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- Thu May 12, 2011 4:40 pm
- Forum: Out of Character
- Topic: Frigid's Tabletop Campaign World
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1469
I think perhaps a clarification is in order. If you are going to do something like that, make it unambiguous by splitting them into separate sections or something. Ima quote the paragraph now: Skills are listed with the skills they replaced in ( ), classes are listed for new skills only otherwise t...
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:10 pm
- Forum: News & Politics
- Topic: Senator Stevens dies in crash; former NASA chief survives
- Replies: 3
- Views: 750
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:06 pm
- Forum: News & Politics
- Topic: Teachers' Union boycotts LA Times
- Replies: 3
- Views: 632
Teachers' Union boycotts LA Times
...for using 7 years of student test scores to show that the best teachers improve students' scores and bad ones worsen them (:shock:). Really. Union leader calls on L.A. teachers to boycott Times A.J. Duffy objects to the paper's analysis of the effectiveness of more than 6,000 elementary school te...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:09 pm
- Forum: Science & Logic
- Topic: "We can make him better, stronger..."
- Replies: 4
- Views: 975
*Yawn* It's physics folks. Muscle fiber contracts slowly compared to many modern mechanical devices. Leverage allows limbs to move with any appreciable speed (at a cost to force and/or torque) but there are limits. This speed of contraction limits the power a muscle can generate. Force x Velocity = ...
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:25 am
- Forum: The Arts
- Topic: frigid watched Avatar
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2765
I loved it. The 3d effect was worth every penny and more, and the story was entertaining and engaging. Total win. As for frigid's gripe, I'll need to see it again (woe is me) to get all the details correct but I was under the impression these were actual marines employed as mercenaries. Officially p...
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:34 pm
- Forum: Great Hall
- Topic: So... Hi again.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2301
- Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:29 pm
- Forum: Great Hall
- Topic: The British and Germans win the ugly award
- Replies: 1
- Views: 942
The British and Germans win the ugly award
Link Well, according to BeautifulPeople anyway. British people among world's ugliest, according to BeautifulPeople.com Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a website that only allows 'beautiful' people to join. Fewer than one in eight British men (12 per cent) and just th...
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:59 pm
- Forum: News & Politics
- Topic: Rich, Black, Flunking
- Replies: 5
- Views: 770
Rich, Black, Flunking
Link to article Rich, Black, Flunking Cal Professor John Ogbu thinks he knows why rich black kids are failing in school. Nobody wants to hear it. By Susan Goldsmith May 21, 2003 The black parents wanted an explanation. Doctors, lawyers, judges, and insurance brokers, many had come to the upscale Cl...
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:18 pm
- Forum: Great Hall
- Topic: London Fashion Week controversy over size 12-14 models
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3763
London Fashion Week controversy over size 12-14 models
Link to article The Fast and the furious: Stylist at London Fashion Week resigns over designer Mark Fast's decision to use size 14 models By KATE LOVEYS Last updated at 9:13 AM on 21st September 2009 Preparing for his London Fashion Week slot, knitwear designer Mark Fast decided to challenge the ob...
- Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:10 am
- Forum: Science & Logic
- Topic: Geothermal Power Setbacks in Iceland
- Replies: 3
- Views: 761
Geothermal Power Setbacks in Iceland
Link We usually think of geothermal energy as a clean, renewable energy alternative to burning dirty fossil fuels. But new reports from the Inter Press Service reveal that geothermal plants in Iceland are creating environmental problems of their own, suggesting that the energy source may not be the...
- Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:19 am
- Forum: News & Politics
- Topic: World's Oldest Man, WWI Veteran Dies
- Replies: 3
- Views: 649
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:57 pm
- Forum: News & Politics
- Topic: Comic writer interrogated by TSA
- Replies: 1
- Views: 448
Comic writer interrogated by TSA
I thought this was too ironic not to share :smile: Link Comics creator stopped by TSA for carrying script about writer under suspicion by TSA Posted by Cory Doctorow, June 27, 2009 10:47 PM | permalink Comics writer Mark Sable was detained and intensively questioned by the TSA for carrying a script ...
