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Saturday, February 24, 2018

Saintly Saturday: St. Cumine the White

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Today is the Feast of St. Cumine the White, abbot of Iona. Not much is known of this monastic saint. He was the seventh abbot of Iona, the m...
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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Prepping an Adventure vs. Writing an Adventure

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Recently, I have gotten a couple of compliments for stuff I’ve done in the hobby. Firstly, one of my friends sent me an email thanking me fo...
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Saturday, February 17, 2018

Saintly Saturday: St. Theodore the Recruit

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This year, in the Orthodox Church, an unusual occurrence happens. We get to celebrate The Great Martyr St. Theodore the Recruit (sometimes r...
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Monday, February 12, 2018

Rinn's Journal Part 3

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Firstday, 5 Februa The others left me to pray today. They go to scout out the area they think the spiders are with the intent that we will...
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Sunday, February 11, 2018

Guns & SWCL (St. Haralmbos the Hieromartyr)

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Yesterday was the Feast of St. Haralambos, also known as the man who would not die. He was a 3rd century priest when he was arrested at the ...
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Friday, February 9, 2018

Meditating on Altered Carbon

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As I have stated in the past , I am not a huge fan of modern science fiction. That doesn’t mean I don’t hope that there might still appear o...
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Rinn's Journal Part 2

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Fifthday, 2 Februa What a vile and horrible place Redwraith is! I desperately want to go home and just spend my days mixing ingredients to...
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

SWCL Adventure Module: The Hermit Caves

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I've been slowly grinding away at my own version of The Temple of Elemental Evil, and I have finished the first section: The Hermit Cave...
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Saturday, February 3, 2018

Saintly Saturday: The Righteous Simeon

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Today is the Feast of The Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver. Simeon appears in the Gospel According to Luke when Mary and Joseph, according ...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Saintly Saturday: The Transfer of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom

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Today is the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom. Thirty years after St. John's death in exile, St. Proclus, P...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Rinn's Journal Part 1

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Fifthday, 25 Janus 1143 Today the initiates were very excited when news came from town that a yellow robed mage was visiting Headwaters. I...
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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Saintly Saturday: St. Euthymius the Great

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Today is the Feast of St. Euthymius the Great who was born in Melitene in Armenia to faithful parents about the year A.D. 377. His parents w...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Saintly Saturday: St. Hilary of Poitiers

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Today is the Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers. Born in the 4th century A.D. of pagan parents in Gaul (modern day France), he was trained in p...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Saintly Saturday: St. Anysia the Virgin Martyr of Thessalonica

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(Yesterday was) the Feast of the Virginmartyr Anysia of Thessalonica. Although I had every intention of writing about this yesterday, life g...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Christ is Born!

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Merry Christmas! A great and paradoxal miracle has taken place today. A Virgin has given birth, and there is no damage to her womb. Th...
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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Saintly Saturday: Ten Martyrs of Crete

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Today is the Feast Day of the Ten Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Agathopus, Basilides, Evare...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017

On Adventure Design

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Back in December of 2011, I did a review of a module penned by Matt Finch called Demonspore . In it I stated that is the best module produce...
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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Saintly Saturday: The Prophet Haggai

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Today is the Feast of the Prophet Haggai who prophesied in the year 520 B.C. during the post-exilic era in Jerusalem. Not a lot is known abo...
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Saturday, December 9, 2017

Saintly Saturday: Conception of the Theotokos & Ever-Virgin Mary

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Today is the Feast of the Conception of the Theotokos & Ever-Virgin Mary. Yes, you read that right: the Orthodox Church is celebrating a...
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Thursday, December 7, 2017

Isometric Map Experiment

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Of all the iconic and popular TSR modules, the one I probably dislike the most is I6: Ravenloft. While it reads like a pretty decent dungeo...
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