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Re: A Thread for Random Videos

I blame Log's Western draft...

OMG! Paint Your Wagon!

Best Eastwood movie ever!!!

:: dives for cover ::

Actually, this was one of the (many) musicals my grandmother and I used to watch together when I was little, so it does hold a special place in my heart

Re: Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

One thing about season three for Rex' date=' he got experience so he can have multipowers running at the same time. It might be easier to start at season one. Good luck-I like that show I'll help if I can.[/quote']

 

My progress has been slow, but hopefully I'll be able to start a thread for it some time soon.

 

March will be CRAZY busy for me though, so if I don't do it this month it'll end up having to wait til April...

Re: Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Eatle still gets the award for worst first appearance ever, but Clockwork has to be a close second!

(of course, this is sort of Clockwork's second appearance...)

Re: Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

New episode in 40 min, but I won't get to see it til this evening since I'm not going to be home for many hours

Lets hope the new alien isn't as brokenly powerful as he sounds

Re: Guided Bullets a reality

First thing I thought of when I heard about this:

First thing I thought of:

Re: Olympic sprinter

An Olympic Class sprinter probably isn't any faster than Speed 2 or Speed 3. Their "reaction speed" isn't faster than a typical cop or soldier (who I would rate at Speed 3 due to regular combat training and/or experience' date=' so they tend to react/think fast on their feet in combat/stress situations)...[/quote']

 

Not quite true.

 

Reflexes are massively important for coming off the blocks quickly, especially in short distance sprints like 60m and 100m.

 

Though arguably in hero system that's more a function of Lighting reflexes.

 

For the record, to do 10 sec 100m you need to be able to run roughly 22.37 mph... give or take to account for acceleration

 

Assuming standard NCM x2, that requires:

 

- 15" with a SPD of 2

- 10" with a SPD of 3

- 8" with a SPD of 4

Re: "Neat" Pictures

Aren't you supposed to inform security about unattended luggage? (old terrorism trick' date=' walk into a airport with a bomb in a suitcase, drop of the suitcase and walk away. So, notify security if you see a suitcase or package just sitting there.)[/quote']

 

...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a0NCK8N0rs

Re: How would you write up this acrobar in 5th or 6th Edition?

Hmmm...how does one grant a bonus to one specific stunt?

Highly limited skill levels?

Perhaps "intense practice and rehearsal" should grant some kind of bonus to performance of those tasks specifically rehearsed (much like a music group trying to play a song they have not rehearsed, or have not rehearsed for some time, might play much more poorly than playing the set list they have rehearsed intensely for this tour).

Not sure, but aren't there optional rules somewhere for skill degradation due to disuse? Obviously, intense practice would be something of the opposite.

Re: Robocop vs Terminator

Wouldn't that depend on circumstances?

Perhaps we should ask the OP to clarify the circumstances of the fight.

Re: Robocop vs Terminator

Terminators take no stun, have access to better weapons, are faster, might be stronger and have much more advanced computer brains.

But...

I give it to Murphy, in part because of the hero factor and in part because Arnold was taken down by a pair of non enhanced humans, one of whom didn't really know what the hell she was doing (at the time).

Re: How would you write up this acrobar in 5th or 6th Edition?

Since 11- means "good enough to do this professionally' date='" she's obviously way above that level. Then again, I've seen jugglers do things that seemed even more amazing than this, so I don't necessarily know that she's definitely "the best in the world" level, either. So I'd probably give her a Skill Roll in the neighborhood of 15- or 16-.[/quote']

 

She's apparently one of the best in the world at this particular stunt.

 

From here:

 

Krystal, the Red Panda Acrobat, rides a seven foot unicycle, kicks several bowls at a time into the air and lands them in an ever-growing and wobbly stack of bowls on her head. Each successive flip is done with a greater number of bowls. Krystal hold the world record for this act, a feat that was broadcast on the Guinness World Records television show in 1999.The Red Panda Acrobat will leave your crowd breathless!

Re: How strong is...

