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To riff on LL...svartalfar. "Dark elves." And if you have brownies and leprechauns and sprites and the like? The flip side is lyjosalfar...which is much more of a pain as a word, but hey.... Norse myth, the terms encompass broad collections of critters. For those that more specifically have some form of exotic power, there's also seelie and unseelie...which are much less about "light" and "dark" cuz *neither* group is what one would call 'nice.'

It's even got precedence in the source material - I instantly thought of the scene in Avengers when Loki catches one of Hawkeye's arrows - only for it to be an explosive on a timer.

You don't need to have it do Drain per se, since that has secondary considerations, and it's just unnecessary. The pain itself is the motivator. Heck, the *threat* of pain is very likely going to be enough. And in general, it feels like Change Env is making things FAR too complicated. Causing pain without doing any damage is not that hard. The pain is only the means. It isn't an end in itself. It doesn't have to "Drain EGO"...when it can inflict a penalty to EGO rolls. See Interrogation...skill vs. skill contest, where the victim makes an EGO roll. 6E1 78. Then, Resistance...6E1 114. One of the optional applications is dealing with the pain of wounds. 6E2 108 offers up some rules for how lost BODY might impact EGO rolls here...left to GM discretion. THAT opens the door to a different interpretation: the agonizer/pain box does "killing damage" that actually does no STUN or BODY per se...but the pain's real enough to impose penalties as if the victim had taken the damage rolled. Conceptually, this is a lot like Disabling strikes...where you do BODY, sure, but to specific areas, and the victim isn't at risk of dying from it.

I probably did miss it.

I assumed it was a drop-bear. I wonder what they think of us?

Porcupines aren't cute, they're a massive annoyance. When you see a half dozen trees with completely crowned tops...porcupines eat the bark around the entire tree, near the top, which kills everything above it...and the first time your dog has to go to a vet to get quills removed...you get to LOATHE them. Heck, look at the damage here. Many states give them no protection...for good reason.

APG1 has a, "Stunning" effect for Change Environment if you want to go that route. If you're trying to make the target compliant then Drain EGO might be a better fit.

I know, you must not have seen this comment I posted afterwards.

In the beginning a GM had an idea, then the players arrived: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=945841874214564&set=a.123889509743142 Laugh, you know you want to. Oh BTW, if this is in the wrong area I'm sorry.

Thanks, as I said, I haven't read book in 20-40 years, so could have been forgetting. As I said, I was amazed with his ability to show Scale. Last movie I remember doing so well was Star Wars opening, where we got the big ship, Leia's, then the Star Destroyer that went on forever. This reminded me of that in a lot of cases. I forgot one other change not thrilled with, but maybe I was wrong then too:

Good news: the rattle in my car appears to be solved. Bad news: that's because it looks like I'm dragging a panel cover underneath the passenger side. That means an emergency service appointment tomorrow to have it checked/fixed.

Maybe they are all a type of primate?

I think it's mostly Stun damage. Anything that causes "agony" is doing enough Stun to make you Stunned. If it's particularly distracting, CE might apply, or DEX drain, as well. I think a distinction needs to be made between pain (a mental experience), nociception (a physical sensation), and suffering (a psychological state).

You wouldn't be your endearing self if you didn't.

Well, I was trying to be as diplomatic as possible.

I would suggest going back to the origin of such creatures in myth and folklore, the trolls of Scandinavia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll One of the early alternative root words for "troll" listed on that page might be suitable. Given your examples, IMO the Proto-German noun Trullan sounds like a good choice.

Since the 80s I have been fascinated with the Gyrojet but its really hard to find data on one, since they are super rare and very expensive. Here's a very cool demonstration. My reaction is they are more deadly than I expected and actually effective, but cheaply made

For the next 4 years, Penix's total cost is about $22M. Not per year...that's the total for all 4 years. The most likely scenario there is trading or, more likely, releasing Cousins after 2 years. Not saying it's likely, as overall...it's still moronic IMO to sign him to a contract like this, then immediately go all-in, essentially, on a kid. An OLD kid, at that, push come to shove...Penix's 24th birthday is 2 weeks away. Plus...that article was written by a Penix fanboy, cuz he's the local. When's the last time UW had a QB make it in the NFL? Say...start at least 50 games? Jake Locker had 23 starts in 4 years, and wasn't signed to his 5th year...nope. Marques Tuiasosopo only played in 13 games, with only 2 starts, in 6 years. Brock Huard had less. Damon Huard...started 27 but was bypassed several times/was a 3rd stringer. Mark Brunell...well, OK, he had a real career. 151 starts. But Brunell's last college season was 1992. So I basically tune it out. Written by someone looking for ANY excuse to make sense of it. And what's worse to me? It STILL makes no real sense, because Cousins is there, and he's basically untouchable for 2 years. Insurance? You don't draft at #8 for insurance purposes...especially when you're a bad team, as Atlanta is. They were 7-10...that doesn't look horrible, but that was in the AWFUL NFC South. They played against the AFC South, with 3 weak teams. Those 10 games gave em 5 wins. The Charmin-soft schedule is why they only ended up with the 8th pick; it easily could've been 5th or 6th. Of course I'm biased here too. That franchise has made multiple blunders since the SB run, so IMO it's MUCH!!! easier to ascribe incompetence...particularly given that they didn't even TELL Cousins in advance...than to believe they have some secret master plan.

Read Forced Perspectives by Powers. Vickery and Chastain have to deal with a madman who wants to make L.A. into a group mind. CES

Americans are too forthright for sarcasm.

Yes, glad we got that sorted out. #yesThisIsSarcasm

Yes, this is the one thing that pushes our country over the line into crazy. Not any of the thousands of other things.

I need a good name for the geneolology that spawns the different types of goblinoids... For example (right or wrong)- all bird species (Aarakocra, Kenku, Chozo) in my TGU campaign will be lumped into the Avis pile - Cats (Kzinti, Leonid, Catian) will all be lumped into the Filidae pile and all canines (what are some dog-based sci-fi races??) will be categorized as Lupine. Of course, there are many species and races of each, only limited by imagination. But I need an easily understandable order (especially on my computer) and blanket labels for the myriad aliens one might find in the universe, since the options are infinite. I'd like to do the same for Goblin, Hoggoblin, Orc (not 40K Oaks - They're plants), and any other goblinesque speceies. Any ideas???