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The AWoD way. Give the protagonists (and important antagonists) a special set of things that they can do. Like disciplines. These abilities give players a set of new maneuvers that can be used to fight individually like an entire crowd. A good example from AWoD would be Indomitability ( or hell, En...

Stop right there. The Iroquois were a big deal; they were such a big deal that the Founding Fathers could not take all of thier common sense ideas which were beyond revolutionary at the time. Both Women's equality and sufferage was a part of the confederacy. Er, I know. Was I unclear? The Iroquios ...

Guys, the founders lived at a time when most of the population was made up of illiterate farmers, the standard system of government was monarchy , the Iroquois were a big deal, and slavery was both legal and widespread. The internet, nuclear weapons, vaccines, electricity, Keynesian economics, airpl...

Couldn't you combine the dicepool combat system of SR4 with a pre-existing tactical system from a game such as D&D 3.X or GURPS and end up with a playable system? Or is there something about dicepool systems that do not lend themselves to this kind of adaptation? Dicepool systems favor having a...

What about using adjusted Shadowrun rules to make a fantasy adventure game?

I would really like that.

@ the guy with the link Talking about the disciplines as they are: I seriously cannot fathom a "simple" and "featureless" object "with no moving parts" so useful that having it around for less than half a minute is worthwhile - but that cannot simply be placed ahead of ...

Well my post was tongue in cheek, but I will seriously admit that I do not understand Communism, even after reading about it. Where it seems to be practiced in terms of a national government it is an abject failure (flawed as the implementation is, but that is another issue), and I have trouble rec...

1) You can't cast spells from scrolls. They're just useful for learning new spells. Rogues: UMD is now less awesome. Sorcerers: Reduced spell availability. Wizards: Fewer spells per day. The problem with this setup is that well-played wizards (ie: those that would need toning down) don't really nee...

Well, huh. It's kind've a neat idea but...why? The class has some pretty nifty tricks sometimes, but if you wanted to use said tricks, you would just be a wizard and get more of them all the time. Maybe spell swap and spontaneous casting make up for this - I dunno. I suppose that my core question is...

Thanks Hicks.

Upon further thought, I have come to the depressing realization that as an atheist and a socialist most people in my country probably do consider me to be in the actual lunatic fringe.

"The Lunatic Fringe" as his name Your name makes everything you say funnier for everyone else. I can think of several possible interpretations regarding this statement, but am having trouble finding the correct one. In other words: "Please explain". As to Tzor: Dude, read some c...

Global warming is not a "make cute little jabs at the other side" issue. It's a "massive social and ecological upheavals" issue.

http://johannhari.com/

I like this guy on many issues.

So, do you get fewer of each category up? Also, how do the leadership abilities work? ...and how much (in relative terms) can different categories affect the war? Is the game modeling a war, a battle? Are we going to be dealing with the "home front" (historically pretty damn important in w...

Thanks for the search terms

Could someone with knowledge of the topic explain this graph to me (and others)?

FrankTrollman wrote:Couldn't do worse than economics as a solitary field has done in the last few decades.

-Username17

You are referring to the Monetarists?

I have never had the opportunity to take an economics class and don't know much about the field.

Praise be to his name!

Orion wrote:Lillend is unacceptable because it breaks the "no Abrahamic" rule.

There is a "no angel" rule, not a "no-Abrahamic" rule. Hence golems, which are found primarily (though not originally) in Jewish folklore.

Having read more aout my namesake, Tiberius Claudius Narcissus, I can say that:
-Simon Scarrow's portrayal of him is a bit off
-he is an asshole.

As such, I would like to change my name, how is that done?

what about Cubare, one of the root words of Succubus, which means "to lie". cubo, cubare, cubui, cubitus V INTRANS [XXXBO] lie (down/asleep); recline, incline; lie/be in bed, rest/sleep; be sick/dead So yeah, the root of "succubus" is "sub cubare" - "to lie under&...

Fair enough. I don't watch a lot of TV (well, at least, not on the actual TV).

This does not absolve Tzor of his greater sins, however.

...Tzor has credibility? Since when? Of course I have credibility! That's wny I have a 2010 Prius instead of some used broken down vehicle and I don't have to make a living by working at a pirate fast food chain or at a ren faire and ... oh wait, that's cerditability. Er, I don't know enough about ...

Jesus on the prosperity gospel: http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_teachings_of_jesus/on_wealth/mt06_19plk12_15.html And Maxus, recall that charity is one of the pillars of Islam. As in, you have to give a certain percentage (like 5% I think) of your cash to the poor every year. I don't think that...

There is nothing wrong with society taking your stuff if the rest of us feel that you aren't making proper (or any) use of it. The "sacred right to property" is a myth, and leaving houses empty when there are homeless people around in the hopes of sleeping in a giant pile of drugs, cash , ...

Er, so could you explain the balance-logic behind Doppelganger? It seems like an elder could just sit around casting it (7 power being worth less and less as one becomes more powerful) until they got 6 hits and could then copy another elder, increasing their power far beyond the ability of anything ...