EnderAndrew

Lots more mutants to boot. Now I want to find my some Gamma World books again and play the Toxic Avenger as a character.

You completely missed my point. You couldn't have had the plot of either KOTOR:1 or KOTOR:2 with a non-Jedi character. Could Revan have been a non-Jedi? Could the Exile have been a non-Jedi? Furthermore, the setting is all about Jedi vs Sith. We're not talking about the generic, larger universe Star Wars. We are talking about a specific setting with Star Wars.

1. The dialogue and influence system. 2. Watching my wife turn Atton to the Dark Side. 3. Most of them. I think Korriban was glossed over, Dantooine was a shell of it's former self. Dxun/Onderon were well done. Nar Shadda was time intensive and fun, but it didn't seem like the Nar Shadda I know and love. 4. I don't recall. 5. Named crystal 6. Male PC but I haven't tried Female PC on KOTOR:2 7. I'm fine with the story ending where it did, but the final dialogue with Kreia/Traya was uncharacteristicly weak, and I was shocked that Mira and T3 show up on Malachor V, but don't get resolved at all. 8. I can't pick one thing. The glaring ommissions all remain glaring ommissions. 9. I can't compare Tie Fighter to KOTOR, but overall it's one of the better games. 10. The usage of skills in KOTOR:2. I think influence was a really good idea, but it's not perfectly implemented yet. 11. The Exile. His past makes you really stop and think about the decisions you are making in the game. Oddly enough, when I met the Jedi Council on Dantooine, I really stood behind going to war, and disagreed with most of their decisions. However, in realizing that my PC was responsible for the wound in the Force that had caused the death of so many, I voluntarily agreed to be fully cut off from the Force. 12. Polish.

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I don't think we are presented with enough opportunities in a given day to say "currently trying to get werewolfed."

Again, this man is a genius.

I feel that it helps if the DM knows the rules as well, if not better than everyone in the room. With a simple rules system, that isn't a problem.

What is the mysterious Dantooine bug? I ran across the Galaxy Droid in KOTOR:1 somehow, and then I reloaded from an earlier save game and was fine. I can't remember the last time I ran into a major game-ending bug other than that.

I love DOSBOX. There are a few other Virtual PC emulators out there as well.

Actually I think Manhunt, GTA:SA and God of War depict violence in videogames best.

Elder Scrolls 2. Arena is freeware downloadable from elderscrolls.com Daggerfall must be acquired through more creative means.

http://www.buddhanet.net/ That seems to be a good resource. Buddhism is a many fractured and splintered religion that sometimes presents itself more as a philosophy. I have Buddhist friends who have confirmed that deep down Buddhism teaches that we along belong to the same universal over-soul entity. That is how we can be reincarnated into different forms, because in reality we are all the same person. In that way it only makes sense to follow the 8-fold path. There is no reason to do harm to ourself. Some Buddhists also believe thusly that a murderer who understands their dharmic path and follows it honestly is not to be faulted. It is simply an extention of ourself that is exploring a path that needs to be explored.

Sure he did. And then he killed anyone who ever witnessed the event.

Certain systems have more opportunity for twink than others. I think in general, the more rules, the worse off you are. It's just like tax laws. The more laws they create, the more loopholes they create. I think most people would agree that simpler rules systems allow people to learn the game easier. In addition simpler rules allow for quicker resolution of conflict. Simpler rules allow for more balance. Simpler rules allow the DM/GM/ST to alter the rules to their liking easier without rewriting everything. Simpler rules allow for more flexibility in not nailing everything down with a specific rule. With the D6 or WoD system for instance, players can take any skill they can think up. In D20, skills have to be class skills, or cross-class skills. You can't just invent new skills. You automatically get whatever you get at arbitrary levels. A level 20 Barbarian is not balanced against a level 20 Bard, nor is a level 10 Monk/level 10 Barbarian is not balanced against a level 20 Bard. Any system that limits you from playing whatever concept you want is inferior to a system that will allow you to play any concept you want. Furthermore, D&D rewards you to play within templates. In 2E, a 10th level Human Fighter is really the same as the next 10th level Human Fighter. In 3E you get to pick skills and feats, but by picking certain skills and feats, you can plug yourself into a prestige class. By following the path laid out exactly for you, you are rewarded with a powerful prestige class, thusly the rules system goes out of it's way to discourage unique character builds. And you don't see a problem with that type of game? Simple house rules don't fix the core problems D&D is predicated on.

In a more generic Star Wars RPG I'm down with non-Jedi classes. The plotlines of both KOTOR:1 and KOTOR:2 really preclude non-Jedi main characters. The KOTOR era is all about Jedi and Sith. That's just the way it is.

I imagine Obsidian had left food on the stove and had to hurry the game development before dinner burned.

Again, I hope this news is accurate, but I doubt it. Who here really believes inside industry sources would honestly say EA "come up with the initial idea, hand that idea off to "specialty" houses that truly care about the material, allow them to develop and hone that material to perfection"? When has EA ever done that?

As a Guardian/Weapon Master in KOTOR:2 I wore armor, and yielded the benefits of Force Powers. For most of the game Kreia casted buffs on her, which I received even when wearing armor. In the later stages of the game, I also found armor that didn't restrict Force Powers.

It seems to be a way of removing desire however. Furthermore, when you delve deeper into Buddhism, they teach that you have no reason for desire because the self does not exist so there is no reason to desire anything for yourself.

I can't say it enough. Alternate between save games.

I might be getting confused but Fei Long (the super street fighter II character) is a virtual clone of Bruce Lee down to appearance, fighting style and antics... More so even than MK's Liu Kang. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I stopped playing Street Fighter with the Hyper Championship Edition.

D&D was my initial foray into pen-and-paper gaming. I had some fun times, and characters I'll never forget. I've played 2E once since then, and only for one session. A very experienced DM told us to all create 5th level characters (or maybe it was 6th level). He told us we could be anything we wanted. So I created a Drow Bard/Psionicist with a 20 Dex, who could fight with two weapons and no penalties. He was decent with a sword, had some thieving abilities, and more. We were also told we could have one magic item. Most people took a magic sword, or something equally as boring. I merely asked for a Ring of Fire Control, and was promptly granted the request. In fact, the DM felt I asked for the weakest item. We started the game in the Underdark dealing with Drow politics. In our first really nasty battle to finish off the session I unveiled my major twink of the character. I activated Control Pain, and Control Flame as Psionic Powers. Control Pain doubles damage, and Control Flame doubles damage from flame. Then I read a Fireball scroll my Wizard friend in the party was making for me. The Ring of Fire Control doubled the damage yet again. So I did something like 5d6 or 6d6 base damage, times 8. My character had a good AC, decent hit points, was pretty good with a sword, good hide in shadows, could read scrolls, had psionic powers, and a major trump card. The DM called me the twinkiest player he has ever seen, and decided never to run D&D for me ever again.

It seemed a better comparison. Balrog is based off Tyson, where as Liu Kang seems largely based off Bruce Lee.

Liu Kang could totally kick Balrog's butt.

It's entirely possible I'm luckier than most people. It's also possible that I always patch, update drivers, and run a pretty clean system.