Around three thousand years ago, the continent of Outland was home to several large civilisations of men. The young races had arrived in Outland centuries upon centuries before, fleeing the Ogre Atrocity that reigned over the Heartland since the dawn of the mammalian races, in the form of a small group of men and women of mixed human and orc ancestry (largely human, despite the slanders of many humans of the Heartland to this day). Many of these states are only known in dwarf records, or the first-hand accounts of elves. They speak of the Zaptan, whose crumbling five-sided pyramids can still be found in southern Toom; or of the strange red-pa
[VME] How Ouija Boards Work by RvBOMally, literature
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[VME] How Ouija Boards Work
Ouija, or spirit, boards are one of the more misunderstood preternatural artifacts. They were alleged to be devices used to communicate with preternatural entities. These devices are simple boards, often made of wood or cardboard, with letters and numbers printed on them. A pointer device, known as the planchette, is pushed by several people during a "communication session," whereby a preternatural entity is asked to move the planchette to spell out responses to questions. Ouija boards date back to the late 19th century, when it was a common parlor game with no preternatural connections whatsoever. It was only during the rise of the spiritual
DUZHONEVIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS STEAL SUPERWEAPON by RvBOMally, literature
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DUZHONEVIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS STEAL SUPERWEAPON
DUZHONEVIAN "ARCHAEOLOGISTS" STEAL ANCIENT SUPERWEAPON
Archaeologists working for the Duzhonevian Special Sciences Division have managed to spirit away the control mechanism for portions of the Dead Hand system, a superluminal weapon constructed by the Second Empire capable of bathing an entire sector in hyperspace radiation, causing all organic matter to liquefy and combust. The Duzhonevians managed to secure the mechanism, known as the Ark, by invading the desert world of Sobotek, an old Second Empire world controlled by the Sokowuz Kingdom.
"We demand that these heretics return this sacred relic and make reparations for desecrating the h