The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

RealAlHazred said:

"What are you talking about, your Honor? I want a jury of my peers, if this isn't one of them, I don't know who else qualifies!"

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Wofano Wotanto said:

Paleontology and evolutionary history are subjects fraught with that particular peril, agreed. I took a quick poke and found a fairly concise site that addresses a lot of the possible questions with decent clarity, though. Worth a few minutes of reading if it isn't too far below your existing knowledge level.

All true, and worth noting that even large sauropods don't seem to have ever developed the mammalian multiple-stomach trait. Some (possibly many - that seems to be unsure as yet) of them did have discrete gizzards like birds do, which is discussed at the link above, and gastroliths (another digestive aid used by many avians) were commonplace in all manner of herbivorous dinosaurs - with the big browsers having an impressive number of them in their large single stomach. Also worth noting that the treetop and water-plant browsers were chowing down on more efficient foodstuffs than grazers, so they evolved differently to reflect that.

But that site explains it all better than I can without getting overly deep for casual reading.

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Scribe said:

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Wofano Wotanto said:

A jury full of roleplayers seems like a terrible idea. Not only is eleven players kind of big for most modern games, the prospect of them intentionally extending their "deliberations" until the campaign is finished is a real issue.

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Ryujin said:

Bold of you to think that you could get 12 roleplayers to show up for anything, on schedule, when it's tough enough for just 5.

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Ryujin said:

Bold of you to think that you could get 12 roleplayers to show up for anything, on schedule, when it's tough enough for just 5.

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overgeeked said:

Judge: “For the last time, it’s ‘your honor’.”

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Wofano Wotanto said:

Foreperson: "Can we at least spread out so the whole jury doesn't get caught in one fireball? I don't like the look of that defense attorney one bit. Has his paperwork been properly checked for scrolls?"

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overgeeked said:

And you better hope they’re not murderhobos.

Judge: “Madame Foreperson, this is a parking violation trial. Hanging by the neck until, and I quote, ‘dead, dead, dead’ is not an option. Nor is an all orc firing squad. Nor can the jurors hack away at the defendant with their toy swords.”

Foreperson: “They’re not toy swords, you majesty.”

Judge: “For the last time, it’s ‘your honor’.”

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