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Dear [],
The Embassy of Cheliax offers our condolences on your loss. As according to the final requests of the deceased, you are hereby invited to attend the funeral of the honorable Sir Nicolo Cosma, Hellnight of the Order of the Gate and honored servant of Queen Abrogail the Second. The service will be held at House Henderthane in Egorian on the 26th of Arodus.
Our condolences,
This is the letter you receive near the beginning of Arodus, from whatever stronghold the empire has near wherever you happen to be. Of course, even though they say it's optional, it's probably best to play it safe. Especially when there are Hellknights involved.
You knew Nicolo in life, of course. Somehow he did you a favor, even if you never really knew him- then again, maybe you did. A dignified, scholarly old gentleman, he was just as much a devil with a sword as one would expect from his order, and yet he was known to show mercy on occasion. And he tended to find himself in the company of rogues whenever he was off hunting down ancient artifacts and knowledge [Indianna Jones style]. Due to this and his contacts as a member of the Order of the Gate, you really have no idea who else might show up at his funeral.
The Setting
Golarion is a mish-mash of all sorts of things, mostly inspired by old pulp fantasy and sci-fi. The official version is fairly high-fantasy, with mages around every corner, but the version for this campaign is much more like Westeros, or Lankhmar. Magic (and monsters) exist- but you guys don't know that (shush) (unless you happen to be a mage or a monster youself). I'll be taking some cues from World of Darkness. The major exception to this style is that there are many races, and no one thinks that's very strange. Though different races do have a hard time understanding each other at all most of the time.
Race is, of course, one of the most important aspects of your character. You may choose any race here. I'll be changing quite a bit of fluff, but that's mostly a concern if you're playing an elf. I'm changing the stat bonuses so you'll get a total of +0 at character creation. Once you have a race, I'll notify you of any changed fluff or mechanics.
Terminology: I noticed through my last campaign that PCs would refer to the different mechanics of, say, witches versus sorcerers or oracles. In this-Golarion, even if you happen to be a spellcaster yourself, it's likely it affected your life much like rogue unknown superpowers versus something quanitfiable, and even if you come from an occult background, there is no accepted terminology over the planet. Someone could use the terms 'sorcerer' and 'witch' and 'druid' interchangably and be perfectly correct.
Everything Else: near everything the srd is fair game. As for technology, primitive firearms are available, but if you play a gunslinger make sure to look over Alkenstar on the wiki.
Character Creation, in short, is standard Pathfinder (4d6, drop the lowest) with the exception of race ability modifiers. Alignment, as per usual in my games, does not exist. We will be using this method of leveling, meaning you are encouraged to record XP, but it's unlikely that we will use it.
I will be keeping an eye on this thread and, provided there's enough interest, will select a party once there's enough submissions (bare-bones backstory, motives, an idea for a build) that fit my idea for the campaign. I don't know precisely how long that will take. If you have any questions, feel free to ask or send me a message.
Thank you for your time.
I created this character (or a version of him earlier for something else that was not actually open to the public, (My mistake really). But hes but a simple human gunslinger from Alkenstar. (I will need to reread up on all the Alkenstar fluff) He would be a little world weary at this point, a bit of a cynic and a skeptic but the kind of person who would love to be disproven. He trusts what he can see and what he can test, which is why he trust his gun and his blade.
I love the westeros-esque magic setting idea by the way. Let me roll for ability scores and work on the crunch and I will post a more thorough background on him tonight.
score1: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 2) = 13 11
score2: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 1, 6) = 17 16
score3: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 5, 4) = 1412
score4: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 2, 3) = 1211
score5: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 1, 6) = 1716
score6: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 6, 5) = 1514
hmm not bad at all. Now to work on the juicy parts.
One question would we be using traits (If setting appropriate) as normal?
|Lyle Rihannsu
Very interested in this, I have to proffer Lyle Rihannsu, Tiefling Magus. Would be some excellent RP in returning to Cheliax, as from his backstory. Apologies for the length of it by the way, I sat down to write something small and it... snowballed.
4d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 6, 1) = 11=10
4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 1, 6) = 19=18
4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 4) = 12=11
4d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 5, 2) = 13=11
4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 1, 1) = 8=7
|Irizati Calhoun
4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 1, 5) = 12 11
4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 5, 4) = 18 14
4d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 3, 5) = 19 16
4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 4) = 14 12
4d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 5, 4) = 20 17
Nice spread
Also, net +0 to abilities? They're all net +2, normally. Assuming that for all the other you add another -2 somewhere, what happens humans who normally have a varying stat?
|Irizati Calhoun
If it was not for my good faith, I would say "Well, looks like tiefling and aasimar are on that page" But I can guess that you are looking at the core races (especially since some of the races from the Advanced Race guide would have Spell-like abilities, thus it would kind of ruin the "secret magic" thing)
I found this hard to get too: the SRD has every source jumbled together. It does luckily list third party material, but later, possibly controversial source books still get in.
