From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
I wonder if this will open up opportunities to troll for any side as a mercenary.
ReplyDeleteThere is only one way to kill an owlbear.
ReplyDeleteWith kindness.
I'm amazed at how hung up people can get on minor points of philosophy.
ReplyDeleteIt occurs to me that wars over how to D&D the right way are basically people stating with frightening sincerity that there is indeed One True Way to "eat a Reeces"
ReplyDeleteBret Gillan if you're killing owlbears with kindness you're not playing D&D the right way!
ReplyDeleteYou cannot convince me that this picture isn't canon: http://i.imgur.com/GTo4B1o.jpg
ReplyDeleteThat owlbear is alive.
ReplyDeleteHere's an owlbear killing a PC with cute.
http://www.sparkcostumes.com/artwork/albums/userpics/normal_owlbear2.jpg
Don't make me start playing Burt Bacharach on the piano, man.
ReplyDeleteOwlbears are an endangered species and should be protected by the Lake Geneva Convention. Stop the pointless owlbear slaying and adopt one today, they make great pets.
ReplyDeleteI guffawed at "Lake Geneva Convention."
ReplyDeleteI'm willing to bet that more Owlbears are killed at the Geneva Convention than any other time of year.
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