Ragitsu

Re: Ctrl+V I just realized my Inbox was full, so, if you tried to message me, I didn't get it .

Re: Star Wars: Technological Stagnation? Yep. It's not exactly an unpopular idea.

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Re: Ctrl+V I don't want to force my players, though. That's just not very fun at all.

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Re: Ctrl+V Okay were to start. Let's begin with you're assertion that the US is a Christian nation. That statement is completely false and I for one resent your attempt to rewrite history. First off, the US Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land. Nowhere in the Constitution are the words God, Christianity, Jesus, or any supreme being mentioned. Of our founding fathers, most of them were not Christian (a majority were either Freemasons or believed in the tennents of Deistic Philosophy) and although some did hold Christian ideals, they were in no way advocating a theocracy in any way, shape, or form. If you take into account the religious beliefs of our first 4 Presidents who had the largest hand in framing our nation you'll find that none of them were Christian. George Washington was a Mason, John Adams was Unitarian, and Thomas Jefferson and James Madison believed in Deistic Philosophy. The omission of God / Christianity in the Constitution did not come out of forgetfulness, but rather out of the Founding Fathers purposeful intentions to keep government separate from religion. The part of the 1st ammendment that you refered to states: "Congress shall make NO law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" while you are correct in your statement that it does not restrict it from being pracitced you are also incorrect in your presumption that it is in any way a barometer of our Nation being founded on Christian ideals. Thomas Jefferson made an interpretation of the 1st Amendment to his January 1st, 1802 letter to the Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association calling it a "wall of separation between church and State." Madison had also written that "Strongly guarded...is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States." There existed little controversy about this interpretation from our Founding Fathers or its jurisprudence. American Founding Fathers set up a government divorced from any religion. The secular nature of the U.S. goverenment was explicitly revealed to a foreign nation in the Treaty of Tripoli by stating in article 11 of it that: "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Musselmen; and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries." The preliminary treaty began with a signing on November 4, 1796 (during the end of George Washington's last term as president.) Joel Barlow, the American diplomat who served as counsel to Algiers and held responsibility for the treaty negotiations also served under Washington as a chaplain in the revolutionary army and was the priliminary author of the Treaty of Tripoli. Barlow forwarded the treaty to U.S. legislators for approval in 1797 and Timothy Pickering, the secretary of state, endorsed it. John Adams (now during his presidency), concurred with Pickering and it was sent to the Senate. The Senate approved the treaty on June 7, 1797, and officially ratified it. Then on June 10, 1797 John Adams signed it into law. All during this multi-review process of going through the checks and balances system and being subject to the rule of law, the wording of Article 11 never raised the slightest concern. The treaty even became public through its publication in The Philadelphia Gazette on 17 June 1797. So here we have a clear admission by the United States in 1797 that our government did not found itself upon Christianity. This treaty represented U.S. law as all U.S. Treaties do as outlined by Article VI, Section 2 of the US Constitution by stating: "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding." I'm not trying to start an arguement with you, but you are so incorrect on our laws and the actual jurisprudence with respect to their implementation that it warranted correction.

Re: Ctrl+V Parapsychology isn't something you master in. There are no certificates of graduation. No licenses to practice. I am a professional psychologist who spent most of my time engaged in this ghostly hobby, which makes me I suppose the most irresponsible woman of my age that I know...I'm absolutely terrified. It's all the things that we don't understand. I feel like the proto-human coming out of the forest primeval and seeing the moon for the first time and throwing rocks at it.

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Re: A Thread for Random Videos Made of sterner stuff than I.

Re: Fantasy Economies: How closely should we examine them? Money and/or to support a cause/causes they believe in?

Re: Ctrl+V The latter scenes of sadistic, torture and dismemberment revenge that seemingly-demure and dutifully-humble 21 year-old 'auditioned' bride-to-be Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina) exacted on middle-aged widower Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) with syringes, acupuncture needles (stuck into his eyelid), and piano wire (used to wire-saw off or amputate a foot), accompanied by the sound of a Japanese bird: "Kiri-kiri-kiri-kiri-kiri"; also the scene of a suddenly-lurching big burlap sack in the center of her living room (with a dismembered body in it)

Re: My dreamscape within a dream Either the Base/Dimension exists all the time, or is only brought into existence when the character in question is sleeping. But, the only way those they do not wish to bring in can enter would be through very exotic/hard to reproduce powers. The other issue is time. Should the dimension only be available for eight "real" hours (the period of time the character sleeps) or would it last for much longer within (dreams can last for subjectively longer than "real" time)?

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A common criticism of most fantasy settings is that the economy is either not very well defined, or can easily be broken by Precious Resource X or Magic Spell Y. Do you ever put much energy into ensuring your fantasy setting of choice (be it homebrew or already established) makes sense within the realm of goods/money changing hands in the vast scheme of things?

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Re: Redundant Organs Simple way: higher than average CON.

Though this didn't strictly deal with a HERO game, I could easily see it being adapted for one. My dream last night involved me entering a sort of "pocket dimension" with small boundaries...it was another house, and the surrounding street, but the rest was bordered by pure blackness. The house itself was very rough in construction...at first. I ultimately find out that this dimension is able to be molded by my ability to dream. Essentially, the dreamscape is only accessible while i'm asleep (within the dream...trippy, huh?), but anyone else in the "real world", awake or not, can enter with me. Assuming I could make enough "dreaming rolls", the pocket dimension could eventually grow much larger. For the time being, I only experimented with adding details to the plot of land, and making the house more presentable. So...how would you build such an ability with HERO 6th Edition? I imagine Extra-Dimensional Movement would be the start.

Re: Ctrl+V I'd rather finish the talk (possibly finding a solution) later today, though, as my sleeping schedule for yesterday was a bit chaotic due to an hour or so I missed.

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Re: Rogues...and Soldiers...and Assassins...and...Gallery (Dark Champions Art)

Re: Rogues...and Soldiers...and Assassins...and...Gallery (Dark Champions Art) Not as if i'm claiming any of these art pieces as my own. Plus, i've never seen any other art thread (especially on the HERO forums) have some sort of institutionalized system of artist listing. Finally, if someone is really interested, they can (for most of the pictures) check out the artist by finding their name in the picture links.

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