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I keep remembering an anime movie I saw at Gen Con some years back, and I decided to take advantage of you guys humbly seek aid on the matter. The movie was set in the near future, and there were basically two nations at a fragile, cold-war-style peace. One had a big-ass tower - I mean, it was like ...

It may not be official policy, but if someone puts "Talisman, please stay out" in their thread, I am likely to respect their wishes. If they put "Talisman you fucktard, keep your bullcrap out of here," I am far less likely to respect them at all. How about (as the Wizard indicate...

TarkisFlux wrote:What if you trick Jesus into resurrecting one of his martyrs and then persecute them?

Persecute the martyr? Or persecute Jesus?
Persecuting Jesus may involve an element of risk, especially if it's post-Rising.

In Tolkien, Man actually represents Heroes, as opposed to Hobbits, who are from the idealized English countryside. In that world, Aragorn, Boromir, Faramir, Theoden, and Eomer are actually classic epic heroes, while Denethor and the Ringwraiths are tragic heroes from Shakespeare or ancient Greeks. ...

What if you persecute someone who later turns out to be a martyr?

Also, why the fuck are humans always 'generic'??? I mean, it's a really strange type of chauvinism to assert that, in a fantasy world, your own species will be both the most adaptable and the standard by which everything else is built. It's one thing to play on a human scale. That's usually ideal, ...

Though I was tempted to vote for persecuting Christians, I went with the Weird Al reference.

Luckily for me, I'll be gaming on Emotional Blackmail Day; of the 6 of us, 3 are totally single. Alas, I shan't be able to incorporate a love-themed adventure.

I have no idea who Dog Poop Girl is.

Not sure I want to, either.

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Fair enough; I can't confirm whether you exist.

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If you like reviews of bad movies to see bad movies torn into little, tiny shreds, then the shreds set on fire, then the ashes salted, this is the place for you.

In fact I'm really just referring to that one magic nun that found Rand/Jesus in the first place. She bossed him around, got him in trouble, never let him have his way, ultimately reformed, realised letting him have his way (no matter how stupid and bull headed he seemed or how sensible she thought...

and this (not porn, but some might consider not quite worksafe - or wifesafe :D). I clicked it. Cute chick, but I loled at the comment: Hilda P My dear beautifuilll friend you are like a beautifuill gradan ho everyone whanna be with you like this or That's verbatim, BTW. Including the "RickUsa...

Big bosses when not using bad tactics implies that good tactics will shove the playing field in your advantage, big bosses (period) imply that big bosses are going to have things that can readily kill you in many, many different ways. Good tactics increase your odds of doing it to them, but there's...

I agree that willful stupidity should always be the deadliest thing to a PC...and it compounds any other dangers you may encounter. So a horde may be a moderate threat, but horde + stupidity = dead PC. That being said, some of these categories are a little counterintuitive. Of course a Big Boss is m...

And does this sentence... ...he may multipy his current White Lv and Cha together and add the result as a misc. bonus to his AC. ...actually mean anything? I recognize individual words, but... If I read it correctly, it means that at level 11, a White with a Charisma of 17 gets a +187 untyped bonus...

What the hell is "Mitheral?"

And does this sentence...

Whitey Sue wrote:...he may multipy his current White Lv and Cha together and add the result as a misc. bonus to his AC.

...actually mean anything? I recognize individual words, but...

^Agreed. Now, I must say I do like two concepts that have been mentioned here: The Ragebar. As you get beat up, you gain access to Drama Points, or floating bonuses, or Power Through the Pain or some such. This is only effective in a short burst (i.e., during the climactic final battle). In effect, ...

So saving a child's life isn't heroic unless it earns you a parade? That's truly sickening. I'm going to move beyond your attempt at character assassination here No character assassination intended; I merely stated that I find that view - that public perception, not actions, define heroism - to be ...

Well, I can be right through the magic of revisionist history as well. I prefer not to say stupid things in the first place. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: And also, something stupid you continued to say today was... You claimed that, because Profession is screwed up, it must be used as a balance poin...

Being hailed as a hero =/= being a hero. It really does. In fact, it's the only measure of "being a hero" that has any meaning. My God...that's perhaps the most cynical thing I've seen on this very cynical board. So saving a child's life isn't heroic unless it earns you a parade? That's t...

My point is this. Read carefully. You claimed that, because Profession is screwed up, it must be used as a balance point. It exists; therefore, rather than try to fix it or ignore it because it's crap, we must build our house upon this foundation of sand. I say that if a given spell or skill is so l...

But that's the point. Fireball is weak for a 3rd-level spell, but it is a third-level spell. If you admit fireball should be made better, you've just admitted Profession should be made better.

angelfromanotherpin wrote:If you look for it, you can see the hand of God himself acting through people through the story. Basically anytime someone is described as doing something 'for no reason they could name,' or similar, that's Tolkien's way of telling you God did it.

Your opinion. Sometimes true; sometimes (IMO) not.

Background skills as currently written are a waste. That doesn't mean all skills must scale to their power level, or that the concept of background skills is useless. That's like saying all 3rd-level spells must be equal to fireball , because it exists and is a third-level spell. Background skills n...