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    Trencher reacted to death tribble in What Is the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen?   
    How remiss of me not to mention 
    Natural Born Killers
    Where to begin ? How about the fact that there is not one character to route for. We are supposed to empathise or sympathise with two serial killers ? No.
    Robert Downey Jr's accent. Oh dear. Tom Sizemore as the police officer and Tommy Lee Jones as the prison governor who are vile. People putting the two killers on a plinth to adore ? No.
    Irrespective of the fact that I do not like Juliette Lewis.
    This film is garbage and I would urge people to avoid.
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    Dont pin that on him.
     
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    Took me a minute to get the pun. Still question tattooing it to your leg.
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    Some Like It Hot, I suppose.
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    The lava my life.
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    I once created a dungeon level where that scene would fit, but most of its denizens, once they recognized alien intruders, would go militant and start chanting, "Mag-ma MAN-ia.  Mag-ma MAN-ia."  And there was something like a regiment of them....
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    From a French Captain Harlock comic. 
     

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    Checkmate knight vs Russian agent.

    Checkmate knight vs Russian agent.
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    Trencher reacted to Toxxus in D&D 5e conversions   
    Killer Shrike has converted older editions and his website has TONs of good information.
    http://www.killershrike.com/
     
    You'll find direct conversions of D&D to HERO somewhat tricky to do because some of the D&D spells are overpowered as !@#$ for their level and the points based nature of HERO makes those spells have to be downgraded substantially.
     
    The classic cheese spells of D&D 5th edition (banish, hypnotic pattern, force wall, force cage) can be recreated roughly in HERO, but they won't be as crazily overpowered as their counter-parts.
     
    I've done a lot of on-the-fly conversions using some rough rule of thumbs such as:
    Armor class: Converts directly to Resistant PD / Resistant ED in HERO.  Chainmail adds 6 to AC (16) so in HERO it is 6pts of rPD/rED.  Plate Armor adds 8 to AC (18) so it is 8pts of rPD/rED. Add the DEX bonus part of AC to DCV.  Add the shield bonus part of AC to DCV. Example:  You have an NPC with a D&D AC of 20 (10pts above starting value of 10) wearing chainmail and a shield.  Chainmail = 6pts rPD/rED and the NPC gets +2 DCV for the shield and +2 DCV for DEX. Spell Levels: Level 1 = 30 active points (max).  This goes up by 7.5 pts per level in a medium-magic setting.  You could raise it by 10 or more per level in a high magic setting.  Ex:  Magic Missile (1 pt NND RKA, Autofire, Single Hex, Accurate, Does Body) Level 2 = 37 active points. Ex:  Hold Person - Mental Paralysis 1d6 (+1 DEF). Level 3 = 45 active points. Ex:  The classic Fireball - 2d6 RKA with an 8 meter AoE Level 4 = 52 active points. Level 5 = 60 active points. Ex:  Cone of Cold - 2d6 RKA - Area of Effect Cone - Armor Piercing Level 6 = 67 active points. Level 7 = 75 active points. Level 8 = 82 active points. Level 9 = 90 active points. Ex:  Meteor Swarm - 2.5d6 RKA - 8 meter AoE - Autofire Saving Throws: One approach - Add a -1 limitation to all spells that they are either completely negated or their damage is reduced by half if the target ties or wins a characteristic roll vs. casters spell casting ability. Zapperon has a Magic Skill of 15 or less and he blasts Ser Rogerio with Cone of Cold.  Ser Rogerio must make a Constitution roll (13 or less for him) and make the roll by the same amount or more than Zapperon to take 1/2 damage. Other Options: To retain a more Saving Throw feel of D&D compare the spellcasters OCV to the targets Characteristic / 3. Ex:  Zapperon has an OCV of 7 and Ser Rogerio has a Constitution of 18  (18/3 = 6) so Zapperon will need to roll a 12 or less (11 + 7 OCV - 6 DCV) to do full damage to Ser Rogerio. Reverse rolls for a more "Saving Throw" feel. Ex:  Zapperon has an OCV of 7 and Ser Rogerio has a Constitution of 18 (18/3 = 6) so Ser Rogerio will need to make a CON save of 10 or less (11 + 6 for CON - 7 for OCV) to resist 1/2 the damage of the spell. Weapon Damage:  Use the weapon charts.  It doesn't conver well. Attack Bonus:  Remove the STR bonus from an NPCs attack bonus and add that to OCV. Hope that helps a bit. 
     
