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Actually, I'm pretty sure religion is mostly positive, it's just that the negative examples with people saying/doing cruel things in the name of their religion is what'll make the news.Religion is not, by itself, negative or positive. It just gets people to do negative or positive things.
And for the record, GWG is right,Note to self: Sig this, too.
Can we atleast shoot the first person that gets in our way?Unless by "gets in our way" you mean "attacks us," no.
I fail to see why this would be. If Weirdsound could give us a salient reason...but until then, Gwen's just whining or failing to realize/care that she could get souls herself if we lent her the Soulcatcher.QuoteGwendolyn also informs you that she would not be comfortable in metal armor, but at least you are able to convince her to take a helmet. You also tell her that she can go back to using her wooden swords. She sheepishly informs you that she threw a fit and snapped both of them, and will need your help collecting souls for future enchantments.
1. Not killing with a spell, killing.Quoteand the usual "spell" to get a soul involves killing someone and not a lot more.Nope, killing with spell is not enough, remember the elf we got soul from. We had to slowdown him to get his soul
Well, actually those millions were indians.Not all of them. Colonizing a new, wild land is a lot safer than living in a land when germ-laden foreigners who view you as savage heathens, but not by all that much.
The problem is that there is nothing that warrant a Martian colony, we got plenty of water, iron and hydrocarbons on earth. Maybe automated asteroid mining, but that's it.Once we start to run low on terrestrial minerals and hydrocarbons, extracting similar or the same substances from extraterrestrial sources will become quite profitable. And how do you make an asteroid mine 100% automated without making it a machine worthy of a science fiction B-movie plot?
*Look at Mars*Disagree. Humans settled Australia, they can settle Mars. They just need to be a bit more desperate and technologically advanced than Europe was when they settled Australia. After all, if you get stuck without supplies on Mars or in the Outback--even a kilometer from civilization--you're dying either way if you can't make it that last kilometer or be rescued. The only difference is how and how fast, and thirst can be a swift killer in the outback...
Well, humanity will be extinct long before it's worth settling Mars.
I'm not saying we should not settle Mars. Just that you'd have to be foolish to think it's a worthwhile economic goal.Doubtless John II thought the same thing, but Columbus went to America (albeit unintentionally) anyway. Doubtless the same question was raised for centuries. "The Conquistadores haven't found any gold; is it really worth it to keep sending them?" Despite all of this "wasted" money, America eventually became an economic powerhouse. Look at those early years of American colonialism, and compare that to a primitive Lunar or Martian base. Now imagine the latter advancing along a pathway similar to the US's, and see where it is no...in the Cold War-equivalent time.
Oh, it will. We'll just make it more interesting and less annoying.Quote+1, ideally without turning stuff to sand in the process. Speaking of which, in the future remove all items from pockets and all important clothing from body before practicing with the spear.You think that then failed rolls will not hurt us in some other way?
Enchanting need souls... And she need to put someone under effect of some spell to get that soulUm, seeing as Gwen has enchanted before, and gave us the necklace, it won't be a problem. Also, she probably has backups, we're not using the soul-catcher, and the usual "spell" to get a soul involves killing someone and not a lot more.
Where the hell did you get that idea?Well, considering it's supposed to be a religion about love, peace and acceptance or something like that, I think the bears are in fact a little extreme.You should read Cracked.com, they have pretty good stuff on badass christians. Did you know an early saint actually summoned a couple bears to maul annoying teenagers to death?Did you know Muhammad was supposed to have cracked the moon?
But no I was just saying Hinduism has some pretty off the wall badass moments. Western Monotheism seems to have it toned down a mite, what with it only being two bears.
On the other hand if you compare it with what happens in the old testament yes, it is a bit toned down. (God wanted to eradicate sin from a city; god killed people and turned a guys' wife to a *salt statue*. God wanted to eradicate sin from the planet; god plagiarized the Epic of Gilgamesh and other tales with epic floods. God wanted to show the Egyptians' gods who is the boss; god tortured and killed the Egyptians. God wanted to help move the Jews; god split the sea in half. God wanted to "clear" some land for the Jews; god sent some angels to tear down the wall of the city by shouting and then instructed the Jewish soldiers to kill everyone, including the women and children. There was a man that worshiped and loved god like no other; god tortured him and his family horribly and caused society to shun him.)Wasn't that from the Old Testament?
Still, a god that can't be bothered to search a mountain, so he returns the entire mountain is way cooler.Agreed.
I can't believe GWG survived my twin eye lasers of deadly poison cloud......I can.
Oh, like that's an indication of sanity. I mean, unless the Capitol was recently declared an asylum, I can name hundreds of nutjobs outside of asylums.Can't I atleast be called semi-sane? I mean, I'm not posting this from an asylum or anything...You're a sane Bay12er, too? Neat. How've you been?Loaded down with homework.
Note to self; watch who gets mutation powers next time so this kind of !!FUN!! always happens.Especially if they happen to be biology nerds like yours truly.
Agreed.Speaking of boons, I think now, when we have a steady mana income we should be more generous with boons...Several minor life boons could boost our farming considerably.If we do that, let first boost Eldrick life boon to first Hokage level. We did boost Azula fire boon.
