Commentary
Adventure updates and thoughts from beyond the story.
Introduction(s)
A confession: I severely underestimated the amount of time it would take to build four characters! Accordingly, the introductions will start, self-indulgently, with myself. I've loved fantasy and science fiction for probably 40 years. I think my indoctrination started with the Fighting Fantasy books; certainly I've got fond memories of very-definitely-never-cheating-and-turning-back-pages in the mid-1980s. I read Lord of the Rings at a very young age and as a teenager I inhaled the works of Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Raymond E…
So, What's This All About, Then?
The Conceit: This will be a solo play-through of the classic 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure, Tyranny of Dragons, using the Triple-O Player Character Emulator by Cezar Capacle. I will create four PCs to start the adventure, but rather than 'play' the game solo (since I've read the book and know what happens), I will use Triple-O to predict what…