plot <\/a>thickens. Is Amaciel alive? Is he actually guilty, or being framed? Will Punishment bitch-slap Lust before Lust bitch-slaps Punishment? <\/p>\nOur memories are finally back (and how will that affect the previously low-affect Si\u00e2n?). We’ve done some good work reestablishing ties with other Nobles, even in the wronged Chancel. We’ve got a lead on Amaciel, and how he set … well, something <\/i>up. And we had some fine flashback sequences, too.<\/p>\n
Doyce mentioned last night that, given the number of high-Aspect characters, he probably needs to do some more Aspect-related stuff, e.g., combat. Then he looked at me and chuckled about how that would be coming, real soon now.<\/p>\n
I’m tempted to urge him to bring it on … but that would probably be a bad mistake …<\/p>\n
Doyce also made the comment, during the game, that the journals\/game log stuff didn’t need to be … well, competitive. As in, “Oh, X’s journal was so great, I can’t do anything that fine, so I won’t.” Or, “Oh, X’s journal was so great, so I have to wait until I can do at least as good a job, and that’s why I’m six games behind.”<\/p>\n
It was a worthwhile comment, since I know that some folks in the game suffer from the former, and I certainly suffer from the latter. The fact is (as I recall from my own GMing days), any <\/i>player journal, even a couple of badly spelled paragraphs, is better than nothing. It both helps the player remember what happened, and it shows the GM what’s going on in the player’s head (at the very least, what stood out in their memory and what didn’t).<\/p>\n
So … maybe I’ll work on my journal tonight. Perhaps in sonnet form …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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