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The Royal Quasar The current flagship of Empress Fleet Cruiselines, the Royal Quasar is a wonder of modern technology and a sight to behold. This sleak behemoth is able to house nearly 25000 passengers on luxurious tours lasting from two to five weeks in length. (There are always five weeks...

Ah, I knew Data's "dad" was Noonian. I evidently blocked out any reference to a first name on this one, since I "knew" it was Noonian. Missed that darn spot/listen check, I guess!

Salacious Prime Every computer program can be reduced to a number. This fact was really of little use until just 25 years ago, when archaeologists encountered Ebor - a rocky planet adrift between stars. Astronomers have traced its path back into the system of one of two stars whose paths...

OK, I missed last week (the first of the story arc). What piece am I missing that the death of Soong is even really possible? 1 - he already created Data (although TNG makes it sound like he and his radical android ideas had quietly vanished, and I presumed he died from the crystalline entity...

How do these two mix? (May be time for a house rule!) I think by RAW you could move-in and attack on round one, then attack and move-out on round two. But that seems (to me) to contradict the need for presumeably continuous minimum forward speed. Maybe it could be handwaved away by requiring...

Just sent my donation via paypal. And ... bump!

Perhaps I'm just "vile", but... Well, my first thought is that you would use gold and XP to recharge the staff. (well, duh!) The twist is that you can also directly use another living, corporeal being's life force to "pay" for XP costs (perhaps same amount or some multiple/fraction to gold...

The biggest problem with Eddings for the Belgariad/Malloreon environment is that the only spell casters would be a small number of predefined super-high-level NPC sorcerer(/druids?). I would personally be more interested in the Elenium/Tamuli environment from what I remember of it (a decade...

Wow - had you already paid? Because if it was me, depending on my mood I would say something like "You know what, never mind, you've helped me to decide not to ship with your company ever again". If I was feeling really miffed I would have first asked to speak to the manager and then "credit"...

I'm not too familiar with Conan, so thanks for the extra info marked with asterisks. Is every unknown a "demon"? I like what I've read so far - I've subscribed the thread and will keep up with it as I can. I like your writing style, Mark. Putting in the over-the-top ... er, dramatic...

How much did the aliens have to contribute? I don't really know, but it seems like if they simply "helped" them get their technology ahead of the Allies for the past few years it would help a lot. Messerschmidt jets might be enough to remove British air superiority. Fully functioning radar...

Well, on the nature shows it seems like you always see the bird swoop in and grab at it's intended prey with claws (the previously mentioned dive attack). If the prey is large enough, then hawk then hops around a lot grabbing and biting at it. Wouldn't that be its full attack? Pretty soon -...

You are correct, sir (or madam)! And amazingly you seem to have mirrored my thoughts when I was composing it ("Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit our of my hat!") It's been many MANY moons since I had French, and I did in fact remember that "bread" and "rabbit" sounded similar. As befits the...

Clock of undependable appointments: Although this clock changes the rate at which it advances, its owner is never aware of the fact. It is guaranteed to be correct only four times each day, although the exact times of correctness are different for any given day. Any appointments attempted to...

Yeah, I very vaguely remember a discussion about a penitent (i.e. good) Succubus still being affected by certain effects against evil since that was still it's subtype. Don't remember where it was, or what the specific effects it was talking about - detect evil, probably or maybe DR, but...

Well, I prefer the cover for Codex Anathema over Libris Mortis - at least what I'm seeing at Amazon. I can't find anything about Anathema at the Wizards site. Neither is as eye catching as draconomicon. (squirming and funny noises, "juicy nut-meat" indeed - LOL!) I don't buy a book primarily...

Great tip - thanks for pointing it out. I tried what you said, and was surprised to find the first seventy items or so for WOTC were "not yet released/published"! Most were novels, so I was rather releaved that adding "(Dungeons & Dragons)" as someone suggested dropped it down to the game...

Ouch - LOL - Yes, perhaps you should!

The wheels keep turning.... Twin tumblers: These two cups are linked over any distance on the same plane such that when a person drinks from one they taste what is in their cup but gain effects from whatever is in the twin. Effects bestowed can be magical in nature (if the twin holds a potion...

A few more bubbled up last night and this morning.... Granny's vorpal shears: These rustless metal scissors can cut through any physical thread, but only physical thread. Oskal's cigar cutter and lighter: This magical copper band was intended to be used to allow a wizard in darkness to snip...