ClockworkFool

Recently I'm getting into OSR gaming, or at least beginning to watch videos about it and enjoy musing over the topic and the many ways it differs from the roleplaying style I know.

One of the aspects I think I particularly like is the different dynamic you get from a more open setup focused on emergent storytelling rather than pre-planned, and a lot of that comes from the Xp from Treasure gimmick and how that drives the players rather than the more modern focus on perpetually saving the world.

But it also makes me wonder about a few things.

So your players are delving into the underworld in search of riches. They will be doing so with hirelings and mules just to haul all of that me

I'm sure all of you have heard about Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend who was arrested recently, hiding out in a million dollar mansion.

I'm sure you're aware at least in passing of the kind of things that Maxwell is accused of. If not, Viva Frei went over her indictment in detail a couple of days ago. Video here

Over the last 24 hours, a rumour has begun circulating that Maxwell may actually have been a redditor. That she was actually a power-mod, involved in the running of a couple of high profile subreddits. The rumour seems to mostly come from 4 chan anons matching up posting patterns, with the particular reddit account that

There's every chance that nothing big is going to go down today. That this will be just another anti-climactic day in another anti-climactic week on this wonky old message board, just like every previous time there was a scare like this.

But all things must pass. So on the off chance it isn't, I thought I'd seize this moment to have the unforgettable David Bowie play us out.

Heathen: The Rays (Live in Berlin, 2002.)