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theyellowhobbitTonight was Techiya song selection. While we were sitting around, I pulled out my laptop. I had copied and pasted the 2 chapters which have the quotes that I can use for my next paper. So AM was sitting next to me and asked what it was. And I said "Acts and Galatians." And then she was confused and I realized that she didn't know they were NT books. So I informed her of that. Apparently most Jews don't know the New Testament, which makes sense since I knew no NT until I got to divinity school. I forget these seemingly obvious things.
Also, one of the songs we voted on was Psalm 92. It got 6 votes. So the 6 was written next to it, and it became Psalm 926. "It's in the Apocrypha!" I said. I'm such a dork.
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In other news, in my quest to be a self-sufficient RPGer, I've decided to do a 1-player campaign with NM, using the Dogs in the Vineyard system, which is actually easy to understand and is not filled with lots of scary numbers, and things like armor classes and base attack bonuses and grapple, and giant spell lists and DCs and whatnot. It means it's something I have a chance of actually being able to GM. I still need to think of things like Plot, but the awesome thing about the system is that the players play a huge part in the storytelling. Also I like the way confrontation works, and how it's the same procedure for talking as it is for shooting people, except that when guns come in the stakes are higher, and more Bad Stuff can happen if you take too much fallout.
If dsKC agrees to it, I'm going to attempt a 1-shot session for him on Thursday. Of course, this also requires Plot. Maybe I can give him the same plot as NM, except with NM I'm actually asking her to think of what kind of setting she wants to be in, since I'm probably not using the Mormon Paladin West That Never Was setting that the game was originally designed for.
So we'll see whether or not I'm a good GM. It's a skill I'd like to have, so that if I end up in a place with people who are interested in playing RPGs but don't want to DM/GM, I could volunteer so that a campaign could actually happen.
Actually- question for the author/GM types: how do you build a good plot with interesting events for the characters to experience?
Also, one of the songs we voted on was Psalm 92. It got 6 votes. So the 6 was written next to it, and it became Psalm 926. "It's in the Apocrypha!" I said. I'm such a dork.
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In other news, in my quest to be a self-sufficient RPGer, I've decided to do a 1-player campaign with NM, using the Dogs in the Vineyard system, which is actually easy to understand and is not filled with lots of scary numbers, and things like armor classes and base attack bonuses and grapple, and giant spell lists and DCs and whatnot. It means it's something I have a chance of actually being able to GM. I still need to think of things like Plot, but the awesome thing about the system is that the players play a huge part in the storytelling. Also I like the way confrontation works, and how it's the same procedure for talking as it is for shooting people, except that when guns come in the stakes are higher, and more Bad Stuff can happen if you take too much fallout.
If dsKC agrees to it, I'm going to attempt a 1-shot session for him on Thursday. Of course, this also requires Plot. Maybe I can give him the same plot as NM, except with NM I'm actually asking her to think of what kind of setting she wants to be in, since I'm probably not using the Mormon Paladin West That Never Was setting that the game was originally designed for.
So we'll see whether or not I'm a good GM. It's a skill I'd like to have, so that if I end up in a place with people who are interested in playing RPGs but don't want to DM/GM, I could volunteer so that a campaign could actually happen.
Actually- question for the author/GM types: how do you build a good plot with interesting events for the characters to experience?
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Date: 2009-02-17 02:27 pm (UTC)Second, major hugs for all the endings and beginnings and transitions going on right now. I don't have much practical advice (my strategy appears to be "keep going to school until I can't any more"), but you do have my sympathy. Best of luck.
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Date: 2009-02-17 11:15 pm (UTC)And there's at least one post of yours that I had wanted to comment on and didn't get around to it. I should do that (now is the perfect time considering I have a paper due tomorrow...)
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Date: 2009-02-17 11:20 pm (UTC)Hah. The perfect time indeed! :-)