archermoo

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I believe "more goodlier" is the proper construction...

Re: Musings on Random Musings Yup. It at least used to be considerably more difficult than a simple "format c:" command to do a clean wipe and reinstall of MacOS. Though that has presumably changed with the Unix-like current version...

Re: The cranky thread

Re: Rolling for initiative Not that I'm interested in initiative type systems myself, but you could always just have everyone make a Dex roll, whoever makes it by the most goes first. Ties get resolved in Dex order.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore Agreed, and the batter might just be a light coloured batter.

Re: The cranky thread

Re: Musings on Random Musings

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Re: The cranky thread Yeah. Lots. Zits over cartilage in general suck. I particularly hate the ones I get occasionally inside my ear...

Re: Order of the Stick Except that currently he is the power behind the throne. So if he were to get taken out now he wouldn't be remembered at all. Just sayin...

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore I'd rather cook it on my broiler pan in the oven. No problems with the house burning down, and I still get bacon.

Re: The move to FTP Cool, I hadn't realized that they'd started selling lifetime subs for CO again. Though I'll say I got mine for a mite less during the original offering...

Re: A level of confusion Last I checked not only was the +1 OCV only for a single attack available in HD, it is actually the default. And while a 10 point CSL in all combat costs the same as buying up both OCV and DCV by 1, the functionality isn't identical. For one, CSLs can be used for extra damage.

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread Heh. They should've just said that grandpa was getting his very own, very special balloon. Though of course he didn't get to keep it...

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread Indeed. You should wander on over to the Electrophysiology labs for some really nifty stuff.

Re: The cranky thread

Re: A level of confusion

Re: A level of confusion

Re: Order of the Stick Wow, it looks like someone might have finally managed to lay one on Elan with the cluex4. I suppose it makes some kind of sense that it would be someone who isn't actually TRYING to give him a clue.

Re: A level of confusion I'm glad you agree. To me, ranged and HtH weapons/attacks are dissimilar enough that I can think of few situations that it would seem reasonable for a single skill level to apply to both. And in the situations that I did, I have no problems with using limited 10 point levels instead of 5 point levels. Of note, just because things can be put into logical groups does not of necessity mean that those groupings are also functional ones. You could divide bladed weapons into those with wire wrapped hilts and those without. Perfectly reasonable groupings. However I wouldn't say that it would be reasonable to buy a single skill level that would apply to bladed weapons with wire wrapped hilts, but not to ones that didn't. I prefer to look at all CSLs as being based on the 10 point level, and the 2, 3 5, and 8 point varieties just commonly used "pre-built" limited versions. Most uses for CSLs will fall into one of those categories. For ones that don't you just build your own.

Re: A level of confusion I certainly wouldn't allow someone to purchase a 3 point level for a group of weapons that included both ranged and HtH weapons, and I don't see how they could be defined as "a tight group of weapons". And for that matter I doubt I'd allow a 5 point level defined that way in general either. If you want levels that can be used for either HtH or Ranged attacks, you generally need to buy 10 point levels. If you want those levels to be restricted to only being usable when you are armed appropriately, buy them with a Limitation.

Re: A level of confusion

Re: A level of confusion I'd be more tempted to go with something like allowing 2 (or maybe more) levels that can normally be used for DCV in a limited way to be combined for a general +1 DCV. So if you have 4 3 points levels with all knives, even if you are unarmed you'd still be able to use those levels for +2 DCV. Easier to track that way if nothing else. Though I'm not really sure that I think that kind of thing is needed at all.