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    How do you RP a Wis: 74 and Cha: 60?

    Of which perhaps the best is to launch the "no god, no soul" doctrine of Theravada Buddhism, and to teach the Four Truths and the Eightfold Path to the hoopiest froods you can find. Regards, Agback
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    How do you RP a Wis: 74 and Cha: 60?

    Exactly so. You don't have the INT to go surfing. Regards, Agback
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    How do you roleplay an Int 74 character?

    Like all characters with INT over 35, this character will spend all his time at the beach, most of it surfing. But with only a low Charisma, he or she might not have a cool, intelligent, and witty live-in S.O. Regards, Agback
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    CalTech Acceptance and college life question!

    G'day 1. Pay attention in class. You will have plenty of time to goof off with your friends out of class. 2. Check out the material in the textbook before class. If the textbook is any good, don't bother too much about making notes: they won't have an index. 3. Learn during semester: do not...
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    Are you an NPC?

    Sixth level! Seventh in September. How much creative licence am I allowed? Regards, Agback
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    Help me swing my players away from clerics

    G'day Had you thought of this? Abolish the extra domain spell at each level. Do away with spontaneous healing. Instead, allow spontaneous casting of domain spells. It makes sense. It curbs clerics. Or try running a campaign with a bit more structure to it. For example, make the party a...
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    Help me swing my players away from clerics

    How? It will just lead to reciprocal buffing. Regards, Agback
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    When was the sword put out of use?

    The last new pattern of sword intended for use in battle of which I am aware was issued to British heavy cavalry regiments in 1908. The last bayonet charge by a battalion or larger unit of which I am aware took place during the German landings on Crete in 1941. It was successful. Regards, Agback
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    What RPG books do you have multiple copies of?

    G'day I have two complete sets of The Fantasy Trip. (I had three when I was playing it, but sold one.) I had at one stage a hard-bound and a paperback copy of ForeSight, HindSight, and ForeScene. After my hardcovers were stolen I got replacement back-up copies of ForeSight and HindSight at...
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    Dice Math - what are the chances for these rolls?

    As you can readily confirm, the number of combinations where the faces total to each sum is as follows: 0 1 1 4 2 10 3 20 4 35 5 56 6 80 7 104 8 125 9 140 10 146 11 140 12 125 13 104 14 80 15 56 16 35 17 20 18 10 19 4 20 1 So the number of combinations summing to each total or less is 0 1 1 5...
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    Medieval Justice?

    The existence of any hierachy is greatly exaggerated. Mediaeval kingdoms were not divided up into duchies or earldoms the way the USA is divided up into states. There were duchies and earldoms in some of them, but there were also extensive areas that were not part of any duchy: royal demesnes...
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    What happens when a character dies in your campaign?

    G'day I don't suppose that anyone cares much, because I don't run D&D but ForeSight/HindSight. In ForeSight characters start out much more capable than a D&D 1st level character and progress much more slowly. So there is no problem with new replacement characters starting at the same number of...
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    Medieval Justice?

    G'day Let me put in a really solid plug for Daily Life in Mediaeval Times by Joseph and Frances Gies. This is an omnibus of their successful and worthwhile Life in a Mediaeval Village, Life in a Mediaeval Castle, and Life in a Mediaeval City. Very much worth reading. Also,, I'll recommend A...
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    Medieval Justice?

    That was true early and in the south of Europe. But late and in the north the 'gently' born tried with considerable success to make knighthood the privilege of their class. Regards,
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    Medieval Justice?

    They were the people of the manor, at least, those who owed jury service and whose turn it was to serve. As such, they knew the parties and most of hte facts and everyone's cutomary rights. And on how many scattered manors the lord owned. And on whether the lord was of age. And on whether the...
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    Old Testament-era weapons and armor

    If anyone is searching for info on this weapon, more usual spellings include 'machaera', 'machaira', and 'makhaira'. Regards, Agback
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    Medieval Justice?

    The privilege of trial in the ecclesiastical courts was not available to just anyone. In England you had to be a clergyman, a member of the household of a clergyman, or a noble. And you could only make use of the privilege once. On being punished by an ecclesiastical court a perppetrator was...
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    Medieval Justice?

    Nope. The lord of the manor's right of [low] justice was actually the right to receive the revenue of the fines. It was far more likely to be the bailiff than that lord himself who presided at the court, and the verdict and penalty in manor court were assigned by the jury. Regards, Agback
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    Old Testament-era weapons and armor

    G'day Allow me to recommend Ancient Armies of the Middle East by Terence Wise, illustrated by the incomparable Angus McBride. It is No. 109 in the 'Men at Arms' series published by Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-85045-384-4. That will take you down to about 600 BC, at which point you can start...
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    How long would it take for the effects of massive radiation to show up?

    No, actually I used it too. Regards, Agback
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