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I am a man who walks alone
And when I'm walking a dark road
At night or strolling through the park

When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it's dark.

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there

Have you run your fingers down the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light ?

Sometimes when you're scared to take a look
At the corner of the room
You've sensed that something's watching you.

Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no-one's there ?

And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you're sure there's someone there.

Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklore
The unknown troubles on your mind

Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense, and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind.

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there.

When I'm walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone.

This was my original alias.

Think I'll make some coffee.

*skips five pages or so...

Miss anything?

Trying to think of another comic book movie that has been directed by someone with both experience directing feature films and writing comics for one of the Big Two. Don't think there is one.

I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing, of course, but it does mean the bar might be higher than it would be otherwise....

I think it's a good thing. He actually understands how comic books work and what fans expect of them. Of course, I am a Joss fan which makes me more optimistic than others, but... we'll see.

Kvantum wrote:

But can we please just get a gazetteer or even just a crude, hand-drawn map for the rest of Garund? I don't like maps that only show part of a continent. It bothers me, and I don't think I'm the only one wondering what's to the south of Sargava. Is there a great big southern savanna or desert or what?

The revised campaign setting will have a map that shows not only the rest of Garund, but the rest of Golarion. This map won't reveal things like terrain features, but there WILL be a section talking about central and southern Garund in the "Beyond the Inner Sea" section.

Ohhh... tasty.

OK, here is the slightly revised list. There are a few questions or qualifiers after some of them – let’s hear opinions! Remember, we now have 20 on the list, so if you feel strongly that a different movie should be on the list, you have to suggest which title should get knocked off!

Clash of the Titans Which one though – the original or the 2010 remake?

Dragonslayer OR Dragonheart Which one most deserves to be in this slot?

Robin Hood Which one though – the Kevin Cosner version or the 2010 remake?

I haven't seen either of these remakes yet, so my opinion is based on trailers, clips, web stuff etc.

Clash of the Titans 2010 remake. Less cheese, more action. I love the original, but the remake looks amazing.

Dragonslayer Hands down. I liked Dragonheart, but Dragon slayer is more 'epic'.

Robin Hood Kevin Cosner version. (I think) This one is tough to call before I see the new one.

Me, of course!

Two things.

1) I agree subtly is key. Lovecraft's best works were more about, the thing you can't quite understand or even conceive. Much like Alfred Hitchcock, the more gory bits take place 'off-screen' and let your imagination fill in the blanks.

2)Racism? Really? I'm sorry, but it's not that Lovecraft was racist, rather that society as a whole was racist at the time. If you are doing something where historical accuracy is important, then racism has to be accounted for. If your just making an adaptation for the scary bits, you can include as much or as little as makes you feel comfortable.

A modern day author with HPL's or even REH's views would be prime meat for accusations of racism, but at the time they lived and wrote the worst you can accuse them of is not being more 'enlightened' than everyone else.

*yawn... scratch... scratch.

Hmm, coffee.

Thanks again Mazes and Monsters. Looks like we have to sort out Tom Hank's impressed misunderstandings yet again.

Don't be laying this blame at the feet of a movie (And it's actually a decent film, to be honest). The only people who take it seriously are folks who 1) already have a beef with gaming or 2) are Gamers who are just looking to be offended.

The film may not have helped, but it didn't cause the problems. Lay that at the feet of people like Patricia Pulling and (God, I hate to invoke the name...) Jack Chick.

On the otherhand, we have the likes of Tracy Hickman, a well known Morman who gave us much of the Dragonlance world.

32, started playing in 2003. My first game was the session the group switched to 3.5. But I played the old gold box games on PC and Commodore 64 (Pool of Radiance, Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn), and my parents played when I was little - so I am a second generation gamer!

Really? I thought you were maybe late 20s.

Patrick Kropp wrote:

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one of them (mine):)

That is an awesome shirt...

oh and Linkimificated

I love that goblin. :^D

39. Started gaming in '83...ish.

Older than most of you, but not all.

