Alibear

Re: How do you balance encounters?
 
Start small and build up slowly from there. Once they handle lesser encounters you'll get a rough idea on how they'll handle bigger foes.
 
Bad guys would normally be built on 25% - 30% less points than the PC's as I never stat out non combat stuff unless they are very important and likely to be regularly occurring NPCs.
 
Things like KS, contacts, transport fam.s and the like are really for the PCs not my NPCs combat character sheets.
 
As ever though, experience running combats is an invaluable guideline.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun's_meteoric_iron_dagger
 
More food for thought 

Re: Jokes
 
Guys,
 
 
 
 
 
I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.
 
 
 
For example, one evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me."
 
I said "WHAT????!!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... "You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man."
 
She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?"
 
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
 
 
 
The very next day I opted to take the day off work to spend time with her.
 
We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take so I told her we'll just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went onto the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings.
 
 
 
Let me tell you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis.
 
I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey."
 
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all the excitement.
 
Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all dear, let's go to the cashier."
 
 
 
I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it." Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled "WHAT???!!!" I then said, "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"
 
 
 
 
Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either.

I like King Cobra as a character so he is The 'face' of Viper

Been a while since I did an update, because I've been working on a project.  I have a world map done, but I've never been completely happy with it for several reasons, not the least of which is that its on a flat sheet of paper representing a globe.  I never really knew what exactly the world looked like on a sphere.
 
So I built a globe and sprayed it with chalkboard paint and came up with this.  Its a very rough sketch of the shoreline, mostly to help me visualize and think through what the world looks like.

The globe was made with a balloon covered with paper machet.  I sanded the sharp edges down, clear coated, and then two coats of blackboard paint.  Some chalk and voila.

NOW I can make a better world map, adding in national boundaries, geographical features, etc, and feel confident its a proper representation.  My plan is not to use the usual Tolkien-style fantasy map but to look at ancient maps of the world and use that for the style.

And I thought ghouls just wanna have fun?

The Onion Runs the same headline every time since 2014
Here it is:
 
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

Re: Jokes
 
Subject: Absolutely Hilarious!!!
 
 
 
Australian radio - This is absolutely hilarious !!!!!
 
 
Just imagine sitting in traffic on your way to work and hearing this.
Many Sydneyfolks DID hear this on the FOX FM morning show in Sydney.
 
The DJs play a game where they award winners great prizes. The game
is called"Mate Match". The DJs call someone at work and ask if they
are married or seriously involved with someone. If the contestant
answers "yes", he or she is then asked 3 random yet highly personal
questions. The person is also asked to divulge the name of their
partner (with phone number) for verification. If their partner answers
those same three questions correctly, they both win the prize. One
particular game, however, several months ago made the City of Big
Shouldersdrop to its knees with laughter and is possibly the funniest
thing I've heard yet. Anyway, here's how it all went down:
 
 
 
 
 
 
DJ: "Hey! This is Ed on FOX-FM. Have you ever heard of 'Mate Match'?"
 
 
Contestant: (laughing) "Yes, I have."
 
 
DJ: "Great! Then you know we're giving away a trip tothe Gold Coast if
you win. What is your name? First only please."
 
 
Contestant: "Brian."
 
 
DJ: "Brian, are you married or what?"
Brian: "Yes."
 
 
DJ: "Yes? Does that mean you're married or you're what?"
 
 
Brian: (laughing nervously) "Yes, I am married."
 
 
DJ: "Thank you. Now, what is your wife's name? First only please."
 
 
Brian: "Sara."
 
 
DJ: "Is Sara at work, Brian?"
 
 
Brian: "She is gonna kill me."
 
 
DJ: "Stay with me here, Brian! Is she at work?"
 
 
Brian: (laughing) "Yes, she's at work."
 
 
DJ: "Okay, first question - when was the last time you had sex?"
 
 
Brian: "She is gonna kill me."
 
 
DJ: "Brian! Stay with me here!"
 
 
Brian: "About 8 o'clockthis morning."
 
 
DJ: "Atta boy, Brian."
 
 
Brian: (laughing sheepishly) "Well..."
 
 
DJ: "Question #2 - How long did it last?"
 
 
Brian: "About 10 minutes."
 
 
DJ: "Wow! You really want that trip, huh? No one would ever have said
that if a trip wasn't at stake."
 
 
Brian: "Yeah, that trip sure would be nice."
 
 
DJ: "Okay. Final question. Where did you have sex at 8 o'clock this
morning?"
 
 
Brian: (laughing hard) "I, ummm, I, well..."
 
 
DJ: "This sounds good, Brian. Where was it at?"
 
 
Brian: "Not that it was all that great, but her mom is staying with
us for a couple of weeks..."
 
 
DJ: "Uh huh..."
 
 
Brian: "...and the Mother-In-Law was in the shower at the time."
 
 
DJ: "Atta boy, Brian."
 
 
Brian: "On the kitchen table."
 
 
DJ: "Not that great?? That is more adventure than the previous
hundred times I've done it. Okay folks, I will put Brian on hold,
get this wife's work number and call her up. You listen to this."
 
 
3 minutes of commercials follow.
 
 
DJ: "Okay audience; let's call Sarah, shall we?"
 
