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Whence from the term "theurge", anyway? Is that related to the term, "thaumaturge"? I'm reminded of a Wormy cartoon I saw in a Dragon magazine, many years ago. The scene is a wintry, snow-covered landscape. A winged, Lammasu-like, comely female creature asks the imp character, "Are you a...

Thing is, when someone who is new to these boards unknowingly brings up an agrument that has been "done to death", a lot of the jaded veterans here come at him like piranhas. The poor new guy is quickly reduced to bones by the camaraderie, the hindsight, and the honed rebuttals of the veterans...

Heh. I meant, let him start his own rant, with a title something like, "Why Hero is Better than d20". That is, let him build it, and they will come! ("They" being the hecklers, the naysayers, the snobs, the elitists, the "core" believers, whatever.) But either way, give it time... give it time...

Oh, I don't know, Eric... Let him try ranting (I quote), "D&D bites because it can only simulate one kind of game, namely fantasy, whereas with one book with HERO 5 I can run any game, of any genre, for the cost of one single book," here, on these message boards, and see what kind of icky...

I've always wondered how that term "blowing smoke up my a**" originated. It's supposed to be a derogatory term for someone trying to puff you up with flattery, right? But I don't get the connection/symbolism, here. :confused: I remember first hearing the term used in the Viet Nam war movie...

Oops. :o Ignore this one.

FYI: Technically, it would not be a chaingun of magic missiles. A chaingun is a single-barrel heavy machinegun or autocannon that uses an automated chain-feed for its ammo, thus assuring the gun will not jam in the case of a dud. This does not increase the gun's rate of fire, which is relatively...

WotC Marketing Executive: "Mu-ha-ha-haaa!" Me, I'll probably be a lemming and buy the core books all over again. That is, once I get a job again. (Software developer, here; laid off for nearly a year now.) Then again, once I go back to work, I won't have as much time as I do now for roleplaying...

Your DM uses a gatling wand of magic missiles on your group, and you think all you need do is prove him wrong as far as the rules go... ? :eek: Really, the title of your post, "Help me thwart my DM and save our life!" says it all. Once a campaign becomes a game of "players vs the DM", it's...

I don't see why it's necessary to bring that up, here. Yes, most of the examples of snobbish sayings that I gave were paraphrased from a debate I got into, recently. But I've seen those sayings in some form or other, time and time again on these message boards.

Yes, yes! That's it! Let's get into an argument about having a "no arguments" day. :p BTW: If the Nine Hells freeze over (well, except for Caina, since it's already quite frozen) and we actually do end up having a day like that, does that mean no one can say anything bad about hong, for an...

Now, now! I wasn't trying to name any names or trying to point my finger at anyone, even indirectly. I merely presented those examples of snobbish behaviors merely as that: examples. Incidentally, I haven't been active all that much on these message boards, compared to most of you. (My number...

Ha-ha! So true. But it's better than playing Solitaire or MineSweeper, eh? (Myself, I detest all those games that come with Windows.) Yet quite a few members here have enough work ethics to only visit this website during their lunch break. That's why (or so I suppose) this board is so sluggish...

Really... ?! Wow. I didn't know that. Well, then, that totally invalidates my opinion on the matter. :rolleyes:

Myself, when someone posts a rebuttal that leads off with the sentence, "Have you ever heard of -- gasp! -- roleplaying... ?", I almost always characterize that person as being a roleplaying snob. When someone says, "It's my character, and no DM knows him by even a thousandth as well as I do...

IMHO, moderators shouldn't encourage thread hijackers (or encourage trolls, for that matter).

BTW: There's another PDF-only supplement that I came across, on that website. It's titled, "Everyone Else". I found this one to be just as intiguing, especially since I'm a DM who likes running low- to mid-level campaigns, with gameworlds that lean more toward "realistic" medieval/Renaissance...

Yes, that's it! Thank you. Hmm... So it's a PDF-only document, eh? I wish there were a few sample pages for me to preview. Has anyone gotten this supplement? If so, what do you think of it?

A week ago, I was browsing through the on-line RPG store, connected to this website, and I came across a supplement that has quirks, disadvantages, and background options for characters. Today, I can't remember the title of this supplement or who publishes it. I can't even remember if the...

For the player who cooked up this kooky concept, yes. For the rest of the players in the group, it could turn into a real pain in the arse. As a DM, I'd nix this idea, since I'm always taking into consideration the fun of everyone in the group. And even if the whole group consented to it, and...