It sounds like you're arguing in favor of Mike's statement...? Sorry, I thought you were asking a question. Okay, that's not an argument I'm interested in having. (And I'd be interested in seeing sources for your statements about prostate cancer and HPV. From what I can tell, they're not limited by ...

Chromosomes are a terrible basis for sex. First, because most people seem to think that there are only two kinds of sex chromosomes (XX and XY), but there are actually a lot of variations: X, XX, XY, XXY, XYY, XXX and many, many more. Also, even if someone's chromosomes would indicate one particular...

JackSlack wrote:He has a habit of falling in a small ditch and deciding it's a perfect opportunity to pull out his shovel.

Very well put; I strongly agree.

Aside: everyone gladly refers to Mike's "anti-trans" statements, casually forgetting the discussions he had with Penny Arcade Report employee (and MTF trans person) Sophie Prell, where he was helped to understand why what he said sounded insensitive, and posted the whole discussion, and a...

If you're looking for a decent Chinese name, you could always try my webpage of Mandarin names for gaming.

There are generally two schools of thought in RPG setting construction: "start big" or "start small". When you start small, you might only have what the PCs are currently exploring -- everything else gets developed as you go. Maybe you prepare for the next session's travels a wee...

Missed this thread the first time around... Looks like you had a great trip, sloth! I spent about a month in Thailand over a decade ago and didn't get to see nearly as much as you did. If I ever get back, I'll take your itinerary as a model!

Just popping in to say that the big reason I keep watching LRR, and promoting it to people I know, is that you guys manage to make your humor (as I've said elsewhere) insightful, deliriously silly, original, geeky and downright hilarious, all while being sort of gentle. I deeply appreciate that I ca...

有没有别人能说中文？应该有吧... 想不想一起练习？ 我只会普通话/国语，别的方言讲不通，但是繁體字我也能寫能看，文言文亦可通!若有兴趣，尽量说吧！

If there are Japanese speakers here, there must be folks who can converse in Chinese, right?

ElementalAlchemist wrote:あなたと二人だけ日本語で話すのですか。困りますねえ。外の日本語を話す人はどこでしょうか。

私は日本語ができるけどとても下手です。ごめん！

但是，中文的话我就算比较流利，若有人想跟我聊中文，就很乐意！繁體字也能通。

I have two main groups: a weekly group and a monthly group. In the monthly group, I GM Blade & Crown , the RPG that I wrote. In that, the characters are a wandering troupe of performers who have recently gotten up to their necks in intrigue. In the weekly group, we have a rotating set of differe...

Just popping in to say that I would almost be willing to watch a half-hour video of Kathleen making wharrgarbl/disemboweling noises. She is a master of the craft.

I just hosted a game at my house for the first time ever. We played Heirs to the Lost World . There were some great stunts, including a thrown beer mug that sent a pirate sprawling backwards into a table piled with treasure, and a great chain used to scrape a pesky alchemist off the hull of a ship, ...

Vigafre wrote:So something more like this?

Extra wonderful!

Vigafre wrote:Because someone wanted one.



I can add/remove stuff from it later. I'm tired.

That is wonderful.

For me, the best part is James, so here's my (not very skilled) edit:

UNHchabo wrote:I agree with Michi; James mouthing "think about it" nailed it.

Is this already a GIF somewhere?

My RPG gaming blog. Getting niftier by the minute!

The important thing is to know yourself and think things through. That can happen quickly, or it can happen slowly. Speed isn't really the issue; self-knowledge is. And, by the way, let me know if you need any resources about trans issues (of whatever sort: transsexual-related, crossdressing-related...

So I've booked-marked the Red Box for purchase at the start of the month (when I get some monies) and I might also visit a store in town that sells some D&D stuff and see if they do any groups or something. You could always try a retro-clone of Basic D&D like Labyrinth Lord , Swords & W...

Evil Jim wrote:Geez, don't they ever learn?? This reminds me of the time when they reprinted another Onion article about the US capital moving if a retractable dome isn't installed.

Totally different paper, for what it's worth.

Also, on this thing about female characters being quiet shallow, and in video games I am well aware of this, if you guys know about this then do you write or create well rounded female characters in scenarios you make? NPCs get developed in proportion to their importance, of course. I don't come up...

I assumed he was talking purely (or at least primarily) about tabletop RPGs. She, actually. (I'm a woman.) I agree with much of what SixFootTurkey said, though. I was talking about tabletop RPGs, though CRPGs probably count, too. In much of gaming, men are taken to be the default; women are conside...

Women too often get portrayed as evil in RPGs. Really? Why is that? Do you mean why do I say that, or why does it happen? I normally have the women as the hero if I have to choose a character in an RPG. E.G Femshep or Vaultgirl in Fallout. Actually I play most of my roles as women. Mostly because i...

Dubious_wolf wrote:I agree the duchess shouldn't be evil. I was highlighting the point that she shouldn't be RANDOMLY Evil.

IMO there's never random danger. It's always alluded to.

Ah, yes, that makes sense. Yes, you should never just suddenly spring a deadly encounter on your players with no forewarning.

Strangely enough I was imagining she'd be in a ruined castle. HOW CAN YOU READ MY MIND? D : Great minds think alike. We do, too! :) And with the options things, I was thinking more that a NPC proposed an option, rather than the DM, if you understand what I mean? Totally. I usually don't even go tha...