pondering sorcerers and blood

Looking at rolling my own sorcerer bloodline type for GameLit. Third time I've done, because it's the third time I've had an idea with a major sorcerer character. . . .

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The Last Unicorn: The Lost Journey

The Last Unicorn: The Lost Journey by Peter S. Beagle

The original draft. Interesting for people who want to see how things can change. It's a dragon that tells her she's the last in the world, at that, and her interactions with the butterfly seem to convey more. (Hard to tell, it's incomplete.)

I think the plot and characters did not jell as well, partly because some elements in incongruous. But it has charming moments that had to go

Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds

Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook by Daniel Ogden

A heavy book. It includes hundreds of translated passages from ancient sources about magic. They range all over.

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Gamelit and humans vs. non-humans

Happened on a discussion of D&D and why on earth are humans powerful and dominant when they are so much shorter-lived and so can't be so powerful, having less time to grow in power in their lives.

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