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Thanks for the heads-up. I got mine once I read your post.

I loved that system. I think it does convey a better "feel" for the movies (or at least the three movies I consider canonical :) ) than the level based system. It allows for a really fast and easy style of play.

Middle-Earth in general (from direct statements from Tolkien's letters) had very little religion in it. Tolkien wanted his world to be at least not-incompatable with his own personal (Catholic) religious beliefs. He also structured ME so that it could be said to correspond to some legendary...

Characteristic of the War of Deadly Voices was the widespread use of a form of magic based upon music. Bard-Wizards hurled mighty songs of power back and forth; the Church developed the ability to have whole congregation contribute a portion of their life-force to their Sagaskaldi as songs...

It is still not widely known why House Zhal has put so much into the Barren Plains, but once every three years a caraven enters the Barren Plains and returns four weeks later. Both magical scrying and more direct tracking have so far failed to determine what the caravan goes in for, or what...

However, the forests of Nistadeen have been cut because the shipwrights of the elves have made some advances allowing ships to stay longer at sea, and with greater safety. If there's something out there, the elves want to find it, and to find it first.

Thanks. Typically, when I set up a game world's astronomy, I just keep the Earth's sky and redraw the lines. If this is the case (or even if it isn't but there is a rough equivalent), then a constellation like Orion (i.e., one that actually looks likes something) would be the position of...

My bad, I even had this in my head as I constructed this. My initial thought was that it could have occured during the civil war and thus inside Eyros(hence the sound of the title) and would account for the recognition given the Rukharn Light Warstriders, since it would serve to bind the...

Are you saying that you don't think any of my suggestion flies, or just the first two paragraphs, as listed in my last post? Well, I was telling you what I was going for. The material from Sarellion was included for the specific reason that I was not countering anything Sarellion had written...

This was because of the ceremony accepting and empowering the Imperial Guard, which took place on the site of the battle of Har'ka, in which a unit of Rukharn horsemen fought their way to the side of the Emperor incurring great losses, when his personal forces were in danger of being cut off...

What I was trying to address is a highly militaristic society that hasn't actually gone to war in several generations. This could be like Frederick of Prussia who loved his army so much he never thought of gettinmg it shot at, but that seems inconsistant with the setting background. House Zhal...

The culture of Eyros is strongly expansionistic, as successful war is seen as vindication of the rightness of the cause, and how could expanding Eyrosian civilization be wrong? There have been very few wars of this type in the last couple of generations because of the decline in military...

Is there a current summation of everything to date? I think a lot of people are intimidated by the size of this thread (I know that I still have about ten pages to cover). Perhaps a summation - starting a new thread, Eyros Part II or something, would draw people in. Harry

Sure, it only involves tweaking the magical "shield" keeping all Etat's light from reaching the surface. With the protective layer (which would make the planet quite brilliant from space), then: The planet is 2.1 AU away from Etat. The year is 730 Earth days long. Has an apparent size about...

Eyrosian Astronomy Hooo-kay, this is a clarification rather than a new contribution, but I thought that I might as well do the math. The sun, which the Eyrosians call Etat, would be classified by Earth astronomers as an A7V star, which would mean that it has a surface temperature of 7800K...

With regard to the situation itself, I wouldn't provide an XP penalty, per se, but I certainly wouldn't have given any XP bonuses, which usually provide a noteworthy percentage of experience. I cannot recommend strongly enough that you address any problems with your players (or anybody, for...

Eyrosian Astronomy I really hope that I didn't miss somebody grabbing these threads already, but ... Even if the orbit is markedly elliptical, this would accentuate the seasons and not make them vary. I suggest that the base cause of the seasons is, like Earth, due to the tilt of the axis...

As far as the roel-playing game with its "we'll assume thta you are nine years old" approach, and the Richard Scary-style artwork, I agree with you 100%. Good heavans was this disappointing. I was looking for a hard(ish) sf game and got (too) desperate. The board game, however, runs pretty well.

I'm with you. PFB is the best monster book I own, excepting (perhaps) the MM.

I use to live in the area around Villanova, then Conshohocken & I'd walk to King of Prussia for my gaming supplies (It seems Compleat Strategist is still in business.) It is sad how much easier it is to get an idea of the damage done if it's in a familiar place.