True Names in Elf Games
Rules for learning and using True Names against fey, demons and other sorts that preserve player agency. Also a brief note about animals in human form. For the Name and Indonesian Blogwagons.
Schrödinger’s Chat 2: Amended & Restated Quantum Language Rules
Quantum language rules for TTRPGs, along with musing on language in games, in Mausritter, and more.
Spelling Errors: A Magic Miscast Alternative
When a magic-user flubs a spell, they mix up a few letters but the magic remains. Thus does a Charm Person spell become a Harm Person spell. Oops.
Schrödinger’s Chat: Improving Language Rules in RPGs
The way Dungeons & Dragons handles language is lacking in either realism or fun. In this post, I offer a system that is at least fun, if not particularly realistic.