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Either that or you make it global/unprotected access.

Let me the first to congratulate you two. (at least on these boards ... )

ps: Unless you look like Weird Al Yankovic and she looks like Seth Green, I don't think the link is working ...

Welcome fighter and the_taken!!!

DP at [unixtime wrote:1151516939[/unixtime]]Bob Knight of the Dinner Table

Fixed.

Also, would make for some interesting RPing. "Tell me young lad; could you direct me to Sir Black and Decker - I need something enchanted ..."

Right now I'm planning on being there at GenCon Indy.

1173158178[/unixtime]][br]You spent the entire time talking about Bluff. Diplomacy doesn't allow a sense motive check. As written, its a sliding DC that determines how far you shift the audiences reactions to you, from hostile to fanatic. There is *no counter*. [br][br]Yep. However, Diplomacy allow...

1173156365[/unixtime]]No offense, but what does this have to do with the OP's question? [br][br]The point is that on face value Diplomacy rules seem horrendously broken to the point that you can take over a kingdom with Diplomacy, but in an actual campaign (social) situation they really may not be....

I'll start by saying that they are a little unbalancing in my opinion. However, running roughshod over the kingdom is a little extreme. In ancient times, yes you can bluff a king out of his robe, and in fact was done quite often. However, kings are surrounded by these people called "advisors&qu...

1173079400[/unixtime]][br]As per the actual use, there tend to be more issues involving, fragility to value ratio, [br][br]Yes, that is true. However, as an owner, after owning something as a while you become more relaxed about that, especially concerning a laptop. The best analogy is earthquakes i...

Some players prefer books. There's nothing wrong with that. However, along the same line, some players prefer laptops and there's nothing wrong with that.[br][br]After all, except for the booting of the laptop, many of the same things could be said about books. Just like someone could be engrossed w...

I would agree - hopefully the player isn't using the computer just to prove the DM wrong. IMX, when players have used it, it is when a player is trying to help a Dm find a rule that they are wishing to find. It's like when everyone scans their books at once in reference in order to find a rule that ...

My take on this whole thing is this:[br][br]1) I'd do what the author noted in the previous paragraph in the article than was noted above - talk to the player first and let them know that kind of activity isn't appreciated at the game.[br][br]2) Now, this is where I diverge from the article. I would...

Meh, to each their own. Heroforge for me looks like spreadsheets/tabs from Hell, and some of those colors in Heroforge blinded me as well. In both cases, you've pretty much got the same argument - you get what you pay for.

This is one I just ran across. I've never used it (I've got E-Tools), but it seems to be pretty all-encompassing.

http://boards1.wizards.com/leaving.php? ... op_of_form

I've gamed with a guy before that used a laptop. It didn't affect me or the rest of the group as well. However, the guy had it facing away from the rest of the group so that he could interact with the rest of everybody and, well, used it like a character sheet or a rule book - on a reference basis. ...

1169278941[/unixtime]]Changes in market share aside, Ford reported $177 billion in revenue in 2006 with $2 billion in profit, according to the Fortune 500 article I linked, making them #5 in total revenue among American companies. [br][br]Then check out this article:[br] http://www1.pressdemocrat.c...

Not to be too nit-picky, but I would hardly use Ford and GM as role models of powerful organizations. Both are seriously struggling currently, and actually it was because of what 420 noted. They're losing market share to Toyota because that organization is known for high quality/customer satisfactio...

1168978442[/unixtime]][br]Currently investing skill points isn't like spending gold for a magic sword. It's a lot more like keeping up with spellcaster levels - you have to invest something every level of your whole life or you fall behind the curve. [br][br]But it is just like spending gold for ma...

1168934598[/unixtime]]pww are you deliberately missing the point? Currently people are either able to spot or not. That just isn't how a classed system works. I don't even have any arguements that RC hasn't made.[br][br]We're already forcing a minimum save and hp (in theory since there are ways to ...

The thing is that making it as a normal part of the class, you're actually taking away from the customization feature of the class and in essence you're making it so that everyone is nearly the same. Hey, as a fighter, I might intentionally focus on other things knowing that I plan on being around o...

But the thing is that what your argument is focusing on isn't the skill system but that certin classes just don't shine more than others when it comes to skills. Just make it so that the fighter gets more skills - like maybe 4 skill points per level.[br][br]The thing is that characters get to dedica...

1168757212[/unixtime]][br][br]Oddly I've found the skill system most in need of an overhaul, or possibly scrapping it entirely. It doesn't work at all. [br][br]My experience in the past has been issues with spot versus hide and listen versus trying to stay silent. Also factor in there wilderness su...

1168704268[/unixtime]][br]No. The "easy solution" is to let anything with an attack roll target through clear barriers, attempt the attack roll, and subtract the hardness and hp of the barrier from the damage done before applying it to the target if the attack hits.[br] [br][br]I agree wi...

Ok, now I think I understand.[br][br]Invasion has two different connotations. [br][br]One is to enter forcibly or agressively or to intrude or violate. In this light, then yes the quotes are aspousing invasion. However, if we take on this connotation, then the Clinton Administation has "technic...

Ok, the ones that come to mind are:[br][br]1) Use air and sea military power to aid and promote counterinsurgency within Iraq. That's what we did in Afghanistan and it proved to be somewhat successful in getting the government that we wanted to have removed without use of invasion.[br][br]2) Use air...