Yesterday

Well, I fell asleep, but I stayed up far longer than it may have seemed. The truth is that yesterday was just plain slow. I mean, nothing was going on. Today started out just slightly better, mainly because of the reality show winners thing... which I don't really cover.

I can tell you this much: CBS picked up Medium after NBC canceled it. Medium is made by CBS productions, so there was talk that this might happen. People are wondering if another network will pick up My Name is Earl (also canceled by NBC). But I have to admit, like others, I had no idea Earl was even in trouble! And Patrick Swayze is alive and well. And the Olympics girl won Dancing With the Stars.

The AD&D campaign has yet to take off. A lot of it is my fault. While the guy I'm running it for has slacked-off and is avoiding finishing his character (he needs to buy equipment and choose - and roll for - his spells), I have also found it hard to get into for no good reason. Honestly, I am just not getting into it like I thought I would.

Part of the problem is the editions: it's been so long since I even looked at these books, I can't figure them out. The Cavalier and Barbarian Warrior Kits are so far removed from the classes in Unearthed Arcana that, frankly, I'm stumped! I want Barbarians to be able to hit monsters which can only be hit by magical items; I want Cantrips to be cantrips and not just some random, pointless glamours; etc.

Now, I have all the 1^st-Ed. resources to make this happen, but I'm using the 2^nd-Ed. rules, and I don't want to screw the whole campaign by ignoring game balance and so forth. The truth is that I just don't feel like doing all the conversion! I don't feel like sitting there for hours on-end, poring through the many books, parsing the tables, doing the math, and everything else. I mean, I haven't even mentioned the 3+ milkcrates of Dragon magazines, or the many 3^rd-party supplements...

I also have 3.5, but I've never read it and that's just more... just another headache. Most of the stuff I have is for one or both of the first two editions, both of which I know, so I'm sticking with that. If I can keep from succumbing to this medicine which keeps knocking me out at midday, maybe I can get some of it done; I actually do feel like fooling with it a little bit, now that I've discussed it.

© C Harris Lynn, 2009