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[Kadzar]

This place stands a chance to be less cultured in your absence. Sure, Bay 12 will always be classy, but, without Vector, we probably never would have taken the time to watch a bunch of pillars dance around the Notre Dame.

So long.

[Bauglir]

We'll have to do the best we can. Who here is considered a pillar of the community? We can get those poor bastards together and force them to dance around a country church at gunpoint. Basically the same thing.

[JoshuaFH]

Eating cinnamon poptarts with whip cream on top doesn't console the sadness of Vector leaving.

[MaximumZero]

That is delicious, delicious sadness.

[Max White]

Max, are you still thinking about quails?

[MaximumZero]

No, Joshua's poptarts. Also, Vector taking her hermitage. That's the sadness part. I have no words.

[Loud Whispers]

Someone please make a goodbye thread

[Vertigon]

Playing an Adventurer in DF now that it no longer crashes

So after killing a few outlaws I get a quest to kill a vampire. Excited, I set out for my new destination- but there must be a mistake! He can't be living in a human town!

So I spend 2 or 3 days hunting this guy, until I realize he's probably the only guy here with legendary skills, and looking for blinking people is easier. I finally find him and accuse him of being a night creature; probably hissing and scowling, he reveals himself and tells me to prepare for death, and then a miller chops his hand off. He drops all the trophies he's gathered; he killed 827 people. I imagine his arm as a fire hose, and the trophies being water, as he flails wildly spewing hair crowns, nail earrings, and bone amulets everywhere. I get a lucky stab in and strike him down, and I am hailed as a hero by the people.
"Go north," they told me. "Uce Somethingsomething surely has a task for a great hero such as you."
Recruiting several meat shields companions, I set out for the fortress; several tiles from town I was ambushed by +10 goblins and my party of six was cut down. God I love this game.

[Phantom of The Library]

Someone please make a goodbye thread

Done

[RedWarrior0]

If you guys have heard of Legend (a d20 game that is much more awesome and balanced than d&d 3.5), there is a Kickstarter for illustrations.

[Bauglir]

Speaking of, I apparently can't stop doing stupid shit with D&D. I decided to bring back a recurring character for a oneshot, and in reading over the race description I noticed that they are "never at risk when applying poisons to weapons." He has a bite attack, so I'm wondering if he can brush his teeth with Black Lotus Extract (the gold standard for expensive, deadly contact poisons). My conclusion is, yes, as long as he does not rinse.

[Max White]

Depends on how lawful your DM is.

[RedWarrior0]

I suppose I should have linked to the Legend website... Do we have a thread in Other Games for it?

[Gunner-Chan]

Oh hey. That's some cool stuff they have on that kickstarter thinger.

I don't think there's an other games thread, but I posted about it in the topic some weeks ago. It's definitely an awesome looking system and I'm still looking forward to playing a game in it while also designing a game world for it on my own in my spare time.

[Solifuge]

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While I think it's important to change things up in fantasy, I don't think using the name of one thing for something that is completely unlike it is a good idea. Making your goblins be basically elves will simply confuse people, and if you're going to come up with something completely different, you might as well come up with a completely new name for it. A certain amount of hate for Twilight came about because Stephanie Meyer co-opted the use of the word "vampire" for something that really barely fit the description. It seems like fantasy is a very traditionalist genre, which isn't so surprising since, in a way, it's been around for quite a while.

This is me not being offended that you just equated me with Stephanie Meyer. Am I not gracious?

More seriously, I think you missed my point entirely, and instead are letting yourself be bothered by an idea just because it doesn't derive from J.R.R. Tolkein's work. Elves, goblins, trolls, boggarts, dwarves, and so on were just different names for the same idea; mischievous little sprites who troubled people in folklore. Making them pretty and welcoming on the outside, but cold and cruel on the inside fits right in with their folklore origins... but because it doesn't agree with this established "fantasy standard," some people would have conniptions over this.

Point of interest; the name and idea behind Goblins comes from German Kobolds, which in turn are derived from Greek Kobaloi, the randy and mischievous sprites in service to Dionysus. The fact that Goblins aren't still horny, shapeshifting alcoholic faries is a complete violation of Goblin cannon... but I'd bet few people are troubled by that.

So yeah, long story short, Fantasy has been codified too heavily, which stifles creativity and bogs down storytelling. To me, having an accepted "fantasy standard" seems like a violation of the whole purpose of folklore and fairytales; to tell an obviously untrue story to others, for their entertainment and/or education.