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But you decide the distance between characters arbitrarily. There is no reference for you to reference, other than a blank map of a dungeon, if even that. You are not Bobby Fisher; you are not brilliant at spacial relationships. You are not capable of mentally tracking the movement of...

Nothing. I'm just saying nice people want to do nice things, even DMs. I think players shouldn't think their DM is a jerk for letting their character die. That's how the game is played. I'm saying if I was DM and my wife's PC was about to die, I'd be compelled to save her if there were no...

Ack! You said it! "BAD PLAYERS"! That is exactly why I kept my mouth shut when the ambush became weirdly unrealistic. I knew it was either the DM's fault or that I was a bad player. But the DM was really, really good (a published novelist, even). So must I not be the bad player? Yet I'm...

If your real-life friend's PC is going to die and you are the DM of a game without minis, do you really want to deprive him of the potion that would save his life? Do you really want to be seen as a jerk, when all you have to do is say, "Yeh, you manage to get there in time"? HOWEVER....if...

My previous post has examples of more control by the DM. The first being the DM wanted our ambush to fail, and it did. If there were minis, the ambush would've been much more successful. No minis = more DM control. Tony M

Right. Like the time my PC and the other PCs staged an ambush. We figured we'd deliver several rounds of arrows before the enemy closed the distance. Nope. The next round, toe-to-toe. Or the time a PC died in combat. After the combat ended, it became clear there was a huge statue behind...

It is much easier for the DM to manipulate the PCs and railroad events if there are no minis for him to be accountable to. Imagine a big battle in a large area... PLAYER: Oh no! Dungeon Master, am I close enough to heal Tracy's dwarven Fighter before he goes unconscious? What will the DM...

Somebody threw poo at your house and car? That's weird. I never heard of kids throwing poo on Halloween. Do you have dog poo in your yard? Maybe a kid tripped and fell into dog poo and went stark raving mad. Anyhow...ewww. Tony M

The porchlight is off and the results are in! We had 55 trick-or-treaters. My mother-in-law, who lives on the other side of town, had 97. /loves living in Missouri Tony M

I'd have the NPC give him the armor, saying he had a weird dream that he would be murdered for it, and that he should give it to someone he trusts. The confused PC would wonder: Did Pelor send the dream to the NPC for my benefit? And should I be scared Pelor is keeping an eye on me? Or...

Life sucks, and then....wave after wave of terrible things happen, each more horible than the last, making you long for those better days when life merely sucked. :heh: Tony M

No, I'm using an analogy in an attempt to help all you Windows people see that Sauron (Bill Gates) is your master and that if Sauron has his way, Frodo will be killed and the Shire burned to the ground! It's a simple good versus evil thing. ;) :p :heh: :o :lol: Where is Frodo? Is he...

Simplicity, after assaulting Frodo with your cold-blooded, multi-directional attack, forcing Frodo to flee a wee bit, you can't be an orc in my analogy. Sorry. You are the Watcher, the black squidlike creature in the pool outside Moria. Frodo flees! But Frodo lives! :) Tony M

No. By dissolving the first group before creating a new group, the new group is a new group. If a group wants to merely re-name itself, it certainly can, and that would be the same group with a new name, but that is not what I said. Imagine a guy with a business. He dissolves the business...

Sir, your pro-Windows commentary and disturbing lust for power has earned you the rank of Saruman in my LotR analogy. :eek: Tony M

Cupcake? Frodo does not eat cupcake. The movie version, as I don't remember the book version. After your attempt to demoralize, I figured you were either Wormtongue or the Mouth of Sauron. I picked Mouth. You can be Wormtongue if you want, though. :) Tony M

That was uncalled-for. Rel, ban IcyCool for forgetting his emoticon, and DimWit for not noting the critical absence of that emoticon. Snarkiness and being an accessory to snarkiness should not be tolerated. Me, I should get a "Get Out of Banned Free" card for bringing this to your...

I'm not convinced you can ban people. Nobody would ever give you that much power. <----Look! No emoticon! Tony M

IcyCool, your attempts to demoralize Frodo have failed! You are no longer a Nazgul in my analogy, though. After your last post, you are now the Mouth of Sauron. Frodo lives! ;) <-- Note the friendly emoticon of humor. Tony M

I think the freedom from viruses is intrinsic to the OS. Here is my thinking: Apple makes security updates from time-to-time. So the Apple folks are literally trying to keep their OS safe from viruses. Whether or not there are a hackers who are trying to write viruses for OS 10 does not...