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The thing is that history could easily be included in this. I said that I didn't think it should include calculated number or, at least, only calculated numbers. If we include both, the way it would work out is something like this: <!--half-orc example--> <character> <strength>13...

I know some people have objected to the idea of the history on the basis that they don't want to worry about strict level by level compatibility or force developers to do so. I don't think it would necessarily do so. Different developers could do it different ways, but I can see either using a...

Yeah, Boxey was in the miniseries and one episode of the regular series. I read that Ron Moore had plans for the character but didn't really follow through on them because the kid playing Boxey grew about a foot between the miniseries and the regular series. Who knows, maybe he'll revise his...

I used to do the "Waterdeep Daily Trumpet" in my old college campaign. I made up a one page newspaper that detailed background events I wanted to include, PC exploits that might have made the news and ads of various kinds, including "Adventurers Wanted" ads. On a couple of occasions when the...

How true! :lol:

That's more or less it, though I'd be more inclined to call them "components" and expand them a bit. The way I envision it you'd have a skill, for instance, and it would have a list of components that tally up to the final score. Among the components would be a listing of points spent at each...

I'm not sure that's true. We get mixed signals, so to speak. They seem to rely a lot on long range FTL scouts that have to return to Galactica to report, but on the other hand we saw a number of instances where people were communicating over long distances without any radio lag. Take the...

I'm not just talking about an undo function. I'm talking about making it part of the data to keep track of how each score developed over levels. For example, if you have a character with a skill, the character data would keep track of the fact that you added two ranks at 1st level, one at 2nd...

Yes, and that goes both ways. We've seen plenty of romanticizing of ancient cultures to make them out to be more than they really were before. Just look at all the nonsense people have come up with about the druids or stonehenge for examples. I suspect some of this "the bards knew everything...

Kalamar. I think it's the names. Oh those names. So many of them sound like just so much nonsense. Names are everywhere, so its hard for me to get around that.

I'd pay for commercial free content too, but I don't hold much hope of that ever happening. Just look at how they're doing DVDs. You pay for them, but they still want to try to make you sit through all kinds of advertising and other nonsense like that before you can get to the menu or watch...

You can get away with just about anything if you're carrying a clipboard.

This word. I do not think it means what you think it means. :D

Heh, I didn't know about that. I may have to watch it sometime.

They also teased us with him getting hit by the car. I'm sure folks were supposed to think for a moment that that was where he lost his ability to walk, but then he got back up again. I knew the thing with the father was going to turn out badly from the first meeting. He was a rich guy who...

Just a couple of comments from the peanut gallery. 1. I think history should be a part of any such data model. You should be able to look at the data and see exactly how the character progressed to the level they're at. I think this is important for a couple of reasons. One is if people...

It's generally just a job. It's one I generally like doing, but I don't have any emotional attachment to it. I say "generally" because I work as an IT contractor and, aside from the usual ups and downs in any job, it really depends on the client. Some clients are great and some are horrible...

I'll second H. Beam Piper's "Paratime". I'd add "Agent of Byzantium" by Harry Turtledove as well. The latter is a series of short stories about an agent of the Byzantine Empire in a timeline where Mohammed became a Christian monk rather than founding Islam. The stories generally deal with the...

I suspect they'll only send Carter. I've read that the actress who plays her is pregnant and is only going to appear in half the episodes of the season so they're probably going to send her and use transit time as an excuse why she isn't around on either show.

That sounds like it could be pretty cool. I always liked Methos and I always liked the bits where they did flashbacks to previous time periods. I'd love to see a whole series (of movies or a TV series, though I don't think that it can be done on a TV budget) build on following Methos or...