D&D Demotivators level IV: Ability Increase [Archive] - Page 5

Blackfang108

2011-08-21, 05:48 PM

I don't get it. The dude on the horse is clearly the PC.

The whole point is that the Orc (half-orc?) is the one from the Druidic culture.

It's to show how Eberron was made to break the classical racial preconceptions that most Fantasy RPers, especially D&D players, have.

The guy on the horse is the BAD GUY. (in terms of motivations)

EDIT: friggin' Swordsages... :smallbiggrin:

Spiryt

2011-08-21, 06:02 PM

Well, I was pretty sure that Gettles was in fact joking in the Ebberon Demotivator's own style....

Anyway, not really D&D, but what I've seen recently.

http://www.demotivation.us/media/demotivators/demotivation.us_Fantasy-vs.-Reality_130765852740.jpg

Lappy9000

2011-08-21, 06:08 PM

It's making a joke about how in Eberron, the standard role of elves and orcs are switched, because orcs are the tree-huggers, and Elves are the roving marauders.Of course, if it's an orc on East-side Khorvaire (likely, what with the Valenar elf), he could be one of the typical evulz orc. Gatekeepers are typically western Khorvaire.

BillyBobJoe

2011-08-21, 07:22 PM

Well, I was pretty sure that Gettles was in fact joking in the Ebberon Demotivator's own style....

Ohhhhh, I get it now.

Gettles

2011-08-21, 08:20 PM

Well, I was pretty sure that Gettles was in fact joking in the Ebberon Demotivator's own style....

Technically it was more of a "What is the difference between a Player Character and a roving murauder looking for a fight?" joke

Lonely Tylenol

2011-08-22, 07:11 AM

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED (sorta).

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1551/hoodux.jpg

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3155/middleaged.jpg

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7232/oldii.jpg

I was going to do a set with TRON and TRON: Legacy, but I figured that would be too obvious (I already feel bad enough for phoning it in on the second one).

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-22, 07:47 AM

Challenge:

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Demotivators/Apprentice.jpg

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Demotivators/Wizard.jpg

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Demotivators/Archmage.jpg

Morph Bark

2011-08-22, 08:10 AM

In response to the very last motivator:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g111/Lycanthromancer/motivator6920726.jpg

Saintheart

2011-08-22, 08:11 AM

And now, a few demotivators from the last vampire movie that sucked "blood" rather than "badly".

http://i.imgur.com/wqEm4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uyZBK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/H5MQe.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Xypgk.jpg

Saintheart

2011-08-22, 08:13 AM

In response to the very last motivator:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g111/Lycanthromancer/motivator6920726.jpg

Well, unless you quicken the first spell and then cast Grease in the same round in order to ... uh ... yeah. :smalleek:

Traab

2011-08-22, 08:17 AM

On that third pic, while on the surface it looks silly, isnt it basically that both of them are in a position to get a kill strike if blade pulls his sword back to decapitate Frost? Its awkward, but still not an ideal position for either of them. Especially since frost is more than capable of spin dodging to the side and not getting cut at all. And Frost wouldnt have cared anyways, since he was basically immune to sword death.

Mordokai

2011-08-22, 11:32 AM

In response to the very last motivator:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g111/Lycanthromancer/motivator6920726.jpg

I'm not sure I get it. Grease to... grease things along? To smooth everything up?

I will probably facepalm when you explain it. You will probably facepalm it before you explain it. But still... would you be kind enough?

leakingpen

2011-08-22, 11:53 AM

AL-SO. A DA-LEK IS IN THAT PHO-TO-GRAPH.

Which is incorrect, as Dalek's are cyborgs.

golentan

2011-08-22, 12:00 PM

I'm not sure I get it. Grease to... grease things along? To smooth everything up?

I will probably facepalm when you explain it. You will probably facepalm it before you explain it. But still... would you be kind enough?

Umm... Lubricants. For the sorts of situations where someone might wish they could cast a spell named Summon Monster XXX with results like those in the poster.

DeadManSleeping

2011-08-22, 12:29 PM

Of course, grease only lasts 6 seconds per level. If that's your go-to, I hope you've also prepared bear's endurance :smallwink:

Also think about Extend Spell.

Mordokai

2011-08-22, 12:59 PM

Umm... Lubricants. For the sorts of situations where someone might wish they could cast a spell named Summon Monster XXX with results like those in the poster.

Let me get it straight. The XXX part is meant to be instead of a name of monster, in this case succubus? That would explain enough.

Because I thought it stood for roman numeral, in this case, 30. And I didn't quite get the connection between obviously epic spell and level 2 spell.

Eldan

2011-08-22, 01:03 PM

XXX is a relatively common stand-in for "sex".

DeadManSleeping

2011-08-22, 01:07 PM

I'm not sure if you're joking or if this is actually news to you, but here's some fun info:

"XXX" refers to explicit things like porn and sex and such. It is ALSO a Roman numeral in the same manner as the rest of the summon monster series. It is, for all intents and purposes, a pun that doesn't actually consist of words.

Yora

2011-08-22, 01:30 PM

I think it's really funny. :smallbiggrin:

Jair Barik

2011-08-22, 01:32 PM

Which Yora? The XXX joke or Mordokai's apparent innocence/naivety?

Dusk Eclipse

2011-08-22, 01:34 PM

Which Yora? The XXX joke or Mordokai's apparent innocence/naivety?

That implies they are mutually exclusive :smallwink:

PersonMan

2011-08-22, 01:48 PM

Of course, grease only lasts 6 seconds per level.

Maybe this is the reason that some people pump their CL so high?

Fighter: "Hey, your caster level is...wow, it's 105. What do you need that for? Most spells have damage caps, so..."
Wizard: "Oh...nothing." *whistles while concealing spells prepared.*

Morph Bark

2011-08-22, 02:24 PM

Of course, grease only lasts 6 seconds per level. If that's your go-to, I hope you've also prepared bear's endurance :smallwink:

Also think about Extend Spell.

Persistent summoned succubus, anyone? :smallamused:

Mikeavelli

2011-08-22, 02:31 PM

That implies they are mutually exclusive :smallwink:

Nah, it's not an exclusive or, so "yes" is appropriate to indicate agreeing with one, the other, or both.

We're off-topic, so, Demotivators!

http://i.imgur.com/zcrrP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DH99Q.jpg

Mordokai

2011-08-22, 02:37 PM

XXX is a relatively common stand-in for "sex".

If that was supposed to be the joke, it was a lousy one indeed.

Which Yora? The XXX joke or Mordokai's apparent innocence/naivety?

Now see, that amuses me.

Morph Bark

2011-08-22, 03:02 PM

To clarify: I got the motivator off the second old psionic demotivators thread from the wizards forums. Following it came a short discussion whether it would be a level 2 or a level 30 spell. Personally, while I liked the little joke about "summon monster xxx", I thought the comparison to grease ruined it. Either way, there you have it.

Tax:
http://i.imgur.com/HD811.jpg

Cyrion

2011-08-22, 03:42 PM

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu48/awblakely/LowLevel.png

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu48/awblakely/Mid-Level.png

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu48/awblakely/HighLevel.png

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-22, 03:44 PM

...

http://rlv.zcache.com/its_funny_cause_its_true_tshirt-p235744350652009653q6v8_400.jpg

Marnath

2011-08-22, 03:52 PM

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-22, 06:56 PM

Some back-tax for the above post by me:

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Demotivators/automotivator.jpg

or

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Demotivators/automotivator-1.jpg

TheGeckoKing

2011-08-22, 07:57 PM

Welknair

2011-08-22, 08:09 PM

Challenge:

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Demotivators/Apprentice.jpg

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/Kobold-Bard/Demotivators/Wizard.jpg

You know, I think I may have seen those two pics somewhere before...

Esprit15

2011-08-22, 10:06 PM

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu48/awblakely/LowLevel.png

What do you call an evilgasm but with cute? I think I just had one.
Challenge Related:
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt139/Dusk_eclipse/Low-level.jpg

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt139/Dusk_eclipse/Midlevels.jpg

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt139/Dusk_eclipse/Highlevel.jpg

As a Pokémon player I especially loved this one.

