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Nice.

@clackclickbang It does sound more RPG, doesn't it?

Going back to The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien himself notes repeatedly that a mixed race party is unusual, particularly one that includes both an elf and a dwarf. So in terms of realism, it's odd that other fantasies, RPGs, etc. ever try to mimic the extraordinary multi-racial situation of the Ni...

I think the bubble idea -- battle fatigue -- makes sense, but I think a character would start taking serious damage before zero, say at 10% of toral HP.

The real question is: what spell restores hair?

IMO all those special combat moves introduced into 4 appealed more to experienced players. My groups had plenty of engaged players who when it came to combat didn't want to have to read the books, they only wanted to know what die to roll. These tended to be the non-intellectuals who wanted to p...

In the toy biz (my sister works in it), they always want it done yesterday. I'm sure Hasbro sees all this playtesting is a big nuisance. D&D is losing them money right now. They want to move product. I expect this to move really fast. Summer 2013.

@boltorange Fair's got nothing to do with it.

Cool!

@azirk83 Debate somebody who won't give me the benefit of the doubt? No thanks.

It used to be easy:

If you are a real rule geek who likes to get into all the ins and outs of a game, go for a wizard.

If you just want to be aggressive without all the book work, be a fighter.

If you like to watch and play a role as called on, be a cleric.

If you like to screw with others, b...

@riverdale999 Still does! Check out his latest album!

You can find clips of Tull playing this for French TV where Ian Anderson is playing electric guitar for a change. It's kind of fun seeing him and Martin Barre doing the harmony bits.

Despite its popularity Tull never plays this one live, apart from some of the instrumental section. Anderson ju...

There's only been one constant in all the formations of yes and that's Chris Squire. They're not so much a band as a community of musicians.

Thanks for posting this. For a band that's associated so strongly with prog rock they do some impressive boogying on this one.

I was playing this with a friend over the holidays and he played it in D, a revelation for me. I wouldn't be surprised if Simon has someone playing it in E, too, since he always loves to layer on the guitars.

On the first line of the verse he plays the same D - Dmaj7 - D7 progression, just like...

@polodemarseille It's not the same riff. The chord changes are different. The melody is different. Listen closer.

@laxer27 Battle of Evermore, I think.

What a great guitar solo!

That is the saddest sketch I've ever seen. I'm going to be thinking about those paint cans all night.

@23penguins32 Disappointing. I was talking to a friend about some of this and he said he didn't buy people who said they had paranormal experiences because they never got specific in their descriptions, keeping everything vague and mysterious. I was hoping this would be the exception I could te...

The OTHER CSN!

Stills sounds great on this one!

The paradox of Elves is that traditionally they are light-hearted and merry, able to fully enjoy the material world more fully than any other race without abuse or destruction, yet simultaneously they are wise beyond all mortals with vast experience and know well the sorrows of existence. Perhap...

The thing that drives me crazy is the way they whip the studio audience into a frenzy for every show. I don't even bother tuning in till three or four minutes into the show. They must waste a good five minutes out of 22 trying to get everybody to calm down.

It's probably great in the studio, bu...

It's not a puzzle at all. A puzzle gives you all the clues and you work it out. This is just a tricky secret door.

It's got nothing on the original.

Important note for beginners: you're only strumming the top three strings. Mute or just avoid picking the rest.

As I understand it Tony Iommi developed this style early in his days with Black Sabbath because he had cut the tip of his finger off in an industrial accident and had to come up with ...