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thessalian) wrote2005-01-11 11:27 pm
thessalian) wrote2005-01-11 11:27 pm
I love my computer
Aaaaaaaaaargh.
Was going to have a nice quiet evening not doing very much. Instead spent the last hour or so of it researching Certamen. Because, God help me, someone's going to challenge someone to Certamen before the next session ends. ("I'm gravitating towards the conversation, 'cos they're yelling! They're mages, and they're yelling! It's gonna get pretty!")
Note to self (and anyone else who might be paying attention): Now added to my list of must-haves in the sourcebook department is The Book of Mirrors and The Book of Shadows. (On top of The Book of Madness ... and suddenly the act-titles from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aberranteyes' prose adapt of "The Lawndale Witch Project" make sense to me.) Those apparently contain the kinds of rules I'd need if I wanted to be really pedantic, though the sources I've read through Google tell me that the Certamen rules are sort of unplayable. The short-form write-ups make sense to me, at least. And now that I know the rules and have the foundations, I can go ahead and bend/break them how I like. Whee!
Anyway, as well as the Google stuff, much help was delivered to me by those belonging to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
the_ascension, particularly prettyarbitrary, who suggested a version of informal Certamen that dodgyhoodoo might like. How would you feel about "Who can blow up the most wyverns in ten minutes", Mr Skank?
Ah, the Internet. Vast store of information, conversation and wank material. How did I manage without you? Well, okay, the wank material I wouldn't even miss, except it would make Googling for pictures so much easier if it wasn't there. Do you know what you get if you put "Redhead" into Google Images?
Was going to have a nice quiet evening not doing very much. Instead spent the last hour or so of it researching Certamen. Because, God help me, someone's going to challenge someone to Certamen before the next session ends. ("I'm gravitating towards the conversation, 'cos they're yelling! They're mages, and they're yelling! It's gonna get pretty!")
Note to self (and anyone else who might be paying attention): Now added to my list of must-haves in the sourcebook department is The Book of Mirrors and The Book of Shadows. (On top of The Book of Madness ... and suddenly the act-titles from
aberranteyes' prose adapt of "The Lawndale Witch Project" make sense to me.) Those apparently contain the kinds of rules I'd need if I wanted to be really pedantic, though the sources I've read through Google tell me that the Certamen rules are sort of unplayable. The short-form write-ups make sense to me, at least. And now that I know the rules and have the foundations, I can go ahead and bend/break them how I like. Whee!Anyway, as well as the Google stuff, much help was delivered to me by those belonging to
the_ascension, particularly prettyarbitrary, who suggested a version of informal Certamen that dodgyhoodoo might like. How would you feel about "Who can blow up the most wyverns in ten minutes", Mr Skank?Ah, the Internet. Vast store of information, conversation and wank material. How did I manage without you? Well, okay, the wank material I wouldn't even miss, except it would make Googling for pictures so much easier if it wasn't there. Do you know what you get if you put "Redhead" into Google Images?