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Moderator's Notes: Hawken, I know you've said that you don't consider this to be a violation of the rules, but I'm here to tell you that, as the moderators interpret the rules, it is. You and all posters should feel free to engage in a civil, courteous, respectful debate on the issues involved...

Oh, man. Yeah, I have really clear memories of reading that book in a low-rent conference center, glued in horror to each page. It's a combination of intricate philosophy, brutal history, and bizarre bizarrity (I don't even know what to call passages such as the drum-sand). Not an easy read...

Two things I say about Jonathan Strange. First, it's a book to groove on the style. Her writing is beautiful and elegant, and the footnotes are hilarious, as long as you can get into their bone-dry sense of humor. Second, make sure you stick it out until there's a road in France. If you make...

As I see it, the main effect this change would have would be to devalue melee attackers in favor of ranged attackers (especially ranged attackers with flight). Unless this is a change you want--or unless you make other changes, such as removing flight from the game (or removing the ability for...

You're a bard, like you can help shooting off your mouth every which way! But now that I think about it, I'm probably not gonna gag the bard. Being a farmer has its good points and its bad points in this situation: GOOD: -Very strong and tough -Highly suspicious of outsiders BAD: -Unfamiliar...

First, you know that bit where the bard leaves? Oh no he doesn't! I'm a farmer, you said: burly, biceps like watermelons, used to pushing the plough myself, no entertainment on a Friday night except to get in fights down at the inn. He's a bard missing an arm. I'm hogtying the bard, gagging...

Very interesting! I definitely agree that it started slow: I tried rereading it and was never able to get back into it. But I disagree that it's not intended as horror. To the extent that it fits any genre, I think horror is a very comfortable fit for it. And the anticlimactic resolution...

Consider Un Lun Dun, his recent young-adult fantasy. It's pretty fluffy, much closer to The Phantom Tollbooth or Neverwhere than to Perdido Street Station. I didn't much care for it, but some folks found it delightful. For myself, I just finished reading A Series of Unfortunate Events and...

When we played through RttToEE, in Hommlet we kept getting betrayed by named NPCs. At one point we considered rampaging through town, busting down doors and saying, "What's your name?" If someone just stammered back that they were the baker or the tailor, they'd be safe. But if they were...

Phew, I thought you'd never ask! Here, let me put on my day-of-birth-guessing hat. Okay, there. I shall now guess the day that William was born, within three days. Hmmm.... Yes, it's coming to me.... I've got it! William was born on: Wednesday! Daniel

Radical, cool, groovy, hip. Old meaning: something that fills the viewer with awe. A man's crush on a man. Glad to help! Daniel

"Hey, baby, wanna piece of my dumpling?" ;) Daniel

Moderator's Notes: Razz, I'd like you to drop it as well. It is never appropriate to engage in a discussion on the boards of the pitfalls of other folks' posting styles. If there's a problem, please report it and do not respond in thread, ESPECIALLY once a moderator has stepped in. I'd...

You misunderstand--it's just that the comma in "Sugar dad, DIE!" messes up the url. Daniel

Good lord, you've been here HOW long and you think we suspend people for bad jokes? How do you think I got this gig in the first place? Daniel

Whizbang, *I* can do it, and I don't have a cantrip. This one really works. If we were in a bar, I'd bet you 10 gold I could do it ;). C'mon, gimme the name of someone you know, and I'll guess the day they were born within three days! Daniel

Of course, with a guy that big, if he decides to wear a huge hat with parrot feathers and wax fruits, who's going to say anything about it? The bouncer at my local club often wears ostentatious outfits; it's part of his schtick. Daniel

I once heard a wonderful country song about a guy who just had a big fight with his wife, and he goes to the bar, where an old man who has obviously seen a great deal comes up, sits on the stool next to him, The song goes on with the protagonist getting more and more frightened and disgusted...

Also, to the best of my knowledge, there's nothing about an AoO that automatically allows you to determine why you're being granted an AoO, if you want to get RAW about it :). Daniel

I'm notoriously disrespectful toward "RAW" as an approach to the rules :). Or, rather, I think it's not the only valid way to interpret the rules: an interpretation that emphasizes common-sense is, IMO, not one that necessarily incorporates house-rules. The only evidence that someone can...