The ancient, musty book opens, its pages yellowed with dust and the passage of time. The first words you see...
FIRST WITCH:
When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
I'm finally trying out some Adohand's and had an interesting idea: 5th-level characters, so that they're ready for heroics, a helluva lot of roleplaying, and a bit of Shakespeare...
So - Shakespeare's plays are famous stories, right? Well, what if you were characters in those stories?
Either taking the role of a specific character in a scene...or a made-up character that fits in with the plot...or offstage, in your own scene that's not described in the plays.
You're trying to make it to the end of the play...but your actions influence what happens next. If Romeo and Juliet don't fall in love because of a Cloudkill spell that ends them prematurely, or Macbeth is brutally murdered by his guard...well, bad things will happen.
I'm still drafting some more rules...and I'm not on DDB much, especially with tests and summer break coming up, so this won't be a quick-moving thread.
Wondering if someone would be interested?
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What about the fact that Romeo was 18 and Juliet was 12?
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I think Julius Caesar sounds like a great idea, though I don’t know if I’ll have time to participate. I love Roman history and it’s one of my favorite Shakespeare plays.
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I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
What about the fact that Romeo was 18 and Juliet was 12?
That's a nice argument, Senator. Care to back it up with a source?
Dang! Playing hardball, I see, sir (I'll defend my client here).
Nurse's line (page 35 of the Folger pdf, I believe):
"Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old..."
Plus, medieval times were strange...and personally, (I don't mean to offend), but Shakespeare's works were no less so...so the age disparity must have been normal and even entertaining for audiences. Heck, it makes sense - things get less weird as we get more developed technologically? And Poe still married his 13-year-old cousin what, 200 years later?
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What about the fact that Romeo was 18 and Juliet was 12?
That's a nice argument, Senator. Care to back it up with a source?
Dang! Playing hardball, I see, sir (I'll defend my client here).
Nurse's line (page 35 of the Folger pdf, I believe):
"Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old..."
Plus, medieval times were strange...and personally, (I don't mean to offend), but Shakespeare's works were no less so...so the age disparity must have been normal and even entertaining for audiences. Heck, it makes sense - things get less weird as we get more developed technologically? And Poe still married his 13-year-old cousin what, 200 years later?
The play says that Juliet was thirteen and that she would be fourteen in two weeks. And because Romeo was described as a “beardless youth,” a lot of scholars think he was around fifteen, which would make him only about a year and a half older than Juliet.
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I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
What about the fact that Romeo was 18 and Juliet was 12?
That's a nice argument, Senator. Care to back it up with a source?
Dang! Playing hardball, I see, sir (I'll defend my client here).
Nurse's line (page 35 of the Folger pdf, I believe):
"Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old..."
Plus, medieval times were strange...and personally, (I don't mean to offend), but Shakespeare's works were no less so...so the age disparity must have been normal and even entertaining for audiences. Heck, it makes sense - things get less weird as we get more developed technologically? And Poe still married his 13-year-old cousin what, 200 years later?
The play says that Juliet was thirteen and that she would be fourteen in two weeks. And because Romeo was described as a “beardless youth,” a lot of scholars think he was around fifteen, which would make him only about a year and a half older than Juliet.
What about the fact that Romeo was 18 and Juliet was 12?
That's a nice argument, Senator. Care to back it up with a source?
Dang! Playing hardball, I see, sir (I'll defend my client here).
Nurse's line (page 35 of the Folger pdf, I believe):
"Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old..."
Plus, medieval times were strange...and personally, (I don't mean to offend), but Shakespeare's works were no less so...so the age disparity must have been normal and even entertaining for audiences. Heck, it makes sense - things get less weird as we get more developed technologically? And Poe still married his 13-year-old cousin what, 200 years later?
The play says that Juliet was thirteen and that she would be fourteen in two weeks. And because Romeo was described as a “beardless youth,” a lot of scholars think he was around fifteen, which would make him only about a year and a half older than Juliet.
True, but I was beardless but longer than 15.
