Recent content by Hriston

I missed their book of Norse mythology and only found out about it much later (I still haven't read it and learned about Norse mythology from another source.), but their Greek mythology book had a huge influence on me. The art, although not of a style I particularly enjoy, was very interesting...

You didn't answer the question.

A number of people have expressed enthusiasm for the group check, so, not to yuck on anyone's yum, but what is the consequence of the first PC's failure? It seems a strong enough consequence would curtail the piling-on effect.

Sounds like my ex 😂 Personally, as far as biological species is concerned, I prefer elves to be a culture of Homo sapiens with a different spiritual fate from humanity which, although they arise in the Material, gravitates towards the Ethereal. This is the concept of Paracelsian nymphs/undines...

How do I define heartbreaker?

The scratch and sniff card would have been rank, but Divine as Shelob may well have been worth it!

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's former prime minister, died in the capital Dhaka. She was 80 years old.

Mohammad Bakri, acclaimed Palestinian actor and filmmaker, died at 72 in northern Israel on Christmas Eve.

Just a general question, if anyone knows the answer to this, but did the Norse/Germanic peoples wait for the solstice to be observed and then count the following lunar month as the latter Yule (with the Yule-day festival at the full moon as your quote says), or might they have chosen the nearest...

I suppose one could, but I was asking if it's intentional on your part since this is your proposal.

I assume that's the unmodified result furthest from 10? Even so, it favors success because there's a higher probability of getting a result higher than 10 than of getting a result lower. Is that intentional?

When I was in first grade in a California elementary school in 1979/80, our teacher (whose last name somewhat coincidentally was Atlas) read to us from a book of Greek mythology. I'm pretty sure she read to us about Perseus (who became my favorite Greek hero) and definitely about Theseus...

Gundabad can be identified with a real-world location, Triglav in Slovenia, the highest peak of the Julian Alps which are a range of the Alps, so I would say it's in the Misty Mountains which I would identify with the Alps. I would identify Ered Mithrin, the Grey Mountains, with the Dinaric Alps...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

I was thinking Poul Anderson trolls, but more like those in The Broken Sword and less like those in Three Hearts and Three Lions. Also, the fairies are not Small unless you choose that size. The default is Medium, so you could play a fairy knight or whatever.