20d Roll of Memory
I had an email from the past last night.
The person had done a google search on my name and found me through my EC profile/event listings on the MYPC site. It was kinda odd to realize that I'm googleable. I had at one point a long time ago done the 'google search' thing on my name and everyone else that I knew. At that point in time - there was zilch on me. Apparently now I'm a SUPERSTAR (please make the appropriate sound when reading that).
This person was an old friend/gaming buddy. He was not my first DM - but arguably one of the best. I actually had to be 'recommended' by at-least two of the current members to be considered when an opening became available. I probably was only 'admitted' due to being female. It was before me, an all guy group. With that group I really did a lot of D&D, then moved on to game systems that the DM pretty much thought up - my favorite was the diceless system he created for 'hot tub' nights. I also learned the Heroes & Champions system with these guys - making my one and only foray into GMing with them. It was a good group, lots of silliness, lots of imagination.
We had had a fling once, this DM and I. Very brief - like one night. I think we both realized at the same time that what looked good on paper - wasn't so interesting in reality. We never really talked about it and just went on with being friends until the group dispersed to the four corners. Several years ago, he tracked me down through common links we still had to inform me that he was engaged and getting married. Not sure why he did that, perhaps that one night meant more to him than I thought ::: shrug ::: I have never really understood the male mind, much more complicated than common myth would have us believe.
So last night, as I was checking email, there was an unfamiliar address that I pretty much had earmarked as spam and just as I was about to delete it - something familiar tugged at my memory and I opened it.
He's writing up the chronicles of the longstanding D&D game that I played in and wants permission to use my character that I ran in it. I said yes with an emphasis on asking me if he needed insights into her character. Making me realize that although I can grow older and move away - the D&D geek in me is still just as strong as ever.
I really miss coming up with character concepts and then breathing life into them. To me, that was always the best part.
The person had done a google search on my name and found me through my EC profile/event listings on the MYPC site. It was kinda odd to realize that I'm googleable. I had at one point a long time ago done the 'google search' thing on my name and everyone else that I knew. At that point in time - there was zilch on me. Apparently now I'm a SUPERSTAR (please make the appropriate sound when reading that).
This person was an old friend/gaming buddy. He was not my first DM - but arguably one of the best. I actually had to be 'recommended' by at-least two of the current members to be considered when an opening became available. I probably was only 'admitted' due to being female. It was before me, an all guy group. With that group I really did a lot of D&D, then moved on to game systems that the DM pretty much thought up - my favorite was the diceless system he created for 'hot tub' nights. I also learned the Heroes & Champions system with these guys - making my one and only foray into GMing with them. It was a good group, lots of silliness, lots of imagination.
We had had a fling once, this DM and I. Very brief - like one night. I think we both realized at the same time that what looked good on paper - wasn't so interesting in reality. We never really talked about it and just went on with being friends until the group dispersed to the four corners. Several years ago, he tracked me down through common links we still had to inform me that he was engaged and getting married. Not sure why he did that, perhaps that one night meant more to him than I thought ::: shrug ::: I have never really understood the male mind, much more complicated than common myth would have us believe.
So last night, as I was checking email, there was an unfamiliar address that I pretty much had earmarked as spam and just as I was about to delete it - something familiar tugged at my memory and I opened it.
He's writing up the chronicles of the longstanding D&D game that I played in and wants permission to use my character that I ran in it. I said yes with an emphasis on asking me if he needed insights into her character. Making me realize that although I can grow older and move away - the D&D geek in me is still just as strong as ever.
I really miss coming up with character concepts and then breathing life into them. To me, that was always the best part.