There's a common house rule that your strength bonus is capped by the maximum on the weapon, so you can't get more than +3 bonus on the darts.
That's still +9 damage, divisible amongst opponents (+15 at higher levels), which is pretty sweet.
As far as house rules go, the one I like best is for crossbows: bow-strength rules apply (so there are damage bonuses), but anyone can crank a crossbow as long as they are within X number of places on the str chart (or more places traded for more time if using a ratchet & pulley system). It makes crossbows into the killing machines they're supposed to be instead of piddly 1d4 damage.
A lot of people's complaints of 4e is that they basically made a pen and paper version of WoW. Hopefully 5th edition is more like 3.5e which is where they really got D&D right (IMHO IMHO).
No joke. Just re-release OD&D with a reverse THAC0 and everything'll be cool. Keep it simple!
Tip: If you're a fighter, specialize in darts. First, they're distance weapons. You get 3 attacks per round at first level, and each attack gets your strength damage bonus. (1d3+bonus)x3, plus the ability to spread it out amongst multiple weak enemies, and you can build to 5 attacks per round. Also, since it's a thrown weapon, you get str and dex to-hit bonuses. Beats a fighter with a 2-handed sword easily.
it's located someplace that we're not going to be able to verify the results.
The laws of physics work the same way there that they do here...you don't actually have to go there to know how light will pass through the atmosphere...
How do you know the laws of physics work the same way there without being able to verify the results?
FrontMotion offers a customized version of Firefox (FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition) that supports lockdown via Group Policy. My company has been using it for years, and it meets our needs perfectly.
That's nice. There are guys in Chinese software bazaars that offer customized versions of Microsoft products that use different installers. I trust them just as much.
Have they fixed the Mac OSX version's silent upgrade issue where it tries to open a GUI on the screen (thus failing when you SSH into a machine and try to update it)?
You might consider a touchscreen netbook then. My ASUS EEE-PC T91 may not be as thin, technically powerful, or user friendly as an iPad, but it has a keyboard and came with Windows XP so my app store is the WHOLE FREAKIN' INTERNET!
And talk about ease of use! His app store uploads software to him while he surfs the web!
I actually own one of these tablets, and considering the amount of various faults and bugs this device (and especially it's accompanying dock/keyboard) has, I would *never* want to lose my warranty, considering that I've had to send it back for repairs twice.
You've sent back a Transformer Prime (released less than two weeks ago) back twice already? Liar.
LOL. That's why my Linux machines all auto-update and reboot in the middle of the night if they detect a new kernel has been installed, whereas I have to use scanning software to upgrade my Windows machines manually (because they won't auto-update everything correctly, even the OS updates sometimes).
Not to mention many of these companies have devoted years of man-hours writing code for this platform and they're not about to waste years porting it.
I bought my netbook with XP in 2009. Where's my decade of support?
OK, I long ago wiped XP and replaced it with Linux, but the point stands: XP is not an 'ancient OS', it was still being sold new only a year or two back.
It's being supported until 2014. That's pretty generous compared to most Linux distros unless you installed some sort of long term support version (and even Ubuntu LTS is only 3 years). I can't imagine CentOS 5 Workstation being very fun on a netbook.
The problem is that their 7 year old computers running XP have 1 GB of RAM and 40 GB hard drives. So upgrading to Win7 would mean $100-$150 for the OS, plus $500 for new hardware. They're unwilling to pay that when the XP box does everything most of them need
Like continue working for another 7 years? Despite your assertion that business computers last 5-15 years, most are seriously pushing it around 7 years. Once the 5 year mark hits, computers start failing in groups. Sure, you can frankenstein them for another few years, but it gets harder when they all start failing with the same components like HDD or Mobo. Once 7 years rolls around, unless you've ditched the old computers, you'll have an extremely heterogeneous environment with all of the one-off replacements; and that means no more frankensteining.
Many business I know of are still using XP on their desktops. I guess often due to specially written apps, or just that the mandate to change has not yet come from upon high.
Or FDA approval process. You get to run "brand new, out of the box" five year old computers with the OS they came with, because that's the computer the test team validated. Next year, maybe you'll get new computers with Vista!
And unless you've got huge seriously bleeding gashes, it's not an attack, but mere play. Cats don't have a good sense of how far they can go during play; they think they're pulling their punches, but those claws are so sharp they still hurt.
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But I was doing the same thing in 1995 with cron and vacation.
There's a common house rule that your strength bonus is capped by the maximum on the weapon, so you can't get more than +3 bonus on the darts.
That's still +9 damage, divisible amongst opponents (+15 at higher levels), which is pretty sweet.
As far as house rules go, the one I like best is for crossbows: bow-strength rules apply (so there are damage bonuses), but anyone can crank a crossbow as long as they are within X number of places on the str chart (or more places traded for more time if using a ratchet & pulley system). It makes crossbows into the killing machines they're supposed to be instead of piddly 1d4 damage.
