I guess I got lucky this year landing two straight posts on holidays. But it works out. I keep trying to make more of the one-chapter saga of Imperial Captain Sarnova than there really is, so I’m not ready to tackle Rix’larril’an’s next installment. But I did spend the past week trying to understand some […]

When dealing with railroading DM’s, never waste skill points on the tracking skill. If it’s part of the plot, you’ll find it no matter what you roll. If it’s not part of the plot, then it doesn’t exist anyway. -Shamus, Wednesday Jan 17, 2007 I’ve dealt with a DM like that before. There’s nothing that […]

Don’t get too hung up on horses. While the rulebooks have all sorts of rules for movement speeds while on foot, encumbered, or riding, the truth is that all travel takes exactly as long as the DM wants it to. This brings to mind the wise old saying: “A player is never late, Dave. Nor […]

Logan, Kelly, and Michael all come back from their week long trip with much clearer heads. The drive from their house to the Grand Canyon clocked in at about sixty hours of driving total. Kelly and Michael took turns driving, with Logan subbing in as a backup, so luckily they didn’t waste time with hotels […]

Merry Christmas from Star Wars: The Old Republic; Rix’larril’an of the Ascendancy!

The saying is, “No honor among thieves”, but I think it applies just as well to the other character classes. I would not be shocked at all to find a paladin and a cleric arguing over which one of them gets to pry the gold fillings from the teeth of their recently slain companion, and […]

The next step to installing the laundry room is to put in tile. They’d both commented a hope to avoid the work and expense, but the idea of a unlucky laundry room flood including carpet has set them straight. They were both lying about not wanting to do it anyway. Kelly and Logan have been […]

This week I’ve gotten sick again and played Tears of the Kingdom. I’m liking the building so far and the weapon fussing is nice, but the old shrines and robots disappearing is kind of weird. There is probably some dialogue about it somewhere but I haven’t found it. I have a bad habit of not […]