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Proximity to everything was awesome! Went biking in the am with the kids - super nice beach!!
room was extremly small - and the bunk bed was rickety enough for my son to rather sleep on the floor - then to crash the bed.
Small room
Check in guy was very helpful and friendly.
Very small room. If you have one or two people you will be fine. More than two, it's tight quarters.
Price was okay.
We unfortunately were staying during the Classic Car rally, and cars without mufflers went up and down the street until the wee hours. And after that CHILDREN were running up and down the halls---until 3:30 a.m. They were apparently long term renters. We cannot recommend this motel.
the staff was great. very close to everything we were looking to do. we walked to where we needed to go.
room size a little small as was the shower. not much room for a good shower. the water never got very hot though.
The hotel was close to the boardwalk.
The staff was very ignorant. We had a family of 6(w/3children under5) in a room. The room was small ,the refrigerator was dirty and the room was on the 3rd floor in a building with no elevator .I would not recommend this place to anyone.
The location is excellent. The porch was a nice place to hang out. Friendly helpful staff.
The rooms are small but having the porch to hang out on helped.
I liked that they allowed us to check in a half hr early. The staff was very nice, and the price wasn't bad considering we were Sooo close to the beach.
The only thing I would have to say is that the queen size room was just that... Fit a queen sized bed, a dresser and a fridge with just enough room to walk around the bed
Just a place to lay your head down
The room was a brothel. Bed and mini fridge If you just need to sleep... Good place Hot water was a problem in the half bath
Unfortunately we had a room next to the street where the bikers were and it was very difficult to sleep We understood it was their weekend but it got out of control with the motors being cranked and riding back and forth
would be better if there was the pool that's all it takes
The price, 2 min walk to boardwalk, nice staff.
No elevator, uncomfortable beds, small rooms and tin walls.
Very clean, only a block away from boardwalk
Very small cramped room you could barely walk around the bed; a little pricey based on the size of the room
Almost everything
The staff was amazing, very clean. Amazing location to the boardwalk. Very quiet. Cute porch to sit on. My daughter was in a wheelchair and they changed me to a first floor room. They also helped me with my bags. Very kind staff.
Parking was awful. It's wildwood parking is bad everywhere. We had to park a block away. Room was very small, but I needed a first floor room.
Peace,quiet,seconds from the beach
It ended
Location Cleanliness
Front Desk was rude Beds were very hard, uncomfortable Parking is very tight, be prepared for dings/scratches Overall value, not worth it
Location was good and was very close to the boardwalk.
The room was very small and the bed was not comfortable at all. There was not enough towels and the staff was not too friendly at all. I would never go back to this hotel. The free wifi never worked either.
for the price we was paying this place was good....all the bad feed back from past guest were just poor judgement...for the money we was paying this place was good enough.
looking for parking was at times a bit hard but over all it was not a bad place to stay in.
I was told I would have 2 beds and a pullout couch,only one bed and pull out couch.then they wanted to charge me 20.00 dollars a night for a roll away.
The lady at the front desk was very pleasant, and we liked sitting on the front porch at night. Made it feel like an old time hotel.
We came back from the beach at 3:00 in the afternoon, and our room had not been cleaned yet. We wanted to shower (there were three of us) and there were no clean towels. We counted four staff people, and I think that would have been enough to clean the rooms of a small hotel of three floors.
no parking,bathroom small.
Convenient location within a minute walk of boardwalk, pleasant staff, comfortable bed, warm shower. Facilities were clean and well taken care of. What else could one want at the shore?
Yes, the room might have been just a bit small, but it was truly adequate for all my needs. Had my wife been traveling with me, it might have been a bit tight for the two of us.
I liked how it was close to the boardwalk and amusement piers. Also the room was clean and the staff was very helpful with obtaining extra amenities.
The things me and my boyfriend did not like was that there was too much smoking section was right outside on the patio and there was no other way around the smoke. Also, when the light was on at night I could see graffiti on the wall.
The proximity to the beach was good, literally steps away. The people working were nice as well
If I had a complaint it would be the size of the room and bathroom. I traveled with young children and it seemed were on top of each other
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Another View -- Kurt Newman: How to ensure children's mental health
As a pediatric surgeon, I have spent my career giving children a chance to become healthy adults. When children are struck by serious medical conditions, their loved ones and doctors wrestle to understand what happened and how we can make it better. We use every advantage - research, technology, our understanding of the human body - to help children heal and secure a chance to live out their full potential.
Since becoming chief executive of Children's National Medical Center, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about the larger issues that affect children's health and their ability to reach their full potential in adulthood. For me, no issue is more critical than ensuring both healthy bodies and healthy minds.
Today, a staggering number of families struggle with a spectrum of conditions that affect the minds and brains of children and, if untreated, limit their ability to live happy, healthy lives. As a father, and as someone who has dedicated his life to children, I find it devastating to watch families reach out for help for a child's mental health issue when we have so few answers - and resources - to offer them.
We must change our thinking and our approach to ensuring mental health for children. I propose beginning with the following steps:
1. Accept that mental health is a children's health issue. One in five children in the United States suffers a medical condition that affects their mental health. These encompass a wide range of diagnoses, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and developmental disorders. Of the 15 million children affected by such conditions, only 20 percent ever receive treatment. This is especially sobering when we consider that by age 14, half of all lifetime diagnoses of mental illness will begin manifesting, and that 75 percent will show up by age 24. In the face of these numbers, children and families urgently need better ways to get necessary support.
2. Start screening early. As with obesity and diabetes, pediatricians know that, by detecting disease in childhood and intervening early, we can have a tremendous effect on the health of that person in adulthood. By contrast, there is an average delay of eight to 10 years between the onset of symptoms and treatment for children with mental health issues. This is driven in part by a lack of focus on early identification. For the one in five children who has a mental health condition, such early recognition could be lifesaving.
3. Treat the child, not the diagnosis. A diagnosis is, at best, a start, not an end. This is especially true in mental health. Children with the same diagnosis can exhibit profoundly different behaviors and need very different approaches. To be effective, the treatment of mental health in children must be individualized for the child and his or her family, and it must include an understanding of environmental, social and developmental factors.
4. Address genetics. As with several forms of cancer or metabolic diseases, many mental health conditions have a significant genetic predisposition.
Technological breakthroughs the past few years - in molecular evaluation, genetic sequencing and variation, biomarkers and advanced imaging - have helped us understand, identify and intervene in many medical issues before they manifest symptoms. It is time to use these tools as much for mental health as we do for cancer and other diseases with a high genetic predisposition.
5. Ensure access to medical care. Even with the most advanced approaches, real change cannot be achieved if the significant shortages in pediatric mental health providers are not addressed. This is a profound failing in a health system that is supposed to ensure children receive the best care.
Now is the time for leadership. As we form task forces, forums and expert panels to respond to the shootings in Newtown, Conn., a discussion must take place about how we ensure the mental health and well-being of our children. If it does not, we will have failed both the children who perished Dec. 14 and those we are fortunate enough to still have in our care.
