Spence

I didn't mean to imply anything.  
I really was surprised by her being "famous" because I didn't recognize her at all.  Once I googled her name I realized she was in Ghostbusters. 
All I remember from that was it being boring with a lot of cussing that was supposed to be funny, but I couldn't name the cast without looking it up.   
 
But you are right that so far the cast is doing well and definitely better than I could do.  But so far the movie has been just dragging and I have yet to work up the interest needed to go back and finish it.

I didn't realize she was an actress let alone a comedian.  But when I did a search I realized she was one of the new breed of comedian I have been calling "the unfunny".  IIRC she was in the new Ghostbusters that cratered. A lot of excuseswere made for that one when it was just not funny.
 
It is probably a generational thing but most of the new funny I see is as good as 5th grade fart jokes.  Funny while you were in the 5th grade, and then you grow up.
 
 
 

I don't get out much nowadays so yes it is the first movie.
 
I enjoyed it. There have been several supers films on over the holidays. Spiderman: Homecoming, Wonder Woman and Justice League. I'll get to see a repeat of the latter on Sunday.
The story works and the iconic moment when we first see Diana in full costume coming out of the trench and charging the German lines is handled well. I was not keen on the whole 'Ares killed everyone else' storyline as I do not care for the whole 'pushing one god' mentality in fiction with multiple gods cf The Clash of the Titans remake. The battles were not over the top or stretch the imagination. People died but there was a genuine attempt to save them and not mindlessly kill them for the sake of it cf Man of Steel.
Gil Gadot did well and they made Steve Trevor interesting without detracting from Wonder Woman. 

I'm pretty sure Marvel comics ended in the late 80s. 

I didn't realize she was an actress let alone a comedian.  But when I did a search I realized she was one of the new breed of comedian I have been calling "the unfunny".  IIRC she was in the new Ghostbusters that cratered. A lot of excuseswere made for that one when it was just not funny.
 
It is probably a generational thing but most of the new funny I see is as good as 5th grade fart jokes.  Funny while you were in the 5th grade, and then you grow up.
 
 
 

I say go with Transformation-minor. Minor because good roads (or more precisely bad roads) affect your horses your your wagons and travel time. Now if they can also do the inverse- good road to bad, to answer @Spence’s question as to why the write up, I can see a scenario where the Earth mage casting the inverse so as to slow up pursuers. Of course depending on casting time and how close the pursers are.

I think you've already missed DCC and Pendragon, but sometimes that stuff comes back around.
 
At any rate, get on the BOH mailing list.  It's a _wonderful_ source for picking up-- _legally, mind you_-- inexpensive PDF collections of both old and new stuff, if you're patient.
 
 

Well, I am going to be "that guy" and ask "why"?
 
Are the player characters going to be repairing the roads? 
All my fantasy games use swords and yet I have not written up one forge.  Or mine for that matter. 
I know that there is a write-up for a horse out there somewhere, but I have never used one.  I jot down a basic stat block with just the basic capability of the horse.  I don't need the entire point build, just movement, carry and basic damage needed to kill/disable the horse.
 
What I mean is, I write up items and magic that is used in play by PC's or NPC's/Creatures that the PC's face. 
 
While it can be fun to write up various things, exactly how much in session play actually needs specifics on road repair? 
The road people have a spell they use to fix the road. 
It is their secret.
It is hard. 
Done.
 
 

Well, I am going to be "that guy" and ask "why"?
 
Are the player characters going to be repairing the roads? 
All my fantasy games use swords and yet I have not written up one forge.  Or mine for that matter. 
I know that there is a write-up for a horse out there somewhere, but I have never used one.  I jot down a basic stat block with just the basic capability of the horse.  I don't need the entire point build, just movement, carry and basic damage needed to kill/disable the horse.
 
What I mean is, I write up items and magic that is used in play by PC's or NPC's/Creatures that the PC's face. 
 
While it can be fun to write up various things, exactly how much in session play actually needs specifics on road repair? 
The road people have a spell they use to fix the road. 
It is their secret.
It is hard. 
Done.
 
 

Merry Christmass to everybody

Happy Yuletide everyone!  May the blood of your enemies run freely in the gutters!

Well I haven't answered because I literally do not understand what you are asking.
 
I don't know what the term "screeching" means in the context you are using it so any attempt on my part to evaluate it is meaningless.
 
But in general power-gaming (min-maxing, etc) is an approach to gaming rather than being good or bad.
But I have noticed that proponents of the two approaches don't mix well.
 
To me, and this is just my personal opinion, min/maxing (powergaming) is just a carry over from computer games.  The ones that claim to be RPG's which they are not.  Since there are no real RPG options the games are really just trying to maximize your PC's capabilities so it can kill/destroy everything it encounters.
 
The other approach, and again this is just my personal opinion, is actual role-playing.  In a role-playing game you build a character concept rather than squeeze the points for maximum effect.  Min/Maxing is actually bad for this type of game, and the encounters are built with this is mind. In a heroic game PC will have drawbacks as well as strengths and a lot of the fun is is working around those disadvantages. 
 
But adding powergaming style PC's into an actual RPG will throw off game balance if it was built for non-powergaming PC's. 
 
