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    Trencher reacted to Lawnmower Boy in Killiing a lot of zombies from a safe position.   
    Re: Killiing a lot of zombies from a safe position.
     

     
    Here's the problem again. The parameters of zombiedom as we understand them say that this situation is easy to avoid with some forward planning. Zombies re mindless things that, per our actual understanding of human physiology, can't even home on sounds, much less find their way through locked and barricaded doors. If the writer/GM is on the side of the zombies, however, these things change.
     
    But let's back up for a moment: if the narrator is on the side of the zombies, any part of that can change. There is nothing the players/characters can do. There are comic books where Thor becomes a zombie, and movies where dismembered hands crawl up your clothes and choke you to death. If the PCs are in a position proof against anything but a tank, the zombies can show up driving a Sherman tank. If the PCs have a Sherman, the zombies can have a Leopard 2.
     
    This is how stories work to maintain the narrative. It's not how a fair post-apocalyptic zombie RPG ought to work at the point where the PCs embrace the "rebuilding civilisation" stage of things. At that point, the zombies have to stop developing new powers as the story requires and recede into the background as menaces to be overcome. All campaigns have their natural stopping point. If your PCs want to end their last session looking down on a peaceful New Uruk, with the crops in bloom, their best girl at their side, that's what you give them, as opposed to a mounted horde of Mongol-Zombies riding down with fire and sword.
     
    There are two branches to this meditation. The first is the old "crapsack world" problem, where the rules of existence are stacked against the players, and nothing they can do is going to change anything. If your PCs want to play in a crapsack world, by all means make the zombies invincible.
     
    Second, there is the "little red dress" problem. According to this paradigm, the zombies are invincible except against the character in the little red dress --the protagonist. Nothing that supporting characters can do will prevent them from falling to the zombies one-by-one, while the character in the little red dress can kill a mall's worth of zombies with a katana in 90 seconds of hyperkinetic, lovingly-shot bullet-time action. This makes for fun movies, but, as a picture of the world simply enables narcissism.
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    Trencher reacted to AmadanNaBriona in Killiing a lot of zombies from a safe position.   
    Re: Killiing a lot of zombies from a safe position.
     
    I've been thinking for quite some time now that it's quite appropriate to give Zeds something like this...
     
    No Survival Instinct -Physical Complication: Zombies don't defend themselves, don't take evasive action, and move predictably most of the time. All Hit Location Penalties are halved for purposes of aiming, just as if they had been Surprised Out of Combat
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    Trencher reacted to Lord Liaden in "Neat" Pictures   
    Well, for Wisdom it has to be Odin. Acquiring wisdom from various sources was his obsession. I'd have to give Power to Thor -- with Mjolnir he was literally the Aesir's WMD. But Strength is the province of Thor's son Magni. There was nothing he couldn't lift or break. For Courage I would nominate Tyr, who put his hand in the wolf Fenrir's mouth as guarantee against his being bound, and lost it thereby.
     
    I imagine Hermod, who often served as the messenger of the gods, would suit Speed. I'm not sure about Stamina, though.
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    Trencher reacted to Cancer in Dinosaurs 0 - 1 Mammals   
    (Image source page)  2 1/3 seconds between successive images.  Haven't found an estimate for the energy release in any of the individual fragment impacts.
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    Trencher reacted to Bazza in Funny Pics II: The Revenge   
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    Trencher reacted to slikmar in WWE Snark-Free Zone   
    First, glad they gave trios titles to Death Triangle. Lucha Bros deserve it, I have yet to see a match of theirs that was not the top or close to it on any show they have been on.
    The trios and world champion titles had to be vacated. if they had only vacated the world championship, would have shown too much favoritism.
    MJF coming out and then showing hasn't changed was great went on his rant before he left I actually agreed with him regarding the ex WWE people coming in and being pushed over wrestlers who had stuck with company from beginning. I suspect Moxley will end up with Title (loved his speech) and a feud with MJF. I also had figured Danielson to win so he can continue the feud with Jericho.
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    Trencher reacted to unclevlad in Racist BS from nuTSR...   
    Oh, that doesn't even scratch the surface.
    Use the link Cygnia has, in the 2nd post, for DriveThruRPG's statement.  It's got a link to No Hate In Games' page on this, where there's a literal cesspool of this guy's stuff.  And I do mean cesspool.  DO NOT follow that link on a work computer unless you want to risk a call from HR.  Pro-Nazi, racist, anti-gay, misogynistic...got em all.
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    Trencher got a reaction from Scott Ruggels in Is Hero still your "go-to" rpg system?   
    I can play whatever but I prefer Hero as GM.
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    Trencher got a reaction from Scott Ruggels in Wizards of the Coast Announces One D&D   
    It only goes one way man. Only one way.
     
