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Happy Mona Day!

I can't believe the present I just received.

Hello everybody! Just a quick update. Jackie got an A.
Thank you so much for your help.

ManPig

Well the Downtown Marriot in Kansas City bites. No free internet anywhere in the hotel. Doing the best I can to stay in touch.

I'll be at Pulp Fiction in Lee's Summit, MO. Anybody else going to be in the Kansas City area on Saturday?

I'll be at Pulp Fiction in Lee's Summit, MO. Anybody else going to be in the Kansas City area on Saturday?

Vattnisse wrote:

Someone needs to write kreen fanfic.

It will be the first short story ever written entirely in pheromones.

Smells like action!

Welcome back!

I'd love to participate if you need more people. Won't be able to get to it for a few days, But I'll be glad to when I can. Should be by Monday.

The more the merrier!

Please clarify this point.

2. A common D & D stereotype that I have heard is that those who play D & D are under achievers. For example, still live with parents, don’t have a job, or just don’t want to “grow up.”

This is a statement, not a question. What question are you asking?

Is it "Do you find that this matches your experiences?"

Yes. That is what I was getting at. - Jackie

Edit: Just post your answers here.

Heathansson wrote:

As Schenker, As Heathansson, or as my real self?

They are actually different?

I'd love to help out - where do I send the answers?

Just post your answers in the Jackie's On Line Interview thread.

As Schenker, As Heathansson, or as my real self?

As your real self. (No information will be forwarded to the authorites. :D)

Totally non game related question.

Hello. My name is Jackie Scarborough. My husband, Russell, has been playing online D & D games with you for quite some time. I am currently working on my Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision. One of my classes this semester is Advanced Multiculturalism. One assignment/project that I have to complete within the next few weeks is an Immersion Project. For this assignment I have to collect information (in various ways) on a culture that I have not been exposed to in any great quantity. I have chosen to investigate the culture of D & D.
One way I would like to collect information is through a dialogue composed of several questions. I would greatly appreciate you taking a few moments and answer the following questions. Thanks!

Answer one, none, some, or all of the following questions. Any help you can give her is greatly appreciated. My wife and I wish to thank you for taking the time to check this out. ManPig

1. In your experience what is the typical composition (e.g. gender, age, race, etc.) of the players?

2. A common D & D stereotype that I have heard is that those who play D & D are under achievers. For example, still live with parents, don’t have a job, or just don’t want to “grow up.”

3. What role does religion play in the D & D culture?

4. What thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and/or values are most important in the D & D culture?

5. Is their another culture that the D & D culture seems to have difficulty with? What is the nature of this difficulty?

6. Are there ways that the D & D culture are discriminated against? What ways?

7. Have you personally been discriminated and/or stereotyped due to your involvement in the D & D culture? If you have been please explain.

8. What strengths does the D & D culture have?

9. What weaknesses does the D & D culture have?

10. How are disagreements or conflicts resolved in the D & D culture?

11. Many in the “Christian” culture believe that D & D is “of the devil” and “sinful.” How would respond to this?

12. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

NOTE: If you don’t mind please share with me an email address that I could contact you at if I need clarification on any of your answers/comments. THANK-YOU SO MUCH.

Hey Vattnisse, if you want one of the intelligent items just let me know. I’m not trying to force one on you by any means. It’s just that MalaKi has two and you don’t have any. Either would fit your unarmed fighting style.

Godspeed and come back soon. It won't be the same without you here.

Hey mwbeeler; you have Mistress Sables’ Will save listed as +98. That seems a bit high to me.

Best wishes for a quick recovery Radavel.

Kruelaid, I take it that you are OK? The images and stories coming out of China are heart wrenching.

Thanks for sharing the good news.

MalaKi didn't have a choice. The crown chose him and he was powerless to stop it (that’s what I get for rolling a 4 on my Will save).

Happy Birthday little Beeler!

Well, I did not make the same pledge as the OP, but I’m going to support Paizo as much as I can. To that end I had a discussion with the owner of my FLGS. I’m committed to buying Paizo’s great products. I told him that I would gladly buy my Paizo products from him. In the near future one of two things will happen: (1) either Paizo will be contacted by the owner of Hawgs Head comics in Fort Smith, AR regarding becoming a distributor of your fine products or (2) I will become a multiple subscriber.

:D

Just wanted to say thanks for all the helpful advice concerning my inability to access Paizo.com from work.

It feels to good to still be playing!

PS Fake Healer is the MFin' man!

Thread Jack alert:

Hey DitheringFool, I posted something for you on your Savage Tide games discussion thread.

Thanks for the help. My primary browser (Juno) apparently doesn’t support this option. Every time I hit the “subscribe” button I would get a page full of the weirdest text you have ever seen. It was line after line of some kind of descriptive code. On a hunch I switched over to Mozilla Firefox and, lo and behold, it worked!

Again, your help is greatly appreciated.

What does it mean to subscribe to a thread and how do you do it?

OK, here is the situation. I had partial success today. I was able to get to the Paizo web site; however, I could not log in or down load anything. I think I will be able to continue to play. I will get all new post e-mailed to me and will keep up with the game that way. I should still be able to post once per day.

EDIT: This is not going as easily as I hoped it would.

Thanks Fake Healer! I will give this a try first thing Sunday morning.

MWB: Please hold off on axing MalaKi until I try to Fake Healers suggestions.

Wow. I go away for a week and the whole (gaming) world changes. I like what I’ve read about the new Pathfinder RPG. This is great news!

