tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post5426289070037861623..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Ayn Rand: Not The Thing It Is Thought To BeAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-76639420350450059572013-07-02T19:50:48.715-06:002013-07-02T19:50:48.715-06:00As much as we disagree on some things, this I coul...As much as we disagree on some things, this I could figuratively gush about, trolls be damned. Well said sir, well said.AcumaticaWizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12880331111571647241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-12866853718046471822013-06-28T21:28:47.062-06:002013-06-28T21:28:47.062-06:00And then Tao was a literature blog.
"Fountai...And then Tao was a literature blog.<br /><br /><i>"Fountainhead: 10/10. Natural Twenty!" --Alexis Roark</i><br /><br />I'm feeling it. Next up: Finnegans Wake.<br /><br />But seriously...<br /><br />"A salesclerk wishing me a 'good day' seems to be a reasonable thing to say to a stranger upon departure."<br /><br />This.<br /><br />Every time. Takes all I've got to smile and nod and walk away.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930967848835421797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-89000548892283411702013-06-28T20:00:49.930-06:002013-06-28T20:00:49.930-06:00I think there is a good lesson to be drawn for DM&...I think there is a good lesson to be drawn for DM's from this post, namely to remember that most/all NPCs should be lying most/all of the time.<br /><br />For one thing, I think most people usually lie to themselves about their motivations, let alone what they tell other people. Words get tailored to the audience and what is expected of the speaker. <br /><br />More importantly it is fun for the PCs to piece together "the truth" from competing narratives that all claim to be true, and it fosters thinking critically about the game world. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648499022366444265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-55399666820235874312013-06-27T18:21:54.955-06:002013-06-27T18:21:54.955-06:00Fucking Ayn Rand.
(having given my visceral react...Fucking Ayn Rand.<br /><br />(having given my visceral reaction allow me to say your post has actually given me a completely new and fascinating lens through which to view this novel. I'd be interested in reading your literary take on Atlas Shrugged)JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-31099929961893282612013-06-27T15:32:20.340-06:002013-06-27T15:32:20.340-06:00Wait a minute here... people think an author endor...Wait a minute here... people think an author endorses what a character is saying or doing in a story and that charcters in a story shouldn't speak to each other like people do?<br />JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.com