tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post770362821091693097..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Serendipity SquaredAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-78031009763510867552011-10-07T09:50:28.353-06:002011-10-07T09:50:28.353-06:00I have had that happen. Though right now, it would...I have had that happen. Though right now, it would be difficult, but while the online party has just killed the crab on Neuwark Island, the offline party, describing events as I ran them in real time five years ago, is in the middle of a siege in Saratov on the Volga River, an outpost of the Grand Duchy of Moscovy.<br /><br />So, not likely to meet.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-72724767671864202872011-10-07T09:23:14.417-06:002011-10-07T09:23:14.417-06:00That is simply amazing. Sounds like you must be ha...That is simply amazing. Sounds like you must be having as much fun running/creating/researching this world as your players are playing it.<br /><br />In your campaign world, Alexis, do player groups ever encounter one another or do their deeds send ripples to the other involved parties (PC's, I mean).Silvius Volundrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449839440060764403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-91323754001146229562011-10-06T15:58:46.599-06:002011-10-06T15:58:46.599-06:00Heh, I assume by default that links aren't per...Heh, I assume by default that links aren't permitted in most blog comments. I'll add HTML in future. <br /><br />Google Translate does German-English pretty well, but it can't really handle Hungarian:<br /><br /><a href="http://mek.niif.hu/04800/04804/html/index.htm" rel="nofollow"> "Székelyföld leírása", an encyclopedic description of the Szekely Land</a><br /><br /><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hu&u=http://mek.oszk.hu/04800/04804/html/&ei=ryCOTrGBDKWJsALz_pidAQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://mek.niif.hu/04800/04804/html/index.htm%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1152%26bih%3D779%26prmd%3Dimvns" rel="nofollow"> Same document through Google Translate</a><br /><br />Translate anything from <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/" rel="nofollow">German Wikipedia</a>, and you'll see what I mean- the German-English translations come out much more readable.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649420272387984400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-50258144089709466352011-10-06T13:50:50.556-06:002011-10-06T13:50:50.556-06:00We have really got to teach you how to embed a lin...We have really got to teach you how to embed a link in html, Eric.<br /><br />Worse, since it's the same link I put in the post proper, you've just given the url for the 16th-17th century tab on that link.<br /><br />But I had to publish this; you're dead right. The numbers of Szekelys given for war parties numbers between 13 and 26 thousand, but I always feel that historical numbers are drastically modified upwards. I have yet to meet any person ever who, without actually knowing it from the data, came anywhere close to properly estimating the size of a population centre they'd just entered.<br /><br />There's a lot of information on that page, including a rather sudden lack of information between the battle of Kronstadt in 1603 and the 18th century. That is typical; the Thirty Years War destroyed a lot of records, and most of what we know about pre-reformation cultural history depends still upon German scholars. I could never be a proper historian because I don't read German.<br /><br />Picking between the lines, I'd judge the Szekelys are fairly disaffected and mistreated by the present Transylvanian regime, which is very much in the Turk's back pocket following the decimation of Hungary and the loss at Kronstadt. Poland has weakened considerably as an effective European power and the Ottoman Empire is now firmly entrenched ... much more so than the mid 16th century, which is what most of the references to the Szekelys on that link refers to.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-28278318551996182092011-10-06T13:34:46.642-06:002011-10-06T13:34:46.642-06:00And the players wouldn't just have any army- t...And the players wouldn't just have any army- they'd have a highly experienced and mobile force:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Sz%C3%A9kely_people#Sz.C3.A9kelys_in_the_Principality_of_Transylvania_.2816-17th_century.29<br /><br />"During the 17th century, Székelys continued to be one of the most important components of the Transylvanian army. They could be mobilised quickly, and were under arms in a couple of weeks, at the disposal of the Prince."Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649420272387984400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-72151727750128448202011-10-06T12:46:49.313-06:002011-10-06T12:46:49.313-06:00Serendipity kicks serious amounts of ass some days...Serendipity kicks serious amounts of ass some days...<br /><br />Good going on you and the party for doing whatcha do.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890397263351615168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-60643325619902640782011-10-06T10:35:13.036-06:002011-10-06T10:35:13.036-06:00That's actually pretty awesome.That's actually pretty awesome.Oddbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12091924105175846386noreply@blogger.com