Larouse is not any kinder to them than Wikipedia.

Something to bear in mind - the Greeks and Romans both added lead to their wines. The Greeks were also known to add other intoxicants to their wines, ranging from poppy (opium) to resins (including hashish). The lead at the least could cause long term problems with mental stability.

Add this to some of the more ecstatic religious practices and you have a recipe for insanity, both permanent and temporary. Given that some of the proclivities assigned the maenads included the eating of raw meat... the result is fairly savage.

Cybele's (though an import she was sometimes associated with Bacchus) worship was no less mad - the priests being known to emasculate themselves at the height.

While dated, and no longer considered entirely accurate Frazer's The Golden Bough is an excellent gaming resource. Later authors, including Campbell, have built upon this foundation.

The Auld Grump

omg that last dog looks like something out of evil dead.

That is the late Sam - three time winner of the World's Ugliest Dog competition up until his death at age 14.

The first dog is Wendy - under all that muscle she is a whippet. (And apparently has a habit of trying to climb into people's laps.) A mutation has led to her having twice the amount of muscle mass as a normal whippet.

The Auld Grump, yes, she is a real mutant.

Now if Bethesda would bring back Arcanum I would be a happy grump.

I really miss Troika, and wish that they were the ones doing Fallout, but Bethesda is also very good.

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Heh, it took a short enough time to build that I am not all that concerned about it.

I have a few ideas for improving it for next time, and it is seeing weekly use for Necromunda rather than just gathering dust, so I am happy.

The Auld Grump, who used to play Van Saar, Redemptionists, and Cawdor.

Hmmm, the only 'doomsday device' that ever appeared in my game was a failed plague - designed to remove the British troops from 'the Jewel in the Crown of Empire', India. It did not go as planned.

When released it killed thousands of Indians, hundreds of British soldiers, then mutated to become an annoying, disfiguring, but non-lethal venereal disease. The mutated version became known as St. Bartholomew's Pox.

The Auld Grump, watch out for Poxy Doxies....

Heh, I was going to mention that I am not all that fond of Berettas to begin with - the only handguns I have ever had jam on me were both Berettas.

Then again, I have fired a lot more black powder muzzle loaders than modern arms, so what do I know?

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Time or not - I am liking this software much better than the old.

It can keep up with my (not very fast) typing. (That the old board could not was a comment on just how slow the software was.)

It does not mysteriously lock up on some script.

I can stay logged in.

It uses the same protocols for inserting images as most of the boards I inhabit.

It is easy to enter links.

All the forums go at the same speed, and there are none I need to avoid if I want to keep my computer happy.

I can wait for spoilers. I can wait.

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  The stock T2K ruleset is really wonky, and seems built to hose the characters bad--it's bleak.

Except in firefights. Did you ever count how many 9mm. shots to the head it takes to kill a PC? In one game a PC was shot 16 times, and still got up, and grabbed the objective. It made me pine for The Morrow Project.

The Auld Grump, all sort o' ways to die in Morrow Project....

I never played Torg. I did try the Masterbook system, with the Bloodshadows setting.

Another setting that I think would work better with Spycraft than with its intended system.

The Auld Grump listening to the gentle sound of his printer producing cardstock terrain....

There appears to be at least one other Spycraft player/GC there, and since it did not close I thought that I would give the topic a friendly *BUMP*.

Perhaps one of the friendly folks at Crafty would like to make a post to the Last Publishers? While there may not be an official PA Spycraft setting the main book does have rules for handling the genre.

The Auld Grump

[Captain Davy Rackham]

I be Captain Davy Rackham



Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

The Auld Grump, aye!

By contrast, the Spycraft forums have for 3 iterations, been amongst the most congenial fan-sites I've ever had the pleasure of posting in. Not sure why all the good mojo, but I'm certainly not complaining.

Now you've jinxed it.

*thunderstorm rises at the horizon*

...

j/k

Gatac

Force Gypsy? Mr. Force Gypsy?

You are a jerk Mr. Force Gypsy. In fact, you are a complete kneebiter.

The Auld Grump, dedicated to the memory of Mr. Douglas Adams.

And of course Radio Rivendell has been around forever.

The B5 soundtracks by Franke are also good.

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*Edit* And some day I want to do more with Stan Rogers for theme music - I used Northwest Passage as the background for Pagan Publishing's Walker in the Wastes.)