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  1. reanjr

    All PC dead, what to do?

    Which would probably cause the person to violently twitch for a few seconds, perhaps knocking something over. The blood will still be flowing, and electrical pulses can still be sent after death.
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    All PC dead, what to do?

    Not much of a chance anyway, +1 DC /10 ft. distance, -10 check for sleeping. Not to mention, I would make the decision that opening a lock is a quiet process and impose an additional -2 circumstance penalty. Now I WOULD have had additional checks for the killing of each PC. And - abstract, hit...
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    Two Hobbit Films???

    I would really like to see the Quenta Silmarillion done by the History channel people as if it were true event. Now THAT would be the way to present the Silmarillion.
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    Where'd the news go?

    I was going to come on here and say something like: "I like the new cleaner, faster-loading home page, though it does waste a tad too much space for my tastes."
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    Elves and fluff, which elf do you prefer?

    I think they're better represented by a planar touchstone with lasting effects (even unto descendents). I think the light of Aman (the trees of Valinor) made them sweet.
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    Elves and fluff, which elf do you prefer?

    Gandalf has divine ranks, actually.
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    Elves and fluff, which elf do you prefer?

    Tolkien's descriptions of the qualities of the Elves were not so great as their deeds, though. The Noldor were complete badasses. Just read about Feanor and Fingolfin. Those guys were pimps, Feanor with words and craft, Fingolfin at war. And Maedhros who learned to fight better with his left...
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    Armor as DR

    Critical threats ignore DR.
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    Recommended listening for Dark*Matter

    Selected tracks from the Silent Hill soundtracks would be great. Silent Hill 3 for PS2 even came with a soundtrack.
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    d20 Future and Hard SF - some random thoughts

    Maybe not intelligence, but emergent behavior is certainly possible and discernibly no different from intelligence.
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    It's not just great... it's PENULTIMATE!

    Only if it is unambiguous.
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    It's not just great... it's PENULTIMATE!

    In the sense that he has communicated his ideas effectively, it is not as bad as it could be, but still bad. The problem is that in the context of an announcer it is likely that a listener only heard part of announcement, or briefly skimmed written text and got confused and went back to reparse...
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    It's not just great... it's PENULTIMATE!

    Or perhaps it is leaving room for another act which could possibly be "more" ultimate, even though under the presumed concepts of male behavior consisting entirely of sex and violence, rape would be the ultimate.
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    Mac Vs. Pc Commercials

    If there is anywhere the Mac bitchslaps PC, it is on interoperability out of the box. To PC users who have muddled through wireless technology over the last few years or so, Apple's AirPort is so technologically advanced it would appear to be magic. Plug and play means different things to PC...
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    Mac Vs. Pc Commercials

    Well, the Mac trashcan was actually used more as a place to place things you were done with. The concept of deleting something wasn't intended for the common user to understand. That's why trash contents were recoverable. Microsoft did much better with this paradigm by making it a recycling...
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    It's not just great... it's PENULTIMATE!

    Because the ultimate definition would be irrefutable, and thus the final definition used. :)
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    It's not just great... it's PENULTIMATE!

    I took it as a sarcastic remark in Studio 60. Perhaps because it is still a bit difficult to separate Matthew Perry from the sarcastic Chandler Bing... I think that's the most important point to be made about using "correct" English. If a word is used and it conveys the intended meaning to...
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    It's not just great... it's PENULTIMATE!

    How do you know when someone is using it in that manner? If someone is talking about "The Penultimate Guide to Fighters!!!11!1one!1!eleven" how can you tell from context that they intend to mean more than ultimate? If it actually comes into common use in that context, then yes it should be...
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    A(nother) Non-Vancian Spellcasting System: The Fatigue System

    I created a caster like this that I called Channeler (from the 2e Spells & Magic book). I used the concept of memorized spells and free magicks from that book. I had slightly different goals. The short of it is, you have spell points. Memorized spells are no problem and expend SP normally...
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    It's not just great... it's PENULTIMATE!

    Woops. I even checked for spelling mistakes. As pokemon has shown us, you can't catch em all because Nintendo will just make more...
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