Walsingham

Ah yes. I remember thinking "Good heavens. I wonder who dragged her poisoned corpse all the way here from that gnoll encampment?"

yeah, could "he" be "she"? Then you could totally date a demi-god hottie. That would rock. Damn straight.

That's your prerogative to disagree. It does, however, mean that even if our soldiers WERE supposed to decide on their own what was and wasn't legal, this chap would be sent down.

Definitely lots more side quests. And they weren't all fedex. Durlag's tower is definitely my favourite dungeon crawl ever. Although personally I really regretted not having a thief in the party who could do traps. I used Korgan buffed to constitution 20 and piled high with protection to just trigger traps. I used to imagine him grumbling incesssantly as all these fireballs and bolts spanged off him. On one occasion he totalled a group of attackers simply by leading them down a heavily trapped corridor. I laughed a great deal.

Man, have NONE of you seen the short film about the flying car?

I think you've misunderstood the dilemma. The question is, how do you ensure you become their best friend. Then no matter what happens you'll be fine.

Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

*pained look* Whether you care about it is irrelevant. It is a legally recognised casus belli.

Hmmm. I'm thinking maybe this is part of the scariness inherent in the film. We fear above all the unknown. In the post-zombie world we lose most of our decision making reference points. Like your diver. But the obscure nature of the zombie threat is also like your unintelligible deep sea attacker. And ferocious like my dogs!

Of course they do. Once they have felt enough pain and suffering they will come around. People need to make their own choices in their own time. The more you force change the more resistance you will have. Then we differ in our first principles. I do not ignore someone in pain, just because they are too caught up/stubborn to recognise it. In fact it's often the people who want your help least as need it most. However I don't generally force my help on people, and nor did this gentleman. He was trying to talk.

As a matter of fact in the UK we take the trouble to teach our serving men and women what the law actually says. Which can be ambitious given the average reading age of our infantrymen is around that of an eleven year old. I can't speak for the US, but I'd imagine they try too. Returning to your original point, I'm a little aggrieved that you've ignored the third option. Should I write it again inbig red letters? As for point two, your response is correct. Yes, in my opinion the duty of the security council was clearly to mandate military action given Iraqi noncompliance. However, as I've said on on numerous occasions Russian, French and Chinese oil/military interests dictated that they did not. *shrugs* That's just realpolitik. It's also why the UN isn't what I would call a uniformly fair judge of what is or isn't moral.

What? No 'zone of cabbages'? How about 'suspicious sandwich'? Or 'stupendous woodlouse'?

That goofy headdress would have to have some kind of magic whatsit on it.

Yeah, just in case you meet some Roman exchange students...

May I draw your attention to points 2 and 3? POint 2 coud be argued within reasonable doubt using the failure to comply with the earlier ceasefire. Point three cannot be argued with. EDIT: Any ONE of the circumstances must be met. You don't need all three at once.

I regarded merely not having to play the game any more as ample ending for NWN1 OC.

Thanks for taking the trouble to explain that, Wist.

I'll launch YOU into space!

I don't like that either, although it's probably due to the fact that I am completely incapable of floating. You may find it helpful to avoid wearing Doctor Marten boots. I generally avoid the sea on principle that there's plenty of land and sky. And the land and sky have a less frequent propensity to smash you to pieces.

The default setting is that orders are correct and legal. An order being 'questionable' as you put it, does not equal illegality. For the record, the attorney general has ruled that there are three circumstances under which invading a country is legal. 1) Direct imminent threat of attack by that country. 2) UN mandate 3) Intervention to prevent a humanitarian disaster - as was used quite cheerfully in the Balkans. * Of these three, for some reason your president chose the first. Probably so he could invoke the 'clear and present danger' argument with Congress. It has subsequently proven stickier than anticipated. Does this answer your question? *By some strange coincidence Russia, France, and China didn't object to the Balkan intervention nearly so strenuously. Which I'm sure had nothing at all to do with economics.

I can't remember who she is. This is good, as I can hope to stumble across her when I replay it. The next time I am crippled in bed for three weeks.

Make no mistake, BG is not as complex or varied in classes and monsters as BG2. But BG and its expansion gives you some fantastic characters, and interesting tales. The bad guy is definitely inferior.

Don't be afraid to run away when playing the Russians. Your troops need to gain experience before you try to do anything clever. Also, pack at least one or two completely expendable units for flushing out enemy AT and other ambuscades. Great game, though. I wonder where my copy has gone...

Cool!

It is indeed real audio. I don't understand why, but the beeb swear by it, rather than at it like the rest of us. The link is to teh radioplay. But you could read the books if you were inclined to do so. On teh other hand you'd then miss the accents.