DNDMMSL 10-08-07

I skipped a week of DNDMMSL in favor of the revolutionary “What is you inner D&D character?” survey, but this week I have enough stuff for you to waste an entire day at work - definitely enough stuff to keep you busy until coffee kicks in.

My Monday morning routine

To kickstart the week I thought I’d give you a glimpse of my own Monday morning routine. It’s a way for me to say thanks to all the people who keep me informed and entertained.

1 - I usually start my day with breakfast, Treasure Tables, Stupid Ranger, Evil DM, and Roleplaying Tips’ newsletter.  Here are a few recent articles I enjoyed on their sites:

• Great campaigns: 1 out of 3 ain’t bad by Treasure Tables. My personal average of great campaigns is probably right around there. So many of them fizzled away because of scheduling conflicts. I miss college.
• Improvising NPCs and magic tattoos by Stupid Ranger. Improvisation is my best friend because it saves me time and the disappointment of not using stuff I spent hours preparing.
• Between car crashes and keeping “She who must be obeyed” happy, the Evil DM does a great job of keeping me entertained. I’m going to try Broadsword pretty soon. They claim it can be played with a beer and a head wound. It has to be good.
• Last but not least, Roleplaying Tips’ newsletter rocks on a weekly basis. Recently I really enjoyed this article on Putting fear back into the disease.

2 - My RPG reads are quickly followed by my sports read - which I won’t share here, but let’s just say I’m happy that hockey is finally back.

3 - Then comes the assessment of my willingness to head to work. I usually don’t feel like heading to work right away so I’ll kill an extra 30 minutes perusing websites like

• Critical Hits
• Musing of the -very- chatty DM
• I waste the buddha with my crossbow
• The Gnome’s Lair
• Or webcomics like Geeks Next Door.

4 - If I still don’t feel like working after that I’ll write something for this website.

5 - Off to work - which is always fun once I get there. But leaving home is still pretty hard so sometimes I don’t leave at all and work from the kitchen table.

That’s it for me. Have fun at work!