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Court Etiquette: Do's and Don'ts
When dealing with nobility and court settings, players can sometimes skip the roleplay aspect and jump straight to behav…
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30 Halfling Gifts (For Services Rendered)
Save/Help the Halflings! They offer rewards. Material and otherwise.
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Five Best Tips for Posting on Strolen's (and Other Places)
If you are new to the site, you might want to read this post.
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The Magic of Food
Ruminations on the role of Magic and Food.
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This is more an overview of the subject, than a complete article. As one of my PCs had pottery in background, I tried to research it a bit, but given up after seeing way too much data.
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Falconry or Hawking
1 HoH
Falconry or Hawking is the sport of hunting with a trained bird of prey, usually a hawk or falcon. It has been practiced by a number of cultures through out the centuries.
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Looking for some information that might explain what is going on? How you can get involved? How to play?
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Let's face it. GM's need to be organized. When dealing with organization, one should look towards business... as an efficient business is a more profitable business.
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Most of you are probably wondering about this thread. It's title is a little vague. It is about super hero/ meta hero/ comic gaming. This is a support submission. What I want here is organizations, meta-hero equipment, minor NPC, Extras, e…
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New Looks and Takes and Makovers
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Some times the same old thing, be it a species or class or type of magic, just does not have that old spark. That is what these threads are about. They are re-imagined versions of the classics. An attempt to make them interesting and useful…
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Everyone wants to make a magic system for their game, be it THEIR GAME SYSTEM or another. So have fun and do it. Just a few things I want you to think of.
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Weapons and Realism
1 HoH
This is an article about designing and creating new weapons and armaments that are nonetheless realistic. If you've ever wanted to make your own unique medieval weapon for a campaign, this will hopefully come in handy.
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"There is something about the outside of a horse...that is good for the inside of a man." Winston Churchill
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The world is full of different measurement systems. Some are old, some new, some obvious, some obscure. Each one is important enough to some group of people to be codified and passed down through the years. These are the ones that might be …
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Systems of Measurement
3 HoH
Systems of measurement might not sound like the most interesting of things, but they can be used to good effect in a role play campaign. There are three main ways I can think of: 1) Adding colour; 2) Culture shock and 3) Archaic systems.
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Of all the published roleplaying games, we have a huge number of fantasy games, a good number of sci-fi games, a smattering of modern and modern variation games, but very few of anything else. The Western is an Epic Genre in the bookstore. …
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Religions. Sigh. Can't live with them, can't live without them. They have been such an intergral part of Human existance, that ignoring them is something you do at your own peril. A lack of religion (even hidden away in the background) ca…
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Yesterday, new magic appeared upon your world. What happens next.
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Magic should be just another form of technology, a means to do things. In most games, it is nothing more than another weapon. Others utilize it as a tool of everyday life.
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The desire for immortality is a common one, given our innate fear of death. We share the same desire for immortality of our characters. Potions of immortality are often fakes, while spells of unending life invariably turn the caster into a …
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... some invaders come full-force, and are a previous unknown to the current inhabitants. Either way, the world will change.
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Imagine a blight that killed off the grasses and grains. This is not an unheard off event. Mutant spores, molds, and diseases have killed off a wide variety, even who classes, of plants in the real world. Something that kills off grasses, s…
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'Mass Produced Books' was one of the most important shift points in history. This one invention profoundly effected all aspects of life, not only locally, but eventually the entire world.
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What would my world be if.... This is a question that many GMs should ask. It will help them flesh out their world. This is a series of articles to expand upon the idea.
