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how i think about rules

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i think of rules as jewels, treasure, or trading cards. Pharaoh's Treasure  when i was a little girl there was a tiny little seven eleven near my home, on the way to my grandpa's house. they had packs of duel masters cards on the counter, in a clear plastic display. the packs were so shiny and had monsters on them and i wanted them. i do not think i ever got any of those base set packs. they had a manticore, and an angel, and an elephant man on them. i don't recall seeing the blue demon thing. from an ebay listing i've loved yu-gi-oh, duel masters, any kind of trading cards - since i could cogitate. the foiling on the packs and cards, the mystery of not really ever knowing what cards existed or how they worked or if i would ever have any.  when i was five a neighbor gave me a purple plastic box of yu-gi-oh cards. thank you jonathan. years after that gift in middle school, i bought a small collection from a older kid named vincent. i paid him twenty dollars and then he b...

Potion Colors

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Created with a lot of of help from Simon over at Professional NPC Inspired/influenced/aided by his post on color as alignment HERE Previous potion post HERE DON'T READ THIS STUFF IF YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY IN ONE OF MY GAMES THANK YOU THE INITIAL 11 POTION COLORS ARE: ONE RED : Cure Light Wounds*, Delay Poison, Cure Disease*, Cure Serious Wounds*, Neutralize Poison*, Cure Critical Wounds*, Heal Seven Sources TWO YELLOW : Bookspeak, Message, Comprehend Languages, Speak to Dead, Contact Outer Sphere, Contingency, Legend Lore Seven Sources THREE ORANGE : Enlarge, Feather Fall, Audible Glamour,  False Alignment, Change Self, Shape Change, Witchlamp Aura Seven Sources FOUR PURPLE : Mirror Image, Detect Illusion, Detect Magic, ESP, Clairvoyance, Vision, Glass Eye Seven Sources FIVE BLUE : Levitate, Fly, Gaseous Form, Telekinesis, Teleport,  Duo-Dimension,  Force of Forbidment Seven Sources SIX BROWN :  ANY SPELLS NOT IN Rules and Mag...