WorldEmber 2022
WorldEmber Pledge
I pledge to complete WorldEmber and the articles and ideas listed here to the best of my abilities, but not by sacrificing time for my family and self-care during the holidays.My original plan this year was to go for 20k, but I decided to be realistic instead and be pleasantly surprised if I get to 20k. I've been excited for WorldEmber since Summer Camp wrapped up this year, and I was super disappointed when I was burned out from NaNo last year and barely wrote anything for WorldEmber. I'm going to do my best to reach my goals and get that shiny badge this year.
WorldEmber Pledge Certificate by World Anvil
Homework
Week 1: Goals
My goal this WorldEmber is to fill in as many stubs as possible both to develop Chardovil West more, but also to assist in reorganizing my codex to make navigating easier for campaign spectators and deep lore readers alike.Primary Focus: Campaign Development
My primary goal is to continue developing my campaign Ascension through Plot articles that tie the plot to handouts, worldbuilding, and deep lore. I also plan on reworking my Ascension Overview article to reflect changes to the plot.Secondary Focus: Chardovil West
As-needed, I also plan to develop the relevant articles and worldbuilding that stem from the campaign development. An example would be filling out the articles for Larulan, Caeda Yvrey, Red Raven Inn, and Ashijan after writing the Scene: Call to Adventure article.Tertiary Focus: Article Organization
If time allows, I will be updating my codex and tagging system to make navigation easier for everyone-- players, Dungeon Masters, and readers alike. As I develop articles, I will be tagging them accordingly, allowing for easier navigation for dungeon masters and players, but my goal is to gradually rework the Codex's categories based on those tags.Week 2: Mini-Meta
Scope
Themes
Inspiration
This WorldEmber, my primary focus will be on developing the adventures within Chardovil itself, as the primary campaigns (Ascension and Godslayer) serve as the primary purpose for developing Chardovil as a universe.
For WorldEmber, I will focus exclusively on the events of Ascension, spanning from early Chardovilian history through the First Wave of the Astral War.
For WorldEmber, I will focus exclusively on the events of Ascension, spanning from early Chardovilian history through the First Wave of the Astral War.
Ascension specifically straddles the line between hope and tragedy, with many victories bittersweet and few won without a high price. Many of the themes focus on identity, power, and control, and in the larger scope of the world, these themes bleed into the player's influence over the world-- influence and power that can have the best of intentions behind it, and still lead to suffering and tragedy.
While Ascension gameplay takes place within a Virtual Tabletop, I have several "themes" that play at different times during the campaign and help set the tone. Music by Travis Savoie is predominently featured in these themes, with tracks from all 3 volumes of the RPG Tool Kit (1, 2, 3), Vile Depths, Warmonger, Death Curse, and Winter's Wrath albums.
Week 3: Categories
Oh lordy, I was wondering when this would arrive. Naturally, I decided this week while I'm off work to buckle down and finally reorganize all those categories, articles, tags, etc. And it was.... a project.But! I finished! Tags need to be redone but those are primarily for me to use, however, so they aren't as high a priority for me right now.
How's your pace going so far? :D I hope you're managing to get some rest in too
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