 
(touch tones.....ringing....)
 
 
Clerk: "Kinko's."
 
 
DJ: "Hey, is Sarah around there somewhere?"
 
 
Clerk: "This is she."
 
 
DJ: "Sarah, this is Ed with FOX-FM. We are live on the air right Now
and I've been talking with Brian for a couple of hours now."
 
 
Sarah: (laughing) "A couple of hours?"
 
 
DJ: "Well, a while now. He is on the line with us. Brian knows not
to give any answers away or you'll lose. Sooooooo... do you know
the rules of 'Mate Match'?"
 
 
Sarah: "No."
 
 
DJ: "Good!"
 
 
Brian: (laughing)
 
 
Sarah: (laughing) "Brian, what the hell are you up to?"
 
 
Brian (laughing) "Just answer his questions honestly, okay? Be
completely honest."
 
 
DJ: "Yeah yeah yeah. Sure. Now, I will ask you 3 questions, Sarah.
If your answers match Brian's answers, then the both of you will
be off to the Gold Coast for 5 days on us.
 
 
Sarah: (laughing) "Yes."
 
 
DJ: "Alright. When did you last have sex, Sarah?"
 
 
Sarah: "Oh God, Brian....uh, this morning before Brian went to work."
 
 
DJ: "What time?"
 
 
Sarah: "Around 8 this morning."
 
 
DJ: "Very good. Next question. How long did it last?"
 
 
Sarah: "12, 15 minutes maybe."
 
 
DJ: "Hmmmm. That's close enough. I am sure she is trying to protect
his manhood. We've got one last question,Sarah. You are one question
away from a trip to the Gold Coast. Are you ready?"
 
 
Sarah: (laughing) "Yes."
 
 
DJ: "Where did you have it?"
 
 
Sarah: "OH MY GOD, BRIAN!! You didn't tell them that, did you?"
 
 
Brian: "Just tell him, honey."
 
 
DJ: "What is bothering you so much, Sarah?"
 
 
Sarah: "Well..."
 
 
DJ: Come on Sarah.....where did you have it?
 
 
Sarah: "Up the ****....."
 
 
After a long pause, the DJ said, "Folks, we need to take a station break

Re: Jokes
 
They always ask at the doctor's office why you are there and you say
in front of others what's wrong and sometimes it's embarrassing.
There's nothing worse than a doctor's receptionist who insists you
tell her what is wrong with you in a room full of other patients. I
know most of us have experienced this, and I love the way this old
guy handled it:
 
 
An 86-year-old man walked into a crowded doctor's waiting room. As he
approached the desk, the receptionist said,
"Yes sir, what are you seeing the doctor for today?"
 
"There's something wrong with my dick," he replied.
 
The receptionist became irritated and said,
"You shouldn't come into a crowded doctor's room and say things like
that."
 
"Why not? You asked me what was wrong and I told you," he said.
 
The receptionist replied,
"You've obviously caused some embarrassment in this room full of
people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear
or something and then discussed the problem further with the doctor in private."
 
The man replied, "You shouldn't ask people things in a room full of others,
if the answer could embarrass anyone."
 
The man walked out, waited several minutes and then re-entered.
 
The receptionist smiled smugly and asked, "Yes?"
 
"There's something wrong with my ear," he stated.
 
 
The receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. "And what is wrong with your ear, sir?"
 
"I can't piss out of it," the man replied.
 
The waiting room erupted in laughter.

Re: Jokes
 
Guys,
 
 
 
 
 
I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.
 
 
 
For example, one evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me."
 
I said "WHAT????!!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... "You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man."
 
She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?"
 
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
 
 
 
The very next day I opted to take the day off work to spend time with her.
 
We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take so I told her we'll just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went onto the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings.
 
 
 
Let me tell you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis.
 
I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey."
 
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all the excitement.
 
Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all dear, let's go to the cashier."
 
 
 
I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it." Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled "WHAT???!!!" I then said, "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"
 
 
 
 
Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either.

Re: Jokes
 
Guys,
 
 
 
 
 
I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.
 
 
 
For example, one evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me."
 
I said "WHAT????!!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... "You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man."
 
She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?"
 
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
 
 
 
The very next day I opted to take the day off work to spend time with her.
 
We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take so I told her we'll just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went onto the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings.
 
 
 
Let me tell you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis.
 
I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey."
 
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all the excitement.
 
Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all dear, let's go to the cashier."
 
 
 
I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it." Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled "WHAT???!!!" I then said, "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"
 
 
 
 
Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
As a player.
 
 
A big mean bad guy is holding Domingo up in the air strangling him. All i can see is his armoured legs and leather boots.
 
Me "I'll shoot him in the feet and take the -8 ocv."
 
Domingo "If you shoot me I'll kill you."
 
Me "I don't think you quite understand how it works. If I shoot you I'll kill You"

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
As a player.
 
 
A big mean bad guy is holding Domingo up in the air strangling him. All i can see is his armoured legs and leather boots.
 
Me "I'll shoot him in the feet and take the -8 ocv."
 
Domingo "If you shoot me I'll kill you."
 
Me "I don't think you quite understand how it works. If I shoot you I'll kill You"