The game has had plenty of implicit prejudice over the years, as Ravenloft’s Vistani race shows DnD’s age, and Forgotten Realms’ Chult region is generally avoided for similar reasons. These are cases where fictitious races and cultures are obviously thinly veiled, bigoted analogues to real-...
So, Winter Fantasy 49 is in the books. This is one of two vacations I take every year, and it’s probably the most fun. The nerds don’t see how that’s possible. I go to a gaming convention and play few (if any) games. This year, I had one game on the schedule, and it w...
I was reluctant to give him to high scores, but let's face it, he *is* exceptional.Perhaps, "Cimmerian" should be viewed as a subrace of humans with exceptional scores... Metalloman Posts: 3,975 October 2014 @FinneousPJ Yeah, I know that these stats are completely OP...
This opening up of the region is often accompanied by discourses about a race or a scramble for the Arctic (see for example: Byers, 2010; Dodds & Nuttall, 2016; Howard, 2010; Sale & Potapov, 2009). The Arctic is changing, and this would have consequences on regional security and ...
There is a similar trend in Latin America where draught animal power has now declined to constitute about 25 percent of the power source for family farms. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) the use of draught animals is still important in many regions, but is constrained by the presence of the ...
Our current understanding of the distance within which greenness matters is based largely on expert opinion. In the United States, some practitioners suggest that having greenspace within a five-minute walk (approximately 0.2 miles or 0.32 km) is most important for physical health, while others ...
The goal is to increase defence division staffing from 300 to just under 400 employees this year, about 85 of whom will be allocated to AJISS. The contract win didn't come as a complete surprise to defence insiders as Thales has played a crucial, but often background role in supporting ...
Models prognosticate that greenhouse gas concentrations will continue to rise, and that average air, surface and water temperature will increase as a result [1]. Accordingly, there is much concern about, and a growing demand for accurate projections of how climate change will impact biological ...