I’m 92% of the way through Outlaws of the Marsh. This part is loosely based on actual history, Song Jiang was one of the commanders sent to fight Fang La’s rebellion.

I can tell I’m getting close to the end. Some of the Chieftains have died. Being a Heavenly Spirit or an Earthly Fiend only means they make it to the oath in chapter 72, each has a destiny awaiting them.

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Sometimes Outlaws of the Marsh feels long and a bit repetitive, certain patterns repeat. But then you come across a unique section that’s incredible.

Chapter 56, Shi Qian the Flea on a Drum’s theft of Xu Ning’s ancestral armor is fantastic and really should be a scene in a movie or anime.

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Are there any Forged in the Dark games that have contributed open content? I love that the core SRD is CC-BY, but are there any hacks that have opened their additions to further hacking?

I’m seriously thinking about making Blades in the Marsh, but I’m curious what else I can build from in a licensed way.

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Is it weird that reading Outlaws of the Marsh makes me want to run a Pendragon campaign? Or something like it. Having the adventurers collect heroes for the round table is pretty similar.

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TIL there’s a queer genderbent retelling of Outlaws of the Marsh. The Water Outlaws by S L Huang. Looks fun, I’ll probably read it next.

Finished volume 1 of Water Margin.

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“Song Jiang was a chivalrous man whose main interest was skill with weapons. Sex had only a moderate appeal.”

“In the lamplight Song Jiang noted with pleasure what a fine figure of a man Wu Song was”

Okay, I know it’s a translation and medieval Chinese culture is something I have no understanding of at all, but I know homosexual subtext when I see it.

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Finished Suikoden with all 108 stars of destiny. Probably over leveled for the final fight, I was at max money by the end.

The evil empire was defeated, and a new republic is born.

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