If I begin the stories at the arbitrary present, does that remove the opportunity to tell the tales of earlier ages? Does it spoil the story if the reader knows the how the future turns out? Can I choreograph the actions and characters well enough that, even though the eventual resolution in general is known to the reader, that the reader will find entertainment and suspense in the specific details?
The current initiative is to bring to “life” some of the pantheon of Saavd. There will be other material as well; spells, prestige classes, monsters and whatever else we can think of.
If you enjoy any of the words that I put together for Saavd and for other projects (stay tuned!), it is only because I tread upon a foundation built by giants.
The gods of Saavd have been created by the world as much as they have defined the world. It is a symbiotic relationship that permeates the history of Saavd. The gods both create events that change the world and are changed themselves by those events.
I have always had a keen interest in mythology of all sorts and, in my opinion, the comic books and superheroes are a contemporary mythology. Mythology tried to explain things, to make sense of the world around us, and many of my own writings followed that desire. The world, and the people in it, don’t [...]