An item is a generic description used for the whatever objects the players could come across during a game. Items usually have special characteristics that make them stand out and make them worth uniquely describing.
A lifeform is a generic description used for anything that is "alive" that characters could come across during a game. Most of these lifeforms are special in some way and need to be properly described.
This category is for magical systems, martial art schools (rather than the physical schools... the gather technique concepts of the art), combat systems, legal systems, systems of weights and measures, calenders, languages.
Terualsiege.jpgSiege of Teruel, Spanish Civil War140 viewsI'm using it for the Great WarCaptainPenguin
Dhargenas_Geographical_smal~1.jpgColdforged - Dhargenaas: A geographical map158 viewsA map that shows the geographical layout of the Dhargenaas continent. Of note is the fact that the large white area in the south is a desert and not a glacier.Ancient Gamer
english-flintlock-pistol-1.jpgPistol131 viewsIt's a flintlockCaptainPenguin
h1-10000.jpgThe oldest Citadel dragon12 viewsAges ago, this creature ruled the top left corner of the site. Hard to believe, isn't it?manfredOct 15, 2007