Try the PRD for specifying getting specific.
I will be factoring out the humans' plus +2. Also, this campaign is likely to be very RP heavy.
Magic? No, no, no... magic doesn't exist! But, of course, there are some things those weird 'aliens' can do that science (still pretty vague at this point) can't explain. Some of the very magic-dependent races either will not be available to play (for the most part, they're the exceptions, so I'll say if you happen to choose one of those races) or, like the werewolves or vampires in WoD, they're perfectly well aware of the magic they are capable of; they just don't want anyone else to know, assuming that they're the only ones so gifted.
In this setting, part-demihumans that can't be easily identified are called either tieflings or aasimars.
|Irizati Calhoun
Werewolves? Hogwash little lady. I've heard many a strange tale in my day. And not one of 'em couldn't be attributed to a clever person taking advantage of the superstitious. And Vampires? I suspect you read far to many dime novels. Most of what's print aint fit to be, the printing press is going to ruin this generation.
One more thing I forget to mention last post; we will not be using traits, unless you see fit to 'buy' the starting two with a feat. For the occurrence of different levels in the NPC populace, I'm using the essay Calibrating Your Expectations as a vague guideline.
Large magical phenomena, such as the Mana Wastes and the Worldwound, do exist and for the same reasons as they do in canon Golarion. However, here they tend to spawn more natural-seeming disasters and so those people who do run into demons are too far into the place to escape alive and spread reliable tales. Anything that's not a monster in the myths is liable to be called an 'angel' or a 'demon'; of course, people don't believe in monsters beyond dangerous wild animals (which may include creatures definitely not seen IRL, if they're not notably magical beasts they count). The various supernatural beings and afterlives get tangled together and jumbled and generally not believed in (I have my own Great Beyond that I will be using). Some bloodlines preserve knowledge of what their unnatural ancestor probably was.
The fall of Aroden's faith is attributed to political shifts. However, the existence of the gods is one of the things people will believe in. As it is IRL. Contact by the deities' heralds is recorded, if one can trust the priests.
Yes, the srd is not %100 reliable, but it's reliable enough for me; I trust that I can make sure nothing gets too far out of hand. I'm perfectly fine with people restricting themselves to the PRD.
Both characters look great so far. Arkwright, Lyle will likely have had to hide his arcane ability lest he get chased by villagers with torches or locked up in Cheliax's weapons laboratories as an experiment. Also, any sort of magic wand would be a very special secret even in a family of documented aasimars or tieflings. The difference between 'aasimar' and 'tiefling' in normal Common is that the former is used for 'beneficial' 'mutations' by the general populace, while the latter is used for 'detrimental' 'mutations'. Tieflings or assimars or those related to them are considered unclean/special anyway. And that's not even counting what the religious folks say.
|Lyle Rihannsu
|Lyle Rihannsu
|David Pearl
I think I'll be will to play, I have a half-elf Rogue/Ranger. I'm thinking of making my character based a lot of his race and class then expand off of his personality from there.
I'm using my character off of my profile, Davak Perennial.
Rolled Ability scores:
|David Pearl
4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 3, 5) = 13
4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 1, 3) = 9
4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 6, 5) = 23
4d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 3, 2) = 12
4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 1, 4) = 11
4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 6, 1) = 19
If I have to re-roll for proof, then this is what I got.
This sounds like a really interesting campaign
Lets see what the random number generator gods give me :
4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 4, 1) = 14 13
4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 3, 3) = 13 11
4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 2, 1) = 10 9
4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 2, 2) = 10 8
4d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 4, 4) = 15 14
4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 6, 3) = 13 12
Hmmm, I'll have to think about this :)
|David Pearl
Hmm, if I use those then I'll use:
|Black Dow
Dotting for interst. Rolling the bones o' fate:
4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 4) = 10 - 9
4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 5, 1) = 16 - 15
4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 5, 5) = 16 - 14
4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 5, 3) = 16 - 13
4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 2, 5) = 13 - 12
4d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 5, 2) = 18 - 16
And they are pretty kind...
So far we've a possible
Gunslinger - Human
Magus - Tiefling
Rogue/Ranger - Half Elf
Thinking of maybe a Divine based character - Druid? Cleric?? Inquisitor??? Oracle???? Mmmmm... decisions, decisions...
|Lyle Rihannsu
I am genuinely very sorry about this, Yucale, but I am going to have to change my back story. I wrote the original one for a female character, and for one who was evil, and I'm just having writer's block about imagining trying to RP Lyle as a Good male yet with the same back story.
Consequently i've written a new one, now in the profile.
