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BeardHare says:
I'm curious - the behaviour of the people in the Manor, of Gideon, felt like a young children's fairy tale. The ease with which we got the fragments. The over-the-top emotions.
A little meta commentary...
In real life, I run games of "Mausritter" and "Magical Kitties Save the Day!" for my young kids. A lot of the children's fairy tale vibes are coming out of that experience as well as the original design of this adventure. Personality/style are part of it too.
I know you said it's not a criticism, but I do want to say that I'm always eager to receive constructive criticism and feedback. I make a point to ask at the end of adventures or periodically in long ones. I have the most fun when you all are having fun. My one critique of pbp is that I can't see your faces to gauge how things are going, so it's harder to make meaningful changes as we play.
BeardHare says:
What I'm curious about is whether this would also feel odd, for similar reasons, to our PCs in game? Or is that all fairly consistent with how people interact in this world?
Everything about this place is meant to feel odd to both the players and characters. The island they are on, Shivers, is regarded with an air of mystery. Story tellers in this world often use it as the location for their most scary stories.
How the characters feel is entirely up to you all. I try to match the world with your PCs reactions. I think they would most likely find it all strange, but they are young adventurers. They might have a hard time discerning whether it seems odd because they don't know any better or if it truly is strange.
That said, with the reputation that Shivers Island has, setting up a hotel or deciding to vacation there would seem like odd choices. Most people would probably not want to stay in a hotel with a vampire, but again most people wouldn't personally know one.
soises says:
Do we know anything about skeletons? Holy water? True faith? Garlic?! ;)
They must have some knowledge since they used the term necromouser correctly! :) - Maybe they've even heard a rumor that evil animated skeletons have a 1 in 12 chance of reanimating if they are destroyed...
