Chris

Gaaah.

When I play games like Nethack or ADOM, or Pool of Radiance, or whatever, I skew towards strong characters.  I don't have the patience to learn the finesse and craftiness needed for playing a wizard or rogue or whatever.  I want me some mighty thews, dammitall.

So why, why, did I think it'd be totally brilliant to play a wizard in this Dresden Files game I'm in?  I'm running right into my lack of knowledge based on lack of research, and it both shows and frustrates.  (Though Josh assures me that I'm more frustrated with me than anyone else, so that's okay.)  It seriously took me three tries to understand "shifts", for example.

So, this week, among other things, I'll be studying thaumaturgy and the DF-RPG game system, with Josh around to assist.  (He reads gaming books like I read tech manuals, so he's well-suited to helping me get this.)

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Two Dresden Files questions.  Possibly I'm just missing something obvious.

( And go. Requires knowledge of, and gives spoilers for, books 1 through 6. 1/3/6, in particular. )

Misky things.

- I really dig Dresden Files the TV show.  The lead actor, omg.  There are things to nitpick, but I find that it's easy to just go "Hey, this ain't the book", and enjoy it.  But... uh... an RPG?

- I have a tendency to rock back and forth sometimes.

- Hooray, we might be gaming with some folk this weekend!  Eee!  Lunch Money and Cosmic Encounters and Fluxx and Robo Rally deeheehee.

- This is a good post.  I mean, it's a good goddamn post.

- I've been doing this breathing exercise thing, because I can do it without props or huge preparation or anything.  Automated process taking forever?  Breathe, breathe, breathe.  It's... weirdly useful.  Now I want to get some little wrist-weights and keep them in my bag for arm-strengthening exercises.  I wonder what other things I could be doing that're that (or close to that) seamless?

- My hair is long enough to where I can french braid it.

- Goddamn, emotions are stupid.  I say again: goddamn, emotions are stupid.  I do not know how emotions-oriented people deal with them all the time.  I have no idea how I feel right now.

- B now has me hooked on "Burn Notice".  I recommend it.  Now I have this, "Dresden Files", and "Heroes".  Dammit.

- Gosh, this all looks so cheery, doesn't it?