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New Process: Miniatures Painting

January 18, 2021 Technomancer_Ral 1 Comment

I finally got around to deciding to paint my 3D printed miniatures, so I needed to tool up and learn painting skills. That all started with a learn to paint kit, some brushes, and lighted magnifier glasses that I received as gifts.

This escalated quickly. I’m going to cover a lot of the things I’ve added or built on the setup here, because if I did it as individual Sanctum Upgrade posts they would stretch out pointlessly and my blog would be nothing but painting posts for the next few months.

If you want to see a more succinct form of this setup (whether out of impatience or for better reference), I’ve added a page for my current setup under Manufacturing Setups.

Direct link is here: Miniatures Painting Setup

I had seen people use painting handles before, and they appeared to help a lot, so before I started painting I 3D printed one for myself, along with a lot of “pucks” to attach miniatures to in order to paint.

Here are some of the results of my early painting setup.

I love how the mail came out on the orc.

Cyber dog from a kickstarter. All-metal creatures are easier to start out painting.

I’m pretty happy with these early results.

As I painted the miniatures, my painting setup has rapidly evolved.

It might be easier to cover various sections’ evolutions rather than try to keep track of them as setups. Here’s one of the earlier ones, and where it’s currently at.

Water

Originally I used a couple of red solo cups, one for clean water for use in mixing paints (with a dropper in it to measure when thinning washes), and one for rinse water. These were tall and easy to knock over. Not good.

I then switched to smaller plastic disposable cups, with labels on them so I didn’t get them mixed up. After watching some videos on painting and having some discussions with people who paint (a buddy of mine put me in touch with some other people who paint miniatures), I added a second rinse cup, because that appears to help clean brushes more thoroughly.

Finally (so far), I’ve switched the rinse cups to a couple of small plastic cups that aren’t as likely to tip, while still keeping one of the disposable plastic cups for clean water.

Paint Mixing and Cleanup

The painter’s kit recommended using kitchen parchment paper for mixing paints, but that got old fast. The parchment paper had to be cut into sections to be useable (yes I know that’s spelled weird, I don’t like standard spelling of “usable”), and it kept curling, making the paint run. I ordered some circular plastic paint palettes, and they work much better.

I use cut up wooden coffee stirrers to mix paints now. Originally I used some toothpicks I had. I should probably use plastic because of paint absorption, but so far it doesn’t appear to be a major wastage issue, since I’m not frequently running out of paint mixes before finishing what I’m painting. If I start painting a lot of minis in the same colors (if I were to start painting armies, for example) it might become an issue.

Cleaning the palettes was a bit of a challenge at first, but then I started keeping a container with a mixture of dish detergent and water nearby. As soon as I finish with a palette, it goes into the container. When I run out clean palettes, I use a stiff cleaning brush I keep in the container to scrub off any paint that managed to remain stuck to the palettes, then rinse and dry the palettes. It takes so much less time that way. At first I was trying to scrub with my fingers or a cloth and it did NOT go well.

Eventually I want to get a smaller dedicated container for this with a lid, as that pot is my general crafting pot that I want to free up for anything else I might need it for.

Lighting

The glasses I mentioned earlier provides some additional lighting where I’m looking, and my usual workbench light originally provided the primary illumination, but it often required moving it around.

I decided to build something I had seen before on Thingiverse, an arch of LEDs providing light from various angles simultaneously, hopefully reducing the need to move a light around periodically while painting and photographing.

It seems to work decently for now, though I’ve only been using it for one day’s work at the time of writing. I covered the building shenanigans last week here:

Sanctum Upgrades: Arch Lamp

Location

I was originally painting on my primary workbench, covering up the area with a piece of foam core I cut to protect it, and moving stuff around. It allowed me to use the existing lighting at the work bench and mean I didn’t have to pull my auxiliary workbench out (it takes up living space).

This got annoying quickly, as with my 3D printed miniatures I have to clean them up before priming, so I had to keep switching the workspace back and forth. For now my painting setup is going to be a temporary or “deployable” setup that will occasionally live on my auxiliary workbench (aka the other folding table, yes, I like being pretentious sometimes). I still need to figure out storage for when I pack up my painting supplies, but that’s a problem for down the line.

I covered the table in brown paper to protect it (like I generally do for projects, thanks Adam Savage) and have run my extension cable over to it for the lights. I just had to remember to run the wire a certain way so it’s not in the way of my rolling stool. Don’t want to fall off and injure myself because I forgot there was a wire there!

