An emotional rollar coaster, but even when death is on the line (or especially when death is on the line) you need to figure out who your real friends are, if you have any to begin with, and most importantly… who can you trust?

I always told my students they needed to have an outline before they wrote anything, well now I think I need an outline after writing all this in order to figure out the next steps. Here’s what we’ve got so far…

Left you on a bit of a cliffhanger there, but now its time to see what happened to Isadora…

The world is so often black and white to us, it’s little wonder that we have difficulties seeing the shades of Grey.

Within the mundane modern world, magic is usually difficult to find. That’s why its important that we find our own sources of magic.

After a bit of tension between the two newer coterie members is set to cool, Grey finds himself reflecting on death with Isadora, trying to navigate how he views life through the eyes of another.

The stories converge! Such an exciting moment and one that will mean more as the stories move forward.

Made a slight scheduling error, but better late than never! Lets take a look behind the scenes at how DMing shifted story structure, and how it helps create moments and characters that progress the story for the players rather than just my own desires as a writer.

The coterie is on a mission from the Baroness to meet with a visiting coterie from the north. Who will they be meeting, and what urgent news needs a personal escort in these modern nights?

For the longest time I saw the world in Black and White, and only recently have I been able to start seeing in shades of Grey. Through him I’m even able to start seeing both why and how these polarizing viewpoints developed in myself.

Faith and religion have powerful effects on the world of Replaced, but how does it affect the characters of the world when it comes from many different places?

The Coterie is complete, and tensions rise as they are sent to make their new haven a home. As they claim their individual territories, each will need to stake a claim in something even more important: their positions within the new dynamic.

If everyone on the team got along immediately then we would be lacking the key part of any story: conflict. But more importantly, as reflections of myself, there needs to be that inner conflict that I’m working on. Well, here she is, people, one of my greatest inner conflicts made manifest.

While exploring Grey and how my personal view of the world affects the direction of the vampire story, I wanted to take some time to look at myself and how my view of the world affects the story for Displaced. Why my players face the kinds of villains that they do, why the story progresses the way it does, and I think I’ve learned a bit more about my friends just from writing this.

You know what they say: pay close attention to the kinds of people you surround yourself with. It says a lot about you.

A three person coterie is incomplete, what’s really needed here is a little… tension. Get ready to welcome our fourth and final member of the coterie today!

The introduction of Isadora was the first step in setting up the coterie for this particular story, however she’s more than she appears to be, and not just in the world of fiction. Grey represents both who I want to be and fear to become. Isadora is a key to both.

Magic items are the backbone of all TTRPGs, regardless of genre (see the Clarke quote within), but what can be done about a world that doesn’t have access to the magical items of the fictional world?

Pack hunters tend to be more successful than those that hunt alone. If Grey wants his secret mission from Baronness Natalia Sharpe to be successful, it is time to build the coterie.

Did this one a little differently. Normally I’ll read the chapter, edit it, then sit down and reflect on it after. This week, I sat and wrote my reflection in chunks as I read. This one feels a bit more all over the place, but I think goes a lot deeper. Let me know what you think.

I wanted to take a moment and reflect on a particular character who does a lot of heavy lifing in the story. His role was meant to be small, but grew into something far more than I ever expected it to.