Egyptoid Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 HIGH INTENSITY BOREDOM BEAM Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B High Intensity Boredom Beam is a phrase my boss uses to describe what members of fandom and/or gamers do to people surrounding them. Here's some examples. A Champions discussion is taking place. HIBB users come along and cross-talk it with SW:Galaxies insider lingo. Champs discussion forced into other room. Sci Fi Book club: HIBB weilder shuts down meeting with long description of why David Weber is a demigod of literature. Eyes Glaze Over, People Scatter. Book Store Employee: Customer carrying an HIBB comes in, describes their novel they are writing, to publish some day. Employee trapped behind counter, slumps in chair. Game Club: regular RPG session gets overcome by Warhammer players using HIBB to discuss the relative merits of the Skaven versus Bretonnian army generals and sorcerors on the battlefield. RPG session has to recess and take a recovery. Hopefully I've given you enough examples of how and when this insidious weapon is used. We liked ThiaH's Ice Cream, so we hoped you could do your techno-magic in this case also. Thank You for Your Time, Sir. == ELD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewD2 Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B I think there's someone in my gaming group that carries that thing with him everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestidigitator Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Ah, yes. One more: World of Warcraft players do it everywhere, to everyone, 24 hours a day (and even try to use WoW analogies to non-players of WoW. I really wish someone would take down their servers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Ah' date=' yes. One more: World of Warcraft players do it everywhere, to everyone, 24 hours a day (and even try to use WoW analogies to non-players of WoW. I really wish someone would take down their servers. [/quote'] NO! Not because I'm a WoW Player (I hate the concept reallly)... but because I'm a Diablo 2 Player and the loss of wowServers would mean mine might go too... We can just kill wow Players though. I'm all for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestidigitator Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B We can just kill wow Players though. I'm all for that. Okay. That works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Yeah, you might have to resort to real-world violence.... Keep in mind that if you nuke their servers they'll be forced to come try and interact with the real world (and hence you)! Beware, it could be something like this.... http://www.deadpan-entertainment.com/flicks/vids/woog.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestidigitator Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Yeah, you might have to resort to real-world violence.... Keep in mind that if you nuke their servers they'll be forced to come try and interact with the real world (and hence you)! Beware, it could be something like this.... http://www.deadpan-entertainment.com/flicks/vids/woog.wmv HA! Nice. EDIT: I just e-mailed that link to all my WoW-playing, "friends" (quotes because I really haven't interacted with them for the last six months to a year; guess why). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Well, offhand I suppose I'd build it something like this: High-Intensity Boredom Beam: Mind Control 8d6, Area Of Effect (voice range; +1) (80 Active Points); No Range (-1/2), Incantations (-1/4), Set Effect (drive away people not interested in the topic being discussed; -1). Total cost: 29 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GestaltBennie Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Well, offhand I suppose I'd build it something like this: High-Intensity Boredom Beam: Mind Control 8d6, Area Of Effect (voice range; +1) (80 Active Points); No Range (-1/2), Incantations (-1/4), Set Effect (drive away people not interested in the topic being discussed; -1). Total cost: 29 points. 29 points? You mean *that*'s what I've been spending my points on? Geez, I keep telling the Big GM in the Sky for Immortality and Healing and maybe even a bit of N-Ray vision, and this is what I get? Okay, there is that big radiation accident (otherwise known as death) after which I get to spend my points more judiciously, but still... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B 29 points? You mean *that*'s what I've been spending my points on? Geez, I keep telling the Big GM in the Sky for Immortality and Healing and maybe even a bit of N-Ray vision, and this is what I get? Okay, there is that big radiation accident (otherwise known as death) after which I get to spend my points more judiciously, but still... :-) So take it RSR to save a few more points. If you fail your skill roll they just laugh at you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B You could arguably add No Conscious Control, since most HIBB users seem to be completely oblivious to it's effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Yeah, you might have to resort to real-world violence.... Keep in mind that if you nuke their servers they'll be forced to come try and interact with the real world (and hence you)! Beware, it could be something like this.... http://www.deadpan-entertainment.com/flicks/vids/woog.wmv I don't get it. Someone can sit alone in his basement and play video games for 40 hours a week and still be considered relatively normal. But get together with friends once a week for role-playing and you're the Loser-Geek King. I just don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Geez, I keep telling the Big GM in the Sky for Immortality and Healing and maybe even a bit of N-Ray vision, and this is what I get? Sadly, it's well-established that in real life, we have little (if any) control of how our Experience Points are spent. Otherwise I'd've skipped spending all those points on lawyer Skills and just spent them directly on Money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Thanks, Steve. that's right on target. One might have argued for more dice or armor piercing, because you can shut down a lot with HIBB, but 8 dice gets you all the normals all the time. ...Some victims get a "stunned" effect sometimes.... I don't get it. Someone can sit alone in his basement and play video games for 40 hours a week and still be considered relatively normal. But get together with friends once a week for role-playing and you're the Loser-Geek King. I just don't get it. I see this one every single week. I have a list of people i used to have as friends. (names changed) Has anyone seen ___ lately? Lisa? oh she's on WoW. Jeff? oh he's into SW:G. Kim? she hooked into CoH. Biff? well he logged onto EQ and never logs off. on and on it goes. (and even try to use WoW analogies to non-players of WoW. And then when you do run into them at Farm Fresh in the frozen pizza section, you can't understand what they're talking about because their game environment has altered their speech, littering it with acronyms and spoken abbreviations. Oh wait. I just had a 5 page post. Did I leave my HIBB running? oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Oh wait. I just had a 5 page post. Did I leave my HIBB running? oops. Right, No Conscious Control it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threnody Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Well, offhand I suppose I'd build it something like this: High-Intensity Boredom Beam: Mind Control 8d6, Area Of Effect (voice range; +1) (80 Active Points); No Range (-1/2), Incantations (-1/4), Set Effect (drive away people not interested in the topic being discussed; -1). Total cost: 29 points. AoE "Voice Range"?! I've never seen that. Where from you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B AoE "Voice Range"?! I've never seen that. Where from you get it? It's in Fantasy Hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B It's in Fantasy Hero. And it's a very useful variant indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorpheousXO Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B Uh oh... I think I must have this in relation to RPGs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B My roommate is developing one of these, with Final Fantasy XI special effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B My roommate is developing one of these' date=' with Final Fantasy XI special effects.[/quote'] LOL, that was awesome. I can't wait to show this thread to my boss. Some people have an extra 8 dice of effect, but those have OAF rulebook as an added limitation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorPse Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B I see this one every single week. I have a list of people i used to have as friends. (names changed) Has anyone seen ___ lately? Lisa? oh she's on WoW. Jeff? oh he's into SW:G. Kim? she hooked into CoH. Biff? well he logged onto EQ and never logs off. on and on it goes. 'Gyp, You can add XBOX Live to this list... one of my best buddies has disappeared down the Halo hole. CorPse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B I would just buy it as +15 to 25 Pres: Only for bordom attacks...+30 and people flee! (don't forget the bonus for solilique!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threnody Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B It's in Fantasy Hero. Thanks. Asked my friend/GM with that book. We looked it up. Slick! Anyone needs a page, it's on page 133 at the last corner, goes onto page 134. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Re: Steve Long; Please Build Me a Power: H_I_B_B 29 points? You mean *that*'s what I've been spending my points on? You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to GestaltBennie again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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