Paint Brushes and Holders

The kit came with a couple of starter brushes, and I was also gifted a nice set of fine tipped brushes. For the first 3 minis, I only used the brushes from the kit, as I wanted to learn more about brush care before putting any wear and tear on the nicer ones.

I also ordered a set of wider brushes for priming, which I’ve been using on all my 3D printed minis. I haven’t used the fine tipped brushes yet, but I’ve definitely been seeing places where they’ll be useful when I paint certain details.

For holding the brushes when not actively in use, I initially just propped them against a small tin.

I 3D printed a brush holder that holds them over the tin very soon after, as the brushes kept rolling around.

I also wanted to see what additional brushes I had available. I couldn’t leave them just lying out on a flat surface as they could roll off or I could damage them by putting something on them, so I finally added a rotating brush stand.

Now I can see an access what I have. I still want to go back and label it to keep it organized.

Paints and Primers

The minis in the kit did not require priming (Reaper Bones minis are like that), so I didn’t need any for that. The kit did include a number of paints to get started with, though.

For the 3D printed ones I’ve been priming them, and I’ve got primers in two different colors. The white was for one thing that I still wanted to be white when I was done. I was hoping the gray would be darker so it’d be easier to distinguish from the white while I’m hand-priming (I’m kinda sick of spraying paints from my time with previous projects), but it’s still not that far off from white.

The starter kit covered a lot of colors, but it was missing some colors I’d want to use for my general collection (flesh tones and red, in particular… which sounds much more ominous than intended when I phrase it like that), so I did a bit of looking and decided to get the next kit in the series, which had the colors I was looking for, as well as more brushes, minis, and instructions. Now I think I have enough selection to paint the rest of my collection (after I get additional practice with the included minis).

That grid for holding the paints in place moves around and kept being a nuisance for regular use, so I locked it in place with hot glue.

Final Thoughts

I think this setup is settling towards a form now, but being this early in this new hobby I wouldn’t be surprised if there were further changes upcoming. At some point I want to replace the lamp with a better-made one, and I’ll probably swap out the wood coffee stirrers with plastic when these run out. Some people have recommended adding a wet palette to my setup, but I don’t yet see the need for one.

I’ve been enjoying priming and painting my miniatures, and look forward to gradually painting my 3D printed miniatures collection.

3D Printing, Dungeons and Dragons, Projects, Sanctum Upgrades

Sanctum Upgrades: Rotating Miniatures Display

June 12, 2020 Technomancer_Ral 1 Comment

I decided that I wanted to be able to display and easily access my collection of D&D miniatures. I came across a concept for reusing empty filament spools. Their version had faceplates, but for the moment I just want to at least get this thing functional. I stacked my empty spools, and connected them with some tacky material.

It’s convenient, showing off my minis for ease of access… but the back half is hard to see and reach. This is where the turntable comes in. I had tried one version where it was a plate sitting on a single skateboard bearing, but that was too brittle and the whole thing wobbled (the spools make it top-heavy). So, I switched to this design:

You can find the original turntable design on Thingiverse here:

Manual Turntable by printedprops

I didn’t need the top plate, seeing as the bottom spool provides a surface to rotate on, but the bottom plate does provide a much more stable base to rotate the entire tower on.

I may end up upgrading the tower to have the nice stonework facings here, but so far I don’t want to give up the printer runtime for it. It was the inspiration for this project, though.

At any rate, I now have a way of seeing what minis I have, instead of having to dig through plastic containers. Maybe post-quarantine I can use it for hosting some RPGs.

Dungeons and Dragons, Ramblings From the Sanctum, Tabletop

PAX East Backpacking

March 2, 2020 Technomancer_Ral Leave a comment

This past week has mostly been occupied with prepping for and attending PAX East.

Now for your weekly (cough) dose of content, here’s how I packed my backpack for the con. I wanted to make sure I had options for gaming with my friends, supplies, and a way to carry a coat so we wouldn’t get anchored to a table watching our stuff.

Here’s the main compartment.

It’s filled with the game organizer, some snacks, my wizard hat and safety goggles (which I kinda ditched after the first day), writing utensils, spare loot bag, name tags, sanitizing wipes, and snacks. The big plastic bag in the middle is one of those vacuum storage bags. The bag allowed me to stuff my puffy longcoat into it, then squeeze the air out to reduce weight and volume and store it in the backpack.