Enlight_Bystand wrote:

Although Magus will fill a similar role to fighter/wizard/eldritch knight, I don't think that they will be changing Seltyiel to me it. I also believe that Paizo can do something that won't make that combo obsolete with this class..

It's possible, it just seems to make more sense to me to have iconics of all of the base classes, and miss the "iconic multiclass" than to have all bar one of the base classes, but keep the multiclass. Especially when the multiclass has always been built as a fighter/wizard anyway....

Very unlikely that they would change him. The Eldritch Knight is 'Core' and Seltyiel is used in the Iconic lineups for the APs and modules. The Magus base class won't be considered 'core' just like the APG classes aren't. At some point when asked if the new 'base' classes would be used as pregens in future modules or APs the answer was basically, 'No, we assume that people are using the core book alone, that way anyone can use the the pregens we provide. Anything used from another source (Inquisitor or Magus) would require a complete version included in the product so that core book only folks could still use it.'

So, Seltyiel will probably stay F/W/EK.

Just a heads up. I don't think Josh has said anything since This Post, but it's very possible that the Heirloom Weapon trait will be removed from the 'allowed list' when the new Guide to Organized Play comes out. Which will probably happen in the next few weeks before GenCon.

I just received The Deed of Paksenarrion in the mail from Chapters. Yahoo! Can't wait to get my chompers into this one!

Polished off 2 Andrew Vachss novels in the meanwhile (Hardboiled? James Ellroy has nothing on this guy)and still reading Devil In the White City by Erik Larson.

I recently re-read The Deed of Paksenarrion and am now finally reading The Legacy of Gird, which sat on my shelf untouched for years...

Pretty good read. I mean, for a book that has it's basic storyline already laid out by the history given in the Paks books, it's really got some surprising twists and turns in it.

Depends on your view of the Paladins code. I'm not DMing, but our group just started chapter 6 and we have a Pali in the group.

By the letter of the law, the very premise of the 4th chapter should cost a Paladin his powers, if your willing to stretch the limits a little, for 'the greater Good', then it's doable. Even so, it's still possible that he would be asked to do things that would absolutely cross the line and not exactly be in a position to refuse.

I really enjoyed #39 The Citadel of Flame. The series of encounters with Gali are a lot of fun on both sides of the screen, though a bit more-so for the GM.

I also had a lot of fun running Voice in the Void, though I will be having my first session with Mist of Mwangi this weekend, and I'm looking forward to that a bunch as well.

Solnes wrote:

Tordek Rumnaheim wrote:

could it be my first totp in this thread?

GET NEKKID!!

Yes ma'am

Just get it out of your system before Friday.

Then again, my characters have a tendency to tear dungeons apart stone by stone. Unless the dungeon is arbitrarily resistant to divination, teleportation, and numerous other kinds of magic, my character is going to convince the party go straight through the place with total disregard for all intervening barriers.

And if your party is able to utilize such powerful magics before the... fourth or fifth chapter or so, there are bigger issues at hand.

Aberzombie wrote:

Urizen wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

Mmmmmm....Summer Glau

The only thing worth watching on the Sarah Connors Chronicles. I watched the first season, then it started getting stupid and emo on season two. It would have been in much better hands if it launched on TNT. Or SyFy.

Syfy? SYFY?!? You gotta be s!&@ting me? Those kings of the craptacular b-movies?

I don't watch their movies, but I did like BSG and Caprica. And I have to fess ... I love their take on Dune. I watch that much more than Lynch's version.

Yeah, their movies are bad, but the series' can be good. Lots of people like Eureka (never seen it, not my thing), and the new Haven seems to have potential. Warehouse 13 and Sanctuary, while campy, are both fun to watch.

Wolfthulhu wrote:

Anyone else seen this yet? I watched it last weekend and It. Was. Great!

In my mind, this is the only sequel to the original movie. And AVP? What's that?

Honestly P2, AVP and AVP:R had their fun bits, but as far as good story goes. Predator >> Predators. That's all you need.