I realize the heavy use of magic elements may make it somewhat unsuited for this campaign, willing to change them to have Marcel mostly studying alchemy or the like (at least according to the townsfolk) if you would prefer, or any other changes that would make him more suitable.
|Black Dow
Lyle's backstory works fine in general; Marcel could well have been a traveling mage, maybe even have three levels in a spellcasting class. He certainly wouldn't have ever encountered an archdemon. Any demonic or diabolic (he wouldn't have been able to tell the difference, whatever arcane school of thought he belonged to) servants he had would probably about half consist of particularly ugly monsters from the Prime Material. However, yes, Lyle would've grown up around magic. Anyone away from Marcel's tower would've probably thought him a harmless eccentric, and even when Marcel adventured only a few people would openly credit him with 'magic powers'. For what Lyle took with him from the tower, he'll have already used most of the scrolls of considerable power. There might be a few more his pack; then again, they might all be duds or notes or using arcane techniques incompatible with Lyle's magic. We'll see.
And Lyle would know by now not to talk openly about his childhood, if he doesn't want to get locked in a madhouse eventually.
If I have to re-roll for proof, then this is what I got.
I think you forgot to drop the lowest...
|Lyle Rihannsu
|Enchanter Tim
Interested. Let's see what the dice give me.
4d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 5, 3) = 15 14
4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 1, 5) = 18 17
4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 1, 6) = 16 15
4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 2) = 10 9
4d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 2, 4) = 16 14
4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 4, 4) = 14 11
Note bad. I could do an Inquisitor or a Fighter. I like the approach to magic and monsters. Plus, I love step advancement.
|David Pearl
David Pearl wrote:I think you forgot to drop the lowest...
If I have to re-roll for proof, then this is what I got.
Yeah, sorry I'm kind of new to this. I re-posted my stats later though with the lowest one being dropped for each.
It'll be interesting to see how you balance a low/limited magic world with a system based around high fantasy. WoD always had plenty of tricks for concealing magic out in the open, just curious if you plan to implement anything similar, or if it's just the average person on the street has no knowledge of magic.
Will there be any alterations to the magic system? Any bias toward divine or arcane magic?
Anyway, color me interested. Kinda want to find a place to play a paladin. As far as magic goes, I think divine magic would work well in the setting and a paladin's magic is about as indirect as you can get!
4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 4, 1) = 17-16
4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 3, 5) = 14-13
4d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 2, 3) = 13-11
4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 6, 5) = 17-14
4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 2, 5) = 12-10
4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 5) = 13-12
|Enchanter Tim
It'll be interesting to see how you balance a low/limited magic world with a system based around high fantasy. WoD always had plenty of tricks for concealing magic out in the open, just curious if you plan to implement anything similar, or if it's just the average person on the street has no knowledge of magic.
Will there be any alterations to the magic system? Any bias toward divine or arcane magic?
Anyway, color me interested. Kinda want to find a place to play a paladin. As far as magic goes, I think divine magic would work well in the setting and a paladin's magic is about as indirect as you can get!
All magic works like normal; it's just that, throughout history, it's a near unheard of event (literally unheard of, for the general populace) for anyone to be born with the potential to achieve any levels in adept (magic is, as a rule of thumb, an inborn talent, regardless of class), much less for the kind of miracle workers that are common in other settings to be walking the earth.
Various historical figures, such as Tar-Baphon, Aroden, the Runelords, and Jatembe are obvious exceptions. And the Heralds do occasionally manifest. For the latter, it's just that a lot of people when hearing about these incidents think whoever's telling the story is just overly religious or crazy.
interesting setup here. the "steps" advancement is new to me, but I like the idea. RP heavy, with lots of racial variety...could be intriguing. Well, lets toss the stones and see what fate has in store...
4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 3, 1) = 10
4d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 5, 3) = 15
4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 5, 4) = 11
4d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 2, 2) = 12
4d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 1, 5) = 15
4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 5) = 13
hmm. not bad. nothing miraculous, but definitely workable. I kinda got attached to the idea of an Oread Monk, but gonna have to roll up later. work calls.
whoops, forgot to note the lowest drop.
Hmm, was actually hoping for a few more odd numbers, but oh well. fortune favors the bold, no?
Yeah, I think I'm gonna roll an Oread monk. tough guy, steady as the stone, ponderous yet insightful. Not sure if Imma go for any kind of archetype or anything, haven't rolled a lot of monks in my time. Gettin back to ya on that.
Also, are we rolling up fresh, or higher level? Anything to note about creation? or just a fresh off the block lv1 pathfinder?
First level, everything else about character creation should be covered in a previous post.
|Sharan She-Wolf
Hey I'm interested in playing, I'll submit a character soon!
Here are my rolls:
4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 6, 3) = 19 - 16
4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 3, 2) = 9 - 8
4d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 5, 2) = 15 - 13
4d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 1) = 8 - 7
4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 2, 4) = 13 - 11
4d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 5, 6) = 16 - 15
Hmmm, I'll have to think about what kind of Character I want with that :/
Rolls: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 6, 2) = 13
4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 5, 6) = 20
4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 1, 4) = 12
4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 4, 6) = 15
4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 6, 6) = 20
4d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 3) = 8
That comes out to:
Interesting, 27 pb with a bit of a minmax in there. Will be developing a concept today.
