China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, accomplished staggering feats, but could also be draconian. Here are his top achievements and faults.
Simon Kruger’s Supernatural Assistance Agency decides to accept a bizarre job from a business-minded goddess but things have gone unexpectedly crazy along the way. Will they get the job well done? Reply Steph Beth on November 4, 2015 at 11:49 am Intriguing! While this is not a genre ...
The curation of ancestors’ bones is well attested ethnographically in the region, where human remains belonging to specific individuals are believed to be endowed with supernatural powers. Artefacts associated with the bones in Corisco include ritual tools, such as ceremonial sickle knives and iron ...
Philosophic naturalism is theidea that only natural laws and forces as opposed to supernatural ones, operate in the universe. Mystic pantheism, the doctrine that the universe conceived of as a whole is God and, conversely, that there is no God but the combined substance, forces, and laws that...
There was also a corresponding avoidance of supernatural materials, with the exception of stories involving ghosts and/or witchcraft, both of which could be given a psychological spin that stressed "suggestion" rather than "explicitness" and allowed the possibility of a rational, rather than a ...
tormentors, but also a fascination with the figure of the psychologically disturbed villain (often a serial killer) whose presence clearly predatedPsychoand was also a key feature of the prestige horror films of the 1940s. There was also a corresponding avoidance of supernatural materials, with ...
A professor who had studied the subject at length once posed that question in a psychology class. The answer, he said, was finding an animal helper. More than any other human or supernatural guide, an animal ally can lead the hero or heroine through trials and dangers to the end of their...
I did this for two reasons: first to lay the ground work for idea of gates, which I hope supports the Doom Train, if my players follow that thread, and secondly: I hope that the contrast when “Smith” – actually Markyat talks about a supernatural item: the Simulacrum. It should be...
It should be defined as "able to accomplish incredible feats without the aid of magical items or supernatural abilities". Thus, in creating epic levels, the following should be considered: An "Epic fighter" should be able to eventually hit a Great Wyrm Red Dragon with a normal weapon, and ...
Simon Kruger’s Supernatural Assistance Agency decides to accept a bizarre job from a business-minded goddess but things have gone unexpectedly crazy along the way. Will they get the job well done? Reply Steph Beth on November 4, 2015 at 11:49 am Intriguing! While this is not a genre ...