[RPG Blog II] The Scholar Class

As promised, I've finished my Scholar Character Class . Although designed for Castles & Crusades, he may be able to be ported to other d20 offerings without much ado. Bottom line, not great Hit Points, more of a role-playing than hack n' slash hardcore class, but handy in a number of traditional "sk ...

deliver me from clever art

Regarding my icon: the symbol in it isn't intended to be the feminine element with horns, although that is an interesting perspective. It is the symbol for the closest planet to the sun (ruling planet of Gemini), Mercury. In alchemy mercury transcends duality. Oddly enough I found this symbol while ...

To the Palestine War-Lords (a Poem)

To the Palestine War-Lords ((1-6-2009/ No: 2536) (by: Dennis L. Siluk)) I How have you fed your people upon lies, And cried “Peace! Peace! And knew it would not die! For now the iron demon takes to the sky, And in your new-found city and lands, Vigilant and fierce a deadly dragon flies. Twenty-thous ...

Bite Size 2008: The Missed Steps and Let Downs

Bite Size 2008 is a brief series of posts about my highs and lows of 2008 gaming. Not “favorite games” or “worst games” by any means, simply just moments or chunks of games that had an impact on me in some form this year. Delayed Reaction: Catching Up With Next-Gen Since I did not get an Xbox 360 un ...

B/X D&D: The Anti-Paladin Class

Anti-Paladins Anti-Paladins are vile, despicable villains who have sold their soul to Asmodeus for power on the mortal plane. They exist to cause pain, suffering, and chaos, and most especially, to seek out paladins and other do-gooders and exterminate them. While many anti-paladins are wholehearted ...

Books books books...

Alright, so the grand total of books read for 2008 is............. *drum roll please* .................. 28! Ok ok, so it's not the 50 book goal, but it's not bad right? I had a 56% success rate. :p I loved pretty much everything I read except the first one (it definitely wasn't what I remembered fr ...

A Short Story

And as the great lord of the Karkan people rose above the rich soil of the blessed land of white dwarves, there was finally peace that overcame the troubled souls of the forbidden palace. For it had begun whereby the cursed rift of day and night had been severed, revealing the first elvan prince of ...

Book Clearance - SF and Fantasy books going cheap!!!

I have decided its time for a clean out of my book collection, as I am getting seriously short on bookshelf space, so here is a list of books available The Waterborn J Gregory Keyes mm pbk $3 Exit Strategy Kelley Armstrong mm pbk $6 Five Hundred Years After Steven Brust mm pbk $3 The Phoenix Guards ...

Road of the Patriarch- Review

Road of the Patriarch is the third novel of the Sellswords series by R.A. Salvatore. The hardcover edition was released in the US on October 24, 2006. “To her, to her dying breath, you were the untouchable one, the one whose flesh her dagger could not penetrate.” THE ASSASSIN A cold and emotionless ...

A soul’s bane

tart: Begin by talking to the old women named Launa who can be found north of the glider in the Digsite. Skills: None! Quests: None! What You Need: Rope and Anti Poison Optional Items:armor, a weapon and food. Getting Started Talk to Launa and she will tell you about the origin of the Hole and about ...