Re: Re: Stories & Storytelling

From: Benedict Adamson <badamson_at_...>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 13:56:38 +0100


Ian Cooper wrote:
...
> I recently ran a Canterbury Tales style journey with heroes and NPCs
> telling stories along the way.

...
> I wanted to convey two things. First I saw as an opportunity to
> present background that might be relevant to forthcoming episodes 'in
> game', and I wanted to emphasize the Heortlings as an oral,
> storytelling culture.

...

And you can use them as foreboding the future, as the scop does in Beowulf.

Something similar would be useful if there were a Kev the visionary character in the game. The Kevian (?) decides to tell a story, but what does it mean?

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