Starcrossed: A Ravenloft Comic Discussion
Hopefully that didn't fly over everyone's head. A bit of self-indulgence on my part.
The worst bit is I could have kept writing. Only RPG fans could get excited over creating a fictional currency system. (And ironically zone out whenever real world systems come up.)
However, you must never EVER institute such a system in your game, unless you want it to stop being about the tragedy of man in an amoral world and start it being about the price of Falkovnian grain next month.
The worst bit is I could have kept writing. Only RPG fans could get excited over creating a fictional currency system. (And ironically zone out whenever real world systems come up.)
However, you must never EVER institute such a system in your game, unless you want it to stop being about the tragedy of man in an amoral world and start it being about the price of Falkovnian grain next month.
"No, but evil is still being — Is having reason — Being reasonable! Mousie understands? Is always being reason. Is punishing world for not being... Like in head. Is always reason. World should be different, is reason."
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NeoTiamat
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But...but...but...Isabella wrote:However, you must never EVER institute such a system in your game, unless you want it to stop being about the tragedy of man in an amoral world and start it being about the price of Falkovnian grain next month.
*regretfully edits out Borcan-Barovian tariff rates from the Eye of Anubis: Book Twelve*
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IMC I assume similiar things about excchange rates and purity of metal coins, but it all stays in the background 90% of the time.
Delight is to him- a far, far upward, and inward delight- who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.
-from Moby Dick (Hermann Melville)
-from Moby Dick (Hermann Melville)
Cheek indeed.Nathan of the FoS wrote: The cheek of that man, though. Just "Azalin"? No "King Azalin"? No "Azalin Rex"? What, they were old school chums?
But Azalin doesn't mind, do you Azalin? It's not like Azalin ever bothers coming over to Dementlieu on state business, or that Azalin would possibly care some commoner in another country calls him just Azalin....
Azalin.
*hides from the Kargat*
"No, but evil is still being — Is having reason — Being reasonable! Mousie understands? Is always being reason. Is punishing world for not being... Like in head. Is always reason. World should be different, is reason."
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Rotipher of the FoS
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Heh. Maybe he's not sure either. 
Nice series of social faux pas by the wide-eyed country girl, BTW. What's not to love about someone who combines the deep conviction of a cleric with the sweet naivete of a novice ... not to mention the attention-span of a chipmunk on caffeine?
Nice series of social faux pas by the wide-eyed country girl, BTW. What's not to love about someone who combines the deep conviction of a cleric with the sweet naivete of a novice ... not to mention the attention-span of a chipmunk on caffeine?
"Who [u]cares[/u] what the Dark Powers are? They're [i]bastards![/i] That's all I need to know of them." -- Crow
And how. In the game I'm running at home, I just give out pieces of art, religious relics, and other stuff like that in place of cash. It feels a little more fun, and it minimizes the giant piles of gold I have to keep track of in case another one of my players tries to set up an insurance scam.However, you must never EVER institute such a system in your game, unless you want it to stop being about the tragedy of man in an amoral world and start it being about the price of Falkovnian grain next month.
Also, nice effects on the fire. Classy little touch with the wizard giving his cigarette a little re-heat from his own magic.
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*whistles*
That is one nice cathedral. And a very nice stained-glass window effect. Gives you a certain sense of grandeur.
That is one nice cathedral. And a very nice stained-glass window effect. Gives you a certain sense of grandeur.
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Hey, new house! Nice!
...And Fred is already standing on a street lamp. I find this vastly amusing.
...And Fred is already standing on a street lamp. I find this vastly amusing.
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