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Everything I've read points to hand-painting on an assembly line. Base coats might be applied mechanically, but the process as described involves people painting by hand. That may sound labour-intensive, but it explains some of the variation seen in paint jobs done on different examples of the...

Iron Heroes has something similar, with the expanded mastery of Weapon Finesse. The fourth level of it (or so) allows the user to apply their Dexterity bonus to damage instead of Strength. This would be several feats down the feat tree, so I don't think it's terribly unbalanced --- assuming...

My bad. Suffice it to say that it is a labour-intensive activity. Apologies to all.

The text on the Entry Pack states that they are hand-painted... so, if by 'little machine' you mean 'sweatshop', well, I assume that's right.

It's really loosely based on Kathleen Reich's books --- she's a forensic anthropologist who writes crime fiction on the side. I say 'loosely' because, well, this is TV. Interesting topic. Wish the show had been as interesting. As a fellow forensic anthropologist and writer, I like to see...

Though, I suppose, both might collect between one's toes.

We use tickets to track rations --- a roll of paper tickets, like the kind used for silent auctions, is cheap like borscht. We hand one over to the DM each day, end of story.

Brilliant! Thank you, Krug!

Nice. I had an opportunity to fire a Snider about two weeks ago --- big cartridges. 2d12 is a considerable amount of damage, but the thing is a beast. Any suggestions for statting a Northwest Trade Gun? (i.e., flintlock, circa 1770-1820) I'd presume it's similar to the Enfield musket, maybe...

I'm hong. Or so the wife tells me.

I'd say Profession, but you're limited to earning only half your check result in gp per week. Man, no wonder everybody's off adventuring...

Now turning to the influence of Fletcher Pratt on modern science fiction and tabletop gaming... <squark>

I'd tend to agree --- even in my mid-thirtyish group, most have not read Howard or Leiber, and only a few of us Lovecraft or Moorcock. However, even if I haven't read Vance, the effects of his magic system are still reflected in the d20 ruleset. Likewise, Conan and the Grey Mouser are...

She was probably carving her initials in it or something.

Ars Magica. An incredibly flexible system that is skill-based (if I had to shoe-horm it into a description).

Devils on Horseback --- pitted prunes, stuffed with sauteed chicken livers, then wrapped in bacon and baked. Serve with chutney. [CR 4]

Because he likes to count things. Special ammunition would be easy to rig up, in the same vein as Blade or Constantine. Of course, a big honking gun would be proof against high-DR baddies --- think of Supernatural Beast City (which would make a great d20 Modern campaign).

I would have preferred a poll option for 'pittance'.

In one maritime campaign, I have designed a character who is a cleric of the sea --- he venerates not one power, but invokes the names of every fricking sea god, elemental lord, drowned demon, or kraken overlord in an attempt to weasel his way to survival. Think of Benny from The Mummy...

Don't point at islands --- bad luck. My Cree friends use their lips to point at things, which becomes doubly weird when you pick up the habit.