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Fourteen Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Julia Allen has been named assistant dean of advancement in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech. She most recently served as the chief development officer at Gaston College in North Carolina.
Allen is a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, where she double-majored in English and philosophy. She is currently completing a master's degree in higher education from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.
Teesa Brunson was appointed director of development and associate vice president for institutional advancement at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina. She was assistant vice president for institutional advancement and development officer for major and planned gifts at Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina.
Dr. Brunson is a graduate of South Carolina State University, where she majored in English. She holds a master's degree in print journalism from Florida A&M University and an educational doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.
Sandra Miles was appointed vice president for student affairs at Flaglar College in St. Augustine, Florida. She was vice provost for student affairs and dean of students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Dr. Miles holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Central Florida. She earned a doctorate at Florida State University.
Leia Hill is the new vice president of advancement and executive director of the Meridian Community College Foundation in Meridian, Mississippi. For the past year, she has been associate vice president for college communications and will continue to hold those duties.
Hill is a graduate of the Mississippi University for Women. She holds a master's degree from the University of Mississippi.
Pamela Mason was promoted to director of the Office of Compliance & Equity at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She will hold the title of chief compliance officer. Mason had been serving as Title IX coordinator and interim chief compliance officer. She started her career at the College of William and Mary in 2004 as the associate director of development for athletics.
Mason is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She holds an MBA and a law degree from the College of William Mary.
Denise Boston was appointed vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Walden University, which is headquartered in Minneapolis. Dr. Boston most recently served as the dean of diversity and inclusion at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where she was also a professor of professional psychology and health.
Dr. Boston is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, where she majored in drama. She holds a master's degree in counseling psychology from Goddard College, headquartered in Plainfield, Vermont, and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Walden University.
Francesca Vega was selected to serve as vice chancellor for community and government relations at the University of California, San Francisco. She was assistant vice president of government and community relations at California State University, Northridge.
Vega earned a bachelor's degree in government with a minor in sociology from California State University, Sacramento.
Sarah Workman was appointed assistant director of proposal development for the humanities in the College of Arts and Science at Syracuse University in New York. In this role she will help faculty identify funding sources for their work. Dr. Workman was a learning design specialist in the Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Workman is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she majored in English and Spanish. She holds a master degree in English from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Joy Moore was named vice president for student affairs at Boston College. She has been the interim head of student affairs since August 2018. Earlier, Moore was associate vice president for college communications. She joined the staff at Boston College in 2011.
Moore is a 1981 graduate of Boston College, where she majored in education.
Suzanne Stluka was chosen to serve as the associate director of Montana State University Extension. Since 2011, Dr. Stluka was the Food and Families Program leader for South Dakota State University Extension.
Dr. Stluka is a graduate of South Dakota State University, where she majored in family and consumer sciences education. She holds a master's degree from Eastern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in nutrition and health sciences from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Laura Sample McMeeking is the new director of the Colorado State University STEM Center. She has been on the staff at the center for the past eight years.
Dr. McMeeking earned her bachelor's degree in meteorology from Texas A&M University. She holds a master's degree in atmospheric science and a Ph.D. in education and human resource studies from Colorado State University.
Amie Stepanovich will be the next executive director of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Law School. She previously served as U.S. policy manager and global policy counsel at Access Now in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she was director of the domestic surveillance project at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
Stepanovich is a graduate of Florida State University and earned a juris doctorate at New York Law School.
Brenda González was appointed director of community relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been serving as the diversity manager for Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care. Earlier, she was the health equity career development program manager with the Collaborative Center for Health Equity at the university's School of Medicine and Public Health.
González has a bachelor's degree in social psychology from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco in Mexico City.
Kimberly Whitehead is the new chief of staff to University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. For the past five years, Whitehead has been at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where she has served as interim associate vice president for academic affairs, vice provost for academic affairs, interim provost and vice president, and, most recently, program coordinator in the International Development Programs Office.
Dr. Whitehead is a graduate of Norfolk State University in Virginia. She holds a Ph.D. in genetics from North Carolina State University.
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Bachelor Nation Rallies Around Rachel Lindsay After She Deactivates Her Instagram Due to Harassment
By Erin Crabtree
Rachel Lindsay attends 'Heroes at The ESPYS' pre-party in Los Angeles on July 17, 2018. Mediapunch/Shutterstock
Team Rachel. Becca Kufrin, Nick Viall and more Bachelor alums spoke out after Rachel Lindsay deactivated her Instagram account due to harassment.
The former Bachelorette, 35, received backlash from fans after her interview with Chris Harrison on February 9, during which the longtime host, 49, defended season 25 contestant Rachael Kirkconnell following racism allegations. Lindsay's "Higher Learning" podcast cohost, Van Lathan, reacted on Friday, February 26, after she left Instagram.
"Leave Rachel the f—k alone. This harassment is going too far," he wrote via Instagram. "My co host has zero today with the words of a grown ass man who still doesn't get it. @chrisbharrison are you okay with people getting at Rachel to the point she can't even exist on IG. Is anyone from the entire 'Bachelor Nation' going to stand up and condemn this harassment of a Black woman? Yo it's just a f—king TV SHOW, y'all need to relax for real. I love you RACH. F—k these people."
Harrison made headlines earlier this month when he asked for "compassion" for Kirkconnell in an Extra sit-down with Lindsay. The 24-year-old graphic designer — who is still in the running for Matt James' final rose — has since apologized for "offensive and racist" past actions.
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The former Who Wants to Be a Millionaire host, for his part, shared a public apology for his statements on February 10. Days later, he revealed that he would "be stepping aside for a period of time and will not join for the After the Final Rose special."
Lindsay noted on Extra after the news that it was "never my intention to see Chris Harrison step aside." However, she pointed out that it was "important to further and highlight these discussions" by having "uncomfortable conversations so we can understand the underlying issues and implicit racism that exists within our society."
Us editors discuss Colton Underwood's coming out in this Here for the Right Reasons podcast highlight!
Us Weekly exclusively revealed on Monday, February 22, that the attorney is considering hosting After the Final Rose in Harrison's absence. "ABC and Warner Bros. have spoken to Rachel about the possibility of hosting the After the Final Rose special and they would like her to take on the role," a source told Us. "She is still weighing the options and is pushing for After the Final Rose to include a bigger conversation about race overall in the franchise. No final decision has been made yet."
Scroll through the gallery below to see reactions to the treatment Lindsay has received on social media.
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Team Rachel. Becca Kufrin, Nick Viall and more Bachelor alums spoke out after Rachel Lindsay deactivated her Instagram account due to harassment. The former Bachelorette, 35, received backlash from fans after her interview with Chris Harrison on February 9, during which the longtime host, 49, defended season 25 contestant Rachael Kirkconnell following racism allegations. Lindsay's "Higher Learning" podcast cohost, Van Lathan, reacted on Friday, February 26, after she left Instagram. "Leave Rachel the f—k alone. This harassment is going too far," he wrote via Instagram. "My co host has zero today with the words of a grown ass man who still doesn't get it. @chrisbharrison are you okay with people getting at Rachel to the point she can't even exist on IG. Is anyone from the entire 'Bachelor Nation' going to stand up and condemn this harassment of a Black woman? Yo it's just a f—king TV SHOW, y'all need to relax for real. I love you RACH. F—k these people." Harrison made headlines earlier this month when he asked for "compassion" for Kirkconnell in an Extra sit-down with Lindsay. The 24-year-old graphic designer — who is still in the running for Matt James' final rose — has since apologized for "offensive and racist" past actions. [jwplayer CYrAsNEy-l3ahXupL] The former Who Wants to Be a Millionaire host, for his part, shared a public apology for his statements on February 10. Days later, he revealed that he would "be stepping aside for a period of time and will not join for the After the Final Rose special." Lindsay noted on Extra after the news that it was "never my intention to see Chris Harrison step aside." However, she pointed out that it was "important to further and highlight these discussions" by having "uncomfortable conversations so we can understand the underlying issues and implicit racism that exists within our society." Us editors discuss Colton Underwood's coming out in this Here for the Right Reasons podcast highlight! Us Weekly exclusively revealed on Monday, February 22, that the attorney is considering hosting After the Final Rose in Harrison's absence. "ABC and Warner Bros. have spoken to Rachel about the possibility of hosting the After the Final Rose special and they would like her to take on the role," a source told Us. "She is still weighing the options and is pushing for After the Final Rose to include a bigger conversation about race overall in the franchise. No final decision has been made yet." Scroll through the gallery below to see reactions to the treatment Lindsay has received on social media.
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The Bachelorette alum called out Bachelor producers during an interview with Entertainment Tonight on March 5. Speaking about the harassment that led Lindsay to delete her Instagram account, Dorfman said Bachelor Nation "dropped the ball."
"I don't know how you let somebody like Rachel Lindsay get bullied off her own social media account without stepping in and saying things earlier," she said. "I don't know how you kind of hide behind all of that. [When] your cast and your contestants are the ones that are having to come together without you, where is the franchise in all of this?"
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Kenny King
"I had nothing but the utmost respect for Rachel. I thought many times about what it must have been like for Rachel, what she must have went through, being the very first Black Bachelorette," King told Entertainment Tonight in March 2021. The pro wrestler, who competed on Lindsay's Bachelorette season in 2017, praised her for always managing to "be who she was" both on and off camera.