Now for the bad news; my work has blocked the Paizo Website. Since about 90% of my posts were from work, I won’t be able to post nearly as much as I used to. Because of that sad news I must announce my retirement from the game. I will lurk as much as I can.

I had a great time playing!

Thank you,

ManPig.

I will be out of town from Monday, March 17, until Sunday, March 22. I might be able to post a few times during that time. Please feel free to NPC me as necessary.

Disenchanter, I too do not like what I’ve seen on the Paizo message boards the last few days. I’ve always valued these boards because of the free exchange of ideas and opinions that are expressed. If a person’s opinion is “WotC is a piece of %^&” that opinion is just as relevant as Barely Coherent’s essay on the hostility of the 4e message boards.

That being said, I hope you will continue to support Paizo; at least in the short term. Keep in mind that they are still producing 3.5 products and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. After Paizo makes their decision on which way to go you can decide whether or not you want to continue supporting them. That’s when I will make my decision.

At any rate, I hope you will continue to contribute to the boards. I do not always agree with your statements but a person can disagree with another’s opinion and still respect and value that person’s commentary.

Doombunny wrote:

I thought this was odd myself. It's like a Burger King consumer walking into a Wendy's and refusing to order anything because a previous customer didn't flush a toilet. It makes little sense and upsets the janitorial staff.

"(One) day when I was chillin' in Kentucky Fried Chicken

Just mindin' my business, eatin' food and finger lickin'
This dude walked in lookin' strange and kind of funny
Went up to the front with a menu and his money
He didn't walk straight, kind of side to side
He asked this old lady, "Yo, yo, um...is this Kentucky Fried?"
The lady said "Yeah", smiled and he smiled back
He gave a quarter and his order, small fries, Big Mac!
You be illin'"

-Run DMC "You Be Illin"

Now that's old school! :)

Should be around tomorrow, next day at the latest. Thanks for waiting!

Five hours in surgery. Feeling pretty good now, dizzy still is all. Neck is hard to hold up, otherwise rockin'.

Great news! Glad to hear it!

Ditto.

What amazes me is the persistency of the “Obama is a Muslim” rumor. He is a self-professing Christian who attends a Christian church. The evidence of these two facts is indisputable as far as I’m concerned. It’s like someone started circulating an e-mail that says, “Hey, did you here that the sun rises in the west?” Observable evidence doesn’t support the hypothetical. Therefore, why would anyone believe the hypothetical? And yet every day this week I have talked with someone who believed that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.

I won’t be supporting Mr. Obama. It’s got nothing to do with his religious beliefs; he and I just happen to be on different sides when it comes to politics. Whatever differences we may have now will one day be erased, as we stand shoulder-to-shoulder singing praises to Christ in Heaven.

We'll miss you bro, good luck with the pbp!

Ditto.

"When Massage Tables Attack!"

Nice. :D

Yes actually. Good news for a change. They took a biopsy (last photo), not stomach cancer (yay!).

Great news!

My wife and I are praying for your father and your family, Chris.
Good luck and God speed.

For Chris

Prayers go with you, mwbeeler.

No problem Radavel. RL has been slowing me down to. Happy Valentine’s Day right back atcha!

Woohoo! The game is on! And now, over to the IC thread to check the carnage.

I would have no idea what a “kegel” is except for the TV show Reno 911. I understand your reaction, mwbeeler. Ewwww!

Mr. Jason wrote:

Is anybody else hoping that CH will just pop back right when we're about to move on, like last time?

Still hoping...

Of course, but in the mean time I'm hoping Zoomackulas can pick it up and run with it.

Run Zoomackulas! Run!

Hmm… I have a rough character idea in mind. Guardsman Gevtodt Bereskan, Korvosan Guard, South Shore Garrison would be a fighter with Harrowed and Big Game Hunter Feats and either the Widowed or Missing Son/Daughter Trait. His father is a renowned (and often quoted) captain of the Korvosan Guard.

How does that sound Lilith? Uh, you are DMing this PbP, aren’t you?

Just kidding :) If you do decide to run a game, please keep me in mind.

Hey Joventus, just wanted to let you know that Shamus' hostility and irritation at Rend are just RPing. Nothing personal about it, I like Rend as a character and I hope you don't take it the wrong way. If its too much I'll tone it down.

The role playing in this game is great. I very much enjoy seeing the personality of ya'lls characters come out. Thank you Arctaris for taking the initiative on the "better safe than sorry" route. A game is only fun if everybody is having a good time.

Vic Wertz wrote:

Your assumption is correct. I think you'll be seeing the free PDF soon!

Gary Teter wrote:

This product is now available as a free PDF download: 7.6MB zip PDF. Enjoy!

Was that soon enough? :-)

Thank you!

I would be interested in playing.

I lurked for months and tried to get into a couple of games with no success then one day I got into two games in five minutes. Just keep checking back as often as you can. It worked for me.

Heathansson wrote:

Who's who? I can figure out Sirocco, Aso, and Shenker, but the other are kinda sketchy. In more than one sense.

Radik=narcoleptic sociopath (tongue in cheek...)

Faindriac-the Rock Whisperer

Yeah, sorry, I'm a little slow today.

Let's see...

There's a bug with a speech impediment, a rogue gigolo, aaaaand...

I got nothin'.

A runaway slave who has spent the last couple of decades catching runaway slaves and now spends every waking hour wondering who is going to kill him first; his owner, his new “friends”, the Dust Runners, the Templars, or who knows who or what else.