@mlnevese , Kudos for your article on Silk in the Belgariad. Obviously, I'm a huge Eddings fan. :) (View Post)

In the Harry Potter world, the use of magic is highly regulated by the Ministry. There's a danger in trying to use magic to create personal wealth or for personal gain, as pointed out in the story of… (View Post)

I would really like IWD2 if not for the puzzle dungeons. I hate puzzle dungeons with a passion. I very much enjoy the 3rd edition implementation and character/party building in the game, and I like t… (View Post)

I don't think it's good to romanticize the French Revolution. While it inspired a new epoch of aspiration to freedom and democratic representative government, it also inspired chaos, a lynch mob ment… (View Post)

In Forgotten Realms lore, deities wax and wane in power according to their number of worshipers. A deity with too few worshipers will weaken and finally die, as happened to Amaunator. Thus, deities h… (View Post)