River of Blood series continued? in Dungeon?

[endur]

Erik,

Any chance you might finish the River of Blood series of modules in Dungeon magazine?

Also, on the topic of writing adventure series... When you write an adventure like River of Blood with lots of clues (books, etc.), do you think of how each of those clues will be used in follow-on adventures when you write the first adventure, or do you just throw random clues in and figure out later how to use them in subsequent adventures?

[Erik Mona]

No chance, although the "octych" idea in "Maure Castle" (Dungeon #112) highlights the items that would have served as the backbone of that campaign arc.

"The Whispering Cairn" is a departure. I don't have any plans to write any more Dungeon adventures while I'm the editor-in-chief. Making sure that the Age of Worms launched the way I wanted it to was more important to me than defending myself against charges of self-nepotism, but now that it's launched, I'm back to being the editor.

--Erik

PS: At some point in the future, when I'm no longer on the staff, I will inundate Dungeon with adventure proposals, but that day is not today.

[Erik Mona]

As to the second question, a little from column A, a little from column B.

I prefer to plan things very tightly. I hope that becomes clear as the Age of Worms progresses.

--Erik

[Brent Stroh]

>> PS: At some point in the future, when I'm no
>> longer on the staff, I will inundate Dungeon
>> with adventure proposals, but that day is not
>> today.

Is this a policy change from the Chris Perkins days? :)

And it's not that his stuff was BAD; it just seemed weird that he wrote half the magazine.

[grodog]

Thanks for asking endur, the Absolute Power series has been on my mind again of late!

[Erik Mona]

Actually, the reason so many Chris Perkins adventures were printed during Chris Perkins's tenure is that the magazine had purchased about a half-dozen of them prior to hiring Chris as the editor. The subject was actually the topic of his first editorial (and a few thereafer), as I recall.

--Erik Mona