Recent content by Bilharzia

D100 Workshop is a new blog started by Raleel for d100 games (largely the ones inspired by the original Chaosium games). We are a mix of authors who are writing about these games. Currently Raleel is focusing on a series of detailed Cults for Mythras (and potentially other BRP-derived games)...

You just need to read up on a location that the group are heading to. Beyond that everything is generated on the fly.

Mutant Year Zero works well for this.

Opposed Roles on using Cults in Mythras https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/opposed-roles/id1508915200

There's no "continuously vomit" button.

Ducks are very much part of RuneQuest from the beginning in 1978, they are in the rules as a creature and intelligent playable character.

Animism is widely accepted as an appropriate and general term which does include veneration of ancestors. It is not limited in the way you suggest.

https://www.enworld.org/forums/d-d-older-editions.701/

Since this is the "TTRPGs General" forum, would it not be better to ask in the "Older D&D" forum?

Of course there are charlatans everywhere, and there have been at all times (see the Trickster in Mythology). It is worth pointing out that modern medicine recognises the power of placebo, which is effectively, the belief of the patient, not the medicine at work. Not only do placebos work, they...

Shamanism describes a role, someone who communicates with spirits. Animist in general is a better term, as it covers anyone who believes in and interacts with spirits. For example, Celtic Druids are a type of animist.

I don't get what (or why) you are talking about, or asking? As Aramis Erak has indicated, Japan has been a literature culture for hundreds of years and also maintained animist beliefs. If you are looking for a more general term, Animism is more appropriate to describe belief in spirits and a...

I absolutely see his point and agree with the spirit of what he is saying, but if you are speaking to an audience or a potential audience then the way you come across is important. Haranguing your audience is just not good a look, irrespective of whether you are right or not. I would use harsher...

The "Important Message" post does sound like an exasperated drill sergeant. For a project of this size it might have been a good idea to employ a communications and marketing person who is not the creative lead. That post illustrates why you need some separation between those roles.