As I sit here an Earth Quake is rocking the table. Monday 12/8 10.26 am Darwin Time.
Is that normal?
I thought Australia was geologically stable, being away from the ring of fire.
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The flaws stops the Mythic Characters from getting too cocky. Otherwise they become unstoppable and it becomes an arms race who's more mythic than who.
Lots of nice eye candy but disappointing as film because it didn't know what it was. It wasn't a horror/haunted house movie like A1
It just muddled along.. not saying much about anything, oblivious to large number of plot holes.
Shame.
Assuming your last paragraph is how your character feels about the act, you can't justify it. Could you justify doing it to one of the party members?
The Matrix Effect Whilst most of the time I enjoy the game of daring do and grand adventure but sometimes I have the matrix effect, in that "the code behind becomes visible". Where everything devolves to rolls and statistics. The game is the same and nothing really changes its just that veil falls from my perception in game. Since you are so close and intimate with the rules, does this happen to you?
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And this is different from democracy how? The "poll" mentioned in the article is on a particular news sites website. So the participants are self selecting and not particularly random. In short Ninemsn says that ninemsn readers are not well enough informed to govern, based on a history of ninemsn polls. Maybe ninemsn is not the best site to get your news from then.
Since the renewable sources are food or grown where food would be the technicality could be trumped by then need to feed the extra 2-3 billion people that are likely to be born in the next 50years That and a lot of modern agriculture relies on fertilizers created from the by-products of fossil fuels.
Converting sunlight to biomass, processing the biomass and then burning the processed biomass is not terribly efficient energy flow. The catch is how do we store and transport the energy in a efficient manner. And, yeah, what meatrace siad.
I have often drooled over these.
And in a slightly more entertaining format http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/digital-resale
I don't believe litigation was ever mentioned, Paizo has merely declined doing business with the individual. As is their, and anyone involved in voluntary transactions, choice. Though it does raise an interesting point with the EU's recent decision that digital property is property and subject to first sale doctrine. Of course it has a long way to go, and its not in America, but what happens if you re-sale a watermarked PDF.
Correct, it may not be a material thief but can be considered a theft of service. No, not every copy is a lost sale. And to say a person is totally responsible for protecting digital content is unreasonable. Are you responsible if someone steals your car and commits a crime with it? It comes down to trust.
From my personal experience the answer is "yes". If yours, or your friends, is not, then that is unfortunate.
That depends on your view of ethics. In the real world, maybe/maybe not. But this is a game with a long history of Objective Morality. If the party is high enough level to cast several anti-magic spells they are high enough to have had first hand experience of outsiders that are Objective Morality incarnate.
Evil. If its evil doing it to a kitten then its evil doing it to a vampire. The nature of the act is not dependent on the target.
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Energy production isn't an issue, there is lots of energy out there. Energy storage is the issue, which is why oil products are so popular.
So we need a better batteries, that are not made of nasty things. However at the end of the day the planet does have finite energy budget.
This is one side of the story. Maybe this player posting the OP is aggravating and needs to get on board with the game that is being run. Based on the information as presented thats a pretty big reach. And if true then the GM need to stop being so passive aggressive and find a better, more open way to deal with the issue. Of course the player has to deal with the issues openly and honestly as well. Perhaps the other players can be the moderating voice?
Beware - here be semantics. Please define religion. But generally, no - because its A-Theism, i.e. no god, not even not believing in a god, the concept of gods don't even exist outside of fiction. Assuming a necessary component of religion are gods.
There is this from way back when. Not an official class and more of an NPC class but if you ask your GM nicely.....
The axiom that "most people are lazy" is not true in my experience, they just don't want to break their backs so a stranger can control more resources or are exhausted after breaking their backs. What they would do would not be consider productive in todays world but thats OK because the resource allocation is such that production is not a issue, the supply surpasses demand. There is still a need for barter since there are still unique items or services, only one person can own the original Mona Lisa or if you want your favorite band to play (the band may play for fun but what if two people want the band at the same time?) Assuming Maslow Needs Pyramid if vaguely correct the motivation will be cultural and self-actualization since the physiological and safety needs are freely available. I believe it will come down to how people define status.
No. As has been said on many of the other 5ed threads, the content matters not the rules. Which may be why they are re-birthing forgotten realms with its entire history so people can choose the era to play in.
This sort of reminds me of traveler's Imperium..
Rules sets don't matter, content does.
