Against the Shadows IV - A Faded Glory Story Hour
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Great Resources by Monte Cook
I picked this list off of Monte Cooks web-site. This is a real treasure trove of info folks, enjoy:
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http://www.montecook.com/
The following list is part of a handout I used at the game design workshop I ran at Gen Con 2001. While some items on the list (the writing books) are specifically for people who write games professionally, the others are excellent reference works for DMs running D&D campaigns.
Ask for these titles at your library, bookstore, or newsstand.
Fiction Writer's Workshop (Josip Novakovich)
The Beginning Writer's Answer Book (Polking)
The Art of Dramatic Writing (Reginald Bretnor, ed.)
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations (Georges Polti)
Revising Prose (Latham)
All solid reference books on the craft and business of writing in general.
Medieval Life (John Guy)
How Would You Survive in the Middle Ages? (Fiona Macdonald)
The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (Norman Cantor)
Life in a Medieval Village (J. and F. Gies)
Life in a Medieval Castle (J. and F. Gies)
The Ancient Americas (Time-Life's Making of the Past series)
What Life Was Like... and Time Frame (Time-Life series)
Wizards and Sorcerers: From Abracadabra to Zoroaster (Tom Ogden)
Encyclopedia of Gods: Over 2,500 Deities of the World (Michael Jordan)
The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson)
Helpful references for designers of medieval or ancient fantasy settings.
The Atlas of Ancient Archaeology (Hawkes)
Roman Architecture (Sear)
The Atlas Sacred Places (James Harpuri)
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction (David MacAuley)
Pyramid and Cathedral (David MacAulay)
These will help you understand the layout of ancient temples, medieval castles, etc.
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
A World of Baby Names (Teresa Norman)
The Dictionary of American Family Names (Elsdon C. Smith)
Psychiatric Dictionary (Robert Campbell)]
The International Encyclopedia of Astronomy (Patrick Moore)
The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine (Charles B. Clayman, ed.)
What's What: A Visual Glossary of the Physical World (David Fisher and Reginald Bragonier, Jr.)
Dictionary of Anthropology (Charles Winick)
AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants (Kenneth E. Lampe)
The Parennial Dictionary of World Religions (Keith Crim, ed.)
Space Almanac (Anthony R. Curtis)
The Encyclopedia of Evolution: Humanity's Search for its Origins (Richard Milner)
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (John Bartlett)
A Dictionary of 19th-Century World History (John Belchem and Richard Price, eds.)
Timetables of History (Bernard Grun)
Harbrace College Handbook (of English grammar, John C. Hodges and Mary E. Whitten)
General reference works.
I picked this list off of Monte Cooks web-site. This is a real treasure trove of info folks, enjoy:
---------- From the Keyboard of Monte -------------
http://www.montecook.com/
The following list is part of a handout I used at the game design workshop I ran at Gen Con 2001. While some items on the list (the writing books) are specifically for people who write games professionally, the others are excellent reference works for DMs running D&D campaigns.
Ask for these titles at your library, bookstore, or newsstand.
Fiction Writer's Workshop (Josip Novakovich)
The Beginning Writer's Answer Book (Polking)
The Art of Dramatic Writing (Reginald Bretnor, ed.)
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations (Georges Polti)
Revising Prose (Latham)
All solid reference books on the craft and business of writing in general.
Medieval Life (John Guy)
How Would You Survive in the Middle Ages? (Fiona Macdonald)
The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (Norman Cantor)
Life in a Medieval Village (J. and F. Gies)
Life in a Medieval Castle (J. and F. Gies)
The Ancient Americas (Time-Life's Making of the Past series)
What Life Was Like... and Time Frame (Time-Life series)
Wizards and Sorcerers: From Abracadabra to Zoroaster (Tom Ogden)
Encyclopedia of Gods: Over 2,500 Deities of the World (Michael Jordan)
The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson)
Helpful references for designers of medieval or ancient fantasy settings.
The Atlas of Ancient Archaeology (Hawkes)
Roman Architecture (Sear)
The Atlas Sacred Places (James Harpuri)
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction (David MacAuley)
Pyramid and Cathedral (David MacAulay)
These will help you understand the layout of ancient temples, medieval castles, etc.
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
A World of Baby Names (Teresa Norman)
The Dictionary of American Family Names (Elsdon C. Smith)
Psychiatric Dictionary (Robert Campbell)]
The International Encyclopedia of Astronomy (Patrick Moore)
The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine (Charles B. Clayman, ed.)
What's What: A Visual Glossary of the Physical World (David Fisher and Reginald Bragonier, Jr.)
