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Hey, no harm done. I wasn't offended, just confused as I was pretty sure I hadn't said anything about combat one way or the other. :) I think we've both had bad experiences on different ends of this, which makes different aspects of this loom larger in our minds. That's cool and one of the...

Interesting, don't see too many of them. :lol: I like to see Union and all the other small teams do well, though. Maybe it's guilt 'cause I'm a BU fan and we're usually good. Except recently, but I won't get started on that. ;)

Well, there's gonna be some barnburners out there this year! UMinn looks like the team to beat...again. I saw SCSU at the east regional back in 00. Good team. Still, glad we beat 'em :p But maybe there's room for optimism with the new coach, eh?

I'm not sure we're as far away on this as it seems. But, I don't think having a high diplomacy or bluff takes much away from combat power except where: class choice limits combat power (ie bard), putting a high attribute point in Charisma leaves other attributes significantly lower (and even...

There are many, but here's a few of my favorites: Star Wars 4-6 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Blackhawk Down We Were Soldiers Patton Tora! Tora! Tora! Das Boot Aladdin The Emperor's New Groove Heat Ronin Three to Tango-- laugh if you will, but I have an unhealthy affection for it. I have...

The flip-side, and this is just as aggravating, at least to me, is when players use these skills and say things like "I bluff him," rolling the dice and expending a minimum of brain cells on what their character is saying. Or coming up with something half-assed and saying "but my character has...

I agree with Voadam. Having played other skill-based games, where what skills you have determines your abilities across the board (combat, social, technical, magical) D&D's skill system is heavily overshadowed by feats, special abilities and equipment. Sure, it's a vast improvement over 2E...

My preference would be for the action/speech or whatever to be described/role-played before any dice are rolled. Otherwise, players get lazy and use the dice as a crutch that relieves them of any responsibility of actually coming up with inspiring things to say. Sure, we're not all great...

Whoo! Not alone! ;) I'm a Hockey East man, myself, but I like the ECAC. Hopefully this year, we can get a team into the Frozen Four. :lol:

Lawful Neutral Dwarf Ranger Fighter Follower of Silvanus Can't argue too much, 'cept I'm 6'3" and not that much of a tree hugger. :p

I was a sports fan before I gamed and I'll be a sports fan 'till I die. I don't understand the negativitiy some in the gamer culture exhibit towards people who enjoy sports, whether football, hockey, or whatever as if they are somehow superior or above them. Sure in high school maybe some of...

Let's see: The Origins of Modern Germany . an old survey book on Germany history from about 900 to 1939 originally published just post WWII. Well written and given me all kinds of world-building idea, politics-wise. Corporate Download , picked this SR sourcebook up this summer and am...

Yow! That sucks. I'm not sorry though. Not at all. :cool: I was surprised the Chargers didn't pull it out, as well. But from what I saw of the game, Dallas has some talent.

My apologies, my intent was not to be snarky :heh: , merely acknowledge my deficiencies in understanding Medieval Germany. My bias and training with the state system as the basis for understanding politics and international affairs thus translates poorly to understanding the political...

Clearly my understand of the First Reich pales in comparison to yours. :p My definition of Germany proper tends to get confused with the modern boundaries sliced back in time. As a student of international affairs, I'm a slave to the modern nation-state. :lol: Thus, when I think of...

Well aware. I was just simplifying for those more interested in the basic structure than the intricacies of medieval German politics. And Germany proper isn't quite what I was referring to, as it was fairly fluid, particularly within the realm of the empire, where kings from other regions...

Heh. That's what I'm hoping. :D

Seconded! For other ideas, you can do it sorta modeled on the German experience, where you had an emperor (or imperial throne which sometimes was empty), followed by kings (who often aspired to the imperial throne), then princes (who often conspired against the kings and emperors, followed by...

You all have failed to mention one of the biggies this week, which was my beloved New Orleans Saints upset of the Carolina Panthers, who many have prognosticated will make a run at the big game this year. It was close at the end, but the Saints were able to pull it off, which gives me some...

I have to admit I prefer lower-level games and find that I get maximum enjoyment out of the D&D game between levels 6 and 12. I definitely agree that advancement occurs far too quickly at lower levels, though. One barely has enough time to register that one is at level 1 or level 4 before it's...