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Well, last time I checked, humans were animals and have access to chocolate, Guinness zero, climate control, and roleplaying games. On the other hand, we also have the wheel, New York, wars, (the internet, pineapple pizza,) and so on, so maybe that's a vote in favor of the dolphins.

Mora Pol shows up twice. The 'look like the scientist that raised him' bit appears to be a reference to being a brown haired Caucasian with slicked-back hair. Odo's 'Madame Tussauds in a heat wave' look is clearly not part of looking like Pol. It could be some kind of default form (perhaps to...

I am likewise curious. Especially if one thinks Hero does it better. The two are not the same, but they seem very similar in the aspects that affect tactical play.

I generally don't do that 'fixed it for you'-type response, but are you sure you don't mean: 'cause that would be funnier. If those two words combine in your mind to something unpleasant*, perhaps it is the comedy sites** you've been visiting that are sensitizing you. Take a break from them...

If you can find him, Hemlock/Max Wilson/FormerlyHemlock was trying to do much the same some time ago. I think he started wanted to do so with D&D 5e (converting it into a computer program as an intermediary), but decided finally that it was the wrong game for the task. I think he ended up going...

Anyone have decent Insight instead? Perhaps they can find a little non-threatening critter down there that knows about all the secret doors, doesn't want to give anything away, but has a terrible poker face.

There is a reason they had to later work hard to remind the audience that he was a bad guy.

To be clear, neither do I. It is more a facet of cameos (and that we're referring to his inclusion in the movie as one to begin with) in general. They can be great fun (especially if the actor seems to be having a good time). However, they often do not elevate the overall product (except I guess...

There was little wrong with Prince of Thieves, it just wasn't especially right. Costner (who, yes, is American and sounds it), rather than the passion he brought to The Untouchables through JFK, started (or continued, depending on how you view Dances With Wolves) his streak of underacting...

Yes, I have the Roth and Lothian papers on my digital nightstand*, thanks for the reference. I certainly know that that was the ideal set forth for the Roman soldier. I'm wondering how often that was actually put into practice. Supply lines and wagon trains and camp followers and all the, well...

Ever since I heard the whole Roman independent soldier ethos thing, I've wondered exactly when they conformed to this norm and when they didn't. The term 'comfortably' was added and might be throwing you. That's their max-load encumbrance. It really isn't in the modern context. When you were...

Not natively. I haven't played 3e in many years. Google helped me find two: The Alternative Class Feature Penetrating Strike (Rogue ACF, Dungeonscape, replaces Trap Sense) allows you to deal half of your SA damage to immune targets so long as they re flanked. The spell Grave Strike(Cleric1...

Just like the last thread framed as superfans vs. casuals, I reject the initial framing. That said, there are interesting things to discuss here. It would make sense to have seen where this was going pre-Disney, as the prequels laid this out fairly thoroughly (even if we can disagree on...

There was some feat, spell, or one-level dip that let you sneak attack creatures of a type otherwise immune*. But up until that came out and if you decided to get it (so, yeah, the whole campaign was built around undead or the like) you would be rocking UMD and some wand that was beneficial to...

At their basic level, hit points act as a waypoint between perfect health and down (giving you an opportunity to decide to retreat, go defensive, move resources, etc.). There isn't a specific need for any other battle conditions (like wound levels) having to be directly tied to that scale. Hit...

The goalposts have been dragged around this thread since the beginning. Of course, the initial premise isn't well defined, so it is pretty much no man's land. Rapiers are concurrent with or precede other products listed in the equipment lists, were used on battlefields (and the only D&D game...

So what's the General Sherman, a bulldozer?

What if it was a true Scotsman? And what if he has a pointy (metal) stick?

Now this was actually a thing in D&D. Back in 2nd edition where I mentioned they introduced rapiers and cutlasses (and stone/bone weapons and belaying pins and...) they had this issue. Players got ahold of The Complete Fighters guide and made up pirate and swashbuckler and savage kit characters...