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    Burnt Offerings: The Play

    A link to Sheer Awesome. Awesome is such an over-used word but really does apply here... http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/pathfinder/general/linkToAFewBurntOfferingsPhotos
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    Greek Hero Name Generator.

    I noticed this on reddit today: Oh, The Huge Manatee!
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    How were you introduced to RPGs?

    In the summer of 1978 when I was ten years old I went to Chess Camp at Michigan State University (yes, I was that much of a nerd even at the age of ten). While there I ran across these folks sitting around a table playing with some funny shaped dice. The rest is history. Sometimes folks...
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    Understanding Alignment

    Well, I see an NPC's alignment heavily influencing their character so I'm really asking how does a PC determine when a NPC is deserving for a chance at redemption. By the rules that NPC is evil but it still leaves room for contra-indicators in the NPCs personality and actions. I enjoy...
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    Understanding Alignment

    Out of curiosity is there room for redemption for evil NPCs in your campaign world? If so, what is that process from good to evil? Is it like flipping a switch? Does the possibility of redemption play into the PCs thoughts when they are judging an NPC? If this possibility does play into...
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    Are Commoners now immune to Detect Evil?

    Hrmm? Mathius point was that "Creatures with actively evil intents count as evil creatures for the purpose of this spell." A very straightforward statement. I'm not following your response at all. You seem to completely ignore Mathius's quote from the Pathfinder rules. I understand your...
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    Pathfinder 1E Rise of the Runelords with Pathfinder RPG

    I've not had any problems. I'm running "Hook Mountain Massacre" and the Barbarian boss took a bit of fiddling. Besides the CMB/CMD bonuses to be calculated I had to choose his Rage powers. When the Barbarian unloaded on the rogue with "Unexpected Strike" and "Quick Reflexes" the player...
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    Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder Converted Monsters

    I'll second this, should be no problems with updating this for pathfinder. Revised (v.3.5)System Reference Document (Link to RTF: http://www.wizards.com/d20/files/v35/MonstersO-R.rtf)
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    possibly not a real thread

    Why, Oh Why didn't I take the blue pie?
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    Lawful Good Tyranny - How would this look?

    You are getting at what could make a LG society actually interesting have a game in. Who gets to decide when a law 'goes over the line' into something that is not LG? Even if clerics have a direct line to their gods you still have to rely on their subjective interpretations (Rashomon Effect)...
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    Lawful Good Tyranny - How would this look?

    I think you might be getting caught up in the wrong emphasis here. Lots of measurements in a medieval setting were 'rules of thumb' and not tied down to any agreed upon set of standards. This was particularly true in day to day uses of time and distance. It really is besides the point. My...
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    Evony Ad

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    My hard drive just crashed

    Depending on the underlying cause of the crash you may be able to use a tool like SpinRite to recover the data. I've had good luck with all kinds of disk corruption with this program. It does have its limitations so a commercial recovery program might be a better solution. If the problem...
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    WotC president Greg Leeds and I!!!

    I'll try to focus in on the core of my dissatisfaction with WotC. I've always put the story first and the rules second. For me the rules have only been a set of guidelines, a loose framework if you will, in which the story can move forward with some consistency. The much stronger framework...
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    Divorced from reality - RPGers & Corporate America

    Perhaps I am immune to sarcasm but... No, that is not what was said. To paraphrase more succinctly the discussion; some publicly traded would gladly jettison their customers if they didn't need them to make a profit. If abandoning 20% of their customers would result in a 40% increase in...
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    Divorced from reality - RPGers & Corporate America

    The obvious corollary is the Corporations are not Good either. I think you have it exactly correct. It is my strong opinion that publicly traded companies are very poor at making long term decisions. They are driven by making that next quarters target. The US auto makers are good...
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    Putting a positive spin on the PDF debacle

    I restarted my subscription to the Pathfinder modules today. Ysgarran.
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    WotC/TSR back catalog poll

    No, I'm afraid not. I'm done with the Hasbro/WotC brand of D&D. The lack of notice regarding the yanking of PDF downloads is the final straw for me. D&D (in all of its incarnations) has always been pretty much been the system of choice since it is the system that all of my friends know. The...
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    Describe your vision of Gamma World where you live

    Ann Arbor, MI Area. I'd read this story for Ann Arbor, MI ideas. There isn't much of a country left after the Wars. But this is America, right? There are still highways! And there are still trucks, and there is still the Wolverine Truck Stop and Motor Lodge. The Wolverine is a place where...
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    Our Civic Duty

    If you take these messages to vote seriously (and I do) please verify that you are properly registered to vote; don't wait till the last minute. Ysgarran.
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