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That's the one, thank you. Here is an oddity from that Wiki link: "Helike founded colonies including Priene in Asia Minor and Sybaris in Southern Italy." I guess the curse IS generational. Nobody knows exactly where either city is. Midtype edit: "...Sybaris. Finding the location was difficult...

I saw that movie just before entering puberty, the Atlantean version of Soylent Green gave me nightmares for a week! Historically, I think Plato was writing a political tract disguised as fiction, the 1984 or Atlas Shrugged of his day. He took garbled legends of Minoan era Crete, a historical...

'scept for the snakes. Always snakes. An airtight tomb sealed for millennia, and we have live snakes. LIVE snakes. ;) (My rant about dungeons only openable once per century, et al).

When the link said "wall" my first thought was that Percy Fawcett was too far south. But not that kind of wall. :( I wonder what the terrain would look like as savanna? I think this would be a giant billboard. Finally, the linked site looks a bit sketchy. Fine for our purposes, but I'd like...

Hmnn OK, probably a looooonnnnnggggg post, but I hope not a rambling one. I like Tolkien, but I don't buy that his elves are particularly good people. Not just for the Kinslaying, but a lot of their behavior is pretty squalid even by medieval standards. I don't like Moorcock, but the...

Never noticed that but yeah "Strine" does sound like Australian. My example is mine, what I call "Nevada Salt Flat." Think Clint Eastwood or Kirk Douglas. Hungarian is the opposite, with subtle lip movement defining the entire sentence. When I studied Magyar, we all had "horrible American...

I solved that problem very simply. "Hey! You're right! According to observations and the resultant math, all the moons inside Regina's orbit should have been destroyed by gravity. Yet there they are. Do you want me to design a scenario where you investigate how this is possible?" "Uh, no."...

Both Tolkien and The Belgariad refer to "Dragon Cursed Gold." The gold from a dragon's hoard is tainted and possessors develop the curse of avarice. Perhaps a Pumkinhead scenario where the thief starts to become a dragon, literally. They might break the curse by dispersing the gold with no...

I have an aversion to many creatures in the D20 bestiary, kobolds being one of them. I read the description back in the 70's and said "nope!" When I run a campaign with traditional orcs, my default is that all the goblinoids are one race. The vast majority are zero level kobolds (think small...

I found this on a youtube video - The subtitle is "killer stick sculpture". Obviously, Killerstick is a town in Turkey spelled quite differently. In any case, I suspect the model spoke with a buzzing voice. :P Here is the video: Killer Stick shows up about 1:45 minutes in.

Mass Ariel syndrome. The surfers have a horrible genre of music that teenage mermaids find fascinating. They're constantly sneaking off to "hang" with the surfers, dancing, "rocking out" and Neptune knows what else! :D

<Doesn't process> Ummm...you actually have Igoo from the Hurculoids as a player?

Considering there are thousands of them already, and more easily imported from other games, don't we have a surfeit? Going with the "What do you want to write" angle, what do you think is missing? I am interested in a campaign expanding the Swordworld Loki and Odin cults, and their...

Quick history: The original Masks had only five chapters: Australia was later printed separately. This was due to both size constraints and the feeling that the Australia chapter didn't quite fit. Terror Australis was later printed to complete the set. The second original (if you will)...

Weelllll....Not for the system in question: "Mysteries of Mesoamerica", and "Terror Australis" :D

For Krynn? I'd rule "Dragonborn" only exist as NPC soldiers in Tiamat's army. :clown: I don't know the origins of Krynnish minotaurs, but maybe? Since there are no demons on Krynn, I don't see how - short of an extra-universal traveler - Tyflings would exist.

What is that Lovecraft poem that goes something like "Rolling in darkness without number or name"? I always thought that referred to what we now call the Kuiper Belt, but after reading this...

Everyone enjoy your Christmas goose! :D