[OOC] Lucky Tongue Tavern

Well Hi there! Didn't see you come in.

My names' Barkeep, and well, I'm a barkeep. This is my Tavern! The Ole' Lucky Tongue. I named it so 'cuz this here land got cursed by a witch some time back and from then on just speaking in this place makes your other posts lucky.

Oh, your posts! How do I know about those you ask, well, ya see, this here place is a sacred space for all those who want to write something but their threads haven't moved, they aren't thrilled about finding another game to join, they don't want to start a new game, or hell, they just want to sit an' bitch for a while.

This isn't a chat or a discord or whatever the fart else that's already on the home page; this is just a free place to have a drink, practice your writing, and allow others to view it, talk about it, give you input, or criticize it if you want. Are you proud of something you wrote in your game and want to show it off? Post it here. Want to write a poem about the weather, well I'll read it. Want a free Writing Prompt and submit a short story just for some of the pros here to review and give feedback (if they want to)? Well that's what this Tavern was built for!!

I'm installing a dart board game in the Character Section that will give ya' a random writing prompt, but it won't be up until next week, it's a big dart board you see and hard to set up. Until then don't let my tavern go outta business before I get the lights up and music playing. Say something, anything, and others will see it and say somethin' back. It's a hard feeling seeing nothing happen in your game after 3 or 4 or 8 days, especially if you're invested into some epic story. So this tavern is for you folks, stretch your fingers, take a load off, and tell ole' barkeep the story your dying to tell, I'll be here a while.

[Maglar]

Here be the first OOC post. My name is Maglar. That's been my name since I was a boy. I hope you guys enjoy my tavern. For now this is only in the free play section but if you think it'll do better in the casual or advanced let me know and I'll open a tavern there too.

Don't forget to play darts, I got it set up in the CHAR tab. There's room for improvement but this is a start.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Click the word "THROW" it'll take you to our roll dice screen.
2. Roll a 1d6, the result of the role appears below
3. There is a link that leads back to the dart board
4. open the hider that matches the number of the roll
5. Click the words to open the link to the writing prompt
6. If you like your prompt, copy it into the IC section and write your story. In the OOC others will comment and discuss what they liked or did not like.

Thanks for coming by!!

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MODS = My hope is to one day earn the right to be stickied!

[Th3King0fChaos]

Hello! I found this place and I thought I would take a nice rest here, seems homely enough.



Also sorry for the Sad story. I got the prompt and I never tried my hand at a sad story. I hope I didn't go over board with it.

[Maglar]

@Th3King0fChaos

Color me impressed, that is a sad story and a quality read. I especially liked this part:

"As I spent around a year working under this label, I was excited. I was doing great work and I was doing what I loved, yet it felt strange between me and my boss. He always seemed to be looking through me, always punching a hole into my head with his never-ending gaze. His eyes always transfixed on something behind me, I never knew until now what it was."

Good job, and thanks for stopping by the tavern.

BTW, tell about the dart board, how did it not work? I got a mechanic coming by and ill let them know so they can fix the darn thing.

[Th3King0fChaos]

Color me impressed, that is a sad story and a quality read. I especially liked this part:

"As I spent around a year working under this label, I was excited. I was doing great work and I was doing what I loved, yet it felt strange between me and my boss. He always seemed to be looking through me, always punching a hole into my head with his never-ending gaze. His eyes always transfixed on something behind me, I never knew until now what it was."

Ah thanks, that really makes me blush.

BTW, tell about the dart board, how did it not work? I got a mechanic coming by and ill let them know so they can fix the darn thing.

Well, the roller didn't even let me try to roll. So I just used my own dice to roll.

@Maglar

[ThetaGirl]

Love, Love, LOVE this idea! I don't have anything to post yet, but this is pretty awesome! I think I will stay here awhile, order a pint of ale, and figure out how to work that dang dart board game :D

[PPQ Purple]

Stupid question. What do I do to roll dice for this?

[Maglar]

It's in the character tab, the instructions are there, let me know if they are clear

[BizarreLolli]

Intrigued but cant figure out the dart game lol Im special

[Maglar]

The phrase in the hiders with the numbers are links. So just pick a number, click the link, and it'll take you to a webpage.

[PPQ Purple]

It's in the character tab, the instructions are there, let me know if they are clear

@Maglar

The instructions are:
Roll a 1d6, whatever the role click the link under the hider for a secret writing prompt.

How do I roll 1d6? Do I get a physical dice or something or is there some mechanism built into the site?

[Maglar]

@PPQ Purple@BizarreLolli@ThetaGirl

The word "THROW" is a link to the die rolling mechanism built into the Guild website. Once the link takes you to the next page, there's a spot under "New Roll" that says "Roll:" with a text box next to it. Input "1d6" into the text box and hit the "ROLL" button, that'll roll your die.

After your roll you can follow the link back to the tavern that I put in the description on the dice rolling screen.

Of course this is all just a flashy way to get a random writing prompt. You can click the links hidden under the numbers as you will, the Tavern bouncer won't say anything.

[PPQ Purple]

@Maglar
Er... I looked at that page several times now and there is no "New Roll" anywhere. It's just a list of previous rolls.

[Maglar]

@ZAVAZggg

That was beautiful to read, thank you.

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@ZAVAZggg

That was beautiful to read, thank you.

@Maglar

It could always be better. I personally dislike it.

[Maglar]

@ZAVAZggg

The concept is really good. Exploring immortality and it's relationship to mortality is a sunderland to play in for a writer. Some of the writing could be improved, but the presentation of theme and the way it progressed made it good, I wanted to read more of it when I was done. I liked how you only picked 3 personalities to meet on the next life, and I like the way you showcased Amaranth as a desire for continued enlightenment.

There's a lot of good stuff in that little bit of writing, you should feel good about it imo.

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@ZAVAZggg

The concept is really good. Exploring immortality and it's relationship to mortality is a sunderland to play in for a writer. Some of the writing could be improved, but the presentation of theme and the way it progressed made it good, I wanted to read more of it when I was done. I liked how you only picked 3 personalities to meet on the next life, and I like the way you showcased Amaranth as a desire for continued enlightenment.

There's a lot of good stuff in that little bit of writing, you should feel good about it imo.

@Maglar

I should clarify that again, it was based upon a CYOA, so these concepts are not necessarily mine wholly. Hell, even the maker of the CYOA took inspiration from Michael Kirkbride, the lore writer for Morrowind.

I suppose I'm simply following after that. But in a much more comprehensible way, especially if you've ever read what Kirkbride's written.