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Flint and steel for relighting torches in the dark? Rope does seem like an obvious choice. The crowbar too, perhaps as it can double as...

The Delver gets the chance to add ADV on top of the counting bonus. This is the Indiana Jones whip rule.

Let me parse this a little - Choose one type of gear ...you gain 1+half your level on checks ... with that type of gear. It works just...

Yeah, and if they are getting in, getting their work done and moving on, I'm OK with that. Its when they start standing around talking I...

I have a small cameo in this! lol. #buhurt Sir Samuel the Small people call me haha #buhurt

It means you don't ever have a character where the sum of their stats is below 63 (the average sum of stats for 3d6 down the line) if...

No question that some of Simmons’ work is vile trash. But his best work influenced both my taste and my writing style. Life is complex...

Guards, Guards

Some of his work was less political than others. I remember when he posted that.

Not to yuck anyone's yum, but while Simmons work was singular; his politics sadly all too pedestrian (and not what I align with...)...

I've had the Cantos on my shelves for years and haven't gotten around to it. I think that needs to change, soon. (I intend to read the...

Dan Simmons died of complications from a stroke yesterday. I’ve moved up a reread of the Hyperion Cantos, Carrion Comfort, The Hollow...

I had another of my quarterly 5-day business trips this week, so I got a lot of reading done in airports, on planes, and in my hotel...

Read The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo, which was both somewhat better than the previous book of his I read (The Honjin Murders) and...

I shotgunned the Sprawl trilogy back to back to back, thanks to you lot rousing my curiosity about how I’d feel about it now. Short...