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I'm generally not big on writing poetry, but I ended up writing something that I mostly like with the original On Poetic Tides, which I'm gladly presenting here https://archiveofourown.org/works/68048971
It's based on the final battle of one D&D campaign I've played, but with a different main character, and the story went somewhat more dramatically (arguably because none of the cards encouraged me to write "And then we hid it from this world/And have forgotten it for good")
The only thing I'm not very good at yet is handling the hearts (it's not always clear what the difference is between good, bad, and neutral cards, and sometimes it pops up with no context to work my way from), but I probably just need more practice

I'm also trying to use this framework (with some experimental alterations I'm yet to see being or not being a good idea) for a fanfic about a certain space pirate getting stuck on a hijacked cruise spaceship, but I'm not quite sure when to consider a card resolved. I'll certainly look up the next edition and maybe find a solution in some of the other hacks!

I used it to explore a backstory of my character, whose main deal is that she was killed and revived, and now is determined to avenge herself. I somehow managed to roll "future foe" (I didn't fudge, honest!), so I doubled down on all the revange plot. I guess being an edgy rogue is her destiny
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Overall, it was pretty fun, even considering that writing on paper hurt my fingers (ᵕ-ᴗ-)

We played it in the game store on the Renegades (a hack on Breathless) system with FitD-style flashbacks. I'm considering running it, probably on something similar or possibly on FTL Nomad

In our game, Hestia not so much as gave up but just was super unstable and tried to murder us before we managed to let her know that we came to save her (the GM mentioned that this twist was inspired by the "Lies of Locke Lamorra", but I don't know how). I probably like it more than the "your initial assumption was wrong and the fail was pre-determined" complications, but there's nothing wrong with these ideas, just personal preference

I'm not sure I'm comfortable trying it (maybe if our sex-positive militaristic English-speaking club will return and if I figure out how to play something like this online?) but for some reason, I really need to mention that, as I found out from the review, the rules don't involve eating glitters. You are just gonna make a mess with them and then eat at the same table, so you don't want anything potentially toxic or sharp.