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Evan's got a nice desert setting blurb up over at In Places Deep, definitely worth checking out. * * * I'm still working on putting together a few sites to get the G+ game up...
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Robert Parker's Rogues and Reavers has a few excellent posts on civilization and the concept of "hardboiled fantasy." Since one of the key inspirations for Legacy of the Bieth...
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This guy was originally called the Crystal Butterfly, but after some PCs encountered it, they dubbed it the Blooderfly instead. Like this, but no amber in the wings. Oh, and...
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OK. Go and listen to Blue Oyster Cult's "Veteran of The Psychic Wars." You want to do something with psychic warriors now, right? If not, what is wrong with you? Look, never...
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Ayaz Bungu - a massive greatspear, with a heavy leaf-shaped blade. Weapon of a fallen mamluk, renowned for his strength. Ayaz Bungu requires a 16+ strength to wield. It deals...
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Ibn Khaldun was the author of the Muqaddimah, a text discussing historiography and sociology. Along with coming up with the Laffer Curve and busting out some vaguely Robert E....
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So Chris did an animal variety table about horses. At Scrap Princess's suggestion/command, I'm going to do one about camels. First, basic information. Your basic camel in...
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A long-ass post answering some setting issues for Legacy of the Bieth! Via Jeff's Gameblog, 20 setting questions. What is the deal with my cleric's religion? The dominant...
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Fan art grabbed from here. Not quiiiite my usual line of stuff, but this seemed like fun. This Labyrinth Lord-based class is for a friend who's a huge fan of Mega Man. It may...
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First entry in this Arab Travelers series, started here. From Ibn Battutah: Takshif is the name given to any man of the Massufah whom the people of the caravan hire to go ahead...
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I am working on a few posts (some 40K random generation tables) and putting together an Ibn Battuta fantastic/magic items post (since my copy of ibn Munqidh is inaccessible...
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I've been chewing over the Legacy of the Bieth setting for a while, and am unhappy with the "traditional" feel that it manifested in its latest Philly incarnation. Therefore,...
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While my focus in gaming is pretty much back to RPGs and computer games these days, I have a soft spot in my heart for wargames. I'm a big fan of the 40K setting, both its...
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Here we finally go, only like 2 months late.The wastelands near Sanctuary are a grim enough place, and it's always nice to have a little bit of color, glamour, and spectacle to...
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This is a little trick I came up with when trying to come up with cool bits to work into my D&D homebrew setting, but it can work with most any fantasy setting. First, a little...
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OK. First a few magic items, converted over from a few places. Earthdawn Targeting Eye "A targeting eye is a magically treated piece of quartz hollowed out, filled with a gel...
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I'm splitting this off from my personal LiveJournal, so I'm going to post some duplicate entries here that were originally posted there. Here's the one I'm proudest of:A...
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Randall, over at RetroRoleplaying, just made a post titled THE House Rule for Rules Heavy Games? where he mentions a house rule which some 3.5e players have adopted - that when...
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So, just who are you anyway?I'm a relatively young gamer who was introduced to D&D through the Endless Quest gamebooks that TSR put out way back in the day. While my friends...