Recent content by HalfElfSorcerer

According to the OED, lich means a dead body, and its origins are traced back through old English, old German, Saxon, Gothic, and Old Teutonic. You gotta love having a high school that can afford expensive databases. ;) The OED is an incredible resource.

Heh heh heh... Heh heh heh heh heh... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Heh. It would be cool if someone invented this, though. Heh heh.

Remember when I started the "1,000 ways to freak out your players" thread sometime last year? Why was it never archived? I figured it would be a shoo-in for archiving, but it never happened. I think it's worthy of eternal commemoration in the ENWorld archives--except for the two pages full...

Yeah, actually. It's only optional for eighth graders because we get promoted the day before. See, there are three different high schools people are going to, we're not going to see some of our friends for the last three to eight years ever again. Besides, I'm the ONLY person from my school...

I have 17 days of school left, but... -1 day: Band trip to theme park -1 day: Eighth grade trip to theme park -1 day: Eighth grade promotion -1 day: Optional last day of school for eighth graders -1 day: two 1/2 days of testing -2 days: Assorted not-doing-anything ...so really only 10 days of...

Hey, Half-blooded shaper of stars Thanks.

I'm excited about it. I love how Dumbledore hinted about a rebellion at the end of Goblet of Fire. It seems like the fifth book might have some really kewl political maneuvering and whatnot. The only thing that irritates me about the books is Harry Potter's acute lack of personality. It...

I figured out what's up with the Merivingian. I think. Ok, see, the Merivingian is Hades, lord of the Underworld, because he hangs around with all the rogue programs. The werewolves, ghosts, vampires. His wife's name is Persephone b/c that's what Hades/Pluto's wife's name was, except she...

Hmmm...me like... The Librarian (Flavor Class) The librarian is any individual who writes things down, keeps track of books, or suchlike. BAB: +0 Saves: +0 Fort, +0 Ref, +1 Will Skills: 6 + Int mod skill points. Craft, Decipher Script, Knowledge (Any, bought individually), Profession. Book...

I'll be the random guy who shows up at odd moments with strange truths that make everyone feel a bit stupid. See my sig for an example.

Well, we're about to take a hike to our local pizza joint for dinner. School is already canceled for tomorrow 'round these parts. I guess we're all going to be stuck for at least another day. Looking at our deck outside, the snow is like all the way up to the bottom of our picnic table...

Well, I'm here in northern Virgina, and we have the most snow we've ever had since 1996. It's kind of weird. Anyone living near DC knows about the astounding lack of snow we've had in the last six years, but this winter, we've gotten a lot. There's a travel ban on in Virginia right now...

I'm terribly sorry, and rather emberrassed, but...I'm afraid I'm going to have to bow out. I started a story, but I was never able to finish it. Gaaa. I feel kinda bad...oh well. I guess it's no use crying over possibly offending people I'll never meet in person. :-) Sigh. Maybe next...

I'm game. Hey-I stay in the contest, no matter what. Good Stuff.

It just snowed today where I live, and I was thinking about how snow muffles things. Perhaps the artifact can invoke silence in an area containing snow that it has produced. Snow also tends to make things seem equal. With fresh snow around, you can make very few presumptions about the people...