Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 10 2010, 08:43 PM
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 10 2010, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 18,712
Re: Rank issues
"Diagonal." Thanks for finding the word that escaped me yesterday. I knew there was a simpler explanation but it was late.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 9 2010, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 18,712
Re: Rank issues
An inverted V is just that: take a V and flip it vertically. The leader is at the point, and the two arms of the V spread out behind and to either side. A chevron is technically just a V, either...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 6 2010, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 63
Views: 18,712
Re: Rank issues
If you figure roughly a bronze, four browns, eight blues and 16 greens in a wing at nearly full strength, I'd have four sub-wing elements of one brown, two blue and four green. Greens don't fly a...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 6 2010, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 63
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 6 2010, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 15,636
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 5 2010, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 24,080
Re: F'lar
IIRC, Lessa's described as tiny (height and bulk wise) but not lacking in feminine endowment. Biggest problem is Beckinsale's too tall for Lessa, but as she's one of the top three best looking women...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 5 2010, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 26
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Re: How long is weyrling training?
Concur, I recall there being concern about whether Ruth could bear the weight and deliberate over-caution due to Jaxom's status as a Lord Holder.
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 5 2010, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 83
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Re: Fandarel
Smarter than Fax, at least, to keep his scheming quiet for the most part; no invading, plundering and murdering, but plenty of infiltrating, manipulating and subverting. Still wouldn't trust him as...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 5 2010, 02:08 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 24,080
Re: F'lar
Oded Fehr's a good suggestion!
I think Sewell might make a better Meron.
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 5 2010, 02:05 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 15,636
Re: Fandarel
Maybe Toric...he's big enough, but don't tell Anareth.;) She thinks he's misunderstood. :notme:
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 5 2010, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 15,636
Re: Fandarel
Since when is spraying lighter fluid someplace you think you see smoke a bright idea?
I've paid Maelin many a compliment in the past and offered many a critique and never got the impression she...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 5 2010, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 15,636
Re: Fandarel
The guy I flew with was, indeed, huge. Spent way too much time in the gym. Great guy, however, with a sweetheart of a wife and a darling daughter who thankfully looks entirely like her mother! Of...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 5 2010, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 15,636
Re: Fandarel
What a lovely thank you for my compliment on your art work, you doing your best to stir up trouble as a third party.:mad:
In the future, kindly let Maelin speak for herself. She's quite capable...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 5 2010, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 18,712
Re: Rank issues
I note that F'lar and Lessa are vaguely disappointed he is not more ambitious, but being as he was fostered, they don't get uptight about it. They can accept it because they haven't been devoting...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 5 2010, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 18,712
Re: Rank issues
Leading a fighting unit isn't the same as being a manager at the office. You have responsibility for that unit around the clock, not just during the business day. It's a little hard to do that sort...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 4 2010, 01:40 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 15,636
Re: Fandarel
I think the shoulders should be more massive and prominent, and the arms longer, with their development more massive. You've given him a bulky chest, so we get the impression of a big guy, but...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 4 2010, 12:36 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 18,712
Re: Rank issues
Concur. I grew to greatly dislike the character for his priorities. When you're leading a unit, your first priority is the unit. Just ask a lot of neglected military spouses. Especially when...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 3 2010, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 18,712
Re: Rank issues
F'lessan was a bit of an underachiever, so seeing him and his bronze filling a lesser role than they "should" have been filling isn't surprising. He was obviously depriving a deserving brown rider...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 2 2010, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 18,712
Re: Rank issues
Referencing Todd Johnson's "Threadfighting: Tactics and Organization" from the rules of Mayfair Games' Dragonriders of Pern board game:
A Wing consists of 16-30 dragons and their riders.
A Wing...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 23 2010, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,940
Re: How long is weyrling training?
My understanding (and I don't have a citation at the moment) is that Weyrling training runs 18-36 months, with the greens being at the shorter end and the golds at the longer in color order. There...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jan 11 2010, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Oxymorons
Most, if not all, of this comes from an old Steve Wright routine.
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
Not if it sucks because it fails to suck.
