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FrankTrollman wrote:Well how about the fact that in the linked conversation, another ex-author was also participating. And he was talking about his own work in addition to other works. He says on the thread that he didn't get a warning about it.

-Username17

I don't see a link to that conversation?

The easiest way to have an evil character in a good party would be to have the evil character invoke "the greater good" a lot. That shifts the debate to what means are appropriate to achieve what everyone agrees is a worthwhile end. The "evil" character can take a very utilitaria...

I'm unsure on how it interacts with people who grab some spells and also ride around on a zombie boar with a lance. Well, if yelling your name out lout gives you +x to sword people and keeping it secret gives you +x against spells then your Zombie Boar rides looks like this: If he yells his name hi...

I thought babies didn't get names because the infant mortality rate was so high. Anyway, while some people would want to keep their true names secret, others would not. I think a good mechanic for this would be giving people "mundane" bonuses for swearing oaths by their True Name, and &quo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0BOOgW7rHE

Those are all real pies, too.

Oh, it's easier than that. Much easier, and less cheesy. Core-only too.

Step one, be an elf. Put 4 ranks into Profession: Farmer
Step two, sit around for 100 years (or whatever) running your farm
Step three, buy a candle of invocation

In California, when the custodial parent is receiving public assistance, child support is paid directly to the state. I'm not sure how that gets figured into the stats you're looking at--it could be that the state accounts for most of the remaining 39%.

That seriously looks like a mug shot. Game On, fbmf It is! Frank, off-topic, but are you doing alright? I keep reading articles about how the Czech Government collapsed... Oh, I got arrested. I spent the day in a Czech jail because the Czech government lost my visa and then when I came in to sort i...

The best way to learn something is to teach it. This can take any number of forms. Study groups where you explain concepts back and forth are common and effective. If you're studying on your own, don't just read the book! Take notes, try to get to the point where you can explain what you're reading ...

I personally like the 3E beguiler. He gives you a lot of options during play, but not a lot of character optimization choices during creation. So he's fast to create, but interesting to play, and that's what I think people should aim for. I think it's telling that the "optimization" discu...

Thanks, Frank. That was exactly what I was looking for.

here's how he differentiates the two: Chicago School economics is sort of a mixed bag - some government intervention is okay (Friedman wanted the Federal Reserve to keep a steady inflation of the monetary supply through good times and bad, with the option to inflate at will if desired - the Austrian...

I was debating a couple of libertarians online, and quoted a few paragraphs by Frank Trollman about how flawed the Chicago School of economics is. They responded that they supported not the flawed Chicago School, but the pure Austrian School, which prescribes zero government intervention, and ideall...

How is that even a good playtest when they're using NPC classes and just all around godawful builds? That's nothing. Did you catch this line (emphasis mine): The Dragon uses its Frightful presence which leaves Sarah and Raven shaken. It then tries to bite Raven, but misses due to a very bad roll. (...

I just stop the page before it finishes loading and it works just fine.

The current standard for non-sanctioned Vintage tournaments (i.e., every Vintage event not run directly by Wizards) is 10 proxies, but some venues allow more. If you happen to own Black Lotus, great, but if not, you can just proxy it. Same goes for the rest of those $$$ out of print cards. The forma...

Four of the cards mentioned are individually over 10 years old (Mana Drain and Tormod's Crypt are 94, while Necro and Force are 95/96). Yawgmoth's Will, Goblin Welder, and Tinker are all from 98/99, and Tendrils of Agony is admittedly more modern (03). "Vintage" is what used to be called &...

They can and will punt the game, sometimes making multiple game-losing mistakes per turn . Could you give an example, please? Sure! Here are some Vintage examples, because that's the format I play: Chump blocking with Goblin Welder to preserve valuable life points. Not casting Force of Will because...

Seriously, just follow that algorithm or a variation thereof, and you'll be fine playing against a shit deck with an awesome one. And that's a realistic strategy a newbie could use, and takes virtually no brains to execute. Everyone's already touched on why the specific strategy mentioned is awful,...

It's not exactly a board game, but Cthulhu 500 is awesome nonetheless. The gameplay is good, and the puns in virtually every card name are unreal.

Zherog wrote:As for an ignore feature, v3 of phpBB has it. Now that my vacation is done, I'll be digging into some stuff again, as well as asking Neil for his expert opinion on matters.

The signal-to-noise ratio is falling again. An ignore feature would be awesome.

http://thedailywtf.com/ is pretty funny stuff, although you often have to know at least a little bit about programming to get the joke.

You could give every Minion a balloon--when it pops, they go down.

If you want to avoid "flashy" powers, stick to the Martial characters: Fighter, Rogue, Ranger, Warlord. Anything with a Divine or Arcane power source is going to require special effects.

That's the real kicker. The Krynn Pantheon has 7 Good, 7 Neutral, and 7 Evil gods (I will give them credit for leaving Law/Chaos out of the picture). If only. All the LG organizations (Elves, Kingpriest/Istar, etc) get knocked for being exclusionary, proud, and full of dumb laws. Even the Knights o...