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I vote for : Roleplayers Anonymous "Hello, My name is Arsene, and I'm Roleplay-holic" "Hi Arsene !!!!"

Here is my own loser yarn Guess It wasn't such a good Idea after all .... ;°) BTW, If anyone came with an idea similar to this, and is interrested in a merged work, for publishing as a campaign site, or even try out another publisher, I'd be happy to receive an email (you can find mine in my...

I can't but see what's funny. Given the actual look (puke !) of her (ex-?) boyfriend, the french movie producer/director Luc Besson, the ugliest of us has all his chances ! BTW, I forfeit , don't like skinnies... ;°P

Yes you're very right : Sorcerer translates directly into Sorcier. I am not even sure that 'ensorceleur' (which would translate directly into 'bewitcher' or 'bemuser') is correct french. Rôdeur is very correct, thought it normally literally tranlates into 'lurker', but the word 'Rôdeur' as the...

Doh ! And I, newbie like i am, just thought that EN World was for Eric Noah's World !!! (Sorry for anyone whose glory in the present site I have debased in my assumptions...) Now I don't get it anymore....

What's ESD, btw ?

jimstama : We could discuss a byzantine setting on ather thread, I am pretty sure that the same people involved in this one would be competent. Create a new 'byzantine' thread, jimstama, we'll join you, and maybe other people as well.

Darklance : Most probably, yes, carts pulled by oxen has been widely used in most of the mediterranean world.

About Steel Coins, to Sigma : Yes, indeed, we don't use oil as a currency, but we don't use any other base, stragegic, material as a currency either anymore ! We use only paper money ! And actually the paper dollar is the reference. And the first to reply that dollar is guaranteed by gold will...

Caution, not to take Agback's statement for granted. What he's said is quite true, must it must be precised that dry (ie not damp) papyrus will still rot in any environment with an atmospheric humidity above Egypt's ! Egypt is not only dry, bur Hot-dessicating(-ly) dry ! It is so hot and so dry...

To Moulin_Rouge : What we call bronze is 9 times out of ten an alloy of tin and copper indeed. Tin is relatively sparse in europe. The two main sources being Anatolia and Zagros Mounts (Eastern modern-day Turkia) and the British Isles. And indeed the Greeks did import it. It is even the reason...

-> Klaus Okay, then, I understand better. The hero is from the hellenistic period, but relates the Battle of the Hot Gates. Makes sense now. P.S. : Btw, where do I know your name from, Sr. Pozas ?

Oh, and about the Thermopyalae, I think the most roleplayable (and fun) inspiration, is Frank Miller's "300" Graphic Novel. He uses a very modern (fun) Hardboiled aproach to his writing, yet he captures the legendary essence of the story (Hellenes standing for Law (and not for Democracy !)...

--> Klaus I don't know what Pressman is worth, and what he actually said, but there is a small error, The battle of the Thermopylae is the beginning of the Persian War (480BC), and that's even before the Athenian League was even formed. So you can see that we are very far yet from the...

Hello, 1. I might find such a map for you, and scan it and e-mail it, but I need : 1- The W-E over and 2- a more precise date (century-wise) for the said map. 2. I believe that in the Vth century BC, military service was conscriptions, and thus, conscripts were housed in barracks. As for...