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fandomhigh2022-05-17 02:42 am
drumsticksandd20s) wrote in fandomhigh2022-05-17 02:42 am
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Tuesday, 3rd Period (5/17)
Everybody was back at the Community Center today, and this time there were spiral notebooks laid out at the tables for everyone along with an assortment of pencils, pens, and colored pencils. Steph was once again sitting on the front table and kicking her feet back and forth, this week in a sleeveless black t-shirt that said "Roll for Panic Attack" on it.
"Soooooooooooo, it looks like the high fantasy setting just edged out the nautical one," she said, looking slightly apologetic. She'd kind of wanted to bust out that pirate costume again. "But it is a classic choice for reasons. We're talking unicorns, giants, and dragons here, people. Swords and magic and epic adventure, courtly intrigue, the works."
She had a feeling at least a couple of people on the roster would feel right at home there, too.
"With that in mind, everybody grab a notebook because we're going to get into character creation this week," she went on, clapping her hands once for emphasis and grinning her infectious, not-quite-maniacal grin of excitement. "For starters, what's your character's name? What's their background -- a simple farmer, maybe, or a knight, or the village healer? What kinds of skills have they learned from their life experience? What's their social status? Then start thinking about what really drives them. Revenge? Riches? Doesn't have to be anything huge. Maybe they just want to make it to this one shop in the kingdom's capital to get their grandmother the perfect birthday present. Not everybody has to be a hero, but if that's what's gonna make you happy here? Go for it, dude. We're here to have fun."
She held her hands out in a reassuring gesture. "I know that might seem like a lot, but that's just for starters. We can dig deeper into character details over the next couple of weeks, as we build out the world and get a sense of what kind of adventure we're going on. Bounce ideas off each other if you want to here, or ask me for help if that's more comfortable. And once I have a better sense of what kind of characters you all are going to give me to work with, we can start planning out the kind of adventure we're gonna go on."
"Soooooooooooo, it looks like the high fantasy setting just edged out the nautical one," she said, looking slightly apologetic. She'd kind of wanted to bust out that pirate costume again. "But it is a classic choice for reasons. We're talking unicorns, giants, and dragons here, people. Swords and magic and epic adventure, courtly intrigue, the works."
She had a feeling at least a couple of people on the roster would feel right at home there, too.
"With that in mind, everybody grab a notebook because we're going to get into character creation this week," she went on, clapping her hands once for emphasis and grinning her infectious, not-quite-maniacal grin of excitement. "For starters, what's your character's name? What's their background -- a simple farmer, maybe, or a knight, or the village healer? What kinds of skills have they learned from their life experience? What's their social status? Then start thinking about what really drives them. Revenge? Riches? Doesn't have to be anything huge. Maybe they just want to make it to this one shop in the kingdom's capital to get their grandmother the perfect birthday present. Not everybody has to be a hero, but if that's what's gonna make you happy here? Go for it, dude. We're here to have fun."
She held her hands out in a reassuring gesture. "I know that might seem like a lot, but that's just for starters. We can dig deeper into character details over the next couple of weeks, as we build out the world and get a sense of what kind of adventure we're going on. Bounce ideas off each other if you want to here, or ask me for help if that's more comfortable. And once I have a better sense of what kind of characters you all are going to give me to work with, we can start planning out the kind of adventure we're gonna go on."
Re: Character Creation/Brainstorming! (LARP Project, Week 2)
Was she assuming it was a breakup, there? Yes, which was partly (not entirely accurate) projection, but also how was something that dramatic not a breakup?
Re: Character Creation/Brainstorming! (LARP Project, Week 2)
Jaskier just nodded because nearly two decades of friendship that definitely bordered on romantic was worthy of being called a breakup. "And if we can give him a pox of some sort..."
He was just putting the idea out into the world. Like The Secret, you know?
Re: Character Creation/Brainstorming! (LARP Project, Week 2)
"Harsh," she said, absolutely unable to smother a snicker. "But I can work with it. Like, the really embarrassing kind?"
Re: Character Creation/Brainstorming! (LARP Project, Week 2)
Re: Character Creation/Brainstorming! (LARP Project, Week 2)
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Re: Character Creation/Brainstorming! (LARP Project, Week 2)
It was just how he was.
Re: Character Creation/Brainstorming! (LARP Project, Week 2)
"Just one of those little extra touches, you know?"
He was a bard, she figured he would know.