     
     
     
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    WWE Superstar Triple H Announces His Retirement From Wrestling
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    As someone Who has to work regularly with three different paint vendors, let me assure you that the the absolute _only_ clue here that this wasnt done by humans in a marketing meeting is the use of the word "butt."   Other than that, this list is one-hundred-percent legitimate.
     
    I _hate_ having to source paint.
     
    Is it light blue or dark blue?
     
    It's Pettit Apron Sasquatch, of course.
     
    So...  Brown?
     
    No-no; Pettitte Apr-- here, let me,read you the description:  like the wishful,memories of granny's delicious fruit pies
     
    Blue!  Do you have blue?  Like, at all?
     
    Well, there's frog's sneezy knees; that is sort of a nod to the essence of memories of blue...
     
     
    I am not supposed to, but I will call directly to one od the stores:  Buck, we need a medium blue.  Give me a color code for a medium blue.  Thanks!
     
    Then call the company:
     
    Okay, we need 89 gallons of 6201D1.
     
    Oh my!  That is an awful lot of glistening kerchief.....
     
     
     
    Hate them.
     
    Hate them,all....
     
     
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    Trencher reacted to Drhoz in What Is the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen?   
    The Spirit (2008). I was So. F***ing. Angry. by the end of it. 
     
    - Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one out of four stars and said, "There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material"
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    Trencher reacted to slikmar in What Is the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen?   
    The problem with Last Jedi is the person in charge of the movie disliked everything that made Star Wars what it was and so intentionally went in and deconstructed every single piece they could. Honestly, I know some people who are part of the big Cosplay groups (Mandalorians and 501st Battalion) who chat with the various people behind the scenes and literally, the director went in specifically to undo everything done in the previous movie. Like Abrams or not, he had a plan for the 3 movies and really loved the series, hence his sort of turning his Star Trek reboot (which I like) into something closer to Star Wars.
    The only reason I didn't put the Costner Robin Hood on here is because of Rickman's sheriff - he was fantastic.
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    Trencher reacted to dmjalund in What Is the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen?   
    Gigli (Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez) is supposed to be pretty bad. Haven;t watched it though
     
     
     
     
    [THE SITE MERGED THESE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OF DIFFERENT TOPICS]
     
     
     
     
     
    My BIG Problem with The Last Jedi, is that the director forgot that the main job of a Start Wars movie is to ENTERTAIN, not hit people over the head with a morale message. especially not to sacrifice the rep of a well liked character from the previous movie to make your point about toxic masculinity.
     
    The other two sequels had their (many) flaws but at least the director didn't forget this
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    Trencher reacted to Old Man in What Is the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen?   
    So many to choose from.  The Last Jedi is up there for SF/F, but Prometheus probably beats it--at least TLJ had some interesting visuals.
     
    I'm going to give the title to Sex and the City 2, however.  It wasn't just bad, it was actually offensive, on multiple levels.  South Park offensive, but unintentionally and without humor.
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    Trencher reacted to Tjack in What Is the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen?   
    Coldly......Green Hornet......Seth Rogan must die!
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    Trencher reacted to Starlord in What Is the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen?   
    Hard to say because the REALLY, REALLY awful movies I don't finish.
     
    Off the top of my head, The Last Jedi was VERY bad combined with utterly painful because I care about the franchise.  Plus I had to finish because I needed to see what happens.  So The Last Jedi.
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