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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Crones and Witches and Hags, Oh MY!
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Crone, Witch, Hag. These three words are often thought as synonyms, mired in misogyny. Yet their folkloric roots are quite different, and th...
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Brief hiatus
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I have not abandoned you dear readers. I began writing a post a week ago on Witches, Crones, and Hags but haven't had a chance to get ba...
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Designing Encounters for the OSR: The Myth of the "Balanced" Encounter
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I have habit of saying that in Dungeons and Dragons 5e, a balanced encounter is one in which the monsters are defeated before anyone in the...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Giants in Folklore and Myth
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There are as many types of Giants as there are cultures from which they spring. In myth they often contend with with the gods, or are invol...
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Sunday, December 22, 2024
On the nature of Wyrms (Lindworms, Wyverns, and Dragons)
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Large serpent-like creatures are a common motif in European heraldry. If the have legs, the number of legs can vary. If they have wings thos...
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Magic as Archetype
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The aged Wizard searching through ancient tomes of great proportion. The Sorcerer's Apprentice, secretly learning his master's secre...
Friday, December 20, 2024
Gods and Monsters and Fey, Oh My! (Or My Unified Field Theory)
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"Syncretism: The practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought. Syncretism involves the merging or assimilatio...
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