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Yep, very true.

Okay Celtavian, you just need to stop this. It is becoming increasingly obvious that you don't know what you are talking about. Speaking as someone with a Bachelor's degree in History (with Medieval Europe and East Asia as my specialties), most of the facts you have been spouting have been...

From what I hear, the $300-600 figure is pretty deceptive. That is the price of the software and hardware the guy used to produce the special effects (whether that is cheap or not I will leave to someone else more knowledgeable). However, the real cost of high-end special effects comes from...

For a moment there, I thought you were going to be talking about the Dracula from the Castlevania series, who is significantly cooler and more powerful than the classic version. Castlevania Dracula 1) Track record: Has regularly cast a dark shadow of fear over the world since the time of the...

It sounds a lot like the FLEIJA warheads from Code Geass (even down to the implosion/vacuum effect after the explosion) in its effects. The FLEIJA used some kind of forcefield technology to contain the explosion (I think) instead of a time machine though. Honestly, warping a nuclear explosion...

It actually makes a lot of sense in the context of the series. Code Geass (particularly the first season) primarily focuses on close-quarters combat between small mecha in urban environments. Mechs that have a combination of closing speed, the ability to protect against incoming fire, and...

Japanese anime, particularly mecha anime, is full of all kinds of crazy sci-fi weapons and technology. For example, just about every Gundam continuity has at least one super-weapon capable of destroying a city or space colony in one shot. One of the most interesting is the very first: the Solar...

Nope, not new. Thrane has always had a strong archery discipline. I always figured it was an acknowledgement of the fact that the Archer-Cleric was an effective build in early 3.5 edition. It is a little archaic now, but I still like the concept.

My experience has always been the opposite. When I post on a forum that I prefer to use a Mac, it always seems to draw a lot of vitriol from some PC-users. The anti-Mac sentiment often is a lot more personal in nature than the anti-PC sentiment as well. While most anti-PC arguments tend to be...

Of course 3.0 is playable. I don't think anyone would ever say that any edition of D&D was unplayable. I vastly prefer late era 3.5 though. I can't imagine going back to before the days of the Complete book base classes, the Expanded Psionic Handbook, the PHB 2, the Tome of Magic, and the Tome...

I vastly would prefer a reimagining of a setting than a timeline advancement of any kind. A campaign setting is defined by various overarching plot threads, themes, and organizations. As long as you hold onto those defining traits, you can freely tweak the details without impacting the feel of a...

Jack7, I don't think the problem people are having with your posts is the length necessarily. I regularly read forum posts that are as long or longer than this. However, your writing is very poor, which makes reading your opening posts very difficult. While you often put forward these posts as...

I can't stand scenes involving torture or execution, particularly if it is the players who are performing said torture or execution. Killing prisoners, interrogating people and then killing them if they don't give good answers, and so on makes my stomach turn. If I was DMing and the players...

I for one am uncomfortable being around people who are drinking at a social event, so I won't play in a D&D game where other people are drinking. If I am a player, I will politely leave. If I am the DM, I will ask the players to not bring alcohol, and will leave the game if we can't come to an...

I felt like replying to the idea that someone shouldn't be running an established setting if they are going to change details of the setting. I will start by pointing out that I am not a Forgotten Realms fan, nor have I ever played in or run a FR campaign. However, I am a big fan of Eberron, and...

I am not sure how to describe my character creation process. To a certain degree, by the time I am consciously paying attention to a character concept, it is already a fully formed combination of personality, appearance, rough background, and class. This is because my brain is always kicking...

First off Jack7, there are two issues with your writing that I need to get out of the way first. Please bear in mind that I am only offering these as constructive criticism, so that you can improve your writing in the future. 1) Your writing style is way too verbose. While your essay is almost...

It would have bugged me. I never liked the "all metallics are good and all chromatics are evil" rule. So I would have considered a LG alignment on Gold Dragons to be a wasted opportunity.

I think a hard level cap is necessary in an RPG. Without one, the very meaning of levels becomes undefined. That is why I like 4E's nicely structured system of 30 levels divided among three well-defined tiers. That structure gives a common base-line such that everyone knows what each level...

Personally, I don't think separating monotheism and polytheism worshippers into two separate countries that don't like each other is the best way to handle having both monotheism and and polytheism together in the same setting. There is no reason you can't have both a monotheistic religion and a...