Here’s my first iteration of the contents in the organizer that came with the backpack. I packed it with tokens and dice for magic, tokens and pawns for D&D and other tabletop games, and a few small box games for waiting in line or at the hotel. Before the con I removed one of the games and some of the tokens, as I realized that the pack was getting heavy.

The side pockets were packed with snacks, meal bars, and water that I had shipped to the hotel ahead of the con. I didn’t feel like having to leave lines, games, or whatever else to go get food if I didn’t have to.

The top little pouch held my earbuds and chargers. The battery packs were in the laptop compartment (not shown).

The upper compartment held the magic decks, RPG dice, dice tray, character coins, business cards, and some other odds and ends.

All in all, this backpack worked really well for this con.

But it felt heavy for someone not used to wearing a loaded pack for long durations. My shoulders are still sore from it! The upside is that I had fewer circumstances where I felt the need to ask someone to watch my stuff, I was able to keep it all with me and move more comfortably. Next time I might bring the optional belt, to distribute the load onto my hips rather than my shoulders. Also, I did try to pare down the contents as the con went on, tailoring them to what the group was likely to do that day.

Still, I could tell we were all much more experienced at attending cons than the first time we went! Things went much more smoothly this time, we were able to move more freely, and we were able to participate in pretty much everything we had planned to. It gets better every time.

Dungeons and Dragons, Projects, Tabletop

Dungeons and Dragons Worksheets

August 19, 2019 Technomancer_Ral Leave a comment

So, in playing Adventurer’s League Dungeons and Dragons, I often come across players who are new to the game, and/or haven’t learned the rules very well yet.

Another issue that often comes up is that DMs (myself included) often don’t hand out inspiration much. We tend to forget that it is even a mechanic that we can hand out to reward people playing in a way the DM likes.

I’ve come up with an idea that might at least help a bit with both. Technically it’s bending the roleplaying-based intent of inspiration, but would definitely help with people playing in a way that we all enjoy more.

Dungeons and Dragons Inspiration Sheets

Start by creating a series of one page worksheets that ask a small number of questions related to the rules of dungeons and dragons. Start with the basics.

Early example questions:

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1. Which die is rolled to determine success or failure in Dungeons and Dragons (circle below)?

Beginner's Dice.png

2. Please label the dice above.

3. If you are told you have advantage on a roll, you roll two d20s and take which result?

4. If you are told you have disadvantage on a roll, you roll two d20s and take which result?

5. Who is the final arbiter of rules at the game table in dungeons and dragons?

—

Each player at the table would be given one sheet each night.

Each sheet of correct answers would be worth an inspiration to the person that completed it. The sheets would only be given one per night, but I might allow them to turn in two on any given night. This would allow them to take some home to work on, without allowing them to stack up a lot for boss battles.

The idea of this is to use a reward-based system to get people to actually take the time to learn the game. This way it would be broken into manageable bite-sized chunks instead of throwing a book at them and telling them to RTFM. *breathes deeply*

To make it more reasonable to complete in a short period of time, I’d list the chapter and/or the pages that contain the answers. This would hopefully serve the added benefit of getting the players more familiar with their Player’s Handbook.

Over time, I would ramp up the complexity and specificity. I would start with basic rules, with a theme for each sheet (physical combat rolls, equipment types, conditions, death saves, spellcasting rules, etc). Interspersed with those I’d probably put in sheets that are specifically designed around things people get wrong or confused about consistently.

Examples:

What type of action does it take to drink a potion?

When can you transfer hunter’s mark?

Should you pay attention and try to plan your moves ahead between your turns?

Should you spend at least a little time learning HOW TO PLAY YOUR CHARACTER BETWEEN SESSIONS?!?!?!?

….I’m calm. I’m calm………

Let’s just say that people have hit some nerves repeatedly and I’m hoping I can convince my group to try some things to avoid that a bit. *remembers that one guy who never remembers his character’s second attack even though all he really DOES as a character is hit things* *twitches*

So, since my printer is down for a while pending some work with the manufacturer, I may be working on these sheets for a bit. I’ll start with dissecting my PHB into bite-sized chunks of questions, and hopefully find a way to make these things look nice with open-source/creative commons artwork and templates. Maybe I’ll get better at the rules myself (and avoid hypocrisy) in the meantime.

