In Which Ripplestitch Sets Themself a Goal

I developed a hankering to play a solo journalling RPG again but decided I was going to do it for NaNoWriMo because when I last did that I really enjoyed the community feeling of having writing sessions to drop in on and seeing people updating their word trackers and such. Then I realised that's months away still and since my hands need a break from knitting I decided today was the day, and have spent the day so far setting up a scrivener doc for it.

I'm planning to play a game called Apothecaria, in which you play as a novice witch sent to fill the role as healer for a village whose previous witch went missing. Using a deck of playing cards (or in my case some homebrewed tarot card rules someone provided on the author's discord server) you generate prompts to guide you through writing a journal following the witch's life diagnosing patients, foraging for reagents and foraging in various magical locales. It sounds adorable and very fun.

I've been reading through the instructions this afternoon, collecting the additons I need for using a tarot deck, making a pinterest board and spotify playlist for The Vibes (the most important part of any project, of course) and now I'm about to start building a witch character and then I guess I'll start the first week and see how far I get this evening!

It's the first bit of writing I'll have done for years so I'm going to try not to hold myself to any particular standard and just enjoy myself. If it goes well I might post some of it here!