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:09 am
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Vampire: A City by the Sea
- Replies: 486
- Views: 91793
Feeding done with Ottar returns to the city waterfront near his small haven. He appears to be in a surly mood but then again he usually does. It's hard to be sure. Once by the waterfront he spends the next small while prowling the shore as he often has in the past. This little connection with the se...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:36 pm
- Forum: Out of Character
- Topic: Dark Ages Vampire
- Replies: 323
- Views: 66792
Silence you've gone at the VERY least, half an hour without a fight. Your Berserker rage is done. Secondly, you are thinking far too much for supposedly being in a Berserk state. If you're Berserked you want a fight, you wouldn't go hunting cattle. And by the way, True Berserk is nice, it gives you...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:50 am
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Vampire: A City by the Sea
- Replies: 486
- Views: 91793
Hunting was not going well and he held insufficient patience to continue all night long. Making a judgment call he took off at a run toward the farmlands. A cow or two would serve better than any deer, there just wasn't any real challenge. Men were a greater challenge, and reward, than either but he...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:38 pm
- Forum: News & Politics
- Topic: UN to illegalize blasphemy...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 792
UN to illegalize blasphemy...
...and try to make this binding on member states.
Link - Youtube
Of course this won't fly, but seriously? Really guys? What does this organization do that justifies its support again?
Link - Youtube
Of course this won't fly, but seriously? Really guys? What does this organization do that justifies its support again?
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Vampire: A City by the Sea
- Replies: 486
- Views: 91793
Hunger. That was Ottar's world for several long moments after waking. Once he controlled that he became aware of pain. A lot of pain. No matter how familiar it might be he never had gotten used to waking with a gaping chest wound night after night. It was a legacy of his embrace; he had held no inte...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:49 pm
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Vampire: A City by the Sea
- Replies: 486
- Views: 91793
The feeding was quick and to the point, dawn was approaching and others were rising. Ottar took what he could without leaving the man helpless and dying, but that was barely enough. But it was enough, and soon as he finished he returned to his haven to await sleep. He would wake with a large blood d...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:37 pm
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Vampire: A City by the Sea
- Replies: 486
- Views: 91793
Finding a walking stick left against a building Ottar walks calmly up to the man from behind, smiling non threateningly if the man turns to look at his approach. Once his target is in range he swings the stick up from his last stride and deftly brings it around in a hook aimed at the side of the man...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:36 am
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Where there is much light, the shadow is deep [D&D 3.5]
- Replies: 60
- Views: 19568
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:32 am
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Vampire: A City by the Sea
- Replies: 486
- Views: 91793
That was portentous. At least court was at the point where he could leave. The gangrel does so, making no attempt to interact with anyone else. He has other things on his mind. The next night would find him very, very hungry and wounded as well. He had counted on some spoils from the battle but the ...
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:28 am
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Vampire: A City by the Sea
- Replies: 486
- Views: 91793
As the prince passed her judgment Ottar's face darkened. This was not likely her intent but as far as he was concerned she had just punished him as well. Of course protesting this would only prove her right, and this did little to make him feel better about it. If only the damn christ god had never ...
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Where there is much light, the shadow is deep [D&D 3.5]
- Replies: 60
- Views: 19568
Xander nods in agreement to this and waves a farewell to the strangers. "Thank you sirs for your time, but we have business to return to."The Nomad wrote:"Then this seldom concerns us," Thaelim whispered to his companions. "We'll just have to be a bit more careful. Let us march for the witch's abode, quickly."
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:45 am
- Forum: Great Hall
- Topic: New User Introductions Mk II
- Replies: 349
- Views: 118325
It's a little different, as the players are not gathered at one time for the game. There is also a little more flexibility given to the players as they have to act without GM feedback for longer and so each player is in a sense a mini story teller. Many players also provide detailed information abou...
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:24 am
- Forum: The Kitchen Table
- Topic: Where there is much light, the shadow is deep [D&D 3.5]
- Replies: 60
- Views: 19568