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by rutulus
Tue Dec 27, 2016 1:55 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Happy Holidays to TER
Replies: 9
Views: 11114

Re: Happy Holidays to TER

happy holidays. i hope the good will of the season has brought everyone a little peace and contentment.
by rutulus
Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:20 am
Forum: Backgrounds
Topic: Across the Wine Dark Sea
Replies: 3
Views: 4095

Re: Across the Wine Dark Sea

As a child he was chided that the value of knowledge could not be quantified. This was, of course, a lie. Men would not otherwise break their backs in prayer nor gods and demiurges exercise their divinity for nothing. The idea was irreverent. It is simply that when one comes to the age of love and h...
by rutulus
Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:34 am
Forum: Backgrounds
Topic: Across the Wine Dark Sea
Replies: 3
Views: 4095

Re: Across the Wine Dark Sea

He once read that in the mountains of Turmish shepherds greeted one another by lifting three fingers in the air, though none of them could remember the meaning of this custom.

I am such a man, he thought.
by rutulus
Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:31 am
Forum: Backgrounds
Topic: Across the Wine Dark Sea
Replies: 3
Views: 4095

Re: Across the Wine Dark Sea

The founder of his order had mandated alternating periods of monastic seclusion and worldly travel. Months and years of prayer, inspiration, and research will terminate pointlessly if one does not venture into the secular world to see, to hear, and to learn; to then return refreshed in body and spir...
by rutulus
Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:22 am
Forum: Backgrounds
Topic: Across the Wine Dark Sea
Replies: 3
Views: 4095

Across the Wine Dark Sea

He sits near the lectern, as is his custom, with his head cocked to the side like a curious dog. Though the reading has entered its second hour he has not stirred. His eyes remain fixed on the speaker, an itinerant from Aglarond's church of Waukeen. He is not familiar with the man's other works, and...
by rutulus
Wed Sep 07, 2016 5:25 pm
Forum: Backgrounds
Topic: White Witch
Replies: 3
Views: 5437

Re: White Witch

His mind turned to the weeks after the abbey, the storm, the cold. --- As the compartment's single door closed, he turned to Alaria and opened his mouth, one finger in the air to emphasize the coming question. "For the last time," she cut him off, "it's called The Forest King, and you will need to s...
by rutulus
Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:05 pm
Forum: Roleplay Discussion (OOC)
Topic: Adventuring - Permadeath
Replies: 36
Views: 37782

Re: Adventuring - Permadeath

In my mind, permadeath solves a couple problems while promoting another. Here's my perspective in a simple format: Permadeath solves the following problems: Hyperbole and The Big Lie: Death is the most difficult thing we can experience. It changes us and forces us to adapt to a new world; there was ...
by rutulus
Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:24 am
Forum: Backgrounds
Topic: White Witch
Replies: 3
Views: 5437

Re: White Witch

The road is... He crossed a thick line through the words and crinkled his nose. There was little ink left and thus little room for error. He folded the paper and put it away. Meter was largely a mystery to him, but metaphor came easily. Still, the thought remained unfinished in his mind; there it h...
by rutulus
Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:29 pm
Forum: 1363 DR (archive)
Topic: Research: Tregorian's Gate
Replies: 5
Views: 5350

Re: Research: Tregorian's Gate

Pyrrhos emerges from the depths of the library, stinking of incense. He deposits on a nearby table a stack of maps, several historical chronicles, and a binder full of 11th century Helmite temple correspondence. The items are flagged with notes like 'Promising,' 'Suspect,' and 'Baffling.' He shares...
by rutulus
Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:37 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: XP penalties too harsh?
Replies: 21
Views: 17908

Re: XP penalties too harsh?

I think everyone can agree the best solution is a firm permadeath policy.