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Nollaig shona dhuit to all and sundry (if I was in Ireland) and Fröliche Weihnachten aus Berlin As a vegetarian I'm with Turkeys against Christmas... Off to get very drunk now and spend tomorrow with a suitably regretful-I'll-never-drink-again hangover

Oh yes.. and also the Green and Pleasant land has a small section. Both are a paragraph or two on biography rather than how to integrate him into a game session. You will get more from Wikipedia and I'm sure the G&P Land is way out of print. I haven't access to my stuff at present but I think it was a Games Workshop production late 80's or early 90's.

I should have said I accidentally used his picture as the set of quintuplets grown in vats in an underground complex in the Grünewald to cause chaos in Berlin by integrating into the power structures of the Ringvereine, SiPo, FreiKorps, KPD and the Black Hundredists. My players spotted the picture of Crowley before I did. I had just done a random search for evil-looking, bald men The Chekists killed the KPD spawn which gave the Investigators a way in to what was going on.

Apart from what @AndreJarosch said, I only remember fleeting references to Crowley in published material. However, I used him in a recent scenario that I wrote for 1920 Berlin, inserting him into documentation that they found with links to the German Theosophical Society etc. Most of the research I did was through Wikipedia and either followed links in the text (Theodore Reuss, for example, aka Carolus Albertus Theodorus Peregrinus who was a German tantric occultist, freemason, journalist, singer and head of Ordo Templi Orientis). I also interwove stuff with the Rosicrucian Kabbalistic tradition and had a Golem (The Golem of Prague) rescue one of the protagonists from a FreiKorps execution squad and at the same time incidentally rescuing the Investigators who were facing the same fate for treating a wounded Spartikist. I played a bit with the timelines but it really didn't matter. There's lots of stuff, with seriously interesting characters, that, if they weren't Cthulhu cultists, should have been. This one intrigued me greatly.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Trebitsch-Lincoln I think I'd agree with the reviewer in the article posted by Andre in wanting to keep my players on the outskirts of the power structures of the Golden Dawn, but that's your decision. Incidentally, I'm back in Berlin for Christmas and have decided to visit some of the sites I used through the three interlinked scenarios and take pictures to post on our players WhatsApp group. I need to make my players make SAN rolls again.. evil GMs like me need to spoil their Christmas peace

No swimming from now on Ian.. stay in a hermetically sealed room until you've finished all volumes...just in case 😉

There has been a lot of discussion about tax systems in Glorantha and elsewhere and I thought I'd share the tax on Salt taken from historical documents ( @Joerg )and made up (me) to be used in 1520: Renaissance. As background, Salt was the major produce of Lüneburg and was sought after for preserving the fish caught in the Baltic region and salted at the Skåne Market before being transported around Europe. Preserved fish was one of the major sources of wealth for the Hanseatic League. I've included the Word document if anyone wants to use it Taxes on Salt production Each pan produces 3600 shillings (s) of Salt from Saline evaporation The Salt workers are contracted to sell the salt produced to the Salt Factors operating from the Salzspeicher in Lübeck. Duties and Taxes per Chor of Salt (554.2kg) 50% to the leaseholder of the pans (prelates, church bodies, nobility) (Sülzbegüterte) 1800s 20% to the City of Luneburg as tax (Sülzhilfe) 720s 5% Duties to the Guild 180s 3% Import tax to Lauenburg for transit on the Stecknitz Canal 108s 3% Import tax to Lubeck for transit to the Salzspeicher 108s Subtotal 2916 s Artisans (Barmeister and the Sodmeister), Workers/Labourers for pans 120s Fuel for pans, transport and labour 100s Boat hire, and shipping, crew 160s Tolls on river transport x10 to lockkeepers for upkeep and operation 100s Tolls at Mölln for upkeep of Canal 100s Subtotal 580s Total Cost in taxes nd production per pan 3,496s Profit per pan 104 s Taxes on Salt production.docx

Is that the kiss...or the pat on the back?

Somebody had asked about character sheets for BRP recently, and I was too lazy to look it up, and too tired (its been a long day and my poor fingers are tired too) I thought I'd share my character sheet with the few Renaissance fans on here.. and if anyone can make this PDF printable .. I'd give them a big kiss or a pat on the back if that is more to your liking I can provide the Word document too if that is easier Renaissance Character Sheet v2 .pdf

I have to say as a (Northern) Irish person... there has to be potato bread... not Kartofflebrot @Joerg (no spelt or rye polluting the glorious taste), but whether you call it fadge, tatie bread, potato farls or boxty (Irish is bacstai) ... its a floury potato bread and delicious, toasted, frilled or fried.. your choice YGMV... mine has (Norn Iron) potato bread and isn't associated with any foul beasts of chaos This is an excellent idea... The Bacstai Myth

