McCoy Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? Thanks for the updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? The last book I was expecting arrived yesterday, so this Sunday I will be switching back to the mythic world of the Mayans temporarily (Saturday I'm having a movie party ). Once that's done I'll be back to the tales of the Greeks. It's been years since I really delved into classical mythology, so this feels like getting re-acquainted with an old friend I haven't seen in ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? What movie(s)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? What movie(s)? After several rounds of voting using SurveyMonkey, the party attendees chose a Science Fiction Film Festival featuring Galaxy Quest and Stargate. If folx have the endurance for a third movie, it will be Forbidden Planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? That's actually a pretty epic lineup. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? Time to head on to one of the big ones: Greek and Roman mythology. I've already got 10' date='000 words written on that chapter and it's nowhere near done. May end up rivaling or exceeding the American Indian Mythologies chapter before I'm done. [/quote'] I would be interested to see if the version of Typhon in this book looks much different from the one in Book Of Dragons. I haven't had an opportunity to use him as written -- my group doesn't yet play at a high enough level, in any genre, to stand a chance against him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? I would be interested to see if the version of Typhon in this book looks much different from the one in Book Of Dragons. Besides the conversion to 6E, I suspect that any changes that result will come from the fact that I'm taking a broader, more thorough look at the idea of divine beings and their adversaries in MH than I ever have before. So I may have to tweak Typhon, Fenris, Jormungandr, and other mythic creatures previously published to make them fit properly into the overall framework. (And as I've said before, that's one reason I don't like the idea of publishing individual chapters as I go; I want to have 'em all on hand to review, compare, and consistent-ize before I publish them, if ever I get to.) But at their core they'll certainly remain the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? I got my final book on Mayan mythology in the mail last week and finished the research and writing on that chapter just now, so that part of the book is done. Now I can focus on Greek and Roman without other mythological distractions. Word count to date: 150,000 (about 10% longer than the APG). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? Excellent. Here's hoping that we will all get to enjoy the fruits of your labors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? Here's an updated list of the mythologies I expect to include in MH. The ones marked with † have already been finished (aside from the usual minor clean-up and math stuff). The ones marked * may be moved to the Miscellaneous chapter, or combined with another chapter, if I don't think there's enough material to merit a full chapter after I do the research. African (covering all tribes and parts of the continent not covered in other chapters) American Indian† (split into six sub-chapters covering major cultural groups) Armenian† Assyro-Babylonian† Australian Aborigine Aztec† Canaanite* Celtic Chinese Demonology (medieval Christian demons; may also include some angels) Egyptian Estonian* Etruscan* Filipino* Finnish† Greek and Roman Hawaiian Hindu Hittite* Hungarian* Inca Japanese Lithuanian* Maori* Masai* Mayan† Mongolian/Turkic* Norse† Oceanic Persian Scythian* Slavic/Russian South American* (possibly combined with Inca) Sumerian† Voodoo Yoruban Miscellaneous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? *Runs to convenience store to buy another lottery ticket.* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhelliomRahl Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? *Runs to convenience store to buy another lottery ticket.* People always say what would you do if you won the lottery. I can think I one very important thing straight off. MH is really looking interesting, thanks for keeping us informed on your progress. Of course the post I am really looking forward to is where you annouce that its being published. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? That sounds like a HSB-sized book. I'd pay top dollar for a hardcover color version, and even a princely sum for a softcover b&w version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? That sounds like a HSB-sized book. At the very least. It'd be a big 'un. I'd pay top dollar for a hardcover color version, and even a princely sum for a softcover b&w version. When I dream, I dream of making it a full-color hardcover book. I have a lot of graphics and layout ideas, all of them probably unrealizable. But that's what dreaming's for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted December 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? For those of you who enjoy updates, I'm currently making good progress on the Greek And Roman Mythology chapter. I didn't feel like doing more research this past weekend, so I went ahead and got preliminary character sheets done for all of the gods (except one), some heroes, and a couple monsters. Lots of reading left to do to find all those little details that will make it a top-notch chapter, but the groundwork is definitely in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? Yet another update! I've just declared the chapter on Greek Mythology finished! I still have to do research on Mithras, but that's pretty much a separate thing I'll take care of later. The chapter clocked in at a bit over 42,000 words, by far the longest to date. Next up: Egyptian Mythology! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? I feel like Tantalus except with Mythic Hero dangling just out of my reach... Glad to hear the progress though, and keeping my fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? 200k words so far? That's at least 400 pages, based on the 6E layouts I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? mega -- I'm not sure how big it would be so far, since it depends in part on things like illustration density, font type and size, whether there are sidebars, etc. -- but it certainly won't be a small book, that's for sure. By comparison Champions 6E is about 185,000 words/300 printed pages, FH 6E is about 330,000 words/480 pages, Dark Champions is about 240,000 words/380 pages. I have a bunch of ideas for the layout and design of the book, but I'm not sure if they're good enough to pursue, whether I could pull them off myself or would need help, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? you could split it into 2 - western then eastern or something like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? you could split it into 2 - western then eastern or something like The suggestion of splitting it, for multiple reasons, has been brought up and rejected multiple times already in this very thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? What's the STR Min of the book going to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyber624 Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? STR 15 (and it will do 6d6 base damage if used as a weapon). At this rate you will need to rename it to "Encyclopedia Mythica" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierax Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? I'm still sad that enough people didn't man-up and support the Kickstarter for this amazing project Hopefully, one day we will taste the sweet fruits of Steve's long-loving labours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Re: MYTHIC HERO: What Do *You* Want To See? I would pay $200 for a color hardback with art (even public domain art if selected with discretion). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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