Boys of spirit, boys of will,
Boys of muscle, brain and power,
Fit to cope with anything,
These are wanted every hour.

Dear god this is the third time that the director of my dorm floor is going through "Ground Rules"

...that I'd have to pay for internet. Well it's free and easy to connect to. Huzzah.

This is something I have written as a lark after listening to some heavy metal music. It's also sort of a "proof of concept" for the writing style I am currently using, one that is in the third-person, an omniscient narrator and heavy in imagery. It is a fantasy piece, and somewhat violent, but not NSFW. The name itself stems from Old Norse, and means "Way of the Berserker"

The Traveler

I stand upon the buried mountain of my youth,
I look up to view the sun and ask: “what is the truth?”
I look below to the see the valley of life,
The woods below are filled with strife.
And as I tread upon my chosen trail,
What sort of life will I entail?

Didn't think of this before, but what the heck.

Since I am heading away to college I have been trying to get rid of some of my old books and games and things. The list runs from old computer game strategy guides to comic books (at least one PS238, I think) to yesteryear's PC games. Shoot me an email at bfriendshuh@gmail.com if you're interested. I'm not picky, so the price range runs from 4-20 dollars per item, with the upper end reserved for the bundle of games that I got.

Been spending most of the day working over my new laptop; finding all my old papers and articles, moving all my music onto the hard drive,organizing things, deciding what to take..

A list of the characters at this time:

Great Scott, a Half-Orc Lord of the 10th rank.
Altru, a Human Lama of St Cuthbert
Caier, a Human Magician
Carl, a Human Theurgist
Bhotan, a Human Conjurer
Crexis, a Human Esquire
Red, a Human Canon of St Cuthbert
Valxian, a High Elven Initiate of the 6th Circle
Rhonda, a Grey Elven Lama/Guide/Enchantress of Corellon Larethian
Gareth, a Human Master Thief of the 10th rank.

And, Tovena'ar, a Grey Elven Apparitionist.

When I came back some weeks ago, the party was missing several faces and had a few new ones, both in and out of character.

Firstly, four players had decided to quit the game. What I learned was that, with the introduction of some new players and their newbie antics, they had collectively decided to throw in the towel and find a game elsewhere. Bob, player of Leia, Carl, player of Kenneth, David, player of Cared, and George, player of Coleth, were the more serious players of the group, always more concerned with “getting the job done” and “Serious role-playing”. They were always more quiet, and, it seemed to me, rather disapproving of some of the more comically-minded antics of our group. It seems that the influx of newbies and the consequences thereof have been the last straw, and so we are down four veteran players and four very powerful characters, including most of our front-line. From here on out I tried to have ore of a command role in the party and offering suggestions for plans.

As the DM is setting up this session one of players brings out a number of painted figs and relates a story which I had apparently missed a few sessions ago, being late. Apparently while on point Hwonalon found some sort of room with a dwarf in it, and killed him. One of the other players came up just when the dwarf was killed and asked if he needed any help. Hwonalon answered no, mentioned that the door to the next room was locked, and that he (the other player) should go get the rest of the party. When the party arrives, the door is shut, and locked, and Hwonalon is nowhere to be found. He comes out several minutes later, and announces that there was nothing inside the room…. The DM laughs and describes in detail the loot Hwonalon is carrying, ranging from a large hammer to a suit of armor to several sacks of gold to a massive shield big enough for a giant. The party is not amused. In any case this story was related to me by a players new figs; one normal sized gnome and a Nodwick-style character, which is how he pictured the gnome in his head.

(Speaking of Nodwick if you havn't heard of it go to www.Nodwick.com. Has some great webcomics and the guy posts alot of interesting internet links.)