My first try at "
creating something that 30 people like" (I had upgraded the minimum goal for suggested by Sly Flourish in his musings on
"How to 'Make It' in the D&D and RPG Industry" 3 people to 30 people) was not exactly flying off the shelves (around 14 copies of
Bent Goblin's Compagnion to Dragonlance: Scales of War have been sold at time of writing). But then a witty post (which, try as I might, I cannot find anymore) here on EN World about the OGL debacle together with some much-needed encouragement via
Mastering Dungeons inspired me to have another try at publishing something.
The post was about "Keys from the Golden Vault" (before the book was published and when the OGL controversy was still raging) and it went something like this:
Wouldn't it be awkward, if one of the heists in "Key from the Golden Vault" was about surreptitiously replacing a contract with a different document?
THAT is the adventure I am writing, and I am making good progress, I think. I started writing almost exactly two months ago and have managed over 20000 words so far:
The first part of the adventure will play in the City of Pentée:
Already from afar, the City of Pentée beckons travellers and ships alike with the silhouette of the five high-rising towers that circle the residence of the city's ruling family Vatseer van der Kust. It is a prosperous city, with well-off burghers and well-fed farmers. Trade is brisk, and visitors to Pentée have a tendency to stay there: the city has long spilled over its walls, with more and more buildings beging built just outside the city's defenses.
The adventure will give the characters the opportunity to play a leading role in setting Pentée free.
I have started a
Developer's Diary (I fear it will be another two months or so before everything is finished, tested , proofread, etc.), if you are interested to see how things are developing, please drop by!
Oh, and because nothing is better for procrastenating when there is actual writing to do than playing around with cover design: there already is a tentative cover for the adventure: