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Alchenar posted:It would be entirely Xykon's style to show up and snuff him out without even realising it. But he does know it. That was the hook that Nale used to keep himself alive, was that he (Nale) was the only one who could talk to Xykon about getting the ritual of control. How much Tarquin knows about Xykon (and to a lesser degree Redcloak) remains unknown, though on one hand I can't imagine that he won't pump Nale for as much information as he has, but on the other hand, I don't know how much hard data Nale has on Xykon, or how honest he was about what he does know. My guess, though, is that once Big X and Reddy show up, Tarquin's going to make his "join up and manipulate from within" play. That's been his default scheme for decades, and, as has been pointed out, is the one he's running on Nale as we speak.
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So I decided to poke through the coloring book when I got my Kickstarter swag in the mail. The joke of V's gender continues 
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Speaking of the Kickstarter, it's just been updated. Looks like the books are shipping!
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Looks like Rich will only be updating once between now and Thursday, then he's off for about a week dealing with all the autographed copies of the books. Also he's pretty close to done with the Shticks game, apparently.
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LightWarden posted:I fully expect these two to be close allies for life. It's something Rich has discussed before. Part of Nale's characterization is that he and Tarqin don't get alone, and now we know that Tarqin is far more impressed with Elan. Oh, great catch. I read all those articles years ago when he was still under strip 100, I must go back and reread them. It's neat how much of the characterisation in OOTS they hint at.
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This is literally the best and I can't wait to see the rage from neo-con gamers.
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HKR posted:This is literally the best and I can't wait to see the rage from neo-con gamers. I think you mean "social conservative gamers", and given the whole "D&D is the gateway to Satan worship", I don't think there are many of those. Though those there are probably have horrifying opinions about half-orcs.
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Eschers Basement posted:I think you mean "social conservative gamers", and given the whole "D&D is the gateway to Satan worship", I don't think there are many of those. Ahahahahahaha. http://www.stormfront.org/forum/f63/ 
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Maldraedior posted:Anne McCaffrey died? Sad, but true. Last November as I recall. Congratulations, you found the only piece of useful data on that whole board!
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Eschers Basement posted:I don't think there are many of those. We really, really need a laughing-breaking-down-into-sobbing emoticon. There are actually plenty of these people in the hobby Go check out grognards.txt, it's basically a mock thread for these people half the time.Eschers Basement posted:Though those there are probably have horrifying opinions about half-orcs. Yeah, this is actually a thing too. Like I said, go check out grog.txt if you really want to ruin your day, i mean
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LightWarden posted:At least the board provides what has to be one of the most convincing arguments for the abolition of racial ability scores and penalties that I have ever read. I regret reading the OP.
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LightWarden posted:At least the board provides what has to be one of the most convincing arguments for the abolition of racial ability scores and penalties that I have ever read. What the gently caress?
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"Racial ability score penalties are an accurate represent of the world." -A literal White Supremacist. If that doesn't make you want to jettison the mechanics, what will?
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That reminds me of some post I read on here about a dude saying his friend in middle school used Dungeons and Dragons 1st edition as the focal point of his arguments that women were inherently weaker, because they got -1 STR and +1 DEX or something.
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LightWarden posted:"Racial ability score penalties are an accurate represent of the world." Um, sure, if the world had elves and dwarves. But it might actually be fun to play a politically incorrect game set on regular earth where various countries etc give different bonuses. Some examples could be that playing as an American gives you the Supersized Girth trait where you have to add between 50-200% extra weight to your character, Nigerians get +2 bluff when using e-mail, Scandinavians get -2 on all social interactions, and so on. Granted it's a stupid idea based on stereo types but as long as you don't take it seriously it might work. I'm sure it already exists.
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Poil posted:Scandinavians get -2 on all social interactions What stereotype is this? 
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QuasiQuack posted:What stereotype is this? We're frigid and hard to make friends with. But isn't that only Swedes?
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Affi posted:We're frigid and hard to make friends with. But isn't that only Swedes? Finns are not officially Scandinavians, but the term is commonly used as synonymous to Nordic (Iceland, Denmark, Finland, sometimes Estonia) and it certainly fits to the Fenno-Ugric character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DAVJ_NtYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUQ1_N5N2dg Nenonen fucked around with this message at 12:09 on Jun 1, 2012 |
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That would be super uncomfortable for me just because even if you are doing it as a joke, someone probably is not. And reinforcing stereotypes is a bad thing in my mind
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Perpetuating racist or bigoted stereotypes ironically is worse than doing it out of pure ignorance, because you should bloody well loving know better.
