Hi Thor!

I just learned some more about The Club Dumas recently, and had written it into my "books to get." So pretty soon I'll be educated and not in the "only saw the movie" category any more.

More musing ... not about this particular story but about main characters in general ...

I have to say that my tastes in fiction/stories do tend toward a protagonist who at least eventually finds a place to stand. A lot of recent stuff seems to "go nowhere" in regard to crucial decisions of the main characters, despite whatever blood and thunder and action might occur.

Funny, though, Generation X worked very well for me - maybe because the main characters were cognizant of their own lack of a moral center, and sought to create one as well as they could.

Anyway, that's why American detective fiction works so well for my GMing style and why it's the basis for The Sorcerer's Soul - nb the title - it's all about finding "a place to stand" that does not rely on traditional mores or the forms of society. My personal goal in playing Sorcerer, at the most general level, is to see whether someone like Corso could ever develop into someone like Archer.

Best,
Ron