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- Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:53 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: 3rd edition D&D, acid and hardness.
- Replies: 93
- Views: 14526
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:41 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: The Official "4e Critique and Rebuttal" Thread
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 159234
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:43 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Request: A Generlal Explanation of the US Healthcare System
- Replies: 114
- Views: 13710
The problem is that Obama came up with this brilliant plan to raise money from small donors over the Internet, but the Congressional Dems were still doing business as usual for their campaigns. They spent a great deal of time at the convention getting cozy with lobbyists from the same old large corp...
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:35 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Dark Sun returns
- Replies: 739
- Views: 112750
So which is it? Is the hellishness of Dark Sun caused by intelligent creatures or is it by nature? I've been hearing two contradictory things. But if the hellishness is being caused by the environment, how is Dark Sun different from any other points-of-light campaign setting with the trees swapped ...
- Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:58 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: GOP--Sore Losers
- Replies: 499
- Views: 41842
- Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:40 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Request: A Generlal Explanation of the US Healthcare System
- Replies: 114
- Views: 13710
You make an interesting point, Lago. It's possible for the Republicans to gain seats in Congress next year and win the presidency back in 2012. However, this might be the worst thing that could happen to them in the long run. If that scenario happens, the rabidly insane conservative base will take i...
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:09 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Dark Sun returns
- Replies: 739
- Views: 112750
Since we're back on Dark Sun: It seems to me the tl;dr on DS4e is that 4e is the opposite of everything DS was. Apparently, in the original setting, you could die of thirst easily, but if you survived, you got to do insanely cool stuff. Whereas in 4e, it's pretty hard to die of thirst but you never ...
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:49 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: I'll just leave this here
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3823
I think the site looks for quotes about you rather than quotes by you, since it's supposed to be about how the web perceives your name. Anyway, here are my results: Absentminded Wizard : Since it's a common fantasy trope, I don't get any quotes that are actually about me. No. 1 category is Social. A...
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:38 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Gibberish of the day!
- Replies: 567
- Views: 49303
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:56 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Anatomy of Failed Design: Skill Challenges
- Replies: 267
- Views: 65175
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:20 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Anatomy of Failed Design: Skill Challenges
- Replies: 267
- Views: 65175
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:06 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Sliding Scale of Death Spiral vs. Epic Comeback
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3079
Death Spiral + Padded Sumo is a complete non-starter for me. Nothing makes a combat more boring than knowing you're going to win but spending an eternity just mopping up. If you avoid this drawback by using something like NPC morale checks, I can live with that. So now the question is whether that k...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:37 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Dark Sun returns
- Replies: 739
- Views: 112750
TD: What are you smoking? Everybody knows that a million is an awesomely big number. McDonald's constantly brags about how many million people they've served. If you're a millionaire, you're really rich. If there was any way WotC could have said they had sold anywhere around a million books, they wo...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:51 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: The Official "4e Critique and Rebuttal" Thread
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 159234
There is a lot of stuff I don't feel like quoting in there but I will pick out a few that popped out at me. 1. Fragile system: play like the devs or break the game. Now I'm not PRand he can correct me if I'm wrong but I think this point is a valid one. I don't think its so much that it means you ha...
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:04 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: News that makes us laugh, cry, or both
- Replies: 3528
- Views: 246879
- Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:12 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Points of Light
- Replies: 100
- Views: 17870
City-states of various races dot the darkness, bastions in the wilderness built amid the ruins of the past. Some of these settlements are “points of light” where adventurers can expect peaceful interaction with the inhabitants, but many more are dangerous. No one race lords over the world, and vast...
- Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:59 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What's Runequest?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1805
Prak: So, how many basket cases are walking around in your RuneQuest game? It seems so much easier to lose all your limbs than die. And is sorcery even worth anything when you first invest in it? IIRC, the basic spell effects are so bad, and you get so few manipulation points (and you have to make s...
- Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:58 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: 4E Also Fails on Facebook!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2898
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:20 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: News that makes us laugh, cry, or both
- Replies: 3528
- Views: 246879
1) Power companies are generally monopolies, because having more than one grid would be...an unholy mess. Here in Germany there are a couple dozen power companies. Anyone who owns a grid is basically forced to carry other providers power at prices fixed by the state. The same goes for phone and int...
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:57 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: GOP--Sore Losers
- Replies: 499
- Views: 41842
Apparently because they have Pat and Joe who have single issues they disagree with the last administration makes up for Tucker et al... Whatever. -Crissa I never said they were exemplary people, or that their presence made MSNBC a great utopian paradise. I was pointing out that MSNBC's decision to ...
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:25 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Trailblazer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 978
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:25 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Hasbro's Marketing Strategeree.
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7926
I am flabbergasted that they went with all this effort to make DnD powers simple enough to put on collectible cards and didn't start selling booster packs of said cards. I've seen em at local gaming stores. Looks like Amazon has em too. Lol. Well, now I'm less flabbergasted. Now I just want to know...
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:59 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Dark Sun returns
- Replies: 739
- Views: 112750
At what point does the system implode and some just writes up a universal list of powers that just has the player choose to do 'level appropriate' damage and a 'level appropriate' effect? My guess is that point is about 30 seconds after they announce any sort of license which a sane 3rd party compa...
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:54 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: GOP--Sore Losers
- Replies: 499
- Views: 41842
Really? Joe Scarborough's been consistently criticizing Bush. In fact, his new book is supposed to be a plan for how to rebuild the Republican Party after Bush screwed it up. And Pat Buchanan was hugely critical of Bush, notably over his advocacy of immigration reform. That was the biggest thing I n...
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:39 am
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: News that makes us laugh, cry, or both
- Replies: 3528
- Views: 246879
Calling out retardation is totally cool. And I can believe some of those numbers, once I factor in that I'm living in a more populated area and grew up with the Internet. And most of the people I'm around are the same way. I can honestly only think of one contemporary who is a lunatic Republican wh...