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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] how much does a skull weigh, anyway?

    http://www.twilightminds.com/sorasfull.html The cultures of Spirits of Rock and Sky measure weight in units of (adult, average, subjective) fingerbones, skulls and bodies. Which leads me to an interesting problem; seems my concept of skull weight has been off base for quite the while. I'm...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] weigh in on skulls

    http://www.twilightminds.com/sorasfull.html The cultures of Spirits of Rock and Sky measure weight in units of (adult, average, subjective) fingerbones, skulls and bodies. Which leads me to an interesting problem; seems my concept of skull weight has been off base for quite the while. I'm...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] Designer Notes

    Stolen Bones, Part II: Politics in Hei (Terrible how having full time employment keeps you from writing up your favorite worlds, isn't it? I am still laboring over Chapter Two plot seeds). The PCs have arrived in Hei, scared and harried by Glowing Ones, clutching a most unusual bone. It is...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] Designer Notes

    Stolen Bones The real world intruded; I was hoping to have polished off the plot seed inserts for the Enierd by this time. Oh well; it'll happen within the next week or so. In lieu of that, I thought I'd talk about Stolen Bones, a Spirits of Rock and Sky scenario. Stolen Bones is of the breed...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] Designer Notes

    what makes a good scenario, anyway? One of the fun things about building your own world is that you get to put in place the things that you think make a good scenario. My prejudices are probably already in evidence by the use of the word "scenario" rather than "adventure." :) So what do I...
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    My "realistic" homebrew underground campaign

    my way of doing this I ran a D&D2 campaign back when (92-93, I think) that conformed to a lot of your desired campaign traits. How I managed it: RULES TWEAKS To get that dangerous feeling back into conflict, some rules tweaks were put into play. 1) missile weapons cause automatic critical...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] Designer Notes

    In the spirit of a number of people here, I've decided to keep up an infrequent commentary on my rewrite of Spirits of Rock and Sky. I'll even try to keep it to this one thread :) http://www.twilightminds.com/sorasfull.html ----------------------------------- WHY SORAS? Spirits of Rock and...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] is this lunacy?

    Re: Re: [Spirits of Rock and Sky] is this lunacy? This is just a plot seed, and GMs are free to expound in different ways, but the way I'd focus it is as an internal personal conflict: 1) Most obstacles (cliffs, ravines, Susyan raiders...) can be overcome by creatively dropping some of the...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] is this lunacy?

    oops...factor of two :) Half a span wide is 3'. Or so. (A span is the distance between outstretched fingertips, about equal to height). Oops. That's what I get for posting late at night. The spheres are are more likely to be constructed out of interlinked pieces of wood than one solid mass...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] is this lunacy?

    Is this lunacy? Have I just been playing too many odd computer games (and watched the Swiss Family Robinson at too early an age)? Is this something that every other GM looks at and imagines hours of fun stemming from it? Will players be challenged and amused by something this odd? Plot Seed...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] The Enierd

    The alpha preview of Chapter Two of Spirits of Rock and Sky is posted: http://www.twilightminds.com/sorasfull.html All you ever wanted to know about the Enierd, but were afraid to ask! Plot seeds for Chapter Two will be added in due course; you may see some of them popping up in forums here...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] Chapter Two Alpha Preview: Enierd

    The alpha preview of Chapter Two of Spirits of Rock and Sky is posted: http://www.twilightminds.com/sorasfull.html All you ever wanted to know about the Enierd, but were afraid to ask! Plot seeds for Chapter Two will be added in due course; you may see some of them popping up in forums here...
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    A new campaign, need some ideas.

    runequest supplements... Old runequest and new hero wars supplements are a great place to liberate plot ideas for the sort of campaign you're looking for -- Griffin Mountain is a good place to start. Massive book built around PCs as young members of tribes...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] plot seeds and crunchy

    Spirits of Rock and Sky marches on. Plot seeds have been added to the Chapter One alpha preview. These should give some insight into the way in which life is lived. I plan on keeping up the one per page rule throughout most of the setting book. Some actual d20 rules (shock, horror) have been...
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    [Spirits of Rock and Sky] plot seeds and crunchy

    Spirits of Rock and Sky marches on. Plot seeds have been added to the Chapter One alpha preview. These should give some insight into the way in which life is lived. I plan on keeping up the one per page rule throughout most of the setting book. Some actual d20 rules (shock, horror) have been...
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    (Shark World) Realm of the Blood Sorcerors

    (Couldn't resist). The shadowed realm of Blood Sorcerors is shunned, the subject of rumor and outlandish conjecture. A few travelers come and go, reporting a countryside of almost frighting normalcy, save for the shrines and a few strange practices. "Blood to the land!" is the commoner's...
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    Spirits of Rock and Sky; project needing artists

    I'm rescuing an old and evolving systemless science fiction setting of mine, slowly but surely. The most advanced part of it -- Spirits of Rock and Stone -- consists of 300+ pages of well-formatted but truly terrible text sitting around. So along comes d20 and the OGL, which would seem to be as...
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    COMMENTS NEEDED on a setting: Spirits of Rock and Sky

    Thanks for the pointer. I'll scurry over and post something up there now. Come on the rest of you guys, give me some comments here :) Reason http://www.exratio.com
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    comments needed on new setting: Spirits of Rock and Stone

    I'm rescuing an old and evolving systemless science fiction setting of mine, slowly but surely. The most advanced part of it -- Spirits of Rock and Stone -- consists of 300+ pages of well-formatted but truly terrible text sitting around. So along comes d20 and the OGL, which would seem to be as...
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    Comments needed on new setting: Spirits of Rock and Sky

    I'm rescuing an old and evolving systemless science fiction setting of mine, slowly but surely. The most advanced part of it -- Spirits of Rock and Stone -- consists of 300+ pages of well-formatted but truly terrible text sitting around. So along comes d20 and the OGL, which would seem to be as...
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