{"id":551,"date":"2005-05-28T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-28T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=551"},"modified":"2005-05-28T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-28T14:14:00","slug":"every-gm-conversation-turns-to-evil-somehow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=551","title":{"rendered":"Every GM conversation turns to evil somehow."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They start out fine, as an innocent query for information, then somehow turn to torturing players.  Every time.  It&#8217;s amazing.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Cut because nobody who's not into Dragonrealms will care.--><\/p>\n<p><b>[Meriel]<\/b> Tvini&#8230; re your email on elmod&#8230; it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s been in the game since day one.  There&#8217;s mention of it in a couple of obscure little rooms in and around Crossing, someone made an item from it (a staff, I think), and it started to get more general use.  As far as I know, there is no description of it anywhere, but I&#8217;m checking.<br \/>\n<b>[Meriel<\/b>] and that, of course, was supposed to be a (private message).<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene<\/b>] {g} Yeah, but it was interesting.<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> I&#8217;m going to have to remember that one.<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> Wonder if it&#8217;s related to modwir?<br \/>\n<b>[Liadran]<\/b> Elmod makes me think of almond<br \/>\n<b>[Meriel]<\/b> heh, thanks, Loriene.  So the other part of Tvini&#8217;s question&#8230; who made it&#8230; was probably (blank) or (blank) or possibly (blank) or (blank).<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> Ah HAH.  &#8220;mod&#8221; is &#8220;tree&#8221; in gamgweth<br \/>\n<b>[Meriel]<\/b> right<br \/>\n<b>[Towint]<\/b> Evil Tree = Modwir?<br \/>\n<b>[Towint]<\/b> Loriene? I&#8217;m curious&#8230; where are these evil trees located?<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> It&#8217;s such an old room, I kind of figured the creator wasn&#8217;t here anymore, but it was worth a shot.<br \/>\n<b>[Meriel]<\/b> Modwir are all over the game.<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> Yeah, modwir info goes all the way back to (GM document) from 1994.<br \/>\n<b>[Liadran]<\/b> I have a modwir dining table&#8230;maybe I should poison all the food on it since it&#8217;s evil.<br \/>\n<b>[Meriel]<\/b> I&#8217;m crawling over the exterior rooms to see if I can find a description of it somewhere for you, Tvini.  I really don&#8217;t remember seeing one; if I can&#8217;t find one, well&#8230; we&#8217;ll just make something up \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> The Crossing, Elmod Close<br \/>\n<b>[Towint]<\/b> Well, the meaning of the word: modwir is mod (tree) wir (evil)&#8230; so&#8230; {shrugs}<br \/>\n<b>[Meriel]<\/b> I think I&#8217;ve seen it other places than that.  I just believe it&#8217;s always beena cite, tho, without any LOOK<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> (1994 document) talks about how Halflings get all tanked up on modwir.<br \/>\n<b>[Towint]<\/b> Elmod? Talking trees? Gossiping trees? Shady trees? {g}<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> Modwir?  All over&#8230; The wood is used in tons of places.  I never knew that&#8217;s what it translated to, though.  Check the (GM resource) if you&#8217;re curious.<br \/>\n<b>[Towint]<\/b> Since a few locals rest under the shady elmod trees that line the street and engage in idle banter about the affairs of the neighborhood&#8230; so, from that phrase, the trees are gossiping?<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> {sigh} and of course I crash again&#8230;.<br \/>\n<b>[Meriel]<\/b> which means you missed Tvini mentioning Halflings get tanked on modwir \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> They DO?!<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> Yes! Lemme dig out that info&#8230;<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> {g} Dang.  I&#8217;ll have to add it more places.<br \/>\n<b>[Ilanya]<\/b> Hee<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> D&#8217;oh!  I was thinking about modwyn.<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> (From an ancient, never-released to the public doc) &#8220;a climbing vine that bears clusters of grape-like fruit. When eaten in small quantities, they are delicious and enjoyable.  In larger amounts or when pressed and taken as juice, the fruit acts as a powerful euphoric. In excessive quantities, particularly in concentrated liquid form, it can be fatal.&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> I knew modwyn vines had berries&#8230;. but I didn&#8217;t know the rest.  We need a modwyn script to make people sick.<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> Hee!  &#8220;Stoned off your gourd, you black out.&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene]<\/b> Exactly!<br \/>\n<b>[Loriene] <\/b>And then they wake up with a pounding headache and occasional nausea.<br \/>\n<b>[Liadran]<\/b> and wearing a pink dress they have no memory of putting on<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> Hee!<br \/>\n<b>[Meriel]<\/b> and a tattoo of a naked Gor&#8217;Tog woman<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> Perhaps an unfortunate tattoo.<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> Yep, that&#8217;d be unfortunate.<br \/>\n<b>[Liadran]<\/b> &#8230;on their forehead<br \/>\n<b>[Tvini]<\/b> It&#8217;s going that extra mile from cruel to inhumane that makes a really good GM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They start out fine, as an innocent query for information, then somehow turn to torturing players. Every time. 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