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#1 zombiegleemax Apr 09, 2004 13:47:48	My local hobby store just got a shipment in, I'm headed down to pick it up after work. Does anyone have it yet, and if so is it any good?
#2 nytcrawlr Apr 09, 2004 14:29:34	According to Amazon I'm not getting mine till the begining of May.
#3 xlorepdarkhelm_dup Apr 09, 2004 14:38:46	Sounds like typical Amazon punctuality.
#4 nytcrawlr Apr 09, 2004 14:43:40	Yeah, but it's worth the discount IMO.
#5 Oninotaki Apr 09, 2004 14:49:26	I do, I just went a bought it about 20 mins ago:D Now its off to read it........
#6 zombiegleemax Apr 09, 2004 15:01:30	Right on, I've still got an hour to go until I can get mine. FEED ME INFO, or I will unleash my puffy-shirted wookiee bards on you.
#7 zombiegleemax Apr 09, 2004 15:37:29	I picked up my copy last night. Rather than go through it all, I'll point you to the Psionics Boards, where there are many discussions on the issue. It is this WizO's opinion that the book rocketh mightily.
#8 zombiegleemax Apr 09, 2004 16:00:05	Thanks, Drake.
#9 nytcrawlr Apr 09, 2004 16:06:27	Originally posted by WizO_Drake It is this WizO's opinion that the book rocketh mightily. And I thought I was the only one that used phrases like that, lol.
#10 dawnstealer Apr 09, 2004 16:18:52	I picked up my copy last night. Rather than go through it all, I'll point you to the Psionics Boards, where there are many discussions on the issue. What's the fun in that? Then we can't hash and rehash the exact same arguments here! I'm picking up my copy once I get off work (just a few more hours.....).
#11 zombiegleemax Apr 09, 2004 22:45:23	And I thought I was the only one that used phrases like that, lol. Its just a sign of the two of you showing your ages ;)
#12 nytcrawlr Apr 09, 2004 23:32:10	Originally posted by Mach2.5 Its just a sign of the two of you showing your ages ;) Yup, the big 2 8 next month... /me shudders or something
#13 xlorepdarkhelm_dup Apr 09, 2004 23:41:01	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Yup, the big 2 8 next month... /me shudders or something Bah, I did the 28 last year. The scary thing is I'm moving back to the town I graduated high school from in time to go to my 10-year Reunion....
#14 zombiegleemax Apr 09, 2004 23:41:48	Ack! I got you beat by a few months! My 28th was the end of Feb . . . I feel so ooold, please, someone, get me my walker, I feel weak.
#15 nytcrawlr Apr 09, 2004 23:56:00	Happy belateds. /me hands Mach his walker hoping someone does the same for him when it comes to that time :D
#16 Grummore Apr 10, 2004 8:43:26	Originally posted by Mach2.5 Ack! I got you beat by a few months! My 28th was the end of Feb . . . I feel so ooold, please, someone, get me my walker, I feel weak. Dont feel weak Mach, I'm 30 here ! Btw, I dont have buy it already, but one of my friend (who bought it) told me there was no longer any psionic combat and that the psion type are just now sorcerer/wizard with different names... They seem to have only a stat modifier, no cons. modifier for psychometabolism per example... Yeah. I think I'm going to have a look a the "psy" board :D
#17 Dragonhelm Apr 10, 2004 9:03:31	Well, it looks like I'm a bit older than you guys. I'm 31, going on 32 this summer. My 15 year high school reunion should be next year. Lessee, here's some tidbits. Psionic combat is gone, but it looks like the attack and defense modes have become powers. Psychic Warriors no longer get weapon specialization. MAD is gone. Psions use Int, psychic warriors use Wis, and wilders use Cha. This is neat, because it covers all the mental stats. Powers are no longer discovered in the same "spellcasting chart" of old. In those regards, you have one column that shows you the maximum level of power that you know. Another column tells you how many powers you know at all. So as you go up in level, you can learn any power up to your maximum power level. I like this, and I find that it works better for conversions from 2e (don't snicker). Overall, I'm really pleased with what I see. In some ways, I wish psionic combat was still around, but I can always use Mindscapes combat with this. Plus, the old combat modes are there in the form of powers. I think this will be a neat resource for Dark Sun as well. Now, if we could convince the Athas.org guys to convert The Will and the Way. *slips a fiver* ;)
#18 zombiegleemax Apr 10, 2004 11:25:21	Dont feel weak Mach, I'm 30 here! I'm 31, going on 32 this summer. Heh, I don't feel so bad. But then, you know what they say, its not the years, its the mileage. In that case, I'm pushing 75 or 80 ;)
#19 superpriest Apr 10, 2004 11:27:08	I'm a month from 22
#20 zombiegleemax Apr 10, 2004 12:13:52	XXIII, going on XXIV this july.