Dictionary of Anthropology (Charles Winick)
AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants (Kenneth E. Lampe)
The Parennial Dictionary of World Religions (Keith Crim, ed.)
Space Almanac (Anthony R. Curtis)
The Encyclopedia of Evolution: Humanity's Search for its Origins (Richard Milner)
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (John Bartlett)
A Dictionary of 19th-Century World History (John Belchem and Richard Price, eds.)
Timetables of History (Bernard Grun)
Harbrace College Handbook (of English grammar, John C. Hodges and Mary E. Whitten)
General reference works.
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Pillars of Hercules
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Old One! Old One! Old One!
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Woo hoo, great to see a new update!
Lane, this is awkward and all, but I was wondering whether you would mind if I took out Beth, err, Drusilla?
Old One! Old One! Old One!
[/rythmic chanting]
Woo hoo, great to see a new update!
Lane, this is awkward and all, but I was wondering whether you would mind if I took out Beth, err, Drusilla?
Pillars of Hercules said:[rythmic chanting]
Old One! Old One! Old One!
[/rythmic chanting]
Woo hoo, great to see a new update!
Lane, this is awkward and all, but I was wondering whether you would mind if I took out Beth, err, Drusilla?
"Badger, what's a little boy like you doing with big boy smut like this?" The Postman, Better Off Dead
I am prepping for today's session right now, so I won't get to another update until early next week...look for more fun and follies soon!
Old One
Ancalagon
Dusty Dragon
Great work as always Old one!
The squark made me laugh. We have a transmuter who uses that spell (elf). He basicaly reduces his weight and springs huge butterflies wing. Now I always thought it was ridiculous (but realistic... the spell gives you a slow flying speed and atrocious maneurvability) but this was funnier
Ancalagon
The squark made me laugh. We have a transmuter who uses that spell (elf). He basicaly reduces his weight and springs huge butterflies wing. Now I always thought it was ridiculous (but realistic... the spell gives you a slow flying speed and atrocious maneurvability) but this was funnier
Ancalagon
Darklone
Registered User
Bards do Rock (n Roll?)
Heyho Old One,
Well... the new boards... something new to get accustomed to (I get old).
Storyline: Hilarious as ever... paranoid players... female bards ... I THINK I met a similar barkeep a few weeks ago... But aren't they all the same? (Well my bard won there... but against another male)
Let's see how the players start to earn some cash in Oar. Perhaps dancing on the tables somewhere ? I really like how you let them pay.... My players always got too many cash... Not that they would agree though.
May the sun shine always on the dagger in your back!
Darklone
Heyho Old One,
Well... the new boards... something new to get accustomed to (I get old).
Storyline: Hilarious as ever... paranoid players... female bards ... I THINK I met a similar barkeep a few weeks ago... But aren't they all the same? (Well my bard won there
... but against another male)Let's see how the players start to earn some cash in Oar. Perhaps dancing on the tables somewhere
? I really like how you let them pay.... My players always got too many cash... Not that they would agree though.May the sun shine always on the dagger in your back!
Darklone
Dougal DeKree
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...the amazingly time-eating storyhour
Hello OldOne!
just finished with the whole storyhour - i started reading it only last week and i have to say excellent work! Use of the rules, creating the mood/paranoia, enchanting that table of yours - just plain perfect.
By the way, did your players read quickbeams how-to-influence-a-die-guide? It's veeery helpful but for now...i am waiting...for more...
Dougal DeKree
"When you are totally down, there is only one direction it can go!"
"Sideways?!"
Hello OldOne!
just finished with the whole storyhour - i started reading it only last week and i have to say excellent work! Use of the rules, creating the mood/paranoia, enchanting that table of yours - just plain perfect.
By the way, did your players read quickbeams how-to-influence-a-die-guide? It's veeery helpful
but for now...i am waiting...for more...Dougal DeKree
"When you are totally down, there is only one direction it can go!"
"Sideways?!"
And now for a little poetry break ...
The money comes
The money goes
Who will steal it?
The DM knows!
Thank you, thank you
Talk about rapidly changing fortunes. Here Rowan was about to retire wealthy enough to take good care of Q's sister Maxima when the winds of fortune shifted and ...
Well, let's just say he's determined to get a little "payback".
I'll leave it at that and let Old One tickle your imaginations with the recent events.
The money comes
The money goes
Who will steal it?
The DM knows!
Thank you, thank you
Talk about rapidly changing fortunes. Here Rowan was about to retire wealthy enough to take good care of Q's sister Maxima when the winds of fortune shifted and ...
Well, let's just say he's determined to get a little "payback".
I'll leave it at that and let Old One tickle your imaginations with the recent events.
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