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Paladin of the Lawful Naughty |
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![]() Learned Master ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 37 Member No.: 70 Joined: 29-January 04 ![]() |
How have my fellow judges handled their games as far
as staying in cannon? (If your not familure with the term it is used in
the comicbook industry to determin if a stories sequience of events or
time line coencides with that of another story in that comic universe.) Do
you run your games with Rand and friends in the world as the books unfold
and occasionaly have them enteract with your game party from time to time,
or do you keep them completly seperated and discount the novles
alltogether? ![]() -------------------- Spinner of the Great Wheel, Apprentice Lord of the
Sith, Palladian of the Lawful Naughty Recipe for the Palladian of the Lawful Naughty “Take 1 level of Rogue, add 2 or 3 levels of Fighter then add multiple levels of Palladian. When your GM tells you that you are breaking your Palladian’s alignment remind him that your character came from a dysfunctional background so burning the whole village to the ground to rid the world of evil is ok from his point of view.” |
Targul |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 02:21
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![]() Aran'shadar ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 148 Member No.: 69 Joined: 29-January 04 ![]() |
I'm running my altered version of PotD right now,
after that my players will decide what they want to do with their
characters, and I stay true to canon. I fit them in and work around them
maintaining the story line. I have actually mada quite a few changes to
the system we use to make it more in line with my vision of how things
work according to RJ as opposed to the d20 system rules.
-------------------- Wait, if I DID evil, and you guys here
ARE evil. Then shouldn't you be showering me with rewards and
concubines, etc.? This is Hell we're big on irony here. Then I'm sure you'll appreciate what is going to occur. I'm dead, so this is some egoscopic projection of myself? Correct, but I hardly see what... So without any fleshy meats to slow me down, how long do you REALLY think it'll take for me to usurp your entire kingdom? I have the entire legions of Hell at my command Enjoy it while you can, Skippy. -Black Mage in Hell (8-bit theater style) |
Dortamur |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 02:29
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I try and stay within the books storyline, without
disrupting it TOO much, but there are some changes. For example, my group
just RP'ed the split of the White Tower, and things went a lot WORSE than
in the books - but the fall-out will be pretty much the same. The same AS
will make it to Salidar, and the same rat-bags will be living it up in the
Tower. Other than Falme and the WT Split, though, most of my plot has been away from book events. Sometimes I think it'd be much easier to ignore the story of the books altogether. I seem to spend a lot of time detailing time-lines & book events to do the tie-ins, which is a neat touch, but a lot of work. I'm learning to compromise between nice touches and going too far overboard, but each session I still try and figure out what's going on within the books at the time. Having a lousy memory doesn't help. ![]() |
Targul |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 02:38
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![]() Aran'shadar ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 148 Member No.: 69 Joined: 29-January 04 ![]() |
How did your WT split go anyway Dortamur? What did
you end up doing/using? Just kinda curious is all. -------------------- Wait, if I DID evil, and you guys here
ARE evil. Then shouldn't you be showering me with rewards and
concubines, etc.? This is Hell we're big on irony here. Then I'm sure you'll appreciate what is going to occur. I'm dead, so this is some egoscopic projection of myself? Correct, but I hardly see what... So without any fleshy meats to slow me down, how long do you REALLY think it'll take for me to usurp your entire kingdom? I have the entire legions of Hell at my command Enjoy it while you can, Skippy. -Black Mage in Hell (8-bit theater style) |
alohahaha |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 03:49
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Actually, with the game I'm running, it's very
difficult to follow canon. I'm GMing a pbem for a friend of mine where we
each play 2 PCs. It's an Asha'man game. The storyline is about how Rand,
Mat, and Perrin have been killed, dooming the world. In order to save it,
Taim, after consulting the Aes Sedai, Wise Ones and Windfinders, are
sending the Dedicated we play to Mirror Worlds to find an alternate Rand,
Mat, and Perrin to fight Tarmon Gai'don. Their way of thinking is that if
they live in a world without ta'veren, there must be a world where the
Three are not ta'veren. Therefore, if they are able to find Rand, Mat, and
Perrin in another world and bring them to theirs, the Three could be
ta'veren and have all the abilities they need to fight the Dark One in the
Last Battle. I decided to come up with that storyline so I wouldn't have
to worry about canon, and I could set the different chapters in any kind
of variation of a world I want to. Think of it as "Wheel of Time:
Sliders." -------------------- I may be in the gutter But I'm looking to the stars! Shatter your rose-colored glasses But never stop dreaming. I may have my feet down to earth But my head is always in the clouds. I won't promise you the sun and the moon But I can tell you fantasies of far greater things While providing you with simple pleasures. |
Targul |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 03:54
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![]() Aran'shadar ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 148 Member No.: 69 Joined: 29-January 04 ![]() |
Yeah. Hmmm is Taim the evil bastard that we all know
him to be from the books in your world or is your world not the world of
the books but an alternate one where Taim is good and the 3 are all fish
food? -------------------- Wait, if I DID evil, and you guys here