Well, I did qualify it with "flawed and imperfect to be sure" But at least the country talked the talk (for US citizens at least, for the rest of us unwashed it was gun boat diplomacy), even if the walk was a bit wobbly a lot of the time. But the US isn't even pretending any more, and that's both sad and scary.
True, but the us is the citizenry and them are the Government. In theory, for a democracy, we are meant to be one and the same.
An a non-American, this saddens me.
The biggest unanswered question is why it passed so easily?
Labels are useful if they are descriptive and not proscriptive, i.e you can have more than one label. I found the GNS theory very useful when I was trying to understand why I disliked another RPG we where trying, and why Pathfinder found a place in my heart.
I'm guessing, and I may be putting words in Bluelucks mouth, but I don't think it was meant to be be phrased as you can only be one.
My personal style is Narrative/Simulationist, with emphasise on the Narrative. My old group was all over the place and we eventual schizmed half Pathfinder, half the other RPG, the other half wavering each way. Pathfinder is Narrative/Simulationist with emphasise on Narrative.
Keeping your kit in good order - fixing tears in your cloak, keeping things sharp that sort of stuff. Combined with Prestidigitation for cleaning you'll be the best looking member of your adventuring party.
And don't forget their primary roll is to make money for the shareholders, which means, yes the house always wins.Until there is a major catastrophic loss and they have to pay out huge amounts.
No, Insurance is just about managing risk. You're required to get insurance by your bank as they are managing their risk in case something happens to their collateral (your house). As stated you will almost always come out ahead if you just bank your premiums but that is usually based on not experiencing a major event. So you have to ask your self what is the risk and impact is a major event happens, or a moderate event happens before you have accumulated enough cash? If you can handled it put your money in a bank, if the risk or consequence to too high get insurance.
Greetings, I've looking at getting a Arkham Horror expansions. I have previously ordered Dunwitch Horror and its shipping was $23 (order num 1774492) going standard mail. Now I am trying to order Kingsport Horror but the only shipping option is USPS Priority Mail at $48. Is this a change in policy or are the stars right? I would prefer to have the choice to ship it standard mail and have it take a bit longer. Just to make it a little more weird I looked at Curse of the Dark Pharaoh
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I was wondering if anyone could recommend a PDF viewer that will allow for the viewing of bookmarks?Best PDF viewer I can recommend on Android is EZPDF reader Thats what I use on my Asus transformer and its pretty good. A little slow at times with the hard covers but still very good.
I agree with you but.... One problem people can have a disconnect with is that facts change (superluminal neutrinos!! w00t!) but opinions, generally, don't.
Talk about wizards, sorcerers and clerics Would clerics be less corruptible since, by definition, they have a higher power - their god - who could take away their source of power. Talking about goodish clerics, naturally, since the evilish clerics are sort of meant to be corrupt.(If an evil cleric becomes good, is that corruption?)Would the discipline of the Wizards study make them resistant to corruption, having distilled a sense of discipline and direct knowledge of what can happen if you cross the line. Would the sorcerers strength of self make them resistant to temptation. What about a fighter?
Surely that must have some effect on a person's psyche, whether they are good or evil. And don't forget the Psychopath, who by their nature will attempt to gain power and lack empathy for anyone. And no, I'm not saying most of those with 'Power' are psychopaths, I believe most of the 'Power that corrupts' comes from honest temptation. But the psychopath will be have a over representation in power spaces that are unmoderated.
Has anyone who has ever said that absolute power corrupts absolutely ever actually had any power? Or is it just the whining of the jealous 99%? Well if they did end up with any power they would become corrupted wouldn't they. And then start whining about the commoners.
Beware the echo chamber. If there are not other people to give you sanity checks of if you are surrounded by yes humanoids then things can spiral out of control. You've probably got 22 intelligence or so, you've fought the good fight, helped the down trodden.
You do know better than a 10int commoner, don't you? No one is disagreeing so it must be true.
And so it begins.
Ohh can't let this one pass
Who just won the rugby world cup?? But I'll agree with the rest :^)Back on topic, from a non Australian but from across the ditch, Australia is big, I mean really really big.
It is, or seems to be, fairly cultural homogeneous but the territory varies hugely. From the Great Central Desert to Rain Forests to wheat farms to opal mines in the middle of no where.
All of which will, of course, influence the local culture. Cheers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15835017 Very cool, so to speak.
