Dragons are mentioned in several verses of the Bible. he following passages in the King James Bible mention dragons: In the Old Testament: Deuteronomy 32:33 Nehemiah 2:13 Job 30:29 Psalms 44:19 Psalms 74:13 Psalms 91:13 Psalms 148:7 ...
In fact, some scholars think that the Greek historian Herodotus was referring to fossilized dinosaur skeletons and eggs when he described griffins guarding nests in central Asia. “Dragon bones” mentioned in a 3rd century AD text from China are thought to refer to bones of dinosaurs....
In the Going Down In Flames series I mentioned that they ran away to escape arranged marriage. If you thought Ferrin was obnoxious as an adult wait until you meet him as a teen. Ice-princess, Sara Sinclair, is the most un-Blue Blue Dragon of her Clan. And now her parents signed a ...
Mishearing is a comedic gold mine. During a recent camping trip, our Michigander friend, Holly, was offering tips on our upcoming vacation to the Upper Peninsula when she mentioned, “You’ll see tons of ore docks. They’re everywhere!” Our friend Rhonda gave her a strange look, then ...
Depending on the personality and ego-strength of the player, this loss can be near absolute. Degradation-pain and torture are heavily involved in sadistic, sexual situations that graphically appeal to visceral impulses. Much of the material (as mentioned above) is well into pornographic areas and...
Monsters and Creatures in the Bible Beings of gigantic stature are also mentioned as existing after the Flood of Noah's time. "Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. . . . We...
“In the sky appeared another signal, and I saw a dragon whose color was the fire, and had seven heads and ten horns, and on each head it had its own crown” (Apocalypse, 12:13). In the New Testaments the dragon is mentioned again, fighting against the angels while in heaven, but...
I’ve mentioned here more than once that my childhood was full of hobbies including model rocketry, model railroading, plastic kit building, Dungeons & Dragons, comic books and miniatures wargaming. Like generations before me, hobby stores and the now-vanished hobby areas of large department stores...
The Cleric or Priest: This is the character that often gets mentioned in defense of D&D. This is because he (or she) is a "religious figure." Note what the handbook says: "The cleric in a generic priest (of any myth) who tends to the needs of a community. He is both protector an...