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Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Season 3 ep 1 of Black Lagoon. Storyline is Roberta's Blood Trail. Interesting so far. and yes, the Yellow Flag gets trashed again.

Re: Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique A killing NND might work. The Dim Mak from the book doesn't work for me. Body Drain and Str Drain with a gradual effect fits the Dim Mak fine. But the FPPEHT or the 100 Step Soul Catching Fist it was based on work a little differently. Delayed effect is based on movement, though it can still be cured with Chinese Medicine. Seems to do immediate damage then followed by the lethal damage after a certain number of steps, which can be represented as movement over a certain number of hexes under the targets own power. Rigid Armor, force field, or inhuman physiology should be enough to stop it.

I did a search on this and didn't find much. Ideas on how to build this?

Re: open Beta for Preorders? Yep, the fun of beta. I'll just wait and try later. I'll be logging in when the game releases, just hoping for a advanced peek.

Re: open Beta for Preorders? The link Fileplanet provides requires me to be a paid member of Fileplanet to download the game, or to have a preorder key. But yes, sounds like the usual fun during the start of open beta. Stress testing everything to make sure it can survive the real launch.

Re: open Beta for Preorders? I apparently missed the bit where they said open beta was only available to pre orders. Tsk.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... A few bits and pieces from my Hell's Gate Open game (Hellsing meets Witchhunter Robin meets Black Lagoon) Ian O'Toole has just found he needs to infiltrate a bondage party to follow up an investigation. Ian (on celphone): Teng, do you know anything about bondage? Master Teng: How did you know I met a girl tonight? --------------------------------------------------------------- I really didn't think this through... GM: The guards are armed with handguns and uzis. Rory's Player: The Islamic prison guards are using Israeli sub-machineguns? --------------------------------------------------------------- Ian's back from the party. Ian: We could be attacked, have the guards be on the lookout for anything unusual. Rory: Like you dressed in bondage gear? Ian: ... I forgot to change.... ---------------------------------------------------------------

Re: Black Lagoon HERO Just got my copy Friday and it looks awesome. I much prefer watching it on my TV instead of my computer. At some point I might even work up the courage to listen to the dubs.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Said OOC: "Your character doesn't have martial throw? What kind of martial artist is he?" "A swordsman."

Re: Dark Champions the Anime Series I'll need to look at it from home to really think about it. But the basics all look good. I'd be tempted to give both speed 5, but that's probably overkill. Gin and Revy do seem to be moving at a different speed than everyone else, but if everyone else is 3, then it works. I've never been a big fan of rounding up on Com. I think Gin's KS is about right. He doesn't sound really plugged into the day to day, and it's obvious he's been 'retired' for a time before returning. Assuming levels split he can do 10/13 OCV/DCV. Revy can do ... 14/12? I'm assuming the ranged will go on offense. Of course, when Gin was closing the range he was probably half move and dodging. So this seems about right. I can see Gin having a psych about wishing for a normal life. He seems very content when he's not Man Killing Gin, and seems like he'd prefer to take the girl away to live a quiet life. But his honor doesn't allow this. Paradoxically, despite warning Revy that she'll only fight him if she's unlucky, he clearly relishes the challenge of fighting Revy when it comes down to it. Gin's damage is massive. 1 1/2 d6 with the sword. Deadly blow makes the base damage 2 1/2 d6. Strength would make it 3 1/2 d6. +2 DC for Slash is 4d6+1. This seems a little high.

Re: Dark Champions the Anime Series I may skip charges. Hirano has said Anderson basically carries an unlimited number of bayonets. I like the idea someone mentioned that Anderson probably carries one blade, then does a fishes and loaves thing with the blade to produce the hordes of bayonets. In the both the manga and anime we do very clearly see Anderson spread an attack or using some type of area effect.

Re: Dark Champions the Anime Series Hmm..I was a little careless in the wording. I'm mainly referring to the auto fire and that we never see just some of the blades hit. When he uses it, they all seem to hit. He'll get a couple of area affect attacks as well, like his Explosive Guidance Chain, as well as his basic long bayonet hand to hand attack.

Re: Dark Champions the Anime Series Mostly anime related. I'm working on a Paladin Alexander Anderson manga write up for Hellsing. I've been considering his bayonet flurry attacks and wondering if Autofire is the best way to handle them. He never seems to miss, so when he throws 10 bayonets all ten will hit. Which almost sounds like a special effect of a ranged killing attack. I'm still debating this though, and would like some additional input.

