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GM: Yeah, we can just have a slaughter-session if you like. You want to raid the town, kill inhabitants and take their stuff ahead of the divine wrath? Go ahead.
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You'll be surprised how many people conflate children toy slingshots (or tiny, tiny slings) with slings in general. That would be my guess about ranges to 15' and 30' max.
That is the exact thought that crossed my mind. I wondered if he was thinking of a handheld slingshot. Let's all imagine an adolescent David approaching Goliath with that thing. Makes him feel more annoying and bratty.You'll be surprised how many people conflate children toy slingshots (or tiny, tiny slings) with slings in general. That would be my guess about ranges to 15' and 30' max.
Yes, they did, and it would qualify from what little I know.The same folks that did Adventurer's Guide to the Bible have their own Apocalypse related book...
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The Watchers are an ancient race of celestials who have lived among mortals since the dawn of creation. Placed on earth to watch over the mortal races, the Watchers broke their vow to God and began meddling in human affairs. The Watchers do not mean to oppose God, but they also do not have strong enough faith to trust in God's ultimate plan. As a result, they cannot help but gift certain mortals with cosmic powers in order to tip the scales. To make a pact with a Watcher is highly dangerous, but warlocks have never been known to play it safe.
It is an adventure in Sodom and Gomorrah. The name of the RPG seems of secondary importance!is an adventure, I think.
Here's the Biblical RPG Corebook, though!
Timeship had vacation in Gomorrah as one of the adventures.It is an adventure in Sodom and Gomorrah. The name of the RPG seems of secondary importance!
Angels, fallen angels and demons would not have hit points!
Agreed, besides we all know I'd run it with Mythras!It is an adventure in Sodom and Gomorrah. The name of the RPG seems of secondary importance!
Sounds like an adventure is going to be had, indeed...Timeship had vacation in Gomorrah as one of the adventures.
Yes it would be a form of spiritual fatigue. I was thinking more along the lines of taking any actual damage to their true forms from physical weapons.They might assume bodies that might have hit points, based on the limits placed on them by Providence, but destroying those bodies would typically do less harm to them that tearing off clothes would do to us.
They might assume bodies that might have hit points, based on the limits placed on them by Providence, but destroying those bodies would typically do less harm to them that tearing off clothes would do to us.
Yes it would be a form of spiritual fatigue. I was thinking more along the lines of taking any actual damage to their true forms from physical weapons.
I've heard these statements about Testament. The writer of Testament commented on the thread at some point and I tried to reply, but he didn't reply back or didn't see it. It would love to talk with him. I bought the pdf and have looked over it.Testament was a shockingly cool and playable RPG. It is not, however, Christian, as it depicts a pre-Christian era and makes no attempt to shoehorn in a Christian conceptialization of the setting.
Dragonraid always fascinated me. It's a game by, and for, all the Ned Flanders of the world. I grew up in Oklahoma in the 1980s and I was constantly surrounded by Christian versions of things. Christian hard rock, Christian-opoly, Christian T-shirts with parodic pro-Christian slogans, Christian karate studios.
I think there might have been a clarification that Jewish/biblical counted for this thread. I had questioned it Testament counted for the reason that I think it allowed for other Ancient Near Eastern gods/pantheons to be equally real and not strictly the Hebrew YHWH.
Yes, thanks. Good points. I was not speaking in-depth to avoid a rabbit hole with people who might not want one.Well, going by the account of Moses, those religions were "real" enough, they just weren't correct. I guess there is a theoretical objection to using a cleric or priest class for followers of Set, but there isn't a mechanical one. In one plausible historical belief system, they were just lesser spirits, and in the view of people who were Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons, the Egyptian gods and such were just manifestations of the Devil.
Yeah, I hear you! It's less about how awesome of a warrior he was and more about painting him as a possible candidate for being the "anointed" (messiah/christ mean "one smeared with oil") by slaying a "seed of the serpent" and maybe being the awaited "seed of the woman" who would crush the head of the serpent. Goliath was painted in many ways literarily to be connected with a serpent to reinforce this. We already went though it with Saul, defeating a king names "snake" (Nahash). Then when Saul failed, we see David anointed and Saul shrinks away from this new seed of the serpent, meanwhile, David boldly goes out to fight him. We know David also ultimately failed to be that promised seed, but literarily, they were painting a hope of it for the reader/hearer.I've always felt that the David vs Goliath story is kinda dumb. Like... once you know what a sling can actually do, you realize that David was probably 50 yards away from Goliath and essentially sucker punched him before Goliath could do anything.
