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Depends on mode of transport. Boiling Point allows travel by motor vehicle (60km/h = 16.7m/s), which is over six times faster than foot transport (3m/s). That's a good point: are the dungeons' floor space included in the overall square footage? (Think shelf space : countertop area).

This Game Plasma review mentions the 16 square mile figure. Hmmm. This Gamespy preview says different: Interesting that the developers are fully aware of the criticisms levelled at Morrowind: Not sure about the merits of instant travel, though.

Was it ever thus? What does the AD&D 2 ruleset say?

Hey! I am not like you!

4.5 out of 5 is a low mark ? If anyone has played it, Darque probably has. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oops. Dyslexic dog-worship. :">

I'll bet you are, you sneaky communist!

... But you won't do that, either. ^_^

Opening doors? OMG, who'd a thunk that game monsters could do that! Hee hee, I like sticking a large box in front of doorways to stop the AI-controlled enemies in Half-Life 2 from flanking me ... ^_^ Quite a few low marks in there, like: Electric Playground ** 6.5 / 10 Jan 8, 2006 Ninemsn Games 6.5 / 10 Nov 21, 2005 Game Informer ** 6 / 10 Jan 1, 2006 Edge Magazine UK 4 / 10 Dec 1, 2005 Xbox World Mag UK 47 / 100 Dec 1, 2005 If the port is lousey than the game is definitely just for the die-hard fans. Edited for dyslexia.

Depends on your definition of "good" and to whom you apply it ... :| Is that 3.5 rules?

Yes, yes it is.

Yes. Denied!

Since I have heard very little about this, I am fairly sure it will be awful. Anyone heard any different?

That's what I heard, too.

Thanks for the link, looks like a great site!

You're a surgeon as well? Boy, talk about a renaissance universal man ..!

F.E.A.R. ... and I'm significantly underwelmed. I knew I should have bought Fahrenheit. :angry:

Maybe there should be some other way to craft. I agree there should be a cost, some way to indicate the effect / restrict the frequency of crafting. Maybe aging? Is it possible to restore XP expended in crafting (like levels drained by high level undead)? If so then the whole concept is nothing more than a notional difference for more gold (because gold buys restore spells). PS Volo, PS stands for Post Scriptum, and the ONLY permissible extended use is PPS, not PSS.

So should I but HoI2, or wait for Doomsday? (HoI2 is still

I said that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, but I was writing it as you were adding your epilogue. But it would be so similar as to be of no consequence. It's all archetypal really. Good guys, bad guys, big villain. I'm a firm believer in the Joseph Campbell... um... camp. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But the details are what make the fiction Tolkien Fantasy. You are describing a template for all myths, not Tolkienist fantasy specifically. If the hero wasn't a halfling, then a lot of the point of the story is void. Ergo, not Tolkien. That's the point of the question. Be creative! Be the Tolkien!

Don't forget the occurrance of earthquakes of necessary vibrational frequency to turn the ground under Hades's feet to a porous liquid-like substance that would swallow him, turning solid again as soonn as the quake subsides. I'm all for it. When do I get to send rockets into the Oort cloud? (w00t) Written by Moose in superposition of Badger. (w00t)

Looks like this is the reason: Reality is a harsh tutor. It is, unfortuantely, inevitable that the class of supremacy of sacred and secular law will directly effect all free societies. Cute. Not that this is ANY different from historical fact, regardless of the spin. Nations always act in their interests, only the stupid/arrogant ones declare war first, however (Hitler).

... Although humans do tend to have a fetish for pointy ears (Mr Spock, anyone), so they probably would be in any fantasy setting.

So, what exactly is it entangled photons do ? " <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Technically speaking the photons are travelling FTL, they are just communicating with each other faster than light can travel between them. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Alpha Quadrant in 1/4 of the Milky Way. There is also the Beta, Delta and Gamma quadrants. So says the Star trek scriptures. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Um, yes I know. I mean the Alpha QUADrant (i.e. one of the four) refers to the Milky Way Galaxy. The closest galaxy to ours is the Andromeda Galaxy, one of our local group. The (known) universe is billions of light years across, and we can only see the far away stars because they are uncommonly bright / technological advancements. As I recall the theory was a strange particle (literally a particle called a strange) might be created, which would in essence 'seed' a black hole by converting every other particle it touched into the same thing, thus sucking up the Earth and surroundings. If memory serves the predicted chances of this happening per an experiment were the same as winning the lottery 6 times in a row which is aproximately 1 in 7 trillion. Needless to say I'm not worried. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exactly. But those that advocate a strategy of total risk avoidance might disagree. Innumeracy: thy name is Hades.

Verily astr0creep has spake the words of truth.

He wrote The Hobbit before the war, didn't he? Does that affect the question Wals posed? The elephant in the middle of your essay is that if Tolkien died prematurely, someone else's vision of nordic myths, with or without anglo-saxon imagery (as this is a far less well known area of expertise), would be what we regard as fantasy. I doubt any single person would duplicate Tolkien's effort, and certainly not his peculiar tastes and biases.