Kurt Newman, a pediatric surgeon, is president and chief executive of Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis has urged supporters to remain grounded as the club aims to secure Premier League survival.
Pulis has overseen an impressive turnaround in fortunes since arriving at Selhurst Park in November.
Palace were among the favourites for relegation when the Welshman took the reins, but now sit two points outside the bottom three in 16th place.
However, Pulis is aware there is still plenty of work ahead if the club are to avoid an immediate return to the Championship.
"We've had such a great run that people forget this is the Premier League and this is going to be really tough," he said on Friday.
"We've 10 games to go and we're playing teams who have been in it, seen it and done it before.
"I made one reference after the Southampton game - they brought on a midfield player (Victor Wanyama) who they spent £12million on.
"That's what we're competing against every week and you have to keep your feet on the ground."
Palace face a key game on Saturday as they travel to Sunderland, one of the sides in the relegation zone.
Pulis is not taking the challenge lightly even though Sunderland have lost four of their last five matches in all competitions.
"The hard work and the effort that the lads have put in has been fantastic - the next two months they have to do the same and, if anything, raise it a little bit more," he added.
"People look at Sunderland's position and say it's a six-pointer but every game is an important game for this football club."
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(Includes 20 jokes and articles, 28902,19,cf,md4w,9)
Dancing Chicken from
woneye on 11/6/2004
Dominoes' Techno Chicken (S721d)
From: FunniestStuff.net
on 11/5/2010
This is a fantastic ad spot for
the Dominoes' Chicken Pizza.
Click on either source, or 'HERE' for my copy, to see this
very funny video.
Subj: Gathering Chickens (S745)
From: firstname.lastname@example.com on 3/23/2011
The farmer's son was returning
from the market with the
crate of chicken's his father had entrusted to him, when
all of a sudden the box fell and broke open. Chickens
scurried off in different directions, but the determined
boy walked all over the neighborhood scooping up the
wayward birds and returning them to the repaired crate.
Hoping he had found them all, the boy reluctantly returned
home, expecting the worst.
"Pa, the chickens got loose,"
the boy confessed sadly,
"but I managed to find all twelve of them."
"Well, you did real good, son,"
the farmer beamed. "You
left with seven."
Best Pool Shot By A Naked White Chick
From: lubin100
on 10/23/2009 (S668b,d in Other-Sports)
I love this video. I laughed
and laughed and watched this
very short video half a dozen times. Click 'HERE'to see it.
Subj: Rooster Race (S36, S654)
From: morinhome on 1/13/2003
and From: ginafm on 7/16/2009
An old farmer decided it was
time to get a new rooster
for his hens. The current rooster was still doing an
okay job, but he was getting on in years. And the farmer
figured getting a new rooster couldn't hurt anything. So
he buys a young cock from the local rooster emporium, and
turns him loose in the barn yard.
Well, the old rooster sees the
young one strutting around
and he gets a little worried. So, they're trying to
replace me, thinks the old rooster. I've got to do some-
thing about this. He walks up to the new bird and says,
"So you're the new stud in town? I bet you really think
you're hot stuff, don't you? Well I'm not ready for the
chopping block yet. I'll bet I'm still the better bird.
And to prove it, I challenge you to a race around that
hen house over there. We'll run around it ten times and
whoever finishes first gets to have all the hens for
Well, the young rooster was a
proud sort, and he
definitely thought he was more than a match for the old
guy. "You're on," said the young rooster. "And since I
know I'm so great, I'll even give you a head start of
half a lap. I'll still win easy," said the young roster.
So the two roosters go over to the hen house to start the
race with all the hens gathering around to watch.
The race begins and all the hens
start cheering the
roosters on. After the first lap, the old rooster is
still maintaining his lead. After the second lap, the
old guy's lead has slipped a little but he's still hanging
in there. Unfortunately the old rooster's lead continues
to slip each time around, and by the fifth lap he's just
barely in front of the young rooster.
By now the farmer has heard all
the commotion. He runs
into the house, gets his shotgun, and runs out to the
barn yard figuring a fox or something is after his
chickens. When he gets there, he sees the two roosters
running around the hen house, with the old rooster still
slightly in the lead. He immediately takes his shotgun,
aims, fires, and blows the young rooster away.
As he walks away slowly, he says
to himself ........
"Damn, that's the third gay rooster I've bought this month."
Moral of this story...Don't mess
with the OLD FARTS - age
and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!
Subj: Silkie Chickens (S902)
Source1: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/silkie-chicken_
Source2: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie
The Silkie (sometimes alternatively spelled Silky) is a breed
of chicken named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is
said to feel like silk. The breed has several other unusual
qualities, such as black skin, flesh, and bones, blue earlobes,
and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens only have four.
Subj: Roosters And Bell Ringing (S425b, DU)
From: LABLaughsAdult on 2/24/2005
John the farmer was in the fertilized
egg business. He had
several hundred young (hens) layers called pullets and eight
or ten roosters, whose job was to fertilize the eggs.
The farmer kept records and any
rooster that didn't perform
went into the soup pot and was replaced. That took an awful
lot of his time so he bought a set of tiny bells and attached
them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone so John
could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing. Now
he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report
simply by listening to the bells.
The farmer's favorite rooster
was old Butch, a very fine
specimen he was too. But on this particular morning John
noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all!
John went to investigate. The
other roosters were chasing
pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters
coming, would run for cover. BUT, to Farmer John's amazement,
Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd
sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.
John was so proud of Butch, he entered him in the county fair
...and Butch became an over night sensation among the judges.
The result... the judges not
only awarded Butch the "No Bell
Piece Prize" but they also awarded him the "Pullet Surprise"
as well.
Clearly Butch was a politician
in the making. Who else could
figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards
on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace
and screwing them when they weren't paying attention?
The Little Red Hen (S733d)
From: ToonHeads.Tv
on 1/30/2010 (in Cartoon-Supp)
In this classic fable a hen asks
help with chores from other
farm animals. None of the animals want to help do work but
they all want to share the fruits of the hen's labor. Click
on the above source, or 'HERE' for my copy, to see this old,
cute cartoon with a moral.
Subj: Short Chicken Jokes
Uncle Sam Expects You - Poster (S852d)
..........Taken from the magazine
..........The Poltry Tribute, Mt. Morris, ILL.
..........Volume XXIII, Page 54, Sept. 1917
Source: BackYardChickens.com
Click on the above source, or 'HERE' for my
copy, to see this classic WWWI poster.
Subj: Shoe Comic Strip (S832)
By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins
From: WashingtonPost.com on 12/15/2012
Source: http://www.gocomics.com/shoe/
Subj: We Couldn't Get A Sitter Cartoon (S831)
From: Dawn Morvan on 11/29/2012
Source: http://kswebdesigner.com/tag/chicken-cartoons/
Subj: Chicken Ghost Stories (S821)
From: Laney Huda on Facebook on 10/25/12
Source1: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151061710722307
Source2: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/133795/chicken-ghost-stories
Get Fuzzy Sunday Comic Strip (S823)
By Darby Conley
From: WashingtonPost.com.com on 9/30/2012
The Other Coast Comic Strip (S709b)
by Adrian Raeside
From: redcatt on 8/13/2010
Frank And Ernest Cartoon (S807)
By Bob Thaves
From: WashingtonPost.com on 6/30/2012
Subj: B.C. Cartoon (779)
By Mastroianni and Hart
From: Creators.com on 11/1/2011
Source: http://comics.washingtonpost.com/11_comics_bc.html
The Flying McCoys Cartoon (S657)
by Glenn and Gary McCoy
From: GoComics.com on 8/8/2009
Strange Brew Cartoon (S640c)
by John Deering
From: Creators.com on 4/18/2009
Rugrats Comic Strip (DU)
by Nickelodeon
From: Creator.com on 3/11/3009
Subj: Rubes Cartoon (DU)
by Leigh Rubin
From: Creators.com on 11/15/2008
Source: http://www.creators.com/today-comics/2008-11-14.html
Chicken And The Road Sign (S857d)
From: Patrick McClintock
on Facebook on 6/14/2013
Subj: Two Popsicle Stick Riddles (S812, S816)
From: Unilever
................Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Source: www.Popsicle.com


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22482547897316123552014-11-18T09:36:31.467-08:00Metal EarthAoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-9553750441392303802014-11-17T09:32:00.002-08:002014-11-17T10:33:32.892-08:00Warriors of the Red Planet; FH&W for Planetary Romance/ Sword and Planet 1

Sorry about the lack of posts. The season was supposed to be over, but I have been in the field pretty much every day since my last appearence here. However, I broke my leg, coming down a badland feature last Monday, so now my season is totally over. The good news is that I am getting paid. However, some dumbass fucked up my car while I was on the way back from the doctor. It has been a week.

I am going to use this time to write draw and game. I am probably going to launch a mars type game as early as tomorrow, and a Metal Earth game soon after.

Don't enlarge the pic below if yer at work, it has nipples.

Mars first. I posted this at TRPS earlier, but as I am seldom on line these days, I forgot the shit nature of forums. They're even worse for conversation than ghost towns like this blog.

First lets start with systems:

Warriors of the Red Planet, despite its authors' best efforts to conceal its actual existence, is a nice fit for this sort of game. It has some bullshit anti-world building pro illusionism DM advice (pps 55-56) which seems out of place in such a game, but this is as easily ignored as it is repugnant; it wouldn't be the OSR, after all, if someone didn't present opinion as fact.

The game has four character classes: fighting man (a cumbersome name, but an acceptable nod to nastolgia given the source material); Scoundrel (thief); Mentalist; and Scientist. The former pair hold no real surprises, the latter repackage spell like abilities as psionic powers and gadgets, respectively.

There are several races, mostly genric so it would be relatively easy to craft your own flavors of each. One could easily do Planet of the Apes, Kamandi, Dying Earth or Barsoom with this game. Mix it with something like B/X, with which it is pretty much compatible, and you could do just about anything. I think race and class are significant components of the core of a gameworlds' identity. This game does a good job of giving you just enough in this regard without forcing unwanted flavor into the mix. There are some racial level limits, however, which I have an issue with in regards to the fact I think such limits should be campaign/setting specific, not generic.

The Monster section contains over a hundred genre fitting critters by my count, although many are different types of "men" it remains an impressive selection. My only complaint here is the lack of B/X style moral rules. The authors use ascending (and descending, be cool) AC, so they don't have THE FEAR OF GARY why the fuck not use the better (or ar least more intuitive) of the DnD morale systems?

The book is rounded out by some random tables of various levels of usability.

It is a good game. I give it a 7 bumped to an 8 because it is treading newish ground, bumped back down to a 7 because no pdf/table of contents, bumped back up to an 8 because it is a beta.

Also, @ Thomas Denmark if you are here- failing to release a product has exactly the impact on sales as it does on theft. Release the pdf. I can't even believe I have to say that in 2014. 2014, man. 2014. 188.8.131.52.

Another fine DnD that can do the job, easily, and has a PDF, a free one even, is Fantastic Heroes and Witchery. One would have to cherry pick the classes and races, relying mostly on the weird science bunch, but that is how the game is made to be used, anyway. However, the game currently lacks a bestiary. It being DnD, however, you can probably find whatever critters you need in a book you already own. I have to be honest here, I like WoTRP, and I am going to use it in some capacity, but FH&W is a solid 9+, has an index, a TOC, two pdf versions (paid and free) and a far better value for your momey. This is especially true if you are playing online, as the free pdf mAkes the purchase of more than one hard copy needless.

The TSR Dark Sun setting could easily be converted to a Barsoom like world by sweeping out the demi humans and replacing them with in genre races. The 4e set has some excellent shit on deserts and easily adapatable survival rules for the same, if nothing else.

Another, lesser known setting, is Savage Swords of Athanor. You can get it from the lower right colunm at the blog of the same name, here.

However, I think it is important to point out that while extreme environments are the rule in this sort of setting, they need not be homogenous. Barsoom has room for all sorts of environments ranging from deserts to jungles to frozen poles and underground seas.

