I'd finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy about a week ago and then just kind of sat on it. My first thoughts as I was going through it was that it was fun, and fairly tightly written, but not particularly sophisticated (and it's deliberetly YA, and it's generally an action oriented book, so I don't really deduct points for it). The subsequent books were progressively weaker until I honestly wished that Mockingjay hadn't actually been written. They'll get their own post complete with spoiler cuts for those of you who are interested.
I've moved on to doing a sparse amount of Exalted Charms for the Synodic splat I've been whiling away my spare slivers of time with when I have them. Mostly lunch hours, really, so it's certainly not going quickly. It is going, though, which is a bit of a surprise to be entirely frank with you. There are 24 Charm sets and 24 constellations and colleges, so I haven't had to strain myself too hard. Whenever something comes to mind, I spend a little time fleshing it out and when it seems passible, I post and do some perfuntory formatting so that I can actually read it on my Google doc.
The more glamorous sets like Martial Arts, Melee, and Archery haven't really appealed to me all that much so far. I've done some sparse work on the Synodic Hero Style, dubbed Inauspicious Fallen Maiden Style. I've written up some Medicine Charms and I've done a little work on the Larceny Charms. The constellation correllation for Medicine is The Maimed, so the abilities have taken on a quick and brutal, triage-like feel that unnaturally sustains life metaphorically or literally - including an alternate take on Smooth Transition. Larceny's correllation is The Judge, so the Charmset generally revolves around re-appropriation.
For your amusement, then, here are some of the Charm names for these trees.
Larceny : Breath Confiscation Method, Inescapable Forclosure Style
Martial Arts : Realization of Inevitability, In Persuit of Fate, Passion of Remembered Virtues, Hand of the Red Maiden
Medicine : Easing the Transition, Fateful Amputation Method, Gauging the Lifeline
Occult : Terrestrial Circle Sorcery, Shadowlands Circle Necromancy, Labyrinth Circle Necromancy
I feel pretty creative even if I've been terribly exhausted lately. I get enough sleep, so it's really more emotional/situational. The product, I suppose, of feeling like I'm not really in control of my fate. An ironic thing to consider as I'm writing up the charms of those fate had initially put up for the chopping block.
Oh, PS. Hey Brent, do you have the google doc for the Charms too? If you'd tell me what your opinions/mechanical considerations were, that'd be nice.
I've moved on to doing a sparse amount of Exalted Charms for the Synodic splat I've been whiling away my spare slivers of time with when I have them. Mostly lunch hours, really, so it's certainly not going quickly. It is going, though, which is a bit of a surprise to be entirely frank with you. There are 24 Charm sets and 24 constellations and colleges, so I haven't had to strain myself too hard. Whenever something comes to mind, I spend a little time fleshing it out and when it seems passible, I post and do some perfuntory formatting so that I can actually read it on my Google doc.
The more glamorous sets like Martial Arts, Melee, and Archery haven't really appealed to me all that much so far. I've done some sparse work on the Synodic Hero Style, dubbed Inauspicious Fallen Maiden Style. I've written up some Medicine Charms and I've done a little work on the Larceny Charms. The constellation correllation for Medicine is The Maimed, so the abilities have taken on a quick and brutal, triage-like feel that unnaturally sustains life metaphorically or literally - including an alternate take on Smooth Transition. Larceny's correllation is The Judge, so the Charmset generally revolves around re-appropriation.
For your amusement, then, here are some of the Charm names for these trees.
Larceny : Breath Confiscation Method, Inescapable Forclosure Style
Martial Arts : Realization of Inevitability, In Persuit of Fate, Passion of Remembered Virtues, Hand of the Red Maiden
Medicine : Easing the Transition, Fateful Amputation Method, Gauging the Lifeline
Occult : Terrestrial Circle Sorcery, Shadowlands Circle Necromancy, Labyrinth Circle Necromancy
I feel pretty creative even if I've been terribly exhausted lately. I get enough sleep, so it's really more emotional/situational. The product, I suppose, of feeling like I'm not really in control of my fate. An ironic thing to consider as I'm writing up the charms of those fate had initially put up for the chopping block.
Oh, PS. Hey Brent, do you have the google doc for the Charms too? If you'd tell me what your opinions/mechanical considerations were, that'd be nice.
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