So, how great is Kromm anyway?

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

Some of the things commonly thought of as being in Sean's corner are more to the role of brand manager, which Sean notes he is not.

Correct. If it doesn't concern reviewing proposals, first drafts, or preliminary PDFs, writing my own material, or editing other writers' final drafts, I have nothing to do with it. Notably, I DO NOT sign licenses or contracts, set deadlines or manage project flow, lay out anything or assign art, initiate new printings or editions, decide what gets printed and what doesn't, or have anything to do with money, sales, or marketing. Essentially, if it isn't either English grammar or GURPS rules, I have zero authority and might not even be in the loop! The persistent myth that I'm "in charge of GURPS" is a curious one.

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

It could also be the lawyer/writer maxim: The lawyer/writer who represents/edits themselves has a fool for a client. So if another editor has questions on clarity, intent, or mechanics, Sean would be answering both as writer and the deciding voice on mechanics issues.

Also this. I write a lot of GURPS supplements. Officially, most of these just credit me as a writer and nobody as an editor. Unofficially, both Nikki Vrtis and Steven Marsh read my work, nitpick my writing, and pull the brake cord if I'm way off base; so, in reality, I have two editors, and I consider myself lucky for that. It's just that they prefer to be credited in other roles, as is their right.

Best to think of me as the lead rules developer, primary staff writer, and most senior editor of GURPS. There are other developers, writers, and editors, . . . and outside of those roles, I'm not even involved.

[JulianLW]

Kromm, if you become a werecat, please write a Fantasy Folks supplement. Thanks!

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by Kromm's Blog

This week is named Edna.

So no capes this week? :)

Seriously, though, take care of yourself with that cat bite. I'm ASSuming part of the treatment involved testing for rabies?

(And if you become a werecat, let's hope it's one of the cooler breeds.)

[ravenfish]

So we're going to have Hot Spots for both Istanbul and Constantinople?

(Why'd they write it? I can't say. Guess people just liked it better that way.)

[tbone]

"a bad cat bite" ??

Wait, you're not one of those 1d4 HP D&D wizards, are you? If so, stay away from cats!

[Anders]

What did you do to the kitty?

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

Seriously, though, take care of yourself with that cat bite. I'm ASSuming part of the treatment involved testing for rabies?

I admit I may be out of date on this. But I know several years ago, they generally wouldn't test for rabies (except in the dead animal that bit). They'd simply treat for it. Once symptoms showed up....

Just in the last month, I talked with someone who lost someone else due to them getting rabies from a cat bite.

[thorr-kan]

Originally Posted by ravenfish

So we're going to have Hot Spots for both Istanbul and Constantinople?

(Why'd they write it? I can't say. Guess people just liked it better that way.)

Byzantium! (I couldn't help myself.)

I'll look forward to these. Reading the Hot Spots is never wasted time.

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by JulianLW

Kromm, if you become a werecat, please write a Fantasy Folks supplement. Thanks!

If I turn into a cat at the next full moon, you can rest assured that I'll write about my experience!

Originally Posted by Phantasm

Seriously, though, take care of yourself with that cat bite. I'm ASSuming part of the treatment involved testing for rabies?

The cat in question is a well-cared-for inner-city pet who comes from his back yard to ours, not a feral who plays with raccoons and skunks. He has his shots. Cat-to-human rabies is <0.1 cases/year here due to mandatory pet vaccination; so, they don't ever test at ordinary clinics. You'd have to have known cases in a specific area first, and then you'd be sent to a special clinic.

But in general, it was taken care of. I got a tetanus shot, which left me with a stiff arm on the other side from the bite. I also got ultra-strong, broad-spectrum antibiotics, which caused fun side effects: GI upset, itching, irritability, restlessness, sleeplessness, and more.

Originally Posted by Phantasm

(And if you become a werecat, let's hope it's one of the cooler breeds.)

Norwegian forest cat, in this case. See the photo.

Originally Posted by tbone

Wait, you're not one of those 1d4 HP D&D wizards, are you? If so, stay away from cats!

I think it cost me 1 HP for real (he bit me right to the bone) and the infection cost me 1-2 HP afterward, yet I'm still here.

Originally Posted by Anders

What did you do to the kitty?

Nothing. He visits from next door all the time. I was in my kitchen, right next to the door, and he came in to rub all over my calves and purr. When I scritched him on the head, which he likes, he bit me . . . I think he was having a bad day.

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

I admit I may be out of date on this. But I know several years ago, they generally wouldn't test for rabies (except in the dead animal that bit). They'd simply treat for it. Once symptoms showed up....

Just in the last month, I talked with someone who lost someone else due to them getting rabies from a cat bite.

It probably happens in some places, especially rural places, but it's such a rare thing here that treating for it prophylactically would be a case of the cure being worse than the disease. The overwhelming risk is of tetanus.

[johndallman]

OK, it would be hard to be angry with that cat.