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If that wasn't literally one of the mist/fog covered rooms (there are precisely two that have naturally occurring normal fog -- elemental rooms and th'actual mist-filled ones -- and then one with acid mist and another with nausea inducing gas), then it wasn't a surprise And if the fog was moving at all, it definitely wasn't.

Whenever you see fog, anywhere else, that means you're run into one of a very specific set of critters. Of them, something like two (One or two of the nymphs, and fog elementals. Maybe something else I'm forgetting.) aren't primary spellcasters of some sort. All the rest of them (note: This includes higher level dragons) are going to be spellcasters. So if you see a moving fog bank -- you know that's almost certainly a caster. Pray it's using a druid spell list and not a wizard's.

Really need to check the repository's issue list thingy, but speaking of that, has anyone mentioned the whole "Spellcasters generate with every bloody sustained spell they have running" thing? Higher CL wizards are the worst thing. Not necessarily because of their vicious spells or anything, but because they usually generate with somewhere in the range of multiple thousand mana worth of sustained spells running. And if you're not a caster (or willing to use wands, but good luck with that when you've ran into something running a wandweird spell that has a radius larger than your screen.), doing anything to something like that is... not very viable. You hit them, and take 30+ damage from stacked fire/death/etc. shields. You fire projectiles and hey, missile protection. You try to go reach (which usually ignores melee-ranged retaliation) and... hey, they're larger than normal and punch you in the face anyway. Also they've probably been blessed with a few hundred more HP than they have any right to have, ha.

Bloody nuisances. Usually really easy to avoid because having all those sustains up means they're a gigantic multicolored (from sphere of invuln/wandweird/etc.) rolling fog bank (obscurement), but still ruddy annoying.

Are there more D&D themed webcomics?I know there's the one that looks like it's drawn by an 8 year old, but otherwise? It's mostly just a single one here and there.

I've been reading Will Save World for Gold for a bit. Mostly a sprite comic (I guess.), but it's pretty well done. OotS is an obvious one, of course. There's at the very least a couple more I'm forgetting, as well.

Philosophers playing D&D.

Have a little more.

Ehn. Your freedom is defined by what freedoms you remove from it. Freedom unfettered is nothing.

And I kinda' ken the feeling, really. Makes me feel kinda' wistful, I think would be the right word. There is something appealing to the thought of being able to just... leave some of the details of existing to someone else. Let them handle some of the worrisome scutwork, y'know? Help carry some of the burden of choice. Tis many the day when the devil Choice is a terrible weight and a vicious yoke upon a soul.

Of course, the key word is wonderful, more than anything. Even more appealing is the thought of having someone in your life you could actually trust enough -- and who knows you enough -- to make decisions for you that will be to your benefit and happiness.

Quote from: Frumple on April 08, 2014, 09:50:09 pm

Because by the love of all gods, I am now imaging a vaguely amazon one-eyed lady swinging around a short fat man wearing bagh nakh.
It would create the most amazing mass killing headline the world has ever seen.

Fixed that for you.

I'm having difficulty envisioning how those would be attached to a steel bra, but will accept your greater expertise in the realm of environmentally hazardous crossdressing.

... I don't think most feminists really try to explain physical preference all that much. Cultural stereotypes and media bullshit is an issue and a problem, but personal tastes are still a fairly untroubled thing. Mind you, where the line between the two is, exactly, is a different question but the average feminist I've ran into is more concerned about unhealthy physical image (See: Media.) than any preference one sort of bosom or another.

Still, there's plenty of reasons, ranging from mildly creepy (YOUTH!) to fairly blasé (simple aesthetic preference with no underlying cause, attraction to other secondary or primary sexual characteristics, omnipreference of varying degrees). Liking the curves doesn't mean you dislike the straightaway, or really care which road you're motoring down. Maybe you're concerned more about where you park, I'unno.

I've yet to encounter a chocolate I could not eat, but some of the darker ones have really tempted me. I don't really have a preference, beyond "more" and "something other than dark". But I'll still eat dark chocolate, too. Normal american-style chocolate is fine. Fancy other-place chocolate is also good. Syrup, white, cheap, quality, whatever. Bring on the chocolate.

Even if I have been trying to stay away from caffeine and the moral issues that pop up from time to time regarding the chocolate industry are fairly troubling.

... again, the likely explanation, at least from what I've seen, is that it's there for more or less the same reason men have nipples. It's so strongly selected for in one sex that it happens to stick around for the rest of the species.