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You are quite right. Humanity spread out quite fast, and that is one of the clearest testaments to our species fertily and adaptability. They mainly kept to somewhat warm locations. As for early colonisation of the American continents. Most of the so called evidence is very flimsy and...

Actually there is a third age. The Palaeolithic lasted up till the end of the last Ice Age, that is ca. 9500 BC. The two other human species that Homo Sapiens was living side by side with also died out at this point in time. The Mesolithic took over then and lasted until the Neolithisation...

Í am not arguing with the fact that we became the most widespread and dominant haman race on the planet. One of the possible reasons for this is that we might be better breeders in comparison to Homo Neandertalensis and Homo Erectus, but that is hard to tell from their few skeletal remains :)...

Actually it seems as though Homo Neandertalensis was better suited to life during the last ice age. Modern archaeology is of the opinion that they were highly specialized and not very flexible. This is perhaps one of the main reasons for their disappearance. There are several discussions as to...

As long as the PRC is well balanced, I really do not care how many levels it has. I do prefer that the PRCs do not exceed 10 levels though (more than that should be epic). It is one of the few problems I have with Dragonmech. The Steam Mage PRC should have stopped at level 10 and the Steamborg...

Yes there is. It signified the era (around 4000 BC in Europe) where copper was easily attained from the surface and pure enough for imidiate use. Later it had to be dug out and had to be worked to be useable. The main copper district in this period was in the area around present day...

I prefer to use Unearthed Arcana to create grim and gritty games. I am sure Grim Tales is terrific, but I do not feel that I need it. I rarely play D20 anymore, though...

I can try to look up a few things on Venetian shipbuilding in these centuries, but my specialty is Northern Europe (I study Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Copenhagen). As far as I remember, though, they had ships with one or two masts, V-shaped hull and was directly decended from...

I cannot see why not, but you should ask him or her :) (S)He would be free to use my post, as is or modified, as long as (S)he doesn't change the archaological facts and current speculation :)

When Monte Cook updated his webpage design he released an update to the Ranger. It can be found here . This variant is appended to the PHB 3.5 Ranger, while his old version was a stand-alone class. You are the DM. If he cannot accept your decision, then do not let him play. Although if he...

Just because Druids can command nature, does not mean that they are its masters, IMO. They are granted the ability to command nature in an attempt to serve it. Animals and plants are not sentient, so their caretakers has to force them to do their bidding at times. That is how I see it... :)...

That is a question that can fill several books :) I will try to give you an overview of the period in question, primarily concerned Northern Europe, particularly Scandinavia. Around 300 AD there were two primary types of vessels: small vessels made of trunks (expanded log boats) and large...

Sounds really interresting :) I am waiting for WFRP 2nd Edition for a Warhammer game, though, as I has never been particular fond of D&D or D20. It soes seem like alot of work, but it will probably be worth it :)

I see Druids as symbolizing the various forces of nature, striving, as a whole, towards balance and neutrality. Good Druids then, are forces of fertility and creation while evil represents destruction and death. The various neutral Druids also has their niches (unpredictability, predictability...

Thank you for your replies :) I might have to take a look at Occult Lore (if my FLGS has it). It still annoys me that Alchemy is regarded as "medieval" chemistry in most D20 publications. It is actually a spriritual path where the whole lead to gold thing, is an allegory to purifiyng ones...

I have a few questions regarding this book. Is it 3.0 or 3.5? How am Alchemy described? As medieval chemistry or a spriritual path?

I have always pictured Elves burning their dead. First they will prepare the body for its final journey, dressing the body in fine clothes and including any significant personal items. This includes items that show the deceased's station in live (jewelry, weapons, clothes). Then they dig a small...

Wether or not a race is essential depends on the setting the game is set in, but, in general, no race is truly essential. I am currently working on a setting with only Humans, Dwarves and Elves. I wanted fewer races, as I wanted a more earthlike (Northern Europe) atmosphere to the setting. i...

This is not completely true. The celtic La Tené sword, for exampel, was a slashing only longsword. It had an almost straight point. Most early shortswords were also primarily piercing blades. They could be used for slashing moves, but they are not very good at it. This is due to the...

It varies greatly and depends on wether I run a historial/modern campaign or a fantasy one. I seldomly research fantasy campiagns although I draw heavily on previous researched material. For an upcomming campaign (mythological/historical) I am doing a lot of research, though (some of it is also...