From 1974 until 1977, when I was between six and nine years old, my dad was the minister at Youngstown, Ohio’s First Christian Church. This was a position which came with some strange perks: …| Pathetic Fallacy
I rarely ever play fighters. Hybrids, sure. Gishes, paladins, monks, even barbarians, but seldom a farmboy with a sword and board and a yen for adventure. I've always just felt like I was missing out on half the system to play a character without any access to the kind of lateral advancement that spellcasters have. Part of this also stems from a conversation on the GLOG book club, specifically Spwack's idea that fighters need more options to do borderline 'impossible' things, because by stand...| Craggenloch Tribune
Most discussions of the Roman Empire’s wars focus on its great successes. Battles won by the barbarians are nearly universally described as tragic losses from the viewpoint of the Romans. But every loss of the Romans was a victory for the little-understood barbarians – that catchall term for the relatively uncivilized northern tribes that bringContinue reading "Leaders of the Resistance: The Barbarian Kings Who Challenged the Roman Empire"| ThinkingWest
