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My two bolgs, for what it's worth: The RQ6 mysticism rules are the best ones I've seen mechanically, but they suffer a bit from the effort to make all the magic systems balanced. I agree with everyone else that the Hero Wars mysticism rules were a flop. I do think that there is "mystic magic," draconic mysticism being an example of this. I wouldn't have thought of the Land of Ninja rules as mysticism, but it's great box set, and if you get a chance you should certainly pick it up. Thanks, David.

On that note, I would expect Teshnans to be reasonably skilled at diamond cutting, having learned from the Mostali of Diamond Mountain.

If you can get HQ1, the introductory adventures there are really fun. (I particularly enjoyed the one with the little girl ghost, but the name escapes me). Thanks, David.

Per Anaxial's Roster, Oria made the first harpies to punish men who killed their mothers, and some still serve as her furies, but most have abandoned their duties and now plague all men.

My memory is that it was fine at lower levels, but in a long-lasting campaign (even at only INT percentage chance of increasing each adventure it was successful, IIRC, it eventually went up), it soon got up to levels where it made too much of a difference. In other words a 50% (for example) reduction in each opponent's chance to hit was unworkable. But it probably depends on what type of campaign you are running. Although Dodge is not perfect, I found that it worked better.

That was my first thought as well -- but then I realized, that's exactly what the Vadeli want you to think. Yup, just a few harmless sailors in town, nothing to see here.

For noncanonical material, Tales of the Reaching Moon No. 10 was the sea issue, and at least Tradetalk Nos. 13 and 14 had articles that relate to the sea and seafaring..

I don't know if that would work or not, but I suspect that the Gift Carriers will be visiting you soon.

All hail Mello Yello!

Are there supposed to be pictures? I just see text on a white background.

Not to disagree with the basic premise, but I believe that Poseidon traditionally rode a chariot drawn by Hippocampuses (hippocampi?).

You could adapt the mysticism rules from Mythras. In terms of mechanics, they are very clean and work well (and the effects are distinct from animism/sorcery/theism).

Truestone is really dense. But of course, the ground under it could erode away . . .

Thanks, those are both great suggestions.

Hi! I seem to remember some discussion of this, but I can't find it. Can anyone point me to some information (or speculation) as to who the Headmen were? (Vadeli of some sort?) Thanks, David.

All hail Mello Yello!

She could spot a local product (e.g., a smooth stone used for door stops) and realize that it is actually in high demand elsewhere (e.g., it is white jade used in Kralori religious ceremonies). Her task would then be to corner the market without letting the locals know how valuable it really is.

Feedback: Fonrit! Fonrit! Fonrit! Thanks, David.

Now if you have an intact copy of Griffin Mountain, I'll be really impressed (reversed wyrm or not). I've never seen any other books disintegrate quite so spectacularly.

I don't think any system in which the best spell is "Take that, You Fiend" is classy :-) Or did you mean that it uses character classes?

You would be shocked at how many native speakers with advanced degrees still get that wrong. I salute the French educational system.

Arkat was a troll. The other theories are just human lies.

I missed that; thanks.

Hi! Are there any updates on the status of the dead tree edition of Eleven Lights? IIRC, it was due in December. Thanks, David.

I believe that there is actually a discussion of this in one of the Pavis supplements for RQ2 (?). While I don't remember the whole thing, I believe that the elf runelord, when asked how they would fight off ten times their number of trolls, explained that each of the elves would simply shoot ten arrows.