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Holmes in the original stories is most assuredly not courteous, empathic and kind as a rule - at times he is all of those things, re...

So, pretty much exactly what we have in the new FR book then.

What about the term NPC for non-player character? I know it is thrown around today in video games and even in TV shows and likely...

That's the Moomshae Isles. Calimshan was in his world, but it was more of a loose idea and a name on the map ("Here there be 1001...

Small undertaking stuff is fine. I use milestone. There will be some underdark later but won't be much.

Zinda is probably the most USA based setting in Radiant Citadel, with it's obsession with material wealth. The carnival that features in...

The main thing is, if the party feels overwhelmed by the final battle (not unlikely if you use XP and they are level 4), they may decide...

WaSF drops quite easily into any generic fantasy setting, as it was originally written to do. As for combat balance, my biggest concern...

As I understand it, Calimshan was not in Greenwood's original FR and was largely created by Doug Niles when TSR bought it.

Beadle has never labeled a reprint as a “Platinum” product. Those they call “Silver” or “Legendary” depending on the size. This is...

And a great many other celebrations too. Humans love dressing up and having fun, and are quite good at finding reasons to do it.

what can I say but as someone who loves comic books, superheroes, and marvel, it sure was nice that they could tell a story without...

It was imported to the Americas by European missionaries. It’s still celebrated in places like Spain. In Northern Europe it was turned...

Awesome! Because Carnival definitely goes back to the European middle age or Renaissance periods that many folks like to base their D&D...

Honestly, maybe more than anything in this Cosmere deal, I have decent hopes for the Skyward series (Sanderson's explicitly YA Sci-Fi...