Adrius

joined 2 years ago
[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 1 points 8 hours ago

I finished Dawn Shard now and I enjoyed it more than Way of Kings but not enough to want to read more Stormlight Archives. I actually found the story to be a fairly self-contained story on a boat. I think already knowing a bit of spoilers about spren and void bringers was enough.

There were sometimes parts where characters would mention things like briefly being a king in the past, which I'm sure comes from another book but wasn't important for the plot of this book.

Overall I'm just not a Sanderson fan I think. I don't like his humour and I found I really didn't care about the characters in Way of Kings. The big problem is that his books are so long and it seems like not much happens until the end. I saw fans calling this an avalanche but I really couldn't stand it. No hate on others who like it but it's really not for me.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fair enough but I really didn't enjoy the first book and these books are huge. I'd rather be confused and get through it than buy and read two more massive tomes I likely won't enjoy.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 months ago

If I was a player in this game I would stop going. It punishes committed players to put them at the mercy of the uncommitted.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 months ago

I'll send you an update once it's done. My group rotates GMs and systems but within a few months I'll have them doing Gradient Descent.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm prepping a one-shot with Fangelsehala and a longer campaign with Mothership.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 months ago

They'd need to be able to boost our morale with the litanies of hate. I did play in the Deathwatch RPG though which has a Chaplain class.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wow yikes. You sound like fun at parties. Go find someone to care about.

For the record, I think there is a loneliness epidemic for both genders.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The worst part of this is the "This is part of the story"

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 29 points 2 months ago (9 children)

This is just a toxic gender wars meme. Go outside, touch some grass, meet someone nice and move on with life. Memes like this come from and perpetuate the loneliness epidemic.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds horrible tbh. A big part of the hobby is meeting new friends. This sounds like a good way to become socially isolated and depressed.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In my personal experience that's much more difficult

 

What is your favourite lvl 1 starting adventure?

I just ran "Nightmare over Ragged Hollow" by the Merry Mushmen with Moldvay Basic and it was a lot of fun. It's a good starting sandbox with 4 dungeons, a goal and you can easily slap in more content.

 

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I've read "The Way of Kings" and I really didn't enjoy it. Before I discovered that I didn't like it, I bought Dawnshard while it was on sale. I'm too cheap to not read a book I've bought so I am planning on reading it.

What lore or spoilers should I know to catch me up from tWoK to DS?

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