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vintagerpg · 9 months

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Romance of the Perilous Land (2019) is Osprey’s other debut RPG. Things here are familiar and new in equal measure. It is obviously a game of Arthurian adventure, but unlike Pendragon, it doesn’t attempt to adhere to any sort of canon. Despite the tag line of the game being about British folklore, it does not conform to the England of reality. There is no map, its a mythic place with undefined borders. This is good, because Pendragon already has the reconstructed romance covered, and this lets us romp in the Camelot of our childhood imaginings. Robin Hood is in here, too! Because even though he shouldn’t be, he should be, if you get me.

Continuing this notion of new but familiar, this is definitely a hack of D&D. It cites the OGL at the end of the book and lists David Black’s Black Hack as a prime source of mechanics. I can’t see specific Black Hack mechanics (I have a hard time parsing the different versions of D&D at this point, official or unofficial) but the class-based, d20, roll under attribute system is definitely smoothed down in ways the hearken to modern hack design. There are lots of nice things that ground the mechanics to the theming — characters are unambiguously good, “race” is mechanically absent, class is supported by trade-like backgrounds, there are armor points and the magic system is points-based as well. Valor points, earned through good behavior, can be spent for a variety of advantages. Its a rare thing: a simpler sort of D&D custom tailored to provide a familiar system for a different sort of game.

(Another mark in the game’s favor: its inclusion of illustrations featuring Black characters and women who are knights really annoyed a certain racist metal musician and maker of shitty RPGs. Fuck that guy).

#d&d #dungeons & dragons #roleplaying game #tabletop rpg #rpg #ttrpg #Osprey Publishing #Romance of the Perilous Land #Perilous Land

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weirdlookindog · 4 months

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Tawny Kitaen and Zabou Breitman in Gwendoline (1984)

#gwendoline #the perils of gwendoline in the land of the yik yak #tawny kitaen #zabou breitman #1984 #1980s movies #just jaeckin #adventure #action #comedy

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princess-of-morkva · 1 month

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i see merlin trending, i wanna post something.

no but seriously how did that happen. not that i'm complaining

#merlin #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #anyway did you ever ask yourself why were there druid camps in camelot even twenty years into the purge?#like why would they stay #soo i think i have a theory #remember perilous lands?#they became this dead wasteland because magic was being continuously sucked out of it #so what if the same thing could've happened to camelot #and druids knew it obv #so they continued camping on camelot's soil and performing magic rituals #to support the magic of the land #so it doesn't die completely #however there were some signs anyway #like i believe they had less harvest than before #the soil had become dryer and less fertile #and than merlin came to live in camelot #and started unknowingly feeding his magic to the earth #and some people probably freaked out over abnormal grain reports that year

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gurumog · 2 years

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The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (1984) aka Gwendoline Parafrance Films Dir. Just Jaeckin

Tawny Kitaen as Gwendoline

#perils of gwendoline in the land of the yik-yak #gwendoline #yik-yak #tawny kitaen #1980s science fiction #1980s fantasy

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xtruss · 7 days

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The Last Flower At The Top of The World—and The Perilous Journey To Reach It

Scientists Journeyed to a Stretch of Gravel Off The Coast of Greenland—The Farthest North You Can Go and Still Walk on Land. These Photos Show What They Found There.

— By Sarah Gibbens | Photographs byJeff Kerby | May 08, 2024

An Arctic Poppy thrives on the Northern Coast of Greenland. Among the plant life in this region, these hardy Flowers are like Giants. Some, like this one, grow in clumps that protect themselves from harsh weather. Like a satellite dish, they will slowly turn to follow the sun. On an expedition to understand what lives at this latitude, an Arctic Poppy like this was found about 20 inches south of the World's Northernmost Plant.

At the top of the Earth, the northernmost stretch of land a person can stand on is Inuit Qeqertaat, also named Kaffeklubben Island by early 20th Century Danish Explorers. The region is a dark gray stretch of gravel on the northern coast of Greenland where land slowly gives way to frozen sea ice.

To find what lives amid these rocky soils, climate change researchers and National Geographic Explorers Brian Buma and Jeff Kerby and their team embarked on a journey to survey the region. There, they found a common species of moss (Tortula Mucronifolia), the world's northernmost plant, and a yellow and lime-green Arctic poppy (Papaver Radicatum), growing just a few inches south of the moss.

