edonil Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 The big one I'm grappling with is actually pretty central to the whole story... Why the world war? Not the conspiracy behind it, that's pretty easy. But I've got three countries in this giant war, two of the three are neighbors and the lost one is on the other side of the globe. So why the heck is Assar involved in it all anyway? Which has created some interesting things to develop out, although I'm not sure I'm satisfied with the answer just yet. Then there's other questions of why things progressed this way instead of that... and the ever fun one, does a Victrixan protagonist even need to be in this story at all? And if I do need one, how do I get past the bloody siege that I started, because it's slowing the whole damn book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Maybe leave them out but have a note book you write down any ideas you have in. Getting countries into wars is always easy (just look at history), especially if you have a group of powerful people behind the scenes messing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Honestly, I'm actually just pulling from history for the war bit. Old grudges, nationalism, self-interest, trading technology...just bringing all of those into play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 So where would the focus be without the Vitrix part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Honestly, as I'm working this out, I think Victrix has to be there. It provides me too much leverage in terms of background plot and present plot. The journals, for one thing, I can't come up with a better way to introduce them. And the whole creation of Drasvar is dependent on the idea of Victrix's Witch Wars...a situation that the conspiracy would have a grudge over themselves. So, I think the better angle is to ruthlessly examine the siege itself. It's taking too much of the book for something that isn't going to be that vital in the long run. I'm working out some ways of doing that, I'll pitch them to you as soon as I've got it figured out. How was archery, by the by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 You could always take the Eddings approach. World Tour! Archery was great fun. I still rarely hit the centre but have a nice time chatting to friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Been a long time since I read Eddings...I think taking tropes from him might be a bad plan... Sweet, glad to hear it was fun. Still indoors for now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Yup, still way too windy for outdoors. And not light enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Well, hopefully you don't have our problem. Last week it was 80 degrees F. Yesterday it snowed. >.< What the hell, Spring?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Doesn't seem to know what it's doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 No, not really. (sigh) Hopefully it'll figure itself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 They lost the file on spring, all we got is a 404 file not found error. ---------- Post added at 07:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:14 AM ---------- I'm glad you're keeping victrix. I actually slept last night so I should be available to talk it through tonight if you still want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I think my local spring server is having hardware problems. Random seasons being returned each day. ---------- Post added at 02:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:23 PM ---------- Woohoo, my Games and Gears brushes have arrived. That should keep me going for a few years/decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustcrusher Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Ooh, fancy double-ended brushes. Their sci-fi terrain has got some of our local players interested... Hopefully the Deadzone Kickstarter's terrain will help undo the bad rep Mantic has in our store (the Abyssal Dwarves are a nightmare to assemble, and our owner was upset that instead of developing Kings of War further, Mantic launched Warpath). Looks like it's Mighty Armies and maybe some painting tonight, and I am submitting an article for the next Mantic fanzine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I'm hoping both the terrain is nice and there's a pledge option for just terrain pieces. I could do with avoiding starting another system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I hope not, I really need to stop buying so much terrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I should make more. But I'm going through a lazy period at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I call that period life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Hey everyone, how goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 The Internet is back! The router somehow got taken apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Pretty good! Whens the next thing by the way? Did we figure out a date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbleachman Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I still can't even do thing with my group. >_> Kind of annoyed by now, actually. About THING. *rage fists air* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Damn that THING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbleachman Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Seriously. Friends of mine come up to me and ask me 'Hey when are we going to do thing?' and I cannot answer them either. Glad we had to hurry up to get that stuff sent out for thing. D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I'm lost. Just what thing are we talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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