Review – Sisters of Rapture

Sisters of Rapture is a 76-page PDF (71 pages if you remove the covers/OGL page) for the OGL Fantasy written by T. Catt and published by Fantastic Gallery.  This product is for mature audiences -with a ‘Not for Sale to Persons under the age of 18′ on the cover- due to its focus on matters involving sex and the erotic art (much of it also by T. Catt) used as illustrations.

Review – The Genius Guide to: the Harrowed

The Genius Guide to: the Harrowed is a 3-page PDF (2 pages if you remove the credits/OGL page) for the Pathfinder RPG written by R. Hyrum Savage and published by Super Genius Game.  This is the first of Super Genius Games’ Genius Guide line.

Tuesday Magic Item – Soul Guardian Amulet

The amulet blazed with silvery light and the shadowy creatures shied from it, giving the wizard the moment he needed to banish them back to the underworld.

Soul Guardian

These amulets were made to defend the very spirit against the attacks of the undead and dark necrourgic magics.  They usually appear as a silver disc, one side blank and the other inscribed with protective sigils.

Secrets of Taren Kost – Interlude 1

We only ended up with a short time to play after catching up and having a delightful meal of homemade enchiladas (with Krispy Kream donuts for dessert, how very Southern).  So, it ended up being more of a staging post between adventures:

Interlude 1: Dresses, Dances and Hawks

New Magic Item – Wasp Woven Armor

Building on the theme of the Spider Finger Gloves, something defensive:

Wasp Woven Armor

This black or dark grey armor seems to be made of multiple plates of hardened leather or similar material.  The armor fits together with odd internal hooks and clasps rather than more usual straps and buckles, fitting together in clever ways.  As it is put on, the Wasp Woven Armor molds itself to its wearer which makes wearing anything underneath it quite uncomfortable but making the armor supremely comfortable and flexible.  When completely donned it looks like a second skin of chitin with the joints and waist guarded by overlapping articulated plates much like that of a wasp.

Interesting Thoughts from Other Gamers (5)

Been a while since I have shared some of the fun things I have encountered as a member of the RPG Bloggers Network.

Adapting the excellent dungeon geomorphs from Dysan Logos,  Rob Lang (of the Free RPG Blog) has coded a random dungeon generator!  Try it out, it is brilliant.

Destination Unknown has been slowly rebuilding the early archives of his ‘zine, Scrollworks, which is still ongoing!  Take a look.

For interesting and amusing monster and other things for classic D&D, check out a Hamsterish Horde.  I especially liked the Heartbriar and may adapt it at some point.

Tenletter always has interesting stuff and they have been playing around with Pathfinder a lot lately.  Their writeup on Alternate Cleric class abilities (domain channeling) I find especially intriguing.

Well, that is all for now.  Have a good weekend all.

Through the Lens of History 6 – Alexander the Great, Part I

Today is the ides of November, so more history for you.

Through the Lens of History: Using History for Better Gaming
Vision 6: Youth of a Legend – Alexander the Great, Part I

Following last month’s look at the Persian Empire, the lens now focuses upon the man who destroyed it; Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, Emperor of the World.

A Day of Memories and Rememberance

Today is Veterans Day in the United States, Armistice Day in Europe and Remembrance Day across the Commonwealth.  To all of those who gave their lives to defend us across the years, we remember and are thankful.

It always brings to my mind the haunting words of A. E. Housman’s Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries-

These, in the day when heaven was falling,
The hour when earth’s foundations fled,
Followed their mercenary calling
And took their wages and are dead.

Their shoulders held the sky suspended;
They stood, and earth’s foundations stay;
What God abandoned, these defended,
And saved the sum of things for pay.

To those who have or will have taken up the sword to defend your country, we salute and honor you on this day.

Pax Vobiscum.

Tuesday Magic Item – Spider Finger Gloves

Something different for today:

Konn turned his back, he could not watch Grey work on a lock when he was wearing those gloves.  The flashing black of his elongated fingers set Konn’s stomach to roil.  But he could not argue that they made Grey an even better pick lock.

Spider Finger Gloves

These gloves are made from some odd semi-rigid black material, the fingers of which are exceptionally long and end in a slight hook.  They are very difficult to put on and almost as difficult to take off.  Once both are donned, the extended fingers can be used as part of the wearers own hand, they gain twice as much finger length and another two joints.  Many find watching the new fingers move disturbing.

Laresh Ghostchaser – Aristocratic Hunter of Spirits

Decided to take a break from things and do a character for a change of pace.  One of the Ghostchasers from Taren Kost (and who showed up in my last game):

Laresh Ghostchaser, Aristocratic Hunter of Spirits

Quote: A barrier of salt will protect you; Wait here while I investigate.