On the nearby mainland, Greenlandic archaeologist Aka Simonsen discovered a ring of roughly 700-Year-Old Inuit Stones, which may be the northernmost archaeological remains.

Growing in Extremes: The Northernmost Stretch of land in the World, Inuit Qeqertaat, sits off the coast of Johannes V. Jensen Land, a Peninsula in Far Northern Greenland. National Geographic Explorer Brian Buma traveled there to find the northernmost plant-a common moss—and the northernmost flower a few inches south-an Arctic poppy.

Rosemary Wardley, NGM Staff; Martin Gamache, National Geographic Society Sources: Jeff Kerby, Scott Polar Research Institute; Brian Buma, Environmental Defense Fund; SkySat imagery from July 13, 2023, Planet Labs PBC; ArcticDEM, Version 4.1

The research team left their own mark on the mainland coast, staking plots and recording the vegetation they contained to create a highly detailed digital map of the area they surveyed. Information collected from this trip will be the first data logs in what Buma and Kerby hope will be a long timeline of research in the far northern region.

Here, above the Arctic Circle, the planet is warming four times faster than anywhere else on Earth. Changes here will have ripple effects across the globe, which is why the team braved harsh conditions to find what lives on the edge.

The expedition team was led by climate scientist and National Geographic Explorer Brian Buma. The north coast of Greenland was used as a staging point while shuttling gear across sea ice to Inuit Qeqertaat (Kaffeklubben Island).

Brian Buma collected samples from different layers of this snow glacier to understand the unique properties of water in this rarely visited region. This part of the world is a polar desert, and precipitation is scant, so the samples in this glacier represent many years of snow.

From above, the northern coast of Inuit Qeqertaat—and thus the northernmost stretch of land on Earth—is visible. It was near this shoreline that the team found the edge of terrestrial life, including a common species of moss, officially the farthest north, and the northernmost flower on earth—found about 20 inches south of the moss. The small, gravelly island is about a mile north of mainland Greenland.

This is the northernmost flower on earth, a lone and somewhat ragged Arctic Poppy, sitting near the shoreline of Inuit Qeqertaat. Poppies dotted the northern edge, with a few purple mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) only slightly farther up the slope. In the background, Brian Buma surveys various contenders for northernmost plant before a final survey determines this flower to be the official runner-up. Seen just behind the flower, a tuft of ‘Mucronate screw moss’ (Tortula mucronifolia) claims that title.

Identifying mosses and other tiny Arctic flora requires a hand lens and careful attention to detail. Up close, Brian Buma examines their adaptations to cold weather, such as small hairs coating a plant's exterior.

Aka Simonsen, a Greenlandic archeologist, prepares to leave camp with Brian Buma, just as the weather begins to turn. After just a few hours the northernmost island, the team left, intending to return the next day. The window to return quickly closed after a few days when bad weather turned into a storm that brought strong winds and heavy precipitation. The July storm dumped nearly a foot of snow and drifts reached several feet. Harsh conditions trapped the team at their base camp for a week.

Aka Simonsen measures a ring of large stones that may have been used to anchor a tent. The stones are roughly 700 years old and likely left by the Thule people. These artifacts were found on the mainland, near the team's base camp and could be the northernmost documented archeological site on Earth.

When the plane returning to retrieve the team landed, it got stuck in snow, and a makeshift runway had to be constructed by scooping snow with snow shoes. Gravel was placed by hand so the plane's tires wouldn't slip on ice or stick in snow during takeoff. Scientists who return to this northernmost region will be able to use the team's detailed digital map to chart how the ecosystem is changing as the planet warms.

#Environment #Environmental #Last Flower 🌺#Top of the World 🌎#The Perilous Journey #Scientists Journeyed | Coat of Greenland 🇬🇱#Arctic Poppy #Giant Flowers 🌺 🌸 💐#National Geographic Explorers Brian Buma | Jeff Kerby #(Tortula Mucronifolia)#Arctic poppy (Papaver Radicatum)#Inuit Qeqertaat #Kaffeklubben #20th Century Danish 🇩🇰 Explorers 🧭#700-Year-Old Inuit Stones #Johannes V. Jensen Land

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mossmx · 7 months

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merlinktober DAY 25: perilous lands

#mossmx art #bbc merlin #merlin fanart #perilous lands #traditional art #ink #merlinktober #I still don't remember how to spell perilous #late bc I had some quality family time #baked cookies #made risotto #watched il cielo sopra Berlino remastered <3<3<3<3 #a v good day!!

