So it’s finally friday. I don’t have much to say here. The biggest thing of interest since I last updated was that I ran my bi-weekly D&D game. I expected to be writing in this journal that my player’s were a bunch of morons. Surprisingly, they didn’t do anything too stupid this session! It was an important game tonight, the culmination of a long adventure. The players had been stuck on the same adventure since November 2002. They finally completed all the hard stuff and are finally able to return home. The next session is probably just going to be a denouement. Sort of like the last half hour of Return of the King. The wrapping up of the loose ends.
I try and give my players the feel that the world doesn’t revolve around them. So I always try and think of what the ramifications of their actions are, and how that is affecting the world around them. Then I have the world bite back. That happened tonight. The players were talking about a quest they had never gotten around to: Finding a gem supposedly hidden in the valley. As planned, they returned home and found out another adventuring party had beaten them to it. That’s what happens when you leave a quest hanging for half a year (game time).
I generally have a low opinion of my players. But that’s my fault. I’ve tried to give them a world with many secrets that I’m continually leaving hints about. They never pick up on those hints. So my respect for them isn’t great. But it’s a poor workman who blames his tools. (Is that all the player’s are? Tools?)
The game ended at midnight. The temperature outside is -27. Brrr. When I got home, I went to my condo’s exercise room and tried out the treadmill. As a rule I don’t like treadmills. You spend all the time running and looking at a wall. It’s mind numbing. But, I just purchased some new sneakers and I needed to test them out, and the store doesn’t accept returns if they’ve been used outside. Also, I wanted to see if I could improve my pace from the race on New Year’s Day. I ran 3.2 miles in 22:40. I think that’s about the same pace. But I would have thought I would improve since I wasn’t slogging through snow. I don’t think I could have run any faster. Well that’s treadmills for you. You can’t trust them.
I got a bit of a thrill recently. My friend, Jeff (AKA Canticle), mentioned me in his Live Journal. It’s a small claim to fame, but it feels nice to have someone else think of you.
Since it is now almost 2:00. I’ve publicly admitted I’m a nerd that plays D&D. I’m going to bed.