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[thessalian]

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 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?

Comments

[dodgyhoodoo.livejournal.com]

Given that the rules of Certamen were created by mages with Prime 3 (so they could set up a Parma Magica without problems), fuck the rules of Certamen. We don't know a single mage capable of doing the damnable thing properly. Under these conditions, therefore, anything you (ie Skank) can do might have to be fair.

Besides, I like wyverns. Bastard. "How many wyverns can Mr Skank smile at enough (with Spirit attached) to turn them back against the other guy?"

Anyway, what's wrong with the vast store of wank material? Can't see a great deal of use for most of it (too many truly bizarro fetishes out there), but you only want the library book when some other fucker just borrowed it.

Just realised how hopelessly straight the last para sounded. I am indeed entering the arena of the old.

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

...You do realise that potions, i.e. ones that give Creature-Plonkers "the lurgy", require Prime 3? What do you mean, you know no one who can set up a Parma Magica without problems? In any case, like I said, knowing the rules is the first step to bending or breaking the damnable things. (Anyway, Molly would have read up and would know the formal way, whether she's capable of doing it or not.)

How does "I don't have a use for porn but you never know when you might want it so why not keep it around" translate into 'straight'?

[nightskywarlock.livejournal.com]

Do you know what you get if you put "Redhead" into Google Images?

Even with strict filtering on?

*not gonna try it*