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by Crissa
Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:25 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The Archivist = Broken?
Replies: 83
Views: 12673

Re: The Archivist = Broken?

Where do the rules say the scroll has to be s specific type?[br][br]Are there different types of scrolls, or is a scroll a scroll?[br][br]And since Divine types don't have to write down their spells to either cast nor learn nor pass them on; wouldn't scrolls detailing divine spells be more rare?[br]...
by Crissa
Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:52 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The Archivist = Broken?
Replies: 83
Views: 12673

Re: The Archivist = Broken?

Oberoni believe that Mages can't create new spells, ever?

-Crissa
by Crissa
Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:51 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: D&D 1st and 2nd Ed. sure was one crappy game, wasn't it?
Replies: 105
Views: 14639

Re: D&D 1st and 2nd Ed. sure was one crappy game, wasn't it?

The last campaign that had magic items dripping from it I was in, was a 2nd ed campaign.

Want an item? Quest! Loot! Steal!

Half the party had a Cloak of the Bat!

Just because you couldn't make stuff yourself doesn't mean there wasn't tons of it around to get.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:14 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

1128941899[/unixtime]] So, I see no reason to believe it. Actually, it's the correlation/causation fallacy, but it is fallacious. Assuming that there is, in fact, a lot of burglary in neighborhoods with high gun ownership, we still don't know from that fact alone whether one caused the other. [br]F...
by Crissa
Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:02 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

1128464756[/unixtime]]Resale value-to-weight ratio has little to do with theft... [br]For comparison, 95 lbs of PENNIES are worth about $135. [br]Do you know how hard (expensive) it is to turn pounds of coins into cash?[br][br]Not sure what the rest of the story was supposed to mean... 95lbs? A 5lb...
by Crissa
Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:18 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

1128378611[/unixtime]]Calm down, Crissa. Someone asking you to cite your sources, and expecting them to be credible, is not unreasonable. [br]Yes, but while I can say 'the sky is blue' or 'a liter of water fits in a coat pocket' I don't expect to be asked for sources.[br][br]Things get stolen. Thin...
by Crissa
Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:24 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

1128360378[/unixtime]]Well, it's a poorly constructed causal argument, following the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. So, I see no reason to believe it. [br]Wow.[br][br]You have small pockets.[br][br]A snub-nosed .32 will fit in a pocket. It costs about $500 on up and takes the equivalent amount ...
by Crissa
Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:55 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

Essence at [unixtime wrote:1128270849[/unixtime]]Source?

Police? Why?

They're mostly small, obviously portable, and worth more than the same volume in cash.

How is this hard to believe?

-Crissa
by Crissa
Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:38 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The Goblin Paladin
Replies: 20
Views: 2318

Re: The Goblin Paladin

What does Ghost Touch do, then?
by Crissa
Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:49 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

Essence at [unixtime wrote:1128205142[/unixtime]]Is it that areas with more gun ownership have more break-ins and theft, or that areas with more break-ins and theft have more gun ownership?

Being as guns are a major target for theft... Probably the former.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:25 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

1128129208[/unixtime]]Honestly I'd never want to ever try breaking into a house in an area with a lot of gun owners. [br]That's possibly why you're not a criminal. Neighborhoods with lots of gun owners have more break-ins, theft. ...Guns are very valuable, as pointed out before.[br][br]How often do...
by Crissa
Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:11 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

1127787156[/unixtime]]What events in New Orleans? Apparently, most of the reported violent crimes were urban myths. [br]Yes, quite.[br][br]None of the crime in those false reports was armed people defending themselves.[br][br]So, this helps your position how?[br][br]It does, however, supports my po...
by Crissa
Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:22 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: See you in October
Replies: 11
Views: 2443

Re: See you in October

He's never broken my nose ^-^

Be good, Frank. Brains and brawn are what they need. Prolly more brawn, but the brains help.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:28 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

Of course, if the lock breaks, the house is invaded, what security does a gun buy you?

Most home invasions are against drug dealers and transporters. They're already armed.

Weapons make an already tense situation worse not better.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:01 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The Wargamer, The Deck Builder, & The Role Player
Replies: 110
Views: 15333

Re: Anyone feel like min-maxxing in D&D anymore?

1126791166[/unixtime]] 1126742781[/unixtime]]Intelligence . . . [br]So nobody in your HERO games ever make Perception rolls or use about half of the skills in the game? [br]Of course they do.[br][br]But points into Perception and Intelligence Skills is cheaper than putting points into Intelligence;...
by Crissa
Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:06 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The Wargamer, The Deck Builder, & The Role Player
Replies: 110
Views: 15333

Re: Anyone feel like min-maxxing in D&D anymore?

1126706360[/unixtime]] . . . and several of the stats don't really do anything. [br]Intelligence, Comliness...[br][br]I was thinking of tweaking intelligence somehow to make the points mean something more than one every five (maybe figuring it into ego combat?); and adding comliness as a lesser par...
by Crissa
Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:58 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Magic of Incarnum Excerpt
Replies: 10
Views: 1485

Re: Magic of Incarnum Excerpt

I tried, really I did.

But it just seemed to be new-synonym for magic and items that's otherwise the same as the previous several books on magic an items.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:20 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: The Wargamer, The Deck Builder, & The Role Player
Replies: 110
Views: 15333

Re: Anyone feel like min-maxxing in D&D anymore?

1126671082[/unixtime]]I'm reasonably familiar with GURPS, so I'm curious as to what HERO does better than GURPS and how. [br]Mmm...[br][br]I'm a big GURPS fan, here. I have literally a hundred GURPS books, not including duplicates, or Fourth Edition (which faces some of these shortcomings).[br][br]...
by Crissa
Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:04 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

Sir_Neil at [unixtime wrote:1126662054[/unixtime]]The deputy AG disagrees with you.

The Attourney General is an asshole.

And not a constitutional scholar or judge.

...So he could believe it was pink, for all it matters.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:25 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

This all has a simple answer. And guns are not a part of it.[br][br] 1126605112[/unixtime]]If anyoen tries to take my guns, they'll be shot. That's it. [br]Such was the words of the first squatter in New Orleans to be arrested.[br][br] The second amendment is literally the last part of the bill of r...
by Crissa
Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:46 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

50/50 chance that something usually lethal hits you, vs 50/50 chance something usually nonlethal hits you?

I wonder which I'm going to worry about.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Mon Sep 12, 2005 2:56 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

I didn't say 'guns'.

But someone else did say guns.

...

On the flip side, I can run out the the range of a rock, or catch it.

I can't outrun a bullet.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:38 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: End of The World
Replies: 25
Views: 8139

Re: End of The World

See, this is why I didn't want to mention the Dominionists. Now all your suggestions are angels demons junk.[br][br]Look, the Dominionists are just why disaster flicks are popular right now. Not that I want to reward them with angels and demons junk![br][br]Dominionists believe the bible is literall...
by Crissa
Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:32 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.
Replies: 158
Views: 17224

Re: Arrrgh!! We are totally doomed.

The only persons arrested in New Orleans so far have been the nut-jobs.

An armed society isn't a utopian society, sorry.

-Crissa
by Crissa
Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:01 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: End of The World
Replies: 25
Views: 8139

Re: End of The World

1126287882[/unixtime]]No, actually it stil isn't quite clear to me.[br][br]You seem to be alluding to roleplaying in the Left behind series or something like it, where the events of the Book of Revealations are occuring throughout the campaign....I get that much. But I'm not quite sure about how in...