Not saying it isn't a sound/good strategy for David. Just saying that the story makes it seem like this kid did this amazing thing that had never been done before. I guess what I'm saying is that David had a really good PR team to frame the story the way they did. ;)
That goes for almost everything in the Bible, doesn't it?I guess what I'm saying is that David had a really good PR team to frame the story the way they did. ;)
Dragonraid always fascinated me. It's a game by, and for, all the Ned Flanders of the world. I grew up in Oklahoma in the 1980s and I was constantly surrounded by Christian versions of things. Christian hard rock, Christian-opoly, Christian T-shirts with parodic pro-Christian slogans, Christian karate studios.
From Charles' side-kick to superhero with his own side-kicks!
Very much so. What holy book of that time era trying to prop itself up verifies a resurrection by the testimony of women?Most of the major figures in Biblical history, with rare exceptions, had definitive character flaws and the Bible did not hide them. The scriptures almost goes out if it’s way to point them out at times. “Hey lets not forget how drunk Noah got after the Ark landed!” Adam, Moses, Abraham, David, even many of the apostles and disciples like Peter and Paul. God always worked through them to achieve his goals.
The Essenes were Gnostics Jews but Jesus may have been influenced by them, and there are gnostic Christians (like Philip K Dick for example), so Kult should qualify..Yeah, Kult's mythos diverges quite significantly from anything recognizeably Christian I'd say
I remember in the states, particularly Utah and Texas, all the malls had an obligatory Christian bookstore, and going in there was like walking into a parallel dimension. The CDs, games, and toys were hilarious. That's where I first encountered Bibleman, which I recall was still being sold on VHS tapes. One store I remember also sold VHS tapes of mainstream films that had been edited for "Christian" audiences (which I imagine must have been somewhat harsher than ABC Monday Night YV Movie edits).
The Essenes were Gnostics Jews but Jesus may have been influenced by them, and there are gnostic Christians (like Philip K Dick for example), so Kult should qualify..
Growing up here in Texas, I used to frequently ride my bike down to "Martus Christian Books" up the street. They had a big spinner rack of Chick tracts, which I would stand and read through fairly often. I'm sure the clerks didn't mind me doing that because they thought I was learning to be a good, moral, God-fearing child. The reality was that I was an atheist (even as a child) and viewed them as over-the-top bizarre horror comic books. I enjoyed reading them the same way I might have done with Eerie or Creepy or Vampirella magazines. I still have a little collection of ones that I have found "in the wild" (left in public places so evil atheists will find them and possibly convert after reading them). They are a nice complement to my collection of "paranoid conspiracy theorist" flyers I have gathered over the years.
Growing up here in Texas, I used to frequently ride my bike down to "Martus Christian Books" up the street. They had a big spinner rack of Chick tracts, which I would stand and read through fairly often. I'm sure the clerks didn't mind me doing that because they thought I was learning to be a good, moral, God-fearing child. The reality was that I was an atheist (even as a child) and viewed them as over-the-top bizarre horror comic books. I enjoyed reading them the same way I might have done with Eerie or Creepy or Vampirella magazines. I still have a little collection of ones that I have found "in the wild" (left in public places so evil atheists will find them and possibly convert after reading them). They are a nice complement to my collection of "paranoid conspiracy theorist" flyers I have gathered over the years.
There was an elderly couple in Salem that used to spend their retirement hanging out at the main bus station downtown all day and passing out Chick tracts. They were sweet, kindly people, that had no idea the ironic entertainment value my friends and I got from the little comics, but it was like one of my favourite things. I guess they ordered these things in bulk, and every week they'd have a different one. Despite the nature of Chick Tracts, they were never "fire and brimstone" about anything, just kind old people trying to do their part to, uh, Save the world I guess.
Ah, Chick Tracts. Now we're hitting all the oldies.Growing up here in Texas, I used to frequently ride my bike down to "Martus Christian Books" up the street. They had a big spinner rack of Chick tracts, which I would stand and read through fairly often. I'm sure the clerks didn't mind me doing that because they thought I was learning to be a good, moral, God-fearing child. The reality was that I was an atheist (even as a child) and viewed them as over-the-top bizarre horror comic books. I enjoyed reading them the same way I might have done with Eerie or Creepy or Vampirella magazines. I still have a little collection of ones that I have found "in the wild" (left in public places so evil atheists will find them and possibly convert after reading them). They are a nice complement to my collection of "paranoid conspiracy theorist" flyers I have gathered over the years.