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The old 3.5e Epic Level Handbook had 10th level spells, and the rules surrounding their use.

So, maybe you could use a 10th level spell slot to stengthen Wish?

I haven't played D&D this century, and the last Pathfinder I ran was lower level and we only did 1 or 2 actual play sessions before scheduling fell apart. (Also, I'm a pretty bad DM, even working from an existing published campaign; people just want me to be GM because I can remember rules.)

EDIT: 10th 11th and 12th.

"The un-fur-tunate fellow"

If you like DS9 and haven't already seen "What We Left Behind": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya8WTQc93yI or if that's not free then maybe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u3WwFMgy5A

For me, the best part of the episode was when they tried to "surrender to the rebellion" and there was a second automated system by someone further up the fascist hierarchy.

The "anaphalaxis" I was talking about was the alternative to the sub crush, and what happened to the billionaire that is the subject of the article, so I think you might have misunderstood me?

Bee-igi.

Based on the simulations I've seen, yeah. I'm sure there were plenty of panic in the sub and during the anaphylaxis, but I believe once the sub failed, there was less than a second between in first physical sensation to the complete disorganization of the nervous system, rendering the sub death quite painless. With anaphlaxis, even a sudden, sever attack, there will be several minutes of (at least) muscle strain as your diaphragm desperately tries to pull in more oxygen, and also general pain as your tissues squeeze against one another as they expand and nerve cells die.

I can and have accepted death; I'm too old to believe radical life extension will save me. But, many deaths are incredibly painful. If I have a choice on how to go out, inert gas asphyxiation seems best, but some sort of rapid disorganization isn't too bad. Anaphylactic shock seems worse.

It's like intraoffice e-mail.

That's why Elmu wants to go to Mars.

I wish that injustice didn't happen to you, but I believe it did. Also, it tracks with some of the "issues" with speedy trials in the U.S.

Depending on jurisdiction the clock "stops" when there's a undecided motion in front of the court and in those jurisdictions it's relatively easy for a prosecutor and a judge to conspire to put off a "speedy" trial arbitrarily long. I'm sure such tactics could give grounds for appeal, and might even be standing to sue the judge, prosecutor, and jurisdiction for violating your constitutional rights, but they'll definitely work at least until the are properly and expensively challenged to establish precedent. Plus, I know sometimes constitutional rights are held to protect someone from federal action, but most criminal complains are handled by the states, and not every state has a "speedy trail" in their state constitution.

The criminal system in the U.S. is too easily abused by authority; we need real reform. I think we need do need jails and prisons and adversarial court cases, but there's got to be some way to get by with fewer of them.

I am unconvinced of "meat" being a uniquely-suitable substrate for anything remotely like consciousness. I think the crazy amount of silly things that turn out to be Turning-complete is sufficient evidence that meat is unlikely to be unique.

Tho, certainly, I'm not ready to be the first volunteer to be digitized or whatever.

Unabridged audio books at 3x speed -- ramp the speed up slowly, if you need to -- and you can rip through books quite quickly. But, more reading could be good. (I know I should probably no more actual reading, too.)