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@Mark Chance: The Shadowrunners which you describe from your campaign setting are, by your description, not assassins, but special forces operatives or guerilla fighters who sometimes conduct assassinations. An assassin commits assassinations as a matter of course in the normal execution of...

Point one - if the character wants only to "kill" the evil overlord, as opposed to overthrowing his evil regime, then the character is pushing their luck claiming to be good. Good is not choosing killing when other choices are possible. Point two - Soldiers are trained to fight, not to kill...

Personally, I fall in the "No you can't have a good assassin" camp for this reason. Yes, both assassins and adventurers kill, however, adventurers can fail to kill and still succeed. In order to succeed, an assassin must kill - that is there entire function. There is no room in their...

From one who has suffered long and hard on the "quests for employment" - congratulations. And if you end up hating your current job, always remember that it's easier to find a better job when you've already got one than to find a good job when you're unemployed.:D

Chuck may have issues with stuff that you'll never know about - it's not all girlfriends, parents and not having friends out of gaming. Life's a pretty broad set of experiences and it's surprising just how much stuff people put up with in "silence". As for how Chuck's behaving - call him on it...

"You know, when I flew in today they gave us a 21 gun salute...and three of them were ours!" from a performance given to entertain troops in Vietnam Bob must surely be the perfect example of a man who served his country the best way he knew how, by supporting those who served it with their...

Paladins are Lawful Good, one would expect their deities to be as well. How does a LG deity "sanction" a pre-emptive execution? For reasons many people have outlined, it's a clear violation of a Good alignment. You can't hide behind "God told me to do it!" because the god never would! [B]...

Re: As for the original thread topic - I think this hits it right on the head. John Brosnan (sf historian) called Star Wars a breath of fresh air and the kiss of death for sf film. It simultaneously proved that there was a market (a huge one) and "consigned sf to the nursery, where it has...

I really feel the need to unpack some of your assertions here. How does one "destroy" evil? Evil is a moral position, not an object that can be "destroyed". A paladin's role is surely to oppose evil, but to destroy it requires more than a mortal is capable of. By "do what is necessary" I assume...

"Modern Safety Tip #17: Before playing 'Changing Rooms', ensure that your neighbours don't hate your guts!"

Thanks. As far as the action is concerned - sort of - I think I was basically doing a fantasy reworking of the Amazon basin in my mind, hence the mountains. The campaign is also based on the notion that the region is a forgotten backwater with sea travel being virtually the only mode for trade...

Sunder is unnecessary, simply have them try to disarm him. In our campaigns, if you're fool enough to be a one-weapon-wonder, then you get what you deserve. Specialisation is one thuing, making yourself only useful with the right weapon is a serious strategic error. Remember, outsiders aren't...

My best map was a continent formed by two massive island masses (actually Australia with an inland sea that was connected to the other oceans). It was 4000km x 2500km. It had one major empire and three confederacies, plus numerous other kingdoms. It was great, but the party never tumbled to how...

Whoah - not only was I off, I was off by a lot. Thanks for the corrections Agback. Is there a source you can recommend for this (online or paper based)?

Thanks - I'll check it out. As for tweaking - I fear that I have the artistic talent of a brain dead, colourblind molusc (sp?). Maybe if I get something done on Heromachine I can get some help here? Thanks again.

I’ve scoured the web and cannot find the right picture I’m looking for. I’m searching for a picture of an unarmed man in a great coat with a scarf up over his mouth. The image I have in mind is Mark Dacascos’ character from “Brotherhood of the Wolf” from the first scene, when both the main...

My wife bought it for me for our fifth anniversary.:D

Hands: everybody who has no other rank. Rig sails, man guns, haul stuff, man ropes (most of the work on a ship has to do with pulling on ropes to some degree or another) Mates: NCO's - keep discipline, carry out punishment and support junior officers. The First mate is the highest ranking...

Thanks for the sunpowder stuff. The pistolier is kinda cool, but seven feats to qualify seems a bit steep. What's the thinking behind the sneak attack?

Thanks to Billy and bump.