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Yeah that's true. I'm Swedish and while I wouldn't mind the -2 social modifier stereo type joke it'd be hard to draw the line so you don't go too far. For example a +2 bonus to Perform: Rap might be acceptable but a +2 to picking cotton certainly isn't. It's probably best not go any further with this. I apologize if anyone was offended.
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Poil posted:Yeah that's true. I'm Swedish and while I wouldn't mind the -2 social modifier stereo type joke it'd be hard to draw the line so you don't go too far. For example a +2 bonus to Perform: Rap might be acceptable but a +2 to picking cotton certainly isn't. It's probably best not go any further with this. I apologize if anyone was offended. But yeah. Racial bonuses are tricky business. girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 10:47 on Jun 2, 2012 |
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Vorgen posted:That reminds me of some post I read on here about a dude saying his friend in middle school used Dungeons and Dragons 1st edition as the focal point of his arguments that women were inherently weaker, because they got -1 STR and +1 DEX or something. In Advanced D&D's 1st edition, I believe human women didn't get a bonus or a penalty, just a maximum strength of 18/50. (Which is worse than a bonus/penalty, because there's no counter-effect on some other stat.) Cabbit posted:Perpetuating racist or bigoted stereotypes ironically is worse than doing it out of pure ignorance, because you should bloody well loving know better. How about if they're stereotypes that nobody takes seriously any more? (I love my Polack jokes.) (Disclaimer: I am a Polack-American.) prefect fucked around with this message at 12:02 on Jun 2, 2012 |
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prefect posted:In Advanced D&D's 1st edition, I believe human women didn't get a bonus or a penalty, just a maximum strength of 18/50. (Which is worse than a bonus/penalty, because there's no counter-effect on some other stat.) Not really, because regurgitating them over and over keeps them alive and waiting for somebody to start taking them seriously again.
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Cabbit posted:Perpetuating racist or bigoted stereotypes ironically is worse than doing it out of pure ignorance, because you should bloody well loving know better. But this is ironic racism! It's the same as regular racism, except that we're not allowed to get upset about it.
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Cabbit posted:Not really, because regurgitating them over and over keeps them alive and waiting for somebody to start taking them seriously again. What are you, trying to make Conan O'Brien unemployed? And without casual racism, how would we recognize racists? I'm sorry, Cabbit, I know you mean well but your strategy doesn't quite work. 
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quote:racism talk, weeeee
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NihilCredo posted:OH GOD I HOPE RICH IS OK As a WASP he's got a +2 bonus to fortitude saving throws.
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Nenonen posted:As a WASP he's got a +2 bonus to fortitude saving throws. Unfortunately he's also been cursed.
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Nenonen posted:As a WASP he's got a +2 bonus to fortitude saving throws.
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This thread really doesn't need to be an outlet for racism, even ironic racism. Just stick to discussing the comic, no one really cares what horrible people like those at Stormfront care or think about.
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So, just got news my book shipped. Anyone else in the States have any experience with how long after confirmation their stuff arrived?
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Took four days from confirmation to arrival for me (Wednesday to today), but the email for some reason says it shipped yesterday, so could be faster? On the subject of the actual stuff, the coloring book has one page that is just crazy dark with context from the comic, and it's wonderful. I'm totally photocopying the whole thing and busting out the crayons for a fun afternoon someday soon. Also got Start of Darkness, which was a good read.
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RandallODim posted:Took four days from confirmation to arrival for me (Wednesday to today), but the email for some reason says it shipped yesterday, so could be faster?
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NihilCredo posted:OH GOD I HOPE RICH IS OK I worry about him. I hope he didn't work on the kick starter good and get sick. Can everyone shut the hell up about racism and racists? I don't have enough time to track down every idiot in America.
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I am in New Zealand and bought the full slate of books - nothing yet, but I'm being calm like a motherfucker. I'll give it... three weeks. Then my calmness will commence to getting frayed. Until then. Calm.
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I found my copy of $25 pledge in the mailbox yesterday... twice. Not sure what happened, but I got everything double: the coloring book, the notepads, the fridge magnets, everything. Not sure what went wrong, but I feel kinda bad now.
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