Basil

Re: Strange Asteroid Stalks the Earth "You must spread some reputation blah blah blah blah..." Will someone please rep Nyrath for me?

There's an "object" out there that may be from another galaxy. Note that it's WAY out there, though. Usable if your setting has very, very fast FTL. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090123.html

Re: "Neat" Pictures A couple more gorgeous ones from APOD. Milky Way. Annular eclipse.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat The rest of the world will stop laughing up their sleeves at USA politics. And start laughing out loud. NT: Other countries' presidents/premiers/prime-ministers/etc. that deserve laughing at, and why.

Re: A Game Of Questions Does the tad have a disease?

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What is a vampire-fighter's favorite breakfast? A: Flat-jacks and maple syrup.

Re: A Game Of Questions Who's on first?

Re: What would happen if Los Angeles County vanished?

Re: Order of the Stick Seems Bugsby is responsible for a number of useful spells.

Re: A Game Of Questions Can we use boy bands for target practice?

Re: Answers & Questions

Flying saucers? Nope. Multi-layer lenticular clouds. The Mallard, masked crimefighter and Man of Mystery, thinks it's the work of a flying sorcerer. The Mallard is another fine products of Basil's Twisted Imagination, Incorporeal. Ask us about our low-cost, high-quality sorcerers. (Purchase of flying sorcerers involves a special surcharge.)

Re: A Game Of Questions How did we go from computers to deenee so fast?

Perhaps it's the Enig-Maw! :shock: Or perhaps it's natural. Whatever it is, it's beautiful. Dr. Infamous wishes everyone to be reassured the Enig-Maw is not that big, and suggests speculation regarding the Enig-Maw's parent(s) is counterproductive. Dr. Infamous and the Enig-Maw are products of Basil's Twisted Imagination, Inky. Contact us for all your imaginary monster needs!

Re: Bonestell Panorama Well, as it says, "The image color has been closely matched to what a human would see," so that may be a "yes".

Re: Arsenic Well, that depends firstly on whether you can find it. Being 4th Edition, it's out of print. I recommend it if you can find it. It has lots of information useful for a Dark Champ.'s GM: Criminal Psychology, Advanced Forensics, Illegal Drugs, etc., etc. Mind you, it's copyright 1994, so somewhat out of date. Frankly, I feel the stuff covered by it was short-changed in 5th Ed. Dark Champ. In fact, some the stuff in 4th Ed. Dark Champions was skimped on in 5th Ed.; stuff about the law and (super)heroes for instance. So I'd say get the 4th Ed. main Dark Champions book if you can find it.

Re: Bonestell Panorama "Why is the north-northwest part of Mars gray?"

Re: Mars has gas! Mars Needs Women Pepto-Bismol!

Re: Arsenic I found write-ups for Arsenic in An Eye for an Eye, a 4th edition book in the Dark Champions line. Written (I sure this will surprise you:winkgrin:) by Steven S. Long. I hope Mr. Long doesn't mind if I post them here. Yes, more than one: one for immediate effect, one for long-term effect. I've changed the formating a little, and spelled out the "common limitations" (there were ~20 poisons in AEFAE). Arsenic (Concentrated Dose) 3d6 RKA, NND (defense is appropriate Immunity, +2), (135 Active Points); OAF (fragile poison and possibly some means of projecting it, injecting it, or having it ingested, -1 1/4), No KB (-1/4), No Range (-1/2), 1 Charge (-2), Extra Time (up to a few days before onset, -3 1/2), Gradual Effect (up to 12 hours, -2 1/2), (12 Real Points ) Arsenic (Long-Term Dose) 3d6 RKA, NND (defense is appropriate Immunity, +2) (135 Active Points); OAF (fragile poison and possibly some means of projecting it, injecting it, or having it ingested, -1 1/4), No KB (-1/4), No Range (-1/2), 1 Charge (-2), Gradual Effect (small doses given over the course of 1 month, -4) (15 Real Points) plus 2d6 CON Drain, NND (defense is appropriate Immunity, +2), Recover 5 points per day (+1 1/4); OAF (fragile poison and possibly some means of projecting it, injecting it, or having it ingested, -1 1/4), 1 Charge (-2), Gradual Effect (small doses given over the course of 1 month, -4), Linked (-1/2); Total cost: 25 points I think the second is what you're looking for. Hope that helped.

Re: a [can]trippy question The online OED's first citation is from 1719. The definition therefrom is: I think I first ran into it in some fantasy story, probably 35 or more years ago.

Re: A super-powered normal Check out the "Luck" powers in USPDB I & II. Lots that could be adapted for the sort of thing you're talking about.

Bonestell Panorama Words cannot express...

Re: Jokes

Re: Answers & Questions Q: I'm going to get from here to downtown using a stapler, 16 sheets of paper, 32 cm of string, an over-ripe peach, a broken CD-RW, and a small but fierce chipmunk. A: No, not "Macgyver," "Mack the Giver"!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat