Café de Nuit

Has anybody here, besides me, ever watched the miniseries or read the book 'Shogun' by James Clavell, and if so, would any of it apply? I watched the series as a child, so my memories are too vague. As for the books, I recall reading some accounts that it wasn't a fully historically accurate reprod...

Mistmaster wrote: Are these pueposes for changing or things that should be changed?

Things that I would change about/add to my old gazeteer.

Also, ideas I felt like throwing around.

I wrote the first and (at the time) most complete gazetteer for Rokushima Taiyou or 六島太陽 or Six Island Sun (yeah, I know). That was a long time ago. I mean a LONG time ago. As in the days of mailing lists long ago. As in the 90's long ago. As in everything was 2nd Edition long ago. Yeah, that long. ...

The impossible adventures of Lord Windham - Taming the She-Wolf "Ah yes, the She-Wolf! I remember taming the woman many moons ago during my first and I do hope last visit to Verbrek. I swear by Ezra, it isn't the wolves and whatever dark creatures roaming the land that will do you in but the s...

Almost a year has passed since my latest post. I have neglected this project for far too long. The Bearded Nun "From the tales I had heard, one would have imagined the woman to be quite different. My mind had conjured forth a statuesque femme fatale - something one could find in ancient depicti...

I'm again offering a no prize to the person who spots the reference above... Hint, only Canadians of a certain age may get it...

The Gentle Giantess Every little girl and every little boy knows the story of the Gentle Giantess. Somewhere in the hills lies an old tower where she lives with her menagerie and a few companions. Life isn’t as simple and whimsical as these tales would have you believe, but for a child they give ho...

A Feast for Swines What do you fear most? Finding yourself lost in the mists, with unknown horrors lurking just out of sight? To be caught riding through a Kartakan forest after nightfall as the wolves howl at a moonlit sky? Losing loved ones to the more cruel denizens of the dread realms? For some...

Thanks, I want to try and focus more on average individuals doing rather extraordinary things. These are necessary in order to give people hope that life ISN'T completely hopeless.

Most of my contributions to this thread have been rather negative in the sense that they deal with death, danger, and often feature villains. I thought I would try to buck this trend by offering up more examples of uplifting hooks. The Night Mama Bruckner Stood Tall The Bruckners had had their share...

Mistmaster wrote:It reminded me of this movie, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

That was the inspiration.

My sister's keeper "Melurine, please eat your porridge! It'll be cold before you finish! Why must you be such a difficult one!" "Melurine, I'll go feed the chickens now. Would you be a dear and... oh... yes... well..." "He was a rather nice gentleman, now wasn't he Melurine...

I'm not as prolific as I used to be and I kind of gave up on the "ABCs of Mistipedia" idea (names are ordered by first name, plus I said I'd stick to canon material), but I want to try to keep this thread up on the first page as much as possible. Maybe one day I'll organize all my ideas in...

The tome of arcane symmetry Hailing from lands unknown, the fabled tome is said to be able to bring even the most powerful man to his knees by crushing his spirit with misfortune. Unfortunate accidents, lost fortunes, and betrayal will follow him until he bends the knees to the heavens and repents....

The story of Vir'ava The Vistani have many tales which shape their beliefs and world views. Having lived within the demiplane since its inception and wandered the land for so long, the number of such tales along with their variants have grown steadily. One of these is the tale of the Vir'ava, or Fo...