"Still be genuine. Still be thoroughly Rachel. Still stand on her square and her morals and find who she wanted to love despite, I'm sure, the pressure that she felt that she had to find a Black man on that show," King said. "She stood with, you know, who she wanted to be with ... and I have nothing but respect for her for that." He added that Lindsay "didn't do anything" but conduct the Harrison interview in which the Bachelor Nation host defended Kirkconnell amid racism allegations. King noted, "It is unfortunate that she has received the amount of negative reaction to feel like you have to deactivate Instagram."
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Lindsay's "Bachelor Happy Hour" cohost responded to a fan about the harassment via Instagram. "I hear you, I see the similar posts/concerns," she commented. "The harassment, cruelty and racism is a major issue and is not okay. You're right, Rachel and I are friends in real life and unfortunately the world can't see our personal interactions on a daily basis, and details aren't anyone's business. Just know I have her back and support her through whatever time or breaks she needs right now. Appreciate the concern."
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Viall, whose season of The Bachelor Lindsay competed on, defended his "friend" from "the onslaught of hateful messages" she received. "It's sad that this even needs to be said, but Chris Harrison is in the position he is in because of what he said, not because of anything Rachel did," he noted via his Instagram Story. "If you want to support Chris while he is down, you should be able to do that without showing hate to anyone else. I realize this is obvious to most people reading this, but if you are one of the people who have sent hateful or racist comments to Rachel please take a serious look at what's in your heart. Your priorities are seriously out of whack."
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Bryan Abasolo
Abasolo showed support for his wife, sharing a photo of the couple via Instagram. "I love you, I appreciate you, I believe in you and I just wanted to let you know how proud of you I am," he captioned the pic. "Keep going and never stop being you and fighting for what's right."
"Its [sic] honestly so sad that I'm even having to type this message, but unfortunately it's not a new topic of concern," the former Bachelorette wrote via her Instagram Story. "If you are following me, and think it's OK to send hateful, vile and harassing comments, please take a moment of deep self reflection and understand what that says about you. Hearing that Rachel Lindsay had to deactivate her account bc of the horrible bullying taking place is awful and unacceptable. We need to come together, and be kinder to one another. Please- if you have ever been on the wrong side of this, do better. Be better."
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Bristowe told fans that she "will not stand for" harassment of Lindsay. "I will happily lose so many followers — if anyone on here that follows me is sending any sort of negative message to Rachel Lindsay to have her hit a wall and deactivate her account, unfollow me," she said in a series of Instagram Story videos. "Promise — no offense taken. Don't care about the numbers going down. If you have in any way sent Rachel a message of hate or racism or anything that would contribute to her feeling so uncomfortable to deactivate her Instagram account, please unfollow me. Totally fine with that."
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Johnson wrote via his Instagram Story: "@therachlindsay we stan you!"
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Astrid Loch
"Stop harassing people and get a life," the Bachelor in Paradise alum captioned an Instagram Story post of Lathan's video. "Sending hateful messages to someone you don't know is actually INSANE!"
Becca Tilley
The Bachelor alum called out those who came after Lindsay. "The fact that we are in a place where people feel so comfortable being so hateful that someone's best option is to deactivate their Instagram account is appalling," she wrote on her Instagram Story. "Rachel Lindsay and other BIPOC have spoken out and against racism, calling for people to be held accountable, and asking for the Bachelor franchise to do better and the response that they receive on a daily basis is just more hate. People are so quick to use their time and energy to perpetuate the hate and fuel the fire instead of simply listening and being open to learning and growing. If you get mad about people being mad about racism, I would start there and ask yourself why."
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Alexis Waters
Waters tweeted: "Bro @TheRachLindsay did not get Chris Harrison fired… if you don't like her or her opinions, KEEP F—KING SCROLLING …. BULLYING SOMEONE IS NOT THE ANSWER."
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Katie Thurston
The season 25 Bachelor contestant applauded Lindsay via her Instagram Story. "I stand with Rachel Lindsay in everything that she is," she wrote. "I aspire to be as smart as she is. As fierce as she is. As entertaining as she is. As caring as she is. We'd all be lucky to have a Rachel Lindsay in our lives. While many of us do not know her personally, she has allowed us all to follow her. She has invited us into her life. Many have disrespected her. She has now deleted her IG account. I want my stance to be known. I will always be a Rachel Lindsay supporter. And if you are part of the hate she is experiencing, then unfollow me now. In the meantime, if you love and support her as much as I do, visit her website to learn about the various projects this talented woman is part of."
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The season 25 Bachelor commented "RT" on Abasolo's post, adding fist and prayer emojis.
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Ben Higgins
"If anybody out there is adding anymore hate to anybody — especially somebody like Rachel — it's not OK," the season 20 Bachelor said in a series of Instagram Story videos. "What are we doing? Where do we go from here if we're adding onto more hate, if we're expounding racism, if we're not trying to heal but instead trying to hurt? How far can this go?"
Higgins then encouraged his followers to do better. "We cannot continue to just add more hate onto hate onto hate. Especially with somebody trying to bring racial reconciliation to try to advance racial justice," he noted. "At the end of all of this, are we all not trying to love each other well, to see that each one of us are human, but also to recognize injustice that's been in this world and that still exists in this world and then try to go out and combat that so that all of us can be better together? So if you're adding onto Rachel's life with more negativity and more hate, you're missing it. Let's change our perspective. Let's use our energy for something good. It's that simple. It's not easy, but it's that simple. Let's use our energy for something good that helps the world and not hurts it."
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Natasha Parker
The "Click Bait" cohost pointed out that both Harrison and Kirkconnell admitted their wrongdoing in their apologies. "The double standard here is painfully hurtful. It's incredibly hard to watch someone with such good intentions be torn down in this way. If you know Rachel Lindsay personally you know exactly want I mean. She cares so much and isn't afraid to speak her mind and give meaningful prospectives [sic] in all aspects of life. She's a true gem and so rare. We all need her realness!" she explained via Instagram. "Women have fought too hard to have a voice, especially black women — Rachel Lindsay will not be silenced. Anything that happens or have happened in The Bachelor franchise is not Rachel's decision. She is not an ABC executive. She is not to blame for any of it."
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Caelynn Miller-Keyes
The Bachelor in Paradise alum wrote via her Instagram Story: "If you are someone sending hateful comments to Rachel Lindsay, please take a second to think about what you're doing. Why do you have so much hate in your heart? Rachel stood up against racism. She tried to educate us. She has done nothing wrong. I can't believe the horrific comments she is getting and the blame that is being placed so wrongly on her. This hate and harassment needs to stop. Please put down your phones and think about what you're doing. Your words hurt."
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Kristina Schulman
The Bachelor in Paradise alum paid tribute to Lindsay on Instagram. "Dedicating my love, support, respect, and admiration to my wonderful friend Rachel Lindsay," she wrote. "I can't begin to express how proud I am of you and the impact you're making. You're changing lives, speaking up on issues that matter, blazing the path to changing the future I want to highlight YOU for how strong, brave, and courageous you are. Continue being you because that's who I am inspired by 'Here's to strong women, may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them' Rachel, you are that strong woman."
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Jason Tartick
"I am sickened, I am sad, I am frustrated," Tartick said in a series of Instagram Story videos. "It is absolutely pathetic that she's undergoing this treatment to the point that she has to delete her Instagram. That's how much hate she's receiving. It's bulls—t. This is someone who is a professional, who puts her work at the highest priority and does it to move across the country to pursue an opportunity from where her husband is currently living so that she can put her family in a better position. And shows up to work and is prepared for an interview, which was probably the toughest interview that she has ever had to be a part of, holds her composure, still stays insightful, inspirational, educational through that process. And for people to flood her DMs and comments with racist hate, it's f—king disgusting. It's sick."
Sharleen Joynt
The Bachelor alum called out the franchise while supporting Lindsay. "How sad and small and afraid must one be to spend their precious time tearing down anyone, let alone a woman who so clearly represents what we should all STRIVE for: intelligence, strength, grace. Someone who fights with her every breath for equality, accountability, empathy," she wrote on her Instagram Story. "Kindness, the benefit of the doubt, understanding… they don't cost you anything, I promise. What about change scares you so badly? Would you say what you're typing to someone's face? Would you say it all if you weren't armed with anonymity? YOUR. WORDS. MATTER."
She added: "Bachelor Nation is broken and I've never been more ashamed to be associated with it."
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Danielle Maltby
"Get a f—king life is right and quit harassing Rachel Lindsay you racist, ignorant and fragile f—ks," the Bachelor alum demanded on her Instagram Story. "Get over yourselves and ask your self why this makes you so angry and upset."
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Chris Randone
The Bachelor in Paradise alum noted via his Instagram Story: "You already know where I stand & that's with Rachel Lindsay. This online bullying, judgement, negative spewing & s—t talking needs to stop."
Rachael Kirkconnell
The season 25 Bachelor contestant, whom Harrison defended in his interview with Lindsay, spoke out about the harassment via Instagram. "You have the opportunity to make a positive difference, to use your energy towards change, and to come together and realize what's right in a time like this," she wrote. "If you are choosing to rather spread hate, to send cruel, vicious messages, to be mad about people being hurt by racism…do better. Be better."
Kirkconnell continued: "Rachel Lindsay and other BIPOC have called for myself and others to be held accountable. This is needed, and she does not deserve the hate she is receiving. Recognize that she along with every person you send hateful messages to, are human. We are real people, and she should not have to disable her account to escape this toxicity. This is not okay. She is doing the hard work that needs to be done for change, and does not deserve to be silenced or ridiculed. If you are someone that has been cruel, find what fuels this hate in your heart, and fix it."


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Cutting red tape is good for us all - Defra
1 May 2007, source edie newsroom
If the balancing act succeeds, we can cut the burden of bureaucracy while maximising the positive outcomes of regulation, according to Defra.
Speaking at SustainabilityLive! on Tuesday, the department's Dr Martin Griffith gave a whistlestop tour of Defra's efforts to simplify regulations in line with the Government's wider better regulations initiative.
Dr Griffith repeated the Defra mantra that cutting red tape was not the same as creating a corporate free for all and that the initiative was about making the best use of taxpayer's money whilst protecting the environment.
"A lot of sceptics are concerned that we're reducing standards here, but for me it's about improving the reputation of regulators so that we can make the most sensible steps towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution," he said.
He compared the situation to the introduction of the seatbelt laws, which had been strongly resisted by the public and car manufacturers at their inception but now were so universally accepted they did not need enforcing. Despite this, however, he said nobody would advocate getting rid of the law completely.
"There's been a lot of bad experience of reducing regulation in the Thatcherite years, she was out to self regulate," he said.
"But no business takes itself to court so you need to have a backstop."
He said that Government would also be looking at how penalties might be applied to best effect. Expecting an astonished gasp from his audience, he suggested that there was a convincing argument that oil refineries in the USA were on the whole better behaved than those in Britain as enforcement in the UK was based on criminal proceedings whereas in the States they were usually civil cases.
That meant that while a company in breach of regulations in the UK might walk away with a medium fine, a criminal record and a black mark against its name, in the US they lived in fear of truly colossal fines, which were an effective incentive.
He also spoke at length about targeted regulation and 'earned autonomy' arguing that resources were better used keeping a close eye on those who repeatedly failed to meet their obligations while letting those with a good track record get on with their business with the minimum of interference.
"We'll back off those who do well but those who are international criminals, we'll jump on very hard," said Dr Griffith.
He also said that the companies with foresight were recognising that Defra's dream scenario - businesses going beyond regulatory requirements on their own initiative - worked for them too.
"We all moan about the costs, but actually there are huge economic benefits of getting things right," said Dr Griffith.
"Going beyond regulation offers huge marketing potential as the public becomes more concerned about environmental performance."
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In 1995 I paid a dollar and ninety-five cents for a copy of X-Force # 44 and seventeen years later it occurs to me that nobody fights anybody in that comic book.
"…Already in Progress…"
X-Force, No. 44
Jeph Loeb & Adam Pollina
Seventeen years and fifty additional cents. I bought another copy of this comic from a local fifty-cent bin. Much of it reads the same as it did back then: overly gestural art, body language more theatrical than real people ever would display. Fascinating graphic approach for a comic series that was born as a more hardline, rough edged X-Men. High school drama club, the comic book. A much greater focus was placed on facial expressions and emotive storytelling. Unfortunately, for all of his graphic ambition, Adam Pollina is undermining the script which is fairly undramatic.
This is the forty-fourth issue in the series (forty-eighth, considering the alternate reality "Gambit and the X-Ternals" diversion that this issue follows) but it is actually the first issue in a new direction of the series. A kinder, gentler X-Force if you will.
Last night, in addition to reading this old comic, I also watched the series pilot for the television sitcom "The New Girl." This particular pilot/first episode did everything correctly. It introduced me to each character through their actions and points of view taken, it set the protagonist against a problem which seems important to her and each of the supporting characters is given a personal stake in its outcome. Everybody goes about addressing the central problem in his or her way, largely depending on how far from the primary character they orbit. The plot of the pilot resolves and the audience learns a great deal about each character due to his or her behavior during the course of events.
One thing I yell about on this site is how improperly serial comic books are written. This isn't a matter of opinion or taste, this is about objective fact. This comic book story "…Already in Progress…" (see, referencing that alternate reality diversion) is flat out incorrectly written. As the first issue in a new direction, this should be akin to a pilot episode. For all of the flack that Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza's original X-Force #1 received, it was a very good pilot episode. X-Force # 1 ("A Force to be Reckoned With," 1991) was a self contained story about X-Force's first attempt to knock out a terrorist organization with whom they would presumably struggle with throughout the course of the series. The inaugural issue/episode outlined the cast of characters' personalities through their actions, and the series' themes through the X-Force group's overall tactical approach.
To bring the audience back for issue two, we learn of another antagonist, a member of the international police force, S.H.I.E.L.D. which tells the audience that the characters who we are following are on the wrong side of the law. Pursuing terrorists and pursued by authorities, we have in one issue a complete picture of what this series will be about. In the new direction paved by Jeph Loeb in issue 44, we get only part of this. We are introduced to the new look of the team and hinted at the new relationship that X-Force will have with other fictional organizations but we don't have a serious picture of exactly what this brand new direction will be (apart from matching outfits).
Pollina gives it his all, he has the characters twist and fret and flit about but it's much ado about nothing. He brings his B+ game to a C- plot and an D- script. What little story is present here has a particular charm to it. Children huddled around a locked door, attempting to hear what the adults are discussing. It would be much more believable if the children in question weren't battle-hardened soldiers. It would be more believable if the killer from a futuristic world wasn't intimidated by a guy whose big deal is that he can fly now. It would be more believable if Jeph Loeb found some time in this gripping plot to have X-Force actually beat somebody up (anybody, really).
Bygones.
Seventeen years.
Wait, time heals no wounds. Why is it that the "violent X-Men spinoff" is so timid about conflict? Another "major" "plot point" of this X-Force #44 is that Rictor (the grumpy one) quits in a huff. One of the best things about the very first X-Force was the sometimes brutal internal hostilities among the cast of characters. In Liefeld and Nicieza's second issue ("The Blood Hunters," 1991), one character tears another's insides out. Horrible. Troubled youths on the run from the law and from each other. In this second beginning of number 44, everything is so soft and mellow that the only possible internal conflict walks out the front door. Perhaps he was as bored as you'd be, reading this nonsense.
Apropos of nothing, in X-Force #44, there is a double-page centerfold spread of Sabertooth in a speedo lounging in a forest. Adam Pollina must have had a sexy man clause in his contract. Plus one letter grade for cheesecake.
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The MATE Fit for Workers exoskeleton uses an advanced spring-based passive structure. MATE delivers lightweight, breathable and highly effective postural support without the need for batteries, motors or other failure-prone devices. It is also compact and ergonomically designed thanks to the partnership between Comau, ÖSSUR, a leading non-invasive orthopedics company and IUVO, a spin-off company of The BioRobotics Institute (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna) specialized in wearable technologies. MATE is fully able to replicate any movement of the shoulder while adhering to the body like a "second skin".
Maurizio Cremonini, Comau Head of Marketing, commented, "We are particularly proud to have developed this innovative wearable technology. MATE has been designed in close collaboration with factory workers, thus responding directly to their specific needs. With our exoskeleton, they will be able to do the same tasks but with less fatigue. For Comau, this is also an extraordinary opportunity to reach a global market that, according to the IFR, grew more than 60% from 2015 to 2017 and is estimated to continue growing at a rate of 25% each year until 2020. We believe that the industrial sector will represent about one third of the exoskeleton's applications."
Reflecting Comau's vision and commitment to innovative, open and easy-to-use technologies, MATE is an important part in the company's HUMANufacturing Technology strategy, a concept in which people are protagonists within the smart factory together with cutting-edge, digital tools, enabling technologies and 'intelligent' industrial robotics within a networked production system. It is also the first of a series of wearable robotics that Comau is developing and commercializing in partnership with IUVO and Össur. A fundamental aspect of the collaboration is the joint desire to progress and evolve human-machine collaboration within diverse sectors, including biomedical, manufacturing and consumer. MATE was designed and developed at the Comau HUMANufacturing Innovation Center in Pontedera (Pisa), Italy.


Peacefully situated 4 bedroom cottage, yet only 15 minutes from many activities.
Situated in the green rolling hills of Poitou-Charentes on the edge of the village of Luchapt, Le Rocher is to be found at the end of a lane, providing a very secluded and peaceful spot. This old farmhouse has been lovingly converted into a welcoming and very well-equipped holiday home.
Le Rocher sleeps 8 and is ideal for two families sharing a holiday. However, should you have a smaller party, please do get in touch as we may be able to offer you a discounted rate.
We have holidayed here as a family since our children were 3 and 6, so over the past 7 years we have worked out what is needed when you are on holiday in this beautiful area. It doesn't take long to let go of all the stresses and strains of life at home, to slow down to the pace of life in rural France. We have had lots of friends and family stay with us, and some have holidayed independently too, and they all say how relaxing and re-energising staying here has been. And most importantly, for us anyway, it is time together as a family just to have fun!
On the ground floor, there is a master bedroom has a king-sized bed and an en-suite shower room, a further double bedroom, a bunk bedroom and a separate bathroom and WC.
In the spacious attic there are 3 single beds, though two are slightly smaller in size and therefore more suitable for children. There are few children's toys, some games such as Pictionary, Scrabble, Jenga and Twister and a few jigsaws.
We also have a travel cot, potty and child's booster seat with tray that can be attached to one of the dining chairs.
The main living area for the house is the open plan salon on the ground floor, with a fully equipped kitchen, dining area and comfortable lounge area with a coffee table and wood burning stove, should you visit outwith the summer season! There is a TV (although no aerial) and DVD player (which can also play CDs), and an ipod docking station in the main salon, as well as an additional TV/DVD player in the spacious attic room, but we don't have WiFi.
Outside, there is a large private garden, with an above-ground pool – (6m x 4m) - that has decking on two sides providing space for sun loungers. The large deck that wraps around the back and side of the house has tables and chairs,sun loungers, a barbecue and a large parasol and provides the perfect place to enjoy the uninterrupted views of the countryside. There is a path opposite the front door that leads down to a small river, where the family can picnic and children can paddle and explore the rock pools.
The area around the village of Luchapt is perfect for walking and there are maps at the house showing various routes you can take and several of our guests have enjoyed going for runs on the roads and pathways around Luchapt. The area is equally popular with cyclists and we have two adult bicycles available at the house should they be of interest.
Within the village of Luchapt itself, there is now a communal chicken coop where you can take left over food to feed to the chickens. Set up by the community a couple of years ago as a way of recycling food waste, they are the happiest healthiest looking hens I have ever seen and they love it when you visit with your food waste! ( Details of what the chickens can and cannot eat are at the house! ) And on Wednesday evenings between 5 and 7pm there is a market selling local produce including a local brewery!
The nearest town is L'Isle Jourdain, (15 min drive) with supermarket, outdoor pool with slides, café and excellent boulangerie. It also offers bungee jumping from the viaduct!
Roger found Le Rocher very much by chance. A friend he was staying with while searching, had mentioned his quest to a friend of hers, who happened to notice the house advertised in the Post Office. She took Roger to see the house on the morning he was to fly home and, despite the property being very run down, was struck immediately by it's fantastic location. At the end of a road, with no passing traffic, uninterrupted views across the fields beyond and the sound of the small river at the bottom of the hill the only noise he could hear, he had a feeling it could be something special. Twelve years later, we are still discovering what Luchapt and the surrounding area has to offer - as our children grow older we are finding more adventurous things to do - but most importantly, we still love Le Rocher and the chance it gives us as a family to recharge our batteries.
We loved it here, the house had everything we needed, the kids spent loads of time in the pool but there was also plenty to do locally too - beautiful villages, good pools, zip wires etc. Didn't know the area before we visited but really liked it.
What a wonderful, well-equipped cottage. We spent an extremely relaxing week at le Rocher. It is family friendly and safe, with a great pool and a river just metres away. The house is very clean, beautifully decorated and spacious. Our children loved making use of the great choice of DVDs, games and toys available. The garden is secluded and has beautiful views of the local countryside. The owners were helpful and friendly, and their recommendations for places to visit/local attractions were superb!
Thank you so much for your review. We're delighted that you had such a good time and made good use of the facilities on offer. It's important to us that our guests are well-informed about all the local attractions on offer, so we're delighted that you enjoyed these recommendations and managed, by the sound of it, to see a number of them! Thanks again, and we hope to see you again sometime.
If you want some swimming pools with slides and chutes, there are two outdoor heated pools, in Bellac (20 minutes away) and L'Isle Jourdain (15 minutes). The Bellac one is my favourite and is open all day (the latter closes for lunch, although it does have a nice park area by it with picnic tables under the trees). It may be worth your while to buy a 'carnet' of ten tickets, which works out cheaper (though it is not expensive anyway). Bellac also has a bar within the pool that sells ice creams and chips. If the weather is not so good, there is a good indoor pool in Montmorillon – (approx 30 minutes away), which is also a lovely town to visit. Please be aware that, for nearly all pools in France, they demand proper swimming trunks/costumes and not shorts.
Roger tried water -skiing for the first time this year on the Vienne in L'isle Jourdain. Bookable in advance, terrific instructor, great fun and fabulous setting.
We always go kayaking at Moussac (20 mins). You can go for either a short 2 hour trip down the Vienne or a longer half day trip. Well organised, beautiful stretch of the river and a lot of fun. The canoes take either 2 or 3 people so adults and children can go.
We also discovered this year an 18 hole mini golf course in Availles Limouzine (15 mins). An inexpensive way to spend a fun couple of hours, situated alongside the river.
We have not been to Futuroscope, just north of Poitiers (approx 1 hour away), but it is the third most popular attraction in France and apparently makes a really good day out.
-	Vallée des Singes, Romagne (40 mins). Big monkey park. Highly recommended.
-	Planète des Crocodiles, Civaux (30 mins). Not quite so enticing but good if weather is not so good. These last two offer a cheaper joint ticket for both places.
-	Géants du Ciel, Chauvigny (40 mins). Terrific aerial show of eagles, owls, herons etc in a very pleasant castle ruin setting.
-	Parc des Animaux, Hiesse (35 mins). Low-key, but rather a nice outing and has a restaurant.
-	Oradour sur Glane (40 mins). A village whose inhabitants were massacred by the Germans in World War 2 has been left as it was, as a memorial. Very moving place to visit with an informative museum.
- DefiPlanet (40 mins)- Adventure park, animal park, magic forest, picnic areas and much more. Brilliant day out. For more information check out the link on the links section.
- Velorail at Confolens (30 mins) Cycling on disused train tracks! A fantastic way to see the countryside surrounding the very beautiful town of Confolens. Each 'train' takes 5 people. Great fun for the family and good exercise too!


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Education Index Animal Cloning
Final Essay: Multiple Sources, Research Based Argumentative Essay
Animal Cloning: Beneficial to Humans
Today's technology develops so quickly that many impossible things become true; the example is cloning technology. Cloning is a process used to create an exact copy of a mammal by using the complete genetic material of a regular body cell. Different from the common propagate, cloning needs only one cell and without sex. Cloning, as of recent years, has become a very controversial issue in society but cloning can have several positive effects for the well being of society. Many people in society believe that scientists should develop a clone human but many people and especially the government are against human cloning. Hundreds of …show more content…
Moreover, Ranchers will be able to breed animals that are more resistant to diseases, thereby improving the health of the herd and reduce the need for medical intervention. Animal cloning is also offers to reproduce extinct animals. For example, gelded horses, or have passed away animals, cloning offers the capability to produce a genetic twin. This new assisted reproductive technology can allow for the continuation of a genetic line that might otherwise not be possible. Cloning techniques is helping us to reproduce the strongest and healthiest animals. For example, In Southeast Asia, both banteng and gaur which are meat-type bovines, have been cloned in conservation efforts that are focused on increasing populations of species threatened by extinction. In China, researchers are preserving giant Panda cells in the event that their numbers are threatened by extinction.
Several farmers disagree with this method in risk of narrowing down the genetic gene pool. Many farmers go by the fundamental rules of selective breeding; one must maintain a high level of genetic variation, or there may be problems from inbreeding (Bruce). This raises questions of possible side effects of inbreeding. According to Jeffrey Rushen, who is a researcher at Dairy and Swine Research and Development, "...there remains no evidence to judge whether or not inbreeding leads to an increased
Human Cloning- Term Paper
Should human reproductive cloning be accepted? Based from Human Genome Project Information (n.d.), "Cloning is a term traditionally used by scientists to describe different processes for duplicating biological material." It means creating a genetically identical copy of an organism. Scientists attempted to clone animals for many years. In fact, there are hundreds of cloned animals existing today. It started in 1952 when a tadpole was cloned. But worldwide attention and concerns only aroused….
terrifying secret. Moreau and Montgomery have been performing scientific research on human beings and the experiment goes terribly wrong. They have ignored the most fundamental law of the jungle: survival of the fittest. The doctor is seeking to make animals half human by means of vivisectional surgery; the transplantation of organs, and the pain involved is very….
The Ability of Humans to Manipulate Dna Is a Mixed Blessing
which code for proteins. For plants and bacteria; restriction enzymes are used to cut a DNA segment from a desired gene source and a bacterium plasmid. They are joined using ligase enzymes and inserted into the plant chromosome or host bacterium. For animals the recombinant DNA is injected into an embryo and transferred to a recipient mother. The organisms will now express a new protein. Proteins determine form and metabolism. Genetic engineering changes the natural DNA of living things, cutting across….
Stem Cell Research Recently, there has been quite a lot of controversy among the media regarding the topic of stem cell research, its pros and cons, but what is this controversy really about? The term "stem" cells can be compared with another much known term: "differentiated" cells. The importance they bring to the humankind is that of the hope of new medical advancements being deposited into these cells because of their amazing capability to develop in almost any type of cell. For example, spinal….
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Genetically Modified Organisms Research Paper
promoting diseases in the soil to kill the plant. Plants that have been treated with Roundup or genetically altered have been shown to have a substantial decrease in the plants nutritional values. The nutrient deficient plants become weak and sick, the animals that eat the plants….
Frankenstein, the Modern Prometheus?
according to their dreams and imaginings. Mary Shelly's reservations about the unrestricted pursuit of knowledge and the dangers inherent in that pursuit are a timely warning across the decades as scientists today explore genetic engineering, cloning and other branches of bio-science. Perhaps, these are yet more examples of the modern Prometheus. In conclusion, the obvious connection between the myth and the novel is to that of Prometheus the life-giver. Frankenstein created the Monster in….
Frankenstein vs. God
No Human Can Play God In the Bible, the book of Genesis 1:27 states that "God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." Creating both men and women in His image, God is the only person who can do this successfully, giving us unconditional love and never abandoning us throughout our journey in life. On the other hand, Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist creates a life form due to his love of natural sciences. His desire to create….
Frankenstein and Blade Runner Essay (Contexts and Representation)
Explore the way in which different contexts affects the representation of similar content in the texts Frankenstein and Blade Runner. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, whilst separated by 174 years, feature very similar content which can be seen by comparing the two side by side. Coming from different contexts, they both express their anxieties about technology, which is shown through a man made creature, and they both exhibit a strong valuing of nature. However due….
An Outline of the Cell Theory
for the continual production of a particular type of tissue. •	Pluripotent- give rise to any type of cell •	Treating diseases? 2.1.10 Outline one therapeutic use of stem cells (2). •	Replace differentiated cells lost due to injury •	Therapeutic cloning- implanted stem cells replace lost cells •	Tissue- specific stem cells- these cells reside in certain tissue types and can only produce new cells of that particular tissue •	For example, stem cells have been introduced to humans to replace the damaged….
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Review: The Black Phone
Stars: Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke, Madeleine McGraw
Denver, Colorado in October of 1978. Conceivably, Michael Myers is terrorising Haddonfield a thousand miles away, but here the name feared by kids and adults alike is "The Grabber". So nicknamed by the press, there's a man cruising the neighbourhoods in a black van abducting children who are never seen again. The ensuing tension is pervasive like a storm waiting to break. The Black Phone is pocked with physical violence. Adults beating on their kids, and kids taking on these cues, lashing out at one another.
Finney (Mason Thames) and his sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) are psychically gifted; a trait inherited from their mother and despised by their violently alcoholic father (Jeremy Davies, continuing his stalwart efforts to have the worst hair in whatever he's in). Gwen has prophetic dreams, but our focus is on Finney, who is struggling to stand up to bullies at school when he is swept off of the streets by Ethan Hawke's mask-wearing menace.
Stephen King has quite famously given us a number of ghoulish coming-of-age tales that have become part of the cultural lexicon (Carrie, IT etc). The Black Phone – based on a story by his son and author in his own right Joe Hill – goes to show that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Having parted ways with Marvel and the Doctor Strange films, Scott Derrickson returns to horror as though he never stepped away, bringing the sensibility of Sinister and retaining a couple key members of the same cast (Hawke is here, but so too is James Ransone in a barmy small role). Where Sinister used grainy Super-8 film snippets to display malign terrors, The Black Phone weaponises it's potency for nostalgia. Gwen's dreams are rendered as reconfigured memories that look like home movies.
Still, her terrified psychic sleuthing to find Finney is but a B-story to his lived ordeal in the basement of The Grabber; a maniac whose changing kabuki mask belies a wealth of volatile personalities. Finney's prison is equipped with the titular telephonic device; out of order, save for the spirits of The Grabber's previous victims who dial Finney clues to his escape from the great beyond. Through this device, The Black Phone depicts young people empowering one another. It's like Stand by Me met The Silence of the Lambs.
Jonathan Demme's horror thriller proves a key influence in more ways than one. The upstairs/downstairs dynamic of dominance is there plainly, but The Black Phone orchestrates a misdirect straight out of it's predecessor. So blatantly so, in fact, that it's guessable way before the pay-off.
Regardless of this, Derrickson keeps us on our toes well enough throughout. By and large his young stars are promising finds (Thames especially), while his script (co-authored with regular collaborator C. Robert Cargill) only really trips up when it plays school-age puckishness for comic effect. Gwen's potty-mouth outbursts to her seniors play wildly out of character, more in-keeping with the sassier vibe of a Shane Black flick. More rewarding is how Finney's seeming failures to escape coalesce into new opportunities come the final act.
Throughout Gwen prays to Jesus, rebuking him for his inaction, while Finney receives direct contact from ethereal forces that allow him the means to save himself. Given their sibling connection, might the latter be the manifest answer to the former's plea? By dividing the story as it does, The Black Phone masks its own immediate spiritualism, while conflating religious belief with other such unproven forces that exist in potential via our fears, dreams and imaginations. '70s setting aside, it feels like an old-school horror yarn, with only a couple of (admittedly effective) tilts to modern jump-scare tactics. The psychology of Hawke's baddie is sketched just enough. Derrickson understands that overt explanations often don't help horror, and his repeated references to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre underscores this. Hawke – a remarkably unpretentious actor – has fun here, and his kook colours the tone of the whole.
It all wraps up neatly enough (never trust a second home owner), but this is mainstream studio horror, and The Black Phone rests on the conceit that what is dead may never die. Given this, don't be overly surprised if there's a sequel or prequel already in the works somewhere, dependent on box office returns of course.
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Q: Visualforce page title I have a couple visualforce pages that show a title in my browser 'Documentations' that I can't figure out why.
Here's an example of one page:
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The pic is how it shows in a browser tab. Any idea why it doesn't show my title?

A: I found the correct dependent page and removing the title from that fixed the issue.
Sorry.
I do think it is odd that a dependent page's title will overwrite the main page's title.

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Public schools in the Baltimore area begin opening their doors tomorrow.
The reason for the early start is that Labor Day is late this year -- Sept. 7 -- and the school systems had to choose between starting early or ending the school year late in June.
* Anne Arundel County: Tomorrow.
* Baltimore County: Tuesday, Sept 8.
* Carroll County: Tuesday, Sept. 8.
* Harford County: Tuesday, Sept. 8.
The early start means that students in the city and in Howard and Anne Arundel counties can complete the state-mandated 180 days of schooling by June 10, assuming they lose no days because of the weather or other emergencies.


1. Fixed a bug that the device would enable IGMP proxy by default and it may influence IPTV.
2. Your device's configuration won't be lost after upgrading.
3. You can only upgrade to the EU firmware after update.


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Archive for the 'Monsters' Category
Medusas – Three Old Citadel Miniatures
July 9, 2022 graemedavis 6 comments
Citadel's C18 Night Horrors miniatures were issued between 1984 and 1986. Most of them never received game stats for Warhammer or WFRP, and I have covered a few of them in earlier posts in this series.
The Stuff of Legends site has a complete listing of the range here, but for this post, I'll concentrate on the Medusas.
There were three figures in total. One was a snake-haired hag, another had a snake body like the version of Medusa in the 1981 movie Clash of the Titans, and the third was armoured and dressed in a flowing robe (actually a simple head-swapped variant on an armoured wight figure from the same range).
To the best of my knowledge, Medusas (or Gorgons, as I prefer to call them, since in Greek myth Medusa was one of three sisters by that name) have never received rules or stats in any official WFRP publication, though a comment below shares some links to previous Warhammer incarnations. I've based my stats and rules more on the miniatures than these past versions, though. Needless to say, what follows is in no way official and should be considered a fan work. No challenge is intended to copyrights or trademarks held by Games Workshop, Cubicle 7, or anyone else.
These fearsome but reclusive creatures inhabit the remotest mountains of the southern Old World, from the Border Princes to eastern Tilea. They appear in several legends from Classical times, but their origins are unclear. While they are clearly creatures of Chaos, they appear not to be aligned with any one of the Ruinous powers, although a Medusa will occasionally ally with a Champions of Chaos or other warlord for the right price.
M WS BS S T I Ag Dex Int WP Fel W
Traits: Fear 1, Mental Corruption (Hateful Impulses), Mutation (Snake Hair – see below), Night Vision, Petrifying Gaze, Weapon +5
Optional: Armor 2, Champion, Mental Corruption (Unending Malice), Mutation (Snake Body), Ranged +9 (150)
Snake Hair: A Medusa's hair gives her a +5 attack at Personal range, with Venom. This cannot be used in the same round as any other attack.
Snake Body: Movement -1, Tail +5 attack
Zoats: From Warhammer to 40K (and back again)
The Ambull: From 40K to WFRP (again)
Viydagg: A Forgotten WFRP Monster
Mardagg: A Forgotten WFRP Monster
Mabrothrax: A Forgotten WFRP Monster
Jabberwock: A Forgotten WFRP Monster
Devil Eel: A New Monster for WFRP4
Gargoyle: A Forgotten WFRP Monster
The Toad Dragon: An Old Citadel Miniature Described for WFRP4
The Spectral Claw: An Old Citadel Miniature Described for WFRP4
The Mud Elemental: Two Old Monsters Combined for WFRP4
Leaping Slomm Two-Face, Another Old Citadel Miniature
Zygor Snake-Arms, Another Old Citadel Miniature
Independent Daemons for WFRP 4th Edition
Chaos Snakemen – A Forgotten Warhammer Race
Menfish – Another Lost Warhammer Race
Golems in Warhammer
Giant Bats and Fell Bats
Lesser Daemon of Malal
Greater Daemon of Malal
And while you're here…
Since 2020, I've been a director of Rookery Publications, a new indie TTRPG studio that I co-founded with some names that WFRP fans are sure to recognize: Andy Law, Lindsay Law, Andy Leask, and Mark Gibbons. Our first product is available from DriveThru, and has garnered some good reviews so far. There is much, much more to follow.
If you like the idea of new, system-agnostic roleplaying products (which means that they have been designed to be used with any edition of WFRP, and indeed with any other ruleset) from our merry band, check the Rookery out on any of these platforms.
Discord is the the hub of a vibrant and growing Rookery community.
YouTube and Twitch each have a Rookery channel where you can find our weekly Inside the Rookery streams, where we chat with big-name guests from across the industry about all manner of things.
Inside the Rookery, along with the occasional Beside the Rookery streams, are supported by our Patreon campaign. If you like what the Rookery has to offer and would like to be part of our story, you can support us for a very low monthly commitment (and if you can afford more, we have higher tiers, too!), and get access to exclusive content like the Rookery masterclasses on game design and development and special publications like the just-released Mother Hoarfrost PDF.
And you can also find us on:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RookeryPublications
Twitter: @RookeryP
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rookerypublications/
Categories: games, Monsters, Myth and Folklore, WFRP Tags: Citadel C18, Citadel Compendium, Citadel Journal, Citadel Miniatures, games, medusa, monster, Night Horrors, roleplaying, roleplaying games, rpg, rpgs, warhammer, warhammer fantasy roleplay, WFRP, wfrp 4th edition, WFRP4
I.O.U. 1 WFRP Monster
July 6, 2022 graemedavis Leave a comment
Monster? What's this about? Click here to find out!
I'm a little busy right now starting a new job, but I hope to get to it over the weekend. If there's something particular you'd like to see, drop its name in the comments along with the edition(s) of WFRP for which you'd like stats. No promises, but I'll see what I can do.
While you're here, though, I'd like to tell you about Rookery Publications, a new rpg studio that I've founded along with four other WFRP veterans: Writer, cartographer, and developer extraordinaire Andy Law; art legend Mark Gibbons; editor, proofreader, and business expert Lindsay Law, and prolific writer Andy Leask.
We are working on a dark fantasy setting with a series of sourcebooks and a campaign. Everything is designed to be modular so you can take it as written or kitbash it to fit your own campaign. It is system-agnostic, and the first few products have tested well with WFRP as well as an array of other games. Our first two titles are five-star products on DriveThruRPG, and you can find them here.
We also produce weekly "Inside the Rookery" live streams with guests from across the games industry. Past guests have included Bob Naismith, who ran the GEW miniatures department in the late 80s and created the first Space Marines, WFRP artist Ralph Horsley, ex-GW designer and novelist Gav Thorpe, former Hogshead Publishing chief James Wallis, Marc Gascoigne of Black Library and now Aconyte Books, and many more. The live streams go out on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook, and are archived on our YouTube channel. Inside the Rookery is supported by our Patreon campaign (https://www.patreon.com/InsideTheRookery).
You can find Rookery Publications at:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRookery
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/rookerypublications
and we have a very active community on Discord.
Categories: games, Monsters, Rookery, Uncategorized, WFRP Tags: fantasy, game writing, games, roleplaying, roleplaying games, Rookery Publications, rpg, rpgs, system-agnostic gaming, The Coiled Crown, warhammer, warhammer fantasy roleplay, WFRP
Doomlord – Greater Daemon of Malal
Art by Tony Ackland
As I said in my previous post on the Lesser Daemon of Malal, the Renegade God was cut from Warhammer canon before Realm of Chaos was published. Two excellent posts from Awesome Lies and Realm of Chaos 80s give a fuller account. During my time on the project, I developed Lesser and Greater Daemons for him, based on existing art by Tony Ackland.
Before the decision was taken to cut Malal, I worked to include the Renegade God in my draft of Realm of Chaos. This included describing two Daemons for him: one greater and one lesser. By following my blog, Warhammer fans voted for both these creatures to receive stats for WFRP 1st and 4th editions. As always, what follows is to be regarded as a fan work and no challenge is intended to copyrights held by Games Workshop, Cubicle 7, or anyone else.
The mighty Doomlords are the most powerful servants of the Renegade God Malal. Massive creatures with hooves, horns, and tails, they fight the forces of Chaos with massive weapons and soul-sucking magic.
WFRP 4th Edition
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Traits: Armour 4, Belligerent, Bite +10, Champion, Corruption (Major), Daemonic 7+, Frenzy, Hatred (creatures and followers of Chaos), Horns +7, Painless, Size (Monstrous), Soul Drain (new), Tail +6, Terror 3, Unstable, 2 x Weapon +16
Optional: Fast, Elite, Hardy
New Trait: Soul Drain
When the Doomlord's tail attack scores a critical on any creature without the Undead or Daemonic Traits, do not roll as normal. Instead, the tail-barbs seize the victim and the human-looking head on the tip of the tail bites deeply into the victim's flesh, draining their soul in an instant and leaving their body a shriveled, dead husk.
Half of the victim's Wounds (at the time the critical was scored) go to Malal as a soul sacrifice. The other half are added to the Doomlord's own Wounds score, for the next round of combat only. If the Doomlord is wounded during the round, these additional Wounds points are used first.
This attack counts as magical.
WFRP 1st Edition
M WS BS S T W I A Dex Ld Int Cl WP Fel
6 90 93 7 7 39 100 10 89 89 89 89 89 20
Special Rules: 2 armour points on all locations. Subject to hatred against creatures and followers of Chaos (except Malal). Cause terror in all living creatures under 10 feet tall. Subject to instability. Immune to psychological effects except those caused by gods. Cannot be forced to leave combat except by such beings.
The Monsters so Far:
Zoats
Ambull
Viydagg
Mardagg
Mabrothrax
Toad Dragon
The Spectral Claw
The Mud Elemental
Ngaaranh Spawn of Chaos
Leaping Slomm Two-Face
Zygor Snake-Arms
Independent Daemons
Chaos Snakemen
Menfish
Golems
Since 2020, I've been a director of Rookery Publications, a new indie TTRPG studio that I co-founded with some names that WFRP fans are sure to recognize: Andrew Law, Lindsay Law, Andy Leask, and Mark Gibbons. Our first product is available from DriveThru, and has garnered some good reviews so far. There is much, much more to follow.
Categories: games, Monsters, WFRP Tags: Daemon, games, Kaleb Daark, Malal, monster, roleplaying, roleplaying games, rpg, rpgs, warhammer, warhammer fantasy roleplay, WFRP, wfrp 1st edition, wfrp 4th edition, WFRP1, WFRP4
I was embarrassed to discover that I had not set up my Free League Workshop products for Vaesen correctly. Here they are, officially within the Workshop as they should have been from the start. Existing purchases should be unaffected.
There's a new one as of today, too – the Norwegian brunnmigi or 'well-pisser'. Honestly – no manners at all…
Do you like monsters? Then check out the collection I've done for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th edition, and find out how to persuade me to do more!
My Complete and Utter Myth and Monsterography
My Top Five Monster Books (that I worked on)
Categories: games, Monsters, Myth and Folklore, Vaesen Tags: folklore, Free League, game writing, games, Monsters, roleplaying, roleplaying games, rpg, rpgs, Vaesen, Year Zero
Doombringer – Lesser Daemon of Malal
February 26, 2022 graemedavis 13 comments
The history of Malal is well known. Created for the Kaleb Daark comic, he was cut from Warhammer canon over ownership issues. Two excellent posts from Awesome Lies and Realm of Chaos 80s give a fuller account.
Before the decision was taken to cut Malal, I worked to include the Renegade God in my draft of Realm of Chaos. This included describing two Daemons for him: one greater and one lesser.
No one had drawn or sculpted and Daemons for Malal, so I turned to the vast body of art that had been created for Realm of Chaos since the project was first begun several years earlier. The image above, with its birdlike skull, reminded me of Kaleb Daark's weapon Dreadaxe, so I chose it for the Lesser Daemon.
Malal was cut, Mike Brunton wrestled Realm of Chaos over the finish line where so many others had failed, and this image was never used, so far as I know. The Daemons for each of the Ruinous Powers were set in particular forms, leaving this and many other Daemon images redundant and forgotten. So it was for more than 30 years.
Then last week, some Polish WFRP fans started to lobby for a treatment of this little beauty. As part of their fan project to bring the Old World to the Genesys system, they added Malal back into the lore and created a new treatment of the Lesser Daemon, naming it the Malignancy after the title of the Awesome Lies post. They asked me for stats, and provided enough blog follows and comments to unlock a new monster according to my promise of a little while ago – so here it is. I prefer the name Doombringer, but you can call it whatever you like in your own games. Trevor, for example.
As always, this post is to be regarded as a fan work and no challenge is intended to any copyrights held by Games Workshop, Cubicle 7, or anyone else.
Art by Barbara Szymańska
After the warriors known as the Doomed Ones, Doombringers are the most numerous servants of the renegade Chaos God Malal. They may be summoned by his followers to help fight the creatures and servants of the Ruinous Powers.
Doombringers are a semi-skeletal mixture of bird and beast, with hoofed legs, a head something like a bird's skull, and arms that end in long, curving blades of razor-sharp bone. Their beaks are armed with sharp teeth. Their skin is pitch-black, contrasting with the gleaming white of their hooves, skulls, and blades in the favored colors of Malal: black and white.
They are fast and agile fighters, leaping and slashing with uncanny speed.
6 60 – 45 35 60 60 – 25 70 15 17
Traits: Armour 4, Belligerent, Bite 5+, Champion, Corruption (Moderate), Daemonic 8+, Fear 3, Frenzy, Hatred (creatures and followers of Chaos), Painless, Unstable, 2 x Weapon +9
6 55 – 4 4 6 60 3 60* 89 89 89 89 15
* For agility-based tests only. Manual Dexterity is 0
Special Rules: 1 armour point on all locations. Subject to hatred against creatures and followers of Chaos (except Malal). Cause fear in all living creatures under 10 feet tall. Subject to instability. Immune to psychological effects except those caused by Greater Daemons or gods. Cannot be forced to leave combat except by such beings.
Categories: Monsters, Uncategorized, WFRP Tags: Daemon, games, Kaleb Daark, Malal, roleplaying, roleplaying games, rpg, rpgs, warhammer, warhammer fantasy roleplay, WFRP
Giant Bats and Fell Bats for WFRP 4
I just noticed an omission in the adventure "The Return of the Gravelord" in The Horned Rat Companion. Stats were not provided for the Fell Bats in Gräber's retinue. Fell Bats first appeared in the Vampire Counts army books for Warhammer, and to the best of my knowledge they have never received official stats for any edition of WFRP. Similar, though not as frightening, are the Giant Bats which were first described in the WFRP 1st edition rulebook. So here are stats for both.