A lot of people's complaints of 4e is that they basically made a pen and paper version of WoW. Hopefully 5th edition is more like 3.5e which is where they really got D&D right (IMHO IMHO).
No joke. Just re-release OD&D with a reverse THAC0 and everything'll be cool. Keep it simple!
I'm just finally mastering the 2nd edition rules.
Tip: If you're a fighter, specialize in darts. First, they're distance weapons. You get 3 attacks per round at first level, and each attack gets your strength damage bonus. (1d3+bonus)x3, plus the ability to spread it out amongst multiple weak enemies, and you can build to 5 attacks per round. Also, since it's a thrown weapon, you get str and dex to-hit bonuses. Beats a fighter with a 2-handed sword easily.
it's located someplace that we're not going to be able to verify the results.
The laws of physics work the same way there that they do here...you don't actually have to go there to know how light will pass through the atmosphere...
How do you know the laws of physics work the same way there without being able to verify the results?
It will be a Magic or Yu Gi Oh clone, complete with card based rules. D&D died after 2nd ed AD&D.
XO<3 is like a little kid with a heart above the head. "kids love OLPC!"
They even fail at marketing.
that is not an ordinary every day occurrence that draws no interest, except possibly from thieves.
But you have read about the TSA thievery of electronic equipment?
My bet is ECF requires IE < 8
FrontMotion offers a customized version of Firefox (FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition) that supports lockdown via Group Policy. My company has been using it for years, and it meets our needs perfectly.
That's nice. There are guys in Chinese software bazaars that offer customized versions of Microsoft products that use different installers. I trust them just as much.
Have they fixed the Mac OSX version's silent upgrade issue where it tries to open a GUI on the screen (thus failing when you SSH into a machine and try to update it)?
Mathematics says 8 > 0. Lies, damned lies, and statistics, ya know.
ASUS should just laugh at Hasbro. A tablet computer is not a toy. It is especially not a transformable robot action figure.
You might consider a touchscreen netbook then. My ASUS EEE-PC T91 may not be as thin, technically powerful, or user friendly as an iPad, but it has a keyboard and came with Windows XP so my app store is the WHOLE FREAKIN' INTERNET!
And talk about ease of use! His app store uploads software to him while he surfs the web!
I actually own one of these tablets, and considering the amount of various faults and bugs this device (and especially it's accompanying dock/keyboard) has, I would *never* want to lose my warranty, considering that I've had to send it back for repairs twice.
You've sent back a Transformer Prime (released less than two weeks ago) back twice already? Liar.
One for work and one for fun.
Plus you get your photo on the "refuse service" wall like a local celebrity!
"Linux is free if your time is worth nothing."
LOL. That's why my Linux machines all auto-update and reboot in the middle of the night if they detect a new kernel has been installed, whereas I have to use scanning software to upgrade my Windows machines manually (because they won't auto-update everything correctly, even the OS updates sometimes).
Not to mention many of these companies have devoted years of man-hours writing code for this platform and they're not about to waste years porting it.
Now that, I'll buy.
I bought my netbook with XP in 2009. Where's my decade of support? OK, I long ago wiped XP and replaced it with Linux, but the point stands: XP is not an 'ancient OS', it was still being sold new only a year or two back.
It's being supported until 2014. That's pretty generous compared to most Linux distros unless you installed some sort of long term support version (and even Ubuntu LTS is only 3 years). I can't imagine CentOS 5 Workstation being very fun on a netbook.
The problem is that their 7 year old computers running XP have 1 GB of RAM and 40 GB hard drives. So upgrading to Win7 would mean $100-$150 for the OS, plus $500 for new hardware. They're unwilling to pay that when the XP box does everything most of them need
Like continue working for another 7 years? Despite your assertion that business computers last 5-15 years, most are seriously pushing it around 7 years. Once the 5 year mark hits, computers start failing in groups. Sure, you can frankenstein them for another few years, but it gets harder when they all start failing with the same components like HDD or Mobo. Once 7 years rolls around, unless you've ditched the old computers, you'll have an extremely heterogeneous environment with all of the one-off replacements; and that means no more frankensteining.
Many business I know of are still using XP on their desktops. I guess often due to specially written apps, or just that the mandate to change has not yet come from upon high.
Or FDA approval process. You get to run "brand new, out of the box" five year old computers with the OS they came with, because that's the computer the test team validated. Next year, maybe you'll get new computers with Vista!
And unless you've got huge seriously bleeding gashes, it's not an attack, but mere play. Cats don't have a good sense of how far they can go during play; they think they're pulling their punches, but those claws are so sharp they still hurt.
And created by worshipers of SATAN
Maybe... ftp://ftp.uni-magdeburg.de/pub/mirror/hpux.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/Networking/Admin/satan-1.1.1/satan-1.1.1.man.html
Not understanding numbers is as harmful as not being able to read.
I've got five reasons why I am able to read:
1) I have read blood
2) I have read sports car
5) I have read fruit punch
Counterargument?
That's actually an appropriate place for a comma assuming that he had his sig turned on at one point.
cheers,
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