Recent content by Brennin Magalus

Wayne Peacock's Palaestra is a good resource if you are looking for a distinctly Byzantine, as opposed to Eastern Roman, setting.

Zoroaster or Zarathushtra was an Iranian prophet, not a god. Not by the time of Justinian. Also, it's usually rendered Mithras, although, Mithran might be the accusative form. He was very tenuously based on the Indo-Iranian god (later "angel") Mithra (or Mitra).

Yes. Start reading the Chronicles of Prydain yesterday.

You're being facetious, right?

I am not particularly fond of deva but it is better than a lame, made up word like aasimar. (The Lord of the Flies reference was great, by the way. "Sucks to your aasimar!")

Yes, cuz' a concept developed in one context cannot be appropriated for another. I don't think so. Oh well. (Incidentally, it's loser not looser.)

And he's lame.

You should have told him the hobgoblin was a polymorphed red dragon. :)

Did you, at least, have his character eaten by a red dragon first?

You don't need that crap. Have you considered gaming over the internet?

Just to reassure you, not all Californians are that dumb.

As a Westerner, I would not care to be called a Yank either.

Ahem. Indo-European. Online Etymology Dictionary The word devil has a distinct etymological pedigree from deva.

Yeah, I remember that part of the Chanson de Roland where Roland waxes verbose about the Forms in the midst of battling the Islamic Saracens. And it is well known that Galahad always carried a copy of the Laws in his saddle bag as he searched for the Holy Grail.

Kill 4e. Continue having "relations" with and marry 3e. I've already had 2e and now I ask myself "What was I thinking?"