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-23, 03:41 AM

You know, I think I may have seen those two pics somewhere before...

Can't speak for the second one as it came via Google, but YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE FIRST PICTURE BEFORE!!!! It did not come from one of your classes and was not in any way the inspiration for the set of three.

Nope.

<Looks around & whistles innocently>

Greenish

2011-08-23, 11:33 AM

He also set pine cones on fire and chucked them at wargs. Not sure WHAT that spell would be called.Explosive Pinecone, Forge of War page 113.

Tax: http://onfinite.com/libraries/1333983/d34.jpg

GeekGirl

2011-08-23, 12:28 PM

http://mightygodking.com/images/ac-futurama.jpg

Greenish

2011-08-23, 02:00 PM

http://www.modcraft.net/community/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-4277-1271720704.jpg(Sorry for the crappy font, I didn't make it.)

Ilmryn

2011-08-23, 04:29 PM

Tax:
http://i.imgur.com/HD811.jpg

Now why is teemo's mushroom icon in an Ashe picture?

I really need to figure out how to make some of these. I've lurked far too long in these threads.

HappyBlanket

2011-08-23, 04:36 PM

Now why is teemo's mushroom icon in an Ashe picture?

I really need to figure out how to make some of these. I've lurked far too long in these threads.

http://wigflip.com/automotivator/

Happy posting.

nyarlathotep

2011-08-23, 04:53 PM

Now why is teemo's mushroom icon in an Ashe picture?

I really need to figure out how to make some of these. I've lurked far too long in these threads.

It was the old icon for one of her abilities or her passive I believe. During beta several icons got switched around. It's the same reason starcraft cutscenes portray hyrdolisks as melee units and mutalisks as spitting acid.

DrewID

2011-08-23, 07:27 PM

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu48/awblakely/LowLevel.png

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu48/awblakely/Mid-Level.png

http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu48/awblakely/HighLevel.png

Very nice, Cyrion. Anne Stokes FTW!

Tacks:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/IMDrewID/RulesLawyers.jpg

DrewID

GoatToucher

2011-08-23, 08:03 PM

Tax: http://onfinite.com/libraries/1333983/d34.jpg

MightyGodKing FTW.

Rockphed

2011-08-23, 10:37 PM

... Or does he?!

*bum bum bum!*

snipity snip!

I am fairly certain that there is a story behind these. Do tell!

Cyrion

2011-08-24, 08:48 AM

I am fairly certain that there is a story behind these. Do tell!

No particular story behind mine- I just went a non-PC class route for the current challenge.

I collected the images after looking for a cool card deck for a magic show for my wife's birthday and finding the Anne Stokes card decks.

HappyBlanket

2011-08-24, 10:30 AM

Well, I think by this point they're more UNSPOILERS, but whatever.
I suppose. But that's why I said KINDA isn't it?
http://i51.tinypic.com/ivzvw8.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/jaa0lt.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/29w6azn.jpg
As is to be expected, "High Level" is an unspoilerly kinda spoiler.
http://i52.tinypic.com/2i26k2c.jpg

Traab

2011-08-24, 03:07 PM

http://i.imgur.com/QwUrW.jpg (http://imgur.com/QwUrW)

Please tell me if I did this right.

GoblinArchmage

2011-08-24, 03:22 PM

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/5081/motivator112b0a66c6d0f7.jpg

Sorry I hadn't pointed this out before, but I really like this one.

Yora

2011-08-24, 03:59 PM

That's telekinesis, Kyle!

...and awesome.

boomwolf

2011-08-24, 04:20 PM

http://i.imgur.com/QwUrW.jpg (http://imgur.com/QwUrW)

Please tell me if I did this right.

Divine. you win the thread...

Hiro Protagonest

2011-08-24, 05:20 PM

I've got 2/3!

http://i.imgur.com/Ie9p4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2509O.jpg

Third will come when I actually finish reading the entire thing (it'll be a quote, if not an image, from after the time skip). I've only gotten to part 545 out of 635 (and it's still going).

UrsielHauke

2011-08-24, 07:18 PM

And a challenge
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6060681116_fe8c9f2dfa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66576777@N07/6060681116/)[/QUOTE]

Challenge Accepted.

Fen-Glee Ma-Glue-Noth Cuh-Thoo-Loo Ril-Yay Wag-Nall Fa-Ta-Gun.

TheGeckoKing

2011-08-24, 08:48 PM

And a challenge
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6060681116_fe8c9f2dfa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66576777@N07/6060681116/)

Challenge Accepted.

Fen-Glee Ma-Glue-Noth Cuh-Thoo-Loo Ril-Yay Wag-Nall Fa-Ta-Gun.

http://clickdamage.com/motivator/motivator_bank/621.jpg

Lapak

2011-08-24, 10:53 PM

And a challenge
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6060681116_fe8c9f2dfa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66576777@N07/6060681116/)

Challenge Accepted.

Fen-Glee Ma-Glue-Noth Cuh-Thoo-Loo Ril-Yay Wag-Nall Fa-Ta-Gun.Oddly enough, this is apparently really far from how Lovecraft intended it to be pronounced. (http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/08/loevcraftian-pedantry.html)

Welknair

2011-08-25, 12:34 AM

Oddly enough, this is apparently really far from how Lovecraft intended it to be pronounced. (http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/08/loevcraftian-pedantry.html)

You learn something new every day. And I can't pronounce it the way they say to in the article. I don't even know how to go about that. Klul? :smallconfused:

flumphy

2011-08-25, 12:48 AM

You learn something new every day. And I can't pronounce it the way they say to in the article. I don't even know how to go about that. Klul? :smallconfused:

I think it's supposed to begin with more of a glottal sound, like the "ch" in Chanukah.

I'm actually kind of surprised there was an intended pronunciation at all. I always figured that he came up with it by randomly smashing his hands on the typewriter and then just went with it.

Eldan

2011-08-25, 02:33 AM

Heh. Silly English people inserting vowels into words everywhere :smalltongue:

In Swiss German, you can pronounce it just as written. We even have several kinds of guttural "ch" and "k".

Tavar

2011-08-25, 02:38 AM

Heh. Silly English people.
This is probably more accurate.

Partysan

2011-08-25, 03:52 AM

Heh. Silly English people inserting vowels into words everywhere :smalltongue:

In Swiss German, you can pronounce it just as written. We even have several kinds of guttural "ch" and "k".

The Persians do it too and the Japanese overdo it as they do with everything. But yeah, English...

http://i.imgur.com/lKlKp.jpg

Somebloke

2011-08-25, 04:04 AM

Partysan, where on earth is that from?

TheCountAlucard

2011-08-25, 04:11 AM

Partysan, where on earth is that from?If you'll look in the lower-right corner, you'll see for yourself. (http://www.exocomics.com)

Mordokai

2011-08-25, 05:38 AM

The Persians do it too and the Japanese overdo it as they do with everything. But yeah, English...

*self censered, because I don't want to get a fellow playrounder in troubles*

You may wanna erase that. I know a guy around here, but lets not go into names, who has a... shall we say, dislike, for things like that. It just may cause you an infraction.

Morph Bark

2011-08-25, 07:54 AM

Or, alternatively, just erase the specific words in MS Paint and then re-upload.

Partysan

2011-08-25, 08:08 AM

Uploaded a censored version. But really...

The comic is very adorable by the way, I recommend to check it out.

Cerlis

2011-08-25, 10:39 AM

Eh people talk about english. but seeing as most kids master everything but the most unused words by the age of 6 i dont see it.

Now french? an entire language in which they add an extra silent letter at the end of everyword? And i know more than once our french teacher explained that a word should be grammatically spelled/pronounced THIS way, but they dont do it that way because it SOUNDS better.

yay for being inconsistant for the sake of sounding pretty.

nyarlathotep

2011-08-25, 10:51 AM

Arbane

2011-08-25, 11:08 AM

Pfft. Irish in English lettering beats all of them. As far as I can tell, what's written has NO relationship to how it's pronounced.

