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T̴͍̔͗̿̔ḣ̢̨͍̬͇̮͇̯ͨ̓͗ͦ͆ͭȩ͈̪̳͉̒͛̎̏ͨ͡ ̸̦̲̜̙̥̗̫͕ͩ̿ͭ͐c̎ͦ̍̈́ͫ̎҉̳̙̩̹ͅh̡͒̑҉̝̪̝̦̠̖̣à̎̾̉̇̐̏҉̝oͫ̋ͣͮ̓ͪ͒͏̨̡͙͕̺̞̣s͗̏͏̛͍̬̺͈̝̰̻̻ ̲͓̲̃̎̔ͧ̒ͫͤ͡h̲͂̆ͤͫ͊͝ạ̢̞̭ͭ͑ͦͧ͝͡s̥̯͕̽ͭ ̷̵̗̳̝̏̈́ͯͪ̌b͕̰̰̭̗̮̫ͯ̑̋͞e̷͈̤̦̹͍̙̙̾͂ͥ̾͝g̩̭͚ͮͩ͞͠u͕̝̩̾ͭͪ͛̏̓̽͜ṇ͖̔ͪ̈̈̔̚ͅ!̩̭͚̼̦̼̮͎̈́̓̍̈́̍̓͜͞

F̴ͥ̊͏̙̠o̞̭̿͋̇ͩͫͪ̂̂͝o̰͖͚̐̾̿l͔̞̪͂̎́͘͝!̷̴̣̰̙̦͕̙̞̌̑̈̔ ̢͈̳̔̏͛̍ͥ̌̓̏͢P̆ͨ͂̔̆ͯ̈́͡҉̯ȓ̵̷̤̲̗͚͙̪̻̓̃͋͘e͎͇̺̭̠̅̽̎̽̇̽͜͞p̢̗̟̰̳̭̽̃a̶̢͉̳̖̼͈̻̘̯͆͂̊͝ͅrͪ̏̕͏͓̠̦̮̦̯̪e̛͕̭͒̋͛̿̉ͯ̌ͯ͝ ͚̱ͤ̌̈́ͨͮ̍̐̀͜͢t̡̢̳̺́ͨ̓̍̅̃ͦ̏̀o͓͖̱̳͉ͬͫ͒̍ͣ̆ͦ͒͡ ̦̘̖̗ͩ̈ͪb͇̼̾̎͌ͧ͞e̸̛̻̫̦͓̪͂̅͛̎̃ͣ͌̚͠ ̙͚̹͕͙ͧͣ̾̽̿̓͝s̘̱͑̆̂͆̏̒̆̽͜͟m̥̠̠̲ͣ̀͋̒̎ͩ͛ͯ̚i̧̛̳̮̦͉͔̖̓͐͊̍t̞͚͍́̈ͮẽ͙ͥͭ̒̽ͪ̄̄̀d̛̟̦̤̰͎̳̜̹́͗̑ͪ͟!̸͍͇͎̅ͯ̓ͨ̒ͥ̆̕

Yep!

Quick Fix 18: Cycle One - What does it mean to live? What does it mean to live? Many people have tried to answer this question, of course. The scientists tried to quantify the issue, saying life meant having a heartbeat, or being able to think, or being able to move. Philosophers thought more abstractly, and claimed life was love, or God, or happiness. There have been a multitude of answers, each one different than the last. And every one of them had been right, and every one of them had been wrong. Life meant different things to different people. The person of relevance, at the moment, was an old man sitting in his chair, staring out over the ocean that surrounded the island. His rheumy eyes were watching the waves crash, but his thoughts were far from the ocean or even the island upon which he sat. No, he thought of long ago, times when he had been young and powerful and his name had been feared throughout the lands. There was a noise behind him. His senses were still sharp enough to notice that, at least, though it was only the light scuff of a foot. The problem was, he didn’t care. “What does it mean to live?” he asked aloud. The steps behind him stopped. “Nothing,” he answered himself bitterly. “Life means nothing. Not without power, or joy, or love.” He rose, slowly, and turned to face the young assassin facing him, still frozen in place clutching a dagger. “Go on. Do the deed. Throw the world into chaos. I’ll be dead. I don’t care.” The assassin walked a few steps closer, uncertainly. The Prism bared his throat and closed his eyes. After a pause, the assassin sliced his throat with one quick motion, as if deciding to get it over with. In a few minutes, all that was left in the room was the cooling body of what was once the most powerful man in the world. Cycle 1 has begun! You have 23 hours to send in actions and vote. [url=http://www.pending.me.uk][/url] Player List QF18 has started! Kudos to Elb and Sart for the writeup!

Just listened to the first two episodes of night vale. I love it so far.

That member is Harmony himself and I'm not about to let Joe kill him.

Races: Amian Human Parshandi Monsters: Unmade Midnight Essence Chasmfiend Greatshell Parshandi Thunderclast Basic classes: Fighter = Shardbearer Wizard = Surgebinder Rogue = Ghostblood Cleric = Old magic user

I haven't played D&D before but it would be fun to try it. Also, could absorbing stormlight give you a temporary boost to some stats?

Yeah, I haven't touched crucible. To busy doing all the quests.

You would be correct in guessing that.

Stayed up all night reading The Warded Man from start to finish.

Playing Destiny: Rise of Iron. The missions are short, but beautifully designed.

I am not going to kill returned! That lifeless is mine!

Mraiz used a blowgun on Shallan to impress and frighten her.

I am able to scan any player, living or dead to see if they're returned. Anyone here returned? According to my ability there are six returned.

In the case of sub-red it always succeeds on a player that has had pyrejelly used on it that turn.

Nyali is occupying all my potential players with her nice, wonderful game complete monstrosity.

Interesting. What would you think of this quote copy pasted directly from page 7, Day 1: "If I need to find Kaladin for a totally-not-assassination quest"

Didn't Bridge boy say he was looking for kaladin? If so livinglegend might have info on kaladin.

At least you used a spoiler tag.

much to the

Well known plot twists just became my new pet peeve.

Spoilers for Harry Potter! Seriously Darkness, some people might currently be reading Harry Potter and might not appreciate the spoilers.

Link to Sanderson elimination rules: http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/5627-sanderson-elimination-general-rules/ You can find the Sanderson elimination area in the Roleplaying section down at the bottom of the main 17th shard page.

Welcome back! Have you checked out the new and improved Sanderson elimination?