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Are octopi fish? It doesn't really matter, you can just combine their DNA with bats, deep sea angler fish and humans transgenically these days. Octopus genome is decoded.
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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." ~ George W. Bush
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Originally Posted by deadlegion
Tolkien that's lord of the rings right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Till
Salvatore?
Yes, LotR. Salvatore wrote epic Forgotten Realms stories and top notch science fiction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
The only Salvatore books I'd maybe recommend (within FR) would be Dark Elf trilogy, Icewind Dale trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, and Cleric Quintet. I'd sooner suggest several other FR novels though.
Aye, there are so many good FR novels. It's Salvatore's diversity as a science fiction writer too that makes his work outstanding. There are also epic Dragonlance novels by various authors, which ties into Ravenloft because of Lord Soth the death knight having conquered large swaths of it; Ravenloft has portals to all D&D worlds including Krynn and Faerun. Spelljammer D&D setting also connects Faerun to Krynn via space travel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
I hear he's gone off the rails lately. Dragonlance has a lot of novels though I've yet to get around to reading them. Ravenloft is mostly its own thing but does have the odd tie-in here and there like you mention. Spelljammer only got a sextuplet of novels as far as I know but it did get a comic and some tie-ins with other books. There's also Birthright, Dark Sun, and Mystara.
Personally, I don't care for the post-TSR novels outside a small handful of books. WotC has bungled the settings and/or left them to rot.
Don't read Dragonlance in chronological order of date published if you get around to it. Skip to the good stuff like Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman most notably in The Legend of Huma. If you have a good imagination it plays out in your head like you are virtually transported to world of Krynn as bystander of its happenings. Dark Sun always has the campaign setting foundation for Spelljammer game sessions I DM, its characters are demigods in other worlds due to alien world adaptation, psionics and technology. Spelljammer being the connection to Realmspace, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance(Krynn) and other campaign settings.
Edit:// if you are creating an all-purpose character that ties in to every campaign setting a dual-class human cleric/mage, half-elf fighter/mage/cleric or cleric/mage of Ao(overgod, first god that is alien to all pantheons) is the best spacefarer in the D&D multiverse. In Spelljammer you need both cleric and mage abilities to operate the ship's helm controls and Spelljammer connects to all campaign settings. Should also have psionic abilities if the DM allows it in under the ruleset.
Example...
Class: Cleric/Mage
Domains: Animal(empowered summoning spells feat as cleric and mage), Magic(extra mage spells as cleric spells)
Deity: Ao
Str: 14
Dex: 12
Con: 12
Int: 18
Wis: 16
Cha: 10
Feats: Tower Shield proficiency(cross class), still spell(to cast arcane spells with shield without spell failure), weapon focus(sling, for ranged attacks while using shield)
Skills: Spellcraft, Craft Weapon(to craft slings and bullets), Lore(to identify magic robes and shields), Lockpicking(cross class, to access areas that are locked while invisible which allows you to circumvent more dangerous areas. Added benefit of unlocking chests with magic items that can't be brute forced open with weapon or spell damage)
Gear: Mage robes(preferably enchanted), Tower Shield(preferably enchanted), sling, sling bullets, healing potions, full plate armor(optional, can wear it in heavy combat situation just be mindful of its weight and encumbrance), Warhammer(for melee)
Spells: Monster Summoning of each level memorized multiple times with one healing spell of each level memorized(for use in combination with healing potions to restore HP), Invisibility spells to cast summoning spells unseen, True Seeing and equivalent spells to see invisible spellcasters that can't see you and see monsters appear that see them and attack instead.
Tactics: stay invisible as long as possible to summon and heal yourself unseen, let summoned creatures do the combat until you run out of summoning spells. Finish off surviving injured opponents with sling and shield at range last, if bullets run out switch to warhammer and shield. Sling becomes best ranged attack in combination with tower shield armor class(especially +1 and above enchanted) bonus versus archers. You can use sling in melee range with shield, craft bullets from rocks whenever possible or buy them from merchants in stores.
Other: Psionics(optional)
I misread this as wash NADS at first expecting sense in a cosmos that makes none. Best restroom ever.
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"Nucular weapons." ~ George W. Bush
Funny that Dragonlance was mentioned. Just finished the twins trilogy last night. Loved these when I was a kid and they still hold up. Kinda short though. The elven nations trilogy is pretty good too which is a little more obscure and outside of the core companions books.
The entire Dragonlance series is recommended reading if you ask me, I'm partial to Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman novels. After years of wondering why there was no film based on it we got a mediocre animated movie. And awful NES games, because they also can't match the novels in epic scope or authorship. The bright spots were the PC game RPGs, back then TSR was in full effect and hitting on every cylinder. It's the nostalgia of Dragonlance that makes me revisit it in books and emulation.Quote:
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I haven't played it (on XSX) for a couple of months now I guess? My char lvl is just under 50 iirc, I got a bit bored and thought I'd take a break to wait for updates.
Haven't got into playing any other games since (I have tested some retro platform games though).
Might check it out again when I get some days off over Christmas, games like this need a decent session not just 1-2 hours of playing.
I'm concerned Fallout will turn into a drama that takes itself seriously when the undertones of the game are parody that's heavy on sarcasm. It should be dark comedy at least partially, because there is need to lighten the mood and the game does that from time to time with it's humor. The parody in it is what gives it it's charm, it provides much of the funny aspects.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
I agree with you on all of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Till
Amazon used crappy AI to do promotional art for it, corners will be cut and things will be half-assed despite more than adequate funding available. I don't have my hopes set too high so that I'm not disappointed because so far it seems more like a money grab than something that people will demand a sequel to. If it does turn out as well as the game deserves then it'll be a pleasant surprise, game to live action has a history of flops.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch