The early inspirations aren’t terribly praise-worthy. As for respect, you’re usually being reviled by either your players (even as they ask when the next session is going to be, sometimes with veiled threats) or the community at large in high school, college, or in the working world, and your dating pool slowly and surely shrinks to the radius of a Lilliputian dime. “Respect” and “dungeonmaster” are two words I never thought I’d see in the same sentence in any publication, so your question has fulfilled one of my lifetime goals. What other early experiences do you think shaped you as a writer and guided you to the path you’re on now? The story of your rise from humble teenage dungeonmaster to one of the most respected writers in the history of video games has become something of industry lore. Series: The Tales of Gorlen Vizenfirthe.