Okay, so system concerns are out of the way, as well as a quick setting fix if one is desired.

Were I, and as mentioned above, I am about to do so twice, about to start up a T&P game i would begin with the characters as Earthers more or less at the moment of their arrival at the setting. See Planet of Apes and Kamandi for excellent examples of the same. This would solve the problem of introducing the setting and getting players to invest in it. The setting is a mystery that the players must solve, at least to an extent, if they wish to survive. Regardless of how I feel about seasons 4-6, early episodes of LOST are really good at revealing bits and pieces of setting lore. The island sequences on Arrow do a good job of this too. Check that shit out.

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-83409111223998874822014-10-01T08:38:00.001-07:002014-10-01T08:40:12.744-07:00Full Cyclops Wood map, wip
 I intend on adding a key in the area to the right and. ideally, I am goimg to turn most of the named locations into one page or half page adventures. I have been wanting to do somethng of the sort for awhile.

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Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-83718060138867200072014-09-28T23:41:00.001-07:002014-09-28T23:48:03.096-07:00[ART] Image Bank 1
 So I am going to try to post three times a week for the next few months. We'll see how that goes.

Monday's are reserved for drawings. Every Monday I will post a new image.

I think this is a space monster, or a burrowing animal, or both.

 Wednesday this week will be a map or something. Friday we'll get another instalment in the Cosmic Worlds essay.

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-46907588260865568082014-09-23T10:49:00.001-07:002014-09-23T11:06:34.705-07:00Cosmic supers creation 2

91 days until Cosmic Tales.

Click here for Part One

 The Origin of All Things

 At their core, all good supers universes share a common obsession with history. Large scale events in Marvel, DC, Hellboy, Godland, or what have you, almost always have their roots in their setting's history, and it is not uncommon for these roots to stretch all the way back to the actual origin of the universe itself. Building a sense of history into your setting is essential. So all cliches aside, it is perhaps best to start at the beginning... Maybe.

 To expand on that last point, it is possible and, perhaps, even desirable to work backward. If you have a batch of player characters in front of you, it is likely at least one of them has a power set that could easily be tied into the setting, or perhaps allude to significant components of it, such as New Genesis; Krypton or Asgard. Don't be afraid to retcon something in either- remember, changing the past to suit the needs of the present is totally in genre. If you feel uncomfortable with this, do a realty warping time travel adventure that brings the change about.

 Further, I highly suggest that as each campaign comes to a close, PCs are retired from active play and folded into the setting as prominent NPCs and replaced by new characters. Encourage legacy characters, like Nightowl or Batman Beyond, which will tie the game world's past to its present. These steps will lend your setting a sense of solidity.

 Returning to the history and origins of the universe, it is probably not absolutely necessary to know exactly what triggered the big bang (although Godland and DC's various crisis comics, among others, do some interesting things with this) but it is a good idea to at least go as far back as the dawn of humanity and a few thousand years into the future as well.

 The immediate past is also important. What is the recent event, be it something like Marvel's Civil War; Watchmen's Keene Act; The death of Superman, or what have you, that sets the tone for the current era of heroes?

Some more questions to ponder:

What is the origin of the universe?

Who are the most powerful beings within the universe and what is their connection (if any) to the origin event? To its eventual destruction?

What makes super powers possible?

What are the three biggest secrets of the World's past?

What are the two biggest threats to the peace and/or continued existence of the earth/universe?

Here's a thing, though, one may not want to know the answers to all these questions. It can kill the mystery. That's how I roll, too; however, one can always retcon or crisis wipe away any problematic/soul suckingly stupid elements that survive into game time later on.

Homework:

Jack Kirby's Fourth World Vol 1-4.

Eternals Vol 1 (Jack Kirby)

You can't really talk about world building and comics without talking about the King.

Next time: Step by step universe creation part one.

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-38019412170593800772014-09-22T14:31:00.001-07:002014-09-22T14:42:33.421-07:00Making a cosmic supers setting: part one
A pic of things to come...

 (92 days until the launch of my Webcomic: Cosmic Tales: The Planet Eaters.)

Introduction

 In order to have access to the full range of possible adventure types seen in superhero comics it is necessary to have a solid setting. As with all genres of table top, many players and referees prefer to make use of a published setting. These settings come with significant drawbacks in regards to the above mentioned goal, however. For example, your player character cannot hope to fill Batman's niche if he exists alongside batman; he can't find the Microverse or the Negative Zone or the Great Refuge for the first time either, because Reed Richards already did all that. The best PCs in such a setting can hope for is to be shadows of the established heroes.

 At this point, one might ask what is meant by the "full range of possible adventure types?" The truth is writing an adventure that involves taking down bank robbers doesn't really require much in the way of world building. However, if you wish to do space, cosmic, alternate reality, time travel and/or world/universe saving adventures, having at the very least the bare bones of the greater setting in which these adventures take place will prove invaluable.

 It is the purpose of this series of posts to explore and explain methods of superhero universe creation, and in so doing provide the referee with the tools necessary to create her own realty or series thereof.

Point of imformation, this will mot ne an easy process. You will have to read, and make stuff, and we're doing this my way, not in some general touchy feely fashion. I have a step by step method which is labor intesive. So if you want to do it the easy way, and it is a game, so who can blame you for wanting it to be easy, pick a piblished setting, do the homework below anyway- at least read DC's 52 if nothing else. Also, take this one peice of advice, if you use DC/Marvel the heavy hitters like Captain America or Superman or whoever should, in my opinion, be MIA presumed dead for the duration of your campaign. This will give the PCs the center spot.

Homework:

Comics:

Fantastic Four (1963) 1-100. Annuals 1-7. The first truly modern superhero comic. Marvel universe is more or less constructed during the course of this legendary run. It is all available on Marvel Unlimited. Includes everything you really need to know about superheroes. It is to superhero comics what the Beatles are to pop music. By our modern standards it may seem a little clumsy from time to time, but there is in fact, very little wasted beyond a few hundred words here and there. Start here.

Godland 1-36 & Finale. A cool cosmic story and an interesting and self-concious take on comic book world building.

Crisis of the Infinite Earths, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis. DC multiverse lives and dies. Superman sings. Commonly available at libraries. The first one is really text heavy.

DC 52: a fantastic example of maybe how one could go about using original characters in a major setting.

If the list above seems daunting there are always cartoons.

