Winnie the Pooh was banned? Oh bother!  Even a bear of no brain knows that's just ridiculous!  More like hairless apes of no brains... mutter... mutter...

17 hours ago, Ninja-Bear said:

Has Hero games always had math errors? As in they give an example but when you try to duplicate the sample item or power the math doesn’t add up to what the book (any edition) says?

Historically speaking, not just math errors, but typos, layout errors - the works.  They certainly aren't unique in that regard, and I'm not knocking 'em (we're all just human), but both from using them back in the day and from re-reading the older editions (1st ed. through 3rd ed.) a few years ago it's apparent that the crew hadn't spent enough points on PS: Proofreading

22 minutes ago, Ninja-Bear said:

That’s why lately I ask myself or the player have you seen it? Or read it? I’m trying to emulate fiction. Last game my son asked if he could use his arrow to stab a goblin. Well, I figure Legolas could do it in the movie. So gave him a minor penalty to hit and damage. He hit and was satisfied and so was the rest of the players. 😁

Sounds like you're doing it right!

My condolences - that's really awful

9 hours ago, Cygnia said:

Liberate Me From the Tyranny of Fall Flavors

I like pumpkin spice flavor, but it should be time-limited and not "OMG, it's September 1st, roll out the PUNKIN!"  Maybe mid-October through Thanksgiving at most.  Keep it special.  Then again, I'm one of those cranky types who hates when stores start putting up Christmas decorations in August

Slept in my Heart T-shirt and went crazy on you

Slept in my Rush T-shirt and woke up in Xanadu.

Even Keef was a lad once - before he became one of the Great Old Ones.

3 hours ago, Old Man said:

My electric bill nearly reached $400 last month.  That was fun.

Amateur. 😅

I crunched up a fender on my parent's car when I was much younger, inadvertently trying to occupy the same space as a concrete pillar in a parking garage, so some might say that the wheel has turned and I've now been repaid

On 7/23/2022 at 11:23 PM, Cancer said:

Daughter (who has had her learner's permit less than a week) took out the gate and a bit of fence this evening.  Parking the car, trying to park it and square it up parallel to the fence.  Hit the gas instead the brake.  Crunch.

I have a nicely dented fender as a gift from my daughter.  I think that's probably slightly preferable to your situation, though.

17 hours ago, Hugh Neilson said:

19 hours ago, rravenwood said:

As a side note, it appeared in some Espionage! weapons, and was written up by George MacDonald as an Advantage (+1/2) in Adventurers Club #2.

That sounds like the starting point- it became, IIRC, +1/2 for the first +1, +1/4 for the next and alternating +1/2 and +1/4 after.  Or one could say a +2 multiple was a +3/4 advantage.  Since there's no +3/8, a +1 SM becomes a +1/2 advantage.

It was just a straight +1/2 until 5th ed. (well, 5ER for sure) where it dropped down to a straight +1/4.  The alternating values for multiple levels of the Advantage might be a good optional approach if +1/2 seems too much and +1/4 seems too low.

5 hours ago, Hugh Neilson said:

I am pretty sure the +1 multiple started for certain fantasy hero weapons and then had to be costed out for the broader rules.

As a side note, it appeared in some Espionage! weapons, and was written up by George MacDonald as an Advantage (+1/2) in Adventurers Club #2.

And now back to the actual discussion...

10 hours ago, Cygnia said:

Kind of sets the stage for "Everybody Wants Some" in Better Off Dead...

2 hours ago, Old Man said:

Can you find the snake?

 

Took me a while, but I finally did!  Ssssneaky.

I almost feel guilty laughing at those...  But someone should make an NPC based on:

4 hours ago, Cygnia said:

The drunken idiots in my neighborhood have been shooting off fireworks for the past few days

Same here, and it will probably continue (to a lesser degree, but still...) through the rest of the summer

That's like some strange mash-up of Atom Heart Mother and Who's Next...

1 hour ago, Cancer said:

MADD

Masterful Arithmeticians Defending Descartes

SAUSA

On 6/12/2022 at 12:52 PM, Lord Liaden said:

To me Attack on Titan is grotesque and disgusting, with their leering, sexless giant cannibalistic mockeries of humanity expressing some component of the Japanese cultural zeitgeist I can't relate to or grasp. That's not my response to gore or nudity as such, but I feel like I'm watching the working out of some sort of fetish beyond my comprehension. But as you might expect from that, I didn't get very far into the series, so I'm not aware of whatever other depths or complexities may have arisen that make it worthwhile to others to keep watching. You have a right to enjoy whatever you find harmlessly entertaining, but I won't be joining you.

And that's totally OK, I'm not trying to strongarm you or anyone else into watching it, I only wished to give my own perspective on it as a roundabout response to death tribble's question.  I can completely respect that it was not something with any appeal to you.

23 hours ago, Cancer said:

IIIa-J

Idiocy Implied Internationally Associated Jesters

NOCT

I haven't seen the live-action Attack on Titan movie and so can't comment on what was presented there, but I've watched all of the anime that's been released so far (seasons 1-3, season 4 part 1).  Before watching it, having only seen images and short bits, I had originally just scratched my head over the appeal, but decided to give it a try after talking with someone about it.  Without spoiling anything - which, admittedly, won't then really answer your questions - I just have to say that it's a complex story and bit of worldbuilding which unfolds only slowly, so you start off thinking things are one way (and having one set of questions as a viewer), but changing perspectives and new information make for some dramatic shifts in understanding.

I like it, but totally get that it isn't for everyone.  Yes, there's some gore, but it's not the focus, and it's not trying to be photo-realistic or anything.  I'm not a horror/gore fan at all, so if that was its main focus, I would have ditched it early on.  It is character and story focused, with a lot of development of both.

13 hours ago, Pariah said:

DFUA 

Ditsy Flumph Under Accountancy

DVOM

Just finished Stranger Things 4 vol. 1 - enjoyed it!  Don't want to say too much lest I spoil, but Murray is pretty fun this season

18 hours ago, Cancer said:

FUBAR

Fancy Urban Brewmeisters Advocating Rollerskates

NIRS