As always, everything here is to be regarded as a fan work, and no challenge is intended to any copyrights held by Games Workshop, Cubicle 7, or anyone else.
Oh, and I'll be adding another monster when the blog hits 350 followers. So if you haven't followed yet, do it! And if you have, thanks – now, tell your friends!
A Giant Bat measures almost four feet from nose to tail, and is covered with jet-black fur. The head resembles that of a dog, and the mouth is equipped with long, sharp teeth. These nocturnal creatures are capable of attacking and killing an animal the size of a Human. They are also cunning scavengers, feeding off the carcasses of larger creatures. According to legend, some Sylvanian Vampires have the ability to transform into Giant Bats.
The Move score given on the profile is for ground movement. When flying, a Giant Bat gains a + 10% bonus to Initiative in the first round of combat, unless attacking in illumination equivalent to daylight.
The natural 'sonar' of a Giant Bat allows it to 'see' up to 20 yards in total darkness. There is a 35% chance that the bite of a Giant Bat may cause Infected wounds.
1 33 – 20 20 30 45 15 14 24 – 5
Traits: Bestial, Bite+4, Dark Vision (echolocation), Flight 60, Size (Small), Skittish, Wallcrawler
Optional: Fast, Infected, Infestation
Fell Bat
The Giant Bats of Sylvania grow to monstrous proportions, with bodies as long as a human is tall and wingspans of fifteen feet or more.
1 33 – 30 30 30 45 15 14 24 – 22
Traits: Bestial, Bite+6, Dark Vision (echolocation), Fear 1, Flight 60, Size (Large), Undead, Wallcrawler
Categories: games, Monsters, WFRP Tags: games, roleplaying, roleplaying games, rpg, rpgs, the enemy within, The Horned Rat, undead, vampire counts, warhammer, warhammer fantasy roleplay, WFRP
A Challenge for WFRP 4 Fans
In 2020, shortly after WFRP 4th edition was released, I wrote up a number of creatures from the darker corners of Warhammer's history with 4th edition rules and stats. The series proved quite popular, with some entries attracting as many as 7,000 views.
Then, as deadlines loomed on the final instalments of The Enemy Within Director's Cut, the series petered out. The posts are still popular, and I'd like to do more. So I'll make you a deal:
Simply put, I would like this blog to have more followers. Currently it has 457, which is no real reflection of the traffic it gets. So, here's what I propose:
In the comments section below this post, tell me about any creatures from any edition of Warhammer or WFRP, or any never-statted Citadel/GW miniatures, that you would like to see for WFRP 4. Whenever WordPress tells me that the blog has 500 followers, I'll do one. I may run a poll to decide which, or I may just choose. I'll do another at 550 followers, another at 600, and so on. As well as stats and rules, I'll throw in any memories or anecdotes that come to me as I'm writing.
Of course, nothing I post on this blog is official – here, I'm just another fan and I'm not challenging any rights held by Games Workshop, or Cubicle 7, or anyone else – so take them for what they're worth, and feel free to use, modify, adapt, change, and generally play around with anything from the links below, here, and anything I'll write up in the future.
So go on – tell me about that Warhammer monster you've always wanted to see for WFRP 4. Or – heck, why not – tell me about the WFRP 4 monster that you'd like to see adapted for one of the previous editions. And then, follow this blog and tell all your friends to do the same.
I've no idea where this will end up going, but let's find out together!
So vote with your follows, and let me know what you'd like to see!
We think it's pretty cool.
Categories: games, Monsters, WFRP, writing Tags: Citadel Miniatures, Cubicle 7, game writing, games, games workshop, Monsters, roleplaying, roleplaying games, rpg, rpgs, warhammer, warhammer fantasy roleplay, WFRP, WFRP 4, wfrp 4th edition
Wights in D&D 3.5
October 3, 2021 graemedavis 1 comment
In Dragon #348 (October 2006), I wrote "Ecology of the Wight". A lot of my original material was cut from the published version, so here it is. I hope you find it useful, or at least interesting.
I was hoping to include a link so you could buy the magazine online, but it doesn't seem to be available on DriveThru or the DMs' Guild. If anyone knows of a place where non-pirated copies can be obtained, please drop a link in the comments below. Thanks!
Advanced Wights: Non-Core Sources
This article [the one in Dragon] assumes that the DM is only using the three core rulebooks, but DMs who have access to additional rulebooks and supplements will find more options for producing advanced wight characters.
Libris Mortis
In addition to general notes on undead characters and NPCs, this sourcebook contains much that will be useful to a DM planning a wight-centered adventure or campaign. The evolved undead template allows the creation of ancient and powerful individuals with spell-like abilities. Feats like Improved Energy Drain, Spell Drain, and Life Drain increase the power of the energy drain ability that wights share with many other undead creatures. Monstrous prestige classes include the lurking terror with its enhanced stealth abilities, and the tomb warden (only available to a wight who has already advanced by other means) which confers many useful abilities within the confines of a particular tomb complex. New undead creatures include the slaughter wight, which could make a good leader or champion, and several other monsters that might be found alongside wights in a barrow-field or necropolis.
Monster Manual II
Of most interest is the spellstitched template (page 215), which confers spellcasting ability on an undead creature. With their high Wisdom, wights gain access to first through third level spells by spellstitching – and gain some useful save bonuses – while only increasing their CR by one.
Savage Species
The emancipated spawn prestige class (page 75) is available to creatures and characters who became the spawn of an undead creature such as a wight, and who regain their independence after their creator has been destroyed. As they advance in this prestige class, emancipated spawn gradually remember the skills and class features that they had while living. The wight template (page 136) can be used to create variant wights based upon any humanoid creature.
Wight Lairs
Unless they are under the command of a necromancer or some other master, wights normally lair in tombs. As their full name of barrow-wights suggests, they are often found in earthen burial mounds, but they can make their lairs in any kind of tomb complex or necropolis. A wight lair will usually be the original burial-place of the oldest wight in the pack (sometimes called the master wight); younger wights are usually the spawn of that first individual.
Wight lairs are usually cramped, dark places. Narrow passages and low ceilings hamper weapon-using intruders and favor unarmed wights. They use their knowledge of their lair's layout, along with secret doors and passages, to spring close-quarters attacks without having to advance under fire from spellcasters and ranged weapons. Labyrinths of short passages allow a pack of wights to surround intruders and attack from all sides; their Hide and Move Silently skills give them a good chance of gaining surprise. Shifting walls and other devices are sometimes used to confuse and disorient outsiders.
Wights' acute senses and stealth skills make them skilled and dangerous ambushers. When faced with a strong party, their usual tactic is to try to pick off enemies one by one, draining their life energy at leisure and turning them against their former comrades as wight spawn.
A Sample Wight Lair
The map shows a typical barrow where wights might be found. Built millennia ago to house the honored dead of a long-forgotten people, it is built of stone, filled in with dirt and rubble between the walls. Its front is dominated by a curved façade of monumental stones.
Inside, a narrow passage leads past a number of empty tombs (which might hold minor encounters such as rat or spider swarms) to an apparent dead end. The rubble is a decoy, though, intended to distract intruders while 4-5 wights use the secret passages to get behind them. They will not attack right away, but will follow stealthily until the adventurers are busy fighting the rest of the wights in the narrow confines of the two pillar rooms. Then they will mount a surprise attack, surrounding the trespassers and using their energy drain and create spawn abilities.
The four rooms at the far end of the barrow belong to the king and queen, who may be more powerful than the others (see Advanced Wights above). The treasury contains a little treasure (note that wights normally have none). The king's tomb is hidden by a secret door in the back of his stone throne, and may contain some magical treasures or other special items.
Finding Wights
Wights are not only found in dark barrows on lonely, mist-wrapped moors. Here are a few ideas for placing them in other locations.
The Dead Below
From their headquarters in an abandoned catacomb beneath a city's oldest cemetery, a powerful band of wights can use sewers, thieves' tunnels, and other underground passages to reach almost anywhere. Moving mainly by night, they remain unseen and unheard as much as possible, ambushing unwary victims returning home from the city's hostelries and other unfortunates who are outside after dark. Their ultimate goal may simply be to survive undetected, or they may have come to the city in search of an ancient treasure that was stolen from their leader by grave-robbers, and which now rests in the vaults of the thieves' guild, or the academy of magic.
Fortress of Nightmares
The wights' stronghold is heavily defended, both above and below ground, with multiple entry and exit points through small tombs and mausolea nearby. In addition, the wights may have control of swarms of vermin, rats, and the like, as well as alliances with other undead creatures – especially lawful evil undead – that make their home in the cemetery. These undead allies may not fight alongside the wights, but they might inform them of adventurers headed their way, or mount surprise hit-and-run attacks on living trespassers who are already engaged in fighting the wights.
A remote island also makes a suitable home for a pack of wights, especially if it is dotted with the remnants of a lost civilization. If no living souls have set foot on the island for a long time, the wights' hunger for life energy will make them particularly aggressive. Their first act will probably be to disable any watercraft or other means of escape from the island, and then pick off stragglers or scouts to reduce the visitors' numbers before mounting an all-out attack by night. They may set traps in the thick jungle of the islands, or among the rubble-choked ruins.
