Tag: meta
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Lords of the Pha (Original) 2019
The Pha were a Roger Zelazny-inspired setting of incestuous lords taking the power of ancestral regalia and thinking they’re all that. They are not invulnerable. The core piece is The Pha Hunt, about one of those things that works to make them know they are not invulnerable. The cousins must gather, for once, and deal…
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The Vailond Trilogy (Pillars of Eternity) 2020
Watcher. In a world where the passage of souls is as ordinary as a cipher’s charm and as powerful as gods, the rare gift or curse of the Watcher carries much weight. The truth of the corruption of the Wheel of souls may not reveal itself any other way. (Picture is an in-game default avatar.)…
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The Adventures of Forced Companions Daycare (SWTOR) 2012
Before the days when you could kill or reject companions… Companions. Why do these hopelessly clashing people come back, day after day, to the same daycare? And how did some of them even get here? We don’t know, but maybe if we watch carefully we can begin to understand… FCD was a fever dream of…
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Encounters (Disco Elysium) 2025
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is a dialogue- based RPG with a unique skill system and stellar voice narration. You play an amnesiac cop, then things get worse. It’s in my top three RPGs for quality of storytelling, and probably top 2 for mechanics. I started writing this fanfic to continue the story of my…
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There Is No Death, There Is Only Wrath (SWTOR) 2012
Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMORPG that shares some story-driven DNA with classic RPGs. I played it a lot. One of my first two novels, NDOW, is the goofy story of slacker Emperor’s Wrath Nalenne and her dead husband Malavai Quinn. (He had it coming.) The Sith Warrior companions and major NPCs, including…