Recent content by Pharoah Kromium

So am I and I drew the revised one!

Taking paranoia to new heights? :lol:

I am not that sure about the Maul. When you have a walled city with a crossing river it is far easier to use the water way to smuggle stolen or forbidden goods in and out as to pass the gateway. Waterways allow to transport more goods easily, especially in such a corrupted environnement. So...

Urban morphology can be reasonably complex in some cases but almost always you'll find that disreputable areas are situated at the edges of settlements. The craftsmen, smiths, dyers et al will need the water for their industry, higher class craftsmen and merchants will situate themselves as near...

What'd you do to improve it?

Here's a quick summary from www.livius.org by Jona Lendering Cimmerians: nomadic tribe from Ukraine, invaded Asia Minor in the seventh century BCE. The Cimmerians are known from several Assyrian texts, which call them Ga-mir or Gi-mir-a-a. In the Assyrian language, the last name means...

Thanks for the attempt at some sanity Darth, however, I suspect we're onto a loser with this one. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" or in this case "Think".

I don't like to mock the afflicted or hard-of-thinking but sometimes it's difficult.... As Mayhem said: "Read the thread" - if you do you will see that this problem didn't come to light until the module was already distributed. Mongoose were duped by an unscrupulous person. They didn't choose...

If you and your players are enjoying the game, why not examine the aspects you like and concentrate on them? There have been some aspects of the rules that I don't feel entirely comfortable with but surely it comes down to the way you enjoy playing. If you don't like something - ditch it or...

"Haagon slid into the tavern, nostrils assailed by a mix of sour ale and bodies sweating in the heat of Shadizar's summer. A swift glance swept the busy room and took in the colourful mix of customers glad to slake their thirst out of the early afternoon heat. "Five in a row! By Ishtar's...

Spooky... only just been expressing such sentiments to someone. I'd buy it if one came out.

Just come across a little trivia book, by Stephen Arnott, called "Eating Your Auntie Is Wrong." It has various "strange customs" from around the world, some of which would be useful to provide local detail during adventures. The "Egg Game" will soon make it's appearance in Shadizar - an unusual...

Well I would probably consider an orgy to be a Ritual for purposes of gaining power points. "Meanwhile, back at the thread.." Yes, given that the word comes from the Greek for "secret" or "mystery rites", if a religion gives a benefit due to an orgy it's probably like argo suggests. Remember...

The druids were extirpated over a hundred years after the death of Caesar and Christianity arrived as one of numerous Eastern cults practiced by Roman and Romano-British inhabitants. If Arthur existed he was probably a Christian, though he upset the Church. Christianity was all but removed by...

Also, in "heroic mode", parties don't reflect the demographic make-up of the Hyborian age.