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  1. reanjr

    No Prestige classes allowed

    I've played in and ran many games where the only prestige classes allowed were campaign specific ones (none of the ones out of books uness specifically tailored for the campaign by the DM). Generally I think prestige classes should only be used for organizations and special training that stems...
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    Called Shots?

    I have to agree. It's a 1 in 40 chance for a commoner - who is well prepared - to stake a vampire - who has not managed to kill or hamper this commoner. Seems reasonable.
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    Called Shots?

    We did something like this. All effects were noncumulative for the same target area and status type effects last 1d4 rounds unless otherwise noted: Eye: For DC 10+dmg or blinded Head: For DC dmg or unconscious Torso: For DC 5+dmg or sickened Hand: For DC 15+dmg or -2 to attacks/skill checks...
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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    Not any that have major labels. But iTunes has DRM. A DRM service not only has the ability to securely retransfer legal downloads, but more of an obligation to do so. Most DRM services I have encountered allow you redownload your content. Without DRM I can determine myself how I wish to back...
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    Independant Computer Dealers

    Very true except for one thing: the 2 GiB number doesn't make sense on those systems for maximizing disk space. FAT32 uses a 4 KiB cluster size up to partitions of 8 GiB when it will start using 8 KiB cluster sizes. So if they were trying to maximize disk space, they would appropriately use 8...
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    Question on reinstalling XP

    http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Once there - after it has scanned your machine - I think there are three update sections on the left: critical, software, and hardware. You want to click on hardware and see wwhat comes up. You could also try uninstalling the video card driver and then...
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    Flanking

    I have to agree. Small creatures are already getting a bonus to hit. Swarming could make it excessive. IMO, the easiest way to handle the cap is by the TARGET size. Add +1 bonus for every square from which the target is being flanked. Normal PCs will have a max of +8, while Large creatures...
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    Independant Computer Dealers

    Oh, I agree. If they appeared apprehensive about doing something like this, I told them that we could do it for a fee. Some took me up on the offer, most did not.
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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    Studies show that very little of the music that ends up on IPods is from ITunes: http://www.digg.com/apple/iPod_fans_shunning_iTunes_store I think the overall market "share" ITunes has (on the IPod where you would expect them to be biggest) is about 3%. This means that people prefer to buy...
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    No 5 foot step

    I removed them in my game but I also removed AoOs from movement except when an opponent had reach. No change in the game dynamics except for being waaaay more efficient and fluid. Without removing those AoOs, though, you diminish the effect of reach weapons significantly, empower natural...
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    Question on reinstalling XP

    That's correct except I always figured they were the last "good" version of the company's drivers. That was the case when I had to use the Windows Update service to fix my GeForce 4 from outputting S-Video in B&W only. I literally spent almost a year with no idea why it wasn't working. Faulty...
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    What are you listening to at the moment?

    You can't just redownload songs from I Tunes? No wonder no one uses that service...
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    Called Shots?

    My group uses Torso, Leg - Small Arm, Head - Tiny Foot, Hand, Throat - Diminutive Eye - Fine This is the method my group uses but we also add in cover for anything with armor in addition to the armor bonus, but we remove the armor bonus for anything without armor and we always include the...
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    Independant Computer Dealers

    It would be funnier if true. While the boot partition cluster size is predetermined by the partition size, any other partitions can be set to whatever cluster size you want (well 512 bytes up to 64 KiB I believe). The person should have made one 2 GiB partition for the system and one 18 GiB...
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    Independant Computer Dealers

    Very true, but alot of Mac apps don't seem to take advantage of it (for obvious reasons). There are two types of people: those who divide others into one of two groups and those who do not. You are obviously a member of the latter ;) In all seriousness, the Mac community does not have many...
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    Any worthy LAN co-op games out there for the wife and I?

    I'm a big fan of Age of Mythology Co-op and it can be picked up dirt cheap now with expansion pack. And if you do end up with FPSs, perhaps try a tactical one like Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon (pretty much any Tom Clancy game that isn't Splinter Cell). I find those much more enjoyable...
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    Is it rude to offer other players unsolicited optimization advice?

    If the game is RP heavy then it is rude. If it's Combat heavy, it's not.
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    Is Ptolus living up to the hype?

    I think you are showing more bias than these alleged fanatics. How do you know someone is a fanatic just because they love a product. Just because they cannot find flaw with it does not make them fanatical. I personally can find no flaw in the Dark*Matter Alternity setting, and I also happen...
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    Is Ptolus living up to the hype?

    There are two types of people in this world: those who split everyone into one of two groups and those that don't.
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    Windows Security Question - Help!

    If you are running XP Pro, you can open the security tab for the file and change the permissions. Otherwise you'll have to do this at command line (I think you can add the security tab in XP Home, but I don't remember how). Log in as admin and open up a command prompt and type in: cacls...
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