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Yoha one and all, or one and only, or one and none loyal readers. Hell, again, I dunno if anyone reads this. Part of the reason I still largely feel comfortable posting in it. A fact I'm going have to overcome if any of my crazy dreams in the future are to come to pass.
Anyways, a notice on one particular subject seems important at this point, even though I'm informing no one, really. I have a job, and have had it for over a month. I believe tommorrow marks my third paycheck, we get payed bi-weekly, so I've been here a month and a half. It's Santa's Workshop, also known as North Pole, at the base of Pike's Peak, and I'm doing it because it's good for me to deal with people. Good training for my mission.
Anyways, I could start GIBBERING about a whole host of other things, but today, I'm going to step back, and talk about probably the most inane things of all.
The selling of books for some books that will most assuredly make me happy, and some books which are a coin flip.
What books am I talking about? Well, here's where things get interesting, boys and girls, and children of all ages.
I'm talking about my diabolic stack of 3rd Edition DnD books. And DAMN, that thing is a heavy load. Later today I'm going to figure just how much money was invested in that beast of a stack.
Anyways, why am I selling it?
Before I go on, I wanna make clear I'm not selling it NOW. I'm selling it after my mission.
On another note before I go on, the original plan is to sell only bits and gnarly pieces of it. Whether I sell the entire kit and kaboodle, well, that depends.
Anyways, why am I selling it?
My plan for after my mission(yes, this is going somewhere) was to go straight into college and begin developing degrees so I can make even more money with my long dreamed dream of writing to become self sufficient(by some defintion of the word). More importantly, to improve my writing technique so I would actually sell a book or two, even if the rest just sit in a cauldron filled to the brim with velvet miasma, or in a puddle of angst(God, I loved that writing thing at NDK). On top of this, I want to work on degrees that will help me get a second job that will keep me finacially afloat while writing, the 'just enough' amount.
On top of this, I have very little interest in a job during my time in college. I had enough trouble in school with just school. Even though I expect I will be better prepared to deal with college at the age of 21 or 22, I still don't my attention divided. However, I proabably will take up apart time job to compensate for my black hole properties with whomever I'm bumming with during my college ride, probably my mother, living once again in the basement. However, all of that goes into my Mom's pocket as far as I'm concerned. I'm paying her to keep myself alive.
And since the Department of Defense will no longer pay me while I'm in school(apparently I had to go to college straight away to get the benefit, and I didn't), going to school means no money for the family, and in the end, this means less money for me. I get only what my mother decides to let me keep of my checks, and I place money on the fincial conditions here not being amazing, so I'm going have to try and turn her down on a lot of these for a long while.
And upon my return, I will certianly be seeking to fill up my World of Darkness library, in particular Changeling: The Lost(There's $90-$120 right there).
To translate that horrible horrible mess, I'm selling some of my books to feed my WoD addiction when I get back because I will probably have a low cash flow problem.
Now, this is fine. That's SOME of the books that are more or less useless to me now.
Now, what can motivate me to sell the entire freaking stack?
I want to explain something. Yes, I know you hate it when I go off on these tangents that basically lead away from what I'm tlaking about only to have it lead back. It's a hassle, it's a slow progression, it'd be easier if I just came out and said it, but bear with me, I think details are important.
Anyways, I want to explain something in regards to my relationship with Dungeons and Dragons.
I've become a convert to World of Darkness ages ago, and ever since I started getting my own copies of books, my mind has almost constantly dwelled on it(with any luck, this means I might actually have a decent chronicle to tell in future), but I still take time ot dwell on Dungeons and Dragons, and I find myself thinking of games for it still.
See, Dungeons and Dragons is important to me, it is important that I have it and play it. This is the roleplaying game almost everyone in the gaming world starts with, and from there they branch out into other games. I certainly would never have found WoD if not for DnD(Literally almost, if I had no interest in DnD, I probably would nver have caught the attention of Tyler, who introduced me to WoD). I have been excited by the idea of plying DnD since I was a child, and even though all my games have sucked, they were fun regardless(How much ego damage did I deal to myself there? 2 POINTS of EGO DAMAGE!). It also provides a parralel for WoD, where WoD is modern, serious storytelling, DnD is medival, light game playting. In short, one is a recreational artform in motion, and one is just a fun time round the table. And I have no real desire to go out of two games in my roleplaying box. So, DnD and Wod balance out nicely, they fit snugly, and it allows me to pay respects to two of the best games out there.(I might consider Scion part of Wod for purposes of box space though)
Those of you keeping up with this and thinking as you read probably have a good idea where this going, even if you know of other news or not.
In short, I'm contemplating selling 3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons for 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons upon my return.
See, they announced it this year, and will release it May of next year.
It's iffy. Unlike the only RPG I've waited for, being Changeling:THe Lost, I am uncertain about 4DnD. They are changing many things, and I've gone through an extensive list of hints pointing at what is changed. But as some might guess, right now it's like trying to divine the future through a murky pool of water, wherein the place you're looking is the ground of the pool, not the top of the water.
I gotta say, I really do like 3rd edition, but not for the systems. Looking back, the systems were as much of an issue as my horrible DMing skills and my players varying types of bad ideas(really, on some fronts they were awesome, but when thrown in context to DnD, they were bad).
And gah. Yesterday my mind was so much better to go on endlessly about this subject, today my mind is as murky as the future. I guess here is where I end it. I dunno if I'll continue this later or not. I will come back and throw up how much money was invested in DnD books.
Sorian-of-Revelations · Mon Nov 05, 2007 @ 03:39pm · 0 Comments |
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