The Gaming Outpost

Oh–yes, we’ll increase the SAL of that prayer to 1@5 because it seems to be a new application of the principle.

–M. J. Young

Although I’m still working on the character sheet for Jeff (a bit of communication trouble over the translation of his martial arts into game mechanics), I have game posts from Michael and Kurt.

Michael is […]

“You’ve mistaken me for some kind of great saint. I’m just a sinner. I’m not the worst sinner in the forest, certainly, and I’m a far cry more holy than that sheriff, but I don’t stand in the same world as […]

When you attempt to split up the members of the rowdy group, they object that they expected to play on the same team. They argue that they’ll play with a smaller team against a larger one, if it can be them plus […]

That’s very informative, but I’m having difficulty parsing it into something helpful.

Let’s separate the two styles for the moment and work on the first. We’ll call it Jiujitsu, to avoid any […]

O.K., let’s talk about your martial arts.

You’ve had several classes in Jiu-jitsu, with some supplemental input, but I take it you would consider yourself a low-level amateur. I have a version of a martial […]

My brain is starting to shut down, as it does some nights particularly when it’s been a long day. Efforts to clear it are having limited impact; it might help to eat, but I think I’m expected to have dinner […]

I see a 1@7 persuasion and 2@1 an-mag, but no charisma score on your sheet. Care to advise me on that?

–M. J. Young

A few of the people waiting to play are from that group of rowdies, and it’s clear that they all consider themselves star athletes who somehow got overlooked by the pros.

–M. J. Young

“Oh, I’m sure you’ll have the chance. Everyone likes to feel as if what he does is interesting to someone else, and to talk about his work, and particularly if his audience understands something about what he […]

Excellent; I’ve got that together without any questions (which the others here will tell you is pretty rare).

You’ll find the next instruction post for the skills section here, I believe (if the link works […]

I just deleted a dozen Spambot posts, which is aggravating; but I think I’m ready to run games for Michael, Harry, James, and Kurt, and to start work on the character sheet of a new player.

I invented a game […]

What comes to you is that Tuck does not work miracles precisely because Tuck thinks that miracles are worked by people who are especially holy, by which he means sinless, and that God could not possibly work a […]

Sleeping bag it is. The air is muggy and warm, but you’re more comfortable protected from the bugs this way than you were out of it.

In the morning your sleeping bag is fairly damp, partly from your sweat, […]

While you’re doing the ham, she tosses together some honey-glazed yams and an apple crumb.

“We’ll have to sleep in the double bed downstairs tonight,” she says as she’s working. “The bedding looked […]

Agravball is something like volleyball. It is played in a chamber eighteen feet high, eighteen feet wide, and thirty-six feet long; there is something like a plexiglass divider across the width, which blocks both […]