@Yucale, would you be willing to post the stats of the base races? This would help me to be able to balance RP/Flavor with a realistic and usable build. Additionally, would you consider the Warblade from ToB? I know it's probably a big no but I'm very interested in using one.
Starting Gold: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 4, 1, 5) = 18x10=180
I am interested though I am going magic (don't really care for other classes)
I am thinking of an enchanter focus sorcerer, I use magic and persuasion to get people to be my friends and do things for me, though I always treat them nicely as though I didn't magic so they don't hate me afterwards (a suggestion from the 3rd ed book about wizards).
4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 1, 6) = 14
4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 4) = 7
4d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 4) = 8
4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 6, 3) = 11
4d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 3, 4) = 15
4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 1, 3) = 11
I certainly hope you don't have me take the above rolls, cause That's pitiful, and why I like organic Point buy better.
4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 2, 2) = 6
4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 6, 2) = 14
4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 6, 2) = 18
4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 2, 2) = 9
4d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 4, 2) = 11
4d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4, 3) = 17
Apparently the universe thinks I should avoid this game, Ill try rolling after I figure out negative these are.
Okay Point but cost for the first set is -3 minus how many I would get for dropping 7 to 6 (probably 6 for a -9).
The second set is 11 minus how many I get for dropping 7 to 5 (probably a 6 then an 8 for a -3).
Let's try again,
4d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 5, 6) = 22
4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 6, 6) = 14
4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 3, 5) = 17
4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 3, 6) = 14
4d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 3, 6) = 16
4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 4, 3) = 14
Yeah, more then a 10 point buy!
17 int
13 con
14 dex
11 wis
15 str
11 cha
And for the stat order,
1d6 ⇒ 4
1d5 ⇒ 3
1d4 ⇒ 2
1d3 ⇒ 2
1d2 ⇒ 1
Okay Point but cost for the first set is -3 minus how many I would get for dropping 7 to 6 (probably 6 for a -9).The second set is 11 minus how many I get for dropping 7 to 5 (probably a 6 then an 8 for a -3).
Given how the point-buy chart is laid out (each attribute change is worth a number of build points equal to the attribute modifier), I think you have over-rated the value of the negative numbers.
9 and 8 are both -1, and so worth 1 build point each.
7 and 6 are both -2, and so worth 2 build points each.
5 and 4 are both -3, and so worth 3 build points each.
Thus, a 6 is worth 6 build points and a 5 is worth 9.
The thing is, if the judge wants rolled attributes using the base system, then the judge WANTS a lower-powered set of PCs than PFS play has got most people used to playing. There's nothing wrong with someone wanting to play the game a little differently than you do. I've been using point buy for long enough and across enough systems that I avoid rolled games anymore. That's why I haven't posted in this recruitment thread until now: because I know I'm not really interested in using the rules as presented.
If you don't want to play by the rules this GM has advertised, then look somewhere else, don't try to force the judge to let you do what you want instead. That's just rude.
Wasn't trying to force anything, but usually there how limits to how low you can roll before being allowed a reroll (3.5 it was if you rolled less then a certain total of bonuses) so I expect GM to allow the above rerolls, if not, I will find out soon.
I mentioned organic point buy, just in passing.
Thanx for the point buy costs, was really tired and looked at it funny.
|Sharan She-Wolf
I am interested in playing a Kitsune if you want it in your setting. I like the clandestine shape-changing that goes on with them. I suppose they could be re-skinned as a were-fox or wolf. What do you think about a character with some of their capabilities and racial feats?
Knock yourself out :). Though this may contradict what I've already said, for modifiers simply factor out one bonus that your race would usually get, your choice. So, Sharan, that is perfectly OK. I apologize for not posting in a while.
I'm only allowing Pathfinder and Third Party Pathfinder Material. This is because I don't think I'm familiar enough with 3.5 to allow material from it.
I've chosen Not Point Buy for a reason. If you don't think you can roleplay a character with a few very low scores, you may use 15 pt buy. Not encouraging, just allowing. Considering the setting, even underpowered characters will seem plenty super soon enough.
To clarify, again: all races here (with some exceptions such as merfolk) are available as PC races.
|Rascaliron The Beggar King


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Today, my boyfriend ended sex by yelling, "THIS IS SPARTA!" and using his foot to push me off the bed. FML
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Today, my boyfriend and I were getting intimate. I was getting pretty horny, and I thought some dirty talk would turn him on. Amid my panting, I breathed the words, "Fuck me." He then stopped and said, "Excuse me, I don't like hearing that language." and wouldn't continue until I corrected myself. FML
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Liberalism protects individual rights
To The Left
By William H. Seewald
There's no question the right has been effective in defining its opponents in negative ways, reducing liberals to defensive positions, and even denying them some of their traditional bastions.
