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I define balance as whether a large enough group of players will choose a roughly well-spread range of classes. If there is a class that no one will play, it is unbalanced, especially if there is another class that does all that the first class does, plus some more. (An argument can be made...

Read this post about 5-10 more times. Well, this isn't always true - but if you love a subject be ready to put forth the effort to keep up. Although one thing that really bugs me is a student coming to class late, disrupting the class out of a total lack of commitment or regard for people...

If you got into a school like Caltech, then odds are that this is unnecessary, but you asked ... The working world is very competitive, although I certainly hope things will be better a few years from now. If you want to be able to choose what you want to do and where you want to do it...

While the other posters are quite correct, I'd also throw something big and funky in, to give them the sense of the "big fight" and -- maybe -- teach when to run like smegging hell. I recommend an Owlbear - a stupid monster when examined closely, but, forgive me, I've always had a soft spot for...

Aaaaiiiieeee!!! (ducks) (sticks head up) Actually, I think Jeffrey Sinclair was the best commander. (ducks again - really, really quickly)

The United States has also had its own approach to home-grown religion. The "Great Awakenings" were primarily revival-based faith expreesions in a highly emotional - not intellectual - context. Much of this culture comes from episodic revivals by travelling preachers as opposed to settled...

Statements in paratheses represent my minor editing of DJ's quote to serve my own nefarious purposes: I had the "advantage" of growing up in southeast Tennessee, so that (while there were anti-RPG nuts in my church) most of the anti-RPG types making the most noise were also convinced that...

I'm arguing. :) You're wrong, Wrong, WRONG!! (I'm sorry, what was your position again?)

I was also like this. What cured me was buying a product from {name of company edited out in attempt to stay with politeness level of EN World}. It was so staggering bad that my "Huzzah! It Must Be Mine!" reflex was slapped down pretty hard. The second help was getting a book that was much...

First off, thank you. This is one of the most cathartic threads I've read in a long time. It's nice to know I'm not alone. Plus, I'm learing the goofy outcome of plotlines that I bailed on long, long ago. Well, I liked Captain Atom, so I think this would have been in the "stupid" list in...

This has historically been argued in much the same context. The case that I am most familiar with was in England, during the reign of Elizabeth & James VI. Catholic priests were forbidden to enter, on pain of death, but the priests would sneak in to England to tend to the English Catholics...

Granted. Hey! This year for sure!

Thanks! What I was most hoping for was a personal recommendation. Makes me feel like the community stickin' together. Harry

Thank you.

Hey, everyone! I will be traveling to the Florida panhandle this weekend for my brother's wedding. When I visit an area, I try and find local gaming stores, just 'cause. (I will, upon occasion, buy something.) Could anyone recommend a game store in the area between Fort Walton...

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I'm in. Spread out over even a fraction of us, this isn't very much at all. Harry

Bimbos of the Death does have an actual sequel (with the same characters), called Zombies of the Gene Pool, more about early scifi writers than fandom, but the two did overlap very strongly in that era. Harry

I am 36, voted "No, No, Smeg No!", and would have spoken up but Fusangite, The Sigil, and Wicht made all the points I wanted to make. Harry

Smeg. Er, that's so that barbarian characters can take part. H