michaelbohun - 6/30/2005 8:17 AMOne humble opinion on storytellers is to try and keep stories and songs to a shorter length. Telling epic tales or singing for ten minutes without drawing breath will lose my attention. As a fighter, I prefer quick stories like:
michaelbohun - 6/30/2005 6:38 PMUnfortunately, when I come online to play it is generally time limited and working towards character progression so I have very limited time that I would be willing to expend on listening. In my real life weekend SCA activities I have spent many good hours around a fire listening to tales, songs and sipping a cold one. How about this... you talk while I am [active verb]...? Hewing off limbs while listening to your epic tale would work fine!
Nuzatch - 6/30/2005 5:22 AMThen again, what fun are tales if they're all true? Fact without fiction is just a boring history lesson. *Evil bard grin* Reminds me to get to work on my bard write-up...
michaelbohun - 6/30/2005 11:38 AMUnfortunately, when I come online to play it is generally time limited and working towards character progression so I have very limited time that I would be willing to expend on listening. In my real life weekend SCA activities I have spent many good hours around a fire listening to tales, songs and sipping a cold one. How about this... you talk while I am [active verb]...? Hewing off limbs while listening to your epic tale would work fine!