Roundtable Discussion: Fantaseum Journal, Issue 2

[Raelifin]

That's great! I always am glad to see new members jumping right in and contributing. :)

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Thanks for offering Ivar!  Either of those topics would make for great seafaring articles.  If you haven't picked a favorite yet, the "Encounters and Adventures on the High Seas" jumped out at me - I could imagine a few different scenarios being described with different villains (or even non-villains - who says an encounter has to end in bloodshed?) in different oceanic locales.

[Atlantis]

with Encounters and Adventures on te high see, why dont you do an encounter with undead that are manning aa ship and being controlled by an evil necromancer (that would probably be a good adventure hook where it leads to the base for a cabal of evil pirating necromancers of course). But if that sounds good, i wont be writing it.  [blockquote Poseidon]*GULP* Mmmmmmmeeee? Article(s)? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I read, me not write. Me write poorly. Me no no good enlgish.......[/blockquote] as is me. i not write. bad at writing well for stuff like that.

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Okay, so far for this upcoming issue, we seem to have a few good potentials here:

Ivar: Either "Encounters and Adventures on the High Seas" or "Fantasy Naval Warfare Tactics"

KeshFerrar: "Uncommon Evil of the SEA"

Salacious Angel: (to quote) "It'll be something on the Abyssian Faerie, a shamed (or perhaps betrayed) fey caste that was thrown to the crushing deeps where no Sidhe magic can be worked. Stripped or their glamours, their forms reveal the true grotesquery at the heart of every fey" as well as (possibly), "Oceanic Rituals"

Possibly something from Poseidon?

Guys, this is an excellent start to a SeaFaring issue of the Guide.  I believe we could make a great issue with this, but if anyone else wants to get on the action, now's the time!

[Poseptune]

Possibly something from Poseidon?

When is the deadline? If it is anytime soon, then I won't have anything. Every time I try to wright something my mind goes blank.

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Well, our deadlines in the past have been pretty arbitrary.  I think the best course - and I'll let Raelifin come in here and tell me I'm wrong if I am - would be to not apply a deadline until we get a few articles in, which is what we basically did last issue.  Otherwise, come XX/XX/2007, we will have only 2 articles, and neither of them will deal with the theme.  So right now, we'll just say we're shooting for a late October release, with a relatively mid-October deadline.

[Ivar]

I couldn't decide which topic I wanted to write on, so I'm going to combine them!

I'm going to do an "Encounters and Adventures on the High Sea" article, and within the article describe various naval tactics that a group in one of the encounters use!

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Excellent Ivar!  Can't wait to see the result.

[Stargate525]

I guess I don't have an excuse anymore, so expect part 5(?) of Border Patrol.

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Woot!  

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Any news on articles guys?  I've got contact with an artist for the cover, as well as a couple potential artists for interior art, and we'd like to make art based on articles.

[Raelifin]

Don't forget Ish, that we're featuring contest winners next issue. There are some great scenes we could use some art for in those alone.

[Ishmayl-Retired]

OH, great point Rael.  I'm going to reread the City of Twilight Splendor and go over a few good scenes with you.  

[Raelifin]

Uhg, speaking of which, I'm having a very hard time writing anything for that. LC may just win by default... :(

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Well, I'm relatively sure Ivar is going to submit, I hope some others do too :(

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