Warp Field: Flaws in Faster Than Light

Sure you saw the little Accubiere drive art on the front of that popular science zine... except that at higher dimensions the black hole diameter expands.
So the idea of FTL is flawed. Flip the switch and the space ship doesnt just form a bubble and go zoom...

"Everybody's dead Dave."

Okay, but why are black holes of different diameters then? How about because your approach to the black hole varies with dimension.

So back to million year space programs.

Linguistic Archeology: Japanese Honorifics

Honorifics

1. -san
2. -sama
3. -kun
4. -chan
5. -tan
6. -senpai
7. -kohai

Popularity of use

A        %        E         %         I         %           O          %          U          %

6       85%      1       14%      2       28%        1         14%       1           14%

B        %        C         %         D         %           F          %          G          %

0         0%      1        14%     0          0%        0          0%         0          0%

H        %        J         %         K         %           L          %          M          %

1         14%   0         0%       2         28%       0           0%        1          14%

N        %        P         %         Q         %           R          %          S          %

5         71%    1        14%      0         0%         0          0%        3          42%

T        %        V         %         W         %           X          %          Y          %

1        14%    0          0%       0           0%        0          0%        0           0%

Z         %

0          0%

Honorifics by Popularity of use

85%         A:

71%         N, a: (An (pie): Grandmother/ancestor)

42%        S, n, a: -san

28%        K, i, s, n, a: 

14%        E, o, u, c, h, m, p, t, k, i, s, n, a: -sama, -kun, -chan, -tan, 

                -senpai, -kohai

0%          B, d, f, g, h, l, q, r, v, w, x, y, z

Conclusions

At 42% the earliest honorific is -san (predated by protoindoeuropean 'an' meaning ancestor/grandmother).

There is a jump in time as new alphabet is added, and then a sudden rush as the remaining honorifics are added into use by 14% of the population.

Awesome Anime: How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord

A fascinating Anime whose Manga series has only recently progressed beyond the end of the first season of Anime. In the company of the holy maiden of the great and corrupt church are headed toward Diablo's Dungeon...

Machine Life: Kara

And that was seven years ago... fascinating.

Basic Expert: Falconry is a Charisma based skill

Falconry is the employment of a sentient predator to hunt food prey.

We should regard this as a Charisma based skill in which the Morale of the retainer (in this case the Falcon) is checked to see if it abandons its Master.

Monsters have morale so if the retainer Morale (thanks to Player Character's charisma) is below this falconry is impossible.
So the Charisma of anyone employing falconry should be 9+.

Because it's charisma based, its usable by any class character with sufficient charisma.

In D&D terms we can use the standard Normal Hawk for Stats. of our Falcon.

                                   Normal
                                    Hawk       
Armor Class:                 8
Hit Dice:                       1/2
Move:                   
      flying:               480' (160')
Attacks:                         1
Damage:                       1-2
No. Appearing:        0 (1-6)
Save As:                 Normal Man
Morale:                          7
Treasure Type:            Nil
Alignment:               Neutral

Ex. Ming Ming (Human fighter, Cha 16) gets a +1 on any falconry checks such as when her male falcon catches the scent of a female and decides not to return to his Mistress but fly off into the sunset.

Cha      Adjust to   Max. No.    Morale of
Score  Reactions  Retainers    Retainers
 3              -2                    1                4
 4-5           -1                   2                 5
 6-8           -1                   3                 6
 9-12         0                    4                 7
 13-15      +1                   5                 8
 16-17      +1                   6                 9
 18            +2                   7                10       

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