JLA: Twilight parts one and two for world building stuff.

All the DC animated universe cartoons for an excellent presentation of the full range of adventure possibilities.

Batman the Brave and the Bold: another excellent example of what supers can be.

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Obviously you can't get to all of this at once, but if you enjoy supers you'll get to as much of it as you can as soon as you can anyway- if you have not already. If you don't enjoy supers, I doubt you have made it this far.

Note: All my other projects are still under way and regular posting on them will resume in the near future. I just need to get this shit out of my head.

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-82644063649023819682014-08-23T09:37:00.001-07:002014-08-23T09:37:50.525-07:00Earth? One page space supers setting
 I am in and out of the desert right now and have been since April. I am working ahead and regular posting will resume as soon as I can put together a buffer, probably sometime next month. I'll start with entries on the Cyclops Wood, the Ruinlands, and a long series of posts on map making and how to put together and run a cosmic supers setting. Here is a bit of a preview of the last.

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Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-22972085960961743512014-06-26T09:04:00.001-07:002014-06-26T09:07:05.455-07:00Planet Eaters 1- with words!
 Another preview: my oldest son assires me that webcomics ate supposed to be B&W and abot video games... I am redesigning Ord, down there at the bottomwhich is why he is uncolored.

This is page one, probably the only preview for a while...

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Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-16796176905272375752014-06-19T10:31:00.001-07:002014-06-19T10:31:45.577-07:00The Planet Eaters - color arts.
Taking a break from gaming stuff to work on Cosmic Tales, my comic. It may be a long break. A really long break. I have been drawing non stop for about two weeks. I am making good progress and I really feel that my art is improving. This might be page one out of a projected one fifty or so. I'll get back to gaming stuff at so e point, but imma follow this to wherver it leads. As I said to someone last night, if R. Crumb was a tit man and trying to pass himself off as Jack Kirby, the art might have looked a bit like this.

This story is called the Planet Eaters, btw.

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And another from later on.

 Even the most cursory and abusive comments would be appreciated.

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-39322627868238832702014-03-30T20:34:00.001-07:002014-03-30T20:34:41.071-07:00[map] Cyclops Wood Full
 This is the initial campiagn area; after moving through Zimon's Gate, the characters will find themselves at the top of a mountain road that brings them down onto the sotheast portion of the map. Referees could also begin in Dogwall or Molt without too much trouble. Dogwall is a day's walk (more or less) on the other side of the stone bridge, and Molt is upriver on an island in the glacial lake.

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 This was a bitch to draw, btw.

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-9888087495065467582014-03-10T12:52:00.001-07:002014-03-10T12:52:25.446-07:00[map] The Ghosts Well

 Bonus map- Ghostly Grove, with labels:

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-86425703790694084332014-02-21T07:50:00.001-08:002014-02-21T07:50:09.998-08:00[Map] The Hidden Land at the Sorcerer's Skull
 Get a look at it here.

This was one of my two major projects for the last couple of months, and the first time I have really tried to do a large scale callaboration. It was educational on a technical level (to say the least) as it turned out to be several smaller projects as opposed to one big project. It took forever and ever (I started it at the end of field season in late october).

This means I can return to working on my webcomic, Cosmic Tales, which I hope to launch some time this year.

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-37233357885798936552014-02-20T16:11:00.001-08:002014-02-20T16:11:54.799-08:00[Map] Dogwall

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Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-27762937146803726712014-02-13T08:41:00.001-08:002014-02-14T07:13:34.927-08:00[Map] A section of the Cyclops Wood, and thoughts on wilderness adventure.
 Although I have made a few in my time, I have gown increasingly less fond of big hex based sandboxes. I think wilderness adventues are a great idea. I do not believe, however, that hexcrawls are to the widerness what dungeons are to site based adventures. Walking and exploring have become big parts of the work I do in meatspace and hexcrawls absolutely fail to capture what I love so much about both.

Imo, most hexy things try to cover too much space and getting lost is a ticket to boredom. Now, my worklife aside, when I was a neglected child and spent my time wandering around defunct railroads and empty country, getting lost was fun, because you poked around until you were not lost, and you found stuff along the way. Also, you can easily spend days exploring what is represented by just one hex on most maps, but they usually have like one detail. This strikes me as too little and too arbitrary.

This map is the beginning of an attempt to convert some of this thinking into gamables.

It:

1. Constrains the players- the ravine is in the west, the east side is mountain cliff face. The bridge is flimsy or magic and you can only cross once, maybe- or just finding your way back to it could be the challenge.

2. Ensures that you will have to leave the road.

3. Gives you stuff to find once you get lost. That is the moon capsule from The First Men In the Moon up there on the top left, btw. I don't think lost should be a matter of rolling a random direction, but rather a random destination with a random duration of travel.

4. Has room for factions.

5. Has an ecology (take my word for it)

So the idea is you have to explore and interact with the environment (e.g., deal with the locals, figure out how to cross the boiling mud, decide which way to go on the road at the fork, discover that someone has fucked with the signposts, and so on...) on the way to your goal (which in this case is the big skull hill thingy) instead of just passing through. Not every landscape is an adventure, of course, in the same way not every building is a dungeon.

Note: I don't have the scale on the map but it is like a 4 hour walk from the bridge to the fork in the road. Also, the apex predator here is an insane allosaur.

I'll key this up in a day or two, probably like the Molt map, but with stats and shit

Come at me, bro.

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-7964494108805343772014-02-08T18:09:00.001-08:002014-02-08T18:09:54.600-08:00Molt, not so rough
 I am at a friend's house and he has been doing something involving insurance and the phone and the internet...

So, while waiting, I went ahead and did this:

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-71046564736674011732014-02-07T19:47:00.001-08:002014-02-07T19:52:34.008-08:00New Stuff, Old stuff

These are my most recent gaming purchases. I picked up the Withcery book after spending a few days pouring over the .pdf. It is currently my favorite DnD. It has all the classic fantasy stuff but also races, classes and rules for horror, weird adventures, and sword and planet. I also love the interior art, most of which is by Dominique Crouzet, the author. The pdf is available for free, HERE. Go. Look. The HC Is currently out of print as Dom is doing a new round of edits.
The important thing, of course, is that I have one.
I bought the WD book because I read a shitty .pdf of the Lichway and it was the first time I have ever looked at published adventure and thought, "Fuck, I'd like to use this, and it fits my setting." The Halls of Tizun Thane, by the same author, had a similar effect. I have already placed both into the Valley of Bones*. I'll alter each, of course, and I am going to redraw some of the maps. WD maps are too clinical for my tastes and look like apartment complex floorplans to me. Aside from that, both are kickass dungeons and I think Albie Fiore was a master of exactly how much detail to provide. The scenario book versions of these are great, too, because they include all the monsters from the WD Fiend Factory, and as I don't own a copy of the Fiend Folio (what?) that's good for me.
* I am going to use some one page dungeons as well, but more on that in a future post.
Anyway, I hardly ever buy anything, so to get two cool things within the same month is pretty badass.

