Methinks we have hugely mistaken this matter of Life and Death. Methinks that what they call my shadow here on earth is my true substance. Methinks that in looking at things spiritual, we are too much like oysters observing the sun through the water, and thinking that thick water the thinnest of air. Me thinks my body is but the lees of my better being. In fact take my body who will, take it I say, it is not me.'

? Herman Melville, Moby Dick

brought to you from the ledgers of Lord Firethorn

What is it that hangs from such a fine belt? Tis a sword of Righteous Slaying, and a Mace of Disintegration. A pouch of Perfect Invisibility Dust, and a wand of Endless fireballs?

Good sir, This must be the Belt of Munchkin-kind

A treatise on the fundamental nature of mana, magic, and monsters in the DungeonVerse

A semi mobile fortress placed in the mouths of rivers, bays, and other bodies of water up to several miles off shore

A charm is another word for a rune, enchantment, or method of creating magic item. The Charm of Vanity interacts with the Appearance/Charisma score of the item weilder

A man of extremes

In Terrasquestone there are few things more exciting, scandalous, and subversive than Lord Firethorn's Tea

'Listen!'
'Listen to the Wind! Listen to Crackling Fire! Listen to the Groan of the Mountain! Listen to my Voice! Listen and you will See through the Smoke! See the Old Ways of our Forefathers! See the Glory of our Clan! See the Might of our Race!'
—Horn-Of-Plenty, Shaman of the Thorondrim Minotaurs, leading his people in the Khuugrad

Zufa is a trickster god, one who is cursed daily by those who suffer from his minor inconveniences.

None left upon the Mountain, my brothers in arms.

Motto of the Society of the White Azalea

A magic weapon common among the Orcish tribes

You need a job, you need to find someone or something, or you need to lay low or need to sell something, you need a good fixer.

In too many games, role-playing takes a back seat to Kewl Powerz, a tag given to the multitude of spell lists, special abilities, and innate powers claimed by a character. Many times this is a problem of munchkins, or blowing up stuff becoming more important in a game than role-playing though alternate personas.

Alternate forms of matter

A Warren is what happens when a concept, abstract, or ideal becomes embodied through magic, and accordingling becomes a place and a source of magic power

How many years have passed since these stones were cut? Haw many apprentices have swept these floors? Many, yes. Many.

A collection of 30 scrolls, manuscripts, and codices sampled from the library of Atal, the Wise Councilor.

Barnacles and bilge rats, a pernicious package of perfidious pirates!

A synthetic liquid base common in the Cosmic Era