Today, I had the D&D game. I didn’t feel prepared, so I was lucky that we got let out of work early because of the long weekend. It gave me an hour and a half more to polish up the game.
I think it was a good game, but I got distracted. When I have a problem in D&D, I have a good rule of thumb that has served me well: Throw monsters at the problem. It works in a surprising number of places. I had hoped to have enough prepared that there wouldn’t be any need for monsters. There always has to be some combat, so I need to have at least one monster. And that was to be covered by a lone purple worm that leaps into the poisoned sand to attack the party. It would die quickly, and the players would learn why the worms don’t spread out.
But then they go and kill the worm too fast for the poison to show its affect. Feeling denied, I added two more. Then three more. That’s when the players got the idea that now was the ideal time to run. They then got to watch the worms die from the poisoned sand as they pursued.
My players are sick of purple worms, but that’s because they’ve been in the only place in the world where they are allowed to roam free. Basically the purple worm sanctuary. So there are quite a few there.
That battle sucked up more time than I expected. So by the end of the night, they hadn’t gotten nearly far enough. Hopefully I’ll be better prepared next time.
After it was over, and I was home, I watched the movie “Novocain”. I had rented it last Friday, and it is due at 10:00 AM tomorrow. So it was either see it now, or not at all. Showtime started at 11:30. It was a good movie, although the protagonist was fairly stupid in the start, which led him into a lot more trouble. But there wouldn’t have been a movie if he hadn’t been. It starred Steve Martin, but he was never funny. I’d like to see him in more comedies, like “Bowfinger”, but I guess he has to spread his wings.
Now it is far too late. I really have to go to bed.