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    rravenwood reacted to Starlord in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness... The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
     
    Carl Sagan, from Demon-Haunted World (1995)
     
     
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    rravenwood reacted to Bunch in Champions playtest document   
    Finally got setup here.  Here's the document I found in a Champions Boxed set.  I picked the box up at Half Priced Books in Redmond WA. No names in the box to indicate who might have owned it prior to me except a hand written character named Voyager/Star Dancer.
     
     
     
     
    Binder1.pdf
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    rravenwood reacted to BigJackBrass in Champions playtest document   
    Has this been posted before?
     
    Playtest documents found in Champions box.
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    But it might explain what makes the rockin' world go round.
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    ... And I've seen a bad moon rising.
     
    (Listening to Green River at this moment.)
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    rravenwood reacted to Pariah in What Are You Listening To Right Now?   
    Perhaps a bit off topic:
     

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    This is my first Father's Day without my dad. Happy Father's Day to all!
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    rravenwood reacted to LoneWolf in 5-point Doubling for Innate Powers   
    Like anything in the Hero System this can be abused.  Just because something can be abused does not mean that non-abusive uses need to be banned.  Most heroic games the character does not pay for equipment, so this is probably going to come up more in a superhero campaign than a heroic.  
     
    There are a couple of things that will reduce some of the abuse.  First in a game where you are paying points for a weapon you are considered proficient in that weapon.  When a character starts handing out his spare foci the characters, he hands them out to did not pay for the weapon, so are not automatically considered proficient in the weapon.   That means unless the character using the weapon paid for weapon familiarity with that weapon or the group it belongs to they take a penalty to hit.  Also, chances are any skill levels the characters have are not going to be applicable to the weapons.  This means the characters ability to use said weapons will usually be reduced.   
     
    Second most characters only have two hands.  Purchasing an extra 32 does not mean the character can fire all 32 at the same time.   A character could buy extra limbs to be able to do so, but how many characters actually do that.  If you are buying extra limbs just to use extra weapons to exploit the doubling rule the GM should veto that hard.  Drawing a weapon is usually a half phase action so even if the character is dropping the weapons after being fired, they are still limited to how many weapons they can draw.  A character could purchase fast draw for this, but that means extra points and a there are still limits to how many actions you can perform in a phase.  
     
    What it comes down to is the best way for the GM to prevent abuse is to simply tell the players to stop the abusive behavior.  You can usually find some reason to veto these types of things, so you don’t seem too heavy handed, but in the end, it is up to the GM to control the game.   If the character paid points for fast draw and two weapon fighting than allowing them to draw and fire two weapons should not be a problem.  If that same character wants to draw and fire 32 weapons that is not something a GM is required to allow.    
     
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    rravenwood reacted to death tribble in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    The actor Treat Williams dies aged 71 following road accident
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65886521
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    Would not the Hero rule of Round in character’s favor apply? I would think so.
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