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Just finished The Athoritarians.

Very interesting, not to mention free.

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Roy wrote:

Narcissus wrote:

Bigode wrote: Who needs fog spells?

That's what I was thinking...though I don't know if the rolling head is laughing at me or WOTC.

All of the above?

Aw...and just when Bigode was making me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Well, I also think that the ink cloud is permanent, which means that you can get an octopus familiar, and do some sort of crazy thing with non-dispellable 10' by 10' by 10' cubes of total concealment (having given the octopus a way to exist out of water). I don't know if this is useful or not, but ...

Can the octopus use its ink cloud above water? I see no specific restriction? By RAW, yes. But since when do octopuses fight above water at all? Well, I also think that the ink cloud is permanant, which means that you can get an octopus familiar, and do some sort of crazy thing with non-dispellable...

Can the octopus use its ink cloud above water? I see no specific restriction?

I'm not interested in "putting people down" who offer input. Nor am I interested in treating "input" that is "let us ask you 100 questions and grant zero assistance in answering any questions" as more useful than ignoring it. Actually, this is an incredibly helpful for...

I disagree. To someone who is interested in learning about game design, the arguments against moronic ideas and creations are often as helpful as if the original post was well-considered. It's really great to learn from your mistakes, but even better to learn from other people's. How many times do ...

The fact that something was contributed does not mean that it has value, either. I disagree. To someone who is interested in learning about game design, the arguments against moronic ideas and creations are often as helpful as if the original post was well-considered. It's really great to learn fro...

I have a crazy unshaven beard of a two weeks (yes that goes pretty wild for me. and about probably two months of uncut hair which looks almost mullet afro-ish.) Tomorrow is haircut day. Virgil beat me to the punch (or was that me beating him to a pulp, hmm...) by posting my daughter's pic on the ne...

Boolean wrote:One clan is not actually of noble blood

Does their idea of what is "noble blood" go back to some historical/mythical event?

The term has come to mean anti-Jewish because the only semitic people with whom the European cultures that gave rise to the modern English language had significant and direct contact with were Jews. It's a linguistic idiosyncrasy accepted by most people. And yes, it is stupid. I seem to have missed...

Ah, good. I haven't even bought 4th.

As for Anti-Israel == Antisemitism, I have no idea what that's about. The Palestinians are also Semites . It's like claiming that you hate black people because you take the Tutsi side against the Hutus or vice versa. -Username17 The term has come to mean anti-Jewish because the only semitic people ...

Is this 3rd or 4th edition that you guys are talking about?

Also, what makes Dread Necromancer better than wizard?

Got chased off a message board for pointing out that the Israeli government are dicks. By a moderator. Well as you know (thanks to the anti defamation league and friends) pointing out that the Israeli Government is committing murder and genocide is exactly the same as biased hating of all Jews. And...

What else could one find in this museum? A menagerie of creatures born from every conceivable DNA sequence? Something else? Whatever you want. The real trick would be avoiding Traveller silliness Get a hold of Warehouse 23, by GURPS. There's your "what would be in it" manual. What does it...

What, exactly, is "superhuman" as opposed to "larger than life"? You and your players all have this line drawn before you reach the table, and it is different for each person. No developer can cater to each person's expectations about a situation when none of the people involved...

Would you consider placing the files on the internet?

As an aside, I always liked the idea that the library is only one part of an extra-planar museum. What else could one find in this museum? A menagerie of creatures born from every conceivable DNA sequence? Something else? Whatever you want. The real trick would be avoiding Traveller silliness EDIT:...

I would seriously advise reading Jorge Borges' "The Library" (pretty sure that's the title.

Also, planar travel takes a while to get, so this would be a good low-ish level setting.

As an aside, I always liked the idea that the library is only one part of an extra-planar museum.

Does it have an equivalent mechanism to AH gates? If not, how do the players win?

I think that Borges dreamed up a universe similar to this, though he gave it people and a history.

Not good for DnD (due to planar travel, etc), but excellent for Call of Cthulhu.