Linguistic Archaeology: a quick look at 500BC Asia Minor

And I suddenly realized the Word Asia is related to Agean as Agea would be pronounced Asgia (Asia), and the Agean, the Asgian Sea. But back to our exploration of Asia Minor...

A list of places
1. Thrace
2. Troad
3. Mysia
4. Bithynia
5. Lydia
6. Caria
7. Lycia
8. Phrygia
9. Pisidia
10. Pamphylia
11. Cilicia
12. Lycaonia
13. Galatia
14. Cappadoua
15. Paphlahonia
16. Pontus

Popularity of use by alphabet
A      %       E        %        I         %        O        %        U         %
15    93%    1       6%      12       75%    5        31%    2          12%

B      %       C        %        D         %        F        %        G         %
1      6%      6        37%   4          25%    0        0%      3          18%

H      %       J        %        K         %        L        %        M         %
5       0%    0        0%       0        0%       6       37%      1          6%

N      %       P        %        Q         %        R        %        S         %
4        25%  6         37%   0         0%     4         25%    3          18%

T      %       V        %        W         %        X        %        Y         %
4      25%   0        0%        0           0%     0        0%      7        43%

Z        %
0         0%




Popularity of Use by name
93% A:
75% I, A:
43% Y, I, A:
37% P, C, L, Y, I, A: Cilicia, Lycia,
31% O, H, P, C, L, Y, I, A:
25% R, D, T, N, O, H, P, C, L, Y, I, A: Caria, Lydia, Paphlahonia, Lycaonia,
18% S, G, R, D, T, N, O, H, P, C, L, Y, I, A: Pisidia, Troad, Galatia, Phrygia,
12% U, S, G, R, D, T, N, O, H, P, C, L, Y, I, A: Pontus, Cappadoua,
6% M, E, B, U, S, G, R, D, T, N, O, H, P, C, L, Y, I, A: Thrace, Mysia, Bithynia, Pamphylia,
0% Z, X, W, V, Q, K, J, F

Conclusion: the regions of Cicilia and Lycia are the point of origin. Their influence slowly expands northward.

Habitable Space: A deep space transport pushes across the Mkun Empire...

Crappy Manga: You see a beholder in an alley-way...

The Red Light District beckons to you...

Bad Astronomy: the Galactic Habitable Zone

A star has a certain luminocity, and as a consequence there is a region around that star beginning at distance x and ending at distance y that is neither too hot or too cold for earth-like temperatures to exist.
The greater the luminocity of a star, the greater the distance that habitable zone is from the star, and the wider that habitable zone is. This also applies to the galactic centre.

Lets consider a galactic centre luminocity of:
L*=1,000,000,000,000,000,000

As a consequence its galactic habitable zone begins at around ten thousand light years from the galactic centre with a temperature of 320K (46 degrees C) and extends outward to 13.674862 thousand light years at a temperature of 274K (0.85 degrees C).

Examining the habitable zone galactic map: Twenty thousand light years of the Norma Arm fall within the Galactic Habitable Zone along with two smaller regions: ten thousand light years, and two thousand light years. Thats about five hundred by five thousand stars or two point five million star systems in a shared habitable zone. It means that section of the Norma Arm will most likely develop interstellar civilization.

                                  Galactic Habitable Zone
                              Inner Limit        Outer Limit     Our Solar System
GSA**                       10,000ly         13,674.862ly     26,700ly +/-1300ly
Temperature (K)      320°K                274°K                       199°K

**Galactic Semimajor Axis

You are thinking what the hell, there is no way the temperature in our solar system has a temperature in space of 199°K, but our star has a hydrogen boundary formed by the ignition of the star with an Albedo of 0.9-1 so its interior is somewhere between 0°K-122°K not including our own Solar Luminocity effects...