    That said in my Hero campain its a human world. 
    Last time I had a multi species dnd campain furries were not invented yet and annimal dudes were just miniotaurs and gnolls and stuff. 
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    Trencher reacted to Cancer in Wizards of the Coast Announces One D&D   
    One D&D to rule them all, One D&D to find them,
    One D&D to bring them all and in the Dorkness bind them,
    In the Land of WOTC where the Hasbros lie.
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    Trencher reacted to Scott Ruggels in Wizards of the Coast Announces One D&D   
    The problem is not that we have no interest, the problem is that the younger gamers will. This Forum is clattering in the slow lanes on three cylinders, because we have fewer and fewer players.  D&D will just acquire more.  We have a new thread that’s turning out that Hero is no longer people’s go to system for gaming. For better it for worse, where goes D&D, the hobby follows.  
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    Trencher reacted to Scott Ruggels in Wizards of the Coast Announces One D&D   
    Interesting analysis of the One D&D push for their VTT. 
     
     
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    Trencher reacted to fdw3773 in Conan the Barbarian   
    There have been several fan write-ups of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian for D&D, so here's my interpretation of the famous character synonymous with the sword and sorcery genre for Fantasy Hero. Included is the Hero Designer file, Adobe pdf, and Microsoft Excel to use, edit, and print as you see fit.
     
    Enjoy! 🙂
     
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    Trencher got a reaction from Lawnmower Boy in Funny Pics II: The Revenge   
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    Trencher reacted to Twilight in WWE Snark-Free Zone   
    To add to my previous thoughts on the matter: Chris Jericho shouldn't be going over any young stars in 2022, he was great in his prime sure but now he ought to be building up new stars for the good of the promotion and wrestling in general.  Furthermore JAS ought to be disbanded on the grounds that the young stars aren't really getting much out of it aside from Sammy Guevara.  They're not getting much attention from being Jericho's goons, there's no rub for them by being part of the group and I feel they'd be much better off on their own.
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    Trencher got a reaction from slikmar in WWE Snark-Free Zone   
    Jerichos popularity wont diminish if he takes a loss or two for some new up and coming guys. The opposite is true.
    Nobody watches Jericho to see him be the biggest asskicker in town. He is entertaining enough on his own win or loose.
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    Trencher reacted to slikmar in WWE Snark-Free Zone   
    I feel kind of bad for his brother, Matt. For so long Jeff was the "star". Matt just kept working and when AEW brought in Jeff, Matt gave up(?) some pretty good story-lines he was involved in to work with him again, though, honestly, I didnt think their in ring chemistry was good, mostly because I thought Jeff looked bad. Hoping this doesn't spill over onto Matt and he basically gets written out.
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    Trencher got a reaction from Cygnia in WWE Snark-Free Zone   
    I hope they ignore his celebrity status and put Jeff Hardy away for a long time.
    No sympathy with drunk drivers.
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    Trencher reacted to slikmar in WWE Snark-Free Zone   
    Wish I could say I was surprised. He has not really looked good since joining AEW.
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    Trencher reacted to Scott Ruggels in Willow on Disney Plus   
    The setting in the movie was a Lucasfilm and ILM attempt to make a Tolkien-esque Fantasy, but was a bit spare, mostly wilderness locations, save fore places used for set piece action. It was one of Ron Howard’s first film directing gigs.  Now while there was a minor Fantasy boom in the 80s with films like Conan, Beastmaster, and Ladyhawke, Willow underperformed and never had its promised sequel. For some of us gamers, the film was too light and too predictable.  Madmartigan tonaly felt a bit mismatch for the rest of the characters. A 1980s slacker in the 12 Century. Unfortunately this was an often seen slaw in other movies as well, but in the successful films, the mismatch was used in comedies.  
     
    So now, to add yet another piece of serial content to Disney+, Lucasfilm dives to the back of their vaults of their IPs and brings up this film. It looked interesting, and with the health problems that Val Kilmer has, there will be no roguish swashbuckler with an 80s attitude.  With the LED environment technology, locations could look more artistic and less sparse. Lucasfilm always had a good crew of artists, so the costumes and props can easily surpass Wheel of Time, and Rings of Power, and can approach The Ring Trilogy, levels of fit and Polish. 
     
    The problem is, that it is 2022, which means COVID protocols will rob about 30% of time and budget, and place restrictions on blocking, cinematography, and cast density. So while the locations may look a lot more lush, markets, cities, and armies will look sparse, or full of digital extras. 
     
    The other problem is Disney and Lucasfilm as they are currently. The two weakness of the script for the latest Disney+ shows, are young writers who have little life experience or knowledge of history or things outside of school, and a company drive to push “The Message”. Because of this there is a high possibility that it will be unpleasantly “woke”. I have walked away from Star Wars, or any woke taunted properties, not because of the message, but because they prioritized the message above the story and entertainment.  Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner could be considered woke, but it starred a top actor, and had a very sharp and well written script.  Now I don’t expect this from the Willow show, I would hope it would be an entertaining fantasy, but that hope wilts in the expectation I have of how it will most probably appear. 
     
    I will watch one episode and see If I am entertained and if there is anything I can mine for a Fantasy Hero campaign,but I may just cancel Disney+ and save some cash.  
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    Trencher reacted to Okman in What Is the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen?   
    Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
     
    The new worst movie that I've ever seen. ไฮโล
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