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All alone post.

Diomin. Another good idea, this time to come up with a unique world and cosmology, that ended up being badly executed.

No!

Make me punk!

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I guess now would be a bad time to mention the newly installed "security" cameras.

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Oh smurf.. did this thread get serious again?

Smurftastic.

lynora wrote:

Andrew Turner wrote:

I wish I could find the article, but I remember reading on cnn.com about an 18 year old who was convicted of statutory rape for sleeping with his 17 year old girlfriend (they were caught by her parents). That wasn't even the point of the article--when he turned 20, the two of them wanted to get married, but before they could he had to convince a judge to suspend a North Carolina law which prohibits granting marriage licenses to sex offenders. In the end they got married, but he is still required to register as a convicted sex offender whenever they move.

A friend of mine is in a similar situation, except he was 17 and she was 16. So even though he is now in hid mid-thirties and married with two kids, he's still a registered sex offender (which is so much fun when one has small children) and has had a nightmarish time getting a job. He often has to work off the books and has never been able to get hired in the field he studied. All for having consentual sex with his girlfriend when they were in high school. The system here is so ridiculously broken.

In Alaska the city actually puts a sign up in the neighborhood where a registered sex offender has moved. You log on to the site and it gives you his or her mugshot, name and address, but there's nothing about the crime or time it occurred. Thanks to a weird marriage of privacy laws and child protection, I only know that he's convicted and at that address. With nothing else to go on, I naturally assume he must be a vile pedophile, and if I see kids coming out of his house, do I call the cops?

Something like this happened to my mother-in-law's husband. He is on the registry and my sister-in-law and her husband were spending the night at their apartment. Someoen called the cops and told him that my mother-in-law's husband was holding a girl hostage in the house to abuse and that they needed to go rescue her. Luckly the officer who showed up was the kind who actually listens first and judges second, or it could have ended badly.

On the other hand, we have a registered offender living on our block. He was a teacher at the local high school and was convicted of having sex with some of his students. Now every couple of monthes another pretty young blonde who may or may not be legal shows up, lives with him for a while, and then moves on for the next girl to take her place. My other neighbors don't see anything wrong with what he did, since it was consenual. I've decided that it's because one of the other neighbors was sixteen when she got pregnant the first time and the father of her child was in his thirties. The moment it becomes wrong for the guy in our neighborhood to do what he did is the moment she has to admit that what happened to her was wrong.

I started this thread because in the last month I found myself not wanting to come and read the paizo boards anymore, because of all the politics. I worried others may have been doing the same.

See this is what I don't understand. Even if there is a seperate Politics section, political discussion will still be here. If you find yourself not wanting to come to the Paizo boards at all because of the political discussion in one section, how is that going to change with a seperate politics board. As I said the discussion will still be here.

Being too Emo to save a life.

I don't know if it's in the article, but Inphidians would be a great fit for Osirion.

David Fryer wrote:

On a more serious note, I wonder how much of the anti-American sentiment is actually based on differences we have and how much is based on a percieved U.S. hatred of their country? I have met many people here in the states that hate the French, or the Germans, or the Canadians because they think that they hate us. I wonder if the same is true in other countries and their feelings towards the United States?

Certainly complex. Kinda like one of those self-fulfilling prophecies.

Well, I'm willing to do my part to reverse this. Pls send all of the good-looking Canadian, French, Dutch, and Swedish women to the US and I'll do my best to demonstrate my capacity for love. Of course I may need some Viagra. ;)

Next I'll have to convince the wife that my country needs me.

Any volunteers to handle the other countries, or the men?

If my country needs me, than I will voluteer to do my part to change the attitudes of Asian women everywhere.

How Freakin' Awesome is that new Cover Pic in the Blog!!!

I know. Is that a vampire sphinx in the background? This should completely rock.

Hell Yeah! But what can we steal from 'em?

I thought the point of a theive's guild was to steal. It doesn't matter what it is, or what it's worth.

The frogs and the poodles are haviong a war. Now would be a good time to swipe all their stuff.

Cultist of Jack wrote:

Kess of the Cult of Sebastian wrote:

Cultist of Jack wrote:

You know you want to join the Cult of Jack. We have beer and chicks.

HA! you know as well as I do that the Cult of Jack is just a front for the Cult of Sebastian. just look at them. Jack and Sebastian look similar. coincidence? The high Lord Sebastian would like you to think so!

*insert Sinister Laugh*

Jack does not look like a shiny happy pony. *insert vile snear*

ooh ohh shiny Happy Pones!

Pones are what is left when Heathy gets done chewing on the rest of the pony.

Sebastian wrote:

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE LORD OF THE PONIES, AND THAT IS ME!!!!

He is just sooooo Cute!

Ponies and little girls?This is worse than when we were infested by poodles.

Yes, even the poodle cane see that 4th edition is THE ONE TRUE D&D. Let us trample down the 3.5 heathans and bring light, joy, and peace to the world. And once Sebastion finishes the Bella Serra conversion for 4th edition, we will add ponies to the list as well. ;p

I would rather see a revival of the Lethal Weapon series personally.

You could be an addict if…

You get mad when people do not respond quick enough.