#21 dawnstealer Apr 10, 2004 13:05:30	Turning 29 in June. Well, thank god Grumms is older than me. :D
#22 Pennarin Apr 10, 2004 15:48:57	Happy birthdays all around! (I'll be 25 this summer's end) ;) I got the XPH today and it rocks indeed.. I'll implement a lot of stuff into my Web-Project: unbodied (I'll cook-up a psionic "ceremony" to change a character into one) and thought slayers as dominated creatures. Plus there's all those kewl cross-psionic spells at the end, perfect for DS! Phrenic creatures scream DS to! The Thrallherd PrC will be perfect for my project, pushing the frontiers of the domination power. Also for the whole of the community: think of the new PC races presented in the book. Many people have imagined lands beyond the Sea of Silt, or elsewhere, that had weird races living there. Considering that optic, there are four new races presented. The xephs and maenids are basically humans, so putting them aside we are left with the elans and dromites. Elans are humans to, but a race spawning from a transformation, making them reminescent of villichi. They already have a place on athas as presented in Dragon/Dungeon as a creation of the Order. With some change in the fluff, why not? The dromite's pic is awesome and alien, good enough for DS. They could be a Rebirth race that settled far lands and escaped the attention of the Champions, at least for a while. The Champions would have gotten to them eventually, but the Rebellion occured and voilà! where' here!
#23 zombiegleemax Apr 11, 2004 21:17:01	34...nearly 35 maturaty rate of 12;) Aim to get Psionics Tuesday before work along with some Dragoneye figures.
#24 Agonar Apr 12, 2004 0:52:08	BAH! WAH! Every website I looked out could not give me a set date when this was coming out, so I went and spent my cash on the FR players guide thing. . . WAH I still have the receipt I think, maybe I will take it back, then get the Psionics book tomorrow or something. Unless I make enough in tips monday night. :D
#25 jon_oracle_of_athas Apr 12, 2004 19:54:51	Why is it that so many threads end up with age listing? Can someone explain the phenomenon? Mach??
#26 heretic_apostate Apr 12, 2004 22:21:04	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Yeah, but it's worth the discount IMO. Especially if you join EN World's Share the Love thread, and get an extra 10% off... At 30% off, it's a good deal. At 37% off (100 - 30 = 70. 10% of 70 = 7. 30 + 7 = 37%), it's a great deal... Of course, you'd have to deal with getting a half-dozen offers every weekend. (One guy ordered about 15 books, for instance. Another guy ordered all the available Buffy and Angel DVDs. I sent out a discount on the Firefly DVD...)
#27 zombiegleemax Apr 13, 2004 1:11:50	Why is it that so many threads end up with age listing? Can someone explain the phenomenon? Mach?? Umm, pre mid-life crisis shared amongst posters?
#28 zombiegleemax Apr 15, 2004 17:21:52	If anybody has any problems with his/her age, just give me a call, and I'm there to solve the problem. /me start putting up a silencer on a fully loaded Beretta...
#29 terendel Apr 18, 2004 13:25:35	Originally posted by Jon, Oracle of Athas Why is it that so many threads end up with age listing? Can someone explain the phenomenon? Mach?? Because all you folks are still too young to be secure in your ages. Based on the posts so far, it looks like I'm the old matron on this list at 36. Please, someone reassure me I am not the oldest! (Yes, I am still young enough to be insecure.) ;)
#30 nytcrawlr Apr 18, 2004 13:32:12	Originally posted by Nagypapi If anybody has any problems with his/her age, just give me a call, and I'm there to solve the problem. /me start putting up a silencer on a fully loaded Beretta... /me takes the Beretta and shoots Kid Rock with it for making a horrible Bad Company cover of one of his favorite Bad Company tunes.
#31 nytcrawlr Apr 18, 2004 13:34:58	Originally posted by terendel Because all you folks are still too young to be secure in your ages. Based on the posts so far, it looks like I'm the old matron on this list at 36. Mmmm, older woman gamer. :inlove: Damn, I'm feeling better after yesterday's episode (Ask Kam if interested). However...
#32 terendel Apr 18, 2004 13:44:00	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Mmmm, older woman gamer. :inlove: Snerk. Sorry sweety, but I'm happily married. And to a gamer, so you can't tempt me away with that. You'll have to look elsewhere.
#33 nytcrawlr Apr 18, 2004 13:52:55	Not at all, not at all, just being my usual silly self. Lucky gamer dude too, heh.
#34 zombiegleemax Apr 18, 2004 14:00:53	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Yup, the big 2 8 next month... /me shudders or something Hmm.. I'll be turnin' the big 2 2 on Tuesday. I'm a pup compared to you guys. ;)
#35 Kamelion Apr 18, 2004 14:16:23	Originally posted by terendel Because all you folks are still too young to be secure in your ages. Based on the posts so far, it looks like I'm the old matron on this list at 36. Please, someone reassure me I am not the oldest! (Yes, I am still young enough to be insecure.) ;) Sorry. Three-Five, and only just (There was some birthday cake at the time, but dastardly forces who shall remain nameless but are clearly in service to the SKs of Canada locked the thread...:sad: )
#36 nytcrawlr Apr 18, 2004 14:21:00	I think you mean the SKs of Quebec. Don't be picking on my frog bretheren man, we'll mount and army and come sack all of Holland, lol.
