DocHoff 110 Posted December 12, 2024 My name is Ryan "Doc" Brody, member of a failed expedition team to a brand new world. They gave up, but I didn't. As we speak, I'm building a resort for the dying. That might sound morbid; this isn't a place to come to die, but to live. Perhaps you have a terminal illness, have a religious belief about the afterlife, but want one final, happy vacation with your family; we have a place for you! Perhaps you don't believe in the afterlife and don't want to die; we have residence here for you! I can't cure you; if you come here with stage four lung cancer, you leave with stage four lung cancer; you just don't have it while you're here. Illness doesn't exist here, pain does, but not the pain that you bring. You slam your finger in a door here, and it will suck. But broken bones do not exist here. And death? Death is a temporary thing. If you have too many margaritas and drown in the lagoon, you will feel the suckiness of drowning, but you will find yourself renewed at your place of residence. I can't reverse old age; if you come here older than Father Time's beard, you stay older than Father Time's beard. However, all of the pain associated with advanced age is gone here. Mental afflictions do not exist here. But, to be clear, whatever you left back on Earth will be waiting for you if you return. So, how much does a vacation in a magical wonderland cost? I wanted to give it to you free of cost, as it costs nothing for me to build here, nothing to live here. However, some folks don't trust a free vacation given out of kindness. But when you name a price, others get upset "do you know how much medical bills are?", etc. So, to try and make the most amount of folks as possible, we accept donations. So, what do you get? I wanted a resort nestled between two mountain ranges, like in this Sandals picture I found on the net. However, I only found one Mountain range and the ocean as far as I could see, so I'm making the resort, the beach, and the other mountain range myself. It doesn't look like much yet, but here's an aerial view: What you see here is a white sand beach, one residence, the mountain range, and a black fence to keep wildlife on their island. I will be offering guided tours of the island, once I build the resort. More info on amenities, reservations, etc to come.
DocHoff 110 Author Posted December 13, 2024 I might have to come back to this next year. I wanted a nice story; a story where families could have one last fun little vacation with dying family members. A chance for people to get everything they have to say off their chest; we don't always get such a chance in the real world. Nice as that might be, it's also BORING! Conflict, dilemma, and disasters are part of what makes stories fun. It's a chance to scoff at a character's choices, deep down knowing that we would have done the same thing. Or perhaps we could have actually made better choices. Or maybe we've just tricked ourselves into thinking that we know better than the character. I think most of us know Lord of the Rings. Most of you probably know it far better than myself; I never read the books and only watched the 2001 film. What if I took Sauron, Saruman, rings, and all the monsters out of the film? The movie would have just been Frodo and....dang....the other one....internet's running slow... Samwell, I think it was. Frodo and Samwell would have just gone skipping through the forest;eating stuff and stealing Gandalf's fireworks and junk. While that's cute for them, that's boring af for us to read. So, I have to take my resort and spice that sumbit up a notch.
DocHoff 110 Author Posted December 13, 2024 Whoops, Samwise, not Samwell. Samwell's the guy that made that one music video.
DocHoff 110 Author Posted December 13, 2024 Yeah, this one's on hold for a while. A friend and I were discussing what a female Inquisitor would look like. I always pictured a gal kind of like Mele-on Grayza from Farscape. While looking at female Inquisitors online (which mostly brought up Star Wars stuff), I found a little article about how our inquisitor sucks. His CAs suck, his buffs suck, blah blah blah. I remember always having fun with Inquisitors. So, I loaded up the game, got all the patches, EE, all that stuff. It's been a hot minute since I've played, so I wanted to ease my way back in with a Seraphim. I managed to get her killed before level 20, so I must be RUSTY! However, she did find Djalek's Annihilator, which I can't remember being in the game. So, I gave it to an Inquisitor. All I'm using is Frenetic Fervor, Ruthless Mutilation, and the Battle Demon buff. Dudes, I am just blowing through this game. Granted, ya gotta mind that he's a little squishy if you get him in a bind, but I've sailed through level 25 without any issues. But the main point: won't be writing anything anytime soon; got myself fully sucked back into Ancaria again.
DocHoff 110 Author Posted December 15, 2024 Alright, Vintage Story is too low risk for the types of stories I want to tell. I'll do more, just not in this game. I'm thinking more in the lines of Frostpunk.
DocHoff 110 Author Posted December 17, 2024 Wow, I didn't think Frostpunk would be this rough. Granted, I've only had the game for a day, but my best run's only been about 20 days before my town falls apart. This isn't a game where you can just sit back with a cup of coffee and contemplate the mysteries of life;gotta have your head on a swivel. I'm also contemplating The Thaumaturge.
