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[the_rck]

I’m looking for someone who’s willing to act as a sounding board while I’m planning the Amber diceless scenario I’m going to run at the local game convention in November. I need to make some plot decisions before I go forward, but I’ve been feeling mentally paralyzed over it.

I don’t think I need someone who knows the game system so much as I need someone who knows Zelazny’s novels and who has experience with GMing short games. I’ve tried talking to Scott, but he just kind of looks at me blankly.

Anybody willing?

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[lunabee34]

I would help you if any of those things were true of me. *hugs*

[the_rck]

::hugs back:: Thanks anyway!

[lemon_badgeress]

Not ignoring you, just useless

[the_rck]

::hugs::

I miss talking to you.

How is life treating you?

[havocthecat]

Which novels? I tend to run right alongside the rest of the fandom in preferring the first five novels, but I think you tend to prefer the latter five instead, which I don't know as well.

[the_rck]

It's not that I like the second set better. I very much prefer the Corwin books as a reader. The Merlin books are fundamentally broken in ways that make me itch to try to fix them, so I'm more likely to write fic for them, but as a reader, they frustrate me horribly. Merlin is about the least interesting character in them. The main way that I deal with Merlin is by assuming that, when he talks to Corwin (or to anyone else from Amber), he lies through his teeth pretty constantly.

This scenario won't rely much on anything in the second series but will be set afterward. Part of what I need to work out is which bits of those books are true for this. Mainly, I need extra time because I need Random and Vialle to have three kids who have already walked the Pattern.

The scenario is going to revolve around there having been multiple attempts to assassinate Martin. The PCs will all have reasons to want to figure out what's going on. Some of them may be more concerned with putting blame on some other faction than their own than they are with keeping Martin alive.

But I can't decide who's actually behind it all, and that decision will necessarily shape everything else. There are so many possibilities that I just look at the list blankly.

[tamoline]

If you're still looking for someone, I can take a look.

[the_rck]

That would be wonderful!

Would you prefer pm, email, Gdocs, or some form of chat?

I'm still in the making notes stage. I have a general shape but can't seem to make the decisions I have to make.

[tamoline]

Given I live in the UK, email and/or Gdocs would be best. I have a gmail account that is also Tamoline.

I wouldn't try and pin it down too much, especially in Amber. Depending on the scenario, have a start, have an understanding of what elements of the setting the PCs are likely to interact with, and preferably have some ideas about how you can control the pace. (Mainly how you can quickly bring things to a head if the PCs have farted around a lot, but some ideas about how you can extend things if they're dashing towards the resolution a bit too quickly is also good.)