Happy Easter!

When I was growing up, Easter meant one thing: chocolates around the house, hidden in small nests made of shredded newspaper.  These chocolates were often times pieces of Smarties or M&Ms, which both my sister and I gobbled up as fast as we could find them.  Sure there was talk of crucifixion and resurrection, but coloured eggs, bunnies and chocolate were really all that was on our minds.

It didn’t really help that we were living in south-west Germany at the time.  We were located but stone’s throw from the birthplace of the Easter Bunny and a short drive north of the international land of chocolate (aka Switzerland).  Oh the abundance of dark, milk, and white chocolate we saw while visiting the famous chocolate factories in the region.  Chocolate was available in any form one could imagine (bunnies, eggs, nutcrackers, etc…), and I’ve no doubt my parents looked at this day with scared anticipation when thinking of the chocolate-powered monsters us children would no doubt become by the end of the day.

But I digress from the original purpose of my post…

What I really wanted to chat about today was the site and what’s going on with it.  Things havn’t moved much recently, and that’s mostly because I’ve been travelling a lot (thankfully only to warm sunny places).  Nonetheless, I do have some Flash Imaginations and netZooms waiting in the queue, so expect those to start showing up again shortly.  I’m also working on a new article series that would be published every other week just like netZoom.  I’m still working on it a bit, so expect more news on that in the coming weeks…!

Equanimity is coming along nicely, though my travels have slowed that down a bit as well.  I’m hoping to start publishing posts sometime in the next few months, (it’s looking like late-May right now).

With regards to the Tweet I posted last week, we (Alisttair, Ingram and I) are working together to set up a new site to which DnD content will be pushed.  The site is still in its infancy stages at the moment, though I expect it to be ready to go live within the next few weeks.

We’ll be moving over all DnD content, which means that, after while, the same content will be removed from Folaji.  I do, however, expect to keep everything on the site until the move is complete, so there’s no need to panic.  There’ll be plenty of advance warning as to when the posts will be taken down from here, and if all goes to plan, it should all coincide with change of layout on this side (if that doesn’t make it apparent enough, I don’t know what would )

In the meantime, the new site needs a name, and possibly a subtitle.  Any ideas?

Contest Results

As some of you were aware, there was a contest going on Folaji.com for the past two weeks (if you’re not sure what contest, read about it here).  The contest officially came to a close last night at 11h59 pm, and I’d first like to start by thanking everyone who participated.  The winner, along with the prize, will be announced on none other than Folaji.com’s second birthday, and since the purpose of the contest was for you to guess what this date was, I won’t mention just yet, so as to keep it a surprise.

Rest assured that there is a winner, so keep an eye on the site to find out if you’ve won!

Netheril Updates

Chronicles of Netheril Adventurers have been busy lately, questing in and around Loudwater.  As such, we have two new updates for the D&D adventure:

• A new Weekly Update dated July 17th and prepared by Ingram, which you can read here
• An update to the Chronicles of Netheril NPC page (with new NPC pictures)

Also of note, I’m preparing a tool that will allow updates to the Chronicle of Netheril’s NPC and Quest pages to be much faster.  The tool is still being built, so I can not say much about it just yet, but rest assured more will be divulged as development of the tool approaches completion.

New Short Story

As final news for today, I’m happy to announce that within the coming few weeks, a new short story will be posted on the site.  I’m trying something different with this story, in that I want to have finished writing it before it is published.  So far this has allowed for easier story writing and planning, and will also allow for the story’s five parts to be posted at regular intervals (which is looking like its going to be once per week).

So keep an eye out for this new story, which at current estimates, should be ready sometime in early August!

And that’s all I have to say for today.  Again, thanks to everyone who participated in the contest, and expect some interesting updates in the future.  In the meantime, I have a handful of new Flash Imaginations ready to hit the site, so expect those to show up shortly.

See you then!

EDIT: As everyone knows now, the “Special” DnD session yesterday wasn’t a DnD session at all, but a ploy to get Ingram to show up to his surprise birthday party!  I’m glad everyone was able to show up, and hope you all had fun!

Our next real DnD session will be Sunday next week.  See you all then!

I would invite everyone, however, to take some time to speak to either Alisttair or Ingram to review the background mods offered by the newly published Player’s Handbook 2.  If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, see the forum conversation about Character Backgrounds and the Player’s Handbook 2.

In the meantime, enjoy…