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| Registered | Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 21 2005 05:08
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Actually, I don't turn it off on the new PC, and don't have trouble. But then again, it is a lot faster. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 21 2005 05:07
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quote:Actually, we were talking about "sentient things". I'm avowedly agnostic, and from the premise that it is sentience that matters, I did not distinguish between human beings and deities. Then again, you're right about Gods. Mainly because a God, being much more powerful, can wreak a whole lot more havoc, and, being immortal, usually lacks that dash of humility that might put all that worshipping into perspective. Plainly, it'll be much harder to find a God who doesn't want to be worshipped than a human. quote:I did not suggest Culture did not evolve, just that it did so faster. :) [ Friday, January 21, 2005 13:11: Message edited by: Of Valinor and Eldamar ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 21 2005 04:39
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I use a crappy and badly installed version of Stuffit. If you show me a link where I can get winrar (or is that included with Windows?), I'll probably have it open in no time. I wrote the post above before I tried to open the file. :P [ Friday, January 21, 2005 04:40: Message edited by: Of Valinor and Eldamar ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 21 2005 04:36
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Worship of worthy people who do not want it is not a unilaterally bad idea (as long as it does not corrupt them). People worthy of worship usually have a lot of trouble in their lives and could probably go with a token of appreciation. :P --- I see "evolution" used with reference to culture. Note that originally it referred to biological and physiological development of species, not mental and cultural development of civilizations. The latter happens a lot faster than the former. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 23:44
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On my old XP computer, it regularly froze the entire pc forcing me to pull the plug, or alternatively caused the pc to pretend I had pressed the reset button. But that says nothing, because it regularly did that with all games. No problems now. And I have never had any health bar failing to update for any character or creation on any machine. It sounds weird; perhaps there was some program running in the background interfering? -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 23:44
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On my old XP computer, it regularly froze the entire pc forcing me to pull the plug, or alternatively caused the pc to pretend I had pressed the reset button. But that says nothing, because it regularly did that with all games. No problems now. And I have never had any health bar failing to update for any character or creation on any machine. It sounds weird; perhaps there was some program running in the background interfering? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 23:37
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Actually, there is one thing I noticed which is not strictly speaking a bug as such, but rather an annoyance that you can avoid if you know about it. The floor/terrain outside the town boundaries uses the last row of squares inside the town boundaries and repeats it forever in line of sight. This means that, when placing frills, you have to watch out that no frills are placed in the outermost rows, because the effect will be a long row of the same frill continued as far as the eye can see (looks highly artificial). The problem is mostly with the "Place Random Frills" option, which has to be followed by a manual sweep of the outer rows. Perhaps this effect could be modified to only affect the area two squares in from the town boundary... -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 23:37
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Actually, there is one thing I noticed which is not strictly speaking a bug as such, but rather an annoyance that you can avoid if you know about it. The floor/terrain outside the town boundaries uses the last row of squares inside the town boundaries and repeats it forever in line of sight. This means that, when placing frills, you have to watch out that no frills are placed in the outermost rows, because the effect will be a long row of the same frill continued as far as the eye can see (looks highly artificial). The problem is mostly with the "Place Random Frills" option, which has to be followed by a manual sweep of the outer rows. Perhaps this effect could be modified to only affect the area two squares in from the town boundary... -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 20:30
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Aran re-read his post, and came to the realization that with the right premise, one could come to the conclusion he is inferring Waffle Guy is a newbie. That is only a joke however, as Alo said. Still, taking offense at being called a newbie, in joke or not, is also one of the marks of ne--- ah well, who cares? [ Thursday, January 20, 2005 20:32: Message edited by: Where twilight lies upon the knees ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 20:27
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"I cannot read the fiery letters." "There are few now who can. The letters are Korean, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Desperance, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: I hate this thread. I want it to close. How can you not go and choke yourself for making such a senseless topic?" -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 20:20
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quote:Of course, the riddle is: Do they enjoy not enjoying these things? If you are a Puritan, does it give you pleasure to keep pleasure out of your life? It is then a pleasure to be a Puritan, and thus a contradiction in terms? Am I too tired? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 13:54
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Again, thanks very much. :) That makes only 3 gaps left open. Edit: A preliminary table of PPP2 is now finished. It begins at 1651, because earlier topics are so far strewn in their numbers that I would rather wait until the PPP1 is also filed. First column is unique thread number (this topic here has number 2188, it's in the URL above), second is status (deleted, saved or partially saved), the third is the project (PPP1 or PPP2), then thread title, number of pages, number of posts. Edit: Trust me to mess the topic number up. Of course its 2188, not 2189. [ Thursday, January 20, 2005 23:07: Message edited by: Where twilight lies upon the knees ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 13:51
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While I am by no means proficient at Japanese, my humble knowledge of the Desperic Dialect tells me that Alec was expressing his distaste at this topic, that he has never heard of BitDefender, and that he feels the entire thread to be irrelevant. That said, I haven't heard of BitDefender either. I used Norton for a month, then grew tired of its constant nagging to buy a subscription, and switched to AntiVir. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 13:18
