tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.comments2022-04-11T12:24:17.541-07:00The Walls of UrukIgnacio FIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246059006421448474noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-21160819034223115372021-09-17T21:22:22.384-07:002021-09-17T21:22:22.384-07:00My apologies. This issue is now fixed :)My apologies. This issue is now fixed :)Ignacio FIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246059006421448474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-14202033061995058882021-06-12T10:36:15.623-07:002021-06-12T10:36:15.623-07:00Access is restricted ☹Access is restricted ☹cadorettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11180016760386493467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-37020198232046861702021-01-06T17:57:03.113-08:002021-01-06T17:57:03.113-08:00Loving that cover art. Congrats on getting in the ...Loving that cover art. Congrats on getting in the zine!KingBrackishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752261395902857107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-30499487149737439502020-10-22T07:42:58.098-07:002020-10-22T07:42:58.098-07:00Thank you very much for your post!
I was just thin...Thank you very much for your post!<br />I was just thinking about jumping into Myfarog and was choosing between editions 2.6 and 4.0, very glad that you made this post.<br />Guess I'll be sticking with 2.6.Egorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09405194181954561353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-89346468750860340482020-09-25T12:20:23.547-07:002020-09-25T12:20:23.547-07:00Hi there,
I figured I'd help out: it never o...Hi there, <br /><br />I figured I'd help out: it never occurred to us to collect the marginalia into a single page. (It was really just fun set-dressing for the book—but it's a cool idea.) <br /><br />As for the not-fully-legible scribbles, that was intentional. (I always figured some of the notes in books found during adventures ought to be impossible to read, just like in real life.) <br /><br />Still, since you're interested, here the original texts. At least, I <i>think</i> this is what they say. (It's been a while since I looked at the PDF, I'm just going from my original marginalia text.)<br /><br />5. Curse this wicked place, and curse my mother who sent me here, and curse the Abbot for letting us abide here, and curse every brother in this place who is plotting against me, I'll rip their balls off and wash my face in their blood before I let them do such a wickedness to me! <br /><br />8. What is this world I glimpse, hidden away in shadows, with shores of waving barley and forests of hop-vines acrawl before an ocean of delicious bubbling beer? By God, I'd give anything to go swim in that blessed ocean! <br /><br />19. Who painted the beasts on the walls? The Brothers? I know which ones are plotting against the Abbot, and I know which ones are faithful, and I want nothing of either bunch!<br /><br />20. Is ʇɥᴉs ɐ dnuᴉsɥɯǝuʇ ɟoɹ ɹǝsᴉsʇᴉuƃ ʎon' pǝɯou ᴉu ʇɥǝ dᴉʇs oɟ ʇɥᴉs ɐqqǝʎ¿ ɹoʇ ʎon' I ɹǝɟnsǝ ʇo ƃᴉʌǝ ᴉu¡ I,ll uǝʌǝɹ pɹᴉuʞ ʎonɹ ɟonl ɐlǝ ɐƃɐᴉu¡ <br /><br />25. Dear Christ forgive me, I swam down and found the way through to the place I'd seen in the vision. The things in the sea… they mounted me, drained me… but whatever I left in them, they left something me, too. I feel it. <br /><br />29. What a joy, to drown in ale, and return transfigured, like the ones who climb out of the pit! I have seen them come out, mighty as gods, naked as corpses, eyes cold and serious and wild! <br /><br />#20 is indeed flipped upside down (but isn't backwards, just flipped—or at least the text I sent Jacob was). It's a reference to a specific infection effect. <br /><br />I'll leave the Latin to someone else, except to say that most of those snippets are excerpts from the Vulgate, modified to praise, ahem, a different god. <br /><br />gordsellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465812613427778240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-15666103062145642442020-08-22T05:25:17.180-07:002020-08-22T05:25:17.180-07:00A translation of the german notes (not necessarily...A translation of the german notes (not necessarily better than google translate):<br />6: Fuck abbot Reiner, fuck the pervert Jane, fuck brother Tedrick, fuck Maria, fuck the Virgin, fuck brother anton, fuck brother Marco, fuck brother Peffer, fuck brother Lars, fuck brother adso, fuck brother-go to hell! <br />10: That diry little slut in the monastery-inn will send me down the grave eventually!<br />13: Brother Friedrich is dead! Beware the Hopfemoürger!yaldabaothOfficialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525380529305758102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-74625480654319116142020-08-18T17:22:00.731-07:002020-08-18T17:22:00.731-07:00Great review man. I agree with the saving throw re...Great review man. I agree with the saving throw rec. The infection mechanic for me is one of the highlights and you want infections.Andrew Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14222965834426695702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-16525909255176698092020-07-30T12:21:13.161-07:002020-07-30T12:21:13.161-07:00Also useful if you ever run Castle Amber!Also useful if you ever run Castle Amber!ligehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866236293322652977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-63539070000876855092020-07-28T14:30:16.043-07:002020-07-28T14:30:16.043-07:00Very cool! My next character headed to the land of...Very cool! My next character headed to the land of HUME (towers too) I believe it's called will be a french man named Charles de Martigues! ᶘ ᵒ㉨ᵒᶅ Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134726122122816541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-66219190568550314622020-07-26T17:02:27.875-07:002020-07-26T17:02:27.875-07:00Nice table dude! Will use it for more stuff in the...Nice table dude! Will use it for more stuff in the sandbox 3:)Andrew Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14222965834426695702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-39457393428912334592020-07-26T16:19:49.559-07:002020-07-26T16:19:49.559-07:00I love name tables! Thank you for this. I love name tables! Thank you for this. ᶘ ᵒ㉨ᵒᶅ Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134726122122816541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-25837011552286320442020-07-24T17:48:58.836-07:002020-07-24T17:48:58.836-07:00Great stuff, Ignacio - I like it! I like the reco...Great stuff, Ignacio - I like it! I like the recommendation of merging it with Isle of the Unknown.