ARE evil. Then shouldn't you be showering me with rewards and
concubines, etc.? This is Hell we're big on irony here. Then I'm sure you'll appreciate what is going to occur. I'm dead, so this is some egoscopic projection of myself? Correct, but I hardly see what... So without any fleshy meats to slow me down, how long do you REALLY think it'll take for me to usurp your entire kingdom? I have the entire legions of Hell at my command Enjoy it while you can, Skippy. -Black Mage in Hell (8-bit theater style) |
alohahaha |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 04:11
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Learned Master ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 48 Member No.: 92 Joined: 13-February 04 ![]() |
Hehehehe... You'll have to follow the storyline to
find out ![]() -------------------- I may be in the gutter But I'm looking to the stars! Shatter your rose-colored glasses But never stop dreaming. I may have my feet down to earth But my head is always in the clouds. I won't promise you the sun and the moon But I can tell you fantasies of far greater things While providing you with simple pleasures. |
KSBsnowowl |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 06:48
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Minor quibble, and information..... It's canon, not cannon. The origin of the word in the context you are using it often has a religious connotation (though your example was also correct.) From Merriam Webster:
Great literature indeed ![]() -------------------- Patterns in the Weave: Aermon, son of
Hamiel, son of Kamm, Male Ogier Wanderer 1 This Ogier left on a Grove-tour with his Greatfather, and he hopes to replenish the decimated Groves. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. Duty is as heavy as a mountain, death as light as a feather. | ||||
Two Rivers Wolfbrother |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 05:48
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I sorta stay in the novels, but then again I don't.
Basically, I'll stay with the novels as long as I can, but when it comes
to it, I'll alter things just to make my story interesting. For the most
part, though, I try to stay away from Rand and them.
-------------------- This is an old thing, boy. Older than Aes Sedai.
Older than anybody using the One Power. Old as humankind. Old as
wolves. Current Projects: Encounters Handbook Wheel of Time 3.5 Homepage: www.towncenterproductions.com It's Funny! |
Axel |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 08:11
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Freelance HTML coder (hint Aleshandre) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 218 Member No.: 54 Joined: 22-January 04 ![]() |
I run homebrew worlds... Actually I don't play WoT at all, my friends and I just use the classes in place of the lousy 3e class system... So..... no worries! -------------------- Honorary Paladin of the Lawful Naughty If I seem to hate the d20 system, its only because I hate the system. Actually I just hate 3e, its biased me against the system. I rather like WoT. |
Paladin of the Lawful Naughty |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 08:54
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KSBsnowowl The origin of the word in the context
you are using it often has a religious connotation (though your example
was also correct.) From Merriam Webster: QUOTE 3 [Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, standard] a : an authoritative list of books accepted as Holy Scripture b : the authentic works of a writer c : a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works <the canon of great literature> Great literature indeed I bow before before your experteise, and say again "I learn something new every day!". Help keep a felow brother on the narrow path if you would! ![]() -------------------- Spinner of the Great Wheel, Apprentice Lord of the
Sith, Palladian of the Lawful Naughty Recipe for the Palladian of the Lawful Naughty “Take 1 level of Rogue, add 2 or 3 levels of Fighter then add multiple levels of Palladian. When your GM tells you that you are breaking your Palladian’s alignment remind him that your character came from a dysfunctional background so burning the whole village to the ground to rid the world of evil is ok from his point of view.” |
Mantyluoto |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 10:24
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I'm with Axel on this one. but IF i was going to run
Wot then i would stick to the books. But there are big blank spaces where
anything can happen ![]() -------------------- For Those About To Rock, We Salute You |
KSBsnowowl |
Posted: Feb 27 2004, 11:19
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![]() Elder Scholar ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 125 Member No.: 35 Joined: 17-January 04 ![]() |
I generally like to stick to the books as well. As
Manty said, there are large holes where you can stick stuff in if you'd
like; especially in the first 3 or 4 books that cover months at a time. I
also like to generally start campaigns before TEotW. I started one about
ten years after the Aiel War. That gave me plenty of room in which to
work. -------------------- Patterns in the Weave: Aermon, son of
Hamiel, son of Kamm, Male Ogier Wanderer 1 This Ogier left on a Grove-tour with his Greatfather, and he hopes to replenish the decimated Groves. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. Duty is as heavy as a mountain, death as light as a feather. |
LuciusT |
Posted: Feb 28 2004, 03:07
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Elder Scholar ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 123 Member No.: 19 Joined: 15-January 04 ![]() |
I stick to the books... sorta. My campaign is set 400 years before Eye of the World, during the last time the Great Hunt was called. The world is similar enough to be recognizable and comprehendable to my players as WoT. At the same time, it's far enough removed that we have the freedom to create our own heroes, villians and legends. I have told my players that they can "change history" and fracture the setting off into the Mirror World, but they haven't yet managed it. ![]() |
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