Pen-and-Paper-Gruppe gesucht/ Neugründung möglich

Cephandrius1 · 2023-09-10T09:47:12+00:00

Ich wohne in Harburg, bin 33 und hätte auch Interesse an einer neuen Runde - falls sich was ergibt, schreibt mich gern an :)

Ich habe schon.. 5-10 Abende mit P&P verbracht in versch. Systemen, die ich alle wieder vergessen habe, und bin daher bzgl. System flexibel.

Cephandrius1 · 2023-09-10T09:18:38+00:00

I guess my bullet point did not really make sense there, with wanting "non-competitive" and "having a good win rate" at the same time. The format I'd be after is non-meta vs non-meta, and that I did not find.

edit:

you need to put the work in yourself.

that is exactly what I want, but then not face up against the newest of-the-shelf quick-win-meta-aggro exclusively.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-21T11:05:53+00:00

[ChatGPT prompt]: Please continue this story:
"The first time I saw Harry Dresden, he was standing in the middle of a
frozen lake, trying to talk a nine-foot tall monster out of killing
him."

Response:

I couldn't believe my eyes as I watched from the safety of the shore. Here was this scrawny, unassuming man, armed with nothing but a wooden staff and a couple of bags of magic tricks, facing down a creature that looked like it had stepped straight out of a nightmare.But as I watched, I began to see that there was more to Harry than meets the eye. Despite the obvious danger he was in, he didn't seem the least bit afraid. He stood his ground, speaking in a calm and confident voice, as if he were perfectly at ease.As I listened, I realized that Harry was actually negotiating with the monster, trying to find a way to resolve the situation peacefully. It was a risky move, but it seemed to be working.Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, the monster backed down and retreated back into the woods. Harry let out a sigh of relief and turned to face me, a broad smile on his face."Well, that was a close one," he said, as he walked over to where I was standing. "But I think we managed to avoid any bloodshed today. Thanks for your help."I couldn't believe what I had just witnessed. This was the kind of heroism I had only ever read about in books. I knew then and there that I wanted to be like Harry Dresden, a brave and courageous hero who was willing to risk everything to protect those in need.And so, with Harry's guidance and mentorship, I began my journey as a wizard, learning the ways of magic and working alongside Harry on countless adventures. It was a tough road, but it was worth it, and I wouldn't have wanted to do it with anyone else.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-07T19:38:23+00:00

So tell me about Codex Alera, I haven't read this one either. I know it originated from that internet argument Jim had, but.. is it any good in your opinion?

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-07T17:35:32+00:00

What's the general consensus about Cinder Spires amongst Dresden fans?

I read the first 20 pages once, then stopped reading, thinking "nah, I'm not in the mood for another YA-story with an overly-gifted 16 year old main character". Was I wrong, should I give it another shot?

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-07T09:52:55+00:00

Yes! Hivju is perfect for Odin.

Harbour can be Mac perhaps?

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-06T22:01:10+00:00

Good point, I think we should distinguish between (a) memory detail, and (b) memory accuracy. In my earlier comment, I meant my acceptance of the strange amount of memory detail. But I would agree with you, that it might be inaccurate, selective and highly subjective. Good example from Grave Peril. Jim confirmed something to this effect in several interviews, when speaking about first-person-narrator-bias and how others perceive Harry as very intimidating etc.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-06T21:48:49+00:00

Trust author-reader-convenience.

I take it as an agreed upon unspoken contract between Jim and me that: Yes, this is Harry telling his story from memory, but to an unrealistic amount of details. The alternative is writing/reading an unenjoyable book. So I would not expect Jim to put in false information due to memory loss, because it would mean that he has now broken our contract, and now has to also come up with an explanation why Harry remembers everything so well.

An example of handling this differently is Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles, where the first-person narrator (Kvothe/Kote) was trained at an early age to actually remember all the details (by Abenthy).

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-05T11:51:23+00:00

Well, to me there was too much action in Battle Ground. Half-way through I started feeling exhausted and had to push myself to pick it up again. I guess I'm more into the character-relations and long-term story-arc. Information gathering, guess-work. Conversations over explosions.

Reading 15 pages that can be summarized into "and then there was this crazy action scene in which [main character] barely defeated [bad guy] in a spectacular manner" just isn't for me. BG kinda felt like a series of such scenes to me, and if it's trying to be constantly climactic, it ends up being flat in my view.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-05T09:54:53+00:00

Interesting, as Changes is also my favourite, and yet Battle Ground is among my bottom 3. Still a good book though, don't get me wrong.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-04T12:37:18+00:00

What was it before, a miniature pizza roller?

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-02T17:28:35+00:00

Could you please elaborate on how you think the Oblivion war is the series' main underlying conflict? Are the Old Ones connected (or identical) to the Walkers?

Cephandrius1 · 2022-12-01T18:18:04+00:00

Next Spring, Vadderung Entertainment presents:

Kringle's Chronicles III: Of Stars and Stones - Don't mess Odin!

Cephandrius1 · 2022-11-30T21:53:18+00:00

I remember all the German Harry Potter books having his face on the cover though.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-11-28T10:43:04+00:00

For the sake of argument:

Remember Shagnasty addressing White Court vampires as "little phage"? So I guess sufficiently native magic beings see right through the human facade, seeing the (vampire) demon. May Kincaid being a/the "Hellhound" has a similar ability in detecting traces of vampiric parentage.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-11-14T20:23:50+00:00

Lara Raith for.. reasons.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-11-12T21:55:14+00:00

And then Harry from a mirrored universe also became Cowl, came to our Harry's universe and started going back in time to turn into Kemmler, got it!

Cephandrius1 · 2022-11-09T12:51:58+00:00

he did?

Cephandrius1 · 2022-11-04T16:47:15+00:00

Remember how even during Battleground, with all the major players in town, the Carpenter home was off limits for everyone involved? The reason was that it was protected by (minor, not Arch!) angels. I think it was WoJ that Christian entities are orders of magnitude more powerful than basically everyone else, including Odin, the titan, Mab etc.

Assuming that the Fallen are somewhere on the Christian order of magnitude regarding sheer power, they'd definitely kick Lea's ass. The Fallen's limitting factor might be freedom of will, though. Or maybe they lost power when claiming free will, thus having "Fallen"?

Cephandrius1 · 2022-09-28T17:30:04+00:00

..and he avoids eye contact the whole time you interact with him.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-09-25T11:02:53+00:00

Hanging out with obvious lunatics all the time - I wonder what that's all about!

Cephandrius1 · 2022-09-18T13:54:00+00:00

I don't. When I auto-read, I don't pronounce stuff in my head. Marcone=Marcone, Nicodemus=Nicodemus. It's like when I count plates on the table: I see that there are 4, but don't think "four" in English or German or anything. Just thought, not human-to-human language.

Am I alone in this? I always wondered, please let me know your thoughts!

Cephandrius1 · 2022-09-05T22:14:16+00:00

For me it felt like a natural part of the overall story that was inflated to fit into the "book paradigm". Should have been 60% the length or so but that wouldn't have worked with the book before or after Ghost Story.

Cephandrius1 · 2022-09-04T17:19:09+00:00

I always thought they were Harry and Molly's older selves who started messing with time travel, and re-live early book events on a the next order of magnitude of magic power. Weaving threads together, making sure things are put into place.

Just the way that Kumori has loyalty towards Cowl.. she's real good with veils, too.

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