Roleplaying games from historical research
The last time we visited Mythic Venice we found a representative of the Infernal, so perhaps its fitting that this time we add a saint. He’s not one of the great saints, like Mark, or a locally potent but slightly pagan-seeming saint like Giustiana. He seems to be a folk saint, supported by a bishop.…
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Time for our monster of the month. Hume Nisbet was an English writer who lived for a while in Australia, and it affected much of his fiction. This story, though, when I think of it, seems better suited to England, with its gloomier light and shingle roofs. The recording was released by TypicalJax through Librivox.…
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In early Elizabeth’s England, if you want to make a fast getaway, you use a horse, except if you are in London, where you slope down to the river and embark surreptitiously, with the help of a convenient waterman. You don’t, surprisingly, use a carriage. That being said, at the end I’ll discuss some ways…
Read MoreHello, the scripts for the first quarter of 2022 are out!
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A couple of quick comments, beyond the usual reminder to look at how many times Cellini tells you that he is better than other people, including you, We have some characters who, for context, need a little bit more description. The angel of death he meets is not the Jewish angel of death covered in…
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This week a little sliver of Venice. This is from my recording of the biography of the dogaressas of Venice for Librivox. It’s the story of the daughter of a doge who was married into a rival family. When the rival family rebelled anyway she, and all of her children, and anyone who was married…
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This is our monster for the month. He’s clearly a faerie who sells Arcane Connections. Stats eventually. This recording was released through Librivox by Dale Grothmann. Thanks to Dale and his production team. *** The Vendor of TearsBy William M . ConselmanThe little old man closed my library door and stepped nimbly forward. He bowed…
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If we were doing a proper product here, I would not be the guy to write this: I know at least two of the old Ars Magica gang who would be better choices. That being said, there are plot hooks here we can use, and I’d like to flag them for your table. So, in…
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Lets talk Elizabethan guns. Pistols aren’t great in the start of the reign. The problem isn’t range or accuracy, both of which are bad, but they still trump swords and daggers in close combat, so that gives them a use case, the problem is the trigger mechanism. Early pistols are matchlocks. Time for some engineering.…
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A huge chunk from the Autobiography of Benevenuto Cellini in this episode. There’s some period magic here which is what originally drew me to this author. In this section I initially didn’t include the bit at the end about the assassin, but I want to be able to call back to it when, later. In…
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Games From Folktales 