Lots of nods to the original film, including bits of the theme music and the end credits roll to Long Tall Sally. :^D

well I'm eager to see Predators, but I will never accept anything said by anyone who doesn't like predator 2, predator 2 was an awesome movie, and a great successor, and one of my favorite films. I hope predators makes for a great trilogy.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion.

AS for the AVP franchise, god they were both aweful, but in all honesty the second was better than the first.

I've said this regarding Revenge of the Sith as well as Wrath of the Dragon God: The fact that one of a series of crappy movies is slightly less crap than others, does NOT make it good.

Anyone else seen this yet? I watched it last weekend and It. Was. Great!

In my mind, this is the only sequel to the original movie. And AVP? What's that?

Honestly P2, AVP and AVP:R had their fun bits, but as far as good story goes. Predator >> Predators. That's all you need.

Lots of nods to the original film, including bits of the theme music and the end credits roll to Long Tall Sally. :^D

Dark_Mistress wrote:

poor donkey never gets anything good.

He gets rats! DONKEY RATS!!!

Sometimes he even gets the girl.

...
What?
Too far?

Yeah, pretty much. I was with her on a vacation this week, hangin' out with friends at a lake, and she pulled down the visor on the car I was driving to block the sun - and a spider was there. She literally screamed, opened the car door and jumped out of a moving vehicle to get away. I was mostly stopped, so she didn't hurt herself

Mmmm, poor girl. I can't wait to see her... hahaha.

Hey, Jess. Check the SD threads. I just posted something you will want to know. (And welcome back)

The 8th Dwarf wrote:

I am just happy that Paizo = HBO and not Disney as nothing puts me off like bland PC puritanical crud.

+1

You guys realize that Puritan beliefs were pretty much exactly opposite of what we call PC, right?

houstonderek wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

houstonderek wrote:

Wait, people are gaming in Houston without me? wth?

Would it make it any better to know that one of them is related to me?

I already knew that. If I thought I could have made it consistently, I would have asked in their thread in the Gamer Connection area. Wolfthulu and I have played together. I really can't justify driving that far north for a game right now, I'm just being a whiny little (my DM is in Europe for two weeks) whiner guy.

;)

Ah, you're probably better off. I think they game at my brother's house, which means you'd have been exposed to my niece and nephew. And that way lies madness......

Pfft. Those sweet little munchkins? I am NOT one who thinks all little kids are cute, but those two are adorable.

Wolfthulhu wrote:

Tordek Rumnaheim wrote:

I saw Inception Saturday afternoon with my oldest son and absolutely loved it. I highly recommend it to everyone. I don't want to say anymore because the less you know going in, the more enjoyable the movie will be.

Then I followed it up with finally seeing the Book of Eli. You all were right, it also is a great movie.

Might see Inception tonight. I watched The Book of Eli a few weeks ago. I really liked it.

I look forward to hearing what you thought of it at our game next Friday night.

Yep, yep. I have to go in and rebuild Remicus. My harddrive crashed last week and none of my Hero Lab files made the frantic save flurry I tried to pull off. So glad I had the foresight to email my 13th level wizards file to myself before I lost everything...

Wait, people are gaming in Houston without me? wth?

Not if you'd SHOW UP on Sundays. Sheesh. ;^)

The end?: Way back in 1978 I began my world with the erupting of the "Phoenix Stone". It was my macguffin to explain how things came to be. The birth of the gods, etc. Well, at one time or another my players have quested for it but never found it. We were sitting around after a game recently talking about times changed and people gone and seriously discussed a reboot with more modern rules and new concepts and ideas. I said, "Maybe it's time to find the Phoenix Stone." And they went crazy!

What better way to end it than the way I began it. So we had our "Apocalyptic Adventure", they've found the stone. All is in ruins. Most lie dead. The Gods have burned out. Ultimate evil defeated. Time to bring new life, new legends, new heroes and start again.

It's kind of like the new BSG, "This has all happened before and it will all happen again."

Too melodramatic?