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-79485357763589492532014-02-07T08:53:00.001-08:002014-02-07T08:53:56.935-08:00Notes and maps in the rough.
 I am getting ready to run Valley of Bones, so I've had to scramble to get some stuff done. I thought it might interesting to post my prep work. This mostly relates ro the two largest above ground settlements in the Valley.

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-91623264589125500922014-02-05T11:56:00.001-08:002014-02-05T13:19:51.656-08:00Valley of Bones, Spell Casters

An eclectic group of spell casters reside in the valley.

Dame Murdann (E) is searching for spells for her list as well as magical and monetary loot. Cruel, quick to anger, and prone to violent excess, she is little more than a brigand with a handful of spells at her disposal. She is obsessed with collecting valuable hairbrushes, but makes no use of them. Styling herself an aristocrat, Murdann is very sensitive regarding her claims regarding familial connections to royalty. She has a small group of miscreants and outcasts in her employ. Together they reside in a collection of ruins somewhere in the Winter Forest.

Aside from a session of magical study in the morning, Dame Murdann is usually drunk.

Eldrew the Defiler (H) is a small time necromancer with big plans. Weirdly tall; waxy pale; skeletally thin; perpetually nervous and prone to drinking copious amounts of foul smelling brown tea, the Defiler posses a cowardice exceeded only by his lust for power. Recently, he has gained access to the Grall barrow known as the Place of Skulls located in the Cyclops Woods. The barrow contains the remains of a shrine and a sacrificial cenote (the Ghostwell). He has learned how to draw power from the Ghostwell, but has unwittingly become its slave in the process; even now his sell swords wander the forest deeps and beyond looking for potential sacrifices with which to feed the curséd thing. Meanwhile magical pollution emanating from the Ghostwell poisons and corrupts the surrounding landscape.

Aldred Ashlocke (?) is a mysterious figure, whose goals remain largely as unknown as his visage, which, on the rare occasions he is seen away from his stronghold, remains concealed within the preternaturally dark shadows of his black cowl. Ashloke dwells at a large manse on the upper slopes of Roc's Nest Mt. He occasionally sends servants into Molt for mundane supplies. Dozens of bizarre rumors concern the spell caster and his household, but no one knows anything for certain.

Despite the ambiguity, Ashloke is unquestionably a powerful spell caster.

Professor Cloudfog (E) is the ancient, powerful and notoriously absent minded master of Drift, the floating castle of the sky elfs. The sky elf spoken policy in regards to the valley is one of noninterference, but Cloudfog meddles incessantly through a network of agents, elf and otherwise. Cloudfog seeks to maintain the current balance of power within the Valley. Seemingly a benign ancient, he is occasionally ruthless in the pursuit of his goals.

The Serpent King (God King) is the magic using, shape-shifting ruler of the reptile folk at Molt. Known to prefer the form of a gargantuan snake, the Serpent king is the primary reasons no outside force has attempted to raid or invade Molt. The king's subjects worship him as a god.

Miss Witherspoon (E) leads the elfs at the Broken Spire, she was a youthful two hundred years of age when the Hex War began, but she spent the next several centuries locked in an enchanted slumber. Waking, at last, a few centuries ago, Witherspoon found a changed and damaged world. Her intelligence and prowess as a spell caster have resulted in her current superior status, but despite her fey appeal, she is a scowling dour woman. Witherspoon is said to have a penchant for swift action and a particular dislike for dwarfs.

Dreg, (dragon) a great dragon lives in the ruins beneath Urux, at the border between Vale and Under-Vale. Only the most powerful and well informed even know of his presence. His true power and his designs remain swathed in dred and mystery.

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-14183529368217722022014-01-30T21:02:00.001-08:002014-01-30T21:02:49.759-08:00 The Valley of Bones: Forces and Factions

 Pardon the image reuse, please; this entry is actually what It was intended to illustrate. I need to stop posting them whenever like that.

This section gives a brief description of some of the groups vying for power, control, resources and survival in the Valley of Bones. Powerful individuals will be addressed in a future post.

The Warriors of the Black Sun (AKA Rictus' Mob): gnolls and others openly in the employ of the self proclaimed Hex king Rictus. Although the presence of this group lies heavy over the valley, the location of their head quarters is a closely guarded secret completely unknown to outsiders.

 The Vargann- sentient arachnids who dwell in several nests deep in the forest and in the Under-Vale as well. Their queen is rumored to dwell in a scaborous city somehwere in the deeps.

Dragon Marked: agents of Dreg the Wyrm, usually engaged in observation and compilation of information, and only rarely active in any other sense. Their existence, like that of their master, is largely unknown to the other residents of the valley.

Hexlings: dwarfs and others who have turned away from law and now serve chaos (i.e., Rictus). They are everywhere, usually acting as sleeper agents waiting to strike. Nonetheless, most believe them to be a myth.

The Wounded- the fatalistic and not entirely benign elfs who live at Broken Spire and in the surrounding forest.

Deepspawn: vile creatures from the Under-Vale. For the most part the spawn keep to their own Black City far from the light of the sun; however, they will occasionally in the pursuit of some noisome goal, come to the surface- in force.

Rats of Minn: benevolent, scholarly rat folk; chief residents of Minn a former dwarf city in the Under-Vale. Long time enemies of the Deep Spawn.

Gorskul's Band: an unaffiliated band of gnolls, led by the unusually thoughtful and refined warrior poet, Cap'n Gorskul.

The Observers (aka sky elfs)- selectively aloof elf clan, housed in an invisible floating castle. Although their official policy (as it were) is one of non interference, they meddle in valley affairs with an intensity that makes this stance a bit of a joke.

Clan Ironhelm: the settlement of dwarfs at Dogwall, currently locked in a cycle of decline and internal conflict.

