Insider 10-23-2014
Scenario Synopsis
The editor-in-chief brainstorms the outline for the next part of the Immortality adventure (part 5 of 6) with the RPG manager. With a strong sense of what the final chapter will include, both men know how this penultimate part needs to go. But there are challenges…
As the discussion begins, read or paraphrase the following:
Papers are scattered across the conference table—outlines, drafts, long-term plans for issue #60, the tenth anniversary issue of No Quarter.
The RPG manager reaches for a back issue of the magazine with a previous installment of Immortality in it. “What about Iokav?” he asks, but at that moment, the editor-in-chief slides a list across the table. THE list. The one you’ve been looking for. The list of what RPG players can expect from next issue.
NQ Master Note
If the readers have played through “Undeath Metal” (No Quarter #53) and “Act of Murder” (No Quarter #54), they already know who Iokav is and this is a clue for what is on the horizon in the last part of the adventure. For readers who aren’t playing the RPG, wait until you see what Rob Hawkins does in issue #57’s “Modeling & Painting” with Eiryss and what Stuart Spengler does in “Terrain Building” with farrow.
The editor-in-chief has information relevant to the magazine as a whole, but the RPG manager is focused primarily on RPG material with an emphasis on the ongoing Immortality adventure. The conversation encompasses a number of different topics; it is difficult for the average reader to sort out the primary significant points of discussion without help. Any reader who makes a successful Animal Handling roll learns all the information up to the result of the roll. (Yes, Animal Handling; have you ever met the editor-in-chief or the RPG manager?)
Animal Handling
| Roll Result | Information Learned |
|---|---|
| 12 | The art description for the new “Scoundrels & Sell-Swords” includes the words “ogrun archaeologist.” |
| 13 | The RPG manager is only mildly interested in the internal codename for the upcoming Battle Report (“Beauty and the Beast Handlers”). Instead, he inquires about the status of the Orgoth article and the “Career Counseling” piece on the Protectorate. |
| 14 | The editor-in-chief and the RPG manager both agree that Abrosim, the primary villain of the RPG adventure, would survive the horrible injury inflicted upon him by his former mentor. |
Aftermath
Readers who make a successful Calendar (Gregorian) check realize No Quarter #57 won’t be out until the third week of November, so this is a pretty advanced preview of some of its contents.
