Books and a Beheading
For the past few days, I've been taking a break from Etrian Odyssey to catch up on some reading.  I started out with the first six Slayers novels.  I'm half done with book six now.  I can't wait for January, when books 7 and 8 will finally be available.  I'm reading them rather quickly, averaging a book and a half per day, and really enjoying them.  I would have gotten through them even more quickly if I hadn't stopped to read the entire Midori no Hibi manga. 

In other news, one of my D&D characters, Myotani Isuzu the samurai (Oriental campaign), got beheaded last night.  Sometimes the dice can be mean.  Since the characters in this game are fairly low level (4th & 5th level characters), I seriously doubt she'll be coming back to life.  It seems likely that I'll be replacing the headless samurai with Yoshihara Jin, a one-armed 4th level psion. I do enjoy playing Jin, but I have to wonder if replacing a warrior chick with a magical girl is going to mess up the party dynamics.  Time will tell, I suppose.