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Probably not. The opportunity costs of RPG-writing often get people in the end.

But according to Frank's statistic, there are only whites and blacks in America... so, problem solved- there are no other minorities.

Pretty much what I was going to say. The goal of Ultimate Power is another fallacy of Stupid Evil.

Its also assuming the presence of Stupid Evil or as I tend to think of it, Dragonlance Evil. Though I feel like I'm repeating myself when I do. [br][br]But the assumption that evil people have no friends and will always betray each other even when there are reasons not to (up to and including their ...

No one has ever proved that the mysterious 'American food' exists though.

Its an odd and crazy thing, but every video game designer I've ever heard talk ends up sounding like a wage-slave. It is, essentially, just another job.[br][br]And this...[br] I'll make life enjoyable for those of us who never got picked for sports in school, never got the girl in school, and never ...

Well, at least they took it apart for him, rather than just blowing him like the Enworld folks did.

Oh, come on now. Honor is only terrible if you don't prize violence.

Oy. Someone needs to be set on fire. First for the pointlessly obnoxious restrictions, then for the TeenyBopperMelodrama writing style, and finally just for being bloody stupid and thinking that was a good idea.

They said no (and I use that loosely, because I haven't actually seen anyone produce a quote with a Wizard's guy saying 'Fourth edition is not happening' rather than a general denial) because companies don't talk about future releases before they're ready to announce it. It tends to impact sales of ...

1188094968[/unixtime]][br]But this 4th edition crap pissed me off.[br]Why?[br]Because I've been staring at WizO official denial for months. [br]Wish I copied every instance onto a big text file to spam them with now, but too late. Lost, somewhere on my harddrive, all those counterposts...[br]If I h...

What, that crap? That shit only existed because the major comic book companies bent over and let the McCarthy communist paranoia-inspired Comics Code sodomize them on a regular basis.

For fvcking decades.

So... here's a thing[br]From the 4E Eberron thread. From the mouth of the guy who fvcking designed Eberron (and apparently isn't involved anymore, which I find amusing).[br]http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=905793&page=13[br][br][quote][b]The danger you run into is making the artificer ...

1188027727[/unixtime]][br]Edit: Wiki to the rescue. Yep, they were originally doglike, hence the yapping speech. I read it on Wikipedia, it must be true. [br][br]Peasant 'wisdom' aside, they were doggish once. Some folks have a real hard-on for them that way too, in the way that rabid fans do. Pers...

1188024587[/unixtime]][br]But as Frank pointed out, being 'good' in that sense is pretty much impossible. It's not completely impossible, I understand, but the struggle is just ridiculously hard. If you want to play a real hero and not some amoral ass-kicker then it's just IMO completely freaking u...

Right. And killing the folks that want to kill your people is making that 'better difference'. Because then they aren't killing you. But seriously, maybe its the subset of comics I read as a kid, but largely, they didn't do that. [br][br]Maybe its me, and my dislike of missionaries (since, well, the...

Well, it could be insane... but not the 500 or so points implied if it was the first round of combat. However, I'm sure by the first year or two of expansion books there will be enough loopholes to pull it off if you do it right.

But superheroes don't do that either. They just beat the villain up, and then let him go so they can sell more comics. They don't try to make the villain a 'better person'

But, sorry, still lost.[br]Killing things is what heroes do . Its the point of heroes. Heroes aren't the guys who preach peace and understanding, and they aren't even the folks that rescue people from collapsed buildings. They're the ones that, when there are monsters about, stick a sharp bit of met...

But... why? Where are the characters getting the idea that redeeming the evil monsters (of various stripes, including the ones that look human) is even a worthwhile approach? In the history of their society, stabbing something in the face has been the only method of keeping themselves alive.[br][br]...

But thats just it, it wouldn't be totally Evil. It wasn't until recently that people developed and embraced that idea that stabbing someone in the face and using his bits to decorate your city, while you raped and enslaved his women/children wasn't absolutely everyday behavior. They're the enemy , t...

The biggest problem I have with the Exalted Furries book (nice one, btw), is that it tries to shove this bizarre modern absolutist version of 'Good' that isn't even appropriate to any setting they shove it in. Except possibly, planescape, but even then, with essentially infinite planes, infinite cul...

1187942296[/unixtime]]The other intresting thing is that means that the warrior can do atleast 250 damage in one hit.[br][br]Two observations with that: Either hitpoints are much higher than before or fighter damage output is insane.[br][br]Save or die spells just got even better than evocation.[br...

The 4 fighter party is *awesome*. I especially like the bits on crafting, trapfinding and healing- a sure sign someone isn't even passingly familiar with the system.

And the fact that the 'point buy' system he's using translates to a 50 point buy under the standard rules... wow.

Oh come on now. You can make a good grappler or damage dealer out of a cleric, too. :razz:[br][br]Spell compendium gives some stupid good spells for grappling, which stack with all the core crap. ~ +30 to grapple checks and 6d6 of fire damage to anything that you grapple (or grapples you)... at 9th ...