Morph Bark

2011-08-25, 11:16 AM

Pfft. Irish in English lettering beats all of them. As far as I can tell, what's written has NO relationship to how it's pronounced.

So it's basically like Chinese? :smallamused:

hamlet

2011-08-25, 11:29 AM

Eh people talk about english. but seeing as most kids master everything but the most unused words by the age of 6 i dont see it.

LOL

No. The average, educated speaker of English has a vocabulary of about 4000 words (spoken vocabulary). There are something on the order of 600,000 words in the language.

So, no. Not at all do we, by the age of 6, iknow all but the most unused words. Nor do we ever.

Morph Bark

2011-08-25, 11:37 AM

LOL

No. The average, educated speaker of English has a vocabulary of about 4000 words (spoken vocabulary). There are something on the order of 600,000 words in the language.

So, no. Not at all do we, by the age of 6, iknow all but the most unused words. Nor do we ever.

Relevant (http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/93).

It's obvious a 6yo does not know nearly all English words, especially counting all loanwords, inflections, slang terms, dialect, professional terms, etc.

Your claim someone knows only 4000 seems little though, so prepare to back that claim up! :smallwink:

Also not enough motivators, here's a lame one to kickstart people into making better ones:
http://i.imgur.com/3HmSA.jpg

Traab

2011-08-25, 12:02 PM

http://i.imgur.com/vixMJ.jpg (http://imgur.com/vixMJ)

Frozen_Feet

2011-08-25, 03:18 PM

Eh people talk about english. but seeing as most kids master everything but the most unused words by the age of 6 i dont see it.

Any language will feel easy if you're grown to it. More to the point, human brain actually learns linguistics best between ages four and seven, since that's the natural point for speech and language formation. Once you get past ten, it becomes much harder to become fluent in new languages; past fifteen, and it's near impossible to speak new languages without a notable foreign accent.

Erm...

http://i.imgur.com/DmflM.jpg

AngelSword

2011-08-25, 04:53 PM

Pfft. Irish in English lettering beats all of them. As far as I can tell, what's written has NO relationship to how it's pronounced.

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/25/dc1e0dd6-73eb-4080-a6aa-d46e8354146c.jpg (http://cheezburger.com/View/5130951168)

Eldan

2011-08-25, 05:05 PM

That's what Sidhe said.

:smalltongue:

AngelSword

2011-08-26, 01:23 AM

That's what Sidhe said.

:smalltongue:

Bad Awesome pun five! ^(^_^)>

Drascin

2011-08-26, 03:56 AM

Or Spanish having several verbs that are spelled the same way but are different tenses depending on the subject. Of course you should be able to understand it as long as the rest of the sentence is constructed well but read and read are the exact same sort of situation, different tense depending on situation not spelling.

At least Spanish is almost purely phonetical, though. You see a word written, you will know exactly how it's pronounced, even if you have no idea what the word means and have never heard it in your life.

By comparison, I'm kind of ashamed to speak (instead of write) English because I have no idea how half the words are meant to sound :smalltongue:.

hamlet

2011-08-26, 06:58 AM

At least Spanish is almost purely phonetical, though. You see a word written, you will know exactly how it's pronounced, even if you have no idea what the word means and have never heard it in your life.

By comparison, I'm kind of ashamed to speak (instead of write) English because I have no idea how half the words are meant to sound :smalltongue:.

Dude, I grew up speaking English and I dont' know how some of the words are pronounced.

byaku rai

2011-08-26, 07:53 AM

English requires the sort of intuitive grasp to understand and pronounce that is only really common in native speakers/readers. Fortunately, since there is so much of it that goes unused, that's generally ok.

Anyway, if you're really going to keep up this discussion, go do it in another thread. MOAR POSTERS!!!

flumphy

2011-08-26, 08:03 AM

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5001/automotivator1w.jpg

hamlet

2011-08-26, 08:15 AM

The Glyphstone

2011-08-26, 08:21 AM

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5001/automotivator1w.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p116/ArcherYiZe/othelloposter.jpg

Jair Barik

2011-08-26, 08:23 AM

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p116/ArcherYiZe/othelloposter.jpg

Heh heh. It's funny because Othello probably is the best known use of the word in that context. It also crops up in Titus Andronicus where it basicly one characters entire background pretty much with very little beyond it.

Traab

2011-08-26, 08:29 AM

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p116/ArcherYiZe/othelloposter.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/M6nLp.jpg (http://imgur.com/M6nLp)

Yora

2011-08-26, 09:30 AM

http://netdna.copyblogger.com/images/cowbell.jpg

WildPyre

2011-08-26, 11:28 AM

I've been lurking too long... let's keep these posters coming. :smallbiggrin:

A few rule of cool

http://oi54.tinypic.com/2vl6sqq.jpg

http://oi51.tinypic.com/dfqrn.jpg

http://oi52.tinypic.com/2d8gmqs.jpg

One on Fantasy Armor

http://oi52.tinypic.com/qoun81.jpg

And I'll leave you for now with one about goblins

http://oi53.tinypic.com/3023p1x.jpg

Arbane

2011-08-26, 11:30 AM

Dude, I grew up speaking English and I dont' know how some of the words are pronounced.

It's EASY! Just remember: "The Tough Coughs as he Ploughs the Dough".

:smalleek:

:smallyuk:

(It always amuses me when people mispronounce Japanese words written in Roman letters - it's completely phonetic.)

hamlet

2011-08-26, 11:41 AM

It's EASY! Just remember: "The Tough Coughs as he Ploughs the Dough".

:smalleek:

:smallyuk:

(It always amuses me when people mispronounce Japanese words written in Roman letters - it's completely phonetic.)

the Romanji actually made things harder for me when learning Japanese. I was always best with the other Hirigana and Kanji.

The Katakana are freakin' impossible to me for some reason.

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-26, 11:41 AM

It's EASY! Just remember: "The Tough Coughs as he Ploughs the Dough".

...

Wow, English is just bizarre when you actually read something like that.

Tax:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c61/anastasthetraveler/Motivational%20Posters%204/motivatorCharacterTwinkies.jpg

Morph Bark

2011-08-26, 11:57 AM

It's EASY! Just remember: "The Tough Coughs as he Ploughs the Dough".

:smalleek:

:smallyuk:

(It always amuses me when people mispronounce Japanese words written in Roman letters - it's completely phonetic.)

I read that as "tuh-he taug-h kaug-h ah-s hay plaug-hs tuh-he daug-h".

And now you know how Dutch 10-year-olds speak when they first read English.

Also, Japanese is way easy to pronounce... if you're not a native English speaker. Like me. :smallwink:

hamlet

2011-08-26, 12:04 PM

I read that as "tuh-he taug-h kaug-h ah-s hay plaug-hs tuh-he daug-h".

And now you know how Dutch 10-year-olds speak when they first read English.

Also, Japanese is way easy to pronounce... if you're not a native English speaker. Like me. :smallwink:

Close. That last one has a long "O" sound.

absolmorph

2011-08-26, 12:07 PM

It's EASY! Just remember: "The Tough Coughs as he Ploughs the Dough".

:smalleek:

:smallyuk:
And Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

(It always amuses me when people mispronounce Japanese words written in Roman letters - it's completely phonetic.)
It is and it isn't; I is used for an "ee" sound, and E is "eh". I don't know what your native language is, but in English I is very rarely used for an "ee" sound. The only word that comes to mind that does is "ski".
Oh, and apparently the "U" in instances like "suki" and "sasuke" isn't pronounced.
Completely phonetic that is not. Bad grammar this line is.

WildPyre

2011-08-26, 12:10 PM

*coughs*
http://oi53.tinypic.com/hss4d3.jpg

Morph Bark

2011-08-26, 12:12 PM

It is and it isn't; I is used for an "ee" sound, and E is "eh". I don't know what your native language is, but in English I is very rarely used for an "ee" sound. The only word that comes to mind that does is "ski".
Oh, and apparently the "U" in instances like "suki" and "sasuke" isn't pronounced.
Completely phonetic that is not. Bad grammar this line is.