Where are we?
We are about 13,000 light years beyond the galactic habitable zone. So if the habitable zone has earth like temperatures no matter where you are (beyond the habitable zone of individual stars) in any solar system within that habitable zone, it is practically oozing with the conditions for life. If we were in the habitable zone we would have life on Titain, Mars, the moons of Jupiter, even Pluto. And we wouldnt be the only ones enjoying warm weather. There are considered to be ten million stars within 3.2 light years of the galactic centre. So out there are million of stars in the galactic habitable zone straddling the spiral arms between us and the centre.

You wonder why Aliens are not contacting us? They live in the Galactic Habitable Zone. From their perspective the Galactic Habitable Zone is the only place to find life. You can literally travel from habitable planet X to habitable planet Y and its survivable... remember those starships with Agriculture farms? Yeah, them. They are sustainable technology for movement not just between Planets, but between Solar systems. All you need to do is hold in the Atmosphere and water, and be prepared to spend a million years travelling from solar system X to solar system Y.

The question is, why are we not in that habitable zone?

Linguistic Archaeology: the Origin of Light

Light in every language
1. Lig
2. Drite
3. Birihani
4. Daw
5. Luys
6. Isiq
7. Alo
8. Ariga
9. Light
10. Sviatlo
11. Svetlost
12. Svetlina
13. Aalainn
14. Llum
15. Kahayag
16. Guang
17. Luce
18. Svjetlo
19. Lys
20. Licht
21. Lumo (esperanto)
22. Valgui
23. Liwanag
24. Valo
25. Lumiere
26. Luz
27. Msubuki
28. Fos
29. Prakasa
30. Limye
31. Haske
32. A*R
33. Roshanee
34. Lub Teeb
35. Feny
36. Lett
37. Ihe
38. Cahaya
39. Solas
40. Leggera/leggero
41. Hikari
42. Cahya
43. Belaku
44. Jariq
45. Ponlu
46. Bich
47. Sivik
48. Jarik
49. Aesngsavang
50. Lux
51. Gaismas
52. Sviesos
53. Liicht
54. Prakasam
55. Dawl hafif
56. Marama
57. Gerel
58. Halka
59. Kuwala
60. *A
61. SBK
62. Swiatlo
63. Kudhanya
64. Rosani
65. Usoara
66. Svetlyy
67. Malamalama
68. Chiedza
69. *K*
70. Alokaya
71. Svetlo
72. Luc
73. Iftiimin
74. Leseli
75. Ligera/Ligero
76. Herang
77. Mwanga
78. Ljus
79. Hyp
80. Oli
81. Lait
82. Bea
83. Isik
84. Svitlo
85. *NY
86. Yoruglik
87. Anh sang
88. Golau
89. Ljocht
90. Ukukhanya
91. LE*T
92. Imole
93. Nur



Popularity of use
A        %          E            %          I           %         O       %       U         %
47     50%     27           29%     37        39%    24      25%   21      22%

B         %         C            %         D        %          F       %         G         %
6         6%       8            8%       5         5%       3        3%     16         17%

H        %          J         %        K          %          L          %          M        %
19       20%     5       5%       18       19%      48       51%       13       14%

N          %        P          %       Q        %             R        %            S            %
19        20%     4         4%     2       2%           20      21%        29          31%

T         %           V          %        W         %          X       %          Y            %
18       19%      11        11%      5         5%         1       1%        14         15%

