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One thing I really hope doesn't happen, is that the PC turns out to be a "Chosen One" outlined in some prophecy, or singled out for significance before the adventure even begins. It's waaaaay too much of a cliche, even when it happens to work well, as in BG.

I've never owned a PS of any kind :ph34r: Besides, my PS2 owning friend had Deus Ex, and I remember the inventory system being terribly clumsy. Anywho, problem rectified. I realized that I had this problem before, with BG2, and that all I had to do was run the install files from my HD and end the .exe processes as they came up, and then the install unfroze and all was well. Works like a charm now

So far as I understand it, the D&D chaos/law alignment system is based on external, societal law. At least according to the conventional definition of the alignment, chaotic good characters can have their own personal ethical codes, they just happen to not jibe with external law, and if they have to choose between the two they'll choose the latter. Lawful characters will choose the former. That's the textbook example, anyway. As a player and a DM, it's always been hard to put those alignment archetypes into practice There's always a situation in which it would be preferrable to be one or the other. It's actually much harder to be neutral, imo. It's really not pragmatic to consciously try and balance between the extremes.

Mr. Sawyer's witticisms and speculation aside, I'm not sure how to take all this. I didn't really dig the "battle command" in HotU, I'm not particularly thrilled at the prospect of being a military commander in this 'un. That's not what I'm looking for in my RPGs. I'm interested to see how this whole "politician / general / criminal" thing pans out, though. I think it would be awesome to have a game in which you could become either a general or a mob boss, and beat the game either way. But somehow I don't think that's what MCA was after with that quote

Ah, capital. *Crosses fingers for Mr. Show Movie / good game*

Be the albino That's actually one of the cooler little things about Deus Ex (at least the first one). Your choice of appearance also affects your brothers'. Also WHAT THE **** MY GAME NO LONGER WORKS. Hmm, I'm installing my game again, but it appears as if the .exe files are opening as soon as the installer puts them on my hard drive, and it's crashing my install before it's completed. There's something screwy going on here. And I want to play Deus Ex, damnit.

I dunno, someone who would see the law as being wrong and would rather break it than change it, or someone who feels that the law doesn't do enough and that criminals and wrongdoers are best dealt with outside the law, I would see as chaotic. They forsake the law to accomplish their goals. I think a lawful neutral character would possibly break the law in order to maintain it (if that makes any sense), but the Punisher doesn't really do that. I find that Lawful characters are hard to play for this reason. They tend to think in terms of categorical imperatives, and that makes for some interesting ethical considerations. Obviously, there are going to be times when law is unable to deal with a threat or wrong, and that presents a pretty big problem for a lawful character. rulz r hard.

He won't use nukes in a warfare scenario and he's got a lot to lose, his state and ppl. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But he can rattle his saber all he wants, and he intends to do so. Most countries within his range should be willing to deal on that alone. Of course, the last test they had failed. He might just make himself look like a fool again.

Funny, I always considered vigilantism to be chaotic. Then again, he's not really out to do "good" per se. The "do whatever it takes to get it done" alignment is lawful neutral. Hard to tell, really. Things like this are the problem with the D&D system <_< Although admittedly, the Punisher's moral universe is probably too muddled/complex to apply the order/alignment scale to.

You also have to take into consideration that this hypothetical guy is likely mentally ill, which opens up a whole other can of worms. But staying a little more on topic, decreeing that committing a crime removes protection under the law is a little more Hobbesian than I'm willing to deal with. So a childkiller gets branded. What about a pickpocket, or a trespasser? We can't protect one in prison and not the other. You'll spend all day drawing an easily blurred line.

So a guy who kills a bus load of people, one at a time, methodically, and constantly screams that he'd do it again, and again, while in prison....should be kept alive, taking up tax dollars? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes. I wouldn't give tax dollars to a state that used them to kill people, even murderers. Hence I don't pay taxes.

My cat's like that too. Once they get old and fat their hind quarters become big mats of hair. I've had to perform surgery a few times. For some reason, I find that easier than denying him large amounts of food. He is my kitty, after all.

The "Merchant's Friend" thing could turn out to be cool, although I would have much preffered some extra content other than new items. I don't know exactly what I'd have in mind, but new spells would be cool, maybe an extra quest or two.

STOP IT YOU PEOPLE STOP IT STOP IT We've been over this. We're not going to resolve it. So drop it. I want footage of this "blade golem", to see if it's the hot **** I seem to think it is.

Gah, the connections cut out on me about 90% of the way through. Man, that sucks. I might just have to wait for the game itself.

I'm listening to the Strong Arm mixtape, by Buck 65. It's available for free download on his site. Side 1 Side 2 I like it, at least. The sound quality is average mixtape caliber, but it's not bad. Kind of adds to the charm. Oh, and he's "old school", so don't you white folks feel bad about liking it, or saying you like it. Buck 65 used to be a minor-league baseball player in Canada, and apparently he was good. Tr00 story.

eMachines AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 1.5 gigs RAM NVidia Geforce 6600 OC 80 gig NTSF HD Audigy SE

Not working for me > Won't authenticate my code.

Sure, sure. There's less obviously useful things I know about, like the official seal maker or the official random D&D adventure seed maker (the adventures generated seem vanilla to me :\) Honestly, you can find some good resources by setting stumbleupon to "roleplaying" and wading through most of the crap online. You'll find some gems.

Go nuts! I don't publish it, so I dunno why you'd ask me There's also a Dungeon Gen, a town stats gen and a treasure gen. All pretty useful if you need to whip up something in a pinch. But those should be linked already :\

Having a rather weak character, HP-wise, I had to micromanage every aspect of , otherwise I'd get my ass handed to me

Like a random PC generator, or an organizer? I always just created my own character sheet template, and printed out neat, updated copies every couple of games. Worked for me.

Looks like they're having a variation on the problem that paid forums have, the "I PAID FOR THIS NOW SERVICE ME" kind of indignant consumerism. Nobody should really care that much.

Well, uh, there's this. You'd have to actually make up the NPC's personality, but all the stats are there. *edit - whoops, I overlooked the "recent past and motivations" button