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Boolean wrote:Insert Boolean's standard rant in favor of extemporaneous character advancement.

Where can I find this rant?

I would also recommend getting the actual L5R game (either 1e or 3e) rather than resort to the d20 system version. 3rd edition has loads more of devolution of fluff from the lame Card Game plots, but mechanically is in many ways the same as 1st edition. Mostly because everyone hated 2nd edition and ...

Well, the Chainmail bikini thread is hopelessly off the rails, but there's nonetheless a point that certain foreign elements don't seem to be grasping that are nonetheless important. Namely it's that it genuinely does not matter how many characters in the universe fit one or more demographic traits...

D is for me.

Thirded with enthusiasm. And with the caveat that mundane enhancements need a cost aside from gold...otherwise we're right back to tearimng down the Tower of Blue Crystal because it's worth 10 gold a pound. There are two routes to mundane enhancements: Extraordinary quality materials, and extraordi...

I have only one place I'll really ever accept "+X" items, and that's in the realm of mundane enhancement. That is to say, I'm okay with awesome blacksmiths crafting Fine, Excellent, or Masterwork qualities weapons. But if I'm going to make a sword magic, it's much more interesting to do so...

Indeed. But you don't look for it just because its "magic". You look for it because it gets you an advantage at something you want an advantage at. Its not "ooo, magic. Identical to my nonmagic item. But it sparkles!" Well, not usually. But the point is that with such a system, ...

The problem is that the entire reason in any of the source material to make, look for, or otherwise obtain magic weapons is that a magic weapon is an advantage. A very popular route is that magic items (or even magic as a whole) is at best a mixed blessing, rather than a straight advantage. So a gu...

I have a germ of an idea on time-travel and temporal magic in an RPG, but I think too much sometimes. For awhile there, I've considered the most satisfactory explanations of time-travel to use loops (where time-travel is already within the chain of events). However, I've been thinking and realized ...

Okay, enlighten me. Who/what is Light Yagami? The Anti-Villain main character of Death Note, bent on mass slaughter, playing (or rather, BEING) god, and general world domination. Also has absolutely no martial talent whatsoever, and made Int and Wis his main stats. Truly, he is the image of paladin...

My main issue with the flaws provided in UA is that they don't really provide any uniqueness to the character, and are basically reduced to being an optimization tool rather than adding anything meaningful. They're all pretty much similar, and they're all things like "Shaky: You have a slightly...

He did nothing of the kind. He claimed that he saw you using some material that he has previously published as open content . Unless he cites a specific example and it turns out to be material that he did not write, then he is not claiming credit for your work, even if his statement is incorrect--h...

Honestly, I don't know what argument Frank made. If it's that big of a deal, the information should be open to anyone. It's not like anyone would make money off of it anyway. Let alone fail to credit someone else. The problem isn't someone failing to credit someone else, it's Frank stealing credit ...

baaaawwwww I'm a whiny [EDITED] Actually, it has nothing to do with that. I have no loyalty to Frank, just as I have no loyalty to any other person on the Internet. Your e-tantrums give me lulz because you freak out about fucking everything. You could have just said, "Actually, I didn't use an...

about nothing. Yeah, because plagiarism is nothing to you. Of course, it's very convenient that the guy stealing credit for other people's work (FrankTrollman) is the one who says that intellectual property rights mean nothing. And why do you buy something that's so easy to see through? Because it'...

Hey, if you went back and referenced Frank, I'm proud of you. There's nothing to be ashamed of with passing on good stuff. Except I didn't go back and do anything. There is no rule system or essay used, only one quoted post in the skill system used to frame a couple issues, clearly attributed to Fr...

He said that the material he saw was his (I believe that to be true). Same thing. That is him (clearly falsely) taking credit for my work. And not only a specific part of my work, but by making such an oblique statement he is claiming that all work done on my project should be credited to him, wher...

In case anyone cares, Caedrus never offered to allow me to see his secret forum.[/i] And I never said I did. I said I would offer, if you were responding to this conversation, which you were not. I have since shown it to both Leress and Bigode, and they see no trace of any of your work. Frankly, th...

Judging__Eagle wrote:OWA, Why not just let the person who supposedly wrote what you supposedly used read it?

I would, but he doesn't respond. Leress hasn't followed up on his offer either.

Well, I let Bigode onto my site, gave him full moderator access, let him look over not only the threads and posts but the moderator logs and everything to confirm I didn't alter anything after Ubernoob's banning, and, quote: (10:17:41 PM): Well, then, done and done. (10:17:49 PM): Proof beyond a rea...

Caedrus: in all fairness, you would be subpoenaed, were this this a court case, for records of the forum with witnesses saying I saw X incriminating evidence. This isn't actually true at all. In a real court case, there would be no basis to bring a case about, because the accuser has no claim. You ...

ubernoob wrote:Your logic is weak.

Because, you know, "My word is better than yours" is such a crushing logical argument from you.

If you want to exonerate yourself you should make an effort to prove you are wronged. And I have done so. I have cited the conspicuous lack of evidence on your part, offered to allow an arbiter to look through my posts on my private site as well as dig up logs of our last conversations before I ban...

Where are your citations? Citations for what? Hell if I care. You were the one that brought citations into this. If you want citations you should be able to bring some yourself. Can someone explain what the hell he is talking about to me? What the heck is he expecting me to cite? As Bigode said, bu...

Where are your citations? Citations for what? No. That means it was word for word Frank's stuff. Therefore it must have been copy/paste. Then you should be able to show us the offending post, if it exists. Now, since you banned me from your little private forum I can't exactly go back to find speci...