2. Why is the third hand on the watch...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 11 2010, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 18,872
Re: Lessa being telepathic with humans?
Lessa is definitely a transmitting telepath or telempath: she can both transmit and receive. Other riders are not necessarily telepaths, even ones that can hear all dragons; their dragons are...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jan 10 2010, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 9 2009, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,484
Re: Where’s R’gul?
All certainly possible, but I actually favor his buying the farm. Not enough "names" amongst the key personalities of Pern's dragon-riders do. If I was writing the series and F'lar lived, F'nor...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 9 2009, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,036
Re: What was this "wise" advice
Depending on your degree of prurient interest:
A) Reassuring her he was joking;
B) Giving her a reassuring hug;
C) Kissing her;
D) Making love to her;
E) Making sure Mnementh threw the flight;...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 21 2009, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,406
Re: Favourite Lessa scene
The single best Lessa scene that really defines her is her defiance, even enclosed within Mnementh's claws.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 14 2009, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 11,562
Re: A Idea For A Pern Movie Storyline...
If you'll note, there are entire books and stories I've left out of this arc of five. DoP, RoP, AtWoP, the Harperhall Trilogy, and others are reduced to nothing but cameo moments for those in the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 13 2009, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 28,858
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 13 2009, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 11,562
Re: A Idea For A Pern Movie Storyline...
As far as an idea for a "Pern Movie Storyline" I could not disagree more. If you're going to start screwing with the story we all know and love, then get your mitts off of it and negotiate the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 7 2009, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 14,739
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 5 2009, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 14,739
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 5 2009, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 14,739
Re: Zombie Dragonriders!
Sergeant Major Dan Daly, USMC, (1873-1937), born to early be a dragon-rider:
"C'mon you sons-of-bitches! Do you want to live forever?"
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 5 2009, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 14,739
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 4 2009, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 14,739
Re: Zombie Dragonriders!
Yes, they did pretty it up, and while Patton's speech was great motivation for a bunch of guys about to go into combat, it would come across as pretty over-the-top, carpet-chewing stuff for a cinema...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Nov 3 2009, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,842
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 3 2009, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 14,739
Re: Zombie Dragonriders!
"The objective is not to die for Pern, but to make the other poor, dumb, space-traversing spore die for its planet!" P'ton of Hell-on-Wings Weyr.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 2 2009, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 22,621
Re: F'lar and dueling - a favorite pasttime?
Talk to enough spouses whose partner cheated on them and a great many were in denial about matters. They had suspicions but quashed them. They saw the signs but put the most favorable spin on them...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 2 2009, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 22,621
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 1 2009, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 22,621
Re: F'lar and dueling - a favorite pasttime?
T'bor is certainly concerned, hence the reason he has rows with Kylara. If he was just her lap-dog, he'd roll over for whatever she said. Absent T'bor or someone stronger, Kylara would be totally...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 31 2009, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 22,621
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 30 2009, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 28,858
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 30 2009, 01:45 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 28,858
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 30 2009, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 28,858
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 30 2009, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 22,621
Re: F'lar and dueling - a favorite pasttime?
"Vanilla"..."total body callouses"..."blood of virgins"..."full-scale Queen Victoria hang-ups"..."ur doin it rong"...:roll:
Really, for someone who spins words as well as you, that's amateur-hour....
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 29 2009, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 22,621
Re: F'lar and dueling - a favorite pasttime?
T'ron permits his riders to extort and abuse crafters and holders. That's a naked abuse of his power and authority at worst and criminal neglect of his responsibility to exercise command and control...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 29 2009, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 22,621
Re: F'lar and dueling - a favorite pasttime?
People do stupid things for love. 'Nuff said.
However, what would be the greater risk:
1) T'bor, who knows Kylara well and has at least some rudimentary restraining effect on her being the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 29 2009, 02:17 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 28,858
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 29 2009, 01:08 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 28,858
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 28 2009, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 22,621
Re: F'lar and dueling - a favorite pasttime?
Concur. Whatever so-called "rough stuff" 99% of the population is into, they probably wouldn't repeat if it left that kind of bruise and they wouldn't be contemplating it as having been a fun...
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