#358
Aug 10, 2025
Books
No books this week, but I’ve got a couple on the go that I expect to finish next.
Roleplaying Games
The Halls of Arden Vul
We spent this session fully exploring the Set domain and taking note of interesting loot. I ruled that since the players had checked everything, it was now a safe haven, which gave them a huge amount of bonus XP (a house rule: each character received 10% of the XP needed to advance from the start of their current level to the next) and allowed them to cash in the XP for treasure they’d already collected. A few characters levelled up, and the now level 10 cleric of Ardenia Tessaeron formally retired from the party to serve as faction leader: he’ll be spending his next few months redecorating and reconsecrating everything, questing the Setite captives to make amends for their misdeeds, constructing a memorial to dead slaves, and so on.
It’s a really nice milestone to hit, and also marks the departure of the last original PC.
Traveller
I’ve been reading Clans of the Aslan this week, because I think the Aslan are great, and next week a couple of us are going to get together and roll up some Aslan. Anyway, I noticed a mistake in the character creation section and wrote up my own rules for Aslan military academies. The author of the book said “this is great”.
Miscellaneous
Today I put together the new chair, which is the last piece of furniture!
All the art prints have arrived too, and the frames will be here tomorrow. Then that’s everything done. Of course, I have further ideas—maybe doing a gallery wall in the study; replacing the blinds in the living room with something nicer; replacing the fridge / freezer with two separate units; etc—but those are all low-priority things to tackle in the coming months and years, if ever.
The next big project will be the garden, in Spring.