Z       %
2       2%



Popularity of use
51% L:
50% A, L: *A,
39% I, A, L:
31% S, I, A, L:
29% E, S, I, A, L: Leseli,
25% O, E, S, I, A, L: Oli, Solas, Alo,
22% U, O, E, S, I, A, L:
21% R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: A*R, Usoara,
20% N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Ihe, Roshanee, Rosani, Aalaiin, Nur,
19% T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: LE*T, Lett, Lait, Isik, *K*, Halka,
         Hikari, Haske,
17% G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Golau, Anh sang, Herang,
         Ligera/Ligero, Gerel, Leggera/leggero, Guang, Light, Ariga,
         Lig,
15% Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Ukukhanya, Yoruglik, *NY,
        Alokaya, Gaismas, Lys, Kahayag,
13% M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Imole, Malamalama,
         Marama, Limye, Lumiere, Lumo (esperanto), Llum, Luys,
11% V, M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Svitlo, Svetlyy,
         Sviesos, Aesngsavang, Valo, Valgui, Svetlo, Svetlina, Svetlost,
         Sviatlo,
8% C, V, M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Luc, Liicht, Sivik,
        Cahya, Cahaya, Licht, Luce,
6% B, C, V, M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Bea, SBK, Bich,
       Belaku, Lub teeb, Msubuki, Birihani,
5% D, J, W, B, C, V, M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Ljocht,
       Ljus, Mwanga, Kudhanya, Swiatlo, Kuwala, Jarik, Jariq,
       Liwanag, Svjetlo, Daw, Drite,
4% P, D, J, W, B, C, V, M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L: Hyp,
       Prakasam, Ponlu, Prakasa,
3% F, P, D, J, W, B, C, V, M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L:
       Iftiimin, Dawl hafif, Feny, Fos,
2% Q, Z, F, P, D, J, W, B, C, V, M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L:
       Chiedza, Luz, Isiq,
1% X, Q, Z, F, P, D, J, W, B, C, V, M, Y, G, T, K, N, H, R, U, O, E, S, I, A, L:
       Lux,


Conclusion
Light begins in Pashto at 50% (as *A) though not intact,
At 29% Light appears fully formed in the Southern Sotho language (as Leseli) in south africa. Sel- is the protoindoeuropean word for Settlement. It probably means protoindoeuropeans migrating into south africa and spotting a settlement by its light became part of the community or settled the region.
Light then spreads north-east to tamil in southern india, and north-west to irish, and bangala in congo before spreading globally... this suggests coastal sea travel connecting coastal peoples: ireland? - congo <-south africa-> southern india without interacting with the peoples between these groups. The irish are not necessarily in Ireland at the time of language development.

Latin is the last to discover light (lux).

Pop Culture: a D&D reference in a Manga...

A D&D reference in Hentai?

 

 Konna Elf ni You wa Nai! Is a pretty shitty Hentai Manga not worth reading, but it does have a singular Pop culture reference with a game you are familiar with.

Dungeon Mastery: how to cook a one eyed egg

As you are probably going to spend more time at home, I suggest an electric sandwich grill. Previously I detailed the egg and cheese burrito cooked on a sandwich grill (new years eve). Now I suggest learning how to cook a one eyed egg.

 Step 1: get eggs, bread, butter. Butter sliced bread. Plug in the electric sandwich press (or heat a frypan over a fire).

 Step 2: cut squares in bread and place crusts and squares butter side down on sandwich grill.

 Step 3: Break eggs into the holes.

 Step 4: lower sandwich grill and cook for a few minutes untill cooked.

Linguistic Archaeology: first level cleric spells (BX)

1st level cleric spells
1. Cure Light Wounds
2. Detect Evil
3. Detect Magic
4. Light
5. Protection from Evil
6. Purify Food and Water
7. Remove Fear
8. Resist Cold


Popularity of use
A     %           E       %        I         %         O          %          U           %
3      37%      7       87%    7        87%     5          62%      2            25%

B     %      C       %        D       %      F       %        G       %
0     0%     5     62%     3     37%    2      25%      3      37%

H       %       J       %     K       %    L        %       M        %
2      25%    0     0%     0      0%   5       62%     3       37%

N        %      P         %     Q        %   R         %       S         %
2    25%      2      25%     0     0%    5       62%     2      25%

T        %      V          %    W       %     X       %       Y        %
6     75%     3      37%     2     25%    0     0%       1     12%

Z         %
0         0%


Popularity of use
87% E, I:
75% T: Tie,
62% R, L, C, O: Recoil, Roll, Rot, Lie,
37% V, M, G, D, A: Detect Magic, Detect Evil,
25% W, N, P, S, H, F, U: Resist Cold, Remove Fear,
         Protection from Evil, Light, Cure Light Wounds,
12% Y: Purify Food and Water,
0% Z, X, Q, J, K, B


Conclusion
At 37% the oldest spells are Detect Magic and Detect Evil implying Clerics are hunting down magic and evil.
At 25% we have Resist Cold, Remove Fear, Protection from Evil, Light, Cure light wounds.
At 12% Purify food and water becomes available.

