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Why would you assume that the first release will be an RPG instead of a grand strategy game where you control one of the Vampire clans, and try to rule the night?

"Prossh, Skyraider of Kher"

I was linked to this one which is apparently in the book: (Worksafe, but with horrifying >implications ) http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/daily/features/feature159_olivia.jpg So they first drew it with a bent knee, obviously, in a sort of leaping pose. Then someone saw it and went "Oh shi...

If you're concerned about Reanimate getting aggressive early, just ban " Reanimate , Show and Tell , and other cheap cards that put expensive things into play without paying for them." A turn-5 Autochthon Wurm off token-makers, or a turn-4 Bringer off a single mana dork or Rampant Growth ,...

I really don't get rules 3, 4, and 6. If all you want is to get people to attack, I'd go with something like this: At the end of each of your combat phases, if you attacked with at least one creature this combat phase, scry X, then draw a card, where X is the number of creatures that attacked this c...

So anyway, a card I actually wanted to talk about making decks with is this weirdo: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=398649&type=card In its purest conception, this is a dude that begs to be a four-of in a deck with 56 mountains. Then you just mulligan one into your ...

"When" is a special word in Magic, but "if" is not.

Since Abundance does not use “when”, “whenever”, or “at [some time]”, it is not a triggered ability.

There is precedent for special words. For example, "target": Because Council's Judgement does not use the word target, it can exile something with hexproof or protection from white, while Banishing Light can't, because it does use the word target. http://i.imgur.com/kcenbBim.jpg http://i.i...

Regarding using social skills to stop combat: Clerics do it better.

So this means that part of Star Wars 1 where Luke and Han dress up as Storm Troopers and show up with Chewie in cuffs to avoid fighting? Doesn't happen. I dunno, that seems to fall under anticipating what the encounter is and applying modifiers to make combat music not start. Why yes. Sounds like w...

The whole "when cast" nomenclature clusterfuck is all over BfZ. http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=401857&type=card It doesn't do that when it comes into play if it was cast from your hand, it does that "when cast." Leading a lot of people to assume...

Stinging tree: Dendrocnide moroides

Wikipedia wrote:Stories tell of horses jumping off cliffs after being stung, and supposedly one Australian officer shot himself to escape the pain of a sting.

Longes wrote:There is at least one template that makes you a Construct.

That template removes the INT score. Not a playable option.

Another speed rating comparison: Recumbent Bicycle Cavalry: about 100 hexes a day.

(Based on the RAAM having been done in 5 days)

EDIT: Wait, wrong page. This is the one that says 5 days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance

So I guess Skeletons are the best non-flying troops for an Evil Empire, then? High mobility means that an army composed of skeletons can chose its battles and force the opposing side on the defensive. Though that "infinite" speed Lantern Archon is kind of worrying - it seems that distance...

Some unit movement speeds, converted to "hexes per day": [/td][td]Unit[/td][td]Hexes per day [/td][/tr] Breathing Heavy Infantry 3 Breathing Light Infantry 4 Breathing Heavy Cavalry 5 (50ft movement speed -> 35ft in heavy armor Breathing Light Cavalry 8 (60ft movement speed) Zombie Heavy I...

Advanced armies don't find distance much obstacle

Okay, so what prevents the biggest city in the world from putting all its spare gold into improving development level, creating a positive-feedback and thus allowing it to eventually dominate the whole world's gold economy part? There should be something that prevents the biggest city from getting ...

Then you could oh I don't know, determine how many troops you support by something that either ties into a more interesting resource like TREASURE or actual dungeon buildings/rooms[/ur] that currently don't have a good enough reason to exist even through we are supposed to care about them as the pr...

I'll be honest; reading at how little is actually necessary to game Stunt dice; I'm depressed and furious that I went through such extraordinary efforts to get them at all in a Ex2 game. Especially for the paltry amounts of rewarded bonuses that I got for those efforts. Exalted: making you feel lik...

Now, a question I don't already have the answer to: should minimum wage be based on the assumption that one parent stays home to take care of the kids, or that both parents work and use day-care?

We probably want random NPC generation, though.

hyzmarca wrote:How difficult would it be to sustain population levels if fluid exchanged were outlawed all reproduction was done through invitro fertilization?

Condom durability would plunge overnight.

What would be the obstacles to creating some sort of time-release alternative to pills that's easier to keep track of?

The question, then, is: would Star Wars have been better if it had jetpack troopers instead of Boba Fett and military walkers?