Then you would expect there to be some factions, as part of that in-depth look at Elves, for instance. And so, you have to kinda have to penny pinch, where you can generally-especially if you’re going to any group in depth, right? Like your character is a human visiting the Elves, and is gonna spend lots of time learning about Elven culture. It’s more like you have a total complexity budget for any story. And it’s not that it’s never okay to make your story more complex. You don’t usually have more than one significant character per faction, just because you don’t need more than one. You know, if you want to get really, really clever.Ĭhris: Yeah. And if you are getting into depth, you might have multiple characters within a faction who each represent sub-factions. Usually, you will have at least one character who represents a faction. Oren: Well, you will usually end up doing that. And making real-life people representative of those factions is helpful to establish them and their aims. But if you’re just reading a story, you can’t just name-drop a faction and expect anybody to know anything. The name alone is enough if you’ve played that game. And it’s okay to expos ( exposition) a little bit on things, but the idea for this podcast came up because I mentioned, in my D&D campaign, the Zhentarim showed up, and for people who like to play D&D and the Forgotten Realms, there’s factions, and there’s the Zhentarim and the Harpers, popular ones. Oof!Ĭhris: Well, I think we probably would find a fair number of similarities between characters and how you need to represent a faction, just because the big challenge with factions is not adding too much complexity to the story. I thought we were talking about factions, not dark stories. But I mean, really, if there’s anything we’ve learned about the real world and Citizens United, it’s that corporations are people, and so, factions can be people, too. Expand the world, advance the plot, you know? Treat a faction as a character. Add some realism to your story, and maybe provide some conflict. And on their own, they’re just kind of window dressing and boring, but I wanted to talk about how, with a little development, they can actually be interesting. But anyway, yes, today we’re talking about factions. A pun symbol?Ĭhris: Clearly, I should get some fancy, swishy robes, and the tallest hat, based on Wes’s description. Oren: Do we get cool uniforms? Can I get a little symbol for my faction? All in the name of advancing the cause of the punsters. And, as you all may have long suspected, Oren is a member of the shadow faction, with incredibly subversive goals. Wes: I stand for the right and honorable copyediting factions, splicing no commas and introducing no errors. Chris, our fearless leader, stands firm as the Mythcreant herself, Lord of Podcast, Master of Story, and Ruler of Blog, long may she reign. Wes: Now, Oren, Chris, and I might all be doing this podcast together, but little did you know, that each of us is the secretive head of our own factions within the podcast itself? Yes, it’s true.
Wes: You’re listening to the Mythcreant podcast. You’re listening to the Mythcreant podcast with your hosts: Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, and Chris Winkle Generously transcribed by Space Pineapple.
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