Dutch has its Is sound like Es (if long, short Is are pronounced... I can't even convey that in typing; but most Is are long anyway) and Es sound like As (if long, short Es are pronounced "eh").

German has that too and I suspect more Germanic languages do. English is the bastard child of Old German, Middle French and some Celtic. Of course it is "special".

EDIT: @Wildpyre, source please? I love that picture. Would love to see one with "Speak Language: enough points means never having to say you're sorry over cross-language misunderstandings". :smallwink:

WildPyre

2011-08-26, 12:19 PM

Not sure where it came from, I think I got it from the beef/cheese cake thread. Here's the original image though.

http://oi53.tinypic.com/t8b441.jpg

Also...
http://oi52.tinypic.com/x44pas.jpg

Traab

2011-08-26, 12:41 PM

http://i.imgur.com/i72YL.jpg (http://imgur.com/i72YL)

Mordokai

2011-08-26, 01:03 PM

*coughs*
http://oi53.tinypic.com/hss4d3.jpg

I wanna do some studying with her :smalltongue:

DeadManSleeping

2011-08-26, 01:26 PM

"Speak Language: enough points means never having to say you're sorry over cross-language misunderstandings". :smallwink:

"...but still being able to." :smalltongue:

Morph Bark

2011-08-26, 01:36 PM

http://i.imgur.com/i72YL.jpg (http://imgur.com/i72YL)

http://i.imgur.com/cJJ7s.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WRj5c.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hIAjp.jpg

I wanna do some studying with her :smalltongue:

No doubt that is why he found her in the cheesecake thread. But I surely do agree. Gonna use that pic for a charrie someday. :smallcool:

balistafreak

2011-08-26, 02:34 PM

EDIT: @Wildpyre, source please? I love that picture. Would love to see one with "Speak Language: enough points means never having to say you're sorry over cross-language misunderstandings". :smallwink:

Not sure where it came from, I think I got it from the beef/cheese cake thread. Here's the original image though.

Huh, I have a slightly smaller but uncut version of that myself. Here you go:

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i402/balistafreak/FemaleWitchFull.jpg

Traab

2011-08-26, 03:35 PM

Question, how do I setup a poster that has two seperate pictures in it? I want a sort of "Exhibit A Exhibit B, see the difference?" Type of message so I cant just do two posters.

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-26, 03:37 PM

Question, how do I setup a poster that has two seperate pictures in it? I want a sort of "Exhibit A Exhibit B, see the difference?" Type of message so I cant just do two posters.

Make two posters, then stick them next to one another in paint.

Traab

2011-08-26, 03:54 PM

http://i.imgur.com/naq80.jpg (http://imgur.com/naq80)

Couldnt figure out how to make that work, (I dont know if I even HAVE paint) so I used something different.

Eldan

2011-08-26, 03:55 PM

Dutch has its Is sound like Es (if long, short Is are pronounced... I can't even convey that in typing; but most Is are long anyway) and Es sound like As (if long, short Es are pronounced "eh").

German has that too and I suspect more Germanic languages do. English is the bastard child of Old German, Middle French and some Celtic. Of course it is "special".

"E" is pronounced "eh" at least in German, Spanish, Italian, Latin and half a dozen other languages. Same for "I" being pronounced as English "ee".

You got it wrong, English people :smallwink:

Traab

2011-08-26, 03:58 PM

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-26, 03:59 PM

...

You got it wrong, English people :smallwink:

We were here first so it's everyone else that's wrong!!

:smallwink:

Morph Bark

2011-08-26, 04:30 PM

We were here first so it's everyone else that's wrong!!

:smallwink:

http://i.imgur.com/G6uSY.jpg

[/playfulribbing]

:smalltongue:

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-26, 04:32 PM

..........

Traab

2011-08-26, 04:38 PM

http://i.imgur.com/eHbiq.jpg (http://imgur.com/eHbiq)

Morph Bark

2011-08-26, 04:40 PM

Nevermind, I enjoy playful fauxrguments as much as the next guy, but statements that are just plain wrong simply ruin it for me.

WildPyre

2011-08-26, 06:27 PM

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-26, 06:32 PM

Hiro Protagonest

2011-08-26, 06:38 PM

WildPyre

2011-08-26, 06:44 PM

Yeah, fairly sure it's set up for PF rules, but all I've found are the three races. Of course there's a chance that that's all there is and it was never actually meant for full rules... though that would be sad, it doesn't give the rules for "Unicorn Magic".

**TAX EDIT**

http://oi53.tinypic.com/2why.jpg

Traab

2011-08-26, 07:23 PM

huttj509

2011-08-26, 07:48 PM

http://i.imgur.com/GpH49.jpg (http://imgur.com/GpH49)

Lies and danged lies!

29<30.

Traab

2011-08-26, 07:54 PM

Lies and danged lies!

29<30.

Ok, so im 29 too and know about the crazy little girl, but I figured id just round it off since even im a little hazy on what she did. I know she rode a unicorn over rainbows.... and thats about it. Cant recall WHY she did it. Hey, the fact that I remember THAT much is a miracle seeing as im a guy, and it was my little sister who watched that stuff.

golentan

2011-08-26, 08:29 PM

23. Know it.

And now I have that silly song stuck in my head...

enderlord99

2011-08-26, 08:31 PM

My cousin watches it. She's... well I know she's younger than my brother, who's 10, so... People way under 30 know about it.

Traab

2011-08-26, 08:45 PM

My cousin watches it. She's... well I know she's younger than my brother, who's 10, so... People way under 30 know about it.

/sigh FINE!

http://i.imgur.com/tokjD.jpg (http://imgur.com/tokjD)

Xuc Xac

2011-08-27, 02:02 AM

"E" is pronounced "eh" at least in German, Spanish, Italian, Latin and half a dozen other languages. Same for "I" being pronounced as English "ee".

You got it wrong, English people :smallwink:

English used the same orthography (which letter corresponds to which sound) as other languages that use the Roman alphabet when they started to standardize their spelling, but then the Great Vowel Shift (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift) happened. That's why monolingual speakers of English are always so confused by things that seem normal to everyone else. (German had a minor vowel shift too, but they re-standardized their spelling afterwards.)

image tax
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6qKbEfQx9Eg/TliVqwwP5xI/AAAAAAAAABg/1_barn97FGU/s640/dzongkha.jpg

The Tygre

2011-08-27, 02:20 AM

God. Damnit. People. Focus.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1795/granddaiklavemotivator.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4705712556_fd98455b42_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4710861567_ffd8da7f6f_b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/DavidFromGSO/mot/leela_melee.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/DavidFromGSO/mot/8_sail.jpg

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/lumberofthebeast/Motivators/craft_genesis_motivator.jpg

flumphy

2011-08-27, 03:38 AM

Science side...rebelling...against...liberal arts talk! MUST MAKE SERIES!

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2835/motivatorchemists.jpg

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5923/motivatorbiologists.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5218/motivatorphysicists.jpg

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/162/motivatorengineers.jpg

Chilingsworth

2011-08-27, 05:24 AM

Science side...rebelling...against...liberal arts talk! MUST MAKE SERIES!
-snip-

What are these a reference to?

Saintheart

2011-08-27, 06:23 AM

http://i.imgur.com/GpH49.jpg (http://imgur.com/GpH49)

http://i.imgur.com/scaeo.jpg

horngeek

2011-08-27, 06:33 AM

God. Damnit. People. Focus.
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1795/granddaiklavemotivator.jpg

O.o

I get the weirdest feeling I might have made this one, or at least something along those lines.

flumphy

2011-08-27, 06:47 AM

What are these a reference to?

Nothing in particular. Seeing the first image in another thread just inspired me to ask "Lolz. What would various scientists be like in a fantasy universe?" Apparently not very amusingly. :smallfrown:

Granted, if they had psionics instead of magic, it would be more like this (http://xkcd.com/520/).

Yora

2011-08-27, 07:14 AM

Lies and danged lies!

29<30.
I'd say it's almost completely true.

(What is THAT?)

