If you are just talking about strength, it's easy enough to boost str to 19 anyway in BG, bypassing exceptional strength all together. Or you could start with a str 19 half orc. If you are looking st… (View Post)

I've noticed something about terrorists: most of them are born in the country they attack. However, quite often they are the children of immigrants. One suspects that it is the cognitive dissonance b… (View Post)

I rewatched Conan the Barbarian yesterday. Towards the end, the villain tries to charm Conan with the power of his voice. For a momant, it looks like Conan is about to succumb, but at the last moment… (View Post)

The "least well paid" don't earn anything at all, so they don't pay any income tax, so they don't benefit at all from low rates of income tax. They do pay VAT which has risen from 17.5% to … (View Post)

The thing with "austerty" is people are willing to put up with it if they think it is in a good cause, if they see it achieving something, if they can see the light at the end of the tunnel… (View Post)