Gotta D&D

There have been some changes.

Because I'm a stupid kitten who is mollified by shiny objects, I've let some of the patreon supporters talk me into running a D&D campaign on discord. We're going to start in northern Hungary. I have four players now, I'm not sure I could manage a fifth, but I'm only going on what it was like to run games through text; this is going to be speaking and answering, Sunday evenings starting February 1st, tentatively at 5 p.m. (my time), but that's not absolutely set yet. Naturally, it is the usual schedule problem, coupled with us being in various time zones. I'm in Mountain, two are in Central and one in Eastern.

Just now, I should be working on the Lantern for the 1st of February, but... no. What I suggest is that those putting forward the $10 donation for the advanced copy rescind it, with my apologies. It's selfish and stupid of me, but life is meant to be lived in the moment and the Lantern can wait a week or two for the present. My apologies, sincerely meant; I can't convey them any more strongly, except to assure that anyone pulling out, believe me when I say there's no way I could hold that against you. If you feel you've been shortchanged, that the work here hasn't justified it, then please, reach out to me and we'll come to an agreement.

In the meantime, I will be working on The Lantern and there will be a March issue. I wish I could just get myself into a headspace where I work on it everyday, instead of stacking it up day by day toward a deadline. I've worked that way all my life, I'm afraid, and though I'm much better now than I was 20 years ago, it continues to be my nature to a degree greater than I'd like.

What else?

This has forced me to address the pricing table, which I have kicked down the road more years than I can believe, honestly. I'll have a largely working version of it by this upcoming Saturday, and I'll post it for $10 patreon supporters. It's just too much work for me to give it away free. Plus it's an endless fix and patch job, even when it's done. So I really have to keep it behind a wall, I'm sorry.

That's what, six, seven apologies? Well, I'm Canadian.

All right, I'm here, if anyone wants to yell. That'd be totally fair.