What article?White Necromancer write up in KQ19 by Marc Radle.
I really didn't like it. It basically took a bunch of stuff that has always been considered evil in Pathfinder and declared "It's good, because a white necromancer is doing it." Then it made them spontaneous casters in utter defiance of their own backstory and cobbled together a bunch of random abilities that should have just been new spells.
That's my review in 3 sentences.
Yeah, 'good' necromancy makes no sense. Can Good characters dabble with such things, doing what they must under the most extreme circumstances? Sure. Can they commit their life to raising and controlling the dead and remain pure? Not so much. Don't care how you color it.
Then again, I also think all Drow are evil and there are a lot of cool races that just weren't meant to be used as PCs.
Hnn. I've changed necromancy to nigrimancy in my homebrew, and it's not just controlling the dead but curses and other things too. I did my best to make it more genuinely evil as opposed to stuff that was just vaguely unpleasant and considered evil largely due to sacred cow type stuff.
I miss Strawberries. I used to be able to buy tickets to club shows in Boston there. Beat traveling two hours to find out the gig was sold out. At least Newberry Street Comics is holding strong around here
Yeah, Newbury Comics ain't goin' nowhere. I've got a bunch of friends that work/ed for them at all levels of staffing and they made a conscious decision around the time Pokemon got big to invest heavily in the collectible side of things--action figures, posters, t-shirts, whatever. They've made out pretty well over the years.
Still, you can walk into an average store and still find Big Black cds, Husker Du records and obscure Japanese films on DVD, although the closer you are to Boston, the better the selection.
And their clerks tend to be hot.
Come on in for a wicked good time!
Obscure Japanese stuff, eh?
Hm. May be time for a road trip.
I'm off to Utah. I'll talk to you guys in about 8 weeks.
Y'all take care!
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Hi everyone,
tomorrow Christmas time starts for us here in Germany with the 1.Advent
Do you celebrate the 4 Advent Sundays in America?
Do you put a Advent wreaths with 4 candles and light another one each sunday?
Do you have a bowl of Walnuts and Oranges on the table next to a figure nutcracker?
Do you handicraft Christmas Tree decoration? (Some of my fondest childhood memories is making straw-stars and gold-nuts with my mum)
Do you have special food only available at this time like Christstollen, Dominosteine, Lebkuchen (Gingerbread?), Spekulatius, Zimtsterne, Glühwein (Mulled wine)
Do you bake Christmas Cookies with your kids? (Spritzgebackene, Buttergebackene, Ochsenaugen, Kokosmakronen, Anistaler, Vanillekipferl, Beetmännchen)
Do you have an Advent calender counting the days till Christmas?
Do you have Christmas Pyramids? Schwibbögen? Rauchmännchen?
Krippenspiele? (Nativity plays)
Christmas Markets?You don't do Nikolaus on the 6th, don't you?
And you do celebrate Christmas on the 25th instead of the 24th, right?
1- I used to when I was more religious. Exclusively in church. I think they would make my jewish friends laugh if I did it at home.
2- We hang the wreaths on our front doors, the candles are exclusively a church things.3- I haven't made my own christmas tree decors since I was a kid.
4- Yeah, lots of specific christmas type stuff. Eggnog, fruitcake, christmas cookies, gingerbread men, that kinda thing. There are a few other things. I recognize Stollen as a type of bread cake thing..Don't think I've had it though. Mulled wine is fine any time, though. ;-)
5- No kids yet, so no. Maybe if my nephew visits us from Cali?
6- They're available all over the place, if you look.
7- The closest thing is my wife's Christmastown- we didn't put it up last year, we'll be putting it up this year. Will put up pics later.
8- I have no idea what Christmas Market is.
9- Nikolaus on the 6th? No idea what that is. We celebrate Christmas on the 25th in my household, but many of my spanish/hispanic/latino friends insist on celebrating it on the 24th. Other cultures celebrate it on the 24 because they're in church all day on the 25th.
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15-year-okd Glenfiddich FTW!
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My daughter turns 1 tomorrow, we are having a bit of a party for her today.
Wow it doesn't seem that long ago that baby Mothman was born. I hope Mrs Mothman, Mothman jr and baby Mothman have a fun party.
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Hnn. I've changed necromancy to nigrimancy in my homebrew, and it's not just controlling the dead but curses and other things too. I did my best to make it more genuinely evil as opposed to stuff that was just vaguely unpleasant and considered evil largely due to sacred cow type stuff.What article?White Necromancer write up in KQ19 by Marc Radle.
