Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World (Hinges of History, 6)

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All follow a faith of some sort, making them holier than others. 'Thou' is a word frequently used in the Bible and replaces the word 'you'. Also possibly a reference to the Metallica song of the same name. Reference to trench warfare, with the heroes each having abilities which relate to it (plague grenade, abyssal artillery, flashbang, and command) Possible reference to Dante's 14th century epic poem "Divine Comedy", which consists of three parts: Inferno, Pugatorio (which could be seen as the Estate itself), and Paradiso.

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Play on the dominance of each of these classes skills in the shown positions and strength against all other positions on enemy team. And as one reviewer points out, he has a weakness for interrogatory asides such as “oh really?” “that’s it, isn’t it?” and for colloquial flourishes (“wham bam”, “control freak”). I think, too, that he is prone to making too facile comparisons to current events - often history is more complex than he suggests. Crusader and Vestal would be considered heroes; the Occultist and Hellion would be considered heretics. Augustine is consecrated bishop: he sends to inform Pope Gregory what has been achieved, and receives replies to his questions The first time I read it, I liked this book. I am not sure what I was thinking. This book is too dissipating to be meaningful.

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During the reign of Theodoius the Younger, Palladius is sent to the Christians among the Irish. The Britons make an unsuccessful appeal to the Consul Aëtius A competing belief that reality is false and the task of being a goodly person consists of looking past reality and preparing for the Kingdom to come. All heroes in this team can greatly buff their dodge, making themselves untouchable. Also a possible reference to the 1987 film. Likely a reference to a quintessential dark ages execution, where the Leper takes the role of the King, the Bounty Hunter as the Executioner, the Jester as the Crier and the Grave Robber as, presumably, the condemned. Two heroes capable of guarding, paired with a bard (Jester). The Jester and Occultist are also strong stress and physical healers to patch up the guards.

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Murine' means having to do with rodents, specifically rats or mice - and thus may reference this party's scrounging (money-making) and scuttling (party shuffling) nature. This is a reference to the song "Sunrise, Sunset" from "Fiddler on the Roof", and the high amount of stun that the party may apply. Dukakis makes an oddly fine match for this learned, accessible and occasionally glib survey of early Greek culture and its contributions to Western civilization. While her gruff Boston accent may Continue reading »

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Each character here has a theme around the way they make money. The Antiquarian is the game's money farmer, the Grave Robber steals from the dead, the Highwayman steal from the living, and the Man-at-Arms was a mercenary.