If I can figure out how the licensing works, I may even see about publishing them to DMsguild.

General Updates:

3D printer is still out of commission, I have to get it returned to the manufacturer for replacement.

I’ve decided to replace the title Non-Post with COM|POST. I think it’s punny and more memorable. It’s communications, it’s a post, and it might be a random assortment of… stuff that isn’t always so fresh or long-term relevant.

3D Printing, Dungeons and Dragons, Projects, Sanctum Upgrades

Project Update 08/07/19: Final Prototyping Stages

August 7, 2019 Technomancer_Ral Leave a comment

I think I’m about to the wrapping up point for the brackets on this thing. As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been working through a bunch of prototype parts, and enjoying learning more about Fusion360 in the meantime. I haven’t figure out how to get a recording of it saved yet, but it has a feature where it can play through every change you’ve made to the model file from beginning to end. Kinda cool to watch. I’ll try to remember to post a video if I can figure out how to record and edit it.

Anyway, here’s where I’ve gotten to with some parts for test fitting:

In the top left I wanted some sort of knob for grabbing the tray easier, so I mixed in the handle for one of the keys from Ready Player One. Sadly, it feels too flimsy, so I’m not including it in the final model, and I think I can get enough grip on it without an actual knob.

From this angle you can see the retaining nuts that hold the screws for the latch.

Here are the mounting holes for the bottom side.

The parts on the left side of the keyboard are a slightly later generation of model than the ones on the right. The left side ones are snap fit, whereas the ones on the right are loose. I’m still figuring out tolerances with my printer.

I’m on what should be the last iteration of the parts, with some of the parts on the printer right now. It’s gonna take a few nights of overnight printing to finish, but hopefully these will be the last ones, short of possibly a template for drilling the holes.

Hopefully I’ll get to the point of drilling holes, epoxying parts, and priming the whole rig soon. This thing is coming together!

Assorted Updates:

A lot of stickers came in for me to put on the case. Apparently there are pre-mixed sets of stickers for stuff like Ready Player One, so I may be making a whole collage of the back, just making sure to make the ones I specifically want show up on top.

I added a dimmable Ikea lamp to my workbench for a bit more light. It can be hard to look at, so at the moment I’ve got some foil on there as a reflector and shade.

I found some lettered sticky tabs, so I’ve started putting yet more tabs in my rulebooks so I can find things in the long lists in the rulebooks. Now I should be able to look up monsters, spells, and magic items even more quickly.

Tabs, for when you haven’t got time for a research montage mid-session.

Dungeons and Dragons, Tabletop

Loot Drop: Unboxing the Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Game

June 4, 2019 Technomancer_Ral Leave a comment

I was wandering around a used book store recently, and came across one of these in the “rare” section, and was hit with a wave of nostalgia. One of these kits was my first exposure to the game of Dungeons and Dragons, and it quickly caught my interest. One of the guys in a kids group weekend outing had brought his copy along, and was teaching the other guys how to play. I was forbidden by my parents to play (due to the backlash against D&D that was still somewhat present), so I just watched. I was drawn in by the adventure and heroes, and still have some specific memories of it.

These sets were created to introduce people to very low levels of the 3rd edition game that was recently out. You could start with this box, but if you wanted to play higher levels you needed to go get the rulebooks. Seems like a pretty good hook to me, one I’ve seen used in various ways in other editions. 4e had it’s Red Box, 5e had it’s starter set (and now the Stranger Things Redbox, which I need to unbox here sometime).

Anyway, coming to the store reminded me of it. I looked at their copy, found it was missing some pieces, and decided to hold off and look online. Sure enough, I found a COMPLETE copy online, with the tokens unpunched. A few days later, and my copy has arrived.

Exterior

It’s a pretty large (if shallow) box. Not too heavy, either. To be expected, it’s only supposed to be paper products and a set of dice.

Interior

Heh. The bubble wrap is mostly pointless, but I guess it keeps the paper from moving too much. The box is a bit dinged up, but good enough! Can’t expect a perfect box 19 years after publication and probably at least a decade out of production.

Contents of the Box

As advertised, this thing had EVERYTHING still in the box. Especially important to me, all the tokens are there!