I was looking to see if there are any published official versions of sorcerers in RQG, apart from the one in the pre-gens of the Starter pack. I also have RQ3 versions but not RQG I appreciate your help in advance

ahhh... yes...the Yosser Hughes of Newtlings

I have been trying to work out a Tax system for my Hanseatic Campaign and it was an interesting exercise which ended up with the producers having to pay to make goods... that meant starting again. But @Joerg and I eventually cracked it (City import tax of 3%). However, an interesting point I read was that the toll, introduced in 1567, by the Danish Crown at the Øresund Sound was 1-2% of the Cargo value. The amount of taxes levied accounted for two thirds of the Danish States income in the 16th and 17th Century. Another amusing bit of information was that the value of the cargo was self-certified by the ship's Captain, but to ensure that it was not undervalued the State reserved the right to buy the cargo at the certified price! An excellent strategy to keep Merchant's honest. Ladies and Gentlemen may I present... Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler

It wasn't dead...it was only resting... See... a heresy already ... bring on the plagues and smite those unbelievers

I'm confused .. which is not unusual or uncommon.. however... I was looking at doing stats for the ubiquitous Gagarthi bandits that pester legitimate travellers in Prax and was considering what magic they might have. So looking at the Prosopædia, I find that Gagarth is the Wild Hunter, seeking lost and lonely spirits as food for his Hunt This is not the Bandit god I was thinking of... can anyone point me in the right direction.. or give an explanation?

That's the one I meant. It is written for HeroQuest but it has lots of information that is useful if you are interested in the incursions of the Northern Crusades into the Baltic and Rus riverlands. I found the Codex Guides to the Medieval Baltic (volumes 1 & 2) very useful for background material and a whole host of more academic and historical books that are too many to mention Merrie England is also an interesting setting.. England from 1122-1247 featuring Robin Hood. I'm not sure its still available @soltakss?

Ein Esel schimpft den anderen Langohr? It was more about appropriation and assimilation... as far as I can remember..lol

What @Butters said...and.. Clockwork & Chivalry is ECW with a bit of a twist.. its an alternative history were there are Royalist Alchemists (Cavaliers) fight against the Clockwork Engines of the Roundheads.. an interesting milieu but wouldn't be my choice. I prefer the Renaissance Deluxe and/or Black Powder of the gritty real world and am considering either a 30 years war campaign or as I have long been planning a Hanse campaign stretching through generations. But everyone's choice is different, so see what fits with your ideas. Renaissance Deluxe is very adaptable to all ideas. I also recently got Renaissance:1520 which is an excellent sourcebook for the Holy Roman Empire. My German partner and @Joerg tell me I am over-assimilating with German history and that I need to stop it (Just finished a 2 year CoC 1920 Berlin Campaign). But the HRE is vast has lots of different nations and excellent source material.. so I don't listen. Mythic Russia is also an excellent source book and if you can get your hands on Mongoose's Stupor Mundi (Frederick II Hohenstaufen), I'd recommend that too. (Just checked, neither is available on DriveThru, so I think you need to look for second hand copies) I have both the hardback and softback PODS (both bought with PDFs) from DriveThru and can honestly say I prefer the softback versions. I stick a plastic dust-jacket over the soft backs to keep them in reasonable order.

No...sadly not, my comrades were all hiding behind bushes and walls in terror while WhatsApping Mani's fort to let us in. I also think they didn't see when the Walktapus tried to sneak up on me and I killed it with a Firearrow through the eye. Luckily, I brought a tentacle back with me as a souvenir and have given it to them. I then recalled an urgent meeting in the Old City and left them to it.

I just killed six Broo... does that help my reputation? Or do I need to Live Stream it on RuneBook or InstaQuest to get reputation increase? Asking for a friend

Why stop at giant pumpkins? Each cult could have their own giant 'something' that they could paddle through the Spirit plane

Does anyone know if there are published Stats for Derenx? I've looked and tried searches but other than brief mentions in passing of his abode and training facilities there is general dearth of information. However he is part of the assault on the Cradle though unlikely to be used as his preceding colleagues are likely to have done the job

There's Renaissance D100 Blackpowder SRD by Cakebread & Walton which should give you the stats you need Available at the usual places https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/97426/Renaissance--D100-black-powder-SRD

Just doing some research on tunnels... The Limburg tunnels or Limburg Mergelgroeven were from mining limestone underground.. could this be were the stone for Pavis came from? https://www.urbex.nl/limburgse-mergelgroeven/

Happy to do that Ian

But then defences evolve... pits, stakes, trip wires, long bows, multi-shot crossbows, Fast moving bow armed light cavalry... In that other world..see Battle of Legnica.. or perhaps Agincourt .. They have more armour? Don't let them close, Tire them out, Knock them over, Kill them before they get up again..