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-86997929829010255872020-07-24T01:07:49.914-07:002020-07-24T01:07:49.914-07:00Oh and if you run another playtest of the Iliad mo...Oh and if you run another playtest of the Iliad module, you know where to find me :DTamás Kisbalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435665608570670441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-82821275853269756142020-07-24T01:06:26.157-07:002020-07-24T01:06:26.157-07:00I play in a Mazes & Minotaurs game, which is l...I play in a Mazes & Minotaurs game, which is lots of fun. We are currently going through the Maze of the Bull King (mega?)dungeon, based on the palace of Knossos.<br /><br />I really like the system, although, arguably, it's not mythic/epic Greece, but rather mythic/epic Greece as seen through the lens of movies with Harryhausen monsters :) Which is awesome in its own way. <br /><br />For a more gritty/historical game, I'd re-skin LotFP too.Tamás Kisbalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435665608570670441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-70278703307035380382020-07-23T13:39:31.265-07:002020-07-23T13:39:31.265-07:00This would be great for the LotFP book Isles of th...This would be great for the LotFP book Isles of the Unknown. Replace all the weird statutes with greek gods. ᶘ ᵒ㉨ᵒᶅ Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134726122122816541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-54637080732977349672020-07-23T13:20:25.520-07:002020-07-23T13:20:25.520-07:00I am super digging this!I am super digging this!Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-80675249574771599102020-07-23T11:44:17.953-07:002020-07-23T11:44:17.953-07:00Cool ideas in here. I love that level of technolog...Cool ideas in here. I love that level of technology. Andrew Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14222965834426695702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-89821161331985467732020-07-23T11:09:44.906-07:002020-07-23T11:09:44.906-07:00This is great. A module would be very cool. This is great. A module would be very cool. Hexelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15794021648817422431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-73412347360791624712020-07-20T14:16:57.993-07:002020-07-20T14:16:57.993-07:00I have been deeply attracted to this setting since...I have been deeply attracted to this setting since first discovering it within the last year. I need to look at these books someday. ᶘ ᵒ㉨ᵒᶅ Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134726122122816541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-86992705648376410252020-07-19T21:20:42.672-07:002020-07-19T21:20:42.672-07:00That one Dark Sun game you ran for me was so memor...That one Dark Sun game you ran for me was so memorable, good times. KingBrackishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752261395902857107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-25946077384437795722019-11-16T08:52:44.000-08:002019-11-16T08:52:44.000-08:00hmm. I played a session or three in this campaign...hmm. I played a session or three in this campaign and was intrigued by the authentic setting and characters. Bronze age dawn of history stuff! Well done Ignacio, I am always impressed by your knowledge (the samurai game was very immersive and you nailed the themes of honor and prestige). thanks<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252046930481480381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-45769867231775480762019-08-15T13:58:52.316-07:002019-08-15T13:58:52.316-07:00All great ideas!All great ideas!Ignacio FIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246059006421448474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-58734642737048931402019-08-15T13:23:24.056-07:002019-08-15T13:23:24.056-07:00Big fan of d6 saves. I used a variation for the re...Big fan of d6 saves. I used a variation for the resolution mechanic in "Two Sought Adventure" (Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser style low-magic pulp-adventure).<br />"No math" d20 variations might be: roll 2d20 (2 successes; 1 success; 2 failures); or set a fixed Failure of 5 or less on 1d20 (I've yet to see high-level play in LotFP but maybe lower the Failure target number by 1 every few levels). Gives them something to (false) hope for.Kasimirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423944507365555833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-17445531106382610552019-08-13T11:08:46.006-07:002019-08-13T11:08:46.006-07:00This is pure gold. Moar! Number 3 on that miscast ...This is pure gold. Moar! Number 3 on that miscast table is humor. LolKingBrackishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752261395902857107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836054549433196418.post-32624617050006496312019-08-12T16:51:23.476-07:002019-08-12T16:51:23.476-07:00This is awesome.This is awesome.KingBrackishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752261395902857107noreply@blogger.com