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The Past Paths of Darkness - 04/24/2019 The Past and Paths of Darkness If Sigil is anything, it is about belief. In the universe. In yourself. In what you perceive. In order. In entropy. There is even a belief that that powers aren’t what they claim (barmy Athars.) But it is all about...

Altering the Deal, Part 2 - 04/17/2019 Altering the Deal, Part 2. There is a difference between being intelligent and being smart. An intelligent person rationalizes everything, and really intelligent people do it to a degree that leaves nothing to chance. A smart person though, doesn’t...

Water and Light - 4/9/2019 Water and Light I don’t know much about traps. But I do know about being bobbed and peeled. To me, it’s the same thing; one is social the other mechanical. And while I can’t do much about the mechanical, I do know that knowing what the trap/cony-catcher is...

Cracks in the Darkness - 03/27/2019 Cracks in the Darkness I wasn’t popular in the Gatehouse as an orphan. As a child, I could always make something glow with light, and apparently as an infant I always lit up something in my…whatever it was they put me in, to chase away the dark. But this...

Passages of Belief - 03/13/2019 Passages of Belief Darkness doesn’t scare me; I can see through it. But Sensates play a game with a blindfold called “A Game of You.” A game where you use the senses to understand the universe around you. The Game is played for many reasons. And the higher...

Descent - 2/28/2019 Descent Sigil like most many cities is layered. Tenements in the Hive are built on top of tenements of the past. Go down deep enough and you can find forgotten places. In the Hive, many a kip expand downwards finding remains of rooms, or just piles of broken things. But...

We’re Altering the Deal… - 2/13/2019 We’re Altering the Deal… Some deals are built from desire. Some are built in desperation. But many deals are products of their time and circumstance. So, change enough events around the deal, the deal is going to change. You just better hope that the...

The Prisoner Dilemma The Prisoner Dilemma There is a Bleaker joke that goes like this: “A Sensate says to a Bleaker, ‘You know they say its ‘darkest before the dawn?’ right?’ ‘Sure I do. You realize that it never dawns in Sigil right?’” It’s still not funny. I heard the double doors...

The glass is always at half something. The glass is always at half something. Working the gaming halls in Sigil has taught me a number of lessons that I use constantly. A smile opens as many doors as a pouting frown. Pretending that you know exactly what you are doing, gets you out of a lot...

It Takes One, to Know One. It Takes One, to Know One. In the Society of Sensation, experience isn’t just everything; it’s the only thing that matters. Your personal knowledge is the key to the multiverse. That knowledge allows a skilled observer to understand and react to anything the...

Dressing to Kill Dressing to Kill Sigil is a dirty place. The rain stains everything with brimstone, discoloring cloth and flesh alike. It’s why we wear leather if we can as it doesn’t stain. The Lower Ward and Hive will have standing muddy puddles of filthy water. The worst is the Ditch...

Darks of the Past (Merry Xmas everyone) Darks of the Past The Society of Sensation teaches that dreams are incomplete experiences. Normally, they are things your self needs to sort out, understand and know. The Society also says that dreams can be tools; of prophecy, of communication, and...

Hostage to a Bargain Hostage to a Bargain I’ve signed exactly one Baatezu contract. The Baatezu are masters of creating them, having millennia to practice. And because of that, they are masters in twisting what is written to their desires, and not yours. And I will say without question...

The Darks of Death The Darks of Death Death is only a Beginning. It sounds trite or like a bad trope. But Death is change for everyone that survives. It’s emotional. It puts much in life in perspective. It frames what it means to live. What most folks don’t realize, is that the Dead...

Crossing the Planes Crossing the Planes They say that your life passes before your eyes when you are facing death. All the Sensates I knew said that the mind went into overtime seeing if you missed something. The priests said that there wasn't any pain and it’s a peaceful experience. The...

"Big D" “Big D” When sizing up your opponents, you always need to look at every angle. Their speed physically and mentally. Their confidence; is it real or for show? Their choice of weapons; big, small, fast, slow, physical or magic? And lastly; sometimes size does matter. I looked at our...

The Darks of Yartar The Darks of Yartar. There are two things you can rely on when you are in a den of cony catchers, is that for certain you know that everyone is looking out for their own interests. The real question isn’t if your interest and theirs are the same, it’s when their interest...

...to a Blexburgh …to a Blexburgh First impressions sometimes get to the heart of things, before you start wasting time trying to rationalize why you disagree with your gut. But everyone makes a bad call here and there. It’s when you are in total denial and not listening to anything, ever...

...With a spot of violence... (10/8) …with a spot of violence… It’s a moment like this you wonder about your own life choices. “If I had made that turn, would I have avoided that gang that robbed me?” And that was my line of thinking; I just wasn’t sure whether the choice was agreeing to...

From an Anthill... (9/27/2018) From an Anthill… When they say a plane is ‘infinite’ you really don’t have an appreciation for distance until you need to go somewhere. Then, the journey always seems fraught with issues; taking too long, bad weather, things trying to kill you…all at the same...