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I had that same thought in passing when trying to work out what the Red Nails city design was trying to describe too - I keep thinking, "why would anyone design a city like this, a shopping mall?" Of course there were enclosed shopping Arcades with glass roofs around Europe (dunno when they...

Outlaws of the Iron Route features Orc raiders too, so fits. Shadows over Moonsea kept to the same raiding theme and brings in pirates all tie up in Zhentarim manipulation

The Sons of Gruumsh is a good adventure and can be a good follow up to Raiders of Galath Roost, especially if you have a few more orcs and half-orcs among the raiders

indeed -

The Planar Trade Consortium is already a thing in Planescape, so I could see a Great Atrium of Doors as the grand entrance to a multiplanar shopping mall- a central courtyard surrounded by spiraling promenades linking to floating portals and runic signs displaying “SALES” in 123 different...

Are you high ranking aristocracy, a very wealthy gentleman with 'friends' or very, very pretty (by 18th century standards)? If so, you can expect your invitation soon ...

The real world origin is the reason the X-Men version all dressed in faux 18th century costume (with bulging codpieces). The original club had the stated aim to satirize and mock the rigid moral codes of 18th-century British society - they were hedonist and pornographers who existed to shock...

Eberron was new, it did well Putting out material might have just been to prove the copyright for renewal Dark Sun. If Athas does come back, its going to be a different beast to what it was, but at least there will be psionics

Which is why I looked to non-western exploration models, which tended to be more diplomatic and scholarly. Al-Masudi was a Scholar who lived in the Abbasid Empire and was commissioned by a Caliph to verify the reports of nations and beast beyond their borders - it was pure scholarly curiosity...

I did a couple based on the journeys of Al-Musadi and Ibn Battuta and the like, and they are largely a set of terrain/weather based skill test punctuated with gear loss, discovery reveals and social encounters where you meet and negotiate with the locals. It can get monotonous unless the players...

Fry bread base, venison, worchestershire sauce, beefsteak tomato, red onion, coleslaw, tomato relish Or fry bread, paua (abalone), onion

If you want the oldest reference Gilgamesh visits an Ale-House to get information from the woman who owns it.

So Minigiant :O- you're an Orc?

Stevenson was certainly aware of Walter Scott, both beings Scots writers. Long John Silver was inspired in part by Scotts novel The Pirate In "On Fairy tales" Tolkien notes having enjoyed "Red Indian stories" (sic) as a boy and been inspired to learn to use a bow. So...

Sounds like I need to check out the new version of Banestorm. I share your experience of finding GURPS Fantasy a bit bland

The Three Musketeers begins with DArtagnan having a bar fight at the Inn in Meung, Ivanhoe has an Inn encounter too iirc (while disguised as a mysterious stranger), as does Dick Turpin during his famous ride. Id guess all of those were popular reading in the early 20th century too and as...

Apologies all, going to be unable to post for a few days

Canterbury Tales is likely the oldest featuring an actual Inn. But The Odyssey is notable for powerful NPC (goddess) disguised as a traveler gives a “quest hook” to adventurers in a guest-hall

My favorites are Cliffhangers, Swahbucklers, Age of Napolean and Ice Age Japan Egypt, Camelot, Dungeon Fantasy Martial Arts, Powers, Lowtech and Fantasy Races are good too

What are the mechanics for dysentery? Anyway my PC Orbril the Gnome became Master of a travelling circus featuring reinforced wagons pulled by giant carnivorous hamsters. The wagon train included a alchemy laboratory and tinkers workshop. The tinkers added pneumatic suspension bladders...