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Re: [Hell's Gate Open] Season 2 Dramatis Persona Helsing Institute Lady Integra Fairbrook Wingates Helsing - Hereditary leader of the Helsing Institute. Directly runs the home office from the Helsing estate outside London. Dr. Hendrick Wheeler - Retired monster hunter and scholar. PhD in praeternatural biology. Runs the Helsing Institute in San Angelo, CA. The Group John Hex - Occult professor who is older than he looks. His family has a evil reputation in occult circles. JD - Ex-CIA assassin, specializing in vampires. Alexander Monday - Albino witch and ex-thief turned 'security consultant' for Helsing. Ian O'Toole - Ex-Silver Beret special forces, specializes in supernatural threats. Rory O'Toole - Excommunicated priest and witch, hunted by Iscariot. Frank Shatter - Ex Chicago cop turned private investigator. Master Teng - Member of the Temple of the Seven Swords and Chinese monster hunter. The Kids Rieko Chiba - Chinese/Japanese, all American, computer skills and ghost powers. Informal leader of the group. Willie 'Akira' Wu - Short kid with a chip on his shoulder and a love of anime. Prefers to be called Akira. TK powers manifested when he was being beat up at school. Bullies ended up in the hospital with broken bones. Anastacia Katina - Russian-American thief. Invisibility powers, occasionally unreliable. Accidentally shot Monday in the back with a paintgun during a previous adventure.. Billy Franklin - The only kid without powers, but knows martial arts and is protective of the others. Learning more martial arts from Frank. Todd Brewster - Quiet kid, rarely talks, creates mostly gruesome mental illusions. Ran away when parents tried to put him into an asylum. PART (Praeternatural Action Response Team) Detective-Sgt John Graham - Ex-Military, 20 year veteran of the San Angelo police department. Has some experience battling the supernatural so was put in charge when PART was formed. Officer Julianna Arantxa Vicario - Rookie officer straight out of the academy. Assigned to PART because she has a minor in Praeternatural Biology and Occult Studies. Commendation for helping recover the Bow of Kali. Likes fast motorcycles. ‘Dating’ Rory. Other Police Officer Humphrey Cavendish - The bad cop. Sold one of the kids to the triads. Suspected of corruption by the police, but nothing proven yet. Detective Jerry House - Detective who investigated Alexander Monday. Ambitious and unscrupulous. Section XIII: Iscariot Bishop Enrico Maxwell – Head of Iscariot, reporting directly to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, fanatically devoted to destroying the enemies of the church. Sister Heinkel Wulf Assassin, nun, intelligence operative with a preference for black clothing who could spot JD sneaking up on her. Rep as a shooter. Met JD in San Angelo. Others Roland Black – New alpha of the Wererats, after the group killed Diego Cruz. Also a known smut king, running a string of adult video stores and an adult movie studio. Owes the group a favor. Dan Blaylock - Fixer who was hired by Akiko O-Kashi to frame Alexander Monday. Now wanted by the police for his involvement in that crime. Two gun shooter. Clive – 7’0” of solid muscle and gruesome scars. Thug for hire in San Angelo. Prefers a toe to toe fight. Thomas Curry – Human spokesman for the vampire Master of the City. Lawyer. Jacques Gautier - Saved by the group in Haiti, now teaching authentic Haitian voodoo in San Angelo. Erwin Grey - Annoying reporter. Notorious for being impartial and relentless. Sent home from the Iraqi war for sneaking stories past the censors, even though they revealed no secrets. Often sued by the criminal, corrupt and those with something to hide in San Angelo for his investigations. Sara Jackson - Last of the family after her brother the vampire was destroyed and her parents were assassinated before they could talk to the wererats. Was used to set up vampires, then kidnapped by wererats before being rescued. Pope John Paul II - Gave JD his special bullets. Offered help in New Orleans but the government refused. Has called upon the world's religions to cooperate to fight a great darkness he sees covering the world. Marie Laveau - A legendary voodoo queen and necromancer. Body stolen in New Orleans with intent to revive her. Charity McGregor - AKA Patience O'Toole, Harmony Hex, ect. Impulsive, high living, untrustworthy thief. Prefers fast cars and 5 star hotels. Trained by the same person who trained Monday. Matches - Wererat information broker. A polite way of saying snitch. Twitchy and nervous. Frank knows him as a informant from the Chicago days. 'Max' - Mysterious occult consultant with an openly admitted aim to weaponize the supernatural. Has connections to military intelligence and other shady operations like Millennium. Benjamin Morgan - A local businessman in San Angelo. Very wealthy, very well connected, very ruthless. Works through many layers of deniability for his less honest dealings. Akiko O-Kashi - Executive Assistant to Benjamin Morgan. Japanese. Green hair she keeps disguised. Hired Blaylock for the frame on Monday. Ace O'Neil - Shooter for the Company. Was active in New Orleans. Rival of JD. Sebastian Pearson – High ranking member of the Order of St. Anthony of Land's End. Seeks to destroy all dangerous occult items. Rebecca - Sharp shooting gun girl from the bad side of town who fought the group when Monday was framed. Red Dragons - The mercenary wing of the Ghost Dragons, a Chinese street gang in LA. Requiem - Master vampire in San Angelo. Dresses in old Victorian style. Has been running the vampire goth club but will also be one of two managing the new high class vampire club. Helped the group with Blaylock. Scarface - Member of Humans First who tortured Frank, then had his face caved in by him. Schrödinger – Internet hacker who’s avatar is a anime style half grinning cat face, half grinning cat skull.. Encouraged the conspiracy theories about New Orleans Monday planted and linked them to the Millennium Empire. Reputedly like a ghost on the internet, everywhere and nowhere. Siobhan - Formerly kind gentle fae turned revenging faerie succubus and banshee. Currently living with Rory O'Toole. Madelaine St.Marie - Photogenic reporter who had the inside information suggesting Monday was the chief suspect in the theft of the bow. Xian Shin Shu - Chinese Occult collector who lives in Hong Kong. Vastly wealthy, vast collection of items. Believed connected to the triads. Collects many items for keepsake value. Has the glasses of Gandhi as well as the Sword of Kali. Stumpy - Wererat who had his tail cut off by Teng. Took part in killing several members of PART. Escaped from the hospital, whereabouts are unknown. J. Eugene Wallingford – Ex-military special forces. Former neighbor of JD. The group knows he's involved with Humans First, the illegal group still trying to destroy all vampires. Believes he's trying to save the US from being taken over by the evil vampires. Has alot of mercenary and military contacts. Rev. John Warden - Minster at the Church on the Hill. Known supporter of Humans Against Vampires (HAV), the legal group lobbying against vampire rights. Lt. Van Winkle - Tall, cheerful, slim lady with wire rim glasses and freckles. Also a vampire with a demonic musket that can shoot down helicopters, passenger jets, and blast apart APCs. A high ranking member of Millennium, she met the group so that someone would know who was unleashing a war like hell on earth.