Author Archives: Brent

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, adventure ideas, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have the News & Record, a North Carolina newspaper. It consolidated several papers during the 20th century, and has since followed the … Continue reading »

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, adventure ideas, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have double escrow, a real estate transaction. The wikipedia article is so thin we need to do a little more investigation. According … Continue reading »

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, adventure ideas, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have Richard Okada, a Princeton professor and expert on Japanese literature and culture. He appeared to live a quiet, academic life. Let’s … Continue reading »

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, adventure ideas, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have Skotisma Zazavavy eto Madagasikara, the national Girl Scout federation of Madagascar. It has 25,000 members. That’s about all the information to be gleaned … Continue reading »

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, adventure ideas, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have Sharad Malhotra, a minor Indian TV actor. This is a great example of a Wikipedia entry that requires digging. Deep in … Continue reading »

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, adventure ideas, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, a National Guard installation. First built as a U.S. Army facility in World War II, it … Continue reading »

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, adventure ideas, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have John Carver, one of the men who organized the Mayflower voyage to America. He harbored a separatist who was critical of the church, … Continue reading »

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, adventure ideas, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have Tempus Clausum, an ancient Roman Catholic law that forbids celebrations during certain solemn periods of the year (such as Lent and … Continue reading »

This is part of a series of RPG characters, creatures, items, and locations inspired by random entries from Wikipedia. The material I create may grow distant from its roots. Today we have Beautify Agony, a reference to a video website wherein users post videos of themselves achieving orgasm (just their faces). This is a tough … Continue reading »