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A great of fantasy novel inspired by Chinese history and myth in general, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in particular is 'The Grace of Kings' by Ken Lui. There also is a sequel that I am planning to read later this year.

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The target should be able to use an action to attempt a strength saving throw (DC 18, if you want that save to be very difficult, or DC 15 if you want the save to be just somewhat difficult) to break free. That is the way even very powerful spells like hold monster, work. It also makes a lot of...

Back in the 1970s, when psionics were first introduced, there was still the idea in science fiction and fantasy it might (speculatively) be possible for talented or discplined individuals to actually develope these powers. Think Vulcan Mind Meld, Beni Geserets, and Carrie. Psionics are innate...

It is more a display of 10 iconic swords from visual media. As such, it should have included Excalibur from the movie of the same name. If it were to have been swords from fiction, its list would have been different. I would have liked to see Grayswandir. And I second Terminus Est from the...

4 out of 5 rating for Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Technology Guide The technology guide has all sorts of tech gadgets, a good take on how they are powered, and a good take on how to add super science style technology into a D&D style universe. My biggest complaint is has to do with the...

Geryon is a devil in Dante's divine comedy where he is a winged beast with the tail of a scorpion the dwells between the seventh and eigth circles of hell. The 9 hells themselves predate D&D and are inspired by the divine comedy. Dagon first becomes a sea monster like that pictured in the...

You can base both your reflex and AC bonus on Int, and it is good for all o the knowledge skills, and it is good for wizards and warlords and anyone who plans on using ritual magic or multi-classing into wizard, so its pretty useful still. Its more useful than Dex if you are a wizard or warlord...

Well, wizards are still able to use rituals far more easily than most. First off, wizards don't have to spend any feats. Also, wizards get free rituals in their spell books without even having to pay money for them. Considering that fighter abilities are just as good if not better than many...

beer and wine types Being a fan of medieval brewing, I noticed that the alchohol types listed are very modern (with the exceptions of the fantastic types, of course). In the middle ages, beer was quite different from the beverage of today. Small beer and ale, which is probably about...