 P.S. I put up a full (B/X) adventure yesterday, get it here.

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-80706956339309089632014-01-30T07:11:00.001-08:002014-01-30T07:11:12.083-08:00Zimon's Gate adventure pdf.
 This is a small dungeon with a teleportation gate at the end. It is part of a larger thing, but can be used easily enough by itself. It has a color map and illustrations. I will likely do another version later, and I am certian this one is full of errors and omissions.

Link

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-45838130145128139862014-01-19T17:09:00.001-08:002014-01-19T17:09:46.576-08:00(Illo) Meanwhile in the Forest.

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-84099457419313241362014-01-18T12:32:00.001-08:002014-01-18T12:32:54.718-08:00Color pictures from far away

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-74705615825790202172014-01-13T13:45:00.001-08:002014-01-13T14:49:42.335-08:00Zimon's Gate pt 1
 Out of setting intro- if you need a teleport or a dimension door, and want it to have a dingeon on the front end, you may find this useful.

In setting intro (The Wide World) can be found here.

This map has been posted before, but it's not like I'm paying for space.

ENTRANCE: Monster Door. A large, many-legged, reptilian beast is painted upon a door set into the hillside. When the door is unlocked, the beast will walk out of painting and attack.

Lizopede:

AC:4(15) HD:4(13) MV:180 ATTK:bite/claw DMG:1d12/1d8 ST:f4 M: 8

1. Pig Heads:

Illumination: None

Environment: Clean

Encounter: Trap- see below

Treasure: None

Puzzle door/sand-trap

Four tiles on the floor- Elephant, Rat, Wolf and Fire. There are insets on the east Door, obviously made to house one tile each. The door will remain closed until the tiles have been placed on the door in the following order, running top to bottom: fire, rat, elephant, wolf. A series can be set every two rounds.

Six wild boar heads are mounted on either wall. Their mouths are a bit agape. The door slams 1 round after the PCs enter the room. Sand begins to flow out of the pig mouths the next round- if left unchecked it will fill enough of the room in 12 rounds to render everyone immobile.

Solutions and stopgaps: solve the puzzle, stop up the Pig Mouths, break down the door(s). If the outer door is broken open it will disgorge a second Lizopede at full strength.

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-13695036351539715242014-01-09T16:57:00.001-08:002014-01-09T17:03:02.125-08:00(Doodle) Secret Stegosaurus
 For (someone else's) secret project:

 As a bonus, an Amazon... This one is kinda rough, because in its final form it will be way reduced, and there are only so many hours in the day.

Aoshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-35545955410331946352014-01-08T20:42:00.001-08:002014-01-08T20:42:31.671-08:00(Image) Dwellers in the deep: Gargan Warrior

Aoshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248254789731612355.post-71666664063990383662014-01-05T13:57:00.001-08:002014-01-05T23:10:42.775-08:00Dwarf Lore II
 DWARF LORE II

"Well, aint sayin' he's as guilty as a dwarf, but he aint innocent, neither."

Overheard at the Clutch and Boil, a tap-house in Blyx.

The Past

Abstract:

After a long period of peace and prosperity, the dwarfs unknowingly raised a tyrannical necromancer to the throne. after a period of manipulating the prejudices of the population, this king declared war on everyone; most of the dwarfs went along with it, but a sizable minority resisted.

The rebels were forced to flee the dwarf lands.

The dwarfs that stayed loyal to the evil necro-king morphed, over time in to gnolls, which resemble the dwarf god of death, Kur. When the king was killed, at last, 500 years later,the gnolls scattered and the empire collapsed overnight.

So dwarfs are still around but everyone blames them for the Gnolls and the necro empire and everthing else that goes wrong in the world from sour milk to plagues.

Gnolls are still around, but few in the East are aware of it, as they occupy the former homelands of the dwarfs, the remotest areas of the Gloomy Mountsins. It is unknown how, or if they reproduce.

The Second Summer

Fifteen centuries of bloody strife followed the Sundering. The Pact of Four, a compact between dwarfs, elfs, men and halflings, brought about an end to the chaos and ushered in a time of prosperity known as the Second Summer. The Second Summer, or the New Unification, as the people who lived at the time grew to call it, graced the lands for over two millennia, and showed no signs of decadence or decline.

Destruction, however came to the New Unification, nonetheless. As it turns out, blame for this catastrophe, i.e., the end of civilization; the period of rapine and destruction that came in its wake and, following that, the present dark age, can be completely and without question, assigned to the dwarfs. It is said that history oft repeats itself; however, it seems rather unlikely that anyone will ever again be so absolutely, thoroughly, despicably guilty.

The coming of Wound.

The current day clan structure did not exist in the time of the New Unification. Dwarfs instead lived in nuclear families, knit together by a strong sense of community and cultural pride. Peace and harmony represented the norms of existence. This placidity, however, gave rise to a pervasive complacency and conformity, which combined with the dwarf penchant for industry and invention, resulted in the manifestation of a sort of evil previously unknown, or, perhaps, merely unremembered.

At the time the dwarfs were ruled by the Dynasty of Gladdock, fifteenth and final dynasty of the mountain kingdoms. Their name, once so proud, is now extinct and buried in shame. The eighth dwarf from this line to wear the Ore Crown and bear the title Deep King, was born fourth in line to the Throne. His given name is unknown, for he had it struck from history. What is known is that upon his rise to the throne, he took upon himself the name Wound.

Wound became heir after his three brothers died under mysterious circumstances, whilst hunting rock worms. Prior to this, he had lived for many years in exile, dwelling upon the Island of Skulls, studying the Unification ruins there; eking what sorcerous and necromantic secrets he could from them. It is believed that Wound, alone out of the multitude of scholars who have made the attempt, managed to decipher the Unification Script. He shared his secrets with no one.

His parents quickly followed his brothers to the grave and King Wound took up the Hammer and Crown. The latter of these dissatisfied him. During the first year of his reign he bent the resources of his kingdom to making a new crown. Money flowed like water from the palace. Using never before divination techniques, King Wound found deposits of precious metals and stones to finance his researches. What is more he shared his power with the powerful amongst the citizenry. New mines opened. Smith fashioned things of beauty and wonder. The dwarfs prospered and found themselves well content with this new king.

Meanwhile, using the hottest fires, magic infused metal and sinister gems of alien aspect, Wound forged his dire crown, and, if the stories can be given credence, he underwent a second coronation, this one in solitude; in the heart of the mountain, he named himself Emperor and wore for the first time the Crown of Chaos.

