You know... That might actually be really neat... I'm surprised I didn't really think of that.

Just think... My group could kill DV8's guys, and his guys could kill mine. Wouldn't that be fun?

All very good ideas. *jots them down*

I'm not sure what NSRCG outputs, but if I'm going to do output, then I'll see if the guys who're building NSRCG will do XML output.

If this is going to happen, it would mean I'm going to have to keep seperate records, because, to be honest, the database as it is now is in support of my gaming group, and there's no way in hell I'm going to allow them to peruse all the stats for the NPCs in my games.

Check it out:

"The new version now supports XML, XSLT, and a smaller memory footprint. This means that the program should now run on all systems. No more 'Out of resources' messages. Let me know what you think. Included is a demo XSLT translation to demonstrate XML -> HTML conversion."

That made me think of another feature: Allow submitters to upload a copy of the .SR3 file that the NSRCG generates and make that available as a link on the character's page. Then people can download the characters and easily tweak them on their own (or just quickly verify that they're legal).

This wouldn't really replace a "printable" feature since not everyone uses NSRCG to create their characters, but it would still be useful (especially when the submitter gets to his game and realizes he forgot his character at home).

Except those that aren't in any way, shape, or form Windows-based.

~J

I think the courts determined that Microsoft was a monopoly. There shouldn't be any other systems after that court order. Are there still some?

You have the ally spirit cast an area-affect spell in a crowded theatre, and then measure the diameter of the circle of the bodies. The magic rating of the ally is 1/2 the diameter in meters.

Not necessarily. The Ally Spirit could hold back dice from it's Sorcery test to alter the Area of Effect.

The _usual_ natural form of mercury is cinnabar (Mercury Sulphide) a rather pretty mineral.

Linkage -http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/sulfides/cinnabar/cinnabar.htm

However, Mercury is weird and can form its liquid state naturally.

Of course, mercury (especially the methyl-mercury compounds) are toxic in the extreme, this enhanced by it's stability and dammable persistance in the ecosystem.

It's found in many parts of the world (Funnily enough) but I though tthis could be of use to those planning a run:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0072-94/

Nothing like finding a mine that's producing naturally-radical mercury to make your day...and then the problems set in. I mean, it's HEAVY - many liquid-designed containers can't handle the density and break/burst.

And why is it there? Admittedly, mercury-bearing cinnabar isn't rare, but for liquid radical mercury?

I'd be looking around for a toxic Enchanter.

Oh - and it's rather easy to extract mercury from the cinnabar matrix - usually crushing and then heating in a vacuum works very well, Hg vapourises easily.
However, this is fraught with dangers, especially if the extraction area is actually open (Traditionally done for thousands of years.) and not vented properly.

You'd be amazed at how many of you could do this stuff in your kitchen - just becuase it's more profitable to do it in a large steel mill, etc, doesn't mean you're incapable of alchemy in the back yard.

Unless you're trying to extract aluminium, that is.


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Not to mention a possible reason why it's inlcuded in the Or (Orichalcum - has anyone tried to name it yet?) blend.

-In Ye-Olde gold rush days, it was usually easier to coat copper plates in mercury and a mixture of gold-bearing rock and then wash away the gravel. The gold-bearing mecrury would adhere to the copper, thereby extracting it.


To be honest, has anyone thrown together a radical of Plarinum yet? I mean, you have to boil the stuff in Auqa Regis and it comes out after the rocks start to go soft and mushy...

heh - Platinum Dikoted Katana with Orichalcum throughout.

"Behold! I reveal to you, the Foci of Bling!"
All: "Woooooooo...."

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