Since liberalism challenges the status quo, prosperous times generally favor conservatives. Liberals get their day when they offer solutions to big challenges.
It's no accident that modern liberalism's American zenith came during the Depression and the fight against fascism, the totalitarian extreme of the right.
And no political movement succeeds without effective leadership like that of Franklin Roosevelt.
Conversely, the prosperous post-war years witnessed conservative ascendancy, fueled by good times and the effective exploitation of fear - the fear of socialism, liberalism's totalitarian extreme.
While liberalism's philosophical roots lie in the Age of Enlightenment and the era that produced the American and French revolutions, its modern political identity evolved in the 19th century and is actually much more pragmatic than its detractors generally admit.
For 18th-century liberals, the radical issue of social justice was eliminating monarchs and deposing the aristocracy. Their challenge, restricted by the times, did not extend to liberal views of suffrage or race.
But if the conservative viewpoint had continued, we would be singing "God Save the Queen," women would still be chattel and their white husbands could still own other human beings as outright property.
Eighteenth-century liberals in the tradition of Adam Smith regarded private property and free trade as near absolute individual liberties to be protected from government interference. The Industrial Age and the power of commercial interests to oppress individuals subservient to them for their livelihood gave rise to modern liberalism.
It's hard to believe that people like Thomas Jefferson, committed to protecting the individual from the overwhelming power of the state, wouldn't have similarly sanctioned corporations that rival governments in size and economic power.
Liberal ideals seem eclipsed in the hard right's plans for an America where tax breaks for corporations trump providing child care for the working poor. The conservative politics of scarcity often represent the visible part of the fiscal iceberg as all that is available, while the lion's share of resources has already been doled out to the large commercial interests that control access to the trough.
Liberalism endures when it is successfully woven into the fabric of society. Social Security has pulled many more Americans above the poverty line than all other social programs combined. It remains popular even amid federal budgetary cutbacks and resistance to other kinds of taxation.
No tenant of liberalism is more enduring or central than the humanistic commitment to economic and social justice. That's what separates liberals from conservatives.
As America becomes more and more diverse, liberals must challenge the hold of custom, law and authority. No liberal tradition will be more important in promoting our cultural vigor than protecting individuals from subservience to majoritarian conformity.
Hey, if Dick Armey is so worried about the state of affairs in America that he is going to work for the American Civil Liberties Union, there's no question liberalism will see its star rise again.
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By Virgil Van Camp
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. ..."
Our Founding Fathers didn't invent this concept; they borrowed some of it from the French Revolution. But it was a daring departure from the status quo. Kings, emperors, royal families, dictators and Caesars represented the way people were governed around the world throughout recorded history.
Nor did the founders truly include all mankind. Half the human race, women, was excluded, as well as slaves, who were considered chattel. Yet the founders started the most successful experiment in self-government and freedom the world has ever experienced. These men were radical for their time, yet they planted the seeds of present-day conservatism.
" ... and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. ..."
Most who signed the document were practicing Christians. Some may even have been descendants of those who had fled Europe in order to worship, free from government coercion. They acknowledged God's influence in their decision and expected the Judeo-Christian moral code to be incorporated into the U.S. Constitution. Morality is still a part of present-day conservatism.
" ... (A)mong these (rights) are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. ..."
Later these concepts were incorporated into the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Mostly they deal with excessive government interference in my life. I own me. I may not be jailed and my home may not be entered without due process. I am free to pursue any lawful venture and keep the fruits of my labor or bear the consequences if I fail.
The collective results of these freedoms, capitalism, have made the United States the envy of the world.
President Franklin Roosevelt started us down a road toward socialism. The problems of the Depression seemed to indicate that capitalism had failed, that government could make a better system. World War II changed the dynamics by creating full employment. Prosperity continued after the war, fulfilling pent-up demand for goods and services.
Yet the welfare state and the federal government as nanny was an idea whose time had come; the liberal dream that every citizen be guaranteed basic things like food, clothing, shelter, and health care, and that life must be fair.
Our founders would probably disown present-day conservatives. We are relegated to fighting a rear-guard delaying action against more egregious assaults on our liberty and property. Those who rail against unconstitutional acts, stupidity and waste in the bureaucracy will probably not be elected to public office.
Conversely, far-left liberals have difficulty winning if their true objectives are known; so much so that most shy away from the liberal label.
Yet there is still a distinct difference between the philosophies of Republicans and Democrats. They could more properly be named the Conservative and Liberal parties.
I think Republicans may be the true heirs of our Founding Fathers.
