Week 6 Reading, Mahabharata Part B

The story I focused on for potential storytelling exercise this week was the Burning of the Forest as told by John Mandeville Macfie.  I liked this story because the opening, with the feasts, drinking, and games, presented a celebratory down time not really seen in any of the stories thus far.  This offers an opportunity to explore a new side of writing where it can focus on storytelling and fun rather than just war.  Also, the idea of a god consuming so much he weakened himself and needs the help of heroes to fix his situation is humorous, and something to work with for the Mythological DM portfolio.  This quest, and the way the characters agree to help, provided they get divine weapons, is the perfect opportunity to show some peacetime D&D situations.  Plus, the battle with Indra at the end of the story maintains the combat presence, providing an epic conclusion to the relatively short adventure. 
Indra, King of Storms, from Pinterest

Bibliography:
The Mahahbarata, A Summary, John Mandeville Macfie, Source

Comments

  1. GeoffFebruary 25, 2018 at 9:32 PM

    Hey again John-Paul. The forest burning caught my eye as well. It has so much potential that I couldn’t just skim by it. The Mahabharata left out so many details for this that it almost feels wrong. And I hadn’t really thought about the feasting scene too much yet, but it really does give a different view of Indian culture than the other stories we have come across.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Introduction to a UAS Pilot and Aerospace Engineer

Hello all, I am John-Paul Burke, a Aerospace Engineering Graduate student at the University of Oklahoma and Research Assistant for Dr. Andrea L'Afflitto at the University of Oklahoma's Advanced Dynamics Laboratory.  My hobbies and work overlap, with most of my current projects being the design, testing, coding, and flying of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) also known as drones.  Personally, I own 3 different UAS models, and enjoy flying them whenever possible.  As an FAA licensed UAS pilot, the ability to fly and allow others to experience the joy of piloting is amazing, because seeing the excitement on others faces when they fly (and crash) a UAS for the first time is infectious.  Below are several of my videos taken of or by my drones, with an apology in advance for the quality of the one taken by the drone, due to the UAS being a restoration project and so the camera is not quite up to full quality yet.  Restored Parrot Drone First Flight Test, personal v...
Read more

Week 10 Story: Into the Arena

Image
"Arjuna! Arjuna! Arjuna!" the chants from the crowd resounding throughout the arena.  Arjuna smiled slightly, then loosed another flurry of arrows, dropping all the targets released.  During each shot, the only thing he remembered was his trainer Drona's advice, "See only the head, not the body."  Eager to show even greater prowess, he hopped on his horse and galloped throughout the arena, hitting target after target without fail, prompting even more cheers from the crowd.  Finally, the time came for the greatest exhibition, and an iron boar was loosed into the arena.  To any witness, the next five arrows that Arjuna released were faster than the wind itself, and all hit the boar straight in the mouth, as if they were but a single arrow.  The boar dropped dead, and the arena rang with the mightiest cheers anyone present had ever heard. Arena, from  pinterest As Arjuna reveled in his glory, not all were pleased for the great prince.  Duryodh...
Read more