FLAGSTONES

MEDIEVAL & HIGH FANTASY RESOURCES


FLAGSTONES is a resource community for medieval and high-fantasy roleplayers.

Posts here can more or less have anything to do with roleplay within the medieval and medieval fantasy genres so long as they follow a few simple guidelines. I'd like this to be an active resource for those of us more interested in historical roleplay whether it is reality based, fantasy, fandom, or modeled after the style of Dungeons & Dragons.

1. Be polite. This is most important of all because we're here to have fun and to do that we need to all get along. Please treat others as you would like to be treated even if their views do not coincide with your own.

2. Ads, as well as PSL and storyline requests may be posted here so long as they fit within the medieval or medieval fantasy guidelines. No modern day city or town, no celeb games, no Victorian or steampunk games. Fandom games are fine so long as they take place within the medieval era, and panfandoms are alright so long as the are also set within the medieval fantasy genre and only contain those elements. There are plenty of ad communities for other kinds of games, so if your ad doesn't meet these criteria please don't post them here.

3. Ads should not contain large graphics unless they are under a cut. Please feel free to leave a link to your game and a brief description with information, but if you have large graphics please make sure they are under a cut-tag to save those of us with slow connections the long loading time.

4. Resources, icons, background patterns etc. are all welcome here so long as they meet the medieval and fantasy criteria and are properly credited to their original creators. If you're not sure how to credit a resource, providing a link to the original post or citing the article or book you found the information in will suffice.

5. Please try and use tags. If a tag has already been used for something please try and use that same tag, however if you are posting something and you feel none of the tags already used fit please just tag the entry as 'other' and a moderator will attempt to give it a more appropriate tag as soon as possible.

Other than that let's all have fun!

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December 5th, 2010

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reposted by request:

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mhari's quick and dirty guide to

old-fashioned english

So you're writing a character from some vaguely medieval setting, and you want his dialogue to reflect the fact, without getting it hideously wrong? You have come to the right page: the Complete Noob's Guide to what the untutored masses call Old English, but which is actually an early form of Modern English.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a linguist or historian or expert of any kind; I just have an ear for this kind of thing and a pedantic streak a mile wide. This is meant to help writers and roleplayers "sound right" to the average reader. This page should not be cited in your research paper. /END DISCLAIMER

how to wryte goode )

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Medieval, Renaissance, & Fantasy (or passably so) Icons


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A while ago [info]damosel and I started compiling a list of all the icons various icon makers had made of pbs in period clothing. I will admit that most of the hard work that went into the coding and maintaining this was done by [info]damosel and so without her this wouldn't have been able to happen at all, but I've been told a few times that it's been a very helpful resource for moderators and players both and so I'm posting a link to it here.

MEDIEVAL & FANTASY ICONS

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Polyvore Collections

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For those of you who RP medieval fantasy and also like to make character outfits/collages on Polyvore, I have made approximately one (1) million collections of suitable clothes and items:

The Medieval Collections

Constantly growing, as I am a pack rat of the first water.
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Job Hunt?

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Character Roles in a Low-Technology Setting

The site is long defunct, but the Wayback Machine has preserved it. It contains a detailed list of medieval-type occupations, along with the job descriptions and suggestions for RP. There are a few Wheel of Time-specific entries, but the rest are applicable to all kinds of games.