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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 4987471" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>[imager]http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/guy.jpg[/imager]Happy Guy Fawkes</strong> <strong>Day!</strong></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><DD><em><span style="font-size: 12px">Remember, remember the fifth of November,</span></em><DD><em><span style="font-size: 12px">The gunpowder treason and plot,</span></em><DD><em><span style="font-size: 12px">I know of no reason</span></em><DD><em><span style="font-size: 12px">Why the gunpowder treason</span></em><DD><em><span style="font-size: 12px">Should ever be forgot.</span></em> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></DD></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Guy Fawkes belonged to a group of Roman Catholic restorationists from England who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Their aim was to displace Protestant rule by blowing up the Houses of Parliament while King James I and the aristocracy were inside.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The Gunpowder Plot was led by Robert Catesby, but Fawkes was put in charge of its execution. He was arrested a few hours before the planned explosion, during a search of the cellars underneath Parliament in the early hours of 5 November.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Guy Fawkes Night (or "bonfire night"), held on 5 November in the United Kingdom and some parts of the Commonwealth, is a commemoration of the plot, during which an effigy of Fawkes is burned, often accompanied by a fireworks display. The word "guy", meaning "man" or "person", is derived from his name.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">What does this have to do with gaming? Not a lot! But historical plots such as these can provide great inspiration for your own adventures.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Pathfinder News</span></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><a href="http://bit.ly/3MaOL2" target="_blank">Sanity Rules for Pathfinder</a> Why break bones when minds are so fragile? Check out these sanity rules for <em>Pathfinder</em> at Kobold Quarterly.</span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Other News</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6911-RPG-Examiner~y2009m11d5-MagiQuest-A-Harry-Potteresque-Live-Action-RolePlaying-Game" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">MagiQuest: A Harry Potter-esque live RPG</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> The RPG Examiner stumbles across a Harry Potter RPG. And it's coming to a mall near you.</span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 4987471, member: 1"] [SIZE=3][B][imager]http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/guy.jpg[/imager]Happy Guy Fawkes[/B] [B]Day![/B][/SIZE] [INDENT] <DD>[I][SIZE=3]Remember, remember the fifth of November,[/SIZE][/I]<DD>[I][SIZE=3]The gunpowder treason and plot,[/SIZE][/I]<DD>[I][SIZE=3]I know of no reason[/SIZE][/I]<DD>[I][SIZE=3]Why the gunpowder treason[/SIZE][/I]<DD>[I][SIZE=3]Should ever be forgot.[/SIZE][/I] </DD>[/INDENT][SIZE=3]Guy Fawkes belonged to a group of Roman Catholic restorationists from England who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Their aim was to displace Protestant rule by blowing up the Houses of Parliament while King James I and the aristocracy were inside.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The Gunpowder Plot was led by Robert Catesby, but Fawkes was put in charge of its execution. He was arrested a few hours before the planned explosion, during a search of the cellars underneath Parliament in the early hours of 5 November.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Guy Fawkes Night (or "bonfire night"), held on 5 November in the United Kingdom and some parts of the Commonwealth, is a commemoration of the plot, during which an effigy of Fawkes is burned, often accompanied by a fireworks display. The word "guy", meaning "man" or "person", is derived from his name.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]What does this have to do with gaming? Not a lot! But historical plots such as these can provide great inspiration for your own adventures.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3]Pathfinder News[/SIZE][/B] [LIST] [*][SIZE=3][URL="http://bit.ly/3MaOL2"]Sanity Rules for Pathfinder[/URL] Why break bones when minds are so fragile? Check out these sanity rules for [I]Pathfinder[/I] at Kobold Quarterly.[/SIZE] [/LIST] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]Other News[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6911-RPG-Examiner~y2009m11d5-MagiQuest-A-Harry-Potteresque-Live-Action-RolePlaying-Game"][SIZE=3]MagiQuest: A Harry Potter-esque live RPG[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] The RPG Examiner stumbles across a Harry Potter RPG. And it's coming to a mall near you.[/SIZE] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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