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30 Divine Concepts
After Buddha died, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave—a tremendous, gruesome shadow. God is dead; …
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Zombie Day
A twisted zombiepocalypse creates a new holiday season.
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Intersectionality and Protoculture
Intersectionality is the nebulous web of privilege and discrimination that is the crux of social justice/injustice, and …
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30 Halfling Holidays
Time is measured for most by the events that are both constant and special. "How many Christmas's ago was that?&qu…
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The many worlds of the Universe have their multiple festivals-some may be to celebrate the turning of the year, the coming of the rains or the return of the sun.
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'If you are going to live in the Warren, you need to live by The Rules,' The Edge said. 'I can follow the Ward Rules as good as anyone,' the Green Ryder said. He waves dismissively. 'Those are not the rules I speak of. I speak of the …
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The Old Code
3 HoH
'Who are you to tell me what is right to do?', Sir Aldros said. 'I am a follower of The Old Code', the older knight said. Chivalry was disciplined by a code of conduct that was clearly understood although it was never clearly formulate…
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Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. -Forrest Gump
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A look at the calendars used in Ã?ran.
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A detailed timeline of Ã?ran
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History of the World of Éran
1 HoH
Codex
A codex dedicated to describing the history of the world of Éran.
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Although many tend to see the world as driven by power and money, there are many other forces at work in fantasy world to make the driving forces of the world more varied.
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Low Sorcery
2 HoH
In too many games, role-playing takes a back seat to Kewl Powerz, a tag given to the multitude of spell lists, special abilities, and innate powers claimed by a character. Many times this is a problem of munchkins, or blowing up stuff becom…
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The Epic of the Howler
1 HoH
In all of Centasi history, from the mythical prehistory of the Old Kingdom to the countless wars and petty conflicts of the modern age of the Hundred, there is no figure so feared, so influential, so historical, as the Howler.
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An adventurer guild is a way to provide plot hooks, motivation and social context for such a weird and diverse group of people known as 'adventurers'. It can can offer interesting options, in-game and out-of-game.
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I could think of many times such a party contract would of come in handy.
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Lai-Xeng was a traveling scholar and wise man. There are a hundred tales attributed to him, each one containing a kernal of wisdom.
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This is a popular children's rhyme in the city of Ur-Kanesh. It is chanted while the children run down the street on St. Arakis eve.
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Scrasamax's Guide to Orcs
Golden
6 HoH
Recently unearthed this gem of mine, and thought to post it. Its writing predates my joining of Strolen, and I found quite a few interesting bits in it. It is nearly completely written and I am going to endeavor to finish writing it out. Un…
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The Carycian calendar has been adopted by many countries since its invention by the Blue Monk, Frezzi Alberto, in the year 1. It evolved from the wonderment Alberto felt for the natural cycles and his attempts to understand and predict them…
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Right after the 1000 years of human prosperity, it all suddenly came crashing down. Mortals became cocky with the returned use of magic. They were soon tested with the arrival of Dubaku’s children. While he was long lost to history…
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History of Hewdamia
5 HoH
Codex
In the early days of Hewdamia, the Gods squabbled over the world and took what they could from the each other. There was little here but water and soil, yet the Three Gods fought over it still. The arrival of the newer Gods marked a turn…
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With nearly 1000 years of there being an absence of the Gods that fell in the war of the Gods, things began to change. No one knows why but a shift in the politics of the Gods came to startling events.
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The second era started off in better light than the 1st era ended. For almost 500 years there was a rebuilding going on with the Gison, continued growth for the Olwynn, and understanding with the Derevo about the different factions in th…
