Although the Fortune Deck works as a randomizer, the results obtained by it are entirely arbitrary and subjective, and the GM's absolute power over the game is further emphasized by the three resolution systems: Karma ( the higher character ability wins, modified by situation ), Drama ( the GM decides what happens, by what they think most appropriate ), and Fortune ( more or less the same as the above, with interpretation flavored by a card draw ).

Although the colony had recently been reinforced by the arrival of new colonists from the ship Fortune, there were still only 50 men to work on the task.

Although he helped many corporate executives succeed, he was appalled when the level of Fortune 500 CEO pay in America ballooned to hundreds of times that of the average worker.

Although the Fortune 500 list is the most familiar one, similar gross revenue lists of the top firms range from the highest ranking Fortune 100 including the top one hundred to the broader ranking Fortune 1000 that includes the top thousand firms.

Although the building was very close to the nearby Fortune Playhouse, there is no documentary evidence that Shakespeare lived here ; a subsidy roll from 1598 shows a " William Shakespeare " as owner of the property, but there is nothing to indicate that it is the playwright.

Although the building was very close to the nearby Fortune Playhouse, there is no documentary evidence surviving to indicate that Shakespeare resided here ; a subsidy roll from 1598 shows a " William Shakespeare " as owner of the property, but there is nothing to indicate that it is the playwright.

Although some of the novels in the cycle are direct sequels to one another, many of them follow on directly from the last chapters of La Fortune des Rougon, and there is a great deal of chronological overlap between the books ; there are numerous recurring characters and several of them make " guest " appearances in novels centered on other members of the family.

Although Mr Fortune is seen at his best in short stories, he also appears in several novels.

Although he was mostly self-taught, in 1875 Fortune enrolled in Howard University to study law.

Although towered over in size by enormous global players in the same industry, Hess placed # 55 in the 2009 Fortune 500 rankings.

Although his poetic dramas, including The Patrician's Daughter ( 1842 ) and The Favourite of Fortune ( 1866 ), were popular, he is more noteworthy for his literary criticism, most particularly his review of Swinburne's Atalanta in Calydon.

Although not considered true bunny hopping by many people, this technique, only possible due to the unique crouch-lean movement available in Soldier of Fortune 2, is a mid-level technique specifically used by SOF2 players to take advantage of the hit box issues present with some weapons within the game ( MP5, USAS, M590 ).

Although some rules of the game remain the same as in previous games, such as Field bonuses and Fusions, the duels of the game take place on a 7 × 7 table, with each player commanding a " Deck Leader " that will act as the representation of their Life Points as well as the means through which their cards can be played-cards can only be placed on the board in one of the squares surrounding the Deck Leader.

The logo was redesigned with red and silver accents to depict a more powerful, aggressive falcon, which now more closely resembles the capital letter F. Although the Falcons still wore black helmets, the new uniforms featured jerseys and pants with red trim down the sides.

: Although its syntax closely resembles that of SGML, HTML5 has abandoned any attempt to be an SGML application and has explicitly defined its own " html " serialization, in addition to an alternative XML-based XHTML5 serialization.

Although the term is often used to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of The Muppet Show, the term is both an informal name and legal trademark owned by the Walt Disney Company in reference to the original characters created by Henson.

Although some species lack a blood vascular system, where it is present, it resembles that of other annelids.

Although it was only fractionally longer than the contemporary Volkswagen Beetle, Time said the length of its hood over the front-mounted engine made " the difference seem considerably more ", adding that the car " resembles a sawed-off station wagon, with a long, low hood and swept-up rear, and is faintly reminiscent of the original Studebaker Avanti.

Although Hong Kong ceased to be part of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1997, the memorial service still resembles those in many other Commonwealth countries.

Although at first glance muskeg resembles a plain covered with short grasses, a closer look will reveal a bizarre and almost unearthly landscape.

Although it resembles a vacuum tube in appearance, its operation does not depend on thermionic emission of electrons from a heated cathode.

Although Aristotle ’ s work closely resembles what came to be known as the Character, Ethics and Rhetoric contained “ disquisitions ,” not Characters.

* Star Trek Nemesis ( 2002 ): Although not mentioned by name in the film, Palmdale was the filming location of all scenes on the fictional planet Kolarus III where the " away team " from the Starship Enterprise locates parts of an android that resembles Commander Data.

Although its structure resembles that of conventional opera, it is not in dramatic form ; there are no impersonations of characters and very little direct speech.

Although its altitude of is below alpine dimensions, its microclimate resembles that of mountains of about.

Although Memín is a comedy comic, it resembles soap operas in that the comic's story is a continuous one.

Although allegedly based on an acorn woodpecker, Woody shares many characteristics in common with the pileated woodpecker in terms of both physical appearance as well as his characteristic laugh, which resembles the call of the pileated woodpecker.