There are older possible cleric spells accessible to primitive cultures with Tie at 75%, at 62% the Spell names Recoil, Roll, Rot, and Lie become possible.


Primitive 1st level Cleric Spells

Tie
Range: touch
Duration: instantaneous
Effect: Tie a knot using a rope twine, vine or gut
Description: It can be used to tie a knot using a rope, twine, vine or gut that will not untie.

Lie
Range: touch
Duration: permanent
Effect: one person
Description: Tell a lie that will be believed by the target on a failed saving throw.

Roll
Range: touch
Duration: 1 round per level
Effect: one boulder or tree log
Description: Cause a heavy boulder or tree log to roll and tumble for the duration of the spell at 10' per round.

Rot
Range: touch
Duration: instantaneous
Effect: 1 organic target
Description: this causes organic material to decay and become rotten. Living creatures will develop a foul smell, as they slowly die suffering 1hp permanant damage that fails to heal as long as the cleric lives.

Recoil
Range: touch
Duration: instantaneous
Effect: 1 person
Description: causes the target of the spell to experience a primitive form of fear and loathing and retreat from the cleric when touched.

Creature Catalogue: Stone Beetle

Stone Beetle
Hit Dice:               1/2 HD*
Armour Class:     -3
Move:                    3' (1')
         Burrow:       30' (10')
Attacks:                Special
Damage:               Petrification
No. Appearing:    1 (1)
Save As:                 Fighter L1
Morale:                 11
Treasure Type:    nil
Alignment:           Neutral
Experience:          6


Description: the tiny stone beetle can burrow through stone. A single stone beetle can weaken stone masonry causing a thousand cubic feet of stone to fail within 24 hours. A beetle could structurally descimate a stone fortress in a year if un-noticed. If encountered on a stone surface, likely by accident considering their stone-like camouflage, contact with their antennae will require a successful save vs petrification or turn to stone.
If encountered in a Dungeon or cave, the cave or dungeon should be considered at critical subsidence- so any damage will trigger subsidence.

Anime Memes: The BBEG's Impregnable Fortress

Just leave the guy alone...

Linguistic Archaeology: First level Magicuser Spells (BX)

1st level Spells

1. Charm Person
2. Detect Magic
3. Floating Disc
4. Hold Portal
5. Light
6. Magic Missile
7. Protection from Evil
8. Read Languages
9. Read Magic
10. Shield
11. Sleep
12. Ventriloquism

Popularity of use
A        %          E            %          I           %         O       %       U         %
7         58%      9             75%     8           66%    5        41%   2         16%

B         %         C            %         D        %          F       %         G         %
0          0%       5           41%     6         50%      2       16%     4          33%


H        %          J         %        K          %          L          %          M        %
4          33%    0         0%      0           0%       9         75%       6          50%


N        %         P         %       Q           %          R         %          S          %
3         25%    4          33%   1          8%         6        50%      5         41%

T         %           V     %            W         %          X       %          Y            %
6         50%       2     16            0          0%        0       0%       0             0%


Z       %
0       0%


Popularity of use
75% E, L:

66% I, E, L: Lie,

58% A, I, E, L:

50% M, R, D, T, A, I, E, L:

41% C, O, S, M, R, D, T, A, I, E, L: Steal, Detect {Metal, Lie}, 

        Create {Steel, Iron, Meat, Rat, Metal, Tar, Meal, Eel, Toad, Cat, 

        Air, Lead, Scroll, Storm}, Seal,

33% G, P, H, C, O, S, M, R, D, T, A, I, E, L: Sleep, Shield, Light, 

         Hold Portal, Magic Missile, Read Magic, Charm Person, 

         Detect Magic,

25% N, G, P, H, C, O, S, M, R, D, T, A, I, E, L: Create Poison

16% U, F, V, N, G, P, H, C, O, S, M, R, D, T, A, I, E, L: Read Languages, 

        Protection from Evil, Floating Disc,

8% Q, U, F, V, N, G, P, H, C, O, S, M, R, D, T, A, I, E, L: Ventriloquism,

0% B, J, K, W, X, Y, Z


Conclusion: There are a number of potential spells before the appearance of of the first level spell list. The first potential spell is Lie at 66%, then at 41% we have Steal (for konosuba fans), minor detection magic (Metal, Lie), and minor creation magic (Steel, Meat, Rat, Metal, Iron, Tar, Meal, Toad, Eel, Cat, Air, Scroll, Storm).

Unknown spells contribute A at 58%, followed by M, R, D, T at 50%. Then at 25% a spell employing N.

Spell Development:

Spells created at 33% are: Sleep, Shield, Light, Hold Portal, Magic Missile, Read Magic, Charm Person, Detect Magic. At 16% the spells Read Languages, Protection from Evil, Floating Disc are created. Then at 8% Ventriloquism is created. This implies three different spell development periods for existing 1st level spells.

Forgotten 1st Level Magicuser Spells

Lie

Range: touch

Duration: Permanent

Effect: lie to 1 person

Description: the caster may tell a lie that is believed by the target of the spell if they fail to save vs magic. They must make physical contact with the target.

Steal

Range: 10' caster level

Duration: Instantaneous

Effect: 1 Object

Description: on a failed save vs spell by the target, the caster may teleport one object of value from the person of the target of the spell to the hand of the spell caster at a range of 10ft per caster level.

Detect Lie

Range: 0'

Duration: 1 round per level

Effect: detect any lie

Description: the spell caster may detect any lie including a lie spell as long as the teller of the lie is less levels than the caster of the detect lie spell.

Detect Metal

Range: 10'

Duration: Instantaneous

Effect: detect metal

Description: the caster may detect any metal within ten feet. The metal will glow.

Create Air

Range: 0'

Duration: permanant

Effect:  may create up to 10cn of Air

Description: the caster permanantly creates 12 cubic feet of air which fills the volume with increased pressure if within an airtight space.

Create

Range: 0'

Duration: see description

Effect: see description.

Description: the caster may create a living Rat, Cat, Eel, or Toad for 1 round per level of caster. Alternatively the caster may permanantly create 1cn Meal (milled grain), 1cn Meat, 1cn of metal, 1cn steel, 1cn Iron, 1cn lead, 1cn Tar, or a Scroll.

Create Storm

Range: 0'

Duration: instantaneous

Effect: create a storm of wind and rain

Description: the caster may create a small storm effect of light rain and cold gusting wind centred on the caster.

Create Seal

Range: touch

Duration: permanent until broken

Effect: create a seal enclosing one container, document, or portal

Description: the caster may create a lead seal to close a container, document, or portal. The seal may be broken by inflicting hitpoints damage equal to the spell caster.

Create Poison
Range: 0'
Duration: Permanent until neutralized
Effect: 1 container of liquid
Description: creates a poison from a container of liquid that causes sickness until a neutralize poison is applied. If they fail to save vs poison the victim dies.

Dungeon Mastery: The Tower of the Horticulturalist

It rose up from the jungle floor in some distant place far from civilization and drifted on the winds through the sky. A simple tower like structure over grown with foliage, except that it sat on a giant root bulb a hundred feet in diameter from which dangled roots a hundred and fifty feet long. And all the while the plant dropped boulder-sized seeds which devastated agriculture by germinating.

The Horticulturalist: 18th Magic-user Lawful; 40hp; Str 7, Int 18, Wis 19, Dex 12, Con 10, Cha 13; physical height 5'; spells: ; Description: Starlkun the Horticulturalist has the appearance of a short, elderly, senile old man with a long white beard and a bald head. His brown earthen robes have a royal purple stain to them. This is a result of the plant extruding a natural dye. Starlkun will not allow anyone to destroy his flying home.

