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by The 13 Wise Buttlords
Sun May 25, 2008 3:52 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Is making half-elves/orcs/giants/whatever a human power?
Replies: 18
Views: 1923

Is making half-elves/orcs/giants/whatever a human power?

Aside from demons, angels, and dragons who all have the power of magic behind them, humans seem to be the only common race in that game that produces viable hybrids. It seems to be a common theme not just in D&D, but in any speculative fiction setting. I mean, just the phrase Mars Wants Women an...
by The 13 Wise Buttlords
Sun May 25, 2008 3:41 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: World War 3
Replies: 13
Views: 2541

What does this mean? It means that the two most populous countries on Earth are flirting quite severely with war. There is no chance in hell that such a conflict would remain contained to South Asia. But why? What possible benefit does either country get out of going to war or even antagonizing the...
by The 13 Wise Buttlords
Sun May 25, 2008 3:32 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Crime and punishment
Replies: 40
Views: 5539

Unfortunately, a significant segment of our American society is--let's face it--so sadistic and eager for punishment of the criminal underclass that I simply can't imagine them allowing any sort of meaningful reform. I mean, seriously. We still think that male prison rape is a source of endless phys...
by The 13 Wise Buttlords
Sun May 25, 2008 3:08 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: How did they make 4e treasure even more complicated than 3e?
Replies: 61
Views: 6664

Because magic items "don't count" when a monster holds them. They don't cause real game effects until they drop and get identified by PCs. Why would anyone think that players wanted the game to move more in the direction of MMORPGs? That kind of silliness is fine for FFXI or EQ or whateve...
by The 13 Wise Buttlords
Sun May 25, 2008 2:50 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Obama will probably be the Dem Nominee: What now?
Replies: 92
Views: 8254

Another annoyance is that while Obama polls more liberal than Clinton, his votes in the Senate are the same and his on paper proposals are much weaker. So he still didn't cinch the nomination because he failed to be Liberal enough.
I'm not sure what this means. Please elaborate.
by The 13 Wise Buttlords
Sun May 25, 2008 6:29 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Breaking modern society
Replies: 45
Views: 5899

Breaking modern society

So one of the biggest rules that holds modern gaming together is that you are relatively easy to kill and so is everyone else. So what happens when you introduce certain archetypes into these settings that ignore a lot of conventions of modern society? 1) You are personally invincible to anything so...
by The 13 Wise Buttlords
Sun May 25, 2008 6:03 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Why do people even buy or sell magic items?
Replies: 9
Views: 1401

Why do people even buy or sell magic items?

With the exception of a very small subset of items, such as a ring of teleportation or a crystal ball, why would anyone bother selling most of this crap? For example, in Shadowrun, people wouldn't wipe their ass with a +2 pistol of whatever the fuck. Or rather, they would, but if anyone tried to sel...
by The 13 Wise Buttlords
Sun May 25, 2008 5:33 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Obama will probably be the Dem Nominee: What now?
Replies: 92
Views: 8254

Obama will probably be the Dem Nominee: What now?

Against expectations even on this board, Obama pulled ahead of Hillary Clinton and is probably going to be the dem candidate. Also, McCain is also a much weaker candidate than I would've guessed. But anyway, what does that mean as far as the election goes? Me, I'm excited that the corporatist wing o...