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  1. johnsemlak

    Any experience with this online music site?

    I don't thing it's so much that thses sites are legal in Russia, they may very well be illegal; however they haven't been shut down via prosecution for whatever reason (reasons possibly being stalling tactics, corruption, or just simply the prosecution not getting around to it). In Russia most...
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    World Cup draw complete!

    I think Australia is a tricky team to rate, because they have played so few competitive matches with other WC teams. There've been some friendlies, notably the famous 3-1 victory at England a couple of years ago, but it's hard to judge their significance. Apparently Australia were one of the...
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    Just watched Narnia (Possible spoilers)

    Have you consulted the entire literary establishment on this? I doubt it. Academic issues, like political issues, tend to have multiple camps.
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    An obligatory (?) 'Why no Narnia RPG?" thread

    Actually, I would not be that interested right now in playing a Narnia RPG or setting, but it did occur to me that the Narnia series was my primary inspiration for fantasy when I first started playing D&D. I hadn't read Tolkien when I started with the Red Box. Most of my early characters had...
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    World Cup draw complete!

    England's got a good group, but the Sweden matchup will be tough. Should be no problem advancing though The US's group may not look bad at first glance, but they've got Italy--always tough, the Czech Replubic--probably the 2nd most difficult unseeded European team after Holland, and Ghana--the...
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    Just watched Narnia (Possible spoilers)

    I won't dispute that the allegory is obvious (to those who look for it), but when I read the series as a child (aged around 8-10 IIRC) I never once made the connections between the Chronicles and anything in the Bible. Of course, there is the bit about referring to humans as 'Sons of Adam' and...
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    9 minute "supertrailer" for Chronicles of Narnia (Now with direct download links)

    Voyage of the Dawn Treader had two of the original 4 kids--Edmund and Lucy, plus the new boy Eustace. Plus, a few of the Narnians appeared in both the 2nd and 3rd books (Trumpkin is mentioned but doens't appear in the Dawn Treader IIRC) Personally, if there will be sequals, I'd think it would...
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    Charles Ryan (and others) out at WotC?

    ...which, if you are a gamer in a group where the DM has all the necessary materials, like mine, may be absolutely nothing. Several players in my group don't even have PHBs
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    Just got my Dragon Compendium - Pretty!

    Has a ToC or some similar summary been posted somewhere?
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    Charles Ryan (and others) out at WotC?

    As a Kid, I wasn't bothered by such inconvenient notions as 'reality'. I don't think I dreamed too much of being a RPG designer but I'm sure back then I would have thought it would be awesome. I do remember wanting to responed to an open call for adventure submissions in the old Polyhedron mag...
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    DDM Wardrums - Wardrummer, Chimera, Aspect of Hextor

    I am very happy to see the UC Hill Giant. I've wanted to stock up on my collection of Giant types (and some day complete my dream of running a 3.5e Against the Giants using minis :)), most of which have been rares; and I've been very unlucky so far. I may stock up on a few of those in the...
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    Fleshing out a Temple of Kord

    There's a map of a sample Temple of Kord in the 3e Dieties and Demigods. It might be in the art gallary for that product on the WotC site.
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    Charles Ryan (and others) out at WotC?

    Monte has posted several times that he was not let go; he left on his own accord.
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    OGC Wiki?

    I have no argument that information should be free. Entertainment (e.g. RPG products) is another issue, however, and should not necessarily be free, imo.
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    ENGS: Sale price not charged

    Yes, they were in my wishlist before the sale. On the wishlist, the sale price wasn't shown; I probably should have realized something was wrong, but I hoped the sale price would be factored in upon purchase. Would it be possible to add a 'review purchase' step at the end of the transaction...
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    ENGS: Sale price not charged

    I just bought two items from Goodman Games' sale: DDC: 12:5 and DDC: 21. Both had a sale price of $4.89; however, I was charged the full price of 6.99. Anyway to fix this?
  17. johnsemlak

    Importance of Grammar/Spelling

    Being a teacher of English to foreigners I'm conditioned to accept a certain amount of mistakes from people who write or speak to me, so that makes me rather tolerant of mistakes. In my profession we're real big on teaching people to express themselves effectively, and not worry about getting...
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    Charles Ryan (and others) out at WotC?

    One thing about these comparisons between TSR in 90s and WotC--One of them is a company that may have seemed to treat employees fairly well but ran itself into the ground; another is a company that is trying to cut costs to keep inself not only afloat but also a healthy viable company. I am...
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    Charles Ryan (and others) out at WotC?

    IIRC he's doing a module for the Serenity RPG sometime soon, according to an interview on RPGRadio.net
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    Making Melee Characters Useful at High Levels

    I don't have the book myself, but one source of ideas worth getting might be Goodman Games' Power Gamer's 3.5 Warrior Strategy Guide.
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