Hobby, Obsession or a Little Bit of Both
Not much to write about today. I woke up, went to work, came home, cooked and ate dinner, took a shower, played on my computer for a bit, and now I'm getting ready to go to bed.
Did have an interesting chat with Cha. She wants me to get my dvds and books from her apartment, so she can put her stuff on the book shelves. I've actually been taking dvds and books a few at a time, but just a few, because I have nowhere to put them. All the bookshelves and dvd racks are at her place. Also I don't have a living room yet, because it's still full of her stuff. If (big "if") I find someway to get my refund in January, I'll probably invest in a couple of bookshelves, and something to hold dvds. I've got room in my bedroom for a couple of bookshelves.
I've paused my work on my Pathfinder setting. Mainly because I've been putting cities in, and soon I'll need to name them, and I still haven't decided on a naming convention(s) yet. Naming conventions are important in RPGs lest you find yourself in a situation like this: "You're in the Temple of Floorwaks in Shinebright City," says the gamemaster. "You see the priestess Oolala and her barbarian bodyguard, Upchuck, who serves the mighty god, uh, the god . . . How do you say Smkznrf, anyway?"
Incidentally I didn't write the above example. It was written by Katherine Kerr as an introduction to an article on coming up with names for D&D. I read the article years ago (it was published in July of '83). However since reading it way back when, I've always tried to have a solid naming convention for my settings.
Of course as I mentioned I haven't settled on one for my Pathfinder setting just yet. Instead I've been working on automating the character background generator in yhe Hero Builder's Guidebook, and mixing in some ideas from an article in an old Dragon magazine, Incidentally also by Mrs. Kerr. I've always liked to have fairly detailed backgrounds for my characters. Makes it easier to roleplay.
Did have an interesting chat with Cha. She wants me to get my dvds and books from her apartment, so she can put her stuff on the book shelves. I've actually been taking dvds and books a few at a time, but just a few, because I have nowhere to put them. All the bookshelves and dvd racks are at her place. Also I don't have a living room yet, because it's still full of her stuff. If (big "if") I find someway to get my refund in January, I'll probably invest in a couple of bookshelves, and something to hold dvds. I've got room in my bedroom for a couple of bookshelves.
I've paused my work on my Pathfinder setting. Mainly because I've been putting cities in, and soon I'll need to name them, and I still haven't decided on a naming convention(s) yet. Naming conventions are important in RPGs lest you find yourself in a situation like this: "You're in the Temple of Floorwaks in Shinebright City," says the gamemaster. "You see the priestess Oolala and her barbarian bodyguard, Upchuck, who serves the mighty god, uh, the god . . . How do you say Smkznrf, anyway?"
Incidentally I didn't write the above example. It was written by Katherine Kerr as an introduction to an article on coming up with names for D&D. I read the article years ago (it was published in July of '83). However since reading it way back when, I've always tried to have a solid naming convention for my settings.
Of course as I mentioned I haven't settled on one for my Pathfinder setting just yet. Instead I've been working on automating the character background generator in yhe Hero Builder's Guidebook, and mixing in some ideas from an article in an old Dragon magazine, Incidentally also by Mrs. Kerr. I've always liked to have fairly detailed backgrounds for my characters. Makes it easier to roleplay.