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Who Is Ellen - 37 - HD
🕑 Added 2022-09-22 03:00:02 +0000 UTCSoon-to-be Game Time!
Commentary
Rich: "Ah yes, I see. Nanase, the true expert, is concerned about Ellen's improvisational skills. Mm-hm. Yes. I have correctly assessed her skill level."
Canceled bird approach
My original plan was for Ellen to just totally wing it, but I like this building block approach more. I find it more believable, and it explains where she's quickly getting stats for enemies and items with this being the only explanation necessary.
Granted, I don't know how many readers would care about this, but I care. There being a quick and easy explanation is me pandering to me.
Worth Noting
Ellen's experience as a game master is exclusively running games for Tedd and Sarah, so...
They're the cats.
Comments
Dragon Quest 3 or 4 in 2024
But, what about herding "Jeremys?" Or whatever Tedd's cat +3 was named?
Some Ed
Herding some cats is definitely easier than herding some players. I cannot speak universally, as I've not dealt with every cat nor every player. It probably helps that I'm more than 10 times more massive than every cat I've tried to herd, and they've all been domesticated. Also I have catnip and cat toys tied to strings tied to poles. I wouldn't want to try to herd either without having some training on how to go about it.
Some Ed
Have you run any adventures "strictly based on" a published thing? I've seen a few attempts, I've been a part of a couple, none of them went well. I wouldn't put it past Rich to have tried this as part of how he found GMing so hard. I mean, we've already seen plenty of reason for him to have had a hard time, but there's no reason he couldn't have made things even harder for himself.
John Trauger
Herding cats might evn be easier than herding players. At least without railroading.
James C
Correction: your character became immortal, with a 1-week respawn timer.
Graeme Lewis
...yeah, that particular plot point is so believable it hurts. Not only the "I'm gonna use this for inspiration but we're gonna be loosely based on it" bit but the "Hey, the core book has an adventure in the back" bit (which a LOT of games do)
wargrunt42
A friend of mine designed an RPG where you role play as house cats that live in a boarding house. My cat, Patches, accidently traveled back in time and became his own grandfather. He also successfully thwarted the evil league of squirrels insidious plan to assassinate the grand elder cat when she was kitten! Unfortunately the time travel was a one way ticket, so I died of old age a week before I was born.
Narzain
Like herding cats made of jello. Which I would not put past Tedd and/or Grace...
Conrad Wong
Meow! Meow meow MEOW meow.
Dan Merget
After reading the commentary, I want to see Ellen DM'ing for Tedd and Sarah, who are 4-legged cats randomly swatting dice and knocking over miniatures.
Carl Fink
I have run many adventures "loosely based on" a published thing.
Thisguy
In my experience, that’s how most modules work. DMs follow them roughly because there is no way to predict what players will do.
