Much as I would love to read the Age of Worms novel (curse-curse) that is never gonna' happen.
However Rise of the Runelords written by one of the game's authors or a series where everyone gets a book? Heck a series of short stories would be awesome. I would love to see original Paizo fiction. That would be studly.
Much as I would love to read the Age of Worms novel (curse-curse) that is never gonna' happen.
However Rise of the Runelords written by one of the game's authors or a series where everyone gets a book? Heck a series of short stories would be awesome. I would love to see original Paizo fiction. That would be studly.
Actually, I did start an Age of Worms novel/manuscript at one point last year, but when our tabletop group disintegrated around this time last year, I stopped writing after the first 4 or 5 chapters. Perhaps if there is an interest shown here, I may once again strike up my quill (read: keyboard) and polish and publish the Adventures of the Heroes of Diamond Lake. What say you?
Next contest? Is this something you guys have thought about?
I was really thinking about something produced more in-house. I mean, a contest could be fun, but the guys really have contests coming out of their ears it seems like. It also seems like a harrowing prospect to put a first novel of a series in the hands of a first time author.
Then again an authory contest might be fun anyway, just as a fun thing to do on the site--y'know like the art contests that get put up every once in a while. Everyone submits a short little chunk of fiction and maybe someone wins, maybe everyone just shares. At the very least everyone comes out a better writer, y'know?
I'm dyin' to do a graphic novel of Eando Kline's exploits. The latest, particularly with
the naga and the bloatmage
got my brain all excited. When I start doodling
statues of Lamashtu from Hook Mountain Massacre
in my work meeting notes, it's a good tell that the source and background material for Pathfinder is that compelling.
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However Rise of the Runelords written by one of the game's authors or a series where everyone gets a book? Heck a series of short stories would be awesome. I would love to see original Paizo fiction. That would be studly.
I'd buy that with no remorse, despite the screaming comming from my wallet as I say it
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Quite honestly... I don't think novelizations of the APs are a good idea.
I remember the novelizations of the classic Greyhawk adventures that were done a few years ago (Temple of Elemental Evil, White Plume Mountain, Keep on the Borderlands, etc.), and I remember being underwhelmed and unimpressed with the lot of them. Aside from spoiling most of the adventures for me (when I picked them up the first time, I didn't know that they were actual adventures), they also made the adventures seem, well, boring. I wouldn't have known that the books didn't do the adventures justice if I hadn't played ToEE before.
I have no objections to Paul Kidd's works (White Plume Mountain, Queen of the Demonweb Pitts (or whatever), and Descent to the somethingoranother); Paul Kidd definitely had the better stories and characters, and made the books interesting.
Also, I have a problem with publishing novelizations, as each group has their own way of completing the APs. If an "official" method that was used to go through the AP was put out, quite a few gamers who played or ran through the AP would be put out and their pride pricked.
... In any case, I support Pathfinder novels, but I'd rather see it done in the way that other novels are done: apart from, or even parallel to, the campaingsmodules and paths.
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I totally agree with Sect - fiction and adventures should be quite separate. The fiction should be (a) a rollicking good read and (b) illustrate the setting. I don't want, or need, write-ups of adventures.
Unless they are unofficial and freely-distributed; some of the campaign journals are quite good and fun.
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True, but they are what they are - I wouldn't pay money for one. I'd be much more interested in original stories which are written as such rather than a run through an adventure I already own. About the only time they really got away with that was with the first Dragonlance trilogy. And I never read the adventures.
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I suspect that if we get to do Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting fiction they will all be original stories not driven by the plot of adventures. Nobody wants to hear the dice rolling when they read a novel.
And no, don't expect, dream, or hope that fiction will be open to unsolicited submissions unless we become as successful with it as WotC is with theirs.
I totally agree with Sect - fiction and adventures should be quite separate. The fiction should be (a) a rollicking good read and (b) illustrate the setting. I don't want, or need, write-ups of adventures.
Funny. Okay now totally reverse this entire argument and this is how I feel about modules. Modules that serve to illustrate the setting or provide historical events surrounding a game of mine are fine--but I would certainly never want to run or play in one. I would love a novelization of the AP at some point in the future to have a sense of what "really" happened with the signature adventurers we keep seeing pictures of and hearing about. We know they were the guys there doing everything and I would be much more interested to see them go through the module than I would be regugitating it to my players to see what they do.
Likewise the games I run are precisely these kinds of stories that go on in the empty spaces around the module, using it as a bit of backstory going on, but with the characters performing great deeds totally unrelated to the main plot--and maybe meeting with a signature badguy (or goodguy) along the way. I think I might borrow this model to explain how I run games. My games are like the original novels that follow in the wake of the events of modules. That's really not a bad analogy at all.
I suspect that if we get to do Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting fiction they will all be original stories not driven by the plot of adventures. Nobody wants to hear the dice rolling when they read a novel.
And no, don't expect, dream, or hope that fiction will be open to unsolicited submissions unless we become as successful with it as WotC is with theirs.
Maybe Paizo could license the rights for novelization to WOTC for... say... five years or so. O:)
I like the idea, but an open call would be kind of scary (unless I won of course :). The open call for the Red Raven adventure was described as 'lots of great short stories submissions' so perhaps there is room for short stories compilations/contest if not a novelization? *wink wink nudge nudge*
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Maybe Paizo could license the rights for novelization to WOTC for... say... five years or so. O:)
lol, that would be sweet! ;D
The open call for the Red Raven adventure was described as 'lots of great short stories submissions' so perhaps there is room for short stories compilations/contest if not a novelization? *wink wink nudge nudge*
I think I have the most (only?) experience working as an editor on a fiction journal, so I can say with the weight of experience and authority that if we were to do something like this (and I would love to be put in charge of it) we'll need another editor. At least another one.
Maybe Paizo could license the rights for novelization to WOTC for... say... five years or so. O:)lol, that would be sweet! ;D
The open call for the Red Raven adventure was described as 'lots of great short stories submissions' so perhaps there is room for short stories compilations/contest if not a novelization? *wink wink nudge nudge*I think I have the most (only?) experience working as an editor on a fiction journal, so I can say with the weight of experience and authority that if we were to do something like this (and I would love to be put in charge of it) we'll need another editor. At least another one.
Are you asking for volunteers? 'Cause I can be an ediotr. Well, i can spell ediotr anyway O:) and capitalize personal pronouns. What I mean to say is I read Eats, Shoots, and Leaves after all. O:)
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Unless they are unofficial and freely-distributed; some of the campaign journals are quite good and fun.It's a tad wordy but you can read our group's STAP exploits Here . . . I've been told it's readable.
The spelling and grammar is a bit questionable at times though . . . and don't even get me started on the typos! hmmmm, on second though don't read my campaign journal, it needs some serious editing, and is probably a tad preachy . . . and it contains some strong anti-bullfrog remarks.
... You're well aware of the fact that I read your journal, Guy.