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    It's important to know why this person died. Why?

    A wager. The deceased is notable for his many exploits where he seemed to have cheated death. So as a sort of a joke a local bookie began to take wagers on what it would take to finally kill him. But now that he has died the bookie needs to know how it happened so he knows who won the bet. A...
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    Get dressed already! (does your mage wear robes?)

    Haven't played many arcane casters, but the ones I have played were always of the robe wearing, pointy hat loving, let's get that beard growing variety. The beard (for males only, unless you're a dwarf) is as essential in my mind as the pointy hat. Even if I played a twelve year-old human...
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    I DM Standing up

    I stumbled into the DMing while standing thing during what has to be the best game session I ever ran. It was a d20 Modern one-shot I ran while visiting some friends who live out of town. I was told to expect three players and got seven instead, which meant that I had totally scrap my planned...
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    I need some online game links

    PopCap Games They're most famous for Bejeweled (also sometimes called Diamond Mine), but have about twenty free web-based games in total. Maxis also used to have a site where you could play an online version of the original SimCity for free, but I can't tell if it's still around or not because...
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    wave of spam -- just me?

    Definitely. I'm up from about 5 spam messages a day to over 15 each day of this week. The odd thing is that I'm only seeing the increase on one of my three accounts, and it's not the one I normally give out to websites. Kind of makes me wonder if my ISP turned off a spam filter or something...
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    What's your least favorite 3.5 class?

    I'm not big on Sorcerers, Bards, or Paladins - the Charisma classes. I'm not very extroverted myself and it just takes too much energy to play that for five hours a week. I've gotta defend monks though. The key to monks is mobility. In my current group my monk is the rear guard. He's tough...
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    What's your favorite 3.5 class?

    Other: Whichever class I'm currently playing. At the moment that's a monk. My first ever lawful character, and I'm having a blast despite my tendency in the past to play mostly chaotic characters. Though before this current character I was in a long archer phase where I was trying to find the...
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    If I ran an RPG company I would make_________.

    Also toss in 0 new prestige classes and you've got me 75% sold on it before knowing anything else about it. Although if it turned out to be The Complete Clown's Sourcebook I'd get unsold very quick. Sounds very much like the Volo's Guides for FR in 2E, which were IMO some of the best gaming...
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    Computer Problems, v4.o

    A dead battery on the 98 machine shouldn't stop it from working if you've got it plugged into the wall, unless there's also a problem with the power adapter. I can tell you from firsthand experience that they sometimes get shorts in them and will only work when the cable is bent a certain way...
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    ENworld periodically slows to a crawl?

    This is speculation on my part, but I think even the daily activity e-mails are slowing the server down. Here's my reasoning: Like clockwork over the last few weeks for a few minutes starting at 1am EDT I've been seeing really long load times on the messageboards. Usually in the range of four...
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    ENworld periodically slows to a crawl?

    I'm not on much in the daytime, but I seem to have more problems late at night (1 am Eastern Time) than I do in the early evenings (5 to 7 pm Eastern). What I've noticed most is that the delay is in getting the page to start loading. Opera sits for a long time while the status bar says...
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    Designing a notebook computer?

    A few things to consider about laptops: Compared to desktops, they aren't very upgradeable. You might be able to add some RAM or a bigger hard drive, but in all likelihood you will be stuck with whatever video card you get at the time of purchase. The inability to upgrade your video card will...
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    Why don't your players like psionics?

    How would it compromise psionics? Psionics would still exist for those who like it as is, but for those who can't get past the flavor of it, something very mechanically similar would also exist as a magic system. Well it's only 50 weeks until April Fool's Day.... Seriosuly though, that...
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    Why don't your players like psionics?

    I'm agreement with others who've said that psionics seem too sci-fi for D&D. Whenever I hear about telepathy or telekinesis I think about the PsiCorps on Babylon 5, or that old Thames TV show from the early 70's, The Tomorrow People, that Nickelodeon used to run all the time when I was a kid...
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    Would you pay for a character?

    Full characters, no. But I'd gladly shell out the quoted figure of $.50 per level for a level and class appropriate listing of PC equipment. I hate equipping PCs more than anything else about playing D&D. Though come to think of it, some suggested packages of skills for Rogues and d20 Modern...
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    Why do 3e/3.5e modules suck?

    For me it's not just the modules that are dry and flavorless, it's all the supplements as well. It's one of those weird quirks of life that in 2E where the rules were kind of bleh that the focus in modules and supplements wasn't on the rules, but on the flavor instead, but now in 3E where the...
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    101 Theorhetical Sith!

    Darth Formant - He was always providing the Jedi with tips about Sith activities. Darth Active - Spent most of his time on the couch with Darth Ternet. Darth Corporate - Copied the schtick of a lot of other Sith. Darth Corrigible - He never returned to the Light Side. Darth Competant - The...
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    OT: Don't Forget to Spring Forward!

    Ummm.... when setting the clock forward, the people who forget to set it forward are late by an hour, not early. Cuz 1:00 Standard Time becomes 2:00 Daylight Time after springing forward. So if someone is supposed to be somewhere at 1:00 but they are still on Standard Time, it'll be 2:00...
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    problems with xp and downloading jpeg images. it won't let me view them! ARGGG.

    How are you trying to view the images? Are you saving them somewhere and double-clicking on them, or just setting them as wallpaper to view them? For the ones you set as wallpaper, here's something to try. 1. Right click on a blank area of your desktop and select Properties. 2. On the Display...
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    Is Being a Fantasy/Sci-Fi Fan Necessary to Fit in with a D&D Group?

    You said it better than I could. In fact looking back I wish I'd chosen some different examples, because the ones I picked do seem kind of haughty. I'd be just as happy discussing last night's NYPD Blue as I would be discussing the last indie film I saw. And it's not that I've ever been asked...
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