The "Rule of Cool" needs to go
So I have a Golden Rule. It goes: "Write about what interests you; don't write to make yourself angry over basically nothing." It's important - I abandoned my previous blog (may it rest in peace) because it started feeling like a toxic way of venting gaming frustration without achieving any real catharsis. Hopefully I won't end up trampling all over my maxim in what follows. And hopefully you'll find it interesting too. Here goes. The so-called "Rule of Cool" needs to go. In my opinion, citing it, especially citing it often, should be seen as a form of GMing malpractice. I'm sorry Matt Mercer, I know that that and "How d'you wanna do this" are your legacy. I hope you can rest content with the number of new people you got to introduce to the fun of doing silly voices. Those people are better off now, and it's because of you. To avoid just ragging on the RoC (see golden rule above), I'm going to advance a specific argument: Th