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Mohammad Bakri, acclaimed Palestinian actor and filmmaker, died at 72 in northern Israel on Christmas Eve.

Just a general question, if anyone knows the answer to this, but did the Norse/Germanic peoples wait for the solstice to be observed and then count the following lunar month as the latter Yule (with the Yule-day festival at the full moon as your quote says), or might they have chosen the nearest...

I suppose one could, but I was asking if it's intentional on your part since this is your proposal.

I assume that's the unmodified result furthest from 10? Even so, it favors success because there's a higher probability of getting a result higher than 10 than of getting a result lower. Is that intentional?

When I was in first grade in a California elementary school in 1979/80, our teacher (whose last name somewhat coincidentally was Atlas) read to us from a book of Greek mythology. I'm pretty sure she read to us about Perseus (who became my favorite Greek hero) and definitely about Theseus...

Gundabad can be identified with a real-world location, Triglav in Slovenia, the highest peak of the Julian Alps which are a range of the Alps, so I would say it's in the Misty Mountains which I would identify with the Alps. I would identify Ered Mithrin, the Grey Mountains, with the Dinaric Alps...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

I was thinking Poul Anderson trolls, but more like those in The Broken Sword and less like those in Three Hearts and Three Lions. Also, the fairies are not Small unless you choose that size. The default is Medium, so you could play a fairy knight or whatever.

Here's an alternative list for me: Classes: Assassin Druid Monk Paladin Races (Since the four Free Peoples of the Fellowship are off limits, I decided to go for an un-Tolkienesque lineup. The trolls are not Tolkien trolls.): Fairies Gnomes Kobolds Pixies Sprites Trolls

Classes: Assassin Bard Druid Monk Races: Gnome Goblin Nymph Woodwose (Wild man/woman)

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Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent youth activist and leader in last year’s uprising in Bangladesh, died of his wounds Thursday at a hospital in Singapore after he was shot in the head by masked assailants.

My copy of Introduction to Attic Greek, Donald J. Mastronarde (1993), defines νόμος as "custom, law", so the meaning of the conjectured and unattested compound word γηνόμος could be something like "earth/land-custom" or perhaps "one who follows (enforces?, embodies?) the custom of the...

The point of referencing The Father Christmas Letters, which seems to have been missed, is that Christmas elves are not a folkloric tradition. They are a literary invention of the mid-19th century and a product of the decisions of authors and artists who have since chosen to make a subject of...

This thread is in the D&D General forum asking how one would render Christmas elves in the "various edition styles". The early, so-called "old school" editions are just as relevant to that question today as more recent editions.