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Greetings! Whoring Religion Before The Throne: Religion In Bed With Politics Real world political-religious history removed - Plane Sailing Throughout history, religion has always had close ties with the ruling powers and government. In looking at a campaign, at your campaign—how do you...

Greetings! Burn Them All!: Witches, Heretics, and Rebels! The witch is tied to the stake, and burned. Her screams are music to the gods’ ears….the aroma of her burning rises to the heavens, and is a sweet scent in the nostrils of the gods….her cries of pain is a cleansing of spiritual impurity...

Greetings! By The Book: New Religions, Schisms, and Bigotry How do you integrate new religions into your campaigns? Do you develop schisms within the individual religions? How do you develop the inevitable aspects of religious bigotry between so many different religions—many of which are if...

Greetings! Tarts, Trollops and Vampires: Random Encounters in the City From the ancient text of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, 1st Edition, comes such inspiration…The streets of any large city are always dangerous, or potentially so….do you have a favourite system for random encounters in your...

Greetings! Ancient Traditions: Myths and Superstitions Does your campaign have weird superstitions that the local population embrace? How have you developed your local mythologies for the campaign milieu? How do these mythologies trace back over time in the campaign? Are there ancient...

Greetings! We’re Here To Help You: Madness, Whackjobs and Insane Asylums in the Campaign In the Vallorean Empire in my campaign, I have developed extensive Insane Asylums, for the multitudes of whackjobs and psychotics that need to be locked up and kept away from society. Naturally, the system...

Greetings! Plato, Philosopher Kings, and Building A New Society In reading the philosopher Plato’s works, Plato discusses a new kind of society, and that this new society is ruled by enlightened “Philosopher-Kings”. Have you used such concepts and ideas to design an unusual society in the...

Greetings! Well, I was relaxing a bit after a long day, and lit up a good cigar, and as I puffed on it casually, I started to think of the earlier conversations we were having about elves. Some asked me to think about dwarves, so I considered them as I smoked my cigar. :cool: Now, when...

Greetings! Quote By Pawsplay: "The idea that the Renaissance differs markedly and distinctly from the so-called Dark Ages is pretty much a myth." End Quote. Oh, wow. Pawsplay, there is an enormous and *vast* difference between the “Dark Ages” and the Renaissance, across the board, in nearly...

Greetings! Great analysis, mmadsen! It's great to see you here as well my friend! Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! Emirikol! My friend! Well, I'll be honest. *newsflash*--the official Greyhawk Campaign setting is languishing, and has really been a literary and game-corpse for many years now, and it will never get better. FR and Eberron are the new kids on the block, and they're here to stay. I'm...

Greetings! Hey my friends! It's good to see you all again as well! Well, in thinking about some of the issues brought up--for example: (1) Elven Military Superiority The elves' long lifespans--either in hundreds of years, thousands of years, or immortal would naturally translate into greater...

Greetings! Well, I was reading Edena of Neith's thread about elves having "problems" surviving in a campaign world. Specifically, how do elves be "elves" and still survive and prosper? A sub-set of questions relates to how to make elves interesting to play as characters by players in the game...

Greetings! Damn. I hate this! Arrrrggggghhhh! The Tides of Thandor Campaign will return after Tuesday, May 16, 2006. (My finals will be over!) Then, of course, we have lost everything that went on before. Well, we can start it back up! In response to EN-World's problems, I have considered...

Greetings! I remember working on adventures with Ryan. He was a very cool person. It is sad that he departed so young. Still, Ryan is now at peace, and at rest. Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! Hey there Joshua! Yeah, I'd say it is proper to say "Faye-Rune" as opposed to "Fay-Run".:) I have studied Latin, as well as reading so many works in proper English that it has even changed the way I spell words. I routinely spell armour and valour as such, instead of dropping the u...

Greetings! Hey everyone! I do hope everyone had a good Fourth of July weekend!:) This thread has certainly generated some interesting discussions! Now, for some updates, and some thoughts. In the world of Thandor, as MMADSEN has mentioned, Paladins are *the proper authorities*. The Vallorean...

Greetings! Ummm...yeah, Med Stud my friend, *Russia* was founded by Swedish Vikings, who settled many areas in the Baltic, Muscovi, Novgorod, and Kiev. Much of this area was conquered by the Mongols, which was later liberated by Ivan The Terrible, arguably the father of the modern, unified...

Greetings! Well, in a recent battle deep within the labyrinthine halls of a temple of Orcus, the group was fighting a phalanx of lead skeletons, a team of fanatical cult-assassins, crazed berzerker barbarians, led by plate-armoured clerics of Orcus. The encounter was great! Flamestrikes going...

Greetings! In one of the campaigns I'm running, one of the player characters has recently recruited some Fey followers. The player character is an Elf Druid 30/Fey Enchantress 2. She has recruited the following as higher-level followers; 1 Nymph 2 Treants 1 Unicorn, (Celestial, Holy); 1...