Stick A Fork In It

Today is World Wide Knitting In Public Day. That means I’ll be bringing my needles and wool to the F.O.R.K. Gala (as well as a rug and a book and my patient Other Half). Meanwhile, The G delivers a deliberately misguided attack on crafters. I’m slightly disappointed.

I’ve been reading up on D&D 4.0 and so far it sounds intriguing – particularly the “streamlining of skills” bit which was something which always frustrated me somewhat with previous editions. It didn’t feel entirely intuitive that certain skills – say Climb and Tumble – weren’t connected (although 3.0 introduced the idea of synergy). I understand the new set of rules have implications for magic users but as I have never been massive on magic (I think I’ve only had one magic-using PC), it is not such a massive thing for me. You gamers out there, what is your take? Are you going to convert to 4.0 or are you holding on to previous editions?

Finally, because I can, here’s something for the easily amused amongst you (and also me).