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Tired, thinking
Man, am I sleepy. Teri went to a sleep clinic last night to see if she had apnea (looks like she doesn't), so I took care of Sebastian on my own. He's still adjusting to the new big boy bed; unfortunately the lack of rails means that there's nothing to stop him from hopping out of bed and seeking me out, over and over and over.
I even heard, for the first time, that there was a "monster under the bed". I pointed out that his huge stuffed lion was next to and partly under the bed. We put it there in case he falls out in the middle of the night, although the carpet is thick and soft and the bed is not high. I also pointed out that he was surrounded by a particularly fierce group of bears, dinosaurs, and other animals, all of whom could easily scare any monster away - and, of course, I reminded him that there were no monsters except on television and in books.
None of that helped, so I ended up sleeping on the floor next to his bed for an hour until he finally fell asleep.
Then I went over to my computer to spend a few minutes on Battle.net with Diablo - or so I thought. I ran my new paladin, Macabee, in an open game again. This time some really decent people joined in, and we had a good time chatting while they explained things to me. I had so much fun that I didn't get to sleep until almost midnight! I may join their clan; if so, I'll doubtless write a bit about it here.
Oh, and I think I found a sort of work-around for my Diablo crashing problem. As I mentioned before, it seems to have a problem if my system was shut down normally the last time it was on. On a hunch, I removed and re-inserted the D2LOD disk, and when the install/play screen came up I hit Cancel. Then I started the game normally, and it was fine! I haven't had a chance to try that again, but if it works it's certainly superior to crashing my system in order to play.
I wrote to Blizzard support about that, incidentally, but haven't heard back from them yet.
Anyway, Sebastian woke me up at 5:30am, so I'm pretty tired.
I even heard, for the first time, that there was a "monster under the bed". I pointed out that his huge stuffed lion was next to and partly under the bed. We put it there in case he falls out in the middle of the night, although the carpet is thick and soft and the bed is not high. I also pointed out that he was surrounded by a particularly fierce group of bears, dinosaurs, and other animals, all of whom could easily scare any monster away - and, of course, I reminded him that there were no monsters except on television and in books.
None of that helped, so I ended up sleeping on the floor next to his bed for an hour until he finally fell asleep.
Then I went over to my computer to spend a few minutes on Battle.net with Diablo - or so I thought. I ran my new paladin, Macabee, in an open game again. This time some really decent people joined in, and we had a good time chatting while they explained things to me. I had so much fun that I didn't get to sleep until almost midnight! I may join their clan; if so, I'll doubtless write a bit about it here.
Oh, and I think I found a sort of work-around for my Diablo crashing problem. As I mentioned before, it seems to have a problem if my system was shut down normally the last time it was on. On a hunch, I removed and re-inserted the D2LOD disk, and when the install/play screen came up I hit Cancel. Then I started the game normally, and it was fine! I haven't had a chance to try that again, but if it works it's certainly superior to crashing my system in order to play.
I wrote to Blizzard support about that, incidentally, but haven't heard back from them yet.
Anyway, Sebastian woke me up at 5:30am, so I'm pretty tired.
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Very much unlike tabletop RPGs. :-)
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And also, let's face it: even though D&D 3.5 has more RQ elements than any previous version, it still sucks compared to the real thing. The system just isn't all that *logical*; it's a patchwork of rules, filled with fiats and unjustified limitations designed to block and short-circuit creativity.
I used to be well known for not being into computer RPGs, but that was when I was running one game and playing in one or two others. These days it's any port in a storm, you know?
You're lucky to have RuneQuest players near you! My only hope is that BRP is wildly successful and brings in lots of new players. Which unfortunately isn't all that likely. :(
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I grew up on D&D, AD&D1/2, and GURPS, with hefty bits of RQ thrown in.
That's why I've never understood why d20/D&D hasn't appealed to me - I was quite the AD&D guy back in the day. *shrug*
Anyway, I'm currently running an RQ3 game in a homebrew "fantasy" world, and playing in a Gloranthan RQ2 game. Good fun. Although we'll be stopping the RQ3 game in favor of a GURPS 4 game - essentially a rehash of my groups one, legendary campaign. You know, the campaign that everyone still talks and reminisces about years and years later.
It'll be the same premise (world ends, enter the service of extradimensional entity to survive), but completely different scenarios.
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Running a sequel campaign is always a little risky - how will it stand up compared to the first? - but the GM managed to pull it off that time, fortunately.
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There's only two players in our group (plus the GM of course) that played in the first iteration. The other three - while they've heard us rave about the game - know nothing about it.
I think it's going to be great - the GM has been working on it for months now.
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I'm slowly getting the urge to try playing it again (it's been nearly a year since I have). Of course that may just be boredom setting in from not roleplaying enough of the kinds of stuff I like.
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Let me know if you do decide to give it another try - maybe we can give it a go on battle.net!