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Saturday, May 12, 2018

Saintly Saturday: St. Dionysius the Archimandrite of St. Sergius Monastery

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Today is the Feast of St. Dionysius the Archimandrite of St. Sergius Monastery. Born in 1570, St. Dionysius was the head of the Staritsky Do...
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Saturday, April 21, 2018

Saintly Saturday: St. Maximian Patriarch of Constantinople

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Today is the Feast of St. Maximian, Patriarch of Constantinople. He was born in Rome of wealthy parents and used his inheritance to provide ...
Saturday, April 14, 2018

Saintly Saturday: the Holy Martyrs Anthony, John and Eustathius of Lithuania

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Today is the feast of the Holy Martyrs Anthony, John and Eustathius of Lithuania. During the reign of Prince Olgerd, these brothers became O...
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Friday, April 13, 2018

Rinn's Journal Part 4

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Thirdday, 7 Februa O God, help me! Penael is dead. Fourthday, 8 Februa It always surprises me at how cathartic a funeral is, especiall...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

SWCL Adventure Module: The Burnt Village of the Restless Dead

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I have slowly been working on my own version of The Temple of Elemental Evil for use with SWCL. Rather than releasing it all at once, I have...
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Sunday, April 8, 2018

Christ is Risen!

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Be illumined, illumined, O New Jerusalem; for the glory of the Lord has arisen over you. Dance now for joy, O Zion, and exult. And you b...
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Monday, April 2, 2018

A Quick Update

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I had a few people reach out to me to see if I am okay, especially since I was quiet on Easter. Firstly, I am fine, just insanely busy....
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Saturday, March 10, 2018

Holmes & Cook: Monk Redux (Saintly Saturday)

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Today is the Feast of St. Quadratus of Nicomedia. He was from a rich family and spared no expense helping fellow Christians imprisoned for t...
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Thursday, March 8, 2018

Holmes & Cook: Monk

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The last subclass that I have to muse about in my Holmes & Cook thought experiment is the monk. Holmes categorizes the monk as a subclas...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The Holmesian Druid Revisited

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My last post on a Holmesian Druid got some very interesting responses that I have been meaning to respond to, but I have been laid up in be...
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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Holmes & Cook: Druid

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Since I am in the frame of mind to do so, I have been meditating upon how to fulfill the promise of this paragraph from Holmes: There are ...
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Saturday, March 3, 2018

Holmes & Cook: Illusionist (Saintly Saturday)

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Today is the feast of the Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus who were betrayed to the Governor Asclepiodotus of Amasia (northern Turkey) during...
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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