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Haven't seen it, but heard it was alright especially for a Superman movie.

I'm a sucker and preordered.

Wow, I don't even remember making this post. I was completely hammered at the time, surprisingly okay except it seems I swear more often than I usually do. I definitely am not surprised to see you go from 5th edition to 3.5 Manatee it's a natural step since it's far more intricate and allows for more options, customization, and such. Pathfinder also adds some cool classes and things that even 3.5 D&D doesn't have. Having as much customization as possible is a lot of fun since you can build basically every aspect of your character around a myriad of archetypes.

Basically one person (the DM or GM) creates the environment for the rest of the players (Adventurers) to interact with. The DM/GM will react to the actions of the players and usually try to introduce plot hooks to get them invested in a cause or plotline of some sort or the Adventurers can derail that and delve into murderhobry by just killing stuff for fun or loot. Most games usually only last a few 'sessions' and most people run these sort of things once or twice a week with a group typically with at least one GM and three to four other players but I've done it with just two players and a GM and had fun. Most people new to it find it most daunting to learn the rules and make a character since it's a lot of information to process but after that it's rather simple and you just need to keep in mind the different rules or things you can do in or outside of combat. Depending on the group you'll either be just rolling dice and murdering stuff or be expected to 'roleplay' your character which is basically like amateur acting how you think your character given your chosen personality for it (or if you choose it to basically be you but that's less fun) in a situation. Do you know what edition you're using or what rule set of setting?

In my last game Deadlands where the Civil War became a tie and weird magical shit happened in the west. My character was a piece of shit mercenary and deserter from of the Confederacy and his answer to threats wasn't 'talking it out' like some of the other members of the party. We ran into an NPC, lets call him Bob (non player character controlled by GM)  traveling with us because he about getting us a shipment of guns from his posse at their hideout. We ran into two guys on way fixing a wagon and turns out they were from a rival gang and wanted to convince us to turn Bob over to him (at this point Bob was asleep in our carriage or whatever) in exchange for a cache of guns they allegedly owned. We decide to stick with Bob and waste these guys who gave the same offer, but we wanted that Bob offered us. After we rescued him from the rival gang Bob's posse was thankful and another guy let's call him Joe offered to bring us to the guns. After a while we find we're near the rival gang's hideout and Joe explains, "Oh, we're gonna steal dem guns from them!" And that's when my guy fucking snapped and wanted to cap his ass. The Mormon in our party was a guy who stuck to his word and gave his word he'd help Bob's posse so we found ourselves in a Mexican standoff. The Mormon shot fire, wounding me and causing me to miss Joe who began to flee. The Mormon had a gun fight with the other three members of the party while I was bleeding. My dog companion leaped into the wagon and tore out that Mormon fuck's throat (really nice roll lol) and when we looked for Joe turns out he was getting his ass beat by some farmers under the rival gang's protection (they recognized him). We took the guy over to the rival gang and they gave us the guns... and we definitely didn't fess up to the fact we killed two of their guys earlier when they tried to apprehend Bob. That definitely was a pretty fun game.

Although, you do not have to use the D&D rules or format to run a similarly styled game as there's many different types of rules and settings you can use. D&D imo is really just a set of rules you can use and you do not have to use their settings while implementing it. I largely prefer Savage Worlds myself since I think it makes combat less of a snail's crawl than D&D at least in regards to 5th edition and I think it allows both the players and GM to customize the world, creatures, and players the most and it handles 'leveling' differently as well as spells. Typically the game with a set of characters ends after some sort of large goal is met or whenever everyone gets bored.

Red Sox, man.

I've heard positive things, but don't know anyone who plays it and I haven't been into MMORPGs lately.

I'm using a laptop right now!

I was told the first book was boring and slow. I think a lot of the descriptiveness of the early part of the book might be part of it but once the plot gets going it has good pacing. I still need to finish book 2... Almost done.

Fah-naak 

It's a transliteration/mispelling of the Irish gaelic of 'random'. Or 'Fahn-agh' works, too.

Someone who was wise in joining the greatest alliance ™ and working his way up in it.

I'd be happy to play. Walling and I both have run games before. I'd be happy to run one in the future, too.

Portugal because I have a decent grasp of the language and things there are pretty cheap compared to other parts of Europe I've been to.

I do not understand this, but I hereby hold the government bound to deliver on this!

There's a lot of nice memes going around this election. 

Please clap.

Undergraduate studying Political Science and Portuguese. I've worked concessions and tutored people on history and political science courses, but nothing recently. A bit tempted to get a part time job so I afford more food.

Cynyr 

16 hours ago, Infinite Citadel said:

You are the Cleveland Browns. The Browns hail from Cleveland, Ohio, and have struggled to find success since they were reestablished as a franchise in 1999 (compiling only 2 winning seasons in that time period). You are similar to the Browns because like yourself, the Cleveland Browns also have no idea about the NFL.

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Brilliant.

The French Revolution changed everything for Western civilization. The ideas and principles from the Enlightenment period were spread across Europe and the Congress of Vienna could not overturn the changes it brought forward whether it was in regards to restoring the aristocracy to the ascendency it had prior to the Napoleonic Wars or the borders of several countries in the name of the balance of power and recognizing that several of the hundreds of entities in the former HRE were obsolete as shit. Certainly the American Revolution played a role in the French Revolution, but the Napoleonic Empire is the vehicle that led to changing Early Modern Europe to reflect what Europe would become today. I believe several historians use years between 1789 and 1815 to describe the end of the Early Modern Period to the Modern Era because of how sigificant these changes were.

Several of these other empires played a role in shaping the world like the Ottoman Empire's existence helped pave the way for exploration for Western Europeans. They wanted to bypass the Ottomans rather than having to trade with what virtually all of Europe viewed as the enemy and a scourge that had to be stopped. Plus, dude, they exported coffee to Europe and how could we live today in our modern society live without coffee? Who cares about Tea and the redcoats who drink it anyway, right? They were the first to make huge use of gunpowder in the west with their bombards that helped them take Constantinople. Before the defeats in Lepanto and the 2nd siege of Belgrade they were viewed as invincible and horrifying to the European powers. Also, the Ottoman slap is pretty funny.

I think the British did an excellent job in being the role model in more or less efficient imperialism, maintaining much territory doing whatever it took to profit and rule over an impressive portion of the globe, far surpassing other Early Modern colonial powers who while relevant in the Early Modern Period had faded by the end of the Early Modern period. Spain for example had an impressive American holding in the Spanish Main and Carribbean. The Portuguese and Dutch were important in being the forerunners of trade between South, Southeast, East Asia, and Europe. Although by the end of the Early Modern period the Spanish, Portuguese, and the Dutch started to fade into the background.

Austria had an important role in European politics, especially as an important counterbalance against France and the Ottoman Empire for this period. They were also instrumental in coordinating Reactionary forces to the Nationalism of the 19th century following the Napoleonic Wars and were probably the dominant European after France's defeat in 1815 until Prussia defeated them, excluded them from German politics, and formed the German Empire. 

Qing dynasty, it was all downhill since the First Opium Wars. Also, lol Yuan Shikai.

I'd say France, Britain, Ottomans/Spanish in that order.

People thought she was for certain in 2008 until Obama stole her thunder.

I like tomato soup.

I'm cautiously optimistic for a Sanders upset despite all the endorsements for Clinton.