Recent content by monkeyshines

If you had a friend who stood you up most of the times that you made non-gaming plans, what would you do? I for one would probably stop making plans with him. I would say just stop inviting him to the games, since that seems to be the problem area. He probably just isn't into gaming anymore...

That's real sweet and all, but the ticket in question is for going 54 in a 25, in an at least semi-residential area. Sorry, though it's a heck of a ticket I don't have much sympathy. ;)

I can't wait for the first plumber to be convicted with this law. :)

Agreed. The minute I have a required text, it's a class, not a game. ;) Also we have two married couples in our current gaming group. Not going to make them buy a copy of anything, even PHB, for each person.

Why does it have to ruin friendships? I don't know any of my gaming friends who would take something in-game personally enough to get upset enough about it to have it ruin a real life friendship. Besides, you've already stated you don't know if the player of the dead PC will even be bothered...

DM counts down out loud each round, players raise their hand or whatever when he reaches their number.

Julius, Solo, and Roswell

Those ones fool a lot of people because they use the real Citi logo in them. You should forward spoof emails to spam@uce.gov, or emailspoof@citigroup.com for citibank specifically.

If it's tested and replicated, then it's not antecdotal anymore. ;)

Environmental enrichment - which is really just a fancy way of saying give the bird something to do other than scream. Get some interesting toys, things that the bird has to work on - like things stuffed with treats or food, or things to chew on. Old carboard boxes can be awesome toys for a...

I think almost any rule can slide as long as players aren't abusive about it. In my own case, in an old 2e-based homebrew campaign where I was actually a player, my character found herself in a situation where she needed to tie someone up. The GM asked for a skill check for rope handling or...

If you leave your group, don't leave because you think there maybe might be a better one out there somewhere, leave because you're not enjoying the group you are in. It's unproductive to get into a mindset of always looking for something better, you forget to enjoy what you are doing now. It's...

Except the Vikings. ;)

Well, confidence - the kind of confidence that says, "I might not really care what you think and I'm not going to be your lapdog" - can be very attractive. But if it's just an act, like any other act it will come out in the wash later... and that's how "you're not the man I fell in love with"...