Arref gives us some goodness with some new revelations about the place of Shroudlings and the Mirrorverse in his (ever evolving) game. Time for me to reciprocate...
The scary thing is...I've done nothing in SB with either of them.
Weird, huh? With the Dream World, Omphalos, alternate universes, Lessimans, bestial chaosians, and even a helping of the Pit/Abyss, I've done nothing with the Mirrorverse or with the Shroudlings. The closest I've come to it was a suggestion from a player that a Shroudling might make an interesting devotee/ally. Said player's character, however, soon found other diversions.
But the Mirrorverse and Shroudlings? Um, nope.
I guess that I've had too many of my own ideas, or other ideas on my burners to really introduce any such elements into SB. Undershadow is similar in that respect--no PC has really had any reason to go poking at it, and so it hasn't developed like, say, in Arref's games. There are some hints of mirror-magic in my game, but it is rather limited at present.
This is not to say that I've avoided doing anything with the realm of Mirrors. In the second iteration of Wizard in the Attic, one of the PCs, Alice, was strongly allied to Mirrors. A lot of the action revolved around the mirror-realm, as presented in that game, and it was a lot of fun. No Shroudlings were encountered, however.
Now, if the two charter members of the Strange Bedfellows Waiting List (you two know who you are, I hope and think) perhaps wanted to think along these sorts of lines for PC strings, plots and ideas...I would certainly be open and receptive. No rush, of course. I don't intend to add new players until some unfinished business is taken care of and the ripples subside thereof.
Posted by Jvstin at August 21, 2003 9:19 AMThere are tricky permutations to be settled between dreams, mirrors, Trump, and otherrealms. A lot of all this is visual/perceptive and trying to understand if and how they are all different is no easy thing.
And it does provide you with an unexplored area--as you say.
Posted by: Arref at August 21, 2003 9:30 AMHmmm ....
Posted by: Ginger at August 21, 2003 12:30 PM