Virgil Van Camp can be contacted in care of the Amarillo Globe-News, P.O. Box 2091, Amarillo TX 79166, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Banana Raisin and Oatmeal Pancakes
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 4 mins
Although the recipe does not call this, I like to soak the oatmeal in the milk for about 10 minutes, I really think it improves the texture of the pancake. These are a must served with maple syrup or honey. Your kids will love these, I know my "big" one does!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄4 cup light brown sugar, packed (can use more for a sweeter pancake)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon (can use less)
- 3⁄4 cup sour cream or 3⁄4 cup plain yogurt
- 3⁄4 cup full-fat milk or 3⁄4 cup half-and-half cream
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup raisins
- 1⁄4 cup melted butter
- In a medium bowl combine the oats, flour brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.
- In another bowl whisk together sour cream, milk, eggs and vanilla.
- Whisk dry ingredients into the sour cream mixture JUST until blended.
- Fold in mashed bananas, raisins and 1/4 cup melted butter; mix to combine.
- Drop about 1/3 cup of batter onto hot skillet or griddle that has been brushed with melted butter.
- Cook pancakes until bubbles form on top and bottoms are golden brown (about 2 minutes on each side).
- Delicious!
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These didn't turn out as wonderfully as I am used to a Kitten recipe, but it's probably my own fault. I didn't soak the oats, then the batter was wet enough that I didn't add melted butter, especially since I run a stick of cold butter around the skillet between pancakes anyway. These didn't really set up in the pan and were kind of burnt on the outside and still doughy in the middle. The flavor was there, but it was a bit too squishy in the middle for our tastes. My bananas were super ripe too, so might have had something to do with it. We decided it was a bit like eating banana bread dough... I think next time I'll just stick with my regular recipe for pancakes and just add banana and oats to that when I've got the craving. Thanks anyway, Kitten!
These make a lovely filling brekky pancake. I did a half batch for toddler DD & I & we both enjoyed them. The yoghurt & butter really help soften the oats so you don't get that heavy denseness when cooked that is normally apparent in an oat pancake. Thanks for posting!
Made as instructed, & also soaked the oats in whole milk, then used sour cream & continued on! Topped these with some homemade cranberry butter I'd made & also some light corn syrup & had a wonderful pancake breakfast! [Made & reviewed for the Cookathon for Kittencal]


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Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold! (Magic Kingdom of Landover Series #1)by Terry Brooks, Dick Hill
After Ben Holiday purchased Landover, he discovered the magic kingdom had some problems. The Barons refused to recognize a king and the peasants were without hope. To make matters worse, Ben learned that he had to duel to the death with the Iron Mask, the terrible lord of the demonsa duel which no human could hope to win....
Editorial Reviews
The advertisement for a fantasy kingdom in a Christmas catalog catches the eye of Ben Holiday, who was recently widowed and dissatisfied with his life; he finds a make-believe world of medieval splendor appealing. But when he arrives in the alternate world of Landover, all is not fun and jousting. Dangers abound, and his actions have a life-and-death reality. The castle is a rusted heap, its army disbanded, and the entire kingdom decayed from the loss of magic. Only a ragtag handful of retainers remain in the castle to serve the new king. Even worse, the feudal lords are in revolt, a dragon ravages the land, and the first pretty girl Ben meets turns into a tree. A demon lord has pledged to kill any king, and the ghostly knight intended to protect the throne is an empty pile of armor. Ben tackles things head on and finds the strength to conquer problems both mundane and supernatural. This is the first episode of the "Magic Kingdom of Landover" series. Narrator Dick Hill demonstrates his talent and imagination by giving each fantasy character a unique voice. Written in 1986, this is recommended for all collections that include fantasy fiction.
Janet Martin
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Product Details
- 9781455826520
- Publisher:
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- Publication date:
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- Edition description:
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Terry Brooks has thrilled readers for decades with his powers of imagination and storytelling. He is the author of more than thirty books, most of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.
Brief Biography
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- Education:
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I'am signing off another year of wonderful events and lifelong lessons as we welcome a new one. 2014 is over, for me nothing much changed and by that it meant the great opposite of it. My only wish this coming year is to march in May. I hope you had a blast and if the year occur to be a fast blur of events, don't worry cause you have another year to make memorable ones. H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! #
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Mt. Batulao Last August
Mt. Batulao, Batangas
2014 is closing and this year brought changes in small quantities. Last August with a few good company, I must say I drag myself on top of a mountain. It wasn't an ordinary trek, my walk range from normal to granny footsteps and it wasn't pretty. Anyway, it was all fun and great. If you haven't tried this, I think you should try this in 2015!
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Today, I received a lemon in a box in the mail. I didn't know from who it was, nor how he or she knows my address. There was a note on it: "When life gives you lemons, date me." FML
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Alo Novo - Responsible Online Purchasing
Joel Makower points us today to a really great idea, and one I can't see doing anything but succeeding. Alo Novo is basically a portal to Amazon.com, which you're probably all familiar with. Alo Novo takes Amazon's product catalog and allows you to view all of it, but with a twist - they rate the products and companies that make them based on social responsibility, environmental healthiness, workplace rights, business ethics, and customer focus.
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You can buy the products through their site, but that won't cost you any more than it would on Amazon, and Alo Novo gets a cut of the purchase to keep their system running. WHY didn't I think of this? Also, you can designate that a portion of Alo Novo's profits on your purchase go to charitable causes.
Pretty neat.
The site actually launches tomorrow, August 22, 2005. However, you can see a prototype here. They have a sample product page, a sample company page, etc, which shows you what these pages will look like at site launch.
So hey, next time you want to buy something at Amazon, why not buy it through Alo Novo?
UPDATE: Yeah, I think it's really cool too. The point I forgot to make, however, is that you should always look for local products first. Locally produced and sold products always take precedence over something bought online and shipped, but of course if you need something online, and it's environmentally sound, you can sort of weigh the costs and benefits.
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George, what an excellent project,, and I have already marked Alo Nova in my favorite places. Unfortunately I don't often buy products online, but if and when I do, I will be sure to note their standing through Alo Nova.
I think movements like these are key to swaying policy (which seems to be galvanized nearly entirely by business interests) in the right direction. Our buying power seems to inevitably be the loudest voice we can adopt.
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In downtown Los Angeles, three judges are deciding a case involving tens of millions of dollars and dozens of properties.
The judges aren't dressed in robes or seated behind wooden podiums with a court reporter close at hand. Instead, the three bearded rabbis are sitting in a small conference room at a table piled high with documents they peruse carefully.
It may look unassuming, but a small set of offices that make up the Rabbinical Council of California's (RCC) beit din (rabbinical court) is a mainstay of the Orthodox community.
"It is one of the hallmarks of the Jewish community to have a means of solving issues when they arise according to the Torah, so as to keep the society civil so that there is justice and fairness," said Rabbi Avrohom Union, the rabbinic administrator of the beit din. "It is a mitzvah from the Torah that if two Jews have a dispute, they have to go to beit din."
The beit din serves several communal functions. It acts as a legal arbitration panel on financial disputes according to halacha (Jewish law) and California law, administers gets (bills of divorce), ushers Jews-by-choice through the conversion process and eventually decides on their conversion worthiness and convenes hearings in matters of personal status (proving that a person actually is Jewish) or inheritance.
While there are other beit dins in Los Angeles -- such as the Sandra Caplan Community Bet Din of Southern California, a multidenominational conversion beit din, or the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), which is the court of the Conservative movement -- the RCC is the only one that operates within the strictest, most traditional interpretation of halacha. In financial matters, it is the busiest of the beit dins. It hears between 15-20 cases a year, while the RA so far has heard only one this year.
The beit din is made up of panels of three rabbis who, in addition to their rabbinical ordination, have a rabbinic legal degree of yadin yadin, which means they spent seven to 10 years studying the Choshen Mishpat (Breastplate of Judgment) section of the Shulchan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law) and can now act as a judge. (Choshen Mishpat is the most complicated of the four sections of the Shulchan Arukh. It deals with the Jewish laws of financial statutes, torts, damages, contracts, acquisitions, landlord and tenants and loans and claims, among other topics.)
Observant Jews are required by halacha to make the beit din the first port of call in a legal dispute against another Jew. This saves Jews from having to publicly reveal their disputes in a secular court. It also ensures that money matters, like all other matters of Jewish life for observant Jews, will be adjudicated in accordance with halacha.
The beit din operates in conformance with California arbitration statutes and legal codes. Participants sign a binding arbitration agreement, which means the decision the rabbis reach is halachically binding and will be upheld in civil court.
"The beit din is not as formalistic in the presentation of arguments and factual presentations as it would be in civil court, and that allows for a freer exchange of arguments," said Encino attorney Harris L. Cohen, a nonobservant Jew who has had two clients try their cases in the RCC beit din, one involved the purchase of a $1 million business. "Also, a civil court wants to keep all hearsay out, but at a beit din, they want to hear everything, so that opens up the trial to all sorts of issues that you never had to deal with [in civil court]."
There are other differences, too. The beit din charges $400 an hour, and most cases are adjudicated in five to nine hours. Although some people choose to bring lawyers to the case, the less rigid structure of the beit din means that lawyers are not always necessary. This in turn means that trying a case in a beit din is a much cheaper option than civil court, which can cost plaintiffs between $5,000 and $10,000 in legal fees just to enter a plea.
The beit din has no jurisdiction to try criminal cases, and does not award punitive damages.
"Possibly they would be able to get the suit cleaned," said Rabbi Gershon Bess, who sits on the arbitration panel, "but that is about it, because [halachically] a person is responsible for his actions."
High-powered lawyers don't count for much in the downtown conference room.
"There are no theatrics here," Bess said. "A dramatic speaker doesn't help much. We would hope that the issues are just trying to flesh out the truth."
For more information on the Rabbinical Council of California, call (213) 489-8080 or visit www.rccvaad.org .
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|Jul 2 2009, 10:11 PM Post #1
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|Jul 2 2009, 10:21 PM Post #2
Oh. My. GOD.
Does EVERY goddamn promo have to be about Sami and fucking Rafe? Give my ass a break, already!
|Jul 2 2009, 10:24 PM Post #3
OMFG!!!!!! How fucking exciting... not!
How about the focus is on someone else in these promos for once?
|Jul 2 2009, 10:30 PM Post #4
Rafe sounds like a robot. The announcer guy is as horrible as always. Sami doesn't even look like she's aware she's in the scene, and she looks approximately 12 years old. This is going to be awesome!
Edited by lysie, Jul 2 2009, 10:31 PM.
|Jul 2 2009, 10:32 PM Post #5
I think it's so ironic that some people say that the supercouples were played out, yet Days is redoing the Roman/Marlena story, so far in its entirety, with Sami and Rafe. I think the problem is with the writers and producers, and not the characters.
|Jul 2 2009, 10:34 PM Post #6
I think it's all three, LoL.
Edited by Mason, Jul 2 2009, 10:34 PM.
|Jul 2 2009, 10:36 PM Post #7
|Thanks for posting! I love it! I can't wait to see more. :wub:
|Jul 2 2009, 10:36 PM Post #8
Well I meant the "shipped out of Salem" characters people were criticizing as having no story possibilities, but with the current characters, I could not agree more.
|Jul 2 2009, 10:48 PM Post #9
Definitely. It sounds kind of strange to say, but I don't think characters can be played out in this genre. If we're bored with characters, it's either the writing or the actors. The characters shouldn't be played out because as they age they're going through different stages of life and shouldn't still be doing what they were doing when they were twenty. Or in some characters cases, when they in their thirties, they shouldn't be doing the same thing they were doing when they were fifteen. How is that not played out yet for everyone else?
|Jul 2 2009, 10:49 PM Post #10
Ah. Well that makes a lot more sense, then, LoL.
Edited by Mason, Jul 2 2009, 10:50 PM.
|Jul 2 2009, 10:50 PM Post #11
|I went back and checked. This is the sixth week in a row the promo has featured Sami. The last promo that did not feature her was for the week of May 25 and was about Philip and Stephanie.
|Jul 2 2009, 10:58 PM Post #12
Yep - couldn't agree more. Not that the stories have to be related to someone's current stage in life, but that does always work! Of course, we must remember we're dealing with people who would write a story about Patrick returning to come between Bo and Hope in the assisted living center.
|Jul 2 2009, 11:07 PM Post #13
LOL. No, but to clarify, since their claim is that they keep running out of story...these characters have children and grandchildren. Their lives shouldn't end when they say "I do."
And you know if Patrick came between Bo and Hope in that assisted living center, she'd end up a 78 year old pregnant with triplets. One of Bo's, one Patricks, and one of EJ and Sami's because all babies are EJ and Sami's. That's obviously not even a real story, and I just got mad at the writers about it.
|Jul 2 2009, 11:11 PM Post #14
Got it - couldn't agree more!
LOL! Yeah, I can see another Sami pregnancy happening soon. But first, "Emily Hudson" has to return with Rafe's child - for now, let's call her "Barrie".
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|Jul 2 2009, 11:39 PM Post #15
|These promos are too short and they are lame. There's nothing exciting about them and that announcer has the same excitement as that guy who plays in the clear eyes commercials.
|Jul 3 2009, 12:31 AM Post #16
:wave: Ellie. Did Marlena have a miscarriage?
Edited by samixxx, Jul 3 2009, 12:32 AM.
|Jul 3 2009, 12:39 AM Post #17
Well in 2005 she did, but that's probably not what you mean. What happened with Marlena and Roman was that Roman was assigned to protect Marlena, and they grew very close, then after Marlena's twin Samantha was killed, Roman took Marlena on vacation because she needed to recover emotionally. That led into a series of events where viewers could see that Roman had a secret he was hiding from Marlena. He finally told Marlena that he'd had a wife, Anna, but that she'd died in an accident when she was pregnant. Roman and Marlena did get engaged, but then Anna came back to Salem with daughter Carrie in tow.
|Jul 3 2009, 01:18 AM Post #18
Thank you.
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|Jul 3 2009, 02:06 AM Post #19
|Oh lord that does sound similar to Safe storyline. LOL. I do believe that Rafe has a kid out there somewhere.
|Jul 3 2009, 02:44 AM Post #20
Similar to the Ben/Meg/Maria storyline on Sunset Beach....Emily will turn up one day of that I have no doubt....
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