One had popped out of the sheet, but was still in the box. The tokens were just as I remembered them. Pictures of all the adventurers and creatures on one side, with their names on the reverse. The noncreature stuff has two states for a lot of items, which is really useful. For example, the door tokens showed you there was a closed door in the wall, and flipping them over showed when a door was open. This was particularly important, as the way the game map is drawn there are no doors on the walls! This allows you to use the same map different ways, and also to not spoil the layout early. By the way, here’s the token I remembered most. The GELATINOUS CUBE!

In Dungeons and Dragons, Jello eats YOU!

I remember the party fighting this, and was impressed with this monster. I love how the artwork even shows the last guy to tangle with it, still being digested. As mentioned before, here’s the map.

Adventure Map

It’s got a bunch of numbered rooms on the map, but no doors! I seem to recall this having been used with the walk down the hallway described, and then a portion of the map used as described by the book to play detailed encounters. I’m pretty sure the gelatinous cube was somewhere in either room 19, 20, or 26. The map’s backside is a simple grid.

Map Reverse

It’s blank grid could be used for drawing your own dungeons. I personally won’t be using that side, I don’t want to mess it up, and I have a perfectly good Chessex mat for that.

Next is the general game documentation.

D&D Readme

This page introduces the general premise of the game for people completely unfamiliar with it.

Ancient Tomes of Lore

The box came with a Rule Book for everyone to learn the game, and an Adventure Book to provide the first adventures for the DM to run without having to prepare anything. I haven’t had time to read through these yet, but I hope to introduce some of my 5E adventuring companions to this edition with this at some point.

Now that we have the rules, we need some characters to play with. Do we have to learn how to build characters in this set. No! We don’t want to get people to play, not get bogged down with character building rules to start.

Our Traditional Heroes!

Some of you who’ve played 3.0 or 3.5 may recognize several of these characters, thoughtfully provided to start the game quickly. These were the example characters mentioned in at least the 3.5 rulebooks as exemplars of their classes. There are 6 main characters, and 2 optional ones that are buried in the paperwork for the others. There is also a rules summary cheat sheet to aid quick play. I was as impressed this time as I was back then with these bright, descriptive character sheets, with a helpful dice guide for new adventurers.

And no adventure is complete without:

DICE!

Dice! Gotta have some dice to play the game. By the standards of many players I know, these would probably be a tacky collection to have. Why not have a matching set? Well, if you look back at the character sheets, these are color-coded. They are all different colors, because as we’ve all seen with new players, people get confused trying to find the correct die for a while when they first start playing. The sheet will tell you which die you need, and you don’t have to count sides, as the color is the easiest way to identify them.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this. I know I’ve certainly enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane, and I hope to actually get to play this set after almost 20 years since I’ve first seen it.

3D Printing, Dungeons and Dragons, Tabletop

Printer Back Online

May 12, 2019 Technomancer_Ral Leave a comment

I was having some issues with getting files to transfer to my Monoprice Select Mini Pro, but I finally figured it out… the microSD card appears to have been full for some reason, with a possible glitch with the cache file. I cleared some space by removing the Cura install file, and removed the erroneous cache file.

Here are some of the things I’ve been printing with it. I figured I’d start filling out a collection of archetypal minis. These are all from Valandar’s models on Thingiverse. I’m running through a few of them. The gnome bard was the first one, and I’m wondering if I’ve somehow introduced a calibration error, slicing error, or just the filament had been left out too long. Anyway, I’ve got a bit more cleanup to do on these, but I think they are coming out alright.

Gnome Bard

Buzzcut Barbarian

Grumpy Ranger

Dungeons and Dragons, Tabletop

Minimalist/Budget DMing

April 30, 2019 Technomancer_Ral Leave a comment

I know this is kinda the opposite extreme from the way I tend to do things, but you don’t absolutely HAVE to have a lot to DM. Fifth edition has greatly streamlined the game, and gives a bit more freedom. Below I’ve listed what you need, and sometimes the stuff you might want to upgrade to as the next step if you continue with the hobby and have the time and/or funds. Or you can keep playing minimalist style!

Dice:

Technically you could probably use a free app on your phone. I don’t recommend it. You need at least a set of dice for yourself. It’s just not the same without dice.

Beyond that, you don’t actually need to buy anything! The rest can be substituted or skipped.

