Question: What do you get when you send a Ranger, a Cleric, two Wizards (one of them is a conjurer to be fair), a Fighter, a Barbarian, and a Raven named Beaky to clear out a mine?
Answer: Awesomesauce
Welcome to the first of hopefully many entries in our new Pathfinder campaign (based on Rise of the Runelords), which I am calling The Misadventures of Sandpoint. Every other week I'll be going into detail on all the randomness that occurs in our adventures at the table, hopefully brightening your day and maybe reigniting that need to roll some dice with friends. With that in mind, the first thing we need to do is meet the players.
The Crew
Rusk: A Half Elf Cleric of Abadar, Rusk is always there to pick someone up in the middle of a fight (which seems to be for the most part Guilo and Motaurin). Rusk is pretty easy going,...
- 4/24/2013
- by Matthew Mueller
- GeekTyrant
Older females portrayed as sexless while homosexuals and ethnic minorities also suffer, says extensive survey of opinion
Films are perpetuating harmful and out-of-date sexual, racial and gender stereotypes, according to the biggest-ever study of its kind into cinema audiences' opinions.
Of 4,315 adults across the UK who were surveyed, a clear majority believe cinema too often falls back on discredited stereotypes, including sexless older women, drug dealing, oversexualised black people and gay people whose lives are dominated by their sexuality.
Almost two-thirds of those questioned believe older women are "significantly underrepresented" in films. They are rarely portrayed as sexual beings and are, generally, only given marginal roles, according to the findings, published exclusively in the Guardian today.
Respondents said film-makers needed to try harder to create films which authentically reflected their lives.
"The film industry is made up of small companies who work in an isolated fashion. They don't have the...
Films are perpetuating harmful and out-of-date sexual, racial and gender stereotypes, according to the biggest-ever study of its kind into cinema audiences' opinions.
Of 4,315 adults across the UK who were surveyed, a clear majority believe cinema too often falls back on discredited stereotypes, including sexless older women, drug dealing, oversexualised black people and gay people whose lives are dominated by their sexuality.
Almost two-thirds of those questioned believe older women are "significantly underrepresented" in films. They are rarely portrayed as sexual beings and are, generally, only given marginal roles, according to the findings, published exclusively in the Guardian today.
Respondents said film-makers needed to try harder to create films which authentically reflected their lives.
"The film industry is made up of small companies who work in an isolated fashion. They don't have the...
- 3/19/2011
- by Amelia Hill
- The Guardian - Film News
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