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Well, ok, relatively minor point here, but <Neckbeard> Technically, in any ideological conflict the opposition can be considered "heresy" by a group with an orthodoxy. This definition can be taken from a strict literal interpretation of a dictionary entry like this one. For example, if the OP...

Heresy was not really a concept outside of monotheistic Western religions. There is no need for it. You can just glue together different deities from different places and make a polytheistic pantheon. It's just that the local guy is boss in the Pantheon, and the others are his sidekicks...

The defining trait of successful piracy is speed, although deception and use of cover is sometimes necessary to get close enough to pounce. Surprise is his most potent weapon. Additionally, fleeing the scene and staying ahead of the large gun-laden government sponsored patrol ships is a...

As I've said before, much of what your sages know of the Great Wheel is half-truth and conjecture based on maybe two or three traveller's accounts, not all of whom made it through all parts of the Wheel. For Example: You may be shocked to learn that it is only one small region of Acheron that...

R4 So I was looking for this thread. I didn't think it was 4e, and I searched Enworld on Google for: egyptian undead homebrew request. All of these words appear on this page in the first post, and Google didn't grab it. Bad Google. Funny, I first found it through a random search on Google about...

I half remember a recent (Oct. 2010) thread advertising itself as a home-brew by request thread coming up in a Google search. I think it may have been in one of the more obscure forums and if someone can find it, I would appreciate it. Until then: Home brew me a table of completely mundane...

Ok, I am aware that outsiders are potentially unlimited in age, being immortal and such. And that some are older than mortality. Allow me to clarify: I am asking, if the player bump into your "average" Balor or Pit Fiend, where does he fall on the Ancient Dragon scale of age? Presumably the...

Who is older: Dragons or Devils and Demons? I remember 2e tagged Ancient Dragons at 12k years. And for that matter, what is the age range of Liches?

Fine. They know it is something called a yellow creeper. Do they know what it looks like? I mean, I remembered vaguely the yellow creeper from years back when I read the OP, and I can't even remember right now from earlier today what the description said the plant looked like. So the PCs know...

Specifically, a discussion bulletin board?

I think you need to understand more about the ecology of the Yellow Creeper. Why does the Creeper need the animal hosts in the first place: it doesn't derive energy sustenance from them? The creeper uses the animal hosts to create a nitrogen rich bed for its offspring. Additionally, the hosts...

Before I expound on the nature of the brain-eaters I need to dispel a few of the myths surrounding these secretive creatures: They are not from the future. This is one of the greatest gifts of their god of Secrets. It is highly suggestive to many lesser intelligences that they are actually from...

Thank you for pointing out these areas of ambiguity. My goal in this exercise was not to simply re-skin the incoherent understanding of the cosmology presented in TSR books. I am describing the coherent world that was misunderstood by sages at TSR. Due to their attempt to describe it faithfully...

Yeah, I thought about adding a short bit about how Righteousness, Beauty, and Spookiness are really more Nobility, Attraction, and, well, feeling Spooked or Unnerved (sometimes English kinda dances around the center of the concept I am describing). Being spooked is similar to being afraid, but...

As I discuss in the text, Plutchik incorrectly puts fear opposite of anger. Fear and anger share disapproval of the situation, and thus are not true diametrical opposites. Specifically, I have modified Plutchik's wheel by placing Fear into the slot for Grief and replacing Fear with Exhilaration...

The traditional 2e (and 1e MotP) outer planes can be thought of as representing the physical space of human emotions. Specifically, I've modified Plutchik's wheel of emotion to a correct wheel of emotion and will demonstrate how it lines up pretty well with the outer planes...

E6 e6 e6 e6 e6 e6! I feel this thread could use a link to the discussion of the E6 system of D&D. I'd add that high level D&D makes no sense for at least one of two reasons: 1: Why are these superheroes even concerned with regular human existence? Or 2: If you get the ability to reverse...

Illusion is with "Brutality" because it is an assertion of the internal essence of the individual over the remainder of reality, just like blasting an energy bolt. The Illusionist know what it wants and projects that outward without regard to whether it is true. The Invoker knows what it wants...

At first I thought you were disagreeing with me, but now I am not so sure. You could in fact be suggesting that Necromancy be demoted to a sub-school of Divination along with arts such as: Abacomancy- Divination by spreading dust particles. Alveromancy- Divination by listening for sounds...

The schools of magic in 2e DnD are arranged as follows in the PHB: Alteration......Illusion..........Enchantment Divination.........X................Conjuration Evocation...Necromancy....Abjuration What can we say about this arrangement? Well, it seems natural enough that Altering things is...