I really didn't like it. It basically took a bunch of stuff that has always been considered evil in Pathfinder and declared "It's good, because a white necromancer is doing it." Then it made them spontaneous casters in utter defiance of their own backstory and cobbled together a bunch of random abilities that should have just been new spells.
That's my review in 3 sentences.
Yeah, 'good' necromancy makes no sense. Can Good characters dabble with such things, doing what they must under the most extreme circumstances? Sure. Can they commit their life to raising and controlling the dead and remain pure? Not so much. Don't care how you color it.
Then again, I also think all Drow are evil and there are a lot of cool races that just weren't meant to be used as PCs.
You do creep me out sometimes with how much our games sound alike at times.
I'm tired of my job.
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Just checking out all of the fun.Hello.And a hearty hello to you.
Welcome to FAWTL. So what brings you into our little corner of the boards?
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Well we're a little slow around here on the weekends, but hope you enjoy the madhouse. The only thing we ask is that everyone leave Politics, Religion, and other flammable topics in the other threads. I'm sure if you've read any of the 6+ FAWTL threads you can see we pretty much just bullshit and hang out here.
My daughter turns 1 tomorrow, we are having a bit of a party for her today.Wow it doesn't seem that long ago that baby Mothman was born. I hope Mrs Mothman, Mothman jr and baby Mothman have a fun party.
AWRIGHT! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL MOTHMAN!!!!
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Welcome home ceremony in 45 minutes. You can watch on livestream. Link.
Welcome home ceremony in 45 minutes. You can watch on livestream. Link.
Can you do something so we know which one you are?
Me missing you!!!!I'm off to Utah. I'll talk to you guys in about 8 weeks.
Y'all take care!
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Thanks so much for the help there, TOZ. And welcome home! :)
You do creep me out sometimes with how much our games sound alike at times.Hnn. I've changed necromancy to nigrimancy in my homebrew, and it's not just controlling the dead but curses and other things too. I did my best to make it more genuinely evil as opposed to stuff that was just vaguely unpleasant and considered evil largely due to sacred cow type stuff.What article?White Necromancer write up in KQ19 by Marc Radle.
I really didn't like it. It basically took a bunch of stuff that has always been considered evil in Pathfinder and declared "It's good, because a white necromancer is doing it." Then it made them spontaneous casters in utter defiance of their own backstory and cobbled together a bunch of random abilities that should have just been new spells.
That's my review in 3 sentences.
Yeah, 'good' necromancy makes no sense. Can Good characters dabble with such things, doing what they must under the most extreme circumstances? Sure. Can they commit their life to raising and controlling the dead and remain pure? Not so much. Don't care how you color it.
Then again, I also think all Drow are evil and there are a lot of cool races that just weren't meant to be used as PCs.
I wouldn't call it creepy that great minds think alike! ;-D
In my world, a wizard (or to a lesser extent, a sorcerer) would be viewed with only a nominal amount of suspicion for casting a spell that affected the undead to save lives- they would certainly be attacked if they were to be found trying to create their own undead army, however. It's a matter of degrees and intent that makes it evil, not necessarily just knowing a spell. And that's not even going into the overarching goal of true nigrimancy...
Yeah, I've heard that. Anyway, some of us are watching. :)
EDIT: Aaaaand they're back. Looks like lots of folks will be busy for the evening. *sniffles*
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...egocentricspasticepilepticbeaverwizards...?????I certainly know that. Where'd you think I came from? :PNo worries. It's just always safest to assume that anything on FAWTL is going to be read by everyone on the boards, because you just never know. Sometimes people come out of nowhere to troll this thread.Remember, all, to be careful about talking about other posters on FAWTL. It can have messy consequences. So far, there hasn't been much, but be careful going down that road.Ahh, of course. My sincerest apologies. Nothing bad meant about the person in question... only that I'm not sure if I should be honored or not.
I'm really proud of "epileptic beavers".
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You do creep me out sometimes with how much our games sound alike at times.Hnn. I've changed necromancy to nigrimancy in my homebrew, and it's not just controlling the dead but curses and other things too. I did my best to make it more genuinely evil as opposed to stuff that was just vaguely unpleasant and considered evil largely due to sacred cow type stuff.What article?White Necromancer write up in KQ19 by Marc Radle.
