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Membership Benefits of A Mercenary Company Greetings! Ah, the benefits for someone in particular of being a member of one of these mercenary companies?!!!--I see now.:D MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS OF A MERCENARY COMPANY The Mercenary Template (1) Vigorous, Disciplined Training Mercenaries are...

Greetings! Brilliant minds think alike, my friend!:D Excellent stuff! Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! Indeed, in many ways, I definitely lean the same way. I tend to apply the rules and assumptions to the enitre campaign. I typically think that there isn't anything especially unique about the player character's classes, stats, or abilities, per se. It is what they actually *DO* and...

Greetings! Great stuff! I love that, my friend! Historical elements are always so interesting. It's amazing what we discover. Very cool. Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! How do you handle player characters getting married to an NPC? Has that been interesting in your campaigns? In my own campaigns, players frequently get married--and all kinds of adventure and drama results from them having a spouse.:D Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! Indeed, S'mon, the ancient religions were far more rich, complex, and diverse than the D&D pantheons. Lots of contradictions, conflicting motives, and mystery, too.:D I think D&D pantheons could use more of that kind of ancient religious complexity!;) Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! Well, hopefully a DM can use the "Seven Principles of Dynamic Temples" to help with the following goals: (1) Make whatever local temple that the players encounter more interesting--using such dynamic temples can help the temple itself be a more realistic and meaningful part of the...

Greetings! Ah, Herremann, I should also note that in the SHARK Attack! blog there is a separate article dealing with the special mounts for paladins. Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! Thank you, Woas, very much! It's nice to meet you as well, my friend! Semper Fidelis, SHARK

*LAUGHS*:D Indeed, I suppose that when a particular noble changes sides--often because they were explicitly bribed and paid with gold, lands, and additional noble titles and authority--that sort of not only defines *mercenary*--but also takes the term and profession of mercenary to new heights...

Greetings! My apologies, then, my friend. I mistakenly conflated the oftentimes mercenary attitudes and customs of many Scottish warriors seeking service within the ranks of the English/British Empire from roughly the period of 1300-1800. From what I have studied, it was a fairly common...

Indeed, my friend, small teams of mercenaries can easily be hired for whatever kind of work required--investigations, extra muscles, urban security, joining the adventuring party on a dungeon expedition, escorting a caravan, and so on. The Mercenary Team (3-8 members; roll 1d6+2) is a pretty...

Greetings! *Dayum*;) Where'd that picture come from? I mean...who painted it, what book or edition or interpretation did that come from? Most Orcs I've seen throughout the years have been usually tusked, beastial, dirty and monstrous-looking. Certainly, they haven't been muscular, buffed...

Greetings! Hey there Ace!:) (Emphasis added is mine); Indeed, I have never had players that sought to engage in rape, necrophillia, beastiality, or pedophilia. Certainly, I would boot them in a blink if they did! That would definitely be a "What the EFF!" moment.:eek: With such pervasive...

The Dogs of War! Greetings! I love dogs. I have owned and enjoyed dogs all of my life, and believe that dogs make wonderful, amazing pets and friends. In so many ways, the strange bonds between dogs and people can truly be amazing. Animal science is increasingly gaining new insights to the...

Greetings! Ok. (Emphasis is mine). I asked this question earlier--upthread--where I gave examples of how rape is referenced rather *frequently* in my campaigns. Your commentary here is a good enough prod to my questions, though. Perhaps I am not understanding precisely many of the tangents of...

Greetings! Ah. I also wanted to add that the above detailed tables and discussion provide a detailed, systematic foundation from which to create dynamic relationships between important NPC's, as well as for developing a relationship between a player character and an NPC. For example, the...

Greetings! I'm sorry, Rechan.:) I broke the articles up into three parts from my blog, so they wouldn't make one, huge, ginormous post here.:lol: I originally wrote the three articles--obviously related--as a single blog entry. I honestly thought that people would prefer a post that was...a...

Greetings! Mercenaries have been a standard feature of warfare throughout human history. Mercenaries have provided significant forces in many battles and wars, occasionally proving to be decisive in a particular conflict. Mercenaries are warriors and soldiers that serve in wars typically...

Greetings! DUDE!:lol: I'm such an ancient history geek--that sounds awesome! I bet it would be fun, and it would rock, my man. Definitely...get to work on that! Once you have it written up, and you can see it all as a whole, say, complete, you know, well--it might then actually inspire some...