Nolgroth

Funny you should mention Westerns. The Mandalorian sort of reminds me of the hardened, reluctant hero, gunslinger from an old western. One who is capable of some pretty ruthless deeds, but retains a seed of decency within them. As for roleplaying, the Mandalorian inspired me to pull down some of my FFG Star Wars material and take a gander at it.

Just binged The Mandalorian on Disney+. Normally I wouldn't have seen it, but my son decided he wanted to get a D+ membership. A decently good set of Star Wars stories following the exploits of the titular Mandalorian bounty hunter.

Just finished binge watching Season 1 and 2 of Castle Rock. Actually better than I thought it would be. Season 2 was particularly entertaining. All of the cast did a really great job but Lizzy Caplan stole the show as a young Annie Wilkes (Misery).

Annihilation: Reminded me of the Colour Out of Space by HP Lovecraft and I would be honestly surprised (and skeptical) of any claims that it wasn't. I think it was a tremendously well done show that had some genuinely creepy moments. The narrative conceit of the story being told via interview removed any sense of actual tension in terms of wondering what happens to the protagonist. I don't really spoil that, as it is made pretty clear really soon in the movie. Not sure about the ending. I don't think that there could have been any ending that was satisfying to everyone. Gotham, Final Season: About what I was expecting. Didn't like the deformed Joker character. I did like the reinvigorated Selena Kyle as she crawled and tumbled over cars during one scene. Screamed, "this girl is going to be Catwoman someday." All in all, entertaining but not in any deep sort of way. Arrow, Final Season (to current episode): Meh. Figured they would bring back some much missed characters for the final sendoff. Happy that they are sending it off without it just getting dumped. The only Arrowverse show I started and intend to finish. History Guy, History Deserves to Be Remembered: If you like interesting bits of history that the common person is simply not exposed to, then this is the YouTube channel for you. I am nearly caught up on his extensive library that covers anything from World War (both), the history of traffic lines, Bass Reeves ( a black US Marshall that the Lone Ranger is based upon), the first female attorney in the US and so very many more. Each episode is between 10-20 minutes long and I've noticed a trend to spotlight the underdog hero whenever possible. The only issue I have with his channel is that the early episodes have the theme music turned up really high. Other than that, my favorite YouTube channel.

My favorite YouTube channel.

Long As I Can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Been awhile since I ran a game and studied the deep esoterica of Hero System, but I would judge that Aid would require AoE. It is a good method if the spell wears off but might get prohibitively expensive to do so. Transform is not something I would recommend. Barrier is your best bet if the change is permanent. The special effect of transforming the rock to this new "dense rock" can easily be simulated using that rule more easily than others. Just toss on a "Only to harden the existing rock" requirement (which, at best, I would allow a -¼ Limitation on) and define it as the existing rock in the defined area. I know the Barrier power says "create," but sculptors "create" art from existing clay or stone. This is much the same concept. Just my $0.02.

I too love Shadowrun 4/5 (essentially the same thing but with some finer points changed from one iteration to the other). For the longest time, I thought that the Hero 3d6 curve was BOR-ING. I spent a lot of energy trying to shoehorn different dice systems in its place. In the end, a Hero but Roll High method has become my favorite method for speedy dice rolls. I will stick with the Shadowrun system for Shadowrun, but for almost everything else, the Hero system pretty much has an easy to use dice system. Still boring though.

This. This right here. I love Hero. I love the way it flows once you start actually using it. I just don't have the time, energy and motivation to create an entire setting from scratch. It's just easier to pick another product off of the shelf and run with whatever system it was built for.

Hello Herophiles, I've corrected and re-uploaded my campaign to the RPTools site at http://forums.rptools.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=18939&p=199843#p199843 I will not be posting or responding here at the Hero Games site, but I will check the RPTools thread.

interesting. There is a member here that spews far more filth onto the page than my little "stick" and appears to be unchallenged. I suppose if the rhetoric agrees with you then it is fine. Whatever. Go ahead and give those Moderation Abilities a whirl. It has been a fun ride but I am, quite frankly, sick of the bias around here. Thank you, and I mean that in all earnestness, for keeping this place going. I'm just not prepared to shut my mouth when I have to read insults that encompass me because of my ideology while a little poking earns me a threat. See y'all down the road someplace.

Well, in the interest of full disclosure, I was just using the pretense as an "in" to slam Hillary Clinton. Juvenile of me perhaps, but somehow it still satisfies my inner gremlin.

I've heard the equal and opposite view espoused by folks on the Right. They often miss the point that the Right pretty much holds the cards right now and is doing a much better job at playing 52 pick-up than they are playing their hand.

I support your opinion. Hillary never need run again and trouble us with her evil cackle. Besides, I am willing to bet that the Democrats can field a way better candidate than Hillary Clinton could ever hope to be.

Oh that tears it! Hillary fixed the Primaries! Why that.... Oh wait, I wasn't a Bernie Sanders supporter. The Democratic Primaries meant nothing to me. As for the rest, I already believed that Hillary Clinton was scum so no rage here. Not really any sort of affirmation for that matter. I didn't need that either. So no rage. No nothing.