WickedThought

Many ven carry “accounting books.” Not so much “accounting” as “keeping track of things,” but “accounting” in “someone is going to pay.”

Small bundles of pages to keep track of their various Promises and obligations. In later years, accounting books became all the rage, each noble upping the ante.

Accounting books also became kind of journals for nobles. After passing into Solace, many accounting books were published by friends and family members—with proper editing for decorum’s sake, of course.

Ritual: The Twins

In ven culture, certain physical features identify a character as a villain. Red hair, pale skin, grey eyes. The more features a character has, the more villainous the character is. But there is one “physical feature” that truly sets a character apart from the rest. Despicable. Unredeemable. Terrible.

Twins.

A ritual known to only a few and utilized by even less. A pregnant ven woman gives birth to a single child and only a single child. No more. Of course, the literature also mentions a forbidden ritual… blood, pain, other bodily fluids… I should say no more.

If a ven uses the Twins ritual, they will indeed give birth to twins. Twins is an Aspect the children take on.

Twins also have another advantage: they do not need to spend style points to kibitz to each other. (See Player for more info on kibitzing.)

Sidebar: Twins

Invoke: you gain three bonus dice when protecting your twin.

Tag: because of the stigma surrounding twins, others gain two bonus dice for any social risk against you.

Compel: act creepy, villainous, and otherwise untrustworthy.

My Sons of Kryos interview is now live! We talk about Houses of the Blooded. A lot of talk. A half hour of info.

Go check it out… and listen to the other shows, too!

Better is the enemy of done.
— Jared Sorensen

Editing and playtesting continues. My November release date has moved to March at earliest. The GAMA Trade Show. Perhaps Origins.

The game is better because of my decision. Every time I run the game, I learn more about it. Learn more about the ven.

At the Dark One’s Halloween Party, someone told me Houses restored their joy of gaming. That was neat.

Another someone told me about a group of 20+ L5R players gathering at a local game store. Not TCG players, but RPG players. Gathering every week or so to play the game. I need to enlist that crew.

The Houses LARP (The Great Game) will begin in January.

I have another announcement, but I can’t talk about it yet. I’m very excited for 2008.