WildPyre

2011-08-27, 07:47 AM

http://i.imgur.com/scaeo.jpg

Umm... *geek glasses*

http://oi51.tinypic.com/2rotfmr.jpg

http://oi53.tinypic.com/2yni80z.jpg

http://oi56.tinypic.com/28am5on.jpg

If I were any less secure in my manhood, I'd go cry in a corner. :smalleek:

Traab

2011-08-27, 08:38 AM

Umm... *geek glasses*

http://oi51.tinypic.com/2rotfmr.jpg

http://oi53.tinypic.com/2yni80z.jpg

http://oi56.tinypic.com/28am5on.jpg

If I were any less secure in my manhood, I'd go cry in a corner. :smalleek:

You missed one

http://i.imgur.com/Dx0se.jpg (http://imgur.com/Dx0se)

Xuc Xac

2011-08-27, 08:43 AM

Here's a batch I just made today with no particular theme...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QZWW9D2TjSI/TljI0eK0ZXI/AAAAAAAAABw/qBXsotrJK8U/s640/Baba%252520Yaga%252520poster.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jqf5LsXTf1c/TljJCN4aIbI/AAAAAAAAACE/KVPSjuwyYSg/s640/DM%252520poster.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sNL1T0GDtxI/TljJPwSLKII/AAAAAAAAACg/quqHAHTqMrI/s640/zombie%252520ball%252520poster.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xEyPdKDbia8/TljJOEQ-KmI/AAAAAAAAACc/WBJ2gBg_OKM/s640/zen%252520archer%252520poster.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-unI981DCz9U/TljJMa0blkI/AAAAAAAAACY/R4nsKbMjiTc/s640/Set%252520Sail%252520poster.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kbTYuZMWGak/TljJJVCjwAI/AAAAAAAAACU/251Z2tIpXcw/s640/seppuku%252520poster.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3BFZl3QOkZ8/TljJGnnUEvI/AAAAAAAAACQ/91jby2pcZvM/s640/kraken%252520poster.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MVGKbu-WCAg/TljJEPg3rLI/AAAAAAAAACM/ZDu07X5LKRY/s640/hulk%252520poster.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QTbJNHo4zYs/TljJDFHfNwI/AAAAAAAAACI/J-g4xhsPF1A/s640/explore%252520poster.jpg

byaku rai

2011-08-27, 09:24 AM

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QTbJNHo4zYs/TljJDFHfNwI/AAAAAAAAACI/J-g4xhsPF1A/s640/explore%252520poster.jpg

... I want to make a campaign here now.

Morph Bark

2011-08-27, 10:52 AM

Why lookie there, it's the geography of The Truman Show!

heavyfishcannon

2011-08-27, 01:12 PM

Yora

2011-08-27, 01:22 PM

This looks like a photoshop of the Pathfinder monster book.

Vent Reynolt

2011-08-27, 01:25 PM

I know, off topic, but where can I find this? looks like I need to crack open a joke campaign!

You can find the rules for the three pony races here. (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/03/traditional-game-ponyfinder.html) Unfortunately, I'm not sure precisely where these originated from, and there don't seem to be any more pages (though I have heard some people mention that dragonmarks could be adapted for cutie marks).

Edit: And yes, the rules were created for Pathfinder.

WildPyre

2011-08-27, 01:31 PM

Hmm Dragon Marks as Cutie Marks... I'm not sure why that never occurred to me before. >_< Thanks.

Admiral Squish

2011-08-27, 01:52 PM

Hmm Dragon Marks as Cutie Marks... I'm not sure why that never occurred to me before. >_< Thanks.

I always thought a cutie mark was more like a bonus feat. Some ponies get skill focus, others get improved flying, or maybe some kind of homebrewed feat that gives you a 1st-level spell as an SLA.

The Tygre

2011-08-27, 10:35 PM

O.o

I get the weirdest feeling I might have made this one, or at least something along those lines.

Considering I swiped from Freedom Stone, you probably did.

Now everyone shut the Hell up, swallow your Sigil Prep, and make some actual posters.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/Wrathbearer.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/WhisperofVengeance.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/WarhoundofBane.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/VengefulCrusader.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/SteelVanguardMaster.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/SpellCommander.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/Siegebreaker.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/ResourcefulMagician.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/RampagingBrute.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/RakehellDuelist.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/MythicSkald.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/KulkorArmsMaster.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/GreatWeaponMaster.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/GloriousMyrmidon.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/FamiliarBloodsmith.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/DragonfoeRagespell.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/DaringBlade.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/BlessedPsalmist.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/BladestormDuelist.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/AvernianKnight.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/ArcaneArmorer.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/ArbiterofForgottenJustice.jpg

Hiro Protagonest

2011-08-27, 10:49 PM

Considering I swiped from Freedom Stone, you probably did.

Now everyone shut the Hell up, swallow your Sigil Prep, and make some actual posters.
*snip*

I recognize about 1/3 of those. I'm guessing they're all 4e Paragon Paths/Epic Destinies?

Mordokai

2011-08-28, 01:27 AM

This one (http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/Siegebreaker.jpg) amuses me :smallbiggrin:

Also, I can haz a source?

horngeek

2011-08-28, 04:24 AM

Considering I swiped from Freedom Stone, you probably did.

I did make that one! :smallbiggrin:

You gotta admit, it fits.

Morph Bark

2011-08-28, 11:38 AM

Considering I swiped from Freedom Stone, you probably did.

Now everyone shut the Hell up, swallow your Sigil Prep, and make some actual posters.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/Siegebreaker.jpg

Hee, my players are currently targeted by the goblin mafia. It's going to be a load of fun. :smallbiggrin:

Geigan

2011-08-28, 04:04 PM

I got a few
http://i.imgur.com/JDCFp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ar8AM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qMzBL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/My3jl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pLPrR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pDBED.jpg

Hiro Protagonest

2011-08-28, 04:15 PM

http://i.imgur.com/My3jl.jpg

Are you saying the Arcane Order DOESN'T play quidditch?

Hadrian_Emrys

2011-08-28, 04:41 PM

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g455/c0ldsnap/aberrations.jpg

Funny how my immediate reaction to the above was: "Holy cow! An 'Aliens' reboot written by Stephanie Meyer."

The Glyphstone

2011-08-28, 05:39 PM

Hmmm....both series feature a superhuman creature who impregnates a human with its hybrid spawn, which proceeds to 'birth' itself through the host's chest...

Meyerpires are xenomorphs!

Morph Bark

2011-08-28, 05:54 PM

Hmmm....both series feature a superhuman creature who impregnates a human with its hybrid spawn, which proceeds to 'birth' itself through the host's chest...

Meyerpires are xenomorphs!

o.O

Twilight really has that?

The Glyphstone

2011-08-28, 05:57 PM

o.O

Twilight really has that?

By a certain interpretation, yes.

The lead girl is impregnated by her vampire love, but the the half-vampire baby's kicks broke her spine and so they performed an emergency Ceasarean section.

See, totally identical.

Morph Bark

2011-08-28, 06:00 PM

By a certain interpretation, yes.

The lead girl is impregnated by her vampire love, but the the half-vampire baby's kicks broke her spine and so they performed an emergency Ceasarean section.

See, totally identical.

By that interpretation, my twin sister is either a xenomorph or a half-vampire and my father is either a xenomorph or a vampire.

The fact that he does not sparkle, but is immune to the effects of sunlight and is not fond of garlic leads me to presume he is Dracula.

The Glyphstone

2011-08-28, 07:25 PM

Will you object unduly if I nuke your house from orbit? It's the only way to be sure.:smallwink:

(Oh, and there's also the fact that the Cesearean section is performed with the male vampire's teeth, so there is chewing involved.)

Doorhandle

2011-08-28, 08:46 PM

I don't care if you're a vampire, there has got to be a thousand better ways to do that.

TheCountAlucard

2011-08-28, 08:57 PM

I don't care if you're a vampire, there has got to be a thousand better ways to do that.Yeah, but then Meyer wouldn't be as deliciously-awful of a writer as she is.

Speaking of which, has anyone made a poster for the major fail at the end of the series?

