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While this is just feeding the derail (discussion of magic-level in LotR has nothing to do with whether guns can exist in fantasy) the point about the corruption is worth looking at. It didn't have any corrupting power that tugged on the people around Frodo, and certainly didn't turn Frodo to Sauro...

Don't forget to define knot cutting. This is an awesome term and should seriously be in more use.

"Guns" don't exist in a vacuum, of course. Some kinds of guns are perfectly acceptable in settings where you have a profession like "melee warrior". Lets remember that "cavalry" was a viable army role until the very end of XIX century. Which means that seriously there w...

Of course not, but if someone asks my opinion, I'm going to say "I like it" or "I don't like it". Duh. Guess my point of view is pretty weird then. Because I prefer that some classes are build around things that I like and some are build around things I don't like (but someone e...

From my experience, the 4E PHB is by far the worst PHB to pick up and browse through compared to any previous edition, and the keywords aren't helping the readability. I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. I mean, a newbie who picks up the basic rulebook and flips to a random page should be...

Check whatever the task is, assign a DC for it, have the minion roll it, and see if they succeed or no. Research task (find the last 5 owners of this crown): A knowledge roll Combat task (pacify that remote province): An attack roll etc. I think that if more than this is needed, then the minion stuf...

Why an Alien Fighter and not an Alien Expert (Journalist), an Alien Gadgeteer or even an Alien with only racial HD ? What skills/abilities does Superman have that are not granted by his Alien race ? Excuse me. Superman still stands as an Alien who is possibly a Fighter but we're not sure because he...

Munchkins are best represented here . Read the story that started it all. WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST READ!!! WHAT THE SHIT WAS THAT ABOUT! What a classic. I read this many, many years ago. I'm glad to see it's still online. And it shows exactly how the Munchkin mindset works. The tragic main characte...

shadzar wrote:@OpenRPG:

Python is about as stupid to use as Microsoft Silverlight, because its a junk little programming language.

Welcome to my blacklist, Shadzar

Sure, we the players know that the PC atheists are dead wrong, but I've been hearing "PCs can't be atheists" for 20 years now, and I have to ask...why not? Commune, Contact Other Plane, Planeshift. Ever seen The Wizard of Oz? Remember the scene where Dot et al meet the Wizard? Having a bo...

Steve Trustrum wrote:

nockermensch wrote:Question for the author: Did you think your PDF would serve for anything but to start flamewars in any forum it was mentioned?

Ah, starting things of with a sincere question, I see.

Actually, I think most people are going to realize they are in on the joke.

I want to drink your sweet optimism.

The same Chaos/Law divide that causes the Blood War also exists on the upper planes so there would still be lots of differences on the "how to" of doing good. Celestials are usually represented as noble beings. One of the requirements for that noble bearing is Pride, which means that when ...

Question for the author: Did you think your PDF would serve for anything but to start flamewars in any forum it was mentioned?

I'm so lazy that all the extra content in my campaigns is procedurally generated on demand anyway. I also hate "split the party moments" because this only serves to give the players an excuse to disperse. And then someone has to explain everything to them when they return, which is time no...

While I think that cyphers should be commonplace in a rumored "typical D&D world" it strains my WSoD that they have to be dealt by the players, at the table. This coming from the two ends of a cryptography challenge: 1) Those who create the cyphers should be doing a much better work th...

http://www.tsrinfo.net/archive/dd/dd-cm4.jpg I want to hear more about the module where cyborgs from the future try to smash your tiny castle. I'm more intrigued about the "for Character Levels 18 - 20" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthshaker%21 Earthshaker! is a humorous scenario[...] S...

ModelCitizen wrote:

I want to hear more about the module where cyborgs from the future try to smash your tiny castle.

I'm more intrigued about the "for Character Levels 18 - 20"

Korwin wrote:And I was thinking Futurerama... Looking at the title...

If it was "Avatarverse" people would enter the thread expecting blue aliens.

Oh you. Hey, it still fits Jon's definition of photo "realistic" armor. So... realistic = what you can actually make in 3D? So, since I already saw Deedlit cosplays, her armor is realistic! But yeah, Berserker has awesome realistic armor for the most part. I know about manga being a media...

The big eyes and the whimsical/cute angle. Both styles are very silly and appeal to very silly people, but the manga example seems to be at peace with its inner silliness, while the fantastical realism (there's not enough air quotes to go around that realism) is pretending to be serious. "I'm ...

In the example, I can't really tell the difference between "manga" and "fantastical realism". The big eyes and the whimsical/cute angle. Both styles are very silly and appeal to very silly people, but the manga example seems to be at peace with its inner silliness, while the fan...

Come to think of it, dwarf, orc, halfling and gnome also fall under the "I'd be okay with not including ugly races" radar, thus making them double-bannable whereas elves are only covered by "overused". I give you the Elvaan. They are towering warriors with great strength and a d...

shadzar wrote:

tussock wrote:Assassin: Should be Bond, James Bond.

Bond? not Leon?

Leon? Not Altair?

If the only races in the game are humans I'm going to feel uncomfortable hating only a certain demographic of the human race. While if you include stuff like elves, well everybody hates them already so that is very socially acceptable. And hating all humans as a non humanoid is also more acceptable...

We don't need dragon-headed pieces of shit running around with breasts. I don't care what your half-breed-whatever loldragonrape fetish is, LEAVE IT OUT OF THE PHB. sake made a very compelling point that the each race sells for a specific fetish (halflings = lolicon, dwarves = bear gays, shifters =...