We hurried back home, a angry and heartbroken trip, and awaited to hear back from animal services to pick up his remains. It’s a hard time for us, including our dad. We only had Charles for over three months, but he was already part of the family.</span></div>
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Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-54286871593187519452016-07-04T17:48:00.000-04:002016-07-04T17:48:10.448-04:00Independance Day<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3e2ffb86-b7e0-d755-7948-46d6b9defe74" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During this holiday, I had to sneak away from the family gathering to get some blogging in. Really missed doing this since my new job is eating up a lot of my hours. Speaking of which, the Steam Summer Sale, or Sssssssss if you want to sound like a snake, I was able to get by relatively unscathed. I did have a second go at it from my last post and picked up Shadows of Mordor. I was originally skipping over this game because I was being a bit of a lore snob, but a local friend of mine had convinced me to explore the mechanics of it. I love me some interesting mechanics, so I’ll give it a go.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Currently it’s waiting in line right now, as adventure games go, because I’m already playing through the Witcher series, which has been good so far, and finally playing Zelda: Twilight Princess with my brother. Witcher is a pretty interesting take on monster hunting where you take your time and build up to the main monster, learning about your environment and “helping” others while making some coin doing it. It’s a nice slower pace than what I’m used to.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Zelda on the other hand doesn’t feel very much like a Zelda game. I think we are getting close to a third to half of the game and haven’t seen anything about the main bad dude yet. Just a vague name. There’s also these kids, but I’m not connecting with them at all. It’s still full of Zelda like fun, but it feels more like Hyrule Warriors than a Zelda game.</span></div>
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Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-28481990754780199142016-06-21T14:00:00.000-04:002016-06-21T14:00:14.123-04:00Times Are Changing<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-7e8cbd9e-70af-861b-a384-26bd1764b296" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The wind’s blowing, temperatures are rising, and summer is here. Most of all, times are changing and I’m struggling to keep up. Recently I’ve announced on Twitter that I’ve started a new job and now find myself struggling to find time to do anything else. Ironic enough, my last post was all about </span><a href="http://www.tyrannodorkus.com/2016/06/finding-time-to-blog.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">finding time to blog</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. As I said, it’s a work in progress.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Speaking of newbies, the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/newbieblogger2" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Newbie Blogger Initiative</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is still going, which is good. I even see a couple new faces joined.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So what have I been up to lately? Getting into some indie games. I’m a fan of the Endless series by Amplitude Studios and had their Endless Legend sitting on my Steam list for a long while now. Seeing as I was tight on budget, I thought I’d go ahead and boot it up. I’m glad I did because it’s a fun take on the 4X strategy genre. If you aren’t sure what 4X is, it means explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate. Civilization tends to be the most popular.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Quick fact, the old </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTIk80uBPg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Civ 2 game had the best advisers</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. They had video responses, would change depending on the age, and the domestic adviser was an Elvis impersonator. You could say he had the most influence in my reign.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Next up to bat, thanks to my friend </span><a href="http://shardsofimagination.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Rakuno</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, I was able to snag the Witcher series on Gog for a good price. I started up the first game and currently enjoying the story and lore through the white wolf’s eyes, Geralt (yes, that’s a take on </span><a href="https://wolfyseyes.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Through Wolfy’s Eyes</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> blog name). The game’s mechanics take some getting used to, but I think I’m understanding them a bit more as I progress.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Adding to this already long intro, being a blogger, YouTuber, gamer, and pet owner. Oh, also spending time with my family (parents and siblings that is, not married or have kids as of yet). But some day I may brand the father and husband badge. </span><a href="https://biobreak.wordpress.com/2016/06/06/princess-bride-and-turning-40/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Some already do</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and that splits time up further. And then some also have their </span><a href="https://braxwolf.com/2016/05/18/is-gaming-compatible-with-my-faith/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">faith to consider</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But what I found for myself helps me make time for (almost) everything I like to do. From gaming, to blogging, and watching movies to hanging out with others. So how do I handle all the madness? I use a cycle system to put attention to a few things at a time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The system is still being developed, but it uses my mild OCD and inability to let little things go. They help me remind myself to revisit certain blogs I’ve been meaning to read, or I need to work on an idea that’s been in my head for a month now. I currently have a comic idea I wanted to do for a year now and been coming up with mechanics for a game I wanted to do for many years. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.healingthemasses.net/newbie-blogger-begins-2/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Eri over at Healing the masses posed a screenshot challenge</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and it looks right up my ally. Recently, </span><a href="http://massivelyop.com/ark/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">MJ of Massively OP boosted her Ark server</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to increase mating and breeding times of tamed dinosaurs, that way people have a chance to play with those mechanics. It was only for the weekend, but I used that time to bring up a new t-rex.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I love this game, and constantly amazed at all the work still going into it. </span><a href="http://queuetimes.com/happy-anniversary-ark/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Rabid at Queue Times made a post of some recent updates</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. There’s now neat stuff you can do with the new born like pet it and play. I’ll have to try that out next time.</span></div>
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Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-15464653404899902112016-05-27T22:35:00.002-04:002016-05-27T22:35:45.293-04:00Me and my broseph<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-4ce29abe-f536-a5ed-e64f-40529d18288a" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-36815716232923861552016-05-24T18:46:00.000-04:002016-05-24T18:46:12.069-04:00Story Blueprints: Secret Society<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a7466a0c-e4ef-fae8-6bac-5d6085fa4b3b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Secret societies are romantic to think about. That feeling that something is just behind a curtain, never known to us. It lets us believe that there’s something more to this world, something special that if we look hard enough, we can be part of this special group that knows more than what this world lets on.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vampire: The Masquerade makes use of secret societies by using rumors and misdirection (or even supernatural powers) to make the mass majority of people believe that vampires aren’t real. A small handful of mortals are in on the secret, but they are mostly pawns to be used.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Men in Black does this with a branch of the government that does not exist to enforce earth law and to keep visiting aliens from walking around in public without disguises. Many aliens make a life for themselves on earth, but some come with world wide destruction that the MiB stops and then uses technology to keep the public blissfully ignorant.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The protagonist of these stories, by and large, are outsiders. They tend to stumble upon the secret society, either by curiosity or by accident. Being revealed the truth is usually a tough shift in perspective for them and mostly they try to reject this new truth in favor of the truth they knew before. Unfortunately, once they become privy of this new world, they don’t really get a chance to go back to their old life. Many of these stories takes us on the journey of how the protagonist deals with knowing this new world and how they interact with it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The 2016 Newbie Blogger Initiative was about to take a break this year. Seeing as it’s a big event that I didn’t want to see pass us by, I’ve tried doing a weekly prompt. You’ll notice there was none last week because Doone has taken the lead (kicking and screaming I bet) and announced the </span><a href="http://xpchronicles.com/nbi-2016-coming-in-june/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">NBI will happen in June this year</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. What does this mean? Any reader that wants to start a blog themselves, or has friends or family looking to start a blog can climb aboard this initiative train and join along with veterans (and myself) for guidance and a boost of readership.</span></div>
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Tyrannodorkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597964075683073477.post-75365959992802502102016-05-19T15:01:00.001-04:002016-05-19T15:01:44.223-04:00Creative Blogger Award 2016<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-adb9f357-ca64-275a-5501-6b1a96b0e151" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I love the winter time and the cold, it’s so refreshing and energizing to me. I already get plenty of heat and sun in Florida. I used to like rainy days, still kind of do, but not as much anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I had a teacher once when asked by a wise-butt student, what super power would he like. He replied “The power to make people be quiet”. The student rebuttled saying that is a terrible super power, which the teacher didn’t hesitate with “If I had it, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.” This same student also asked if the teacher had a secret identity, which he replied he was the masked wrestler called the Reaper.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So, time now to</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: line-through; vertical-align: baseline;"> choose my next victim</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> nominate 15-20 people for this award.</span></div>
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<a href="http://wolfdragon.net/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Faeldray at Lair of the Wolf Dragon</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.aywren.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Aywren Sojourner</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I nominate each of you 15-20 times (:<</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But it’s all in good fun. So if you have time guys, and have no other thing to write about, take this challenge on, else feel free to file this in the bin out in the kitchen.</span></div>
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