Hi!

I'm Meme, and i Played like 15 Adventures with this game, in 5 days! :O
Each Adventure was in a different Location, and so i tried all of them.

Well, i like this game a lot, and so i made(with the help of some friends) some settings for it.

Settings:
The Primal Pool, where gods are Forged / The Hydra's Den, in which ravines legendary creatures tread / The Submerged City, its people sleeping in the deep / The Western Seas, in which every island holds a threat and a treasure / The Limbo, where the Nowhere fills everything / The Syrial Waterfalls, flowing with a moan / The Magnificent Alexandria, clean and wondrous on the outside, foul within / The City of Machines, where math rules/ The Dark Forest of Oblivion / The Platinum Spire, house of the last Warlock / The 3000 Years-long Warfront, where two peoplehave been fighting each other for Aeons / The Shadow Temple, in which obscure adepts study the lost arts / The Fallen Devil, whose dormant body forms a valley.

I thought that they could be interesting for you, am i right? :D

I hope that you can enjoy them with this awesome game!

And, Ron... Do you think that they can work? I will like to read your answer ^^

Ah, and as always, sorry for my terrible english, i'm italian ^^

Read you soon!
Meme

P.S.: We are making some characters too, stay tuned! ^^

Hello,

Wow. I am not sure really what to say, except thank you!

At first glance, half or more of your location descriptions don't add enough to the location name. For example, the title and phrase for the Hydra's Den are saying the same thing. The Limbo could also probably use a different description, perhaps, "Limbo, where no one may exist" or something equally philosophically-bent. The Western Seas don't add anything that we don't already know from the basic game rules.

As I see it, The Primal Pool, The Submerged City, The Syrial Waterfalls, The Magnificent Alexandria (although I'd change the name to something ahistorical), The City of Machines, and The Fallen Devil are all ready for play. For the others, I'd change the phrases either to a key visual element or to an inhabitant or event which is not obvious from the name itself.

Best, Ron

Yay!

Thanks for the answer, Ron, is so much useful!

Ok, understood. I will try to change something shortly.

Thanks a lot!

Read you soon!
Meme

Ok, let's see. We tried to change something, I hope that this is better ^^

The Western Seas, as clear and dangerous as the eyes of a beautiful woman / The Hydra's Den, among which ravines legends tread / The Limbo, where nobody may live / The Syrial Waterfalls, flowing with a moan / The Magnificent City of Genotha, clean and wondrous on the outside but foul within / The City of Machines, where math rules/ The Dark Forest of Oblivion, where the fairies dwell / The Platinum Spire, house and grave of the last Warlock / The 3000 Years-long Warfront, its soil soaked with blood / The Shadow Temple, in which obscure adepts study the lost arts and virgins die in sacrifices / The Fallen Devil, whose dormant body forms a valley.

Better? :D

Read you soon!
Meme

Oooh, almost perfect! Here's the single change I'd suggest:

The Shadow Temple, in which virgins study the lost arts and obscure adepts die in sacrifices

Best, Ron

Yay!

Thanks, Ron. Now we have a lot of settings to explore :D

Well... With the book's Settings i can play indefinitely, but a longer list is better ^^

Read you soon!
Meme

Nice! Good job Meme.

Thanks, Cristoph!

I'm happy for that! :D

Well, here are adding characters:
I am a poor ploughman, attuned with the rhythms of nature, but my family has been imprisoned by the king / I am the daughter of a mighty queen, womanly and charming, but I can freeze your heart with a mere gaze / I am the temple warden, I see past and future alike, but the woman of my life lives only in my dreams / I am an angel cast on earth, my touch can return one's life but I will never be able to reach again the heaven I came from / I am a vampire, my gaze can conquer countless maidens, but I long for the warmth of sunbeams on my flesh / I am a sea dweller, bearing jewels made out of pearls and coral, but outside of the water I would choke in an instant.

Read you soon
Meme

Hi Ron!

I played S/Lay w/Me with Meme this evening, and I really enjoyed it; I hope to be able to play it again tomorrow or on Saturday.

Here my two cents:

Locations:

The Mirror Lake, where persons forget their sorrows  ∫ The Crystal Mask, where nothing is as it looks like  ∫ The Stone Forest, whose inhabitant disregard each other  ∫ The Ancient Factory, where mechanics rules over life  ∫ The Outer Zone, where a girl is lost  ∫ The Sun Court, after the Slaying of the Queen  ∫ The Moon Court, waiting for his King  ∫ The Eclipse Court, mourning his Prince  ∫ The Memory Dome, in which Halls all is retained, and all is forgot  ∫ The Halls of Life, where death is spread  ∫ The Lost City, broken by Civil War  ∫ The Green Planet, whose King was overthrown  ∫ Under the Unending Rains  ∫ The Dancing Hall, where it seems everybody is enjoying themselves  ∫ The Green Lands, where the Sun shine over an impending threat (next location!)

