in the Shadow of Greatness

 
:: Zelazny :: [polish] :: sparks that fly from the ironsmith's hammer ::

::. Thursday, February 7 .::


Some folks like animation graphics, some don't. Generally, I like mine to be subtle, and the file size small.

I started playing around with Image Ready the other day and managed an animated button. Sentiment curtesy of Jvstin.

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::. Wednesday, February 6 .::

1920's Flappers
Fashion of the 20s

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The Hero Pulps!

Another site that has done Pulp research.

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The Pulp Zone - The Web Guide to Pulp Magazines!

Heroes of the Pulps. This site from Portugal is very nice.

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Warehouse 23: Gear Krieg RPG
the Pulp Gaming mail list had mixed reactions to this entry.

It looks like it focuses on technology issues and world war.
Yet one reviewer thought the background material was lackluster.

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Shadow Bindings RPG
In the ongoing quest for all things PULP in RPG games, here's another google find.

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::. Tuesday, February 5 .::

Returning to the Wives of Oberon

Do PC's become attracted to mates within the game? Do they have children? If the scope of the campaign is large enough, this will be happening. If not with your PC's, then perhaps with their cousins. Or during the seven year abscence of the main Elders from Amber at the end of PatternFall?

Why is it that maternal blood is so important? What would that mean about Rinaldo and Merlin?

Is Merlin's lack of perception a quality of Dara and her House? Is this an insight into Chaos? Are there literally different brain structures to the amberites because of the Jewel-wrought Pattern?

When 'our fathers raged'--- was Dworkin saying something about the inability of Chaos minds to grasp perceptions of Amber? Is there a metaphysical or physical gap with the Chaos antecedants? Is Borel honorable or slow of mind? I don't know that I've ever seen this sort of idea touted around.

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Jvstin gets in the creative act of promoting Amber. Here's his take on an eye-catcher. Jvstin's works on light or dark backgrounds. Mine doesn't really work as well on light.

So far, both logos are transparent. Yes, you can borrow these with credit to Jvstin and myself.

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::. Monday, February 4 .::


MaBarry's Amber Bits

All Gm's may drop by to help MaBarry work up 'button logos' for Amber diceless. They make good bumper stickers and might drum up interest in Ambercon US.

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Which member of the Royal House of Amber are you?

We have looked deep into the Jewel of Judgement, with some help from Ghostwheel, and determined that your amnesia hides the fact that you are actually Caine.

Caine, son of Faiella. The assassin's bullet wasn't as fatal as we all thought, obviously. Welcome back. This will cause a bit of a stir at dinner, I'd suppose.

We've been keeping your room in the Castle ready. If you decide to join the rest of the family at dinner, please let me know, so that I may set the appropriate number of places.

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Oberon picked his mates carefully---for they determined much about his children.

Is this a theme in many campaigns?---I would think so. It is an undercurrent in Eternal City, a sub-plot, one that really doesn't come across on the web pages I've built.

Variety in the sons/daughters of Oberon.
The solitary children of Cymnea.
The moody bitter offspring of Faiella.
The bright quick sibs from Clarissa.
The outcast daughter of Moins.
The all-around excellent sons of Rilga.
The strange daughter of Dybele.
The tortured offspring of Paulette.
The independant and brilliant children of Hara/Lora.
The slightly mad kids of Deela.
The innocent fluke of Kinta.

Where is Oberon in all of them? Mainly their toughness, their mental perspective, their ego it would seem. Few of them seem to have Dworkin bits in the mix either.

Hmmm. "Dworkin bits."
Now with extra vitamins and more FIBER!!!

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