Duke of URL
2007-06-14, 06:17 AM
Ever since I started reading OOtS, I've sort of had it in my head that this is almost like watching a log of actual gaming sessions, where the members of the OOtS are played by the players, and everyone else is an NPC. (This follows the narrative as well, as the OOtS are specifically referred to as the PCs, and everyone else as an NPC.)
So... the evolution of the campaign... er.... story starts with a simple dungeon crawl. The players are generally pretty relaxed, cracking jokes, and really not taking things very seriously at all for most of the time. As they get deeper into the larger events surrounding them, however, they (for the most part) start to get more serious about what's happening, and most of the "rules jokes" fall by the wayside.
Nonetheless, the part that I find really, really odd is that at least as of late, the PCs are least developed characters out there. Shojo, Hinjo, Miko, and Redcloak, especially, have shown far more character development as NPCs than any of the PCs have shown in quite some time -- and for the most part, the PCs have been bystanders to the actual action.
So, in the context of a series of gaming sessions, the players need to get off their figurative butts and start getting involved more in the story!
So... the evolution of the campaign... er.... story starts with a simple dungeon crawl. The players are generally pretty relaxed, cracking jokes, and really not taking things very seriously at all for most of the time. As they get deeper into the larger events surrounding them, however, they (for the most part) start to get more serious about what's happening, and most of the "rules jokes" fall by the wayside.
Nonetheless, the part that I find really, really odd is that at least as of late, the PCs are least developed characters out there. Shojo, Hinjo, Miko, and Redcloak, especially, have shown far more character development as NPCs than any of the PCs have shown in quite some time -- and for the most part, the PCs have been bystanders to the actual action.
So, in the context of a series of gaming sessions, the players need to get off their figurative butts and start getting involved more in the story!