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The Top Ten Greatest Module Names | Reading the DMG
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A writing exercise via rereading and discussing the AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide. The Top Ten Greatest Module Names. September 20, 2011. For no reason, here is my list:. 10 Tomb of Horrors. 9 Assault on the Aerie of the Slavelords. 8 Midnight on Dagger Alley. 7 Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan. 6 Queen of the Demonweb Pits. 5 Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh. 4 Master of the Desert Nomads. 3 Against the Cult of the Reptile God. 2 Dwellers of the Forbidden City. 1 In Search of the Unknown. 5 Up the Garden. Follow &ld...
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Talk with me about being a fan of science fiction and fantasy - Mary Robinette Kowal
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Talk with me about being a fan of science fiction and fantasy. For my regular readers, I’m about to talk about the controversy around the Hugo awards. And I’d like you to keep reading even if this is something that you normally aren’t involved in. (If you want backstory, here’s a really quick recap at Strange Horizons. Just the second paragraph), or for more details here is a summary at 109. And one at The Slate. I am using them. You can tell that I was on the debate team in high school, yes? Watching th...
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Muhlberger's World History: Guy Halsall: think with history, act in the present.
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Ancient, medieval, Islamic and world history - comments, resources and discussion. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Guy Halsall: think with history, act in the present. Guy Halsall sings, "You better free your mind instead! So, what would one be able to contribute to a debate on these (or other) issues if one held a (superficially) seemingly nihilistic view, like mine, of history as random, chaotic, ironic, and unpredictable, and of the past as having no ability in and of itself to compel anyone to do anything?
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Muhlberger's World History: Violence prevention through public health methods
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Ancient, medieval, Islamic and world history - comments, resources and discussion. Saturday, June 27, 2015. Violence prevention through public health methods. For a long time I've thought that public health perspectives and strategies were valuable in dealing with social problems - or should be. Here's an excerpt in Salon. From a book by Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips. Which discusses Gary Slutkin's informed implementation of that idea. From there, Slutkin’s organization, Cure Violence, was fram...
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Reading the DMG | A writing exercise via rereading and discussing the AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide | Page 2
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A writing exercise via rereading and discussing the AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide. Page 81: Saving throw modifiers. February 20, 2010. Sometimes, when considering the DMG, I imagine the rule system of AD&D to be like a machine of a few simple exteriors (“ooh look- orcs! 8221;) but a vast, screaming, finger-severing nightmare of moving parts. And what can impact a save? DM Stipulation- AKA, it is a game. Rule Stipulation- AKA, if the book says the roll is modified. Ie why you either suffer no effects or die ...
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Muhlberger's World History: Fintan O'Toole and the imaginative foundations of political structures
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Ancient, medieval, Islamic and world history - comments, resources and discussion. Sunday, July 05, 2015. Fintan O'Toole and the imaginative foundations of political structures. Has Europe lost its hold on our collective imagination? When I was a teenager in Dublin in the early 1970s, the phrase “We’re into Europe! We were into Europe [the EEC]. But what did “Europe” mean in this sense? One by one, the elements of the Europe story have fallen away. Democracy? The free movement of people? On the other, th...
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Muhlberger's World History: Random historical observations
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Ancient, medieval, Islamic and world history - comments, resources and discussion. Monday, June 15, 2015. The weekend before last I had two interesting historical experiences. I attended as I often do a local Windsor event called Art in the Park. Not a lot of art as such, but plenty of crafts, and located in one of the city's most prominent parks – the grounds of the mansion built by Windsor's most famous distiller and smuggler of whiskey into the prohibition era United States. What was alarming was the ...
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Gary Smailes : Horrible History
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April 28, 2008. Technorati Tags: Military History Carnival. Is hosting the next Military History Carnival and has set the theme of contested boundaries. He has challenged the blogshere to post on the subject so here goes. I am a historian. I would consider myself a professional historian. I have a post graduate degree in Military History. I have carried out original research that has furthered an historical debate. But I don't publish. But I do publish. On the other hand I am a writer and researcher.
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Recommendations – Campbell Award – Sad Puppies 4
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Skip to main content. SP4 Recommendations Pages and FAQ. Recommendations – Best Novel. Recommendations – Best Novella. Recommendations – Best Novelette. Recommendations – Best Short Story. Recommendations – Best Related Work. Recommendations – Best Graphic Story. Recommendations – Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form. Recommendations – Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form. Recommendations – Best Editor – Long Form. Recommendations – Best Editor – Short Form. Recommendations – Best Semiprozine. Andy ...
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