The Glyphstone

2011-08-28, 09:55 PM

I don't care if you're a vampire, there has got to be a thousand better ways to do that.

I thought, at first, you were talking about the nuking. Because your statement is true no matter which bit you're referring to.

Blackfang108

2011-08-28, 10:07 PM

I don't care if you're a vampire, there has got to be a thousand better ways to do that.

The first exposure I had to Twilight was my friends describing that scene in graphic detail.

One of the MANY reasons I refuse to acknowledge the existence of the series.

TheCountAlucard

2011-08-28, 10:29 PM

The first exposure I had to Twilight was my friends describing that scene in graphic detail.

One of the MANY reasons I refuse to acknowledge the existence of the series.Does anyone have a good "Does Not Compute" demotivator? :smallconfused:

Arbane

2011-08-28, 11:16 PM

Yeah, but then Meyer wouldn't be as deliciously-awful of a writer as she is.

Speaking of which, has anyone made a poster for the major fail at the end of the series?

You're REALLY going to have to narrow it down a bit.

Hawkfrost000

2011-08-28, 11:17 PM

You're REALLY going to have to narrow it down a bit.

QFT

the entire series is fail TBH

DM

TheCountAlucard

2011-08-28, 11:19 PM

You're REALLY going to have to narrow it down a bit.Well, in this case I meant the geography-based fail associated with having Edward and Bella go off to have their honeymoon on an island Carlisle owns off the west coast of Brazil, the one cardinal direction for which Brazil does not possess a coast.

Hawkfrost000

2011-08-28, 11:27 PM

Well, in this case I meant the geography-based fail associated with having Edward and Bella go off to have their honeymoon on an island Carlisle owns off the west coast of Brazil, the one cardinal direction for which Brazil does not possess a coast.

the west coast of...

*dies laughing*

that is an EPIC fail! Carlisle should look into buying bridges in the Sahara

i mean really just wow (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouFailGeographyForever)

DM

Doorhandle

2011-08-28, 11:50 PM

....Oh cesarean section, I just derailed the thread! MORESO!

So, to help us back on topic, he's a trio of railroading motivators taken off goggle search.

http://picture.funnycorner.net/funny-pictures/5650/Railroading-1.jpghttp://theunshaven.rooms.cwal.net/RPG%20Motivational%20Posters/Railroading.jpghttp://vulcanstev.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/engineeringdegree1.jpg

And some more by me.

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7531/durrl.jpghttp://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1271/ganb.jpghttp://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4039/gesalt.jpghttp://img710.imageshack.us/img710/9902/statng.pnghttp://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5611/golbins.jpghttp://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9262/leap3.png

MightyPirate

2011-08-29, 02:00 AM

This thread needs more ponies...

http://oi54.tinypic.com/34gvnn8.jpg

Seriously if anyone knows where to get the rest of this that isn't the three types of ponies, I'd love to see the rest of these rules.
*Delurk*

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4800/savageponies.jpg
Found here. (http://giftkrieg23.deviantart.com/art/Savage-Worlds-of-MLP-FiM-RPG-202882708)

Does anyone have a good "Does Not
'Compute" demotivator? :smallconfused:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6636/vegotabugtoreport.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2303/sanityw.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/633/demotivationalpostersfo.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4452/solonglq.jpg

*Relurk*

hawkingbird

2011-08-29, 04:27 AM

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/633/demotivationalpostersfo.jpg

I thought this was a thread for Demotivators???

Mordokai

2011-08-29, 05:22 AM

Trust me when I say it, every teenage girl gets massively demotivated upon seeing that :smalltongue:

Yora

2011-08-29, 05:26 AM

http://i.imgur.com/qMzBL.jpg

Do you have the source on this?
(Reminds me of Magic of Faerûn)

flumphy

2011-08-29, 05:33 AM

Trust me when I say it, every teenage girl gets massively demotivated upon seeing that :smalltongue:

I am female. I was a teenager when the first book came out. And trust me, I am (and would have been) very much rooting for Blade here. :smalltongue:

Just because someone is a teenager doesn't mean they can tolerate bad writing.

Yora

2011-08-29, 07:20 AM

Have you no faith in women? :smallbiggrin:

Mordokai

2011-08-29, 08:40 AM

I am female. I was a teenager when the first book came out. And trust me, I am (and would have been) very much rooting for Blade here. :smalltongue:

Just because someone is a teenager doesn't mean they can tolerate bad writing.

Most teenage girls? :smalltongue:

PersonMan

2011-08-29, 11:55 AM

Most teenage girls? :smalltongue:

Some teenage girls. It might have just been the people I knew, but few of them enjoyed reading the books, if they did at all.

Hiro Protagonest

2011-08-29, 12:13 PM

Some teenage girls. It might have just been the people I knew, but few of them enjoyed reading the books, if they did at all.
What about the movies?

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1271/ganb.jpg

No wonder he lost.

Kris Strife

2011-08-29, 12:58 PM

Some teenage girls. It might have just been the people I knew, but few of them enjoyed reading the books, if they did at all.

You're all forgetting about the middle aged housewives who buy her books. :smalltongue:

Urpriest

2011-08-29, 01:02 PM

Is there an automated way to make alignment charts, or is it just a matter of putting together multiple demotivators in paint? I've got an idea for a chart, but I'm lazy.

flumphy

2011-08-29, 01:47 PM

What about the movies?

I'll just link to this (http://www.cracked.com/article_18633_the-real-reason-shes-making-you-go-see-eclipse-5Bgraph5D.html).

I've actually never seen the movies and cannot fairly state whether they're any better than the books, but for the above reason I suppose I forgive any sexually-repressed, hormonal teenagers for enjoying the visual adaptation.

Oh, and speaking of vampires:
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6048/automotivator3y.jpg

horngeek

2011-08-29, 08:04 PM

I'm tempted to make a motivator featuring Alucard from Hellsing, and some witty remark involving Edward Cullen.

Welknair

2011-08-29, 08:12 PM

I'm tempted to make a motivator featuring Alucard from Hellsing, and some witty remark involving Edward Cullen.

I think there was a shirt with a pair of crossed stakes and the words "And then Buffy killed Edward. The End." It was epic.

Volthawk

2011-08-29, 08:14 PM

I think there was a shirt with a pair of crossed steaks and the words "And then Buffy killed Edward. The End." It was epic.

What has beef got to do with vampires?

Welknair

2011-08-29, 09:10 PM

What has beef got to do with vampires?

...

The stabby steaks, not the cow ones.

TheCountAlucard

2011-08-29, 09:12 PM

Then it's stakes, not steaks. :smallsigh:

Welknair

2011-08-29, 09:20 PM

Then it's stakes, not steaks. :smallsigh:

Aww, crap. *Facepalm*

Edit: Fixed. And now I feel like an idiot.

Geigan

2011-08-29, 09:37 PM

Do you have the source on this?
(Reminds me of Magic of Faerûn)
No clue on its origin. Here's where I found it. (http://www.google.com/imgres?q=necromancer+snapping+his+fingers&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbnid=vy7XS62eFPLQCM:&imgrefurl=http://percivel.wordpress.com/&docid=y8cANaTS__aR1M&w=500&h=500&ei=XkpcTqmgHIeysALAq30&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=613&page=1&tbnh=141&tbnw=141&start=0&ndsp=50&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0&tx=89&ty=78&biw=1680&bih=857) Or if you just want the picture.
http://percivel.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/necromancer.jpg

Yora

2011-08-30, 03:52 AM

Then it's stakes, not steaks. :smallsigh:

Your sure? Their many people who get that wrong.

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-30, 04:32 AM

Your sure? Their many people who get that wrong.

It's true. If you go after a vampire with a steak your best hope is that he'll be too full to eat you as well :smalltongue:

Fighting a vampire: Use a stake
Cooking dinner: Use a steak.

Tax via Google:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk197/thedarkoracleofvoid/MotivationalPosterCallOfCthulhuTryi.jpg

Eldan

2011-08-30, 04:47 AM

You could fry up the steak with some garlic, though.

This entire discussion brings Discworld back to mind.

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-30, 04:50 AM

You could fry up the steak with some garlic, though.

