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The enchanted wood portal by besttravelphotos

Choose your trial

On June 17, 2018March 9, 2020 By Kat RedfernIn AnalysisLeave a comment

Quick and late one this weeks as my brain is fried. What would you choose from the following options? I think I'd choose Exploration. Domain would be the Genie's Palace, the Forest Shrine or the Pirate Ship.  Genie's Palace probably coming out on top by a whisker. I'd go with the gifts of Command, Flawed …

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Snail with its shell photoshopped to look like a house

Suspend your disbelief

On May 29, 2018 By Kat RedfernIn Analysis1 Comment

Have you ever been completely jarred out of a story by something so wrong, you just can't accept it in that story's context? You have to sit back, process and then try to put the pieces back together to go on. I've just been reading the second book in a series, romantic fantasy, set in …

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Tarot Cards in character spread layout

Character building moment

On May 9, 2018 By Kat RedfernIn StoryLeave a comment

I found this image of a tarot card spread on Pinterest t'other day, to create a character, and thought it might be a bit of fun to try. Here's what I got from my cards... Now I'm wondering if it should be done with the major arcana only, thank goodness this deck is fully illustrated! …

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Storyteller card showing an elf brute

Story Game – Elf Brute

On March 21, 2018November 24, 2019 By Kat RedfernIn Random Fiction, Story1 Comment

Andre trudged down the road, absent-mindedly dodging a psychotic-looking chicken. He gave himself a mental slap, he was a BRUTE, he should have booted the chicken halfway to the castle rather than avoiding it. He was very careful about his brute image, plenty of scars and clothing designed to intimidate, his weapon, an urgrosh, was …

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