Mark S. Cookman
20 Monasteries Where Monks Might Seek Expanded Consciousness
Monk Week is almost at its end. So far, we've examined the objects that a monk might carry and the tattoos that he or she might have....
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Mark S. Cookman
- May 4, 2016
- 4 min
20 Tattoos That Might Adorn Monks
Monks and martial artists are often depicted in artwork with tattoos or brands. There is no real historical precedent for any monastic...
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Mark S. Cookman
- May 3, 2016
- 2 min
20 Things That Monks Might Have in Addition to Enlightenment
Last week, the theme of this blog was centered upon the equipment that travelling adventurers might carry with them on their delves and...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 29, 2016
- 3 min
20 Items a Magic User Might Carry in Addition to Spellbooks
We've reached the end of another week just in time. This week's theme has been about the equipment carried by the various classes. Follow...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 28, 2016
- 2 min
20 Items a Cleric Might Carry in Addition to a Holy Symbol
Today's post follows the class equipment theme, which we started with Thieves and Fighters. It's time to examine what things might be in...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 26, 2016
- 2 min
20 Items a Fighter Might Carry in Addition to Weapons and Armor
Almost three weeks ago, I posted a table about thieves tools. Since then, I have been thinking about a series of posts along a similar...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 22, 2016
- 2 min
20 Books to Find in a Ship Captain's Library
This week we've been looking over some sailing topics. Sailing can honestly be pretty boring if nothing's going wrong, especially if you...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 21, 2016
- 4 min
20 Things the Lookout Spots from High Above
We continue our week focused on sailing with a look at the lookout high in the crows nest. We're going to examine how far the lookout can...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 20, 2016
- 6 min
20 Days of Sailing on the Ocean Blue
This week we will discuss various topics of a nautical nature. We will start off with a collection of really boring encounters at sea....
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 13, 2016
- 5 min
20 Items to Find in a Dockside Pawn Shop
This is yet another post in the dockside series. Today we will be examining pawn shops and how they might be used in your fantasy...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 12, 2016
- 1 min
Please Support the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. There is no better time to ask you to support a fantastic charity that helps...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 8, 2016
- 2 min
20 Special Services Provided by the Thieves Guild
To end the week and our look at the thieves, today we will examine some "special services" that, for a cost, could be provided by the...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 7, 2016
- 4 min
20 Purses Waiting to be Cut
Pickpocket by Felicia Cano - Check out all her artwork here This is another post on the thief theme. Today, we're going to examine...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 6, 2016
- 1 min
20 Thieves Tools Beyond Lockpicks
To keep with the thief theme started with Monday's post, today we will talk about some thieves tools that aren't lockpicks or a pry bar....
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 4, 2016
- 2 min
20 Different Names for the "Thieves Guild"
As a wrap up to our discussion on guilds, today we will discuss the nature of the "thieves guild". During this series, I have emphasized...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Apr 3, 2016
- 7 min
A Guild-Themed Double-Feature: 10 Guild Adventure Seeds and 10 Masters of the Guilds
I apologize for my poor health this week, but we've managed to make it to the weekend, even if we aren't all healthy and happy. This week...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Mar 31, 2016
- 5 min
A Quarterly Events Table for Guilds and Businesses
As I said yesterday, guilds are all about the gold. That's only appropriate since they are trade organizations. Unfortunately for the...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Mar 29, 2016
- 5 min
20 Perks of Being a Guild Member
This week we'll be looking at guilds. Guilds were first established in the early middle ages (10th-12th Century) as a protection against...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Mar 25, 2016
- 6 min
10 Prisons You'll Likely Die In
Well, we've made it once again to Friday. Today, we conclude our crime and punishment theme with a collection of prisons. In...
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Mark S. Cookman
- Mar 24, 2016
- 2 min
20 Punishments for Minor Crimes
This is the next step in our legal series this week. We've looked at Laws and we've looked at Law Trials. Now we will turn our attention...
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