Blood of Prokopius

Musings on Religion & RPGs

Monday, January 31, 2011

The Thief as a Sub-Class

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I must confess that I am not a big fan of the Thief class; however, I do understand why people do and that it probably ought to be part of t...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Saintly Saturday: St. Ignatius the God-Bearer

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Today is a secondary feast for St. Ignatius the God-Bearer, and, frankly, one of my heroes. He was the third bishop of Antioch (after Peter ...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Another One Hour Dungeon

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I ran across the concept of the one-hour dungeon from Dyson over at A character for every game who pointed me to the original post at Plane...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Realms of Crawling Chaos

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If you hadn't noticed, Dan Proctor announced Saturday evening the early release of Realms of Crawling Chaos (hereafter RCC). Which mean...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Saintly Saturday: St. Timothy the Apostle

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Today is the feast day of St. Timothy the Apostle. A companion of St. Paul on many of his journeys around the Mediterranean, he is the recip...
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Why A Sense of Loss?

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During my last Lost Colonies Session , one of my players (seeing the endemic desecration and corruption throughout St. Urheim's Monaster...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Meditating on Sub-Classes

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On Tuesday , I mentioned that Hamlen's player surprised me by making an oath and playing through the struggles of keeping it — and keep ...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Lost Colonies Session 31

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One of the things I have been experimenting with as a Referee is minimalism. What I mean is that in terms of preparation, I try to keep thin...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Saintly Saturday: St. John the Cave Dweller and St. Peter's Chains

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Today is the feast of St. John the Cave Dweller and tomorrow is an interesting feast — the Veneration of St. Peter's Precious Chains. St...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Druids as Anti-Clerics

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James over at Grognardia is doing something very interesting with Druids for his Dwimmermount campaign — something similar to what I've...
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Saintly Saturday: St. George the Chezobite

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Today is the feast of St. George the Chezobite. He was a Cypriote by birth who lived at the beginning of the ninth century. When his parents...
Friday, January 7, 2011

Religion Art Right Here

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JB of B/X Blackrazor asked a very interesting question (to me, at any rate) in his recent post "Religion Where Art Thou?" Given m...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Meditations on Alignment

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In my last entry for Saintly Saturdays I argued for an alignment dynamic of Law = Christian civilization and Chaos = demonic wilderness. S...
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Lost Colonies Session 30

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This relatively short session was primarily a lot of interaction with various NPCs. Having obtained quite a bit of information about the aba...
Monday, January 3, 2011

Meditating on Greyhawk

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I have a bit of a confession to make. I have never played in a Greyhawk campaign. In fact, it wasn't until well into the 90s that I even...
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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Saintly Saturday: St. Basil the Great

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Today is the feast of one of my favorite saints — St. Basil the Great. He is one of those few people in the history of the world where the m...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Finding My Own Personal Proto-Game

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Recently, I read the news that Frog God Games is releasing a new "complete" edition of Swords & Wizardry . Though I do not cu...
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Monday, December 27, 2010

Lost Colonies Session 29

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This session dealt mainly with the aftermath of the battle with the vampire. The players discussed how they were going to deal with the body...
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Saintly Saturday: Merry Christmas!

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O my soul, magnify her who is greater in honor and in glory than the armies of heaven. I see here a strange and paradoxical mystery. For, be...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Saintly Saturday: St. Sebastian

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Today is the Feast of St. Sebastian and those who were martyred with him. Until I started looking into writing this post, I had no idea that...
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