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No, you didn't. I was purpously using moden grammar with an obsolete word. Thanks though. :)

So thou would have us abandon the singular you? It's far, far younger the the singular or epicene they. English morphs and changes with the times. Singular they is in common usage and has been for a long time. Like all pronouns it can be ambiguous or confusing when improperly used, but it can...

Other then that it's been used for five hundred years and still annoys grammar nazis and pendants. English is a living language, there's no Academy of English decreeing it dead yet.

No, I got that. It was late and I started musing. As I said, ability scores are so abstract that they seem to represent ability of applying your strength or whatever.

Although the effect of people in "power" shouldn't be neglected. The deformed tiny feet thing in China was, if memory serves, due to an Emperor's weird foot paraphillia. Similarly, I'm curious exactly when blondes became "more attractive" then other women and how that lines up with Mae West's or...

I think if you want a generalization, standards of beauty typically (but not always) involve a certain symmetry of features and whatever physical qualities suggest health and an abundance of resources and leisure time. Looking like you're not from around here helps too. What those qualities...

Frankly, at this point, the Strength stat is so abstract that modifying it based on sex is sort of silly and won't add anything other then annoy people. Heck, it can be argued that all of the stats represent a character's ability to apply their strength, intelligence, etc rather then a absolute...

The first one is the better executed of the three (somewhat subjective, I'll explain later) and, while very mildly titillating, fits with the theme of the title and isn't objectify or offensive. Now, the book as a whole might be, but I haven't read it. Since it's a humor book it gets the benefit...

Ignoring the pun... It's worth mentioning for those unfamiliar that Seoni has never (as far as I can tell or remember) been shown in heels.

I think what you're seeing has more to do with you then the art. While what you're talking about undeniably exists in SF&F art and in RPG art, this isn't a good target to go after. In fact, getting worked up and ranting over something as inoffensive as Seoni's attire and the Holiday card is...

Ah, sarcasm. Thankfully, it's not going to happen.

Well, systems for that... Cyberpunk 2020 is the classic mirror shades and heavy metal cyberpunk game. Mekton Z uses the same system (more or less) as the above and covers anime/mecha. Heavy Gear and Jovian Chronicles two different settings using Silhoutte from Dream Pod 9, again, mecha...

Based on the audio in the video, the only difference between Leeroy and the group was Leeroy got tired of waiting for the group to plan it's failure (I understand some alcohol was involved on all sides though. The party estimated a one on three chance of not getting wiped out in a fight they...

Well, if memory serves, the original drawings show the Jabberwockey as a dragon, and the Bandersnatch as a giant dog-like thing.

Well, most of my games give out the majority of XP for achieving goals. Defeating Maidengobbler the dragon might be a goal, but so might avoiding him or stealing a macguffin from his hoard. Heck, if it's fitting for the game I and the players want, every X silver value of loot might equal Y...

The funny thing is, from what I've been told, Leeroy wasn't doing anything wrong persay. The rest of the party had spent a ludicrous amount of time coming up with a plan that would have had the exact same effect. I don't play WoW, so this is admittedly hearsay, but is intricately planed failure...

While I don't play (or like) 4e, I'd probably buy a 4e video game that faithfully recreated the combat, skill challenge, and all the other systems. Sadly, I highly doubt we'll see this. Tactical RPGs have never really, as a genre, sold well in the US and it's my understanding that this...

Wow... That... that's not really what I meant at all. All I meant was that much of the best of OGL of the past decade are entirely different systems with at time only tenuous connection to their D&D ancestors. As for the D&D3.0/3.5 stuff, it would probably be easiest and certainly more...

One major issue is that the best of the OGL from the past ten years isn't d20 or 3.5/PF compatible or related. M&M, True 20, Spycraft, Fantasy Craft, Mongoose Traveler, RuneQuest II... None of these are really 'updatable' to Pathfinder. Not to mention that Pathfinder is some of the best OGL...

Well, I'd say that Nazis are the easiest. After all, everyone hates Nazis (at least anyone who I'd want at my table does). Tyrannical conspiracies, and terrorists work too, but you can run into issues if you always expect the PCs to chase them, and they might seem blase. Similarly, street gangs...