The Horticulturalist's Tower is overgrown with foliage. The leaf structures wind up through access stairways forcing Starlkun to resort to dimension door to get around.

Dungeon Mastery: Anime Dungeons

In Konosuba Kazuma and friends recieve a dungeon map of Keele's Dungeon as a reward from the Adventurers guild...

It looks like someone simply slapped together a map generated by a map generator with no discernable entrance, or marks other than various smudged out points, and a big red X indicating a secret door to a hidden area.

Keeles Dungeon
The entrance has a quality to it that looks like an ancient temple overgrown by a giant hundred foot diameter banyan tree.

The entrance descends down a long straight staircase into the dark. Its all slapped together without too much thought to the realities of what lies beyond, or how it is accessed.

Dungeon Mastery: The Kingdom of Thain

 A shaft hidden in the roots of the great tree descends into Weirguard providing access to its three vaults... its secrets guarded by giant leeches, spiders, and snakes.

The Secret Way is a narrow path up a mountain ridge from Weirguard, a distance of 4.1 kilometres to the Great-keep of Thain...

Unknown Archaeology: The Kingdom of Thain

The weir actually connects by a natural trail along a ridge line 4.1 kilometres to an even more significant Archaeological site.

Our little weir on the river...

Located 4.1 km away from the Weir along the mountain ridge trail is a partly buried hexagonal earthworks about 500ft in diameter. Seems ideal for a fortress. The visible road actually goes back toward the weir but stops at a what could be a third archaeological site. It seems someone has been accessing these archaeological sites. They are located in eastern india between Bhutan and Bangladesh.
The fortress and the Weir gives them control over the mountain trail that links both.


The whole thing feels medieval... its south of the Forest of Thain, so lets call this the Kingdom of Thain.

Armageddon Memes: The last movie you will download

Straight to youtube?

Linguistic Archaeology: Protoindoeuropean wildlife

Protoindoeuropean Animals
PIE                         English
1. Katta                      Cat
2. Welewa                  Lion
3. Louksos                Lynx
4. Kolignos                Dog
5. Kwon
6. Lama                      Lapdog
7. Wailos                    Wolf
8. Wlkwos
9. Wolpis                    Fox
10. Porkos                   Pig
11. Trogos
12. Sus                         Sow
13. Sukos                     Piglet
14. Wepris                    Barrow?
15. Epros                      Boar
16. Twrkos
17. Owis                        Sheep
18. Bhugos                   He-goat
19. Ghabhros
20. Bokkos                   Goat
21. Digha
22. Kapros
23. Kapra                      She-goat
24. Agwnos                  Lamb
25. Weren
26. Agos                       Ram
27. Erjos
28. Ghaidos                  Small Goat
29. Owika                      Small Sheep
30. Bhasos                    Vulture
31. Gwlturos
32. Wakka                      Cow
33. Gwows
34. Eghi
35. Lapos
36. Peku
37. Loigos                    Calf
38. Wetlos
39. Tauros                   Bull
40. Porsis                     Small Bull
41. Uksen                      Ox
42. Ekwos                      Horse
43. Markus
44. Ekwa                       Mare
45. Kabnlos                  Colt
46. Kurnos                    Foal
47. Powlos
48. Kerwos                  Deer
49. Jorkos                   Roebuck
50. Olkis                       Roe-deer
51. Elen                        Red Deer
52. Astris                     Hawk
53. Okupteros
54. Kerkos                   Hen
55. Aneps                     Duck
56. Ghansor                  Goose
57. Ghanda                   shelduck
58. Elor                          Swan
59. Bughon                   Owl
60. Kaws
61. Eroros                    Eagle
62. Ardeja                    Heron
63. Dhombhos            Dove
64. Kolumbhos
65. Kakaba                  Partridge
66. Kauros
67. Kinja                      Woodpecker
68. Peika
69. Kikonja                 Stork
70. Kukubhos             Pheasant
71. Kukulos                 Cuckoo
72. Medgos                 Gull
73. Korriks                   Crow
74. Korwos                  Raven
75. Wornos
76. Mesla                     Blackbird
77. Opopa                    Hoopoe
78. Peikos                    Magpie
79. Streigs                   Wren
80. Teturos                 Peacock
81. Anghwis               Snake
82. Kelodhros
83. Serpenos
84. Snogha
85. Apsa                      Asp
86. Ghelus                   Tortoise
87. Atis                         Seabream
88. Gwera                     Pike
89. Dhghusa                 Perch
90. Kopelos                  Carp
91. Menis                     Dace
92. Karkros                  Crab
93. Kmertos                 Lobster
94. Skwalos                 Large Fish
95. Bhebhros               Bever
96. Bhrogkos               Badger
97. Melis
98. Eghjos                    Hedgehog
99. Gher
100. Gleis                      Mouse
101. Mus
102. Kerberos              Weasel
103. Mustram
104. Kormon                 Ermine
105. Rtkos                     Bear
106. Wlbhontis             Camel

