Download or read book Tales Beyond the Tavern written by Garrett Drake and published by Black Bezel Books. This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marooned sailor A street urchin hiding from justice An assassin hiding from his guild A boastful halfling trying to live up to his promises Are you looking for inspiration as you create a new character to tackle their first adventure? Are you a NEW OR EXPERIENCED DM looking to add complexity to your story narrative and depth to your NPCs? If so, look no further. This is the PERFECT COMPENDIUMfor you! Simplify the character creation process with these backstories based on and inspired by the 5th edition of a classic RPG. These 39 backstories (written from the perspective of each race, each class, and each background found within the fifth edition PHB) can be PICKED UP by a player quickly assembling a new character about to embark into the unknown, by a DM adding some plot twists to the story, or just fleshing out that NPC that the party just stumbled onto. Of course, they can also be inspiration for your own new campaigns and storylines. Each backstory includes a portrait, name, race, class, background, and the story explaining why they are out adventuring. Many of the characters have BACKSTORIES intertwining with other characters within this supplement for added tension and INTRIGUE making gameplay more immersive if you wish to use multiple backstories in the same campaign. Although written with the 5E system in mind, these backstories can be easily adapted to many other RPG systems.
Download or read book The Draco Tavern written by Larry Niven and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Larry Niven, come twenty-six tales and vignettes from this interplanetary gathering place, collected for the first time in one volume. When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann established a tavern catering to all of various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern. This collection includes: "The Subject Is Closed": A priest visits the tavern and goes one-on-one with a chirpsithra alien on the subject of God and life after death. "Table Mannners: A Folk Tale": Rick Schumann is invited to hunt with five folk aliens, but he's not quite sure what their hunt entails, or if he will be the hunted. "Wisdom of Demons": The age-old question of wisdom vs. knowledge is asked when Rick is confronted by a human who has been granted the wisdom of an individual gligstith(click)optok alien. "Losing Mars" in this unpublished tale, a group of aliens who call Mars and its moon home, arrive at the Tavern only to find that humans have mostly forgotten about their neighboring planet. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Tales Beyond the Tavern written by Garrett Drake and published by Black Bezel Books. This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marooned sailor A street urchin hiding from justice An assassin hiding from his guild A boastful halfling trying to live up to his promises Are you looking for inspiration as you create a new character to tackle their first adventure? Are you a NEW OR EXPERIENCED DM looking to add complexity to your story narrative and depth to your NPCs? If so, look no further. This is the PERFECT COMPENDIUM for you! Simplify the character creation process with these backstories based on and inspired by the 5th edition of a classic RPG. These 39 backstories (written from the perspective of each race, each class, and each background found within the fifth edition PHB) can be PICKED UP by a player quickly assembling a new character about to embark into the unknown, by a DM adding some plot twists to the story, or just fleshing out that NPC that the party just stumbled onto. Of course, they can also be inspiration for your own new campaigns and storylines. Each backstory includes a portrait, name, race, class, background, and the story explaining why they are out adventuring. Many of the characters have BACKSTORIES intertwining with other characters within this supplement for added tension and INTRIGUE making gameplay more immersive if you wish to use multiple backstories in the same campaign. Although written with the 5E system in mind, these backstories can be easily adapted to many other RPG systems.
Download or read book Tales from the Tavern written by James Sands (Editor) and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gramercy Tavern Cookbook written by Michael Anthony and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the best New York restaurants, a culinary landmark that has been changing the face of American dining for decades, now shares its beloved recipes, stories, and pioneering philosophy. Opened in 1994, Gramercy Tavern is more than just a restaurant. It has become a New York institution earning dozens of accolades, including six James Beard awards. Its impeccable, fiercely seasonal cooking, welcoming and convivial atmosphere, and steadfast commitment to hospitality are unparalleled. The restaurant has its own magic—a sense of community and generosity—that’s captured in these pages for everyone to bring home and savor through 125 recipes. Restaurateur Danny Meyer’s intimate story of how Gramercy was born sets the stage for executive chef-partner Michael Anthony’s appealing approach to American cooking and recipes that highlight the bounty of the farmer’s market. With 200 sumptuous photographs and personal stories, The Gramercy Tavern Cookbook also gives an insider look into the things that make this establishment unique, from the artists who have shaped its décor and ambience, to the staff members who share what it is like to be a part of this close-knit restaurant family. Above all, food lovers will be inspired to make memorable meals and bring the warmth of Gramercy into their homes.
Download or read book Tavern Tales written by Jennifer Andersen and published by Comstar Media Llc. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tavern Tales Volume One Leave your world for a world where the fantastic is the ordinary. Enjoy the ride as some of the newest rising stars of fiction bring you to a world of imagination and adventure. Packed with stories that would appeal to any taste, Tavern Tales brings together stories that are guaranteed to cast a spell on readers. Titles The Young Roui Get into the mood with a lead in by Christopher Heath as he explores the dangers of arrogance mixed with vices. Reunion Travel the road much less traveled in Lucinda Siverling's story of a young elven sorceress as she travels from her world to an Arthurian Britain. Watch as the love of a human can bring the two worlds together. Nightmare on Almstrat Let Ramsey and Margaret S. Lundock show you what happens when greed inspires a couple of harvesters after the most dangerous magic items. Jura the Wanderer H. Winterthorne shows us what happens when one who is considered a monster saves one who is considered damned. Follow this wonderful story's search for redemption. The Wraith's Forest Fairy tales and haunted woods lead us through Judith Leger's story of one girl with the weight of a village on her shoulders and the attention of a very unlikely soul. The Errant Daughter To be young and defiant! Jennifer Lee introduces us to a young sorceress fascinated by life but smothered by her father. Go with her as she stumbles down the road to independence and adventure.
Download or read book Tales of Resistance written by Peter Leach and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tellers of Tales of Resistance speak in voices imagined from archival material or heard in Missouri by the author, a returned native of St. Louis. They act out personal dramas set off by social forces that seem beyond their comprehension or control, but in some way or other they resist. In one an Ozark boy tells of his sexual initiation by a Normal School girl who becomes a ringleader in the pickers' strike against the strawberry growers, including his parents. In another a crippled judge tells of trying to save three slaves accused of crimes against whites from lynching by a mob, afraid their masters will run them off and sell them to avoid financial loss. Other stories take place in a lead mine, a headlamp factory, in the Bootheel cotton fields, on a Gasconade River float trip, a river bottoms tavern among the soybean fields, and in an Oto-Missouria Indian village thrown into upheaval by the visit of a Scots trader sent out by the Spaniards to find a way through the Shining Mountains to the Western Sea. Deer in June I cater to city men, but that boy...always talking about the stock car races at St. Louis. I will tell you the truth. He is in the penitentiary. He lasted about a week as kitchen help at the lodge over to Lake Ozark, and Henry had to let him go from pumping gas. His papa was Naman Ralls that fell down drunk in a charcoal rick and burned to death, and the boy the sole support for his mama and four little ones. I was naturally sorry and hired him on. His last trip with me, our sport was in advertising. Name of Sweringen, and he had brought his little girl friend. Some I care for, some I don't. either way I get my money, and now and then one like the brewing fellow will give me a nice tip. Mr. Alec Sweringen, he did not leave us a tip. I don't blame him.
Download or read book Tales from Behind the Grocery Store written by Art Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great ideas, succinct thoughts and unadulterated opinions and facts emanate from neighborhood watering holes. Savannah's Cheers located on Turner's Creek is the locale for this series of eclectic short stories.
Download or read book The Traitor s Tale written by Margaret Frazer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assisting her recently widowed cousin in London, Dame Frevisse of St. Frideswide's nunnery learns how much her cousin's late husband was hated, while Simon Joliffe investigates English noblemen who are suspected of conspiring against the king.
Download or read book Badger Bars Tavern Tales written by Bill Moen and published by The Guest Cottage, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive the days when wisconsin was young and wild, when the tavern was the social hub of small towns across the state.
Download or read book Recluce Tales written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a thousand years, Order and Chaos have molded the island of Recluce. The Saga of Recluce chronicles the history of this world through eighteen books, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s longest and bestselling fantasy series.Recluce Tales: Stories from the World of Recluce collects seventeen new short stories and four popular reprints spanning the thousand-year history of Recluce. First-time readers will gain a glimpse of the fascinating world and its complex magic system, while longtime readers of the series will be treated to glimpses into the history of the world.Modesitt's essay "Behind the 'Magic' of Recluce" gives insight into his thoughts on developing the magical system that rules the Island of Recluce and its surrounding lands, while "The Vice Marshal's Trial" takes the reader back to the first colonists on Recluce. Old favorites "Black Ordermage" and "The Stranger" stand side-by-side with thrilling new stories.
Download or read book DUNGEONS DRAGONS written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pirates Chronicles Greatest Sea Adventure Books Treasure Hunt Tales 70 Novels Short Stories Legends in One Edition written by Captain Charles Johnson and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 7209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the best sea adventures, treasure hunt tales and bloody battles, along with learning the truth behind the legends, the real life stories that inspired so many writers and produced so many beloved classics: History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (Captain Charles Johnson) The Book of Buried Treasure Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe) Hearts of Three (Jack London) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Isle of Pirate's Doom (Robert E. Howard) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Barbarossa—King of the Corsairs Black Vulmea (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Homeward Bound (Cooper) Red Rover (Cooper) Facing the Flag (Jules Verne) A Pirate of the Caribbees (H. Collingwood) Pirate Gow (Daniel Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) The Pirate (Walter Scott) Rose of Paradise (Howard Pyle) Captain Sharkey (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Pirate (Frederick Marryat) Three Cutters (Marryat) Madman and the Pirate (R. M. Ballantyne) The Offshore Pirate (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Coral Island (Ballantyne) Under the Waves (Ballantyne) Pirate City (Ballantyne) Captain Boldheart (Dickens) Master Key (L. Frank Baum) A Man to His Mate (J. Allan Dunn) Tales of the Fish Patrol (Jack London) Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) Ghost Pirates (W. H. Hodgson) The Pirate Island (H. Collingwood) Among Malay Pirates The Capture of Panama, 1671 The Malay Proas (James F. Cooper) The Daughter of the Great Mogul (Defoe) Morgan at Puerto Bello The Ways of the Buccaneers Narrative of the Capture of the Ship Derby, 1735 The Fight Between the Dorrill and the Moca Jaddi the Malay Pirate The Terrible Ladrones The Female Captive The Passing of Mogul Mackenzie Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean Pirates of Panama...
Download or read book RUSSIAN CLASSICS Ultimate Collection Novels Short Stories Plays Folk Tales Legends written by Mikhail Lermontov and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 9301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited collection of Russian classics. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Introduction: The History of the Russian Empire Novels & Novellas: Dead Souls A Hero of Our Time Oblomov Fathers and Sons Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace Anna Karenina The Death of Ivan Ilych The Kreutzer Sonata Anton Chekhov: The Steppe: The Story of a Journey Ward No. 6 Mother (Maxim Gorky) Satan's Diary (Leonid Andreyev) Plays: The Choice of a Tutor (Denis Fonvizin) The Inspector General; or, The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol) Anton Chekhov: On the High Road Swan Song, A Play in one Act Ivanoff The Anniversary; or, the Festivities The Three Sisters The Cherry Orchard… Leo Tolstoy: The Power of Darkness The First Distiller Fruits of Culture The Live Corpse The Cause of it All The Light Shines in Darkness Leonid Andreyev: Savva The Life of Man Nikolai Evreinov: A Merry Death The Beautiful Despot Short Stories: The Queen of Spades The Cloak The District Doctor The Christmas Tree and the Wedding God Sees the Truth, but Waits How A Muzhik Fed Two Officials The Shades, a Phantasy The Heavenly Christmas Tree The Peasant Marey The Crocodile Bobok The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Mumu The Viy Knock, Knock, Knock The Inn Lieutenant Yergunov's Story The Dog The Watch… Russian Folk Tales & Legends: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister One-Eyed Likho Woe… Essays: On Russian Novelists Lectures on Russian Novelists
Download or read book Chesterton s Tavern written by Kevin Charles Belmonte and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At a time when intellectuals and politicians were all telling the world that science had advanced us beyond Christianity and we needed to face the cold hard truth, an enormously fat man in a cape with a walking stick laughed at them and refuted them with brilliant prose and witty one-liners. Chesterton's Tavern is a book that imagines what Chesterton would talk about if he were at ease in an English pub (which in fact is something he did enjoy doing). Kevin Belmonte shows that Chesterton's insights are as true today as they were then. Chesterton was equally comfortable talking about fiction, myths, fairy tales, history, science, politics, and theology, because he saw them all as part of the strange world God had given us. In Christ, everything holds together, and so we should not be surprised at the strangeness of the world or the strangeness of the Christian faith. So sit back and let Chesterton regale you with his wisdom. You will come away wiser."--
Download or read book Harrowing the Dragon written by Patricia A. McKillip and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantasist without equal, Patricia A. McKillip has created worlds of intricate beauty and unforgettably nuanced characters. For 25 years, she's drawn readers into her spell, spinning modern-day fables with a grace rarely seen. Now she presents a book of previously uncollected short stories, full of beautiful dragons, rueful princesses, and handsome bards, and written in the gorgeous - and often surprisingly funny - prose she's known for. This is her world, wrapped up in the finery of fairy tales.
Download or read book I Never Met a Story I Didn t Like written by Todd Snider and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a new-century Dylan but a modern-day Will Rogers, an everyman whose intelligence, self-deprecation, experience, and sense of humor make him a uniquely American character. In live performance, Snider's monologues are cheered as much as his songs. But never before has he told the whole story. Running the gamut from personal memoir to shaggy-dog comedy to rueful memories of his troubles and triumphs with drugs and alcohol to sharp-eyed observations from years on the road, I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like is for fans of Snider's music, but also for fans of America itself: the broad, wild country that has produced figures of folk wisdom like Will Rogers, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Tonya Harding, Garrison Keillor, and more. There are storytellers and there are performers and there are stand-up comedians. And then there's Todd Snider, who is all three in one, and something else entirely.
