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If you have powers through some manner other than conventional human mutation, then will not show on any detection device. This will be an example of one thing that remains invisible, same with Stark's power suit derived powers. Since all his powers come from the suit, the detectors will register him as normal human.

Wow, that's confusing. I wonder if they play Carolina this season...

Let's hear it for your Detroit Panthers!

If I were to make some character get any illness, I would ignore their ability scores and declare that they have the problem. Effects would be along lines of temporary drain that last until I say otherwise. Abilities affected would include CON, SPD, INT, STR, effective all (include powers). This drain will be strong, like reducing to half start levels. This might sound overkill, but consider how you respond to similar IRL diseases. Those that exist in a superverse should have a more powerful effect on those they infect.

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Autoduel/Champions would be a useful thing to look at because Autoduel was absolutely skirmishing vehicles.

A note to all my critics: You all know where you can stick it.

Appalling. So much for respecting your roots...

We will continue beating the dead horse until its morale improves.

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen, because I didn't have enough to worry about already. Technically fiction, but I'm putting it here because it is a highly plausible scenario based on years of research and interviews with people who have been at high levels in the U.S. strategic armed forces. The good news is that I already had a pretty good grasp of the effects of nuclear weapons, perhaps because I own a copy of The Effects Of Nuclear Weapons, a cornerstone reference book in the field. The bad news is that there are some new weapons systems, and some old systems that don't work very well, which alter the calculus of responding to a potential nuclear threat, and not in a good way. A quick read--300 pages--partly because global thermonuclear war only takes an hour or so, and partly because that hour is really packed full of action and drama.

Start your tortured poets…

Armor and Concealment Corsets made of whale bone (actually baleen) would provide resistant defenses. Maybe similar to the Armored Undershirt on page 133. And skirts made of layers of stiffened wool or starched cotton might be similar to leather armor. According to the Victoria and Albert Museum, there was a movement toward more practical and comfortable women’s clothing. Even “divided skirts”, essentially trousers, were available. It would also be easy to hide items in a large skirt, bustle, or petticoat. And it’s pretty easy to go to a CosPlay convention and find a woman wearing a corset with a concealed knife or other item. Victoria and Albert Museum - Victorian Underwear https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/corsets-crinolines-and-bustles-fashionable-victorian-underwear

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You are an idiot.

I do like the Mechanon option, and I was looking at Unearthed Mechana as one of the adventures to use already. It would be different than Dr Destroyer, and maybe give the players something that feels both familiar and slightly fresh instead of yet another big tough guy who wants to rule the world.

From the new Steve Hackett album.

WOTC began imploding on her watch, after her boasting that she would turn D&D into a billion dollar brand. They had a plan based on getting out of book publishing and moving to the VTT. The debacle with the OGL was the first major step of the implosion, and it just went downhill from there with failure after failure.

I've come to some grudging acceptance of the "hush money" label simply because large swaths of the electorate wouldn't pay attention at all if it were a "mere" election fraud trial. I know my fellow Americans well enough to know that high treason isn't nearly as interesting as a porn star.

Sorry, didn't mean to be repetitive. But it just sticks in my craw, because it encourages people not in the know to downplay how serious the charge is. But of course "hush money" is an easier sell to an audience who don't follow the details of a story. It does highlight how Trump has managed to retain his personal fortune despite his managerial ineptitude. He uses other people's money. The "crowds" of Trump supporters appearing outside the courthouse during the past two days of the trial have numbered in the dozens. That must sting Donnie as badly as the mean tweets.