Blood of Prokopius

Musings on Religion & RPGs

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Asian Weapons in 5e

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One of my favorite aspects of the 1E version of Oriental Adventures was the weapon section. More than anything else, this was the flavor th...
Friday, May 24, 2019

A Wu Xing Diagram

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Yesterday , I posted about using a Wu Xing diagram to map out relationships between factions in a campaign world. Here is the actual diagram...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

World Building Using Wu Xing

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When I am building a new campaign world, I especially like to create factions in sets of five. This allows me to plug factions into a Wu Xin...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

World Building using 5e Classes

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One of my favorite poetic forms is the haiku. While tempting to see it as a very simple style of poetry where one need only come up with sev...
Thursday, May 9, 2019

An AI Answers Jeff's 20 Questions

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It came to my attention via Talysman over at The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms that there is a neural network web toy that will complete the te...
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Saturday, March 30, 2019

Character Sheet for TFT

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Steve Jackson Games was an important game company in my own formation as a gamer. I don't blog about that very often, because this blog ...
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Monday, March 4, 2019

On Vitriol: This Zak Smith Thing

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Almost four years ago, Zak Smith and wundergeek had a very public fight about gender politics. At the time, I had been away from blogging du...
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Sunday, December 16, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus Chapter 10

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In the 10th Chapter of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathtetes explains: If you also desire [to possess] this faith, you likewise shall receive...
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Thursday, December 13, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus: A Campaign Map

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Hades as a concept is not only useful as an inspiration for the Aidisian Empire and how it functions, but it is also fodder for influencing ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus Chapter 9 Part 2

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In the 9th Chapter of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes understands death as a natural consequence for humanity’s sins against God. This un...
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Saturday, December 8, 2018

Gamer ADD: Map for B1B2T1

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So, my brain won't let go of the idea to place those great introductory TSR modules B1, B2 and T1 all on the same map. Despite the fact ...
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Friday, December 7, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus Chapter 9 Part 1

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In Chapter 9 of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes lays out why the theological differences between paganism and Christianity is so importan...
Thursday, December 6, 2018

Happy St. Nick's!

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The Real Santa Claus One of the wonderful things about being an Orthodox Christian parent is that at this time of year I get to declare ...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus Chapter 8

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In Chapter 8 of his Epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes starts laying a theological foundation for why Christianity and paganism are so different...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Gamer ADD: Re-Skinning Quasqueton

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So, Into the Borderlands , published by Goodman Games , arrived in my mailbox yesterday. It is a late-arriving birthday gift and, boy howdy,...
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Monday, December 3, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus Chapter 7 Part 3

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Now that I have settled on the trinitarian metaphor for the Christianity/Church analogue of Artaniamism, it is time to decide on a holy symb...
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Sunday, December 2, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus Chapter 7 Part 2

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To continue yesterday’s post , one of the factors that I want to consider when choosing which metaphor to use to express the Christianity/Ch...
Saturday, December 1, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus Chapter 7 Part 1

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In the 7th Chapter of his epistle to Diognetus, Mathetes explains that the basis for Christians behaving in such a different manner than the...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Mathetes to Diognetus Chapter 6

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This quote from the 6th Chapter of the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus demonstrates why I believe a Christian world-view works so well in t...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Gosnell as Horror

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Today, I am going to take a break from my series on the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus to write about one of the better American movies I ...
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