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BoneDaddy

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  1. Re: Musings on Random Musings Some call it a deer stand. Others call it a voting booth.
  2. Re: Durability of shotgun shells How long have shotgun shells been plastic jacketed? What jacketed them before that?
  3. Re: Regeneration I'm with Hugh on this one. Regeneration looks like a defense, but isn't a very good one. In combat terms, it is frequently negligible. It's more of a perk than a power, especially since it is so advantaged that it runs into active point caps long before it achieves meaningful defensive utility.
  4. Re: Regeneration Eh... It's my book, I paid for it. So they're my rules now, too. And it is also my house. So I'll have house rules that fix Regeneration, Healing, and Shapechange, thakyouverymuch. Problem solved.
  5. Re: Realism check: How accurate are lie detectors? While we're at it, neurolinguistics should get a nod. It's helped me spot a few of the less adept liars in the world, and I'm a coffee table amateur at it.
  6. Re: Does anyone use this rule? This metarule is applied almost as evenly as modern interpretations of the rules of the old testament. The best example that I can think of is the perennial favorite of arguments on these boards, the flashlight. Currently the accepted, and totally wrong, build is Images, only to create light, which is obviously silly. There are about a dozen different ways to build a flashlight, all but one of them wrong (note my tongue is buried firmly in my cheek), and the best way may not be the cheapest or the most expensive. The sticking point is "equally valid," of course. Those would be the two words that would leave the Supreme Court befuddled and angry, with a 4-3-2 ruling with even Thomas filing a concurring-in-part opinion.
  7. Re: Martial Art: Tricking Since it's a Champs character, how about modeling the Tricks as a special effect of a Power? If it's designed to throw the other guy off, make it a no range drain on DEX, or even a Suppress on DEX. I've been noodling with modeling a super-feint that way. It drops the oppo down a CV or two, which is sort of the point, I think.
  8. Re: Fromage? What'st the limitation on the END reserve? If he's a battery powered cyborg, or some such, I guess I have no real problem with the concept. I've been noodling with a Victorian era gadgeteer/ magician with clockwork foci - they only recover END via manual winding, which takes time and a little concentration, and both hands. That's an END reserve wih some meaningful limitations. If it's just a workaround to get a boatload of END on the cheap, I smell cheese.
  9. Re: Astounding Hero Tales table of contents Sweet Christmas! That's awesome. The birthday book list expands.
  10. Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I hadn't heard about that. Heck, I'd almost read it for that... Almost.
  11. Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it...
  12. Re: Musings on Random Musings Nah, that was Osiris.
  13. Re: Musings on Random Musings By golly, the Russian people really do love to feel the sting of the whip.
  14. Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The Iron Giant is indeed a fantastic movie. The Good Girl is another good Jennifer Aniston flick. An exceptionally good little movie. And she was in Office Space. She's done OK on film.
  15. Re: A Thread for Random Musings I think Lucy tricked me again, damn her. Frickin' football...
  16. Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Black Snake Moan. This movie tackles a hell of a lot, and as such the ending is abrupt and optimistically over-tidy. That aside, man it tackles it all really well. I was stunned at how much this movie delivered, albeit in its own weird way. Anti-spoiler below. Anyway, it has redemption, salvation, adaptation, growth, and people helping each other because it helps them to do so. It's a damn good movie, with a great soundtrack. And Ms. Ricci is mostly naked for most of the movie, which doesn't hurt a bit. She could use a few (about a hundred. Someone buy the woman a cheesecake, so we can have thecheesecake she usd to sport back.) good meals, but she works the skinny for all its worth.
  17. Re: Musings on Random Musings It's worked for me, up to a point...
  18. Re: Jokes Like you have rheum to criticize...
  19. Re: A Thread for Random Musings How children change a marriage: New venues for sex appeal.
  20. Re: Musings on Random Musings Basic Instructions for baby quieting: Step one - sniff it. Does the baby stink? If yes, change it. If not, proceed to step two. Step two - pat it. Does the baby burp? If not, proceed to step three. Step three - feed it. Does the baby eat? If not, proceed to step four. Step four - cuddle it. Does the baby relax? If not, proceed to step five. Step five - give it a good shake... Luck to you and yours, the snot troubleshooter's a tough one.
  21. Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... A Brief History of the Dead. Great novel, but ... the ending ... Oh.
  22. Re: suppress Hmm. I think as a practical matter they can be effective hindrances in a combat environment, and have the advantage of being more or less bloodless. I can see how they could be uneven in application, but a literal minded GM would find a Suppress INT to be less of an obstacle than the Suppress PRE. If it turns the baddies from fight to flight, flight can be just as dangerous to the environment, the good guys, and the noncombatants. Additionally, it's a bit of an endurance thief to maintain them, and as soon as you drop them you have the same old problems.
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