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CharlieRock wrote: I know longbows used different arrows then shortbows. Longbow arrows were ... longer. They were. Often three feet long, in fact. However, this was not to add to the mass of the arrow, but to increase the length of the pull. Most composite and short huting bows are pulled to the b...

I've gone by the handle Catweazle on all fantasy-oriented boards I've been a member of.

slimykuotoan wrote:
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Samuraid? That you under the fish mask?
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I found 1st Ed monsters to be perfectly workable with very little conversion.
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And people complained about Rhuvein in Red...
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<t>It's not just the bonfires. There are also a lot of fireworks. There are private affairs, local pub parties and big, big public displays. There's one at a stately home barely a mile from my house, and you can feel the earth tremble when they're going off. Thankfully, my young puppy doesn't mind t...

Remember? It's hard to forget; it's like the bleedin Somme out there tonight!

And we've had it since Friday.
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I find that trying to mix heroic fantasy and serious zoology makes my follicles ache.
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I really like these fellows:

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<t>As it turns out, Leisure Games does offer a subscription service of sorts. This is transcribed from an email I received from them:<br/> <br/> "The way we are now handling the Crusader Magazine Subscriptions is the<br/> <br/> same as the other magazines we offer.<br/> <br/> Basically when you deci...

Alcahaelas wrote: The Name of the Rose was pretty solid. I'd have to agree with that one. In fact, all it left out were bits I felt the book didn't need to begin with. I find drawn-out torture scenes wearisome, both in print and on film. _________________ History teaches us that men behave wisely o...

That book is sounding better and better.
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<t>It's so hard to narrow it down. 2001: A Space Odyssey has to rank up there, which is particularly odd when the novel and film were both made at the same time and as a joint enterprise. However, Kubrick manages to take a clear, well-written story and so completely obfuscate the fairly straightforw...

<t>Leisure Games do stock the latest issue, but it's a bit of a step from Newcastle!<br/> <br/> I usually get my stuff from Wayland's Forge. Role n Play's gone off the boil the last couple of years.<br/> _________________<br/> History teaches us that men behave wisely once they've exhausted all othe...

Malperion wrote: I don't understand these comments about what someone understands. This doesn't make the case for me that the scouring needed to be included at the end of the film ROTK to prove that Jackson got Tolkien enough to create a fair representation of the books. I agree with the previous p...

<t>Given some of my immediate ancestry, I am heartily glad to know that my genealogy has no bearing on my own character.<br/> <br/> WE are who WE are. They were who they were. We can't borrow either blame or credit from anywhere else. This life, our own mayfly moment, is our single, precious chance ...

Prince of Happiness wrote: 14 years after the fact, what's the verdict on the "Amazing Engine" system? I never owned it, played twice (for "Bughunters" - Whee!) Pretty good system, with a lot of potential. Sadly, as often happened with TSR, that potential was largely wasted. Sti...

<t>The Royal Mail has had a rocky time of late. It's not as bad as its mid-90s nadir (postmen wandering up to the door at three o'clock and later), although we have lost second post and you only get one delivery a day now.<br/> <br/> For extra conveniece and a touch more security, I get my packages ...

Your FLGS should be able to order anything you want. It might prove cheaper than shipping from the US.
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<t>When I started subscribing with issue #1, you could only do it through Leisure Games. The slightly ad-hoc publication frequency put paid to that though, and I don't think LG are offering subs any more.<br/> <br/> At least, they haven't responded to any of my enquiries so far.<br/> _______________...

Alto Banor wrote: I never read the Hobbit or LOTR completely. All three movies were excellent IMO. I think the Scourging of the Shire was removed because of what I read, it was anti-climatic. I'm not saying that a little added spice wouldn't have made it better but look what happened... The major v...

<t>No to mention the visuals. The army beseiging Minas Tirith is something like a quarter of a million strong, just to make it look impressive. The Witch-King's laghably-overinflated flail was a ridiculous piece of overkill which I hated on sight. Made the silly sod look like a Citadel figure.<br/> ...

<t>Did I mention the shining and stainless nobility of studio execs? <br/> <br/> To be honest, anything that keeps that vandal away from The Hobbit is OK by me. The rest of the team did a sterling job, and they deserve another crack at it, but it all succeeded despite PJ's attempts to improve the st...

Do not meddle in the affairs of directors, for they are egocentric and quick to tantrums.
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torren wrote: I totally feel your pain...last time i had a tooth pulled the oral "surgeon" broke the top part off about the time the pain meds wore off and b/c he had his hand in my mouth he couldn't hear me trying to tell him to stop and give me more...then he proceeded to yank the 3 roo...

<t>*melts*<br/> <br/> *pulls self together*<br/> <br/> Aw, he is just beautiful. No wonder she wants the credit. Still, she can boast and brag and carry on as much as she likes, but he's your dog. Your big, bonny, bostin' dog.<br/> _________________<br/> History teaches us that men behave wisely onc...

<t>EDIT: I'm probably just being a bit puritanical. Never mind.<br/> <br/> Perhaps we can lay off the lawyer group-attacks? This forum may tolerate such things, but it's not a classy way to behave.<br/> _________________<br/> History teaches us that men behave wisely once they've exhausted all other...

Rhuvein wrote: That's awful. Sorry to hear about this. May she Rest In Peace. Sod that; if there is an afterlife, I hope she gets to wield the hot tongs and the bucket of soapy frogs for them when they finally join her in the Hereafter. _________________ History teaches us that men behave wisely on...

Treebore wrote: ...The only penalty is that it takes time to get your soul/spirit back to your character. Your character which mysteriously was not robbed/touched, even if you quit playing and came back a day or two later... So he is an idiot. Not even shaved? _________________ History teaches us t...

<t>While it may be OK to sketch in a few strokes as an example, the cosmology should reflect the setting, not the core rules. Hell, I generally have five elements, for example. Or four elements and seven tinctures, depending on who you ask.<br/> _________________<br/> History teaches us that men beh...

PIperdog wrote: Now, I have become very much like a Crusader, preaching the Gospel of TLG to all the heathen gamers out there, forcing conversion at swordpoint. Don't forget to sack Constantinople while you're at it! _________________ History teaches us that men behave wisely once they've exhausted...