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    BOEF OGL Violation?

    I have to wonder why this is even important to us as general fans other than being the topic de jour. I can see where puchlishers and authors would be curious - but for me as a fan, I really could care less if a product - and even less so a marketing release is OGL. So, I have to ask - why is...
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    The Impact of Good Game Design on Popular Licenses?

    Actually, I would put a lot of a games success down to the sophistication of the audience. The more sophisicated the audience - the better the game design needs to succeed. For those CCGs aimed at younger players, by and large the rules are fairily simple and most of the focus is on the...
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    Non-WotC Rpg sale at Gamekeeper

    I know that the WoTC store in the Mall of America had a bunch of d20 stuff for 50% off - this included Wheel of Time, Malhavoc and Fantasy Flight Game stuff (plus others)
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    A complex question for you gaming-gurus out there...

    Here is how I would approach it. Since she is an investor looking to make some sort of capital investment - she needs to have some level of understanding what her expected return on investment is going to be. I would use a ROI of about 8% per year- with a minimum investment of say, 10,000 GP...
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    Fun ways to almost kill player characters

    Green Slime used to a a rather nasty ooze that ate flesh. Basically, if any part of an adventurer came into contact with it, it would convert that part into Green Slime - until the entire creature was converted. In 3ed it has been translated into a hazard (like hot lava.)
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    From Silly to Vile

    In my mind, "Vile" has less to do with actual monsters and more to do with actions of individuals (or monsters). So creating monsters based off of some sort of obscene of vile characteristic appears to be a crutch.
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    Unapproachable East --- someone scored a copy!

    Thinking about this some - I am going to approach each of these elves as less of a subrace - and more of a culture/society (with the potential exception of the sea and winged elves who really do appear to be a sub-genus of elves) And in that case, I do not have as large a problem with the large...
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    [Waaaaay OT but who cares its cool] We might be able to turn anything in Oil soon.

    Actually, this is no problem at all - simply run it through a Reverse Osmosis filter and all smell should be gone. - Anyone who owns a salt water fish tank can attest to this.
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    [Waaaaay OT but who cares its cool] We might be able to turn anything in Oil soon.

    Another thing to consider is that there is a huge infrasturcture out there designed to support the refining of oil into consumer products. So when they talk about the costs - none of them address the macro level costs of actually integrating this with an economy - so I suspect that it will be...
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    archer vs. melee, 3.5 and all that

    Is this actually true - because I have never seen any of the designers state this - or the mechanics support this. Often times I find myself as a spell caster having to move closer to get in range.
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    Does the Monk class stink?

    Something else that I have found my monk to particularly good at is the ability to sunder items. My Ftr4/Mnk8 with Sunder, Improved Sunder and Eagle Claw attack is devastating to opponents weapons and armor. Now granted these capabilities are open to Fighters (and one less feat to do it) Part...
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    Marsh or Swamp

    Actually, I do not think that this is true - rather as mentioned above - the prodominant vegitation determines it.
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    How do you're monk's contribute to the party?

    It is from Sword and Fist (as well as OA)
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    How do you're monk's contribute to the party?

    My Monk does 3 primary things in this order: 1) Kill Mages. I took improved grapple from OA - Generally Mages are in a world of hurt 2) Break weapons/armor. I took the Sunder/improved Sunder/eagle Claw attack chain. Evil fighters suddenly become a lot less impressive when you break thier...
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    Elder Earth Elementals are BRUTAL!!!

    where there is that :) However, think about the tactics here. If an average human fighter starts the round outside the reach of the elemental, this means that they are at least 20ft from it. They move 15ft whack the elemental and then move the remaining 15ft to get outside the reach - again...
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    Elder Earth Elementals are BRUTAL!!!

    Couple of things. First I think that people are dismissing the reach of the elemental. Sure you could spring attack in - but the elemental WILL get its pound of flesh out of you - IIRC reach is 15ft. So the first person that attacks it will take an average 27 hp of damage and at 228hp (avg)...
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    [OT] WotC loses Pokemon license

    I would certainly agree with you that Hasbro the brand name has little tolerance for niche products. But it appears that Hasbro is using WotC and Avalon Hill in much the same ways that Hollywood film houses use "indie" production houses - as a way to satisfy a markets without diluting thier...
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    Great barbarian quotes

    I think that you could use alot of the quotes of the hill tribes from GRR Martins books. For example: Shaga: "Shaga cut off your c**k and feed it to the goats!!!!"
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    [OT] WotC loses Pokemon license

    Why is it that everytime some sort of bad news comes out people predict/insinuate the demise of WoTC. Afterall, while Pokemon may have had Revenues of 40 million - what was the profit on the line???? That is the number that we should focus on. Also, based off of the various discussions that...
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    [March Madness] Where's your team?

    We are chatting about the annual college Basketball tournement. It is a 64 team single elimination tournament played over the course of three weekends. As far as teams - go Holy Cross!!!!! (I have to cheer for the conference since Lehigh sucks at basketball) but the Patriot league got a 14th...
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