I'm all about the dice. An unexpectedly great roll or an ill-timed fumble can turn a whole adventure massively, and that's part of the fun. Yeah dice!, gives one a feeling of control. Picking your favourite dice for that critical roll, etc. Having said that tracking the game and character state would be great to help manage the game.
Rats in the Walls!! I don't know why, and yes Mountains of Madness is better, but this one really got under my skin.
I use an alienware m11x right now, but I'm looking to upgrade to an asus 12" touch windows box. ASUS Transformer running android. Though if you wait a couple of months the new tablets will be out.
We have a couple. Any in the pipe for andriod? Particularly tablets.
the problem is that sort of model seems to be almost fundamentally incompatible with what most players consider to be good Dungeons and Dragons. Though I still love reading a paper book, being able to search for a rule or click through to definitions as opposed to flipping through a book are a great, and much faster, at the table. An active character sheet would also be fantastic, your barbarian is raging, select the option and you stat's are updated, confused, sicken etc. Manage your spell book, your animal companion, etc. Lots of people use d20pro and the likes as opposed to the kitchen table. All the seeds are there, not to replace the good DnD but to enhance it. If the focus is tools to support as opposed to replace DnD or to lock people in, the game experience, which is people and story telling, will grow stronger.
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Are you sure the player and the GM are not in on it together? Not in a us vs them way, but the evil character is a set up for part of the plot.I've be that sort of character before in game, but the plot device appeared - or at least was very guessible - quickly so the other players knew with a wink and a nod what was going on.
I quite enjoyed hunting down my old character and bringing him to justice afterwards.
If WoTC are to make a new version they would be mad to look backwards. They would look forwards, see how the can create a game that would sit naturally with mobile devices, tablets and the 'social' network models to get the new gaming $. A sort of OGL?, maybe, but it would take a bit more vision than a tradition copyright focused corporate normally has. I don't think Piazo can make the jump to the mobile/tablet model, and would be silly to, because that's not what they are good at.
5e, be it created by Piazo or WoTC, will be a whole new world.
I've had a player like this, not a cheat just not paying that much attention since he wanted to jump in and play. Work with them when they level, try and use tools that help - spell cards where a god send to mine since he had trouble tracking spell usage. Check out different character sheets, maybe there's one that can present the information in a way that works better for the player. If there is a penalty try and make it an in game one, one of the Oracle's patrons intervenes and offers some form of atonement around the mistake the player was making or some such. It applies a consequence for the mistakes but since its about the character and not the player it might be easier for the player to work with, not so personal. Though that will, of course, depend on your player.
Android 3.2 firefox beta Asus tablet. Nav-side bar disappears in portrate but is visible in landscape. Cheers
So what I'm seeing is a lot of support for BASIC roleplay. Is there a way to modify a game in the middle of a campaign to simplify it or am I just going to have to scrap it and start from scratch? If you do decide to scrap it and start again (and it might be best) try are keep the orginal characters in the world as NPC's. The new characters can meet them and deal with them. That's always a blast, provides continuity and makes it look as if it was part of the plan all a long :^) And when the get the hang of the game a bit more perhaps pick the characters up again, if they are so inclined.
Get the beginners box? The AP's tend to be reasonable sophisticated, theme and rule wise.
Have them all start with the same class/race so they can ask each other about the rules. If your running canned adventure you'll have to tweak things.
For levelling hero lab or pcgen maybe suggested but instilling a feeling for the rules first would be a better idea before using these tools.
How do you manage your focus? Do you declare today to be Runelords Hardcover, tomorrow Dragon Empires and Friday to be Shattered Star day.
Thats a damn fine idea and more books like "Inner Sea Magic" would be grand. Cheers
I like to clearly separate out encounters, adventures and campaigns. Encounters are very rail roady, they sort of have to be, but always be open to your players doing something weird. Adventures, much more loosely structured but normally there is a clear goal. Hopefully the characters buy into that goal and sometimes you need a little meta gaming with the players to come up with the motivations. And sometimes you need to change the goals and the adventure itself. Campaigns are evolving back stories that would happen if the characters where there or not. They can influence the the evolution of the campaign or not depending on what they do. More than once the group has "gone off the rail" and had the world change around them, leaving them behind.
I like the imperial or non metric system for my fantasy games, makes it all quaint and old worldly like. Sort of like seeing fractions on the motorway off ramp signs....
Scotch really is the nectar of the gods. Macallan, any year, is my favorite. Runners up would be Craggonmore and Glenmorangie. Usually on the rocks. Yeah, a side glass of water is always a good idea, to pace ones self.
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