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It's just weird seeing guidelines like this on someone else's site. It's like going out to eat at a fancy restaurant by yourself and glancing across the room to see a lovely magazine, what was your lovely magazine, smiling and laughing with someone else, someone else looking at her Class Acts, her Demonomicon, her Core Beliefs. Then they clink their glasses of some expensive dessert wine while sharing a piece of decadent chocolate torte. Later in the parking lot, when they ride off in the corvette, they splash you with a puddle and you get drenched, but at least no one can see the tears anymore. Except that the someone else in question wouldn't be looking at her Class Acts, Demonomicons, and Core Beliefs. Why the hell would Wizards ever want to publish something so flavorful and good? Mark my words, as soon as the new stuff comes out it will be filtered by Wizards with a fine toothed comb. We won't get nearly the good stuff we get now. Why would they put any good stuff in their own magazine when they could stuff it into a book and make more money? It's better than the magazines disappearing altogether, but getting published online doesn't sound nearly as appealing as getting published in paper. Maybe I'm old fashioned. No....I am old-fashioned. I dunno. I'm only fifteen and I think that an electronic magazine is crap. I don't think the term you're looking for is old-fashioned. I'm pretty sure the term is "smart".
I forget where it was, but someone somewhere had an animated avatar of Bilbo when his face gets all twisted and creepy in the Fellowship of the Ring. It was very distracting. I'm trying to read a post and Bilbo is up in the corner going nuts.
This is proof that commercials aren't bad. It's just that the good ones get banned. This XBOX 360 commercial was banned for being "too morbid" but it is truly hilarious!
Oh and here's a video. It's not funny, but I thought of it when Dirk Gently mentioned that other Mr. Roboto thing. It's a good song, and few people (that I know, at least) realize that 1. It's by Styx. and 2. It has more to it than "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto" over and over again.
(And in the Jones Soda one, was one of the soda flavors antacid, or were those the fizzy things put in afterwards? Cuz he says antacid as he's pouring the pink soda, but cherry pie is also mentioned.) Wow. Antacid-flavored soda. The only time I've ever seen Jones soda is at Panera Bread, and they only have like Root Beer, Cream Soda, and Apple. "Man Chowder" ... ...
I'm partial to The Shining, though I'm not sure if I'd call it the scariest movie ever. It is a really good movie though. Someone mentioned those Ernest movies a page back, and I actually recall one of them (whichever one had the troll that petrified people) that scared me when I was very little. There was some scene where a girl is afraid of the troll, so she looks under her bed for it and instead finds her teddy bear or something. She picks it up, hugs it, and rolls over in bed...only for the troll to be suddenly right in the bed next to her. That scared the crap out of me as a kid...not immediately, mind you, but when I went to bed and thought about rolling over...
Ah, that explains it for me. As far as anything lovecraftian . . I've learned it's better for me to keep my sanity than actually go about searching for info on it. Well you're never going to get anywhere with that attitude!
"epilogue" Gah! I already cleared all of the Panic!at the Disco from my iPod and was just getting to the point where I could no longer remember all the lyrics to every song and now you go and get this stuck in my head! GAH!
Hmm...this would be a very cool setting/theme for an adventure, but my players are so used to high-magic (or at least a normal level of magic) that I doubt they'd be keen on the idea. Oh well. I'll run it past them. Last time I thought they'd dislike something, they unanimously agreed on it. Go figure.
If not a random encounter monster deck, you could always do a new monsters deck. Each card has the stats of a new beastie on one side and a full-color pic on the other side. They could be the same size as a normal trading card (I'm thinking like MtG size.) and would be cheaper (or at least I would think...maybe cards are like REALLY expensive) than a book. You could have everyone submit monsters for the decks, and each deck would have a smattering of talent from all of Paizo's best...as well as some never before seen freelancers.
Ooooh. I used to live in Columbus and I remember when the new 3.0 players handbook was on display in a plastic box where you could stick your hand in and turn the pages to look at it. 1999 or 2000? This seems like that same level of awe and mystery. Too bad I'm not there this time around. Wow. That's overkill! (NAY! DO NOT SOIL THE PRECIOUS PHB WITH THINE UNCLEAN HANDS! AWAY WITH THEE!)
Name: It's been a while...I can't really remember.
This was my first kill ever. I haven't had any since, actually. And this was a while ago. I guess PCs just never get killed in my adventures.
