The (new) World of Dorkness

I like this system/setting compared to the previous one. One of the best (in my opinion) changes is the removal of absolute truths from the mythologies in general. In previous books any mythology presented was treated as absolute truth, and therefore most players took it at face value. Now its presented as it should be, as an actual mythology, not belived by all, containing some symbolism, and even a contradiction or two.

The alternative mythos for each group (werewolf, vampire or whatever) don't even make a pretense of meshing together.

Another issue that was present in the previous WoD was balance between the different creatures/factions you could play. Werewoves ruled close combat utterly at lower xp levels, capable of obliterating entire parties of vampires alone, however once a vampire was around for a while the tables were turned, and don't even get me started on mages. Now, with the changes to mythology and mechanics, a cross over game would be fairly easy to run, since there are no 'built in' reason for any one creature/faction to leave the others alone, And while world spanning quasi societies exist for all the different beings the players can play, they are under no obligation to join any of them.

At leat thats my theory. I'll let you know more when I get around to actually running a cross over campaign.

Bored

I've been working on my project for college for most of today, and now I'm a little burned out, so I've decided to share one of my strange and wonderful pictures with you all.

On a side note I just remembered that I hate putting pictures up on this damn thing, user friendly it is not.

Apartment hunting

Its that time again. Shiv and me have been viewing apartments for the last few days. We have a few criteria beyond the usual roof walls doors and (intact) windows, and many places are meeting almost all of them. None have actually managed to jump that last final hurdle and meet all the requirements, which is weird considering most of them are pretty sensible. So far the worst offender is the lack of a dryer for clothes. In a flat. Seriously how would that work.

One place didn't have a balcony, dryer or hotpress!!! WTF!

We've also decided we hate tiny fridges, and shiv wants somewhere south facing so we have natural light for her plants. Strangely the south facing isn't that hard to come across. We'll be going for a two bedroom place since we have so much stuff, and might convert one of the rooms into a games room, or not, who knows. The two main contenders also have nice big tables for gaming nights, in huge open plan rooms.

We'll be moving in a few weeks. Requests for help may be made, or partys may be planed, so keep your weeksends free.