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Hey! President Obama did something newsworthy other than wear long sleeves in the Oval Office! http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUuwZEj7J76VVXjunj78FiCCibdA So executives of companies which got the bailout can't make more than a paltry half-a-million? Sounds reasonable. Reasonable...

I have to agree with the folks who don't really care about how the gravity works. I mean, if my world is a hollow sphere, gravity points down, outside the sphere. What happens when you fly toward the center? Gravity still points down. Any odd gravitational effects flying characters feel as a result ...

The Democratic Party's official position on nearly every issue is the more popular one nationally, gay marriage being the most obvious exception (and that will be the majority position within 20 years). Many, many people who consider them "moderates" (even a fair number of "conservat...

Lago is right when he says stuff like virtually locked out of the youth vote and alienating the fastest growing population subgroup? and being anti-LGBT rights is a losing proposition in the long run. The thing is, the GOP got hammered these last few elections, and rightfully so, but their demise, w...

I dug through my stack of games, and decided to replay Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door. Dude, that game is major quality. The original's good stuff too - I'm not entirely sure which I like better. There are lots of points in those games where you just have to burst out laughing. Super Paper Mario, ...

Koumei wrote:Oh, and now I have a telly in my bedroom, so I hooked the spare PS2 up to it and continued playing Odin Sphere and Shadow Hearts 3. With the occasional round of Rumble Roses mixed in.

Say, how is Shadow Hearts? I was recommended that series by someone, but I wanted to get a second opinion.

I've been playing Okami for the Wii, recently. Originally for the PS2, the company the ported it did a bad job, in the sense that the game freezes under certain conditions. Great game, though. Through trial and error after losing an hour or so of progress, I discovered that I can make the game freez...

I like the second list much better. If, for some reason, we were going with the first list, Hume should probably get a spot.

Also, that comic is sweet.

For the life of me, I can't come up with a good reason that anyone would want to play a levels system over a level-less system. So, folks. Tell me: "Why are level/class-based systems mechanically sound?" Not saying this is the case, but it's possible they're actually not mechanically soun...

Can we please make it against the rules to disagree with correct maths? Maths is perfectly objective so theres no danger of stifling opinions Correct maths is one thing, relevant maths is another. It's like how people can cite statistical evidence both for and against, say, global warming, and both...

Didn't he write the speech in question? All in all, I am still very cynical about his oncoming presidency... Dude, writing your own speeches is so 3000 B.C. Virtually no politician does that, ever, and Obama is no exception. He has input, sure, but everything is gone over with a fine-toothed comb b...

Bigode wrote:I'd rather do like a Persona 3 character (with no hope of summoning spirits) before that.

A Persona 3 character? Where do I get me some of that? Shooting oneself in the head is a sure route to real ultimate power.

Not all those ideas are gold, I'll admit, but what do you guys think? Is it actually better to have a game where any random person walking down the street could secretly be sporting enough buffs to pick up a castle and fly it across the continent - which, by the way, is an actual, real advantage, bo...

You know, one of the things some people like about 4th edition over 3rd is that not every character gets to fly around like Superman all the time. (At least, I assume this is one of their reasons. On a scale from 1-10 in objection quality it ranks roughly around "ridiculous", which is a sl...

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure I understand the question, but that's probably because I stopped reading the "healing surges" thread about fifteen pages ago. Could I ask for clarification of the topic?

I apologize, my original formulation was self-contradictory. I've tried to patch it up to be meaningful in any way at all. To stress: those who are at low risk and choose not to be vaccinated have (in expected value, overall terms) negative effects on everybody else, since while they themselves are ...

Those who act or even speak against full socialized vaccinations are traitors and assassins - and should not be treated any differently because of the technical nature of the discussion. I'm curious about something, just as a little thought experiment. There's a contagious disease, the Martian Deat...

That...does appear to be logically sound. Unimpressive mechanically, since, like you said, I'd rather have a warlord buddy, but it does appear to work.

To be honest, I'm a little surprised that private companies are allowed or able to run emergency services at all, because when you're having a heart attack right now , there is really very little possibility for shopping around. I suspect it has mostly to do with insurance companies, and those who d...

(including those in areas of non-contagious diseases, which therefore don't have significant network externalities) Don't they still have a significant network externality of joint research (or lack thereof), or I got the term wrongly? Good point: we should probably also define terms not all people...

I'd appreciate some clarification on the question. Health care is actually a hugely broad topic, which can, depending on what you want to talk about, can include general practitioners, family doctors, pediatricians, specialists of all sorts (including those in areas of non-contagious diseases, which...

I had to invent some mooks the other day for my level 12 game. I wanted them to be disposable, so around CR 10 each (since it helps that my players are pretty competent). I came up with a brute that would throw around two attacks at +16 (10 BAB, 4 Strength, 2 Magic) for 1d10+10 (basically winged thi...

Koumei wrote:Unstoppable Force (an actual steam engine. Fast one-way movement and damaging)

Needless to say, there needs to be a brick power called Immovable Object. And what happens when an Unstoppable Force meets an Immovable Object is anyone's guess.

Power Surge + Skill Enhancer + Item Alteration + Holy Word. All on a pile of staves. Then you kill Hextor. Neat. So what fixes are there for when a player can break a game? I'm especially interested in HERO, though it applies equally well to 3.5 and whatever wizards can do. But in HERO, I want to g...