Although it is an officer rank, it strongly resembles an NCO-rank in practice.

Although the podium resembles a suction cup in appearance, the gripping action is a function of adhesive chemicals rather than suction.

* Although the Phantom Zone isn't explicitly mentioned or shown in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman ; there is a similar type of medium which resembles its representation in Season 4 Episode 10 " Meet John Doe " and Episode 11 " Lois and Clarks ".

Although it resembles the civets of the family Viverridae, the African Palm Civet ( Nandinia binotata ) is genetically distinct and belongs in its own monotypic family, Nandiniidae.

Although the island has been politically part of Fiji since 1881, Rotuman culture more closely resembles that of the Polynesian islands to the east, most noticeably Tonga, Samoa, Futuna, and Uvea.

Although unique to England, the design of the tower closely resembles that at Étampes in France, and may have influenced the design of the future keep of Pontefract Castle.

Although the nests of the Ptyonoprogne crag martins resembles those of typical Hirundo species like the Barn Swallow, the research showed that if Delichon, Cecropis and Petrochelidon are split from Hirundo, Ptyonoprogne should also be treated as a separate genus.

Although intoxication due to this fungus resembles locoism, it has additional signs and symptoms due to the production of other toxins.

Although most operating systems implement a facility which resembles capabilities, they typically do not provide enough support to allow for the exchange of capabilities among possibly mutually untrusting entities to be the primary means of granting and distributing access rights throughout the system.

Although Londoners developed specific theories about the pattern of impacts within London, in a statistical analysis by R. D. Clarke originally published in 1946 the impacts of V-2 rockets on London is a close fit to the Poisson distribution, meaning it closely resembles the expected result from a chance dispersion.

Although they are forbidden to sit with the customers, the dancers are sometimes proffered drinks, and most of them can bolt one down in mid-shimmy.

Although the Af calculation is obvious by analogy with that for gravitational field and osmotic pressure, it is interesting to confirm it by a method which can be generalized to include related effects.

Although no national norms exist for the social development of children, the teacher can find a great deal of information concerning types of social behavior normally displayed by children at various age levels.

Although the first polyether foams on the market had to be produced by the two-step prepolymer method, today, thanks to new catalysts, they can be produced by a one-shot technique.

Although a complete picture cannot be given, we can indicate some aspects of life into which the Christian faith entered as at least one creative factor.

Although human morphology is not necessarily the ideal form for working robots, the fascination in developing robots that can mimic it can be found historically in the assimilation of two concepts: simulacra ( devices that exhibit likeness ) and automata ( devices that have independence ).

Although digital setting circles can be used to display a telescope's RA and Dec coordinates, they are not simply a digital read-out of what can be seen on the telescope's analog setting circles.

Although the neutral ground-state chemical compounds of argon are presently limited to HArF, argon can form clathrates with water when atoms of it are trapped in a lattice of the water molecules.

Although hydrogen-like orbitals are still used as pedagogical tools, the advent of computers has made STOs preferable for atoms and diatomic molecules since combinations of STOs can replace the nodes in hydrogen-like atomic orbital.

Although not as accurate by themselves as STOs, combinations of many Gaussians can attain the accuracy of hydrogen-like orbitals.

Although the terms adiabatic and isocaloric can often be interchanged, adiabatic processes may be considered a subset of isocaloric processes ; the remaining complement subset of isocaloric processes being processes where net heat transfer does not diverge regionally such as in an idealized case with mediums of infinite thermal conductivity or non-existent thermal capacity.

Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.

Although programs can alter the position of the screen in memory, the non-linear format of the display means that vertical scrolling can only be done in blocks of 8 pixels without further work.

Although such a conversion can be prone to loss, most modern audio systems use this approach as the techniques of digital signal processing are much more powerful and efficient than analog domain signal processing.

Although sometimes this energy is released in the form of an emitted photon, the energy can also be transferred to another electron, which is ejected from the atom.

* Conservation of Energy: Although energy can be converted from one form to another, the total energy in a given closed system remains constant.

Although colors can be mixed, pigments are often not specified.

Although some plants do prefer slightly basic soil ( including vegetables like cabbage and fodder like buffalograss ), most plants prefer a mildly acidic soil ( pH between 6. 0 and 6. 8 ), and alkaline soils can cause problems.

Although AVMs are often associated with the brain and spinal cord, they can develop in any part of the body.

Although oxidation reactions are crucial for life, they can also be damaging ; plants and animals maintain complex systems of multiple types of antioxidants, such as glutathione, vitamin C, and vitamin E as well as enzymes such as catalase, superoxide dismutase and various peroxidases.

Although integration is the primary purpose of these organizations, they also serve as forums in which Brazil can exercise its leadership and develop consensus around its positions on regional and global issues.

Although black is sometimes described as an " achromatic ", or hueless, color, in practice it can be considered a color, as in expressions like " black cat " or " black paint ".