Rules:

First off, you don’t absolutely have to have the books. I highly recommend having the books, but if you’re just getting started, the basic rules are posted online. It’s enough to help you learn the basics, build your first characters, and run your first campaign. You can find the rules here:

D&D Basic Rules

Next tiers (in this order):

Player’s Handbook
Monster Manual
Dungeonmaster’s Guide
All other books are purely optional

Adventures:

Not sure if you can weave fantasy worlds on the fly? Hardcover adventures too expensive and unwieldy to learn? There are many cheap and free modules available online. The idea of a module is to have a (mostly) self-contained adventure pre-generated and ready for use. The DM should at least skim it in advance, but there are instructions provided for the DM to use as a basis for the adventure. Many can be found here:

DMsguild

Next tier:

Homemade adventures!
Hardcover adventure books

Battlefield:

Having started in 3.5, I’m used to playing combat encounters on tactical maps, using wet erase markers on the mat to draw the battlefield, then placing our minis on the map and engaging in battle. You don’t absolute have to do that. If you want tactical maps, you can use a 1-inch grid paper.

But you can also forgo the map entirely.

D&D 5E reintroduces the concept of “theater of the mind.” You can keep the layout of the battlefield in your head, describing things to your players, and letting them use their imagination to envision the battlefield too. It may take a bit more mental effort, but it allows you to skip carrying around the following materials:

Battlemat
Markers
Miniatures
Templates

I’ve tried this a couple of times, and it can be freeing not to be limited to what you can draw or place on a grid.

Next tier:

Battlemat or grid paper
Markers or pencils
Miniatures (there are many tiers and options of these)
Templates

DM Screen:

It is highly preferable to keep your notes, die rolls, and minis (if you use them) hidden from your players. You can easily make your own, or go without. You don’t have to pay for a fancy piece of cardboard with art and stats on it. I’ve seen people make screens out of binders, taped pieces of cardboard, and various online non-WotC options. Or, again, you can skip the screen if you are comfortable rolling in front of your players.

Next tiers:

DM Screen or DM Screen Reincarnated (these have artwork and stats on them from Wizards of the Coast)
Any of a bajillion fancy screens you can find online or have made

And that’s pretty much it! Any game store or online store would be happy to sell you all sorts of accessories in various price ranges, but they are OPTIONAL! You don’t have to buy a ton of expensive stuff to run a good game. Sure, the detailed painted minis are nice, some people develop a dice obsession, and it’s nice to have a great setup, but you don’t NEED them. GO FORTH AND GAME!

3D Printing, Dungeons and Dragons, Tabletop

Heroforge Printed and Painted

April 24, 2019 Technomancer_Ral Leave a comment

So, I just got this back yesterday from a friend of mine who painted it for me (I print things, I don’t paint things, at least not yet). This is a custom mini for one of my wizard characters that I designed and bought from Heroforge.

I never would have attempted this on my old printer, but I managed to do this on my Monoprice Select Mini Pro. I think it came out pretty dang well.

And then I had to get a small foam-lined case to protect the few printed minis I have. I don’t want this one’s paint job to get damaged like my dwarf mini. It should be fine; it has the seal of approval from the Imperium of Man.

Go figure I didn’t get to play him last night, though. Two wizards and a ranger are not the best mix in the middle of the Dungeon of the Mad Mage.

Dungeons and Dragons, Ramblings From the Sanctum, Tabletop

COM|POST 04/19/19: D&D Homebrew Prepping

April 19, 2019 Technomancer_Ral Leave a comment

So, yeah, I was hoping to have some normal content today. This week has been weird, and today I’ve been trying to prep for a D&D homebrew game as a DM. For a game tomorrow. Oh, crap.

I am going to have to learn to plan better and manage my own expectations. Especially when I’m throwing these games together somewhat ad-hoc as I and my players have time for occasional games. In my head I hear: “I haven’t read through the DMG yet” and “this was supposed to be a tightly woven and cohesive story you’ve worked on for years,” but I’m gonna have to wing it somewhat. Hopefully things will turn out well, and the players will enjoy themselves.

I have thought about this campaign setting off and on for 10 years or so, and occasionally beef up the world when I think about it. I want to give the party freedom to explore, which will help me sharpen my improv skills if I don’t flounder too much. At the same time, I have general ideas of some concepts and story threads I want to work in, but I don’t have them pinned down. Some of it is a mystery, and I’m afraid it’s not going to connect well if I don’t plan it well in advance, but I don’t have much time now.

Ugh.

Maybe I’ll be able to sketch out more of it in time for the game.

Wish me luck!

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