Roleplaying games from historical research
This week a break from the historical work we are following, to shift over to a travel diary by the American consul of Venice during the Austrian occupation. It describes the centre of Venice, and notes that the seasons seem to alter the Personality Traits of the inhabitants. It also gives us the commercial structure…
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Two minor notes for this section. Zironderel says she disenchants then reenchants the sword, but instead I’d argue she just supresses its magic. Statistics for the lesser wisps are already found in Realms of Power: Faerie, but statistics for Greater Wisps and the Kennel Trolls will be added eventually. CHAPTER XXVI: The Horn of Alveric…
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In Second edition, there was a magus mentioned called Pendule. He refused to join the Order, but met with some members in secret, teaching them his techniques. The key sentence is that his magic was more sensual than Hermetic magic. He expected the magic to change the magus, not be dominated by the magus, as…
Read MoreThe transcripts for January to March 2021 are available. There’s no art, again, for which I apologise, but it seemed more important to catch up.
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This week, we continue our charge through the Pentamerone. Thanks again to Joy Chan for her recording. I’ll be popping in with bits of folklore, and a surprising amount of culinary lore. XXIII: THE TWO CAKES In the penguin edition, the word “pizza” is used wherever “cake” is used here. It’s not a modern pizza,…
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Games From Folktales 