#37 Kamelion Apr 18, 2004 14:25:00	Quebec, Canada, it's all the colonies to me, man. Easily confused :D Sack away... if you can find it... :P
#38 zombiegleemax Apr 18, 2004 14:36:55	*grumbles something about reinstating Manifest Destiny in the U.S.*
#39 nytcrawlr Apr 18, 2004 14:41:17	/me imagines going into Amsterdam and asking where Holland is and fleeing the country pretty fast from the angry lynch mob formed
#40 nytcrawlr Apr 18, 2004 15:31:02	Originally posted by Mach2.5 *grumbles something about reinstating Manifest Destiny in the U.S.* Yeah, the native Americans benefitted so much from that. Let's not and say we did. ;)
#41 zombiegleemax Apr 18, 2004 16:28:44	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Yeah, the native Americans benefitted so much from that. Let's not and say we did. ;) This is a totally off note, but did anyone else notice that the two American archetypes were made into movies right in a row? Jesus and Manifest Destiny or The Passion and The Alamo. Just a thought. ;)
#42 draggah Apr 20, 2004 11:13:34	Jesus was American??? I haven't cracked the spine on a bible in over ten years, but I coulda sworn he was from somewhere in the middle east!! p.s. That Alamo thing was about Texans, not Americans! p.p.s. Just kidding about the Texan thing!:D
#43 zombiegleemax Apr 20, 2004 11:17:41	Originally posted by Draggah Jesus was American??? I haven't cracked the spine on a bible in over ten years, but I coulda sworn he was from somewhere in the middle east!! Nope, he's an American ;) p.s. That Alamo thing was about Texans, not Americans! Historically speaking, I believe that at that time Texas was called Tejas and it was its own country. And we all know that Texans aren't from America anyways. ;)
#44 zombiegleemax Apr 20, 2004 15:36:13	Originally posted by NytCrawlr /me takes the Beretta and shoots Kid Rock with it for making a horrible Bad Company cover of one of his favorite Bad Company tunes. Hey little boy, don't play with guns! Especially not with mine! Give it back at once! /me snaps the Beretta out from Nyt's hands But we already saw the biggest effect of the new Psi Handbook: it makes everybody a whiner about age. It has to be a special mind-influencing effect radiating from that book. An evil artifact indeed... So everybody should prepare Clarity spells before going for that book... :D Anyway does somebody know that the book's content will be in the SRD section on the Wizard webpage or not? Currently only the 3.0 version is there.
#45 nytcrawlr Apr 20, 2004 17:20:45	Originally posted by Ground_State Johnny Historically speaking, I believe that at that time Texas was called Tejas and it was its own country. And we all know that Texans aren't from America anyways. ;) You're right from the historical level. I also lived in Texas for 16 years of my life and can't take that as an insult, heh. Always told them they should succeed from the Union again.
#46 nytcrawlr Apr 20, 2004 17:22:41	Originally posted by Nagypapi Anyway does somebody know that the book's content will be in the SRD section on the Wizard webpage or not? Currently only the 3.0 version is there. Yes, give it time.
#47 zombiegleemax Apr 21, 2004 6:23:02	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Yes, give it time. Great, thanks for the info Nyt! The PsiHB is almost as core, than the PHB-DMG-MM trio, so it should be there IMHO.
#48 zombiegleemax Apr 21, 2004 7:23:32	I finally received it last night and having read through it slightly, I can say that it is a big improvement over the 3.0 version. More details to follow...
#49 xlorepdarkhelm_dup Apr 21, 2004 9:12:07	Originally posted by Nagypapi Great, thanks for the info Nyt! The PsiHB is almost as core, than the PHB-DMG-MM trio, so it should be there IMHO. Yep, I think it was WizO_Drake who said it will be next month or something. Right now, the PHB, DMG, MM and ELH are in the SRD with the old PsiHB. So, the old PsiHB will get updated with the XPH when they get to it.
#50 nytcrawlr May 04, 2004 18:23:27	Just got mine, reading it now...
#51 Shei-Nad May 04, 2004 19:46:44	Originally posted by NytCrawlr Just got mine, reading it now... SO SOON?!?!? Man, that Nyt has some connections... :D
#52 Pennarin May 04, 2004 19:53:42	Whats the prob in your town Shei? I live kinda next to you and I got it way back when... Whats your local store up to? Hording?
#53 Shei-Nad May 04, 2004 20:37:16	heheheh... Yeah, but look at the other side Pennarin. Here, we've had sarcasm for a long time, and apparently, it hasn't reached your town yet... :D
#54 Pennarin May 04, 2004 21:43:55	Outch! Touché there Shei :D Hi hi hi...
#55 nytcrawlr May 04, 2004 22:27:11