Someone with STR 20 is four times stronger than a guys with STR 10

And someone with STR 30 is four times stronger than someone with STR 20

Re: A Thread for Random Videos

Re: X Ray-ted Vision

Iron Will: "I'm twelve and you're a perv!"

Oddly, one of the characters I didn't list is Iron Will.

I didn't list him because, while he has the body of a Nazi super soldier, his mind is shared with the astral projection of a 10 year old Jewish boy (who would have grown up to be one of the worlds most powerful psychics, had he not "died" back in the 40's). Regardless, little William is the moral compass of the duo and would have serious issues with this sort of thing...

Re: X Ray-ted Vision

Why would any X-rated magazine print somebody that can incite fear?

Because a shapshifting clown could manage to be incredibly arousing while simultaneously triggering he psych lims of anyone that fears clowns

But like I said, not sure exactly what he intended, so just speculating...

Re: X Ray-ted Vision

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia

Not sure if coulrophile was a typo of the above or if he was implying a reference to a clown fetish.

Re: Weapon Mastery (Coments Welcomed)

Well' date=' martial arts can include ranged martial arts, so breaking those out separately might justify a 40/30 split or somesuch. I'd guess having some sort of Universal Combatant talent would be outrageously expensive, and would probably incorporate WF as well--120-150 points?[/quote']

 

The WF's and even the maneuvers themselves just aren't worth that much in actual game play though.

 

There's no way I would make a character pay much more than 60 pts for this

 

After all, for that price you could get a Martial Arts SFX Limited 30+30 Cosmic VPP and just approximate everything via power constructs. And that gives you even more versatility, since it will let you pull off a considerable variety of Martial Arts themed super skills and powers.

Re: Weapon Mastery (Coments Welcomed)

How would that be implemented--you can perform any maneuver for 20 points? I think that might be a little too inexpensive. I'd probably peg that at 50+ points myself

I'd probably put it around 50 point range myself, given what it takes to build maneuver-less martial artist via the mix of an MP and some levels (and I still think maneuvers tend to be the cheaper and stronger option most of the time).

However, you can do it via a VPP for probably half that much (assuming GM permission of course). Obviously, it's much more expensive (and powerful) if you want the option to do things like Dim Mak and toss Hadokens though.

Re: Ranger Choke Hold?

I've heard of the blood choke/air choke dichotomy' date=' but never heard of choke and strangulation used to refer to different techniques. The Scent of a Woman thing looks more like a pressure point hold than a choke to me. It looks like it would hurt, but not necessarily render someone unconscious. At least not without a lot of hurt first.[/quote']

 

While there are pressure points in the neck, his fingers really aren't in the right place to hit them.

 

His grip on the lapels/tie is potentially tightening the collar to produce a strangle. The grip on the throat adds to the pressure.

 

Of course, it's hard to say what the real intent is since he's not actually trying to hurt the other actor...

Re: Ranger Choke Hold?

Fwiw' date=' I don't know if its universal, but I've seen and use chokes to refer to blocking windpipe, and stranglation referring cutting off the blood flow.[/quote']

 

I use those terms due to my background, but many arts do not make a significant distinction.

 

In judo, the term shime (jime) is quite often freely translated as both "strangle" and "choke". Many people don't realize the technical difference in English and thus use the terms interchangeably. So Sankaku-Jime becomes Triangle Choke, even though Triangular Strangle is the accurate term. By contrast, Jigoku-jime is almost always translated as Hell Strangle, probably because it sounds cooler

 

In BJJ, they mostly use the term choke, but they do tend to stress the difference between blood choke and wind/air choke when they talk about the actual mechanics.

Re: Why is Speed so unpopular?

Perhaps to you. The comics have never suggested that Cap's brain was affected' date=' to my recollection, and they have always classified his reflexes, agility and other abilities as "peak human", not "superhuman".[/quote']

 

Actually, Cap has claimed to "see faster" than normal, which is one of the things that allows him to doge bullets and such with greater ease.

