I think it's time for a resource thread. A thread where we can pool links which can be helpful when it comes to our beloved RPG. Please add a link and a description.
http://www.die-ritterschmiede.de/Historical_Knight_Helmet_Helme/hauptteil_historical_knight_helmet_helme.html
- This site, although in German, has some beautiful pictures of various medieval helmets. Nice to show the players when their characters meet uh.. dudes in helmets :p
http://www.westeros.org/
- A site detailing the various Houses and factions of Westeros, the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire", a setting perfectly suited to our game. The site is inspiring for a Seneschal creating his/her own nobility, heraldry etc.
Allright this is just a slow start. Hope other pool interesting links too.
Quote from: Tywin Lannister
- This site, although in German, has some beautiful pictures of various medieval helmets. Nice to show the players when their characters meet uh.. dudes in helmets :p
I'm a bit wary about that site, they make nice photos, but some of their data seems fishy. Their "one and a half" handed swords are all just about 105cm long when a German longsword was about 120cm. And I can't help but think that the helmet they use in their "Lily armor" doesn't fit with the use or large pieces of plate in the armor, period-wise.
A few more.
The Art of War:
http://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html
Medieval England:
http://www.britannia.com/history/h60.html
Quote from: Irmo
I'm a bit wary about that site, they make nice photos, but some of their data seems fishy. Their "one and a half" handed swords are all just about 105cm long when a German longsword was about 120cm. And I can't help but think that the helmet they use in their "Lily armor" doesn't fit with the use or large pieces of plate in the armor, period-wise.
Well, I think they were just a little bit longer than 120 cm. But there surely also existed a shorter version
Most of my resources tend to focus on story development--I use them to spark plot ideas. I'm not sure if this is the type of stuff you're looking for or not.
Religion
The Encyclopedia Mythica (http://www.pantheon.org/)
A resource for a variety of ancienct religions and myths. I'm not an expert on mythology, so I'm not sure how accurate this stuff is, but there is a lot of great reading and adventure ideas.
Sacred Text Archive (http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm)
A great resource for stealing ideas for the religions of Weyrth.
New Advent - Info about the Catholic Church (http://www.newadvent.org/)
A great resource for ideas for the Imperial Church.
Names
Kate Monk's Onomastikon (Dictionary of names) (http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/)
Great when you need original names.
Adventure Ideas
Discoverers Web (http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index.html)
"...all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration..." Another great resource for story ideas,
Decameron Web (http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dweb.shtml)
"stories from people escaping Florence at the time of the Plague"
Best of History Web Sites (http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml)
A resource of resources. Plenty of great links to history sites here.
Plots and Structure
The Nine Act Structure and two plot paradigm (http://www.dsiegel.com/film/Film_home.html)
I have found that adventures following this structure turn out to be the most entertaining--especially with TROS's SAs.
The Big List of RPG Plots (http://www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm)
None of the ideas are earth shattering, but they have sparked some good adventure ideas.
Enjoy!
Rick
Great post, Haunted, loved the Onomastikon (what a name :p)
Here's something a link to The Cave (http://spitfire.ausys.se/johan/cave/default.asp).
Where you can link to a fantasy name generator, NPC generator and village generator. NPC-gen is perhaps angled more toward high-fantasy but can be basic enough to adapt to RoS. The Village-gen is pretty cool but sometimes goes down. :(
Hope someone has fun with it.
The De Re Militari Society for medieval military history:
http://www.deremilitari.org/
List of real-world stats of actual museum rapiers, war swords and two handed swords:
http://www.palus.demon.co.uk/Sword_Stats.html
Björn Hellqvist's word pages, with the Oakeshott typology and a virtual museum, as well as a 'real' dragonslayer weapon.
http://bjorn.foxtail.nu/swords.htm
Database of ancient ships discovered, some with reconstructions:
http://www2.rgzm.de/Navis/home/frames.htm
(a bit ancient for most of Weyrth, but still useable for some of the more primitive realms or other settings)
Official Homepage of the Teutonic Order, with a history of the Order:
http://www.deutscher-orden.at/
And here are a few pictures of weapons for you to get a good idea of what these beauties looked like...
Albion Armorers; They also have a few cutting videos.[/color]
http://www.albionarmorers.com/
http://www.albionarmorers.com/videos.htm
Arms & Armour; I have my first commissioned piece coming from these guys.[/color]
http://www.armor.com/2000/catalog/catalog.html
Christian Fletcher; a lot of fantasy stuff, but it is beautiful stuff.[/color]
http://www.christianfletcher.com/
LUTEL; I liked their product enough to buy my very first sword from them.[/color]
http://www.lutel.cz/index2e.htm
Manning Imperial; perhaps the best weaponsmith in Orz?[/color]
http://www.manningimperial.com/
Pheonix Metal Creations; I want this guy to make me my schiavona![/color]
http://www.phoenixmetalcreations.com/
Raven Armouries[/color]
http://www.raven-armoury.co.uk/home.html
And for miniatures I stumbled across this site...
The Foundry[/color]
http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/main.asp[/url]