Alex Greene

4 minutes ago, Nozbat said:

Shouldn't you sacrificing dogs to Hecate Alex? Not sure she likes chicken... oh and some wild garlic too

I can do the ramsons - there's a place near where my folks live, and the air is just rank every Spring from all the beds of wild garlic. No vampires will come near the place.

As for the dogs, Hecate gets to eat chicken and like it. Dogs are for hunting with. I'm with Artemis here - she would approve of the dogs staying off the dinner plate.

2 hours ago, Mugen said:

But you didn't take the idea of Arcana, or freeform magic (which is the main use for Magic Points in this one) from that game.

There was a reason behind the absence of Arcana, formerly known as Spheres.

33 minutes ago, shugal said:

This is really great stuff, Alex!  

Thank you!

1 hour ago, Raleel said:

new one doesn't have a warranty?

I have good news. The store had an exchange policy. So far, so good.

Until this moment, I had no guarantees I would ever see a new laptop before the bank holiday.

However, my notes for the next issue did not make it to the backups, so the hiatus stands. Hopefully, this thing will not be a lemon. But keep your fingers crossed.

10 minutes ago, Bill the barbarian said:

And now that you caught my attention I hope you do not mind if I peruse the odd missive here.

Welcome to my blog. Next week's post will be titled Making A Scene.

38 minutes ago, soltakss said:

Don't forget rugs, carpets and cushions. They could have a lot of art, are portable and can be used to line tents, keeping the wind and cold out.

Good point. These would be part of the tents and wagons, and carried along with the shelters themselves. Those nomads who have caravans traditionally decorate their mobile homes: wagonmaking was as much an expression of art as of vehicular engineering.

Nomadic peoples who have wagons would keep their food supplies and medicines with the wagons, of course, and spend a lot of time creating more art for trade goods as well as for telling the family's stories on the sides of their vehicles.