Not long after, Wound began his experiments. He despoiled Unification tombs, and brought forth their mummies. Harnessing magic inherent to the ancient cadavers, he managed to perfect the art of animating them. Some unification tombs contain hundreds of such mummies. His Crown gave him control over the mummies, and he utilized hundreds of them in his private mine. Public outcry followed the exposure of these activities. Wound bribed the high priests of Kur, the death god, and declared a year without taxes for the general citizenry, due, he claimed to the extraordinary productivity of royal mining operations. There were those that talked against the mummies, but most were content to count their coins and work their trades.

Not long after, Wound began his campaign to vilify the elfs. He spoke against them; saying they were arrogant tricksters who thought themselves the lords of the world, and worse, plotted on secret agains the dwarfish kingdom. Without warning, one day King Wound had the ambassadors from Camarill seized. based upon wholly fabricated evidence, he accused the entire group of eight representatives of spying. He tried them the night they were seized and found them guilty. He paraded them, crucified, still living throughout the Vale of Urux, and the Gloomy mountains beyond. Repeating his absurd accusations before the masses. It has been theorized that the crucifixions initiated a power ritual which eventually resulted in the Gnolls. However, a sizable segment of the population accepted the word of their king.

Within a few months the dwarf armies, accompanied by legions of the undead, boiled over the mountains and marched east. Wound, terrible in his sourcerous power, rode at the front. One by one, the peoples of the east fell before the dwarfs, until none remained to resist, but for the last alliance of elfs and men at Stargleam's Wall, but even they perished in the end, and one grim morning, his foot on Stargleam's dead chest, King Wound proclaimed his dominion over all the known lands. His claim went unchallenged.

Wound quickly established a tyrannical police state, supervised by his loyal dwarf vassals and local turncoats.

Decades passed. Over time, it became apparent that Wound's dwarfs changed. It is unknown whether the transformation was the intentional end product of a process put in place by Wound, or the result, perhaps of some curse (attributed by most to the elf Prince Stargleam) or perhaps, even, divine retribution for the many atrocities to which these fallen warriors had been party. It matters not. In the end, those that had once been dwarfs, became the creature known today as gnolls. After the change, Wound's troops were even more fanatical in their loyalty and unquestionably more prone to savagery in the execution of their duty.

The cities and settlements of the east became squalid pits of suffering and poverty. All wealth flowed to the king. The lot of his subject, from high to low, was base servitude. As for Wound, he enjoyed few things more than rooting out enemies of the state. Once identified and taken into custody, such people were rarely seen again. Wound's army of mummies only seemed to increase in size, however.

The Deep King's dark empire reigned for 500 years, until he was killed by an anonymous agent of a secret cabal, The Black Orb. Wound's assassin remains a mysterious figure to this day, remembered now in folktales and legends only as Woundkiller.

The gnolls, who had, up until this point been under Wound's complete control, fell to fighting amongst themselves. Local resistance sprung up and, in time, avenged the abuses of the preceding five centuries, eventually driving the gnolls into the Gloomy Mountains. The chronicals fail to intimate the ultimate fate Wound's legions of undead warriors...

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Saturday, 29. November 2014
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25. 04. 14. - 17:00
25. 04. 14. - 17:00
Cinemas across Austria are opening their doors for free to people who want to watch when Pope Francis will declare his two predecessors saints at a single ceremony on April 27.
The ceremony is in recognition of the fact that Blessed John XXIII and John Paul II have widespread reputations for holiness and that years of studying their lives and actions have proven their exceptional virtue.
Blessed John Paul, known as a globetrotter who made 104 trips outside Italy, served as pope from 1978 to 2005 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1, 2011. Blessed John XXIII, known particularly for convoking the Second Vatican Council, was pope from 1958 to 1963; Blessed John Paul beatified him in 2000.
Asked by reporters if retired Pope Benedict would participate in the canonisation ceremony, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters it was possible, but given the retired pope's preference for staying out of the public eye, he could not say for sure.
The choice of April 27, which will be Divine Mercy Sunday in 2014, was not a complete surprise. Pope Francis said he had been considering Dec. 8, but the possibility of icy roads could make it difficult for Polish pilgrims who would travel by bus to Rome for the ceremony.
Not only will Austrian cinemagoers be able to watch the ceremony live, but they will also be able to enter for free. But there will be no subtitles.
Christof Papousek who was the spokesman for the Cineplexx International cinema chain, it was an attempt to offer something to people who rarely visit the cinema.
He said: "We are hoping in particular that youth groups from the parishes will be particularly interested."
The screen is expected to last three hours with tickets available on a first-come, first serve the principal. There will be no fixed seating and it will be possible to view it in HD, with the aim of allowing people to have the feeling that they are really they are in St Peter's Square for the event. The decision not to have subtitles was in order to increase the authenticity and really make people believe that they are they are.
The ceremony will be screened at both of the Vienna Cineplexx branches and also at the cinemas in Innsbruck, Graz, Hohenems, Salzburg City, Linz, Wiener Neustadt and Villach.
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I was sad to hear the news yesterday that Neil Armstrong had passed away.
Neil Armstrong in Apollo Lunar Module after his historic moonwalk in July 1969.Source: NASA
It was just last week that I had been talking about the Apollo missions to a group of Grade 3 students. It was my son's class and they had asked me to talk about life on Mars. They were studying the idea that over time, living things need to adapt in order to survive, and so they were thinking about what people would need to live on Mars one day.
As we spoke about things like the need for water and oxygen, along with the differences between Mars and Earth, I asked if they'd ever seen what happened when the astronauts walked on the Moon. The group, including my son, looked at me blankly and I realised that they had never heard of the famous Moon landings.
So we checked out the NASA clips of Apollo 11's landing and those great action shots of astronauts bouncing around on the Moon due to its weak gravity. The kids were astounded!
Photo of Apollo Lunar Module on the surface of the Moon with Armstrong's shadow in the foregroundImage: Neil ArmstrongSource: NASA
I was born just as the Apollo missions were coming to an end. Even so, it was always a part of my world. The Apollo astronauts were amazing men and my tribute to Neil Armstrong will be to make sure that young generations know of the incredible things he and his fellow astronauts did. May they always be an inspiration to all.
Statement from Armstrong Family (via spaceinfo.com.au)
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