I really didn't like it. It basically took a bunch of stuff that has always been considered evil in Pathfinder and declared "It's good, because a white necromancer is doing it." Then it made them spontaneous casters in utter defiance of their own backstory and cobbled together a bunch of random abilities that should have just been new spells.
That's my review in 3 sentences.
Yeah, 'good' necromancy makes no sense. Can Good characters dabble with such things, doing what they must under the most extreme circumstances? Sure. Can they commit their life to raising and controlling the dead and remain pure? Not so much. Don't care how you color it.
Then again, I also think all Drow are evil and there are a lot of cool races that just weren't meant to be used as PCs.
I wouldn't call it creepy that great minds think alike! ;-D
In my world, a wizard (or to a lesser extent, a sorcerer) would be viewed with only a nominal amount of suspicion for casting a spell that affected the undead to save lives- they would certainly be attacked if they were to be found trying to create their own undead army, however. It's a matter of degrees and intent that makes it evil, not necessarily just knowing a spell. And that's not even going into the overarching goal of true nigrimancy...
If you ever find your way down here again, we have got to get together and at least have lunch to talk dude. We think alot alike. :D
WELCOME BACK TOZ!!!!!! BEER'S IN THE COOLER!!!!!
Redacted as I caught up to the Monkey's post.
BTW, welcome back, BT!
Redacted as I caught up to the Monkey's post.
BTW, welcome back, BT!
Thanks!
Because everything he says sounds awesome?Why do I read "Indeedd" in George Takei's voice?Indeed. Indeed.So the galactic balance remains intact.'Sup HD. How's tricks?You know, rend, regeneration, the usual ;-)
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Because everything he says sounds awesome?Why do I read "Indeedd" in George Takei's voice?Indeed. Indeed.So the galactic balance remains intact.'Sup HD. How's tricks?You know, rend, regeneration, the usual ;-)
That's a pretty good reason. He's one of the very few celebrities I'd like to have over for a cook out.
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That's a pretty good reason. He's one of the very few celebrities I'd like to have over for a cook out.Because everything he says sounds awesome?Why do I read "Indeedd" in George Takei's voice?Indeed. Indeed.So the galactic balance remains intact.'Sup HD. How's tricks?You know, rend, regeneration, the usual ;-)
I'm not sure that I would have any.
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I'm not sure that I would have any.That's a pretty good reason. He's one of the very few celebrities I'd like to have over for a cook out.Because everything he says sounds awesome?Why do I read "Indeedd" in George Takei's voice?Indeed. Indeed.So the galactic balance remains intact.'Sup HD. How's tricks?You know, rend, regeneration, the usual ;-)
My list is very short. And it's all the old schoolers.
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My list is very short. And it's all the old schoolers.I'm not sure that I would have any.That's a pretty good reason. He's one of the very few celebrities I'd like to have over for a cook out.Because everything he says sounds awesome?Why do I read "Indeedd" in George Takei's voice?Indeed. Indeed.So the galactic balance remains intact.'Sup HD. How's tricks?You know, rend, regeneration, the usual ;-)
My problem is all the ones I think would be "cool" are all old farts now.
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My list is very short. And it's all the old schoolers.I'm not sure that I would have any.That's a pretty good reason. He's one of the very few celebrities I'd like to have over for a cook out.Because everything he says sounds awesome?Why do I read "Indeedd" in George Takei's voice?Indeed. Indeed.So the galactic balance remains intact.'Sup HD. How's tricks?You know, rend, regeneration, the usual ;-)
Funny, mine's short too, but it begins with Liv Tyler and ends with Marisa Tomei. With nothing but me between them.
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Thanks for all the well wishes guys. Settled in at home for a nice weekend. Probably be pretty quiet while I get back into home life. Derek, I've got vacation locked in for Christmas and New Years, but a good chunk of that is visiting the in-laws. I'll get with Kirth and see when we can swing down for a day.
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Funny, mine's short too, but it begins with Liv Tyler and ends with Marisa Tomei. With nothing but me between them.My list is very short. And it's all the old schoolers.I'm not sure that I would have any.That's a pretty good reason. He's one of the very few celebrities I'd like to have over for a cook out.Because everything he says sounds awesome?Why do I read "Indeedd" in George Takei's voice?Indeed. Indeed.So the galactic balance remains intact.'Sup HD. How's tricks?You know, rend, regeneration, the usual ;-)
Note I said the ones I'd like to have over for a cook out. Not the ones I'd like to have for a pinch and tickle. That's an entirely different list. :P