Once again, neither approach is wrong or right, but they are different and in many ways incompatible.
I can min/max if I have to, but I don't find those games fun as a player and will not run one as a GM. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Good news!
 
Got the rabbit ear back! 
 
Bad news!
 
He yakked it up on the hood of the truck....

Hi, fellow Herophiles! I am not looking to design and publish something solo at this time, but in the spirit of helping out a community that I quite enjoy I'd like to offer assistance if someone has need of my skills. 
 
I can read for comprehension, grammar and spelling (things a spell checker misses like the versus they, etc.).
I can check math calculations for powers, etc.
I can create basic encounter maps with hexes at appropriate size for VTT or printing. I can provide an example or two if needed. I am not a professional, just a hobbyist with GIMP.
I can sounding board ideas, concepts, contribute power ideas, for plot, characters, organizations, and so forth. 
I am most comfortable in 6th Edition at the moment since that is what I GM right now, but I played and GM'd basically all of them.
 
I have the next two weeks off from work so that is a good window of opportunity. After that my time is more sporadic, but I will still have some spare time. You can contact me on here or email me at eepjr24  at gmail D0T com.
 
 
- Ernie

And just to be different, I'm going to toss out "on one of the Great Lakes."
 
Middle America doesn't get enough super-action.
 

 
 

Mmm...
 
Well, I am not meaning to be rude, but I am just going to bow out. 
I have very little free time these days and getting embroiled in an argument is not how I want to use what time I have.  
And I also don't want to use it to re-familiarize myself with the system to point I can explain.
 
I shall just cede the field 

Problematically, the stomach is up behind the ribs, and the abdomen, where your colloquial "vitals" are, isnt listed at all. 
 
Speaking purely hypothetically, I have long-suspected that the commonality of misapplication of the word "stomach" is responsible for a large part of the chronic confusion regarding Location 13.
 
 

You and the skill argument people are off in a corner talking about a completely different thing than the subject.
 
The subject is converting a group of Pendragon skills into a Hero version.
Dance as it it used in Pendragon is not a background skill.  It is used as an active skill in what can be called social combat for lack of a better term.
 
It is really surprising that Hero players can understand that powers such as Energy Blast can be used to model everything from a crossbow bolt to a laser and the power "name" is just a label for an effect, but suddenly can't comprehend that a skills name may also be just a label. 
 
This conversation has nothing to do with a Background Skill or a Professional Skill.
It is about an active skill that just happens to be named Dance.
 
 

In all of our games it was squarely in the "nuggets" so to speak. 
 

Oh boy.  Now the MCU thread has devolved into the bi-annual How To Make The HERO System Attract New Players debate. Please, god, no...

Yeah another one. This one by Steven Jay Ruben. I honestly have to give it 4 out of 5. And the only reason it looses the star is even some of the newer material is dated, though you can't blame the writer on that part.
 
The book covers all the movies up to the latest (No Time to Die). It covers the movies themselves in detail, all the actors who played Bond in the official films (so no Woody Allen guys). Not only does it cover the characters but has some info on the actors themselves (even if it's a short blurb on one actor who later appeared in Die Hard). A full listing of all the Bond women by film. There is a nice mix of b/w and color photos (including some beautiful color ones of movie posters/boards).
 
Softbound, $35 US/$48 Can. 412 pages.
 
Unless you're a true Bond-head you may not want to put down the $$. For a Dark Champions game going for a Bond type feel I'd suggest it, or at least seeing if the local library has it (where I've borrowed mine).  They could have dropped a few things and covered the equipment more. Another reason it lost the *. 
 
Oh, looking at the author's credits he's written a few others. One called "Combat Films: American Realism, 1945-2010". I'd like to find that to see what it says, especially for a Dark Champions or even Golden Age look at things
 
[My mistake, it does include the spoof Casino Royale, as well as the 1954 CBS version with Barry Nelson and Peter Lorre. Mea Culpa]
 
 

Yes, but D&D is ready to play out of the box, buy the starter box and be playing in just a couple hours or less. 
 
I have seen people come into my FLGS (back before it closed) ask if they sold D&D. 
Go "Wow, that is a lot of books!"
Then the game store staffer said "Well you can download a entry version for free from WotC D&D website or try a starter box.  It comes with a starter rules, characters and an adventure designed the learn the game".
They buy the starter set, open it and start playing after flipping through the book for 10-15 minutes. 
 
Bamf!  Cha-Ching and another PHB (or two) gets sold.
 
I have seen it so many times.
 
 

As I indicated, I believe it's one barrier. Other posters have already ably delineated others. Like most real-world issues it doesn't render to one readily-definable cause.
 
Queen's Gambit illustrates (and glamorizes) playing chess. Superhero movies don't illustrate role-playing superheroes.
 
BTW I remember a big surge in interest in chess after the high-profile Cold War-ish televised Bobby Fischer/Boris Spassky match. Cultural fads come and go, but surrounding them in drama will pique the public's fickle attention for a while.

Try jumping from the roof. if you still can't fly, call 911. 

....or, again, they just play video games, some of which even feature the heroes they've just seen and nearly all of which provide instantaneous heroic and superheroic wish fulfillment.