Characters:

I am a young men, attractive and skilled, but I don't dare to open my heart  ∫ I am a Demon Prince, a Kingdom under my rule, but I crave human warmth  ∫ I am the daughter of the Moon, blessed by her gifts, but I'll never be able to see her again  ∫ I am the Herald of the Sun, strong with his brightness, but my hands burns the life  ∫ I am a waylander, knower of the lands, bu no one trust me

Soon I hope to post the actual play of my game with Meme.

Yay Mauro! Thanks!

Oh, Ron, he is the Mauro of INC, do you remember him? :P

Our game was very funny, with the Montser's daughter leaved with him at the end ^^

I will write the Actual Play shortly, don't worry :D

Read you soon
Meme

Hi guys,

I am going to be a bit harsh this time, with any luck in a helpful way. There are a lot of problems with your proposed lists, and I think you're getting a little bit distracted by the standards of previous fantasy role-playing games, especially the concepts of races and skills.

Meme

I am a poor ploughman, attuned with the rhythms of nature, but my family has been imprisoned by the king - too situational; this is front-loading a specific Goal into the character's definition. Perhaps "... but I can no longer shut my eyes to injustice."

I am the daughter of a mighty queen, womanly and charming, but I can freeze your heart with a mere gaze - the first problem is that the definition is gendered, which is an absolute no-no for this game. The second problem is that there's no inherent tension. She's a princess, she freezes hearts, big deal. Without that tension, there's no adventurer.

I am the temple warden, I see past and future alike, but the woman of my life lives only in my dreams - the second phrase is too closely tied to the concept of a Lover, which should be left open for play and individual adventures. Solution: "... but my true desires live only in my dreams."

I am an angel cast on earth, my touch can return one's life but I will never be able to reach again the heaven I came from - get rid of the first phrase, and begin with "My touch ..." That'll work well, especially since the term "heaven" is now left open for interpretation.

I am a vampire, my gaze can conquer countless maidens, but I long for the warmth of sunbeams on my flesh / I am a sea dweller, bearing jewels made out of pearls and coral, but outside of the water I would choke in an instant. - both of these are boring, for several reasons. First, they are standard fantasy races. Second, the "but" statements are mere physical limitations, and worse, they are exclusive to story. For instance, if the sea dweller is in water, then the limitation means nothing, and if he is outside the water, then he's choking and is hence unplayable. (I said "he" to keep my sentence structure readable; put "or she" in mentally).

Mauro

The Mirror Lake, where persons forget their sorrows ∫ Under the Unending Rains ∫ The Dancing Hall, where it seems everybody is enjoying themselves ∫ The Outer Zone, where a girl is lost

The Crystal Mask, where nothing is as it looks like ∫ The Stone Forest, whose inhabitant disregard each other

The Sun Court, after the Slaying of the Queen ∫ The Moon Court, waiting for his King ∫ The Eclipse Court, mourning his Prince

Thanks Ron!

Your answer is great!

I will work on those which aren't good ^^

Read you soon
Meme

Ron wrote: These aren't bad, although I think that the first should be renamed (there's already a Crystal Court) and the second's qualifying phrase might be better re-written, perhaps, "where everyone is alone."

The Memory Dome, in which Halls all is retained, and all is forgot - a bit too abstractly philosophical, I think. I can see how it could be made strong, but also how it could easily slip into nothingness

The Green Planet, whose King was overthrown ∫ The Green Lands, where the Sun shine over an impending threat (next location!) - first, the Green and Green present the same redundancy as the Court phrases, and second, I don't think that any location should have any link to another location - it becomes a preliminary encounter rather than an adventure of its own

Mauro wrote:

The Memory Dome, in which Halls all is retained, and all is forgot - a bit too abstractly philosophical, I think. I can see how it could be made strong, but also how it could easily slip into nothingness

Any idea about how put that strong in the wording? If not, I'll discard it until something better comes in mind to me.

Hi guys!
I'm re-re-re-reading Howard's Conan and upon stumbling on this thread I cannot stop myself to add my (very) little ideas.
What about The Silver Tower, were a good lies in chains ∫ The Scarlet Citadel where the king is not the king ∫ The pyramid in which the war rage ∫ The ancient palace of the new usurper? ;-)

All those are good paraphrases although I suggest changing the proper names. The phrase "where the king is not the king" is brilliant.

I tried to be original with my locations in the book, at least in terms of referencing specific literary or gaming locations. I make no claim that the ideas are original in the less specific sense. My take is that there's something more satisfying about doing it my way, rather than adapting literary sources, but that may be an individual issue of no importance to anyone else.

Best, Ron

Thank you Ron.

Maybe I can made them The Silver Tower, where a god lies in chains (sorry, lapsus between good and god) and The ancient stronghold, where the king is not the king.

It's just that I'm a long time Conan fan, and he's so "S/Lay W/me" that I cannot stop to think about the similitude between the game and the novels.
When I first played the game, for examples, I was all: "Wonderful, this is so like 'Jewels of Gwhalur'. That novel is basically a session of this game!". Only after a couple of games I read the sources of inspiration ;-)