L. Marcus

Nice writeup, as always! I can't find any faults with it, it seems to do what you want it to do.

I saw something like this in GURPS Celtic Myth, did you get the inspiration from there or from the myths themselves?

I just ordered Star HERO and Fantasy HERO! I'm so psyched I'm gonna freak! Yay!

Originally posted by pinecone

I've heard of Cyberspace...would this be Cyber-sub-space?.......

. . . Cyber-hyper-space!

. . . Welcome to the Nth dimension . . . !

This place has huge potential! What should be done with it?

Re: The "Machine" class of minds

Originally posted by Blue

I've got to decide how strongly to build some powers of a character. What I can't decide is just how many levels of success you'd have to get in Mind Control with the "Machine" class of minds, to convince a computer to just freeze and do nothing. How many to shut down?

 

It's hard to judge what a computer "wouldn't mind" doing.

 

I figure that it gets it's "recovery" roll whenever someone uses their computer skills to try and prod it in the right direction (as well as the normal places--like immediately after the mind control succeeds).

If the computer's running on Windows, freezing is the baseline state. It really don't want to do anything else.

I just had some loose thoughts about the influence of clothes.

Clothes and accessories are really important in relating the wealth and, hence, the political power of the wearer. Just some loose rules: Middle class clothes do nothing, but finer garb give bonuses to your PRE rolls and attacks (bought through an OIF, if you like). Say that a rich merchant or a low-ranking noble (say, a knight or a local lord) have clothes that gives him a +1/+1d6; a high-ranking noble (a duke or a count) would wear clothes worth +2/2d6, and kings and emperors would wear stuff worth +3/+3d6.

This way, a peasant who has never seen the Earl, wouldn't have to recognize him for who he is, just that this is a man for whom I'd better kneal . . .

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: "We´ve seen their faces, but who are they?!"

Originally posted by Fuzzy Gnome

Well, if your name was Slartibartfast, you'd have a strange sense of humor too.

Oooo, that'd explain why Ben Seeman hasn't shut the NGD Forum down yet!

But, really, I don't think Slarty had anything to do with the rest of Scandinavia. They let a fifteen year old intern do that bit, as evident on the euro coins. Sweden and Finnland looks kinda like a . . . Er . . . A certain part of a fellas anatomy . . .

I have just worked for thirteen days without any leave. What do I do on my evenings? Relax in front of the boob tube? Read a good book? Take a long, relaxing walk?

Nope. I log onto these here boards and won't go to bed until two hours before I have to get up again.

I'm starting to believe that D-Man's Pull the Plug campaign may have something to it. . .

Re: Re: Re: Re: "We´ve seen their faces, but who are they?!"

Originally posted by Solomon

Ugh! That's ugly! Scandinavia without Norway looks, urm, wrong, I know what you mean.

I think the engraver had some kind of Issue . . .

If he did it knowingly, it's a pretty good (if rather tasteless and immature) joke. If he did it unwittingly, he should see someone about it.

Short question: How do you model different social levels in your fantasy campaign?

Originally posted by Vermithrax

Since that was my first posting I was very pleased with the rapid response and the plethora of suggestions - thanks!

(yes it was GURPS but I though that might counted as a rude word here!

It seems to be alright to write it down, just as long as you don't say anything about actually liking the game . . .

Originally posted by Snarf

It all comes from the costume. The guy is as scary as a sick baby without it. Don't even get me started on young Anakin...

Whatever do you mean? Pray tell!

I´m a Goldie . . .

Well, after almost eight years in a blessed bureaucratic Limbo the Air Force remembered me again . . . I´ve gotta give the Defence five precious summer days come June.

I wouldn´t mind if we got to do something fun, like shooting practice or going bivouacing, but it seems to be leaning towards classroom time -- in summer. *reches*

But on the other hand . . . I´m the Man with the Star; call me Sarge . . .

An industrial-strength hair drier.

Re: Re: "We´ve seen their faces, but who are they?!"

Originally posted by Solomon

Actually, it was Marcus that started the thread. So, we're both Europeans and we both live in a roughly boot-shaped peninsula... that aside, we're different individuals, you know.

Boot-shaped and boot-shaped . . . Take an euro coin, with all the EU countries on the flipside. Look at Sweden and Finnland. Tell me what you see (but not out loud, please).

Sometimes I wish that Norway would join . . .

Anyway, I woudn't mind seeing your Lizard King's writeup. You can MP it, if you don't mind. I won't forward it to Lemming, honest!

I´ll second that! It´d be an interresting read.

It just struck me that I don´t have a write-up for my own avatar! Hmmm . . .

Just got the last present wrapped. Tomorrow me and my brother´s driving home for Christmas. It´s biting cold outside, and the snow is falling. I bet I´ve got more Xmas Spirit going than Kara . . . I bet five cent!

Originally posted by lemming

Hmm, you could always do the copout of using a Transform.

Hah! Transform is for sissies!

. . . Aaaand that's what I am, sure enough . . .

I think I will go with lemmings idea of a bonus to Interrogation, plus a linked 2d6 HKA with +1 STUN Multiplier (for the actual torture). I think that should cover it with the least mess.

It feels more like that the victims can be Stunned (they do feel pain), but not Knocked Out (they won't pass out).

I think this one just have to be a GM Fiat . . .

I think the drugs could have some use other than interrogation . . .

I don't know. How much would the power Cannot Be Knocked Out be worth?

I've got a puzze for you, good folks!

I was concidering the judicial system in my fantasy campaign, and was musing over torturers/executioners when I remembered a thing from Feist's and Wurtz's Daughter of the Empire series. There there was a couple of drugs that, first, made it impossible for the taker to pass out, and second, intensified all sensations (especially pain). Very, very nasty, and very useful to a torturer . . . Now, how could this be built? Any takers?

Originally posted by Blue

Now if we're asking for write-ups of avatars, I'd be afraid to know what the superpower is of Starlord's NEW avatar.

Life Support: Self-Contained Breathing is a given, right?

Originally posted by WilyQuixote

Hey Ben, Im almost in the same boat your in statting out my avatar...but Im so tempted to do it. Unfortunately Im flying out of town at o-dark-thirty tomorrow morning so it wont be until after Christmas that I try to do it. In the mean time if anyone can give me some ideas for what should go in to statting up ol Wile E. Coyote Id love to hear them.

 

Obviously he is going to have contacts :ACME Co. (very useful resources), A monster variable gadget pool, healing from death, perk:ACME card carrying certified genius, a gob o'skills, and what else? I know there's plenty Im not thinking of here and thats not even counting the psych. lims. Well I'll have to put some thought into it and see what everybody else comes up with on here.

I think that you could fit in at least 5d6 Unluck . . . That poor, poor Coyote. All that rigorous planning for nought!

Thank fellas! I can´t believe I forgot about Mike Surbrook . . .