Exchange of Realities

I had an idea for what I was going to write tonight. Had been going to tie into that article I wrote the other day about familiars, using one of my favorite familiar NPCs. The key word here is had.

But something tonight happened that I just had to share. I’d been having a little trouble with the game; one player who was having motivation and participation issues, two I hadn’t talked to in a week, the conversations felt like a game of whack-a-mole, and I still wasn’t entirely ready. But it took off, and I managed to keep it going. One dropped plot hint. One incident that led off with a very silly little innuendo. One argument that involved the entire group and four NPCs. And then I discovered the secret to making everyone just plain light up at an Exalted game.

One elder Sidereal. One First Age DDR pad. A little bit of setup, and a nice piece of nifty background music.

And the session just… soared. That’s the only word I can use for it.