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Oh, now that's just the bitterness talking! Take a few deep breaths. In and out. There ya go, feel better already, don't you? :D

1. Conan the Cimmerian 2. Batman - I hate you, DarkJezter. 3. Hong Kong Phooey 4. The Shadow 5. Super Mario 6. Luke Skywalker 7. John Carter of Mars 8. Captain America 9. Indiana Jones 10. Superman - Oh how I hate you, sir. 11. Gandalf the Grey 12. Croaker 13. Sam Vimes 14. The Man with No...

I stick to them for making characters above first level (which is to say, almost all characters in games I DM), but only use them as loose guidelines after that. My characters just hit 7th level (started at 6th) and are actually poorer than when they started the game because they've been...

No kidding. Off with his head, I say! :p

Ah, it seems a chose the wrong point to take issue with, then. Though I do admit to occassionally finding the column funny when I come across it. And he does usually tear into the guys who send him computer questions (which are often so easy a trained monkey could correct them, as someone...

I suppose he might, though the difference is that I'm fairly sure those talk radio people actually believe everything they say, and Bombay may just be being an ass as his schtick. Incidentally, I do occassionally listen to talk radio, though I don't do it expecting to learn anything more than...

My father's a better person than I am. He's braver, he's more giving, and he's a great father and husband. I can't even compete on that last one, since I'm a single by default (I don't pursue romantic relationships) and I'm fairly sure I'd be a horrible father. Maybe I'll get up to his level...

Yes, but you have to remember something here that makes the situation different: ignorance is not the same as moral failure. If someone doesn't know something, I'm pretty justified in thinking that, well, they don't know it. If they have a moral lapse in a trivial matter, I'm not justified in...

Actually, I've said nothing about Dr. Bombay's personal character anywhere in this thread, though I've made some comments about how I found his column in response to others. Oh, and I've said he's ignorant of D&D, because that's the most charitable take on the published column. Others have...

See, I see this situation differently. Allow me to extend the example. Say it's been awhile since the Nut Incident, and there was no permanent damage (thankfully). I tell the story at a party, and I tell it for laughs. I laugh, they laugh, everybody laughs, because the Nut Incident is funny...

Wow, I'm hypocritical, mean-spirited, childish, and idiotic! And all for having an emotional rection to something and almost being inspired to write a polite letter to someone pointing out their inaccuracies. Gee whiz, the bar for being a horrible person just keeps dropping and dropping. I...

Curses! Foiled again! You're right, of course, and I should be happy my post touched a nerve. It's better than blank-eyed apathy, anyway. Not as a rule of thumb, but in this case I think so, yes. It would be hard to miss the fact that he's probably going to do something like this to you...

Wow, mine just made me mildly irate. That kind of nonsense would have really upset me. Regarding the domineering mother and Mazes and Monsters, have you read Michael Stackpole's Pulling Report? It's about that whole cluster of incidents, and I found it to be interesting reading. You can find...

Joker. Though all my favoritest favorites have already lost (Cthulhu, Wile E., a few others).

Down boy. That's why I'm wondering if I should send an e-mail or just shrug it off. That's also why I mentioned the columnist's usual style, in the interests of full disclosure. That said, the sarcasm is usually directed toward people who write in; I don't recall specific groups being singled...

Okay, there's a computer troubles columnist in my local paper (the Fort Worth Star-Telegram) called "Dr. Bombay." I usually enjoy this column, since he seems to know his stuff and has a nice sarcastic wit going. But today he runs this ignorant drivel about D&D in response to someone asking him...

(A little late...) Merric, I just want to pipe up and say I enjoy your posts too. In addition to being read-worthy for the sheer information content, I appreciate the tone of your scoops. They go down easy, as it were. A lot of other posters make me want to say something nasty or combative...

Use reserve points. Your reserve point pool is equal to your full normal hit point total, and when you aren't in combat, your reserve points are expended to "heal" you at a rate of 1 point per minute. You recover reserve points by healing all the way up and then adding any further healing...

The Joker Professor Moriarty I finally saw Episode 3 a few nights ago, and I can no longer vote for Vader. Besides, Moriarty is the original scheming supergenius, and he has one of the best hero opponents. If my arch-nemesis was freakin' Sherlock Holmes I'd spend all of my time trying to...

Round Five 1. Wile E. Coyote 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Professor James Moriarty 4. The Joker Wil E. because of his, er, indomitable spirit, and because I want a non-serious villain to make one of the final cuts. Vader versus Palpatine was tough, actually, though I'm lukewarm on both. In the...