My sister's made a new Legion post over on Blogger.

Here's one for the books.  I had a dream I was in the Hellraiser universe.  I've never even seen one of the movies.  >.<

It started with me trying to explain who Pinhead was to mom for some reason, and involved, next, one of the puzzle boxes.  Apparently, someone was tested in Hell, and somehow passed, and was able to escape using one of the ( Read more... )

Well, I've started up running a Star Wars SAGA game. We've got a mixed lot, really - a Falleen ambassador for the Republic (reptilian humanoid), a Kushiban scoundrel (a small, bunnylike creature), a Human gunslinger, a Shashay singer (a bird-like race), and among the NPCs hanging out with the group, we have an Aeternian martial artist (looks human ( Read more... )

“An in-character action will have in-character consequences”.  A simple rule, but how often is it used in a game, and to what degree?  Essentially, what it means is that when a character performs an action, there will be consequences related to this action, and the player should accept that such consequences are part and parcel of the game.  On the ( Read more... )

Had a bit of a talk yesterday with Cat, regarding the role of pulp heroes.  This was in part by my annoyance that they want to give a 'dark, tragic' past to Doc Savage.  See, Doc was a paragon in the pulp era, the 'perfect man'.  But, for some reason, Hollywood is deciding he has to have an abusive father who 'drove' him to be this way.

Part of the ( Read more... )

A group of adventurers head to the local brothel.  After paying for a room they go up the stairs and open the door.  The room's smaller than they might have hoped, but what shocks them more is that there's a naked woman already in the room, with an orc!  The orc spots the PCs, and quickly covers up the woman's nakedness ( Read more... )

I just read today they arrested someone who may have tried sending a poisoned letter to the President and a number of other political officials.  According to his letter, he felt he was doing the right thing - well, of course he did, or he would not have attempted it.  But it has me thinking about a number of things.  Specifically, perception and ( Read more... )

So, I've been informed I've not posted here often.  Well, certainly that's true.  See, I moved my computer down to the living room, and it is now the house computer, and the computer upstairs to replace it is as slow as molasses in the middle of a Canadian winter.  Not really conducive to me doing much on it.  This means posting here is problematic ( Read more... )

Samantha and my brother Mark decided to make a post about my officially joining the Shinto faith, and their thoughts on it and on death.  If you're interested in reading about it, it's been posted here.

So, had one of those elaborate dreams last night, before I woke up. I dreamt of a small community, set in the late 1800s in the west. It was a pleasant looking town, but they had suffered a tragedy - a barn had burned down, and a number of people had been trapped inside, burning to death with the barn ( Read more... )