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The OP has specifically mentioned that we get to keep our current mindset. LeShay it is! :] Who's hiding? I mean, I've got a DC 53 charm gaze attack, +77 Diplomacy, CHA 47, what problem am I going to have with going around in my true form? :cool: Besides, I don't think anyone would be able to...

Other: pick spells from lower levels.

Finished? I have yet to begin. The hardest part is figuring what to buy, after that I'll be quick. Hopefully.

Not really, but if I do come up with an interesting character concept I'll flesh it out in my head so that I can quickly write a sheet if need be.

Planescape campaign: mostly renaissance; gunpowder is very rare and most people don't know about it. Warcraft campaign: steampunk-ish, with steam-powered giant robots and the like. However, "advanced" technological devices are notoriously unreliable and require specialized skills to operate, so...

That's very rude. Neither my game nor my house are kid-safe, and I am not willing to make them so on a moment's notice, especially not for a couple that can't say no to their own spawn. And I don't like small kids anyway. Not raw, anyway.

I did not use the word "Plagued" in my post. I try to stay objective as much as I can, and I don't have enough verified information to make a strong statement. The hundreds of forum posts I've read that complained about effectively unusable units lead me to believe that there are issues. The...

Hot item indeed, given the cooling issues. ;) Chances are that after xmas, they will be widely available. No point in holding out after the launch.

Dunno. I've never bothered with avatars, sigs and the like much. I entered zappo into google images and came up with this. It seems to be colored and flavorful. :cool:

The "must have" feeling is because it's currently the most powerful console available, by a wide margin. For a lot of people, that's enough reason to buy. Me, I'm waiting for PS3 (and when it's out, I'll wait for a month or two - no first shipments for me). The defects issue isn't nearly as bad...

You're right in taking high mental stats. INT, WIS and CHA will open up the most interesting dialogue options. From what I remember, the majority of fights aren't very hard (and - being the Nameless One - you can die without much consequence). You should be fine one way or another. Various...

What I read is that the US list was 200+ games, while the Japan list was 12 games. Multiple sources seem to claim this, but I can't confirm or deny with confidence.

My PCs encounter higher CR people and creatures all the time; generally, they say 'good day' and walk past, or they talk for a while, purchase what they need, and so on. Not everything you meet is an opponent. But I think you mean encounters in which these high-CR beings are actually opposed to...

But some thread are obviously Evil. Surely those should be killed without remorse..?

Ah - Java is still very big on cellphones and a bunch of other embedded devices, and that is a rapidly growing market. However, and it pains me to say it, C# is outright better. It ain't portable, but that's it. And Java UI is unacceptably slow.

I don't know what makes something interesting. If I knew, I'd be busy getting very rich by now. I know of a few general principles, though.Interesting mechanics only stay interesting for a short while, generally between one and three sessions. This covers the vast majority of half-dragon...

I've got a Temple of Demogorgon in the Abyssl Campaign. Not sure that it is already in the linked version, but you could check it out and search the text for "temple of insanity". The temple is shaped like a pyramid, with the top part replaced by an immense statue of Demogorgon. There are...

Not COBOL. The majority of current non-OO code is C/C++ by a wide margin. C doesn't support OOP; C++ does but lots of people don't use it or use it badly (just because 1700 lines of code are a method of a class, rather than a procedure, it doesn't mean that the code is OO).

There certainly is a whole lot of traditional code around, but not that much. The vast majority of commercial programs that are developed today are largely OOP. There are many fields where OOP isn't worth the hassle. Programs that mostly perform numerical calculations (as opposed to programs...

Videogame RPGs have been like this since, hmm, about forever and a half. It isn't limited to console RPGs either. I don't expect the situation to change in the foreseeable future. It has to do with the fact that you must make games that take X hours to play, but you don't have anywhere close to...