Yeah, but I think in the Renaissance in Italy it was customary to grow a beard when you were about sixteen.
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I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Is it now? I was unaware of that...was Shakespeare partly Italian though? I get the Renaissance was the distributor of trends before social media, but would Shakespeare know that?
(Honestly, I'm probably embarrassing myself here. Feel free not to respond.)
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Is it now? I was unaware of that...was Shakespeare partly Italian though? I get the Renaissance was the distributor of trends before social media, but would Shakespeare know that?
(Honestly, I'm probably embarrassing myself here. Feel free not to respond.)
No, he was probably not Italian (unless of course you believe the alternate theory that the plays were really written by an Italian lady, in which case she very much was). But I think (and this is just an I think — it’s based on my memory of an in class discussion about the play two years ago) that that was the custom in England as well, so Shakespeare’s audience would’ve known that.
Didnt he steal the play off an italian and translated it?
Like half of them. Even back then there was no such thing as an original idea
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"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
The ancient, musty book opens, its pages yellowed with dust and the passage of time. The first words you see...
FIRST WITCH:
When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
I'm finally trying out some Adohand's and had an interesting idea: 5th-level characters, so that they're ready for heroics, a helluva lot of roleplaying, and a bit of Shakespeare...
So - Shakespeare's plays are famous stories, right? Well, what if you were characters in those stories?
Either taking the role of a specific character in a scene...or a made-up character that fits in with the plot...or offstage, in your own scene that's not described in the plays.
You're trying to make it to the end of the play...but your actions influence what happens next. If Romeo and Juliet don't fall in love because of a Cloudkill spell that ends them prematurely, or Macbeth is brutally murdered by his guard...well, bad things will happen.
I'm still drafting some more rules...and I'm not on DDB much, especially with tests and summer break coming up, so this won't be a quick-moving thread.
Wondering if someone would be interested?
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What about the fact that Romeo was 18 and Juliet was 12?
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Great, now that you have clicked the spoiler, you know all about me! See you in the PbP thread. :)
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well we can edit some parts...
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I think Julius Caesar sounds like a great idea, though I don’t know if I’ll have time to participate. I love Roman history and it’s one of my favorite Shakespeare plays.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Awesome! Will think about it/work on it...
again I may not have the time to do this yet. Maybe just bookmark this and plan for it to start in late August when school starts up again.
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That's a nice argument, Senator. Care to back it up with a source?
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Dang! Playing hardball, I see, sir (I'll defend my client here).
Nurse's line (page 35 of the Folger pdf, I believe):
"Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old..."
Plus, medieval times were strange...and personally, (I don't mean to offend), but Shakespeare's works were no less so...so the age disparity must have been normal and even entertaining for audiences. Heck, it makes sense - things get less weird as we get more developed technologically? And Poe still married his 13-year-old cousin what, 200 years later?
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DM: Westeros - A Homebrew D&D Campaign, Liquid Swords - A Historical Wuxia Campaign
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The play says that Juliet was thirteen and that she would be fourteen in two weeks. And because Romeo was described as a “beardless youth,” a lot of scholars think he was around fifteen, which would make him only about a year and a half older than Juliet.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
True, but I was beardless but longer than 15.
Yeah, but I think in the Renaissance in Italy it was customary to grow a beard when you were about sixteen.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Is it now? I was unaware of that...was Shakespeare partly Italian though? I get the Renaissance was the distributor of trends before social media, but would Shakespeare know that?
(Honestly, I'm probably embarrassing myself here. Feel free not to respond.)
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No, he was probably not Italian (unless of course you believe the alternate theory that the plays were really written by an Italian lady, in which case she very much was). But I think (and this is just an I think — it’s based on my memory of an in class discussion about the play two years ago) that that was the custom in England as well, so Shakespeare’s audience would’ve known that.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Didnt he steal the play off an italian and translated it?
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Like half of them. Even back then there was no such thing as an original idea
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
Exactly...no such thing as copyright.
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DM: Westeros - A Homebrew D&D Campaign, Liquid Swords - A Historical Wuxia Campaign
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