Not Just Mummies
Desert tomb complexes – with or without pyramids – also make good homes for wights. Adventurers will probably expect to find mummies in such locations, and wights will take them by surprise, at least initially. If the wights are dressed in scraps of bandage, the confusion over their true nature may last beyond the first encounter – and nothing worries adventurers more than not knowing what they are up against. True mummies can act as leaders or elite fighters, and spellcasting mummy lords can make up for their comrades' lack of magic.
My Complete and Utter D&D Bibliography
Everything I have published for various editions, starting in 1982. Includes links to some free downloads.
Rookery Publications
Inside the Rookery
Categories: games, Monsters, Myth and Folklore, Uncategorized Tags: 3.5, d&d, d20, DnD, Dragon Magazine, dungeons & dragons, games, pathfinder, roleplaying, roleplaying games, rpg, rpgs, undead, wights
August 22, 2020 graemedavis 23 comments
Golems have a rather patchy history in Warhammer and WFRP. The conventional four types – clay, flesh, iron, and stone – were established in fantasy games by the AD&D Monster Manual back in 1977, and Citadel made a few Golem figures in the late 70s and early 80s.
From the first Citadel Compendium, 1983
Citadel Flyer, November 1986
No rules were published for Golems in Warhammer, although it might be argued that the Ushabti from the Tomb Kings army lists are a form of Golem.
A couple of Flesh Golems appeared in WFRP 1st edition adventures. Death on the Reik featured the Wittgenstein Monster, and a similar creature appeared in the adventure "The Curse of the Reichenbachs" in Death's Dark Shadow. Golems were mentioned in the WFRP 2nd edition supplements Liber Necris and Renegade Crowns, but without game stats. A kind of Flesh Golem appeared in Forges of Nuln, but it was far from standard – if a Flesh Golem can ever be described as standard.
My earlier post on Gargoyles covered the living-statue type of that creature, and can be used for Stone Golems. Another take on Stone Golems is given below, along with the other three "classic" Golem types. As always, everything that follows is completely unofficial and should be regarded as a fan work. No challenge is intended to trademarks or copyrights held by Games Workshop, Cubicle 7, or anyone else.
Imbued with a semblance of life through magical and alchemical processes, Golems are Constructs of flesh or other materials. Most take humanoid form, but theoretically that can be any shape.
A distinction must be made between true Golems and the humanoid mechanical constructs made by some Dwarven and other engineers. Golems are animated by magic rather than engineering, while the others rely on steam and other power sources and move by the action of gears, wires, and levers.
Stone Golems include the massive Ushabti of ancient Khemri, animated Gargoyles, and other living statues. They are often created as guards, and given orders to attack anyone except their controllers.
4 45 25 75 75 10 10 10 – – – 28
Traits: Armour 3, Construct, Dark Vision, Fear 1, Hardy, Immunity (poison, fire, electricity), Immunity to Psychology, Magical, Painless, Stupid, Territorial (one building or small area), Weapon +10
Optional: 2 Fists +10, Die Hard, Size (Small to Enormous), Magic Resistance 1-2, Ranged (Throw) +10
Iron Golems (and more rarely, Golems of brass or other metals) are also used as guards and troops, although they can only guard a location for a few centuries before becoming corroded and useless. Their great strength makes them useful as menials and labourers.
Traits: Armour 2, Construct, Dark Vision, Fear 1, Hardy, Immunity (poison, fire), Immunity to Psychology, Magical, Painless, Stupid, Territorial (one building or small area), Weapon +9
Optional: 2 Fists +9, Die Hard, Size (Small to Enormous), Magic Resistance 1-2, Ranged (Throw) +9
Clay Golems are less durable than most other types but easier to make, and the secrets of their construction are more widely available. There are many tales of a Clay Golem being constructed by a learned priest or other scholarly individual as a bodyguard or servant.
Traits: Armour 1, Construct, Dark Vision, Fear 1, Immunity (poison), Immunity to Psychology, Magical, Painless, Stupid, Territorial (one building or small area), Weapon +8
Optional: 2 Fists +8, Die Hard, Size (Small to Large), Magic Resistance 1
Flesh Golems are often made by necromancers, although they are not undead. Instead, they use alchemical processes to imbue a dead body – or a construct assembled from parts of several bodies – with a semblance of life and intelligence.
4 20 0 60 60 10 10 10 – – – 18
Traits: Afraid (Fire), Construct, Fear 2, 2 Fists +7, Stupid, Territorial (one building or small area), Weapon +7
Optional: Die Hard, Size (Large)
Ngaaranh Spawn of Chaos: A Very Old Citadel Miniature for WFRP4
Categories: Monsters, WFRP, writing Tags: clay golem, Death on the Reik, Frankenstein, Gargoyle, golem, iron golem, monster, stone golem, warhammer, warhammer fantasy roleplay, Warhammer Old World, WFRP, wfrp 4th edition, WFRP4
Warhammer History: The Gods and Daemons of Law
In Warhammer's earliest days, it was intended that the forces of Law and Chaos should co-exist, opposing each other in a never-ending war.
As Michael Moorcock had already discovered, though, the gods of Chaos are a lot more interesting than their lawful counterparts. The only trace of the gods of Law are a couple of miniatures and a few mentions in early Citadel publications and the first edition WFRP rulebook. For the last 30 years or more, the gods of the Old World have been the main opposition to the Ruinous Powers of Chaos.
To my knowledge, only three gods of Law were ever created for Warhammer, and all are described in the first edition WFRP rulebook.
Alluminas was the first, created by Rick Priestley in his draft of the WFRP rules that was waiting for me at the Games Workshop Design Studio in 1986. It (for gender pronouns seem unfitting) took the form of a cold and unchanging light, exemplifying a very static kind of order that is demonstrated by the fact that anyone struck by the light is paralyzed.
Arianka first appeared in the Third Citadel Compendium in 1985. Popular writers John Wagner and Alan Grant were hired to create a Warhammer-themed comic, and the result was the short-lived The Quest of Kaleb Daark. It was not clear what Arianka stood for, but she took the form of a beautiful young woman lying in a glass coffin in the city of Praag, awaiting the lost crystal keys that can free her. Like Kaleb Daark and his Chaotic patron Malal, Wagner and Grant retained rights to the character of Arianka, and all three were quietly dropped from Warhammer canon as Games Workshop set about establishing total ownership of their intellectual properties. Her brief mention in the first edition WFRP rulebook was her only appearance in the lore.
Solkan was my creation. As I worked on the "Religion and Belief" chapter of WFRP 1, I decided that the existing gods of law were too abstract – too "waffy," to use the Studio slang term – to be of very much use in the game. Shamelessly stealing the name and image of Robert E. Howard's Puritan adventurer Solomon Kane, I created a patron for witch hunters and all others who sought to take the fight to Chaos. As Warhammer lore developed over the next few years, though, Sigmar took over the role of witch-hunter god, and Solkan was effectively made redundant. I had some plans to introduce a secretive cult of Solkan in the White Dwarf Marienburg series, whose members were even more fanatical and frightening than the witch hunters of Sigmar, but that never came to pass.
By the time I left Games Workshop in October 1990, all three of these deities were effectively stricken from canon. I have never heard of any other gods of Law being mentioned in Games Workshop publications since then, but there are several fan-written interpretations online.
So why am I posting about the gods of Law after all this time? Am I going to create a whole lot of new, unofficial deities for a game that already has plenty? No. I was prompted to write this post by a couple of requests to cover these two miniatures – "Demons of Law" (the "Daemon" spelling had not yet been adopted) released in the C34 Demons and Elementals range in 1985.
To be honest, I've never been fond of these miniatures. They are nothing more or less than Christian angels from Medieval European religious art, and come from a time before even the three failed gods of Law had been thought of. They certainly have nothing to do with the Warhammer mythos as it developed.
With that said, here are some stats for WFRP 4. It's hard to come up with a patron deity for these two from the Old World pantheon, though they might be least out of place in the service of the Lady of the Lake, the goddess of Bretonnia. But that's just a thought.
As always, what follows is completely unofficial and should be regarded as a fan work. No challenge is intended to copyrights or trademarks held by Games Workshop, Cubicle 7, or anyone else.
5 95 90 120 100 100 110 50 100 100 100 42
Traits: Blessed (God of Law), Distracting (Beauty), Divine 7+ (see below), Flight 100, Hatred (Chaos), Immunity to Psychology, Invoke (Gods of Law), Magic Resistance 4, Miracles (Gods of Law), Night Vision, Terror 2, Weapon +12, Zone of Law (see below)
New Traits
Divine (Target)
The creature's essence is divine power, which sustains it completely. It does not require food, water, air, rest, or anything else that a living creature might need.
All its attacks are Magical. Roll 1d10 after any blow is received: if the creature rolls the Target number or higher, the blow is ignored even if it is a critical. Should the creature be reduced to 0 Wounds, its essence returns to the realm of Law immediately, removing it from play.
Aura of Law
The creature is wreathed in an aura of life and fertility which extends in a radius of 12 yards. No creature with the Corrupted Trait may enter this zone, and any creature with the Mutation Trait must make a Hard (-20) Willpower Test each round while within the zone, gaining one Fatigued Condition for each failure.
In addition, all spells and magical effects powered by Dhar or Shyish suffer a -30 penalty within the zone.
Categories: games, Monsters, Uncategorized, WFRP Tags: Alluminas, Arianka, Bretonnia, Citadel, Citadel C34, Citadel Compendium, Citadel Journal, Citadel Miniatures, Daemon, Demon, Demons of law, Gods of Law, Lady of the Lake, Monsters, Solkan, warhammer, WFRP, wfrp 4th edition, WFRP4


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