As a wizard, you can't use complex weapons that requires a lot of training. So you pick up a sling... Do you know what great advantage bows and crossbows have over slings? That you don't have to acti… (View Post)

I can understand that it can feel like that from an American perspective, but it is still simplifying a lot. Bush said similar things before the Iraq war - that other countries just wanted USA to mak… (View Post)

I've based their size on the one in the mosaic you see in the chapter introduction right before getting to the Sahuagin city. And that one looks pretty darn big. (View Post)

Damn, I had forgotten that they did Phantom :D Awesome stuff. Speaking of Nightwish, here's something from Tuomas Holopainen's incredible album inspired by Don Rosa's comic about Scrooge McDuck's lif… (View Post)

They say "oligarchs" because "business people" doesn't really describe this specific kind of billionaires with ridiculously close ties to the government (not to mention to organiz… (View Post)