At work this past weekend I was able to hash out notes on several more topics that will appear in posts on here. The reorganizing and editing of the old posts is also happening apace, despite all that taking writing & design time to do. I figure getting it all organized and finally out of my head will free me up for more design and writing time before long, which would be a net gain for me. When my head gets cluttered, I lose productive time. (And as the triple bypass revealed that I’d been walking around essentially dead for some time, I want to get it all on paper before I do actually fall down.)
Among the things I pondered while working on the assembly line were wizard-locked doors, wards and seals, magical constructs, power crystals for constructs, and what would be driven by such. Also, various ways to involve tracking fatigue in play, some of which I’ve played around with prior and others I’ve not. Thoughts on some tutorial adventure materials with commentary on what players and GMs have to consider as play moves along. Notions about sages — hiring them and how they go about doing their research. A bit on lighting in dungeons that PCs don’t have to provide.
Topics still percolating in my head from before include: counterspell processes for casters and how those work in combat against enemy casters; fighters and performing stunts and exploits; how to possibly use my channeling dice mechanism as part of my Resolve system and what change in feel/flavor would come about (and whether it seems reasonable, at all).
And a good deal about topics for GMing materials. Things to consider for settings, guidance on developing dungeons/ruins/adventure sites. Thoughts on design theory. All. The. Things. And I write best and most productively after I’ve nailed the organization down for whatever I’m writing, so getting it all out of my head and into an outline of some sort is going to help finish it.