Christopher

I answered your question. Please answer mine: Are you seriously arguing that "the GM has to allowed you exceeding that cap" is more reliable for the players then "NCM"?

"Sometimes to only way to live, is to give up all hope of survival or escape." - Tzun Tsu. It is a known effect. And Bertholo had most definitely hit that point.

I was honestly asuming you were using that by accident/innocence. You are not the first one on this forum to make this mistake. It is a honest mistake to make. But you are the first one not to change the title on being informed of it. However I have to point out that this is far from the first time I saw a long term participant of a forum from turning to trolling all of a sudden. I have not yet figured out the how and why, but my experience tells me it is possible. One does not exclude the other. "Convince me" and it's Synomyms are like most of the stuff Neo-Nazis say: You can not use that without putting yourself into that despised group and I was pointing out you were/are doing that to yourself.

A few things wrong with that: a) It is considered extremely rude to steal someone elses bandwith like you are suggesting b) I asume this forum software copies the images to a local storage. c) The issues in building the thread smells of a database issue. Honestly it is a small wonder the whole site was not knocked out by this isssue. It is apparently a well designed Forum software. d) This was a thread that had been copied over from at least 2 previous forum softwares e) this was in the NDG Forum. Non Gaming Discussion. f) Who even looked at the old entries?

That badly broken? Ah, excrement!

Oh, Tribbles! (that was supposed to be an expletive at the bad news).

Plague Doctor Ravencroft?

No. Are you seriously arguing that "the GM has to allowed you exceeding that cap" is more reliable for the players then "NCM"?

The problem is that 90% of all people in that situation tried the exact same thing and died, never to report of it. And a 9/10 dead quote is not a chance most RPG players will take.

Okay, watched the first two Episodes. Lucky Charm: The lucky charm comes with a "Ladybug Vision". That might simply be a Cinematic technique, or simply part of how the power works. A VPP does seem - "spot on" Besides that, she uses it extensively as a form of Stretching/Telekinesis. She swings like Spiderman and agianst Mr. Pigeon she made two attempts a ranged grab, with one connecting. Cataclysm: Some kind of Focus/object destruction. "RKA, NND, Does Body" would work. As would be any Penetrating attack of sufficient Magnitude. Or even a Dispel defined as "object destruction". Aside from the powers from their Miraculous, both also have high levels of Parkour skills when transformed. Wich is fitting as that comes from france. They could have some low endurance cost movement powers to simulate that. Stuff like "Flight, only what Pacour could do". They might also have increased strenght, as they are often fighting Augmented Grown up villains. But it might be that the "Gimik" the Adults get ruins any semblance of them still using their Adult powers (being stronger then children).

Those rules are called "Normal Characteristics Maxima". Wich is a reliable, robust rule. As opposed to "the GM has to agree". NCM is a rule that has to be communicated before Character creation even begins. It is as fundamental as the Points and Complications. There is no room to be blindsided. Allowing the Optional NCM rule is the GM changing the campaign assumptions. Intentionally. I think right now you argue for the sake of argument, rather then to have a point.

If it is always the perfect tool, it is hardly No control. It think this is a case where No Character Control != No Player Control. Personally I have not yet watched a single episode of the show. But I have had it avalible the whole time.

So the funny Pics thread is currently stuck on a partial view of page 1188, with the last post being this: Now I keep getting informed of "200+ new replies", but refreshign the page does not actually show anything.

"Now remember: The Catholic church only pays for the first 3 children fathered by a priest outside of wedlock."

So it is was not just me being to blind to find Orville. As for DISCO, it is also viewable on Netflix. Indeed it was the reason I originally got a Netflix subscription. Have not regreted it so far. Please, 2nd season. Tasha Yar/Denise Cosby left before the 1st Season finished! But she pulled a terminator and said "I'll be back as Sela".

So the guy whose Avatar looks like a Egyptian Pharao, gave his grandchildren a helper for his Hieroglyphs? Fitting

This becomes a mater of balance:

"change my mind" is just "convince me" with different words. And "convince me" is a trolling technique. A variant of the "shifting goalpost" approach, wich I define as "undefined goalpost". Intersting point. Never thought about that :D

I do not know where to watch Orville. Thus far it did not appear on Netflix and all I could see was fragments on youtube. Watched the first 2 Episodes of Discovery Season 2. Thus far it is starting rather slowly, but hat could just me not knowing what the Focus/Story is yet.

"Do not try it, Anakin. I have hte high ground!" "You underestimate my horns!"

Not if you apply hte Uncertainty principle: "The more precise the prophecy, the less precise the reality (and vice versa)."

That a rule does not stop 100% off all abuse does not mean it does not work. Heck, the "100% or not worth it ever" argument is just conservative argumentation. I want a Character with 30 DEX when normally 20 is allowed NCM: I can get a Chracter with 30 DEX by paying more. Hughs Idea: I write up a Character with 30 DEX. This ability was a core idea of my build. The GM says no. So now my idea is *bleeped* And that is how NCM gave me planning security.

And we all know how tht turned out in OOTS #32:

I write it open top too. Propably happened because I used to use Graph paper and it was easier to alling all the lines with the squares. I do. The only downside is that I have to put a horizontal bar into my 7's. But then I really dislike ambiguity.

That is literally what the thread is there for, so why not?