Do you remember some guy who visited one of our classes and talked about doing paleontology/anthropology work at the Natural History Museum after the hoax was uncovered? No idea who that was or if I’m just imagining it.
Originally shared by Jonathan Tweet Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close. Meanwhile, the guys are work have talked me into running a couple D&D sessions for them. That was the day 13th Age was announced, and they're happy to play 13th Age instead. That will be my "Great Center" campaign, based in the imperial capital of Axis, the center of the world. It's my opportunity to explore the setting from yet another perspective.
Pre-gen from Frank Mentzer's module, The Needle , 1987. I knew this was insulting and gross when I was 14. At the time I didn't know who Frank was, since I only played AD&D. I found this module again when I was going through a box of old stuff and was surprised he wrote it, because I thought it was a pretty shitty adventure.
From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Jackson has an odd sense of humor that often falls flat for me.
ReplyDeleteThe Cidri fluff always was some cool shit IMO.
ReplyDeleteI like it.
ReplyDeleteThe idea that Piltdown man was not a hoax, but an orc from another universe, is pretty fun.
ReplyDeleteThis is my jam for demihumans.
ReplyDeleteDo you remember some guy who visited one of our classes and talked about doing paleontology/anthropology work at the Natural History Museum after the hoax was uncovered? No idea who that was or if I’m just imagining it.
ReplyDeleteWow, no I don't.
ReplyDeleteI think it was some guy Williams knew. Maybe it was that last semester I was there after you finished. Clearly made a huge impression.
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