The Sibling

So far I've only read The Name of the Wind (I finished it yesterday) but it was really good.

4 hours ago, Mestiv said:

( I guess I break this game with my face on display :P)

I imagine you look somewhat like the dude in the profile picture of the guy who posted just before me.

I think it's important to think of what kind of age range we want. Having it be a school/university sort of locks us into like, a kids or young adult kind of thing, but based on your idea for the setting I was imagining a darker story that would probably work better with older characters. Maybe we could have them be in their mid to late twenties, somewhere around there? So it's not too outlandish to imagine them in a school, but we can still explore darker topics and have some more self aware characters.

3 hours ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

ooh that sounds intresting. it would go nicely in an old london setting i believe. 

Also, I think it could work pretty well with your idea of having the plot revolve around a character who is not a POV character. We could have a friend group with a character who is sort of the unofficial leader of the group, and then we have the POV characters who are the rest in the group. We could also use this to bring up themes of feeling unimportant or even feeling like you're not the main character of your own story.

2 hours ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

i would love to see some maps and hear any of your ideas @The Sibling.

Well, I've recently wanted to write something in an academic setting, so even if it's not the sole focus of the story, can we come up with some kind of university or school in the city? 

5 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

im realy open to anything. the plot would revolve around a character who would not be a vewpoint character. i was thinking that everyone who joins would write a difrent viewpoint character. 

Oooh I love this idea! I definitely want to participate. I have lots of ideas, but since this is your plan maybe you could post all the thoughts that you have so far so that I"m able to start brainstorming? Also, if this is going to have a more fleshed out world, can I make the map? I love making fantasy maps, so that would be a fun project.

1 minute ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

its set in a kind of weird place. imagion like old england surrounded by an eternal everstorm. no one can enter it and leave alive. the magic system in this world is all about bonding with winds and blights and gaining powers from them

Sounds cool! When you say co-write, how are you thinking of dividing the work? What are your ides so far for plot/story (if you have any)

I'd be interested. Have any more details?

On 1/23/2024 at 4:27 AM, RoyalBeeMage said:

ares tramples over aeroveth as he moves to the north wall.

Aeroveth dies due to tramplage (is that a word?)

1 hour ago, NameIess said:

I’ve played that game. It’s pretty fun, although I feel like I need a calculator to play optimally.

Yeah, sometimes when we're playing someone will just randomly stop the game to do calculations for a second. And my brother very recently started playing with a sheet of paper so he could write down his plans.

Has anyone here played Power Grid? It's my favourite board game. It's so fun and there's so many ways to annoy the other players. Also @The Stormfather, you should probably be here.

1 hour ago, ..... said:

Rob then swing his other massive sword at him

 

Aeroveth stumbles out of the way, trips, and collapses on the ground. "Gair.." he whispers, but his son is not there to help him. 

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Y'all feel free to trample him to death

Aeroveth moves forwards and stabs at Ares' chest.

Very nice. I like how you say that everyone is your friend. 9/10

Aeroveth the fourth (yes I'm using characters from my story) (east wall) glances up furiously and draws a long and thin duelling cane. The handle is encrusted with sparkling gems. He lunges blindly towards the west wall, pushing his way through the fray.

(He's trying to attack Ares)

Rock is going to retire to the purselike and make fish curry until the end of his days.

Thinking about the inquisitors this way does kind of make them seem like caricatures. They're always celebrating stuff they're aggressively evil to the point of going a little bit overboard. I could definitely see this humorous way of looking at them in book one, but for me after we get to WoA and HoA where Marsh is fighting against Ruin's influence, it becomes all too real for me and not really so funny anymore. 

Welcome to the shard! 

3 minutes ago, The Wandering Wizard said:

The star wars one is my favorite. We just have the original and the main star wars one.

Maybe I'll play it tomorrow then. I was planning on finding some people to play power grid, but it's pretty long and most people don't want to play for that long. Is Villnous super hard to play? How long does it take?

I actually bought it recently but I haven't played it yet. I'm excited! I think we got the star wars one?

13 hours ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

try what works for you. it might end up that you are more like myself. a discovery writer. someone who writes what they feel should happen in the moment.

Last time that I tried discovery writing instead of outlining I came up with this great pair of brothers with a cool dynamic, and in the first scene one of them straight up murdered the other one. I didn't even see it coming, I just wrote "Torridan didn't set out to be a murderer, but as he glanced out the shattered window towards the cobblestones below, he admitted to himself that accidents do happen." because I thought it was funny and then I realized that I'd just killed off my best character.

Sounds pretty cool!

45 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

thats always good. for my current prodject i am going for a mashup of lots of different magic systems because i have made so many over the years and want to use them all.

Nice!

This is a benefit of having lots of projects, when I have some sort of plot line that I came up with but never elaborated on, I just chuck it into the history of my world, or like, a minor character's backstory. It's the same for magic systems. 

Heh, I totally belong in this group. Lately I've really been struggling with follow through. I start projects left and right and leave them behind before I even get a chance to know the characters. I've found it really hard to stick to things once I start seeing problems in what I've written, because it's so overwhelming to imagine fixing it, so aI just drop the project. I do have a small victory though! Last night I spent an hour working on a magic system which I think that I've managed to get to where I need it to be to start writing!

5 hours ago, The Stormfather said:

I just remembered when my character actually blackmailed callie. That was so funny, I can remember telling @The Sibling "If I can't burn down the entire forest, then I'm blackmailing the gamemakers!"

Yeah I only heard about what was happening in that game through you so I just assumed it was the most chaotic thing ever to happen. Looking back on it, I was right.