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Final Fantasy XIV [c] is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix.Directed and produced by Naoki Yoshida and released worldwide for PlayStation 3 and Windows in August 2013, it replaced the failed 2010 version, with subsequent support for PlayStation 4, macOS, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Hero System Bestiary cover. Hero System Bestiary is a compilation of creatures designed for use with Hero System role-playing game rules. [1] It is presented in the form of a bestiary and was published in 2002 for the 5th edition of the Hero System. The cover is made of thick paper and illustrated in color, while the interior consists of 239 ...
Carbuncle () – one of its many descriptions is a greenish-red fiery light reminiscent of fireflies; Karkinos () – Cancer the crab; Gold-digging ant () – Reported by Herodotus to live in either Ethiopia or Indian subcontinent
The Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (ISBN 1-56076-428-7) was published by TSR, Inc. in April 1992, for use with the 2nd edition AD&D rules. It is the fourteenth volume of the Monstrous Compendium series (abbreviated "MC14"), consisting of a cardboard cover, sixty four loose-leaf pages, and four divider pages.
An illustration of why sloped armour offers no weight benefit when protecting a certain frontal area. Comparing a vertical slab of armour (left) and a section of 45° sloped armour (right), the horizontal distance through the armour (black arrows) is the same, but the normal thickness of the sloped armour (green arrow) is less.
While E-SAPI plates do hold significant defensive advantages over the preceding SAPI plates, the increased protection comes at the cost of increased weight and significantly increased cost. Comparing medium-sized plates, a SAPI plate weighs 1.82 kg (4.0 lb) while an E-SAPI plate weighs 2.5 kg (5.5 lb), over a 35 percent increase in weight. [ 15 ]
"The Leopard" from the 13th-century bestiary known as the "Rochester Bestiary" The Peridexion Tree A bestiary ( Latin : bestiarium vocabulum ) is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world , bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks.
The bestiary form is commonly divided into "families," as proposed in 1928 by M. R. James [1] and revised by Florence McCulloch in 1959–1962. In the absence of popular culture books, people in the Middle Ages in Europe took superstition for granted, and the unthinkable can easily be accepted as the undisputed truth.