 

How one interprets that statement is open to debate and probably not entirely relevant to the thread at hand...

Re: Very flashy, acrobatic martial arts styles?

I have a question since I am not a scholar. Why the debate at all? Isn't there records of how component arts were used?

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A variety of reasons:

- there isn't always a good record. There's a lot of stuff that's lost to time because many aspects of the arts are passed down master to student via oral tradition. Often times, people don't realize what bits of history are important until it's too late and memories aren't always that reliable to begin with.

- even when there is a good record, things are often lost in translation, especially when dealing with foreign arts.

- lies and outright fabrication. All too often, histories are deliberately changed. Of course, there are also sometimes just honest misunderstandings and misinterpretations that never get cleared up.

- martial arts politics play a big part in all this. Even in small groups, human nature gets the better of the facts all the time.

- many people that practice martial arts aren't actually interested in the history. Those that DO have some appreciation for the history often do more harm than good because they frequently help perpetuate myths. Relatively few people do serious research about the martial arts (in part because few folks have the necessary resources, skills and background).

Re: Why is Speed so unpopular?

I would be fine with this horrible hammer of handwavium if characters using it had to buy Transdimensional for all the abilities they plan to use on the real world when they are in The Speed Zone. But then it might actually be costed equivalent to utility....

But they DO need to purchase Transdimensional, as well as various perception powers so that they can perceive at Speed Zone speeds.

In game terms' date=' the speedster uses Extra-Dimensional Movement to “enter” this “dimension,” and abilities with the Transdimensional Advantage to affect targets in the “normal-speed world.” Since Extra-Dimensional Movement and Transdimensional are both “Stop Sign” game elements, the GM should examine these powers carefully before permitting them.[/quote']

 

This is also reiterated on p258 - under Ancillary Abilities.

Re: Psychic Flashes

I treat this no different from how I work Contacts.

If they always approach the player, then the NPC is purely a GMing tool.

The day the player decide to go to the NPC and ask for their help is the day they become a Contact on the players sheet.

So, as a GM, if I am occasionally giving the player precognitive visions that are mainly there as plot hooks, I'm not going to charge the player for that ability. It's a story telling aid and nothing more, something mentioned in background material but otherwise not on the sheet.

But the moment that player tries to use that ability in his own way, say by trying to grab an extra few hours of sleep during a difficult investigation, then it's got to be a power. I still have control over most of it and there will be lots of limitations, but now it's more than just a tool fro the GM.

Re: Very flashy, acrobatic martial arts styles?

The discussion is probably a moot point' date=' but what exactly do you find debatable?[/quote']

 

Well, the history of TKD is debatable, but my comment was mostly focused on the influence of taekkyeon.

 

Like I said, wasn't sure if you wanted to get into such a discussion, as it's a bit of a hot button topic

 

And doesn't necessarily have much to do with the topic at hand either.

 

That Shotokan wasn't the only influence on modern Taekwondo?

 

These days, I think it's often accepted as having been the main component of the art.

 

There was also some very probable influence from Shudokan karate and possibly Shito-ryu.

 

Then some questionable influence from Yang style Tai Chi and Chuan Fa/Kung Fu.

 

The actual influence of taekkyeon, is probably the most hotly debated aspect of this, with some folks claiming it was a MAJOR influence on the art and others arguing that it may have had virtually no influence what so ever.

 

The biggest technical influence on TKD in the last 40+ years has been the contest rules of the art itself, though.

 

Or that Choi Hong Hi wasn't the only founding member?

 

Oh, he certainly wasn't. There were a lot of important names back in the day that helped shape the art.

 

Choi was a major player and allegedly a big factor in bringing the other kwans together under the TKD banner. Almost everyone was calling what they did some variation of "karate" prior to the mid 60's.

 

Give me some credit for knowing the history of my chosen martial art. I have after all studied more than just the physical aspects of the art, as well as others. You're not the only martial arts scholar here, you know.

 

I didn't claim to be and I'm sorry if it comes off that way