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I found it above average for what it is. I do not get all the hate critics have dropped on it for failing to be something more than a buddy cop movie.

One of the PC had a Robin Hood complex. At the start of the adventure the GM said that the PC had been arrested since he was a thief.

The player replied "I'm not a thief, I am agent of social change"

I told a low level party that a thunderstorm had started just as they were rolling initiative. I marked a random spot on the map and said that was where lightning had struck. At the start of next turn, I rolled a couple dice behind the screen, counted out to another empty spot on the map near the fighter, marked it as the next strike, and asked the PC what type of armor he was wearing.

The player promptly pulled off his armor. He had a rough time of it after that.

At the top of every round I would roll more dice and then pretend that I was counting out a new location for the bolt. One of the players tried to metagame it by staying away from the last location.

At the very end of the battle the player who removed his armor asked how much damage the bolt would have done if it had hit. That was when they finally figured it out.

We got caught in an ambush and just barely fought free and ended up falling back to a castle to regroup/recover at which point we ended the session.
At the next game the GM is doing a recap and comes to that we "retreated to the castle" At which point one of the players come out of the kitchen with a pint of beer in his hand and claims that we did not retreat. He places his beer on the table and then proceeds to give a version of the battle which ends with us marching victoriously into the castle to the cheering of crowds. After a few prompts the player also adds in swooning virgins and the ringing of bells.

The host stares at him for a moment then reaches across the table and takes the beer.

I was playing a noble born character. He commissioned an item called personal portable valet. It was a rug with an unseen servant spell. When he stood on the rug the servant would dress/undress him and keep his armor brightly polished.

We were playing a group of goblins
One of PCs: I can speak the human language
GM after a glance at the character sheet: Just to level set you know maybe two dozen simple human words.
PC: I know more human words than I can count!

Sad day. He will be missed

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Because they already had a plan in place to meet the original mandate time frame. Why wait for a year and not go ahead with the cuts if you have already identified ways to do them and know that within a year you will have to do it anyways, and can experiment with temporary and part time workers to fill your labor needs instead of expensive full time employees?

Then your employer is on a path towards failure

Business 101 – Organizations that give the minimum pay get the minimum effort. Organizations that are only getting the minimum will eventually lose out to organizations that are getting the maximum. This is why I don’t mind being paid less than some of my direct reports and turn the occasional blind eye when I see my people bending the rules. It is the price I pay for having a team that out performs other teams within my division.
Your company can blame their problems on Obama, liberals or whatever but at the end of the day they will have only their own failure to look after their people to blame.

Wealth is EARNED! It is not something taken from those that earn it, and given to those that don't. Currently the top 10% of wage earners in the US pays nearly 70% of all taxes. The bottom 50% of wage earners pays less than 3% of all taxes. I think the distribution of wealth is plenty lopsided as is.

Later,

Mazra

Wealth can also be inherited so NO IT IS NOT ALWAYS EARNED!

As for the top 10% paying most taxes, what percent of the nation's wealth do they control? What percent of the total wages does that top 10% earn?

Mayors always cause my groups problem

A mayor asks the party barbarian to sign something. The barbarian refuses because if you sign pieces of paper people can say you are married.

In a different group, one PC had an off line conversation with the DM. Comes back into the room and says we need to stop by town hall. He walks into the town hall and tells the person that if the mayor could spare a few minutes he has a large contribution to make to the community. The rest of the party is stunned and asked what is going on. The PCs tells us not to worry this will only take a minute. The mayor shows up and asks who we represent. The PC looks at him and says we are from the society for term limits then hits him with a fireball.

The hate for the monk comes from the fact that its two main assets: Mobility and furry of blows, completely exclude each other. The class is all about mobility, but you... have to stand still to do any damage.

I wouldn't say exclude. When I play a monk, I first use the mobility to get close to the spell casters, archers, or provide flanking for the rogue and then I stand still for a round or two to deal damage.

The frustration is that often the monk's biggest contribution is not causing damage but preventing the other side from being able to inflict damage. I once spent most of a combat keeping an enemy archer grappled. Was not able to inflict much damage but kept him from using rapid shot on the party with a strength bow.