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Thanks a bundle, Kel. :) 2 (soon to be 3) off the list, 4 to go. Edit: PPP2 has now been completely catalogued; it is unlikely further pages are going to be discovered as missing (Newer threads than the newest of my PPP2 archive may have been stored, but that doesn't matter since all those threads are still on the forum). I'm working on sorting PPP1. Edit II: I have recovered the PPP1 thread from the PPP2 archive (ironic...). quote:I wondered at first how Page 13 failed to be added, while 10-12 survived, being done by the same person. quote:Kel picked up on that then, and saved 10-12 (DP didn't finish 12). So my guess is either Plah has page 13, or it is truly lost. Edit III: Sent him a PM. He doesn't come here regularly though... if it shows as unread in a week, I will email him. [ Thursday, January 20, 2005 13:41: Message edited by: Where twilight lies upon the knees ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 11:56
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Technical Character Description: (Contains only in-game information) Name: Daryl Mycroft Species: Human Advantages: Magically AptCaveloreDisadvantages: FrailAbilities:Health: 35Spell Points: 25Main Statistics*:Strength: MediocreDexterity: GoodIntelligence: GreatWarrior Skills**:Edge Weapons: ExcellentBashing Weapons: UnskilledPole Weapons: UnskilledThrown Missiles: UnskilledArchery: SkilledDefense: MasteryMagic Skills:Mage Spells: 5Priest Spells: 0Mage Lore: 10Alchemy: 17Item Lore: 9Other Skills**:Disarm Traps: 2Lockpicking: 4Assassination: 0Poison: 0Luck: 6(*in that order: Low, Mediocre, Good, High, Great) (**in that order: Unskilled, Basic, Skilled, Excellent, Mastery, Grand Mastery)Possessions:light leather armorrough grey cloaka steel shortsword (the necessary cliche-heirloom)a pair of bootsa cavewood bow, but no arrows.two medium energy potionsa silver ring without any magical powers (also an heirloom).a sack of 50 gold pieces (sum these up I guess)20 units worth of food.A more thorough Roleplaying Character Description will be posted later. (Edit: Changed the sword and bow to more believable sizes. You don't lug around over a hundred of steel and wood if you're going to do most of your fighting with magic.) [ Monday, January 24, 2005 14:05: Message edited by: A wanderer, escaped from night ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 11:35
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I had thought it had only 8 pages. I have currently 5; any beyond pages 1-5 is missing. And no, you're the first to respond as you can see, so I haven't received anything yet. :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, January 20 2005 10:40
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That probably means I make two CDs, one IC one for the rolelplay, and one OOC for you to make up the stats. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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—Arancaytar, who thinks it is only arrogant if you can't use the m-dash. Besides, it is dangerous to talk about arrogance to Alorael if you still intend to walk through a street after night time and survive... -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 19 2005 21:27
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It's in human nature to think in Good/Evil terms. You can't abolish the binary thought, you can only suppress it with the neutral point of view. If you do try to abolish it completely, we will be totally disoriented. We need a basic idea that we can latch on to that we see as absolute good or absolute evil. It's up to us to make that idea what we want, but I don't think you're able to live without one. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 19 2005 20:02
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quote:In fact, learning to neither copy nor chide Alorael's signature is one of the marks of outgrowing newbiehood. :P Edit: —Arancaytar, who can indeed do it properly, but still would prefer not to. Being a newbie is one thing, never living to become an oldbie is another. [ Thursday, January 20, 2005 03:51: Message edited by: Where twilight lies upon the knees ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 19 2005 13:08
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If you will remember, RC has got the PPP1 archives here. They start on page 5, which makes sense since anything more recent at that time did not get deleted (some of that stuff went in the second purge and is now in the PPP2). However, as you progress down the pages, you find that Page 13 of General PPP1 is missing. Rather than attribute this to superstition, I believe that it either failed to be saved or did not get sent to RC. Edit: Desert Plah sent me page 13 and its contents. All resolved. *** Also, the PPP2 files include several old topics that Alec revived prior to starting PPP1, that were then locked. Among these is topic number 829 (titled 'Wut do u look like?"), of which only the first five pages were saved (probably my fault). Since several people saved parts of General (this is where redundancy might pay off), it might be that the rest of this has been saved. If so, mail it to arancaytar@web.de . This also goes for the following topics, insignificant though they seem: 855: Favorite (poll result)901: PNN-Live from Grenada (page 1)1682: My Representative (page 2)Especially the poll results were probably lost because it was impossible to see the result once it got locked, so I don't think anyone has them. Besides, all of this (apart, possibly, "from Wut do u look like") is probably mind-bendingly obsolete. Still, I like to keep things as complete as possible. Also, I am still sorting through the archive with a fine-tooth comb and compiling a thread list. Assuming I can find a good hosting plan for it (currently looking at the domain pied-piper.net with lustful eyes). Won't be long now. :) Received: 829: 'Wut do u look like?" (page 6,7,8)1705: BoA and BoE (poll result)1716: Mayday (poll result)Page 13 of General PPP1 [ Tuesday, January 25, 2005 05:20: Message edited by: To haven white he came at last ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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On the other hand, if we use the starting set of skill points in Exile 2, we end up with our characters far too underpowered. I don't want to spend long posts in this RP just leveling up, that's for computer games, not rps. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 19 2005 08:04
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Boredom is not the root of evil, in as much as progress is not the root of evil. What both are used for may, under some circumstances, be classified as such, but it's like saying metal is evil because you can make guns from it. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 19 2005 08:00
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Not much longer, the rate at which it's growing. Polaris certainly has the longest active one in the Spiderweb network currently. I also like posting in about to be locked topics. Citrus fruits. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 19 2005 07:26
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Are there limits to these stats? Opening them seems to invite God-characters... -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |