The other side

I died on Sunday night. It was very exciting, and gave me more time to make tea and hug Alex which is always good :) I got to go off to heaven where there was naked dancing and a chat with my goddess. Yes, I've been roleplaying again. We had nearly finished off the temple and were just collecting up some loot when we weren't quite careful enough of a ghostly looking ethereal figure, who decided to do banshee stuff when we got to close. I've always been the wussiest as resisting that sort of stuff and I just (only just) dropped down dead. So it was off to see Eilistraee for me, which was a strange experience (particularly as I found it hard to reconcile Ian (who was DMing) with the image of a tall naked drow lady). It was all rather fun, although I didn't get to stay in heaven unfortunately - apparently, we've got to sort this lot out. Still, my friends were kind enough to resurrect me with the expensive, non level losing method (thanks guys!) so we should be able to get on with that in short order in the New Year.

I've got quite into roleplaying, in a way that I never really expected to - it's a lot of fun and it's full of puzzles to solve and twists and turns as well as fights against evil people. Even the fighting bits, which I had expected to enjoy less are great fun, although some of our battle boards can do your head in a bit. It's not an actual adrenalin rush (unless it gets very tense), but it does get very gripping when you're rolling and rolling and thinking "Hmm, if I don't manage to hit this guy, I could be a bit shafted here" and putting of the moment of truth. And then in the evenings I find myself idly flipping through the DMG thinking "Hmmm, should I save up for a couple of encounters for something really zippy, or upgrade my bow now" and so on. So I probably ought, at this point, give credit where it's due and say "Thanks, Ian - I'm having a lot of fun".