Center for the Easily Distracted

Still climbing down the 4E rabbithole in my spare moments.  Erich has suggested I take a more thorough look at the non-combat rules before judging them - fair, my previous judgement was based on the PHB and the real estate non-combat bits took up on the character sheet.  I’m still researching, but they are a _bit_ more well-considered than I initially believed. It’s not Exalted social combat, but it’s at least viable.

I also determined that my initial run at part one of Expedition to Undermountain was interesting as an experiment, but too close to verbatim to be useful - I need to reimagine the encounters to make them appropriate to 4E. Early encounters in 3.5 tend to be solo creatures rather than a variety; in 4E, solos should be the exception rather than the rule, and be built to make the party shit themselves with fear.

Work is satisfying, of the moment. I’m tired, but we’re finally hitting production with a lot of stuff I’ve been working on for ages, and even the trivialities seem to be for good cause.  I’m starting to be able to mock Walking Tall to his face now, which is a good sign - shows I think I know the right boundaries. Doesn’t mean I like him, though.

I’m tired and loopy, but I need to remember what the hell I’m doing for Scion, since I’m running it tomorrow night for the first time in a month or more.