Reviving the Dead Horse

Actually I'm reasonably sure that made no sense, but whatever.

A couple of developments here, or actually a single development that has two parts. A bifurcated development as it were, or a developmental hydra. Anyhoo, I've decided that the Kroviy setting isn't a great one for a game. It's just too damned bleak. There's no real chance for the PCs to achieve anything of lasting import, and there's no particular chance for them to stay alive and honorable. Either they'd keep their integrity and die on a Quixotic quest to preserve the light from the rising tide of darkness, or they'd compromise their ideals and survive as something less. It's pretty grim.

On the other hand, it's an awesome setting for fiction, for precisely the reasons listed above. So, currently my intention is to write a short story set there and see if I can make it fly. If I can, I'll work on something longer and see what shakes out.

The second development to come out of that realization is that I need a new fantasy game world. I've decided to run a voice-over-internet/virtual tabletop game, and I'm coming up with a new setting for that. I'll blog here when I remember about development issues with that, and we'll see where it goes.