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    Cat trouble. Need help!

    Overhang happens a lot when the box isn't cleaned enough. The cat doesn't want to get in it because it's nasty, but it feels it must use the box, so it kind of compromises by just putting a few feet in. It's like when you go into a really slimy port-a-john and are trying to keep your feet as far...
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    Detect Evil on party members

    One does not do it overtly, but I've seen it done for the purposes of detecting imposters and curses.
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    How would you make a fantasy Ironclad "go?"

    Teams of horses with horseshoes of a zephyr tow them (6000 gp per horse), though outfits with less capital just have a a mid level cleric who bops Water Walk on them every hour or so. (People always think inside the box if they can.) [Splash] "Number three just threw a shoe on an albatross!"
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    Habemus Papam

    He might as well have called himself Pope Illuminatus I.
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    Habemus Papam

    papam
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    Tell me about different elves

    My elves are nasty and brutish thugs that threaten the very existence of the ancient High Orc kingdoms.
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    Amazon's trust in USPS

    Aha, media rate. Dirt cheap, but 2 calendar weeks is pretty common. I usually use it for moving books since it's cheaper than almost any form of shipping known to man.
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    Almost had a familiar.

    I'd say it was a juvenile if it weren't too early in the season. Could just have been sick.
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    MMORPGs death of RPG

    It definitely helps having a GM who can gloss over or at least spice up the boring bits.
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    Computer Generated Gibberish Submitted and Accepted to the WMCSI

    "While the work is highly original, it does not appear to be of any interest to the academic community."
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    MMORPGs death of RPG

    Yeah, that's my experience. The "massive multiplayer" aspect really means "massive multi-teenagers who can play 8 hours a day, 7 days a week." I really never could build up the level of expertise required to be tolerated by the 733t, and solo play gets boring after a bit. Poorly designed for...
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    Ape/human Hybrids!

    Homo popeyi
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    Ape/human Hybrids!

    I don't recall any significant proposals to lump Homo and Pan (that's just not going to happen), but moving Pan and Gorilla into family Hominidae has a good-sized constituency, perhaps even a majority now. That's based more on the emergence of a more rigorous model of taxonomy than any startling...
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    Why must special swords/weapons always be intelligent?

    I don't think we've ever had any truly intelligent weapons, but a few of the more powerful items have had a little personality.
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    Did I do the right thing?

    Well, he didn't actually report her while she was drunk driving - he "called all the local police departments and told them to watch out for Her" ("All cars in Springfield, Hooterville, Hazzard County, and Schmoetown, be on the lookout for Jane Smith whenever she happens to be driving around...
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    What RPGs do you own but haven't played?

    Werewolf: the Apocalypse (1E) Wraith: the Oblivion (1E) GURPS Lite Warhammer FRP (2E) couple d20 supplements, the names of which I can't remember
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    Would your group stop a woman from joining?

    The statistics presented for weasels can apply to them too after all. Ferrets, I mean, not girls.
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    It's nice to be so loved (or: the world of IT is insane!)

    Good opportunity to learn POS systems anyway.
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    I may have to kill them all (My players out!)

    EL 8 or 9 - if the druid stays in it long enough, I don't think anyone will bite it. I assume all of the fighter types have some kind of semi-decent missile weapons, and certainly the ranger would. You can pretty easily ready an attack to disrupt a flying spellcaster, and the PCs will be able to...
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    Origins of the Deities in Frostburn/Sandstorm

    Zoser (Djoser) was originally an Old Kingdom Pharaoh.
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