The top 10 threads in Off-Topic Discussions has your name as the last poster.

You know who Sebastian is and why everyone hates him.

You actually understand anything Heathansson posts.

You remember my previous avatar.

You have an alias.

You know what the Edition Wars are.

You know who is on what side of the Edition Wars.

You have picked a side in the edition war.

You have made fun of CF for being a poodle.

You have invited CF to play in a PBP after making fun of him for being a poodle.

If I was Chelsea's dad, I would have a hard time with John McCain no matter what he said in his apology.

Chelsea's dad was too busy making time with interns to be bothered by what John McCain had to say.

While the Kobald is distracted I command my army of Lemur ninjas to destroy him.

Feel free to speculate away on this. We're not going near it for a very long time, if ever.

Some things should remain mysterious.

You should tell us good sire, the truth will make you free.

Possibly I just thought it was a decent idea. That or maybe the Elder Evils Twisted Dou-Bral's mind so much he snapped!

Nay, it was lust for his sister that drove him to darkness, the elder ones simply facilitated his fall once he made the choice.

Ok, so I finally get CotCT #12 and SD read through them once already and going through a second time right now.

So, as I am reading I see that Earthfall was caused by an Aboleth weapon that pulled a star down and basically nuked the Azlanti.

Then I remember that Zon-Kuthon agree to be bound into the Plane of Shadow for as long as the sun hung in the sky.

So the Aboleth apocolypse freed Zon-Kuthon. Could it be that the entity that possessed Dou-Bral and became Zon-Kuthon could be an immense aboleth or something.

It's the little details like this that make my brain kick into overdrive. I may never know if I am even close on this but it feels right and I believe it will be how my Golarian is ran.

Does anyone else see this like I do?

No abolith would ever demean itself by taking such a crude and useless form. Your "god" sold himself to the abolith in exchange for his freedom and now does our bidding to further our goals on Golarin, goals your feeble minds could never comprehend.

Wow, I guess no thread ever stays dead forever.

Shekment wrote:

I think a Slaad ate it. ;)

That would make sense if I lost it next week when I go up to visit my mum (she's got miniature slaad in the back garden), but unless they're time-travelling miniature slaad...

well they are the embodiment of chaos.

I think a Slaad ate it. ;)

Seebo Marnig wrote:

I find myself drawn to Exo-Politics by Muse, personally. But our Gnomish Music may be too advanced for you Bigfaces from less civilized nations than Taldor to appreciate.

Hey! Why are you working for those ugly Taldan doublings? They'll just stab you in the back when they get the chance! Come to Qadira, we have alot more fun and we have concubines!

Your concubines are nothing more than a pale shadow compaired to the pleasures of the Osirion harems. Our women now the secrets of pleasure that were ancient when your ancesters were still [deleted for decency's sake]

For real authentic flavor I would recomend you go here for Osirion's musical taste.

I always loved Al-Quadim and Dark Sun, so I must go with the Osirions.

David Fryer 905 wrote:

Lazaro wrote:

David Fryer 905 wrote:

I accept thy gracious invitation to attend they barbacue and what do I find? You worship powers that pale in comparison to the secrets that lie hidden beneath the sands of my homeland.

Ah, please make yourself at home. This is not a place to compare one to another. No this is a time of celebration and goodwill.

Can I interest you in a plate of food. Cake perhaps? How about some mead?

Only if it doth come with one of those winged beauties over there. points at the eyrines

Guides over one of the many eyrines.

Here you are my friend. Now let us feast and be happy

Thou are most kind sir. You will be spared when my people reclaim their birthright.

I must be a little slow, could you explain how this is supposed to work?

Oh, yeah. FREEDOM!!!

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

David Fryer 905 wrote:

I accept thy gracious invitation to attend they barbacue and what do I find? You worship powers that pale in comparison to the secrets that lie hidden beneath the sands of my homeland.

Ah, please make yourself at home. This is not a place to compare one to another. No this is a time of celebration and goodwill.

Can I interest you in a plate of food. Cake perhaps? How about some mead?

Only if it doth come with one of those winged beauties over there. points at the eyrines

David Fryer wrote:

So I had my first session today. After trying to come up with a good hook, I asked the players how they wanted to get together and they said "why don't we go to a tavern and find out if someone has a quest for us. Go figure.

You should make the Inn the monster.

That would be funny, but instead they ended up being hired by the half-orc bartender to recover the perephat of mystery from the sorceress Lustspawn.

#1843. Guess I was a little slow on the draw.

I accept thy gracious invitation to attend they barbacue and what do I find? You worship powers that pale in comparison to the secrets that lie hidden beneath the sands of my homeland.

EDIT: Whoops! Forgot to spoilerize it. Looks like I'm off to bed!

** spoiler omitted **

Greetings... HERETICS. Come to our BARBECUE.

My people knew the true nature of eternity when your people were still scraping the moss of the rocks of their caves.

I am also a fan of TROS. I have tried a couple of time to get a game going, but must people get hung up on the combat and magic systems. The players around here also struggled with the idea that you only get experience for advancing your own personal goals and agendas. They have grown too used to getting xp for killing monsters.