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vigilskeep · 8 months

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this is not the point of the shadow-cursed lands at all but i match the vibe SO well here

#nothing in these lands spookier than Me #astarion looks nice too ig #he has a circlet that brings out his eyes he’ll be fine #morghaine perilous

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nearly-magic · 6 months

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when an author deletes a fic you really REALLY liked 🥺😔 legit was the first fic i ever read and its gone (ignore that it says 2021, im just still not over it)

my tears of sorrow do not find the ears of a hearing soul, for i am now left without companionship or comfort in this bleak and forlorn world.

#fanfiction #wattpad #sad #danganronpa #why would you do that #why would they do this to me #our land is fraught with sorrow and peril.#the skies are heavy with grief and the seas are dark with despair.#no i am not overreacting #i swear #asdfghjkl #naegami #nearly-magic

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musicandoldmovies · 2 months

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Tawny Kitaen and Zabou in The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak

#tawny kitaen #zabou #the perils of gwendoline in the land of the yik-yak

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splatteronmywalls · 2 months

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#The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak #1984

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weirdlookindog · 6 months

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Tawny Kitaen in Gwendoline (1984).

#gwendoline #tawny kitaen #the perils of gwendoline in the land of the yik yak #1984 #1980s movies #just jaeckin #adventure #action #comedy

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protect-namine · 5 months

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and hoyo, company of motifs and symbolisms, just expects me to believe she's just a normal person. okay, sure................

#mine musings #liveblogging genshin #kokomi in 2024 natlan interlude quest. i believe it (delusional)#natlan aka land of dragons and interlude quest aka post-AQ lore quests #(e.g. chasm/perilous trails and wanderer/inversion of genesis)#well if anything this video at least shows the same sky as the sky in mona's mirage island in GAA #which i think is the 'true sky' or the abyssal sky #and there's the theory that dragons came from beyond teyvat similar to the twins. listen i can connect the dots just listen—#genshin lore

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gurumog · 1 year

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The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (1984) aka Gwendoline Parafrance Films Dir. Just Jaeckin

Tawny Kitaen as Gwendoline, out of her depth as a gladiator.

#perils of gwendoline in the land of the yik-yak #gwendoline #yik-yak #tawny kitaen #1980s science fiction #1980s fantasy movies

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ghoul-haunted · 7 months

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oh OH I forgot I already fixed this crunchy plot point about crasso and pompeyo running on a mayoral ticket together by having them share the same home province, it's just that pompeyo's family had Debt When He Was Very Young and Left For The City (what's this? foreshadowing? in THIS economy? it's more likely than you think)

#hi cassio! it's time to get YOU a job #(cassio's father works for pompeyo and pompeyo gets cassio a job w/ crasso)#the foreshadowing is that what happened to pompeyo's family is what's going to happen to a lot of families in (checks notes) about #20 ish years after. the famine prompted a lot of people to go to the cities in a desperate attempt to find work #which left the workers on the land and farms to. basically. starve #somewhat ahistorically: crasso stays. pompeyo does too but it's because he stops by crasso's house before going back to the city #and then he decides to stay #anyway crasso Has To Stay. king of the land. you have a debt of obligation to fulfill #also your property is on a haunted road so like. abandon your people at your own peril

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jimmyandthegiraffes · 9 months

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Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1929-30)

Vehicles

Train - 3

Car - 6 (5 times as driver, once as passenger)

Boat - 2

Plane - 2 (once as pilot, once as passenger)

Motorbike - 1

Total: 14 vehicles, 6 crashes

Health

Slept - 3 (snored - 3)

Ate - 2 (one bowl of cabbage soup)

Sneezed - 2

Injuries - received 10 bruises, 13 head injuries (mostly minor), was shot at 3 times and hit once, was knocked unconscious twice. Was chloroformed once but wasn't rendered unconscious.

Frozen - 1

Drunk - 1

Physical Activity