#361

Aug 31, 2025

Books

This week I read:

Roleplaying Games

The Halls of Arden Vul

This was a very exciting session, as the players not only found the Gemini Blades they’d been tasked to recover (and slew a demon that was guarding them), they also broke into the Inn of the Lost and found Isocorax! They solved the mystery of why he eats people: he’s a vampire! Kept drugged and chained to a table in some sort of alchemical laboratory, a terrified prisoner nearby begging to be rescued and not fed to “that thing”; the PCs brought Isocorax and the poor man out through secret passages into the VIP room they’d taken.

Now they just need to get out, and away.

Miscellaneous

After finishing Thunderbolt Fantasy on Monday I was in a bit of a wuxia mood, so not only did I pick up Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades, I also watched a few films: Hero, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I enjoyed Hero the most of those. I’ve got a few more on the list, too. I love all the dumb tropes and over-the-top acting, I’m definitely going to have to run a wuxia one-shot some time.