Old Man Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Forgotten Realms added the verb 'to elminster' to our gaming lexicon' date=' where an uber-powerful NPC doles out work assigments to lowly player characters when they could handle it in nothing flat. example: "Dude, I think the GM is elminstering us."[/quote'] A similar effect has been observed in Shadowrun. To wit: 1. The Elminster expects you to fail. 2. The Elminster is sending you up against something he can't handle. 3. Plausible deniability. 4. The Elminster wants to challenge your group to earn your own rewards and otherwise improve as people. (extremely unlikely) 5. The task is so menial, and the Elminster is so busy otherwise, that the job really is what it seems to be at face value. 6. The PCs actually have some key capability that the Elminster does not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army People from Sembia are actually called Sembian's though Well, I didn't say it was a good pun, did I? Come to think of it, the only good pun is a bad pun, and the best puns are the worst of all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Now one must make The Pun-isher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Well' date=' I didn't say it was a [i']good[/i] pun, did I? Come to think of it, the only good pun is a bad pun, and the best puns are the worst of all.... "Fare is fowl & fowl is fare." ~ Mister E ("Witches are required to eat duck in order to regain MANA. Don't ask me why.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures "Fare is fowl & fowl is fare." ~ Mister E ("Witches are required to eat duck in order to regain MANA. Don't ask me why.") Because, like very tiny pebbles, ducks float? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Because' date=' like very tiny pebbles, ducks float?[/quote'] Is Fred & Wilma's baby dodging under a display platform mounted on a truck in a parade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Because' date=' like very tiny pebbles, ducks float?[/quote'] Is Fred & Wilma's baby dodging under a display platform mounted on a truck in a parade? 03:06 - 03:22 And yeah, I didn't get the quote *exactly* right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures A model of the Persepolis And for them as is interested: http://persepolistablets.blogspot.com/ This must be a popular topic. Here's a website with many 3D renderings. In full color, no less. It will take you a while to see them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures A similar effect has been observed in Shadowrun. To wit: 1. The Elminster expects you to fail. 2. The Elminster is sending you up against something he can't handle. 3. Plausible deniability. 4. The Elminster wants to challenge your group to earn your own rewards and otherwise improve as people. (extremely unlikely) 5. The task is so menial, and the Elminster is so busy otherwise, that the job really is what it seems to be at face value. 6. The PCs actually have some key capability that the Elminster does not. That's why in Shadowrun, the NPCs handing out assingnments use the name "Mr. Johnson." If there were to be a first name, it would be 'Richard'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures That's why in Shadowrun' date=' the NPCs handing out assingnments use the name "Mr. Johnson." If there were to be a first name, it would be 'Richard'.[/quote'] What would their middle name be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures What would their middle name be? Full name is Richard John Thomas Johnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures But his friends call him Penis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Sounds like aristocracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures But his friends call him Penis. What friends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures What would their middle name be? Probably some sort of play on words saying or implying 'big'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures A real life Tron light cycle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures a pretty thorough examination of the use of colors in comics. (linked for size) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures a pretty thorough examination of the use of colors in comics. (linked for size) My favorite comics for use of color are the Chinese ones, which tend to feature watercolor covers and very bright colors in the interior illustrations, with loving attention to line, flow, action, expression and detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures It is not a comic unless an X-Acto knife is used to cut the colors & shading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Moar Pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures a pretty thorough examination of the use of colors in comics. (linked for size) Also in the same website: This Crossover Awesome or awful? You decide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Moar Pictures! Why am I reminded of a scene from A Christmas Story..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Quantum Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures Why am I reminded of a scene from A Christmas Story..? FRA-GI-LE! It must be from Italy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures FRA-GI-LE! It must be from Italy! I don't think that was the scene.... Perhaps flagpole scene? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Re: "Neat" Pictures FRA-GI-LE! It must be from Italy! I don't see the resemblance. After all, she's not wearing stockings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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