Category Archives: Musing

Things to do with “spell slots”

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Confanity

A while back I read and commented on a post at Ten Foot Polemic. Mr. Young had an interesting idea about allowing clerics to create “talismans” (I keep on feeling like the plural should be “talismen,” but that’s silly) to … Continue reading →

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Another thought on toddler cognitive development

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Confanity

The kid has started categorizing the world and associating properties with those categories. He has also started learning the names of things. Examples: He will see a dog, and say “Dah!” He will hear a dog bark, and say “Dah!” … Continue reading →

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A thought on toddler cognitive development

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Confanity

So the kid is a year old now, and he has learned how to throw things. He enjoys taking things out of containers and sometimes putting them back into containers… although not always the same container, such as when he … Continue reading →

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On spicing up your dungeon crawl with… sensory output!

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Confanity

Noisms just put up a thought-provoking post about “consequences” in the dungeon. Not the social consequences of PC actions within the fictional world, though (although that would be an excellent topic to explore in depth, if you’re up for a certain kind … Continue reading →

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Thought of the day: baby arms

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Confanity

When a baby is startled, even if it’s asleep, it will often go like this: I’m not sure how much scientific literature is out there about this particular reflex. Someone I was talking to idly theorized that its roots go … Continue reading →

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