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Carol H Tucker

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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...


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the one and only beladona

Bella Donna was a halfling thief.  



For several years we had a small D&D group that met one Sunday a month.   It was a group I joined almost by accident -- my husband worked with a bunch that played D&D and mentioned that I too was interested and I started playing.   We would sit for HOURS around the table, rolling dice, tracking points, telling elaborate stories   -- we were really organized, had battle plans and truly stayed in character [i.e. if you said it you did it].   Bella Donna was chaotic good, not particularly brave and always very respectful of the warrior-types who she encouraged to barge on ahead so that the way would be clear for others.  She was pretty talented in her chosen field, was very thorough at ferreting out traps, and when need be could wield the dagger she always carried well enough that the Dwarf rather suspected she had assassin training.  He was right, but Bella Donna never admitted it.

We were serious gamers, very intense.   When the East Coast gamers con came to Towson University back in 1985, we particiapted in the tournaments and did quite well.  In fact, we place rather high in the ranks, thanks to a game called "Son of Pun Dungeon"....    What kind of game was that?  Son of Pun Dungeon was a game in which you had to create puns in order to do magic. The DM stopped keeping score on me after the first day and granted me minor diety status at the end of the tournament.  What this says about my command of the English language, and my ability to annoy those around me is best left for silent reflection at this late date.   

When I missed a session, and it was vital for the team to have a thief, I gave a member permission to play my character.   We knew each other well enough that we would do that now and then...   He had a forboding about this particular journey, however and Bella Donna acquired a twin sister -- Prima Donna.  Not much is really known about Prima.   The Elf's foreboding was correct and she was killed rather spectacularly after she thoroughly pissed off the Dwarf.   Bella Donna never quite forgave the group for her demise.  Finally, Bella Donna had maxed out her level and retired to a keep, where she ran a small merchant operation and stayed just this side of the law, indignently claiming that she was not a fence.  

In the course of time I played many roles -- berserker, paladin, ranger, gnome -- but Bella Donna was my favorite. I stopped playing in the fall of 1985 when I left my husband and later heard that the group disbanded about a year later.  

When I ventured online, your user name had to be 8 letters, no caps.   For me it was easy and Bella Donna became beladona.   That has been my online moniker in almost very community I have joined, ocassionally varied E.G. beladona_2000 or CHTbeladona.  When I moved to Second Life, it was natural that beladona would be my name there -- and for years I was the one and only beladona about.

You can learn more about and see some of the pictures that beladona has taken in Second Life at SLProfiles.com


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