You kidding? That sounds EPIC! I started playing in the early 80's, have played every version except the original booklet although I have a set, one of my most prized possessions.

As to your original question, If you've been running an OD&D campaign for 30 years, did this guy really think he could teach you something about 'winging it'? My God, your preferred rules have had virtually no support for a quarter of a century! I'm pretty sure you know your way around a story. *Insert much rolling of eyes here*

Anyway, I hope you find a good GM to help you get the feel of the 3.5/PF rules. And welcome to our dysfunctional little part of the family of gamers. ;^)

I saw Inception Saturday afternoon with my oldest son and absolutely loved it. I highly recommend it to everyone. I don't want to say anymore because the less you know going in, the more enjoyable the movie will be.

Then I followed it up with finally seeing the Book of Eli. You all were right, it also is a great movie.

Might see Inception tonight. I watched The Book of Eli a few weeks ago. I really liked it.

Hmmm... miss anything?

Oh boy! Savage Skald may be exactly what I want for my Kingmaker Bard. Looking forward to this so much.

I'd be a Half-orc. Class... that's harder. Ranger. Maybe Rogue or Inquisitor.

Hey, Half-0rc Inquisitor! That's original... damnit.

You really felt a need to post this? Really? Friggin' troll.

I know I step on toes from time to time, and am misunderstood more often that I like, but damn. That dude has issues.

Hmmm...

wanders naked and lonely through the thread...

Paris Crenshaw wrote:

Quick post before my nap. Went to bed at midnight-thirty, got up at 0600, now going to bed at 2100 to get up for a 0100 watch, which will be followed by a full workday. At least I get to go home and see my family tomorrow night. YAY!

That's how much sleep I regularly get. :)

I remember those days.

Years of that is why I can only sleep 6 hours at a time now.

Solnes wrote:

Jyu1ch1 wrote:

Solnes wrote:

Porns all the same anymore. Some fake breasted blonde getting slammed by some ugly ass dude going Uh Uh Uh Uh Oh yeah Oh yeah...Uh Uh UH. And then a money shot. Kinda not worth watching.

Yup I concur. I did love your seamen video that you linked the other day tho. =D

** spoiler omitted **

Heh, I love that song. The WoW vids are pretty awesome. :)

This one is one of my favs.

Gah... No. I don't care if their singing is intentionally crap or not, can't bear to listen to that one after the first time.

Gary has set the filters back on

Damn! I missed 'em. :^(

Computer's acting wonky. HAven't been able to get on line reliably for nearly a day. Firefox still isn't acting right. :^/

So, nothing going on here?

That would make it difficult. :(

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Treppa wrote:

People are very strange.

When I was younger, I used to think people ignored me socially because I was, well, younger than they and they figured I was worthless. Then when I worked with mostly guys, I figured it was because I was a woman.

Now I've come to believe that it has nothing to do with me at all. Some people are just rude-ass b!&@#es who can't even return a "good morning."

Oh, that was you? Sorry. And good morning.

Edit: Ninja'ed by EVERYONE!!!

It was a group effort.

Drag me to Hell's got some freaky fighting in it. To be expected from the Raimis, I guess.

Not a 'great' movie, but I enjoyed it.

*temporarily pulls a plug*

Put that back!

Why is that desirable?

My question would be, 'Why is it a problem'?

I'm glad Paizo isn't afraid to reject the shackles of PC crap in their works. It allows far more creativity. It doesn't mean the authors feel that way, and it doesn't mean players who use that particular aspect feel that way. It's just another part of a 'realistic' fantasy world you can roleplay to.

Antony Walls wrote:

Although 152 x 56 cm is quite close for a map 68 x 22 inches, allowing for some overlap between the long edges of each map.

Darn it! I bet that is what happened. :{ I didn't even think that the tape measure I was using might be in centimeters, being an American like I am, and so just assumed that the numbers were inches when I measured. Sigh. You just can't trust a CEO to do anything anymore, can you? Back to Kindergarten for me!

-Lisa

You miss eating paste?