Sub Alphabet By popularity of use
A        %          E           %          I         %         O          %          U          %
40      37%      38         35%     25     23%     69        65%      21       19%

B        %          C           %          D         %         F          %          G          %
12      11%      0           0%        6        5%        0          0%        25        23%

H        %          J           %          K         %         L          %          M          %
21      19%      6          5%        42       39%     26        24%      12       11%

N        %          P           %          Q         %         R          %          S          %
18      16%      17        16%       0         0%       37       34%     80         75%

T        %          V           %          W         %         X          %          Y          %
14      13%      0           0%        25       23%     0           0%       0          0%

Z        %           -os
0         0%         52

-os suffix removed from consideration reduces O to 17 (16%) , and S to 28 (26%).

Popularity of use
75% S:
65% O, S:
39% K, O, S:
37% A, K, O, S:
35% E, A, K, O, S:
34% R, E, A, K, O, S: KARKROS, EROROS, KERKOS,
24% L, R, E, A, K, O, S: ELOR, ELEN,
23% W, I, G, L, R, E, A, K, O, S: GLEIS, GWERA, KORWOS, KORRIKS,
         KAWS, OLKIS, KERWOS, EKWA, EKWOS, LOIGOS, GWOWS,
         WAKKA, OWIKA, AGOS, OWIS, WLKWOS, WAILOS,
         WELEWA,
19% U, H, W, I, G, L, R, E, A, K, O, S: GHER, KARKROS, KUKULOS,
        KAUROS, UKSEN, EGHI, SUKOS, SUS, LOUKSOS,
16% N, P, U, H, W, I, G, L, R, E, A, K, O, S: KOPELOS, APSA,
        SNOGHA, ANGHWIS, OPOPA, WORNOS, PEIKOS, PEIKA,
        GHANSOR, ANEPS, POWLOS, KURNOS, PORSIS, PEKU,
        LAPOS, WEREN, AGWNOS, KAPRA, KAPROS, EPROS, WEPRIS,
        PORKOS, WOLPIS, KWON, KOLIGNOS,
13% T, N, P, U, H, W, I, G, L, R, E, A, K, O, S: RTKOS, ATIS,
         SERPENOS, TETUROS, STREIGS, OKUPTEROS, ASTRIS,
         TAUROS, WETLOS, GWLTUROS, TWRKOS, TROGOS, KATTA,
11% B, M, T, N, P, U, H, W, I, G, L, R, E, A, K, O, S: WLBHONTIS,
        KORMON, MUSTRAM, KERBEROS, MUS, MELIS, BHROGKOS,
        BHEBHROS, KMERTOS, SKWALOS, MENIS, MELSA, MEDGOS,
        KUKUBHOS, KAKABA, KOLUMBHOS, DHOMBHOS, BUGHON,
        KABNLOS, MARKUS, BHASOS, BOKKOS, GHABHROS,
        BHUGROS, LAMA,
5% J, D, B, M, T, N, P, U, H, W, I, G, L, R, E, A, K, O, S: EGHJOS,
       KELODHROS, KIKONJA, KINJA, ARDEJA, ARDEJA, GHANDA,
       JORKOS, GHAIDOS, DHUGHUSA, ERJOS, DIGHA,
0% C, F, Q, V, X, Y, Z:


Conclusions: at 34% the earliest names creatures are Karkros (Crab), Eroros (Eagle), and Kerkos (Hen). They are at this point coastal, tropical, likely around mangroves which are habitat for crabs.
At 24% we find Elor (Swan), and Elen (Red Deer)  they are heading inland because swans are not seabirds, but can be wetlands dwellers or lake dwellers...

Dungeon Mastery: Building realistic maps

An exploration of the wilderness on Googlemaps and we find this odd hexagon shape on the edge of a river positioned near a 'natural weir'.
The hexagon with a giant tree is a hundred feet in diameter.

A pen drawing of what can be seen is easy enough. Its not totally accurate.

Then we just colour it with appropriate terrain colours generating a reasonable wilderness map providing us with the ancient ruins of some hexagonal based fortress or temple on a river. An ancient tree grows through the ruined structure hidden beneath its branches. The weir could do with some repair,  There is an access bridge about ten feet wide and twenty feet long crossing the moat.


Enjoy...

Basic Expert: The Greatshield

The Greatshield
This is a large, heavy steel shield which weighs twice the weight of a regular shield (20cn as opposed to 10cn), providing a +1 AC bonus as an ordinary shield as well as special counter-damage to any opponent equal to 1hp/Damage Dice of an opponent's melee attack.

Cost: 100gp

Example: Shield-Maiden Maple is attacked by a warrior with a Battle-Axe for 1d10. The Warrior successfully hits Maple for 1d10 but takes 1hp counter-damage.

Anime Memes: the harsh reality of leveling up

After letting Mr Bunny head-butt Maple in the stomach for an hour... a momentary distraction causes Mr Bunny's unfortunate demise.

1 hour = 6 Turns.
1 Turn = 60 Rounds.

Mr Bunny head-butted Maple's abs for 360 attacks only to come to a sad end when he impacted her Greatshield which inflicts counter damage.

Apple Bunny
Hit Dice:            1/2* (Small)
Armor Class:     9
Move:                 90' (30')
Attack:                1 Head-butt
Damage:             1d4
No. Appearing: 1(1d100)
Save As:              Normal Human
Morale:               12
Treasure Type:  Special Bonus
Alignment:         Neutral
Experience:        6xp

This small, cute, Apple-coloured bunny has an apple-white fur covered body and apple-red coloured ears. Despite it's cute appearance it is agressive and relentless, attacking with its head-butt continuously until it or its opponent is dead.
Anyone taking Head-butts to the unarmoured abs for an hour (360 rounds) without dying gets a bonus 1hp for hardening up. This is a one-off reward bonus.

Public Service: Blood Donations vs the Corona Virus

If you dont have Corona Virus its a good time to think about donating blood. Particularly if you are Universal Donor with blood type O. The Corona Virus may pose a significant threat to blood donor sources. With donors increasingly infected there will be real shortages.
Imagine everyone in the world who is blood type O deliberatly infecting themselves so that those who survive can serve as a blood transfusion vaccine to the sick.
The death toll is going to be far above what you are being told. We know that Twenty percent of the infected will require critical hospital care or they will die. We also know that seventy percent of the global population face infection by this time next year. So just short of a billion people can expect to die by next year.

Therefore its a numbers game.

We can infect a million blood type O universal donors with corona virus, and risk loosing two hundred thousand donors who will need critical hospital care on the chance that eight hundred thousand type O universal donors survive and can provide blood that carries antibodies to the corona virus.

If we do it now, we can probably save that billion.