This entire discussion brings Discworld back to mind.

My solution is to dissolve garlic salt into holy water and fight vampires with a pressure washer/super soaker.

Yora

2011-08-30, 04:52 AM

You could always just bless the water.

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-30, 04:56 AM

You could always just bless the water.

I prefer to over-prepare; what if they're resistant to holy water? The garlic is a backup.

Moar taks:
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3952/motivator5230319606664wu6.jpg

Yora

2011-08-30, 05:21 AM

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1651/motivator2462a6142931ce.jpg

One Step Two

2011-08-30, 05:24 AM

I prefer to over-prepare; what if they're resistant to holy water? The garlic is a backup.

Moar taks:
Snip

This webcomic, I read it once, I would like to again, a link would be greatly appreciated, pretty please with a dire-half-dragon-cherry on top!

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-30, 05:36 AM

This webcomic, I read it once, I would like to again, a link would be greatly appreciated, pretty please with a dire-half-dragon-cherry on top!

Twas a Google creation I'm afraid. Maybe tineye?

Google tax:
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4119/motivator6824025f1df6dqo0.jpg

aazru

2011-08-30, 05:46 AM

Waker

2011-08-30, 09:07 AM

This webcomic, I read it once, I would like to again, a link would be greatly appreciated, pretty please with a dire-half-dragon-cherry on top!
http://twelvedragons.comicgenesis.com/today.html
NSFW and the comic is inactive, so don't get too excited.

Morph Bark

2011-08-30, 12:04 PM

Then it's stakes, not steaks. :smallsigh:

"And then beefy steaks Edward, The End" would be just as hilarious. :smalltongue:

Radar

2011-08-30, 12:16 PM

"And then beefy steaks Edward, The End" would be just as hilarious. :smalltongue:
In a Hannibal Lecter way. :smalltongue:

Chilingsworth

2011-08-30, 12:45 PM

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1651/motivator2462a6142931ce.jpg

I recognise GITS, which anime is the other one from?

Yora

2011-08-30, 01:07 PM

Seirei no Moribito, same animators.

Havn't actually seen it yet, but everything indicates that the characters are very similar.

Rockphed

2011-08-30, 01:20 PM

Some teenage girls. It might have just been the people I knew, but few of them enjoyed reading the books, if they did at all.

My wife thinks the books are pretty bad, but readable. If you can stand whiny teenager for 2400 pages. The movies, however, she only watches to make fun of.

TAX:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q235/Rockphed/demo2.jpg

absolmorph

2011-08-30, 04:51 PM

My solution is to dissolve garlic salt into holy water and fight vampires with a pressure washer/super soaker.
My preference is a paintball gun engraved with several symbols of my faith firing custom paintballs (filled with garlic and holy water).
A stake bayonet is optional but encouraged.

Necroticplague

2011-08-30, 06:33 PM

My preference is a paintball gun engraved with several symbols of my faith firing custom paintballs (filled with garlic and holy water).
A stake bayonet is optional but encouraged.

I would go with this, but I don't know what the sign of my faith is (I'm an atheist).

My tax:http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/15/a7c224ae-7e91-4c3b-836b-beed4a583b68.jpg

Kobold-Bard

2011-08-30, 06:36 PM

I would go with this, but I don't know what the sign of my faith is (I'm an atheist).

...

Be like Benny from The Mummy; have one of each just in case.

Tavar

2011-08-30, 07:07 PM

Be like Benny from The Mummy; have one of each just in case.

But what if it's like the Dresden Files, where it's not the symbol, but the faith that repels them?

Morph Bark

2011-08-30, 07:10 PM

But what if it's like the Dresden Files, where it's not the symbol, but the faith that repels them?

Then the atheist does not need a symbol and simply repels them by not believing very very hard that there are no gods.

Tavar

2011-08-30, 07:13 PM

Then the atheist does not need a symbol and simply repels them by not believing very very hard that there are no gods.

Right, but then by using a symbol you make it harder to repel them.

Plus, I believe it's implied that you don't need a symbol, it just makes things much easier. Or, possibly, doable except for people with deep, burning faith.

Dusk Eclipse

2011-08-30, 07:24 PM

Ok, here is a demotivator dump inspired by a thread over at the 3.5 sub forum, you have three guesses to say which thread inspired that... and the first two don't count

Mine:
http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt139/Dusk_eclipse/Warforgedmotivator.jpg

Not mine

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x22/DrunkMonkGar/Motivators/WarforgedPimp.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x22/DrunkMonkGar/Motivators/WarforgedJuggernaut.jpg

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc182/SuperSaiyanBowser2/Warforged.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/AxiomaticBadger/motivator92a96bc7d82d961020d6718bde.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/Warforged_by_cwgabriel-1.jpg

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr123/jsstrn/ADnD/warforgedstealingjobs.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/MarkusTay/Posters/motivator7935303.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/mearn4d10/Motivators/KnifeSammich1.jpg

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww98/madapplejack/motivator0956b4354dc0cb03399bd35914.jpg

http://stevencreech.com/images/posters/Warforged02.jpg
Sooo true

Morph Bark

2011-08-30, 07:39 PM

I regret nothing in bringing up the idea in said thread. :smallamused:

absolmorph

2011-08-30, 08:44 PM

But what if it's like the Dresden Files, where it's not the symbol, but the faith that repels them?
This may or may not have been exactly what was on my mind while thinking up a good weapon for such combat.

Right, but then by using a symbol you make it harder to repel them.

Plus, I believe it's implied that you don't need a symbol, it just makes things much easier. Or, possibly, doable except for people with deep, burning faith.
Do you mean "not using a symbol" on that first line?

It's not really discussed in the main books, as far as I remember. I'm hoping to get the RPG in the near future, though, which may have more information.
I'm not sure what symbolizes my faith, though...

horngeek

2011-08-30, 08:53 PM

But what if it's like the Dresden Files, where it's not the symbol, but the faith that repels them?

A test tube. The power of SCIENCE!!! :biggrin:

I'd probably be using a cross, but that's my suggestion.

Tavar

2011-08-30, 09:07 PM

A test tube. The power of SCIENCE!!! :biggrin:

I'd probably be using a cross, but that's my suggestion.

Right. But that's not really relevant to my question. I was responding to someone suggesting that, instead of a symbol, you should just use all of them. My question was bringing up the problem with that idea.

Traab

2011-08-30, 09:31 PM

In a book I read, Monster Hunter International, by Larry Correia, it is stated that it take true faith, not just the holy symbol, to actually hold off the types of monsters effected by faith. Thats why most of the teams try to include at least one seriously religious guy. Sure the silver fleck filled hollow point rounds work on pretty much anything corporeal, but it never hurts to have a little something extra in your holster. :smallbiggrin: So poor benny would have been helpless no matter how many holy symbols and prayers he cycled through. (I REALLY recommend that book and its sequal btw, big time fun)

Silverscale

2011-08-30, 11:10 PM

My preference is a paintball gun engraved with several symbols of my faith firing custom paintballs (filled with garlic and holy water).
A stake bayonet is optional but encouraged.
Make the bayonet a wooden stake re-enforced with silver inlays and you have yourself a very versatile weapon for most undead.

Heliomance

2011-08-30, 11:11 PM

Don't forget the woolly blanket.

Ksheep

2011-08-30, 11:17 PM

Make the bayonet a wooden stake re-enforced with silver inlays and you have yourself a very versatile weapon for most undead.

Shouldn't you also throw in a dash of cold iron, just to be on the safe side?

Tavar

2011-08-30, 11:24 PM

Shouldn't you also throw in a dash of cold iron, just to be on the safe side?

Probably; of course, that just means normal iron, so it's not too hard.

Lordof Dorkness

2011-08-30, 11:59 PM

Made these.Credit to Smosh for Images

http://s1.postimage.org/1f5xadphg/Trap_Sense.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/1f5xadphg/)
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http://s1.postimage.org/1f6fhaix0/You_Trapped_What.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/1f6fhaix0/)
http://s1.postimage.org/8ieawwoof/You_Trapped_What.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/)
hosting images (http://www.postimage.org/)
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http://s1.postimage.org/motv5zlke/Charging_Smite_Corndog_Motivator.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/)
post image wordpress (http://www.postimage.org/)
http://s1.postimage.org/1f68v54xw/Charging_Smite_Corndog_Motivator.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/1f68v54xw/)
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Sorry for Image Doubles.

