Session Six wrapped up nicely last week. The practice of "free will in roleplaying" challenged me once again to make changes in my original storyline regarding the Sky brothers. This is not a gripe of course. As I explained previously, twisting events and manipulating character's decisions is far more damaging to protect one’s original storyline. And, as a bonus, my "skills" (call them what you will) are put to the test to write new plotlines into future sessions to compliment said changes. Now, as I write the new session summary, I am reminded of several challenges in its proposed documentation.
For starters, the length of content is almost too large to be shown in a summarized format. I feel that by narrowing several events on paper, they are not getting their due weight and credit. The creation of the individual character blogs should balance this out, allowing packmates to write about their accomplishments in greater detail and, most importantly, from their point of view. Also I have been incredibly busy with work. Realistically, I would estimate that the session summary will be posted no later than Friday of this week. I’ll do my best to post other off-topic posts to fill in that gap. My only real gripe about the session is the way I handled bringing Eric Sky back. Ben, I promise I will write something to add to the dealings with Rain, the meeting with Shadow Wind (Old Man Diaper), and the events that lead to her giving you the whip. A lot more happened there but due to time constraints (it was already 4 in the morning) it was cut short.
Now for a question: What do you think the name of this session should be? I’m having a bit of writers block regarding this. A title like "The Ethros Trial" just really doesn’t do it justice, as the trial was only one part of the session. There was also Sam Sky, the book, the new weapons, etc. I would love to get some feedback on this one.
EDIT: After looking this over I suddenly realized that I might be coming off as a bit despressed about these events. Honestly, I'm pleased as punch with how everything is turning out so far! I'm just being a little hard on myself because I want to continue the level of quality with each new gaming experience. Labels: Free Will, Session Notes |
Comments on "A Little Progress"
Eithan, I think the stuff that's going on is great. And if all goes according to our plan, we're going to have some awesome events coming up in the future. (I'm working out the details, per your request).
Why not a title like "Trials and Tribulations", or something? I like the way it sounds, personally.
What about "Tongues of Fire, Hearts of Ice"? Too queer?
Maybe we could combine both Alex's and Ben's ideas together? I kinda like bits and pieces of both.