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[Master01]

We are proud to announce our upcoming sourcebook: Dark Ladies, Villainesses in RPGs.

Myth, legend, fiction and history are replete with colorful villainesses. In some cases, they just happen to be female. But more often, their gender is melded into their role as an antagonist, and the result is a unique dynamic. Villainesses are, by their very nature, different then villains. The differences are physiological, behavioral, societal and sexual. They present a host of unique opportunities in roleplaying adventures.

The book was written by Andrew and Chris Hind (with further development by Stephen Elliott) and the stunning artwork is by Alessandro Cioffi.

You can grab a preview and a beautiful desktop wallpaper featuring Morgan le Fey here

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See the cover depicting Circe and find out more at the Dark Ladies page here

http://www.0onegames.com/pages/brands/other/ot01.html

 

[trancejeremy]

Finally, d20 stats for Martha Stewart!

 

[Ghostwind]

Finally, d20 stats for Martha Stewart!

But would she be classfied as a hag or manipulator?

 

[Master01]

Martha Stewart?

Interesting...

 

[Drawmack]

I always thought she was a lich based on vampire spawn.

 

[Blacksad]

You can grab a preview and a beautiful desktop wallpaper featuring Morgan le Fey here

http://www.0onegames.com/pages/downloads.html

I would have written it:
"Morgane la fée" or "Morgan the fey"
Is it really spelled Morgan le Fey in english?

 

[Master01]

Morgan le Fey (or Morgan le Fay) isn't actually a fey, meaning the fey as creature type in D&D (in Dark Ladies in fact, she is human). "Morgan le Fey" is her true name, from arthurian mithology, and means Morgan the Witch or Enchantress...

Obviously you'll find out more in DL

 

[Blacksad]

"Morgan le Fey" is her true name, from arthurian mithology, and means Morgan the Witch or Enchantress...

You'll think I'm mean, but there is books written in french on the arthurian mythology, so there isn't one true name for her.

Bretagne is a region of France with strong celtic root, a dying language, and legends, the arthurian legend being one of them.

It is a shared legend between France and the U.K. and we write her name "Morgane la Fée" and she was supposed to live in "La Forêt de Brocéliande" a real forest in Bretagne (with really big and beautiful trees), that's why I was puzzled.

Obviously you'll find out more in DL

Excerpt?

Edit: is "Chaterine dei Medici" (as spelled on RPGnow) in fact the queen of France "Catherine de Médicis" ?

 

[Master01]

You'll think I'm mean, but there is books written in french on the arthurian mythology, so there isn't one true name for her.

You're right. Even here in Italy she is known as "Fata Morgana" and lives today in a hidden underwater castle between the Etna and the Stretto di Messina, Sicily.


You got it!

From Dark Ladies:

"Morgan le Fey is the daughter of Arthur's mother Igrene and her first husband Garlois, the Duke of Cornwall, and thus Arthur's elder half-sister.

Rumor claims that Morgan was sent off to a nunnery to learn black magic. This is just the first in a series of half-truths that have helped alienate Morgan from the heart of the kingdom, and encouraged her to take up the mantle of "Evil Enchantress." In fact, Morgan manifested the Sight very early on. Her mother, a good pagan, sent Morgan to live with a sisterhood of priestesses who inhabited a secluded and enchanted isle. There she learned the ways of divine magic and what lore of the druids still remained. Over the years, Morgan rose to become the leader of this sisterhood. As such, she is the earthly manifestation of the Morrigan, a goddess of birth and death, and the strife that fills that time between.
Morgan has since married King Uriens of Gorre and bore him a legitimate heir, Owain. She continues to takes lovers, as is the pagan custom."

Edit: is "Chaterine dei Medici" (as spelled on RPGnow) in fact the queen of France "Catherine de Médicis" ?

Yup, she is actually (her true name this time ) Caterina dei Medici from Florence, Italy.