Callos_DeTerran

2011-08-31, 12:52 AM

I'm tempted to make a motivator featuring Alucard from Hellsing, and some witty remark involving Edward Cullen.

Ding.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5367/alucardkt.jpg

That'll be one kidney.

horngeek

2011-08-31, 02:10 AM

...but you already have one of mine!

Oh, well.

*gives kidney*

*gains regenerative abilities*

Eldan

2011-08-31, 03:49 AM

You can gain regenerative abilities from removing kidneys?

TO THE SCALPELS!

Radar

2011-08-31, 04:09 AM

You can gain regenerative abilities from removing kidneys?

TO THE SCALPELS!
Gentelmen, start your chainsaws (http://www.restorerestartquit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/theme_hospital.jpg)! :smalltongue:

Saintheart

2011-08-31, 07:41 AM

And now, a set of demotivators with a theme. See if you can spot it. :smalltongue:

http://i.imgur.com/SQOHy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/H5ZyX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4rvJF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Cu8oR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iTamP.jpg

horngeek

2011-08-31, 07:49 AM

You can gain regenerative abilities from removing kidneys?

TO THE SCALPELS!

No, but it would be a very convenient time for me to gain regen abilities, given that now Callos has both my kidneys. :smalltongue:

byaku rai

2011-08-31, 09:09 AM

To the vampire thing, I'd simplify by making a stake my holy symbol. But that's just me. :smallredface:

TheCountAlucard

2011-08-31, 09:46 AM

And now, a set of demotivators with a theme. See if you can spot it.Yes. :smalltongue: Eddie Murphy, naturally.

Traab

2011-08-31, 10:22 AM

And now, a set of demotivators with a theme. See if you can spot it. :smalltongue:

Well, at first I thought the theme was pcs and their classes, but then you threw in feats and a spell, so that cant be it. I dunno, maybe if you throw in a few more I can figure it out.

Vknight

2011-08-31, 10:46 AM

Ding.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5367/alucardkt.jpg

That'll be one kidney.

I made that one! So I want part of that kidney or my own!

Callos_DeTerran

2011-08-31, 01:34 PM

I made that one! So I want part of that kidney or my own!

NEVER!

*throws a smoke-bomb and runs away!*

Morph Bark

2011-08-31, 03:08 PM

And now, a set of demotivators with a theme. See if you can spot it. :smalltongue:

http://i.imgur.com/SQOHy.jpg

I am putting this movie, whatever it is called, directly on my list of vampire movies to watch.

Yora

2011-08-31, 03:10 PM

General ooppinion is, that this movie is just bad. Not funny bad, just bad bad.

Drascin

2011-08-31, 03:59 PM

To the vampire thing, I'd simplify by making a stake my holy symbol. But that's just me. :smallredface:

You have to really believe in the holiness of the stake, though. Think you can muster true, deep faith for a stake?

beyond reality

2011-08-31, 04:29 PM

When it's all that stands between you and a vampire you'll become a very devout stakethiest.

Frozen_Feet

2011-08-31, 04:36 PM

absolmorph

2011-08-31, 05:26 PM

I've always found the idea that the wielder of the symbol needs faith to repel a spirit quite stupid. The way proposed in "I am Legend" is much more sensible: that objects the Vampire has faith in repels them.

But really, that's because I find the "clap your hands if you belief" trope paradoxical and idiotic in general; holy symbols are just a particularly notable subset of it.
This was actually the basis of a discussion I had a few weeks ago, where we wondered about vampires of various mainstream religions and considered what their weaknesses would be.

Lord Raziere

2011-08-31, 05:29 PM

I've always found the idea that the wielder of the symbol needs faith to repel a spirit quite stupid. The way proposed in "I am Legend" is much more sensible: that objects the Vampire has faith in repels them.

But really, that's because I find the "clap your hands if you belief" trope paradoxical and idiotic in general; holy symbols are just a particularly notable subset of it.

"I have faith in nothing"
"Oh no! They are unstoppable! If only if it were the other way around and the vampire was repelled objects I had faith in instead!"

Frozen_Feet

2011-08-31, 05:52 PM

Morph Bark

2011-08-31, 06:06 PM

You have to really believe in the holiness of the stake, though. Think you can muster true, deep faith for a stake?

"I am a druid of the ancient order of Rhododendron. I am the Lord of the Red Leaves. In my hand my companion through the ages has been my staff, granted to me by Yggdrassil himself, now weaponized to strike thee down! BEWARE VAMPIRE, FOR YOU FACE YOUR IMPALER!"

I've always found the idea that the wielder of the symbol needs faith to repel a spirit quite stupid. The way proposed in "I am Legend" is much more sensible: that objects the Vampire has faith in repels them.

This would also instantly be a reason why ancient vampires are stronger: their holy symbols and temples are no longer prevalent. However, it proves troubling with small present-day cults...

Then again, I found how True Blood pointed out how Jesus could have been a vampire ironically hilarious. :smalltongue:

Lord Raziere

2011-08-31, 06:07 PM

Please. A nihilistic vampire would pretty much carry the seeds of its own destruction; just trip them into thinking about whether they have faith in themselves. Crippling self-confidence issues ahoy! :smalltongue:

"Nope, I have logic and that is just trying to trick me with careful wording. furthermore, how do you know that not I'm lying, and that I actually have faith in a random asteroid on the other side of the universe that will never come here? you can't possibly kill me with that, especially when a black hole comes along and eats and guess what? I'll still have faith in that random asteroid since I will never know that will be eaten or not- I have faith that it won't be eaten, therefore my weakness is unreachable."

Welknair

2011-08-31, 06:40 PM

"I am a druid of the ancient order of Rhododendron. I am the Lord of the Red Leaves. In my hand my companion through the ages has been my staff, granted to me by Yggdrassil himself, now weaponized to strike thee down! BEWARE VAMPIRE, FOR YOU FACE YOUR IMPALER!"

(I call him Mister Pointy...)

AngelSword

2011-08-31, 06:41 PM

POSTERS! ^(>_<)^
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/8/31/57359ee8-829a-4784-8373-935f4fe956b5.jpg (http://cheezburger.com/View/5153417728)

Ridureyu

2011-08-31, 07:51 PM

And for all RPGs in general...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/Ridureyu/forumstuff/doesnt_understand.png

Vknight

2011-09-01, 12:35 AM

NEVER!

*throws a smoke-bomb and runs away!*

NO! My precious!!

flabort

2011-09-01, 12:21 PM

I missed the discussion on anti-undead weaponry that lead into what or why vampires would be repelled by. :smallfrown:
Chainsaw, with alternating wooden and silver teeth, and a cold iron... whatever that thing the teeth revolve around is called (I'll call it the "Blade").
Each tooth is inscribed with a different symbol of faith (if their repelled by THEIR faith), and the "Blade" is inscribed with the symbol of MY faith (If their repelled by that).
This chainsaw motor also powers a compressor, which when I release it, uses a dense stream of holy water to propel a bullet made of garlic, packed with explosives inside.
It also has a large shield attached behind the blade, inlayed with an advanced LED pattern.
I need to go make a poster as tax, now....

Fouredged Sword

2011-09-01, 01:11 PM

The above just needs a mounted flame thrower.

Dr.Epic

2011-09-01, 01:29 PM

Two questions:

1. Where's the site I can just upload an image, write some text, and the thing is made for me? I know someone had a link to it somewhere.

2. Anyone have a link to the one post that was about alignment: it was two intersecting lines (one horizontal, the other vertical) and at one end of one was being nice and being a jerk, and the other was plays by the rules and free spirit? I liked that and think it would be a good introduction to alignment for first time PCs so I don't have to go into great lengths describing what alignment is and where they see themselves. Just use the chart.:smallwink: