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Well, higher=better is simply more intuitive. There's a reason why it was adopted, and it wasn't because of change for the sake of change. It's the same reason people decried THAC0. As to the dice part, I don't disagree it's in large part due to the D20 system. It's an elegant system, which...

In general, the rules need to be tightened up. Also, reading the Player's Guide is a chore; it needs to be written much more coherently. Certain aspects of the system clearly were underdeveloped, and stuff from the later books (Vehicles, Psionics) should really be incorporated into a 2E...

I haven't tested it, but for some reason I think you can delete a thread if you delete the entire first post. However, I don't think you can do it if other people have posted in the thread. I haven't tested it yet though.

I love when I'm watching something again, and I catch little things that aren't obvious on the first viewing. Perhaps my favorite movie to do this with is High Fidelity, but by far my favorite show is Firefly. I was watching Objects In Space again (for maybe the tenth time). The show...

I think for something like the Brutal 1 property, it might be easier to ignore the re-roll aspect and just make the random number from 2 to X. I don't know how it would be indicated fairly though. A numerical input could easily be faked (sure, I got 7 9's... what, Brutal 9, no way!). Perhaps...

I can't disagree more with the idea that this storyline has been banal. I think this season was exactly what the show needed. I've been a fan of Eureka since the beginning. The show has always been about the characters first and the story second (if at all). I won't claim that it was always...

Last week's episode would have been a better finale, IMO. This episode didn't even feel like a finale; a lot of it felt like it was abandoned mid-thought rather than be an actual cliffhanger. Bill and QSA fighting seemed an utterly pointless scene to have. The business with Hoyt's mom seemed...

I can't claim to speak for Zaukrie, but I think the point is that rather that UA being in addition to the normal allotment of (supposedly) play-tested material, it is replacing it. The end effect is that rather than play-test everything in Dragon, some stuff just gets thrown out there...

The issue I have with racial prerequisites on most feats is that in most cases the feats can be re-flavored to fit your race. For example, for Solid Footing, Goliaths already have the stone thing going on, plus their large size allows them to step over obstacles easily. Halflings scamper over...

I thought I'd write out some thoughts on these two shows, since I had a chance to see them. I know it's an ecclectic duo of shows. I'm going to come right out and say I think Terriers will be the best new show this fall. I haven't seen most of them, but I highly doubt anything will be as good...

I'm honestly not surprised about this at all. I'm a huge fan of DT, but their recent stuff has started to sound really stale to me. A lot of times that comes about from band members getting bored. His work with Avenged Sevenfold and Transatlantic just seems more energetic. Of course, that...

The reason for this is (most likely) because one of the ideas behind Essentials was to remove prerequisites for feats across the board. There are still some, but the number has been greatly reduced and in most cases there seems to be reasoning behind having them. An excellent example would be...

It wouldn't just increase the efficiency, it would actually make it control. Losing that move action to stand up is a pretty nice controlling effect.

Yeah, back when it first started; I remember being a kid and hearing about that. Nowadays most of the locals accept it if not embrace its existence.

My only advice is to talk with a divorce attorney. Not any old attorney, but one that specifically deals with divorce. Not just for the legal protection, though that helps too. While lawyer jokes are easy to make, these people see divorce every day, and may offer some advice none of here may...

Whenever the royalty goes by, I always love dropping to one knee aand yelling "Long live the Queen!" Actors and patrons seem to love it equally, and once I got a whole group of people on one knee.

I think a lot of the answer depends on how you want it to be handled. If you want to make a DM change, you could adjust encounters with relative ease. I'm not just talking changing up the mix of creatures, but also adding in "magic squares" for healing, terrain, and so forth. You can also...

There's a fairly big Ren Faire held annually in Sterling, NY, which is in "real" ;) Upstate NY, approximately an hour or so NW of Syracuse. There's also the Sterling Forest, NY Ren Faire, which is downstate near Suffern - that's the one you linked to. The names of the towns are slightly...

Stark's line about not being a vampire is a reference to his role on True Blood as well.

Because Rogues are only proficient in hand crossbows, not any other type.