Basil

Re: I need a function! I think it's time to bring back this marvelous and fun thread. In order to do so, after Egyptoid tried to kill this with a "do this in French! Mwahahaha!" routine, I'm skipping back the the previous, USABLE function. This is a box of silver gilt that has been broken/cut in two pieces. There's nothing obviously out of the ordinary about it. It's just good but not spectacular workmanship, of a somewhat "precious", Victorian style. It's power only shows up if a "Mr. Fixit" type tries to repair it. He will slowly but surely obsess about it, gradually putting aside all other work to concentrate on the Sundered Box, which will, in not-obvious ways, foil all attempts at repair. Eventually, the person trying to repair the Sundered Box will go insane, ending with a violent rampage that will kill or injure dozens. During the rampage, the victim will throw away the Sundered Box in a way that seems to destroy it utterly. However, week or so later it will turn up somewhere else, to work its evil on another victim. Next up: The Grasping Fish.

Re: A Game Of Questions No; are you going to tell me about him?

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Re: Seemingly Silly Things to Model Well, after that, there's only one thing to do... Steal Someone's What Have You: Drain, 5d6, Gestures (both hands, must take something from the target) (-1/2), OIF (something belonging to, or part of, the target) (-1/2); 50 AP, 25 Real points plus Variable Effect for Drain: one power at a time: Base Cost 12 points; Variable Special Effects, any special effect (+1/2): 18 Active and Real Points plus VPP: 30 Pool Points. Control: 15 Base Points; Zero-Phase Action (+1), No Skill Roll Required (+1); 45 Active Points. Requires Successful HTH Attack Roll (-1/2), Requires Successful Drain (-1), Only to Mimic Target's Power(s) (-1/2), May Only Be as Powerful as "Amount" Drained from Target (-1/2), Gestures (both hands, must take something from the target) (-1/2), OIF (something belonging to, or part of, the target) (-1/2); 10 Real Points Total: 143 Active Points, 83 Real Points The user of this power goes up to the target, grabs/removes something material from the target, and thus steals a power from the target and takes it for himself. Since anything associated with the target will work for any power, it doesn't matter what it is. Some users of this power carry around a small pair of scissors, and aren't too particular about what they get, including small pieces of flesh. Designer's note: I was stuck for how to Drain any power, of any special effect (the "Variable Effect" Advantage described under "Adjustment Powers" only allows "a related group of special effects"). I bought it as a Naked Advantage, and put the Advantage "Variable Special Effects" on it. It's a defensible build, though I don't know if it's "legal". The VPP has only 30 Pool Points and that's the maximum the Drain can do. The Bacandforthtrian has a whatsit, and the supersonic telepathic mechanical penguins with laser eyes have a collection of thingums, offogs, and whatchmacallits. The Bacandforthtrian and the supersonic telepathic mechanical penguins are inventions of Basil's Twisted Imagination, Ick; patents pendent

Re: A Game Of Questions How about "cosine"? Or is that going off on a tangent?

Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... ..the team brick can't compress coal into diamond, but he can compress marshmallow peeps into.... Ick. Never mind.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Well, I'm interested in buying this SexBot, but I"m not sure if it's the right one for me. A: He handed it to me on a platinum platter.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Three words: Cheap. Rubber. Masks. NT: other uses for cheap rubber masks. Difficulty; no wearing them--not by you, your dog, or any other critter.

Re: your pcs might be OVERPOWERED IF... ...all their Characteristics, Skills, etc. are given in scientific notation

Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... ...and the nastiest fight the team has been in was with each other, over who got the cool purple one. Dr. Infamous doesn't care who gets the purple one, just so long as he doesn't get stuck with the ugly yellow-green one. Dr. Infamous is just one product of Basil's Twisted Imagination, XYZ.

Re: Unknown Dark Material on Mercury Great, now I need a new keyboard. Seriously, that's funny! I'm out of rep; could someone please rep him for me?

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Re: "Neat" Pictures My gosh, you've found the secret headquarters of the Adventurers Of The Mysterious! You can tell that's what it is because of the statues of the Fractal Spectrosummoners! (names from http://seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=superorganization ) The Mallard, masked man of mystery, recalls the time he spent learning from the Fractal Spectrosummoners. Especially the busty one in the middle. Boy, did she have something to teach! The Bacandforthtrian concludes The Mallard is a bit of a lech. The Mallard and the Bacandforthtrian are products of Basil's Twisted Imagination, Unlimited. All rides are on llamalls, because the Bacandforthtrian is too cantankerous

Re: A Game Of Questions How can you "do" if you don't try?

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Your belt disintegrates. Explosively.

Re: Kids, don't try this in a world with super-powers!

Re: Jokes I read this far, misread it as "...a little wizard..." and thought it was going to be a Rincewind & drop-bear joke. :doi:

Re: "Neat" Pictures Mr. Snivel ought to be glad he wasn't charged with aggravated assault; poke someone with a book, that's aggravated assault in most jurisdictions.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Two four six eight ten twelve..... A: Sometimes, ya gotta go for the obvious.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "And that's why I eat Spam. Mmm-mmm good!" Could be any high-profile pro athlete.

Re: A Game Of Questions Oo knows ow hit's pronounced?

Re: your pcs might be OVERPOWERED IF... Every time you hiccup, you get cited for Reckless Endangerment. And sued for all the buildings that need to be repaired.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat The "bath" I'm going to be taking with 4 sets of identical twins. Flavor? The flavor of what?? Who'd notice?

Re: A Game Of Questions It was a TV show, right? :sick:

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Why is Killing just standing there, thinking so hard? A: About a light-millisecond away.