Tales of the Lunar Lands
Musings on Tabletop RPGs, Pop Culture, Perytons, and Other Nonsense
Friday, February 28, 2025
Friday Encounter: Deals at the Crossroads
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For optimal folkloric resonance, the best place to use this encounter is at a crossroads, preferably at night. As everyone knows, the crossr...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Saga of the Ortegids: Races
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The settings of the Dragon Quest games tend to be quite humanocentric. Almost all playable characters throughout the series have been human...
Monday, February 24, 2025
Ashalam
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The city of Ashalam is Dragon Quest III 's stand-in for the Middle East as a whole, and while there are no major quests there, it's...
Friday, February 21, 2025
Friday Encounter: The Limestone Caves
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As far as geological phenomena go, I've long held the belief that limestone caves and similar formations are woefully underused in ficti...
Thursday, February 20, 2025
The Romalian Empire
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It does not feel this massive when you're walking around. After leaving Aliahan , the first place you go in Dragon Quest III is the cit...
Monday, February 17, 2025
Aliahan
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The Kingdom of Aliahan is the starting area of Dragon Quest III , and consequently chronologically where the Erdrick Trilogy begins. It...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The World of the Ortegids
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The setting of the Erdrick Trilogy has some very interesting worldbuilding implications. Not all of them were intentional - some appear to h...
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