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Well, I doubt that he'd put it precisely that way.... But essentially, yes. "Thou shall have no other gods besides Me," you see. And Theurgy is a path to power that requires its practitoners to reject Shar in every respect. They can't even "pass" as a worshipper of Shar, as their own patron...

Interlude: Ship of Fools Part VI. Some Like it Not. <Late in the evening aboard MCSDF Windsprint, 5 days from Narayan:CITY> Mother Superior Tawny Portal speaks with Rackhir the Red, privately, if such a thing is possible, concerning the fate of Han Oi Xian's mother. "I just had a revelation...

As I'm doing it.... There is a Church. Several, actually, but there's one that's particularly pervasive and powerful. And alliterative, apparently. Clerics are not a part of this church, and in point of fact clerical magic (Theurgy) is considered blasphemous and heretical, grounds for...

Fluff is still being worked on -- I've got another two months before this campaign begins, and I've got very little on paper thus far. That should change over the next week or so. Mechanics, though...it's the 100% straight cleric, actually. I want the players to be able to jump right in...

Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part V. The Things They Carried (On About) <Aboard MCSDF Windsprint, 6 days from port at Narayan:CITY> For Burne, the plan was uncharacteristically simple and free of combustion. Get Joachim’s advice concerning the problem of Han Oi Xian’s mother, whose living soul...

He can, no question -- and at least last year, the exchange rate was such that it was cheaper to order directly from him than it was to purchase from the US distributor. But, as you mentioned, that US distributor -- RLBPS, or something like that -- does come to Historicon in Lancaster PA...

I never finished writing the damned thing up, but I'd had an idea for a Moorcock-inspired incantation to allow long-distance travel. The incantation would call up a number of demonic beasts -- with apelike bodies, vulture-like heads, and wings of brass -- that would seize the (willing) subjects...

Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part IV. Talking Marriage With Mallus <Around midnight, aft rail, MCSDF Windsprint, 7 days from port at Narayan:CITY.> "Can you marry?" asks Rackhir. "No," says Mallus, with a surprisingly forlorn quality in his voice. He takes a sip of gin. "In order to join the...

A lot of my stuff is pretty old -- Ral Partha's "Vampire" line gave me a bunch of great civilians. But there's a lot of other options. The Superfigs line has two packs of innocent bystanders. Wargmes Foundry has a line of (expensive!) modern miniatures, called "Street Violence". Really good...

Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part III. What the Monkey-Man Saw <Overheard, as if by magic, aboard the MCSDF Windsprint, 7th night out of St. Tarte's Island.> The Most Honorable Yet Least Experienced of the Sacred Guardians of Wu-dan Mountain, sifu Wujuyama sits with his tiny legs wrapped around...

Clerics are gone...kinda. I'm keeping the mechanics, but changing the flavor. Clerics are now Theurgists, and they practice one of the few sorts of magic actually condemned by the Church (the others being Warlockry, Binding, and Necromancy). Bascially, it works like this: Each cleric...

His reaction to hearing of a horrible, horrible crime being commited? To finish quietly eating his brunch.... He's a role model, Kenji is.

And thank you all -- I'm glad I kept everything backed-up. Not that I was expecting anything like this to occur, mind you. And yes, gin is a recurring motif. For reasons that only Mallus can address...although I strongly susepct personal preferences may play a part there.

Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part II, "Lovers and Other Strangers" <Aboard MCSDF Windsprint, 4th night out of St. Tarte's, just off the isle of Petit Soir> The warm ocean air is punctuated by the sound of Joachim Driftwood and Delphine Laxshmi St. Sous fighting, their voices rising above the...

A lot depends upon the players. For my own Eberron game, I used action points...but bumped them up to 1d20, instead of 1d6. I was hoping for a lot of fun, over-the-top actions. What I got, generally, was players who made every single saving throw.... One guy used his AP to do neat stunts...

Title: The Chronicle of Burne, and Some Others of Lesser Importance Author: Rolzup Number of Threads: 1 Type: Fantasy System: D&D 3.5e Setting: CITY Started: 3 March, 2006 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Medium Average Frequency of Installments: Thrice weekly, for the nonce...

Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part 1, "Vulgar Intrigues" <Aboard the MCSDF Windsprint, 2 days sail from St. Tarte's Island, en route to Narayan:CITY.> It's hot. It's crowded, despite the loss of the enlisted crew. It's surprisingly dull, considering that the enlisted men have been replaced by...

Interlude: A Distressingly Straightforward Explanatory Account from the Pen of Rackhir Rackhir's Big Adventure The original plan was to sneak into the fortress through the top. Rackhir was going first as an archer and a ranger (and a newly minted DWS) he was best suited to getting into range...

At Long Last, Joachim The dungeons were only lightly guarded; they obviously had not anticipated a master strategist like myself. We struck them down quickly and quietly, and proceed on to the cells. And there we found, at long last, Joachim Driftwood. He was less than delighted to see his...

In Which the Polyneechians Gaze Into the Fire, and the Fire Gazes Back By the time we had reached St. Tarte’s, I had managed to create a formula that would restore Rackhir’s lost vigor. It required the use of the Rast’s circulatory fluids (I hesitate to call the stuff "blood"), and various...