So if I'm not an editor does that mean my real title is Associate? "Hello, my name is Mike McArtor. You might remember me from such job titles as Associate, Dragon Magazine and Assistant, Dragon Magazine." So how long now until the universe falls in on itself? And more importantly, after the fact, will anyone want to play Dungeons & Dragons for the next quadrillion years?
On the wobbly moon of Karl Hungus, upon the great onyx slab, your name shall be carved in a bold font, McArtor. You do realize that you just linked us back to the first page of the very thread we're reading, right? ;)
However, I think it is total b!%%~~#% that they quote D&D as a game that made them neglect their kids. It's not a video game! They just used that name because people would recognize it, and because people already think it does bad stuff to people.Actually, I think they were playing D&D Online... which is a video game and does bear the D&D name, unfortunately. Oh yeah. I didn't think about that. Well D&D Online is very different from D&D. It would be like comparing WoW to D&D. They should at least mention that it is D&D Online.
Child neglect is horrible, and those parents should be severely punished. However, I think it is total b!++$#&+ that they quote D&D as a game that made them neglect their kids. It's not a video game! They just used that name because people would recognize it, and because people already think it does bad stuff to people. Luckily, these boards are proof that being on the computer often and playing D&D have nothing to do with child neglect. Just look at the "Whoa..I'm A Geek Moments" thread or the "Some Happiness in Your Life" thread to hear about how loving the people around here with kids are to their kids.
My current homepage is Wizards of the Coast, and it has been for three years. However, as the quality of Wizards' boards, products, and online material continue to lower, I find myself always immediately going from Wizards to Paizo without much more than a glance at Wizards. So the logical thing to do would to just make Paizo my homepage. Unfortunately, every time I want to change my homepage I can never remember how. I'm sure that if someone reminded me, it would be obvious and I'd never believe how stupid I was for forgetting it. Can anyone just lend me a hand and remind me how I make a different website my homepage? (If it is of any importance, I have Firefox.)
Thats is sad news. I still hope that they will make the last core beliefs as a pdf.. That would be cool, but I doubt they'd be allowed to. As soon as their license runs out, I'm pretty sure Paizo can't legally publish Core Beliefs articles about the D&D deities...not without WotC permission at least.
I'm just going to point out that those of you who are disappointed in the OotS erratic updates, try reading VG Cats. It claims it updates every Monday, and yet it might update once every two or three weeks on whatever day. And no explanation is given. And let's say you are one of the people who think that just because the comic is free doesn't mean that Rich Burlew can't be sick or be erratic in posting. Stop reading the f@%&ing comic. If you can't stand waiting for a comic, don't read it any more. If it's that important to you, you can wait. I still read VG Cats even though it rarely ever updates. It's because when I finally do get a comic, it's usually a good one. And since I have all sorts of things to do in my life besides read webcomics, it's not that big of a deal if a comic is pretty late. No comic? Okay. I'll read a book! I'll watch TV! I'll post on these boards! You make it sound like some of your lives revolve around Order of the Stick!
I get a brand new acoustic guitar, and what do I do to celebrate? I learn to play the chocobo theme from Final Fantasy. Let's see what else... I bought the Metallica song "Call of Ktulu" from iTunes...because...y'know...KTULU! (Awesome song, though.) I was on a mission trip to a poor coal-mining town in Virginia, and as I learned more and more about mining and the local area, I was more and more inspired to start my next D&D campaign in a mining village. Also on that trip, I had forty bucks with me to buy whatever I needed along the way. When I was done, I had seven bucks or so left and I thought, "Yes, I can buy a new set of dice when I get home!"
Well, the Borders around here isn't carrying them, but then again...Borders never seems to get anything anymore. I used to like it more than B&N, but now it seems that they've worsened. I'm checking B&N for the GameMastery modules as well as the Monster Manual V. B&N is much more punctual on getting products on the shelves than Borders...at least around here. If neither sell them, I'm gonna ask the guy at my LGS if he has considered selling them. Unfortunately, though, my LGS is more of a comic store, so the chances of him selling anything D&D related beyond a few books, dice, and minis is rare. :(
Oh, they are fostering creative thought. They've allowed these students to creatively find their way around the rules in order to play their game anyways. I'm just glad that the guy who was responsible for the shooting at VT didn't play D&D. I was watching all the news bulletins thinking that if he played D&D, every school would ban D&D. (Cuz it would have obviously have been the source of all of his troubles.)
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