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Point wise, it works out the same. I do like the fewer complications meaning that they are more meaningful. Backstory with disads does make the GM job easier.

After bringing in a dog with some bad vomit issues (along with a sample): Me : "Do you want the photo of the vomit?" (Before I figured out a good way to bring a sample in, I did photograph it) Vet : "I like your photographery so I'm sure it's a beautiful photo, but no." I did make a nice b&w image out of it, thinking of sending a 20"x30" of it to him...

So Toilet stuff?

Given the material strength of X, what would be the needed rotation speed of a CD made of this substance, for it to break apart? (I think it needs much better phrasing, and a lot of detail in X)

Yes. And the rest of the post was nicely put.

I was one of the players at Genghis for BDH's game. I found his rule easy to use and effective. Like he said, not for every game, but for MHI it fit in very well.

House sitting this week. One of the dogs has decided that getting sick is a great idea. Not sure if he managed to eat something that did this, but he vomited all night Thursday night. He's an 80lb dog and I have now done the laundry eight times using up all towels. He saw a vet on Friday that didn't find anything really wrong, but gave some anti-nausea meds. Of course, I get back to the house with him, and he vomits again. Next morning he vomits some digetive blood. Thankfully, I got him into the vet at my wife's work even though the dog is now a "public" dog, not an employee dog. So he got an ultrasound, bloodwork, hydration and a few other things, but nothing really has shown itself. He'll go back to the clinic in the morning. (didn't want to leave him overnight since they don't have an overnight person at this time) My friend who I'm housesitting for will be running the St. Patrick Marathon in Portland tomorrow, she'll be back here Wed. (unless she catches an earlier flight). I've gotten at most 3 hours of sleep any of the last few nights and this is the first time I have house sat, and one of the animals has gotten sick. Well, Bob seems to be resting comfortably on the couch now and I'm going to sleep in the chair (large comfy chair) across from him.

Very Cool E84. I needed to see that last night.

Great news!

Blue, not sure if you saw my link on the last page. Good tips on recovering your cat. They usually don't go very far and tend to hunker down. Live traps are very useful.

http://www.petfinder.com/cats/lost-and-found-cats/tips-for-finding-lost-cats/

Slight decrease in cranky. We found an orthopedic surgeon with some opening next week, so we'll at least be able to get her MRI and other medical history reviewed.

Lacuna Expanse. http://www.lacunaexpanse.com I wound up programming for it, though there's much to be done. Good time waster, and the population on the chat system is generally friendly.

I'm magnanimous that way. Granted, one of the AIs is a cult that blows up planets that get unhappy....

Nah, it's a space game so I had my system send overwhelming force to one of his planets leveling it. (Easily repaired since i didn't follow up with anything worse)

Well, I did hammer him with the equivelent of nukes the last time he went astray.

There's a lot of coal under there, but it's a dirty energy and there are alternatives. (though if there was something that caused us to have to use it again, it would probably be after a majority of the population died off.) Right now, that coal is just being looked at so it can be shipped off to China. I'd rather that the regions got the money thru the increase in tourism that Bryce Canyon, etc... get.

I'm very sure there were cost increases from 3e to 4e. So yea, you're wrong. Easily ported, but there were changes in costs. Just off the top of my head: Damage Resistance cost per point instead of just 1/2 Damage Resistance, or Full Damage Resistance. (Cheaper for some chars, more expensive for others.) I know there were enough changes that our group took some time to fully convert from 3e to 4e. We had already started using martial arts from Danger International (and Steve Maurer had written up a MA package similar to what 4e had.) EC's, Multipowers, and some other stuff had a bunch of changes done. I can port a character with little work from 1e to 6e, though if I want to port between editions, I prefer to do a rewrite anyway. If you're so bent to keep with 4e, there is nothing stopping you from playing the 4e version.

My wife is having a degerative spine disorder that is causing a lot of pain. This started a couple years ago after her cancer treatments and she's gone thru a ton of pain meds. Bunch of different types, with latest being fentanyl patches with Oxycontin pills for breakthru pain. She still can only deal with a couple hours of activity before needing to lay down. She was stubborn and kept working, but she'd work, then come home and often turn in then. This January, she finally gave in and decided she needed to work on getting this resolved. The cranky bits: 1) Short Term Disability has been denied again. They say it doesn't look so bad. (This is with a lot of doctors trying to help her for two years.) (We're appealing again) 2) Finally decided to check in with a neuro-surgeon (we've done all the pain doctors, physical therapy, etc...). First appointment is in late May. (which is better than the other doctor who would be able to fit us in August...) And of course now we expect her work to start being jerks. (maybe i'll be surprised...)

Figured. Like I mentioned, kneejerk response. On a site I moderate, I've got this one problem child that keeps bringing up cat torture, etc... I told him to knock it off a few times. We then went to "Don't bring up cat torture, one of the admins can't stand humor..." I think we've finally gotten the point thru.

I was thinking clinging as well, though I think the idea of an entangle may be better since you're breaking the hold it has on the earth (or the roots). So any STR beyond needed to lift the mass of the tree would go toward breaking thru the entangle. Better stronger root system, more DEF. Harder packed earth, more DEF. And you wouldn't nessarily need full lifting strength either. (A flier going further up the tree would get more leverage on the root system, assuming you don't break the trunk)

If you're just going to go with costs, costs increased from 3rd edition to 4th. Every edition has increased the starting costs. Dang that 2e adding all those skills in... Every change has had some detractors. One thing 5th and then 6th nailed down was getting rid of a lot of ambiquity though a lot of verbage was added. There is no perfect system for everyone. There are things about all the editions that I either miss or am glad are gone. Those that I miss, in games I run, I can easily use them. I find having a "This really sucks" attitude about changes really limits your ability to work with others.

My response was to Marcus. Most of my cats are very good. Just the Louisiana one is horrible to things. At least he hasn't eaten a laptop.

<knee jerk response> Don't declaw cats. it's an amputation and causes a lot of side effects, often in behaviour. and

Klingon Elves make fairly wretched cookies.