I just have to put this quote up

No I do not have permission to post this, so I will not tell you where it came from, but I love it!

I am thy GM tonight. All blame, if there is such a silly notion to be had, is mine by Divine Right granted to me by the Chaos I embrace.

Likewise granted to me by the Unholy Count of 3.4 is the power to summarily dispose of those things that interfere with my game, and I have already done so.

All conflicts, silly notions of blame, and this illogical thing called guilt are hereby banished to the Void.

So it is written. So it shall be done.

Now shut up and get ready to play.

Ah has spoken.

The DS Quill

Ever wanted to write a short piece of fiction for Dragon Storm?

Well, people are doing it!

You can find the DS Quill stories here.

You can find out how to submit your stories here, and discover what is going on.

Have some fun!
Mark

2.0 Card Eratta

As I work to create a set of larger cards that Sue can read and play using I am making some changes in the cards.
These changes are from player commentary. Thanks for passing on your thoughts. Your input will improve the game.

Card Errata page on the website.

When life knocks you down...

Get on your feet, look it in the eye, smile, and say "My Turn".

It has been too hot in the work area to get much done, and now that the weather has cooled down, we had a triple murder last night across the street from us.

Interesting world we live in.

Mark

Reavers, a story overheard

The original Reavers twisted their Elethay/Reaver abilities into being Jikadell Hags. True they are witch like, but they are a terror in combat as well.
Dersias Kilvan once said that "If you are lucky a Hag will kill you with magic, the unlucky survive the magic."

The true Elethay Reavers became a tiny virtually unknown cult preserving their skills and name.

It is said that on Deathday Elethay herself appeared at their mountain hide away. She spoke to all of the hundred Reavers and laid down her covenant, as reported by Dersias.
"No Reaver shall have authority or power over another individual, be they Reaver, mortal or Bloodkin. They shall work alone, or with others, to protect Elethay's works and gain revenge against the Hags, Necromancers and Jikadell for what was wrought this day." Then Elethay commanded them to go forth, reveal themselves and begin the work.

After Elethay had left, the six Reaver Councilors summoned the community to prepare to go to war. Then the six faced each other, swore fidelity to the covenant, and, facing each other, they slew themselves, leaving the Reavers leaderless.

You may well ask how far can we trust Dersias's accounts. We do not know. Of the man we know nothing. Only bits and pieces of his writing have survived the Dark Times that followed Deathday, so we do not know if he wrote first hand accounts or wrote down the stories as they were told to him. We have confirmed, through spirits, that such a historian existed, but little else has been learned.

It seems to me that the Pylos, or their agents, when they were destroying history, took a special glee in eradicating the works of Dersias Kilvan.

That is all for today, the wrenders shall have to wait for another day, I tire now and would take a few drinks so that I may try to forget the horrors that sobriety bring me. Hmmm, what? Why did the Pylos want to destroy history? That should be obvious. They wanted a blank slate onto which they could write their propaganda and call it history. Now, go away.

Mark

Dragon Storm and more news.

I have made a number of updates on the website.

The Errata, Comments, Feedback section of the site has been expanded. We are pulling the Beta site and the Guild site into the main site so they will be easier to find. It is going to take 3-4 months to get this done. Forms for questions, comments and updates have been added.

We have been posting comments, articles and errata on the site as we go along, but people are not used to it, so few have found it. Things like the link to the Skype gamers, the Article on making your own flaws and more are there.

In Health news we have had another set back. During the seizures and ongoing trauma, Sue has contracted an eye disease. It is now under control, but she has suffered permanent eye damage. This is going to affect how, and what, we do as we go along. For twelve years the income of Susan's art supported DS during the Classic/Deluxe Era. As of the introduction of 2.0 DS became self supporting, and is even making a small income. This is extremely lucky as we are now going to have to rely on DS for our primary income. Your support in the conversion is much appreciated and we need you to continue to support DS 2 and help expand the game. You have our sincere thanks.

So that Sue can read the DS cards I am creating a set of over sized cards for her. To do this I am having to rebuild the cards. I have found a way to make cards that can be expanded and contracted to do this with. This differences are small, so all is well as far as using existing cards. It also means I am going over every card for 2.0 and making small corrections. I am also looking at the comments people have made on the cards and a few are getting changes. I will be listing the changes that affect play in the Errata page on the website. Once we get that done there will be a free exchange program for some cards.

We are looking forward to seeing our DS loyalists at Storm Con in a few weeks.

Good Gaming to one and all!

Mark

Reloaded Beta PDF's

Some of the Beta PDF's were not coming up right. I forced a reload to get them up and they seem to be right now. If you check and find something not downloading, let me know.