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Thanks for the help everyone! Want to start off agreeing with the fact that Increase Reflexes is the most powerful buff there is, which is likely why the GM banned it. I will definately take a look at Analyze Device, maybe I can have it apply to multiple knives of the same make. Lastly, it looks lik...

Hello all! I’m back again asking for your assistance and to pick the brains of people with more knowledge of the SR system than I. Here we go; a friend is modifying SR rules to play a medieval campaign (whether or not it is the best choice is beside the point) and I want to play a dagger wielding sp...

My 2 cents regarding MBA's and Engineering?

Get the Engineering degree first (master's if you want a small edge - but not much). Then get the MBA while working for a company and getting them to pay for it.

- Rathe

Hey all, Quick question regarding Steam. Is it possible to circumvent the online patching process and play it offline, by having decent firewall settings and telling it to frag off when it wants to connect? Or is it evil enough that is HAS to connect at least once before you can ever play the titles...

If you are still looking for suggestions that may help the monk, might I suggest some of the following: Items: - Monk's Belt (PHB) - + 5 levels to AC, Dmg - Necklace of Natural Attacks (SS) +1 Ghost Touch, Sure Strike, Paralyzing, Metalline - Enchanted Ki Straps (maybe with the Metalline) - Wisdom B...

All this talk about improper lending leading to the credit crisis makes me think about Jonathan Jarvis's video Crisis of Credit . I found it both informative and well done. This is also an interesting site for additional information: http://www.good.is/post/making-sense-of-the-financial-mess/ - Rathe

In relation to renting versus buying:
Here is an interesting calculator that lets you see when one or the other is a better use of your money.

- Rathe

Not sure if it will be anything you are looking for, but my most colourful and thematic mage was a "touch attacker of doom". In short: Go Ork Go posession style with intuition base Max Hand to Hand, with specialization in chi/touch/martial art attacks Take a few spells - Deathtouch, Knocko...

Orion, Sounds like an awesome concept! One question though, and please don't take this adversely, why don't you go the White Wolf route and use Frank & Company's A World of Darkness as the chassis? If you go that route, it will free you up from having to invent a backbone for your game and you c...

From the cool tech front...

Eye telescope implant clears FDA hurdle

Isn't it interesting how when somthing is proven to not be a scandel, news outlets don't ever give near the attention?

'Climategate' probe clears scientists [/i]

So...you cast a persistent image of the Sphere of Anhillation?[/i]

The problem is with the distribution. Mexico has a fairly wide divide between the ultra rich and the ultra poor. So you probably won't see a middle class that's as politically active as that in the US, although the middle class in Mexico has been growing. ... Which is a lot better than the state of...

Ahh well, if this were a Civilization game, it'd be about the time where I would be changing the majority of my population from Farmers/Workers to Scientists.

Oddly enough, when it comes to changing the world on a larger scale wizards, clerics and bards are the movers and shakers. What you'll need is a number of schools, collages and institutions with the faculty having all taken the mentor feat. Considering that feat allows you to train your apprentices ...

Played both Descent and Arkham Horror and enjoyed both. They are great games for when noone wants to DM and people can't make up their minds. My annoyances are FFG can't seem to properly write instructions to the games that don't waffle all over the place and they hide information in odd locations. ...

Well, the only other caster/monk build I've ever seen work is a Cleric/Sacred Fist.
If you are stuck on casting Wizard spells, just choose an Archivist for your Divine Caster Side.
Just remember that text does trump table, so the Sacred Fist gains casting every level.

A couple...mainly those tired of seeing the Crowd Control Wizard, Melee Cleric and Druid Whatever always played. Some just liked it when I said "He will cast no Charms, Illusions or Clouds". Seriously, just talk to the DM, spell out what theme you're going for, and establish a power level ...

Okay, so you're looking for a monk-caster, well that is kinda...hard to do if we play the game using the usual suspects. Instead, we go Swordsage from the Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords, take the "monk-like" AND "caster" adaptations. You'll lose light armour proficiency, HD ...

Seriously, 3 feats instead of 2? You lost me right there.

Feats are those things that are supposed to make you special, stuff that you would highlight on your resume as it were. You only get a couple of bullet points, having to waste them even moreso than in 3.5 should be a crime.

Thank you for the response, our group will continue playing around and I'll report periodically on any player feedback (if you don't mind). Quick question: I took all of your posts for aWOD and created a word document with Table of Contents. Changed all the larger headings to actual headings, stagge...

Starting to run a aWOD game with a group of friends and while they have been having a terrific time playing the system, some questions have come up. (Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse here or if the questions have been brought up prior.) - In Character Creation, can you drop those 2 variable attribu...

Thank you all for the help.

A little saddened that the character will be that limited at low level, but still a game is a game.

As I have absolutely no idea what anyone else will be playing, it looks like I'll prep a Laser Cleric and a Fighty Type and see what the party mix is.

Thanks again!

Hello Denners! Here with hat in hand hoping for a little assistance. It appears that I'll be playing a 4e Living Forgotten Realms game "The Prospect", levels 1-4 (likely higher in the future) on somewhat short notice. Don't know anything about 4e beyond what I've gleamed from reading here ...

Just finished reading Pinceps' Fury of the Codex Alera Series by Jim Butcher, a good read.