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Re: Desol Move Through As another thought on desolid use of move throughs and movebys (assuming they are already allowed by the GM) perhaps some additional control roll to allow for timing to enable the hit to be made and if the character fails to hit his target then the target or other nearby characters should be allowed to make a target of opportunity attack on the desolid without needing the affects desolid advantage. Reasoning that if the character is partially solid to perform these types of attacks and takes the standard damage in return then they are also temporarily vulnerable to attack. This attack could be only partially applied or subject to a reasonable negative on their roll.

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Re: The Things I Learned Playing A Villain... Rather than just reading the paper get magazine subscriptions,science magazines give you info ages before it makes the papers, society magazines give you a better lowdown(perhaps) on which event is worth crashing etc

Re: Namedropping Chuck Norris dark champions mean vigilante type James Stewart the actor who became the highest ranking airforce officer in hollywood a hero on and off the screen. Samuel Clemence Louis L'amour That guy's supposed to have done everything

Re: Desol Move Through Isn't a move through as much about your physical body/mass as it is about your strength in move by and move through. Perhaps as well as APW on your strength it should also be applied against your body if you wanted to use such manuevers.

Re: Jokes Scatter one hundred bricks in a room with an open window, send in your newly hired employees, close the door, then return at the end of the day and analyze the bricks. If they counted the bricks, put them in accounting. If they counted and recounted the bricks, put them in auditing. If they messed up the bricks, put them in engineering. If they arranged the bricks in a unique way, put them in planning. If they are staring out of the window, put them in strategic planning. If they are throwing the bricks at each other, put them in operations. If they are sleeping, put them in reception. If they broke the bricks to tiny pieces, put them in information technology. If they are sitting and talking about the bricks, put them in human resources. If they claim to have tried different combinations, yet not a brick is moved, put them in sales. If they have already gone home, put them in marketing. And finally: if they are just sitting around talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved, put them in upper management.

Re: Jokes Everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to commit suicide. How do they manage to attract so many guys willing to blow themselves up? Let's see now. . . . . No Christmas No television No cheerleaders No football No golf No K-Mart No pork BBQ No burgers No chocolate chip cookies No lobster No shellfish, or even frozen fish sticks No Beer Constant wailing from the guy in the tower. More than one wife. More than one mother in law You can't shave. Your wives can't shave. The women have to wear baggy dresses and veils at all times. Your bride is picked by someone else. She smells just like your donkey, but your donkey has a better disposition. Then they tell you that when you die it all gets better! I mean, really, is there a mystery here, HELLO? Being a Suicide Bomber must seem like an attractive alternative to living!

Re: The Things I Learned Playing A Villain... Don't wait for the other fella to turn round , hit him first and hard and with anything to hand. Van Leek: Damn, boy! You shot him in the back. Billy Ray Smith: Well, his back was to me! Van Leek: [laughing] Oh, yeah. I forgot. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099493/ El Diablo

Re: The Things I Learned Playing A Villain... Always have a plan of escape, first thing check all possible escape routes. Never overstay your welcome. The best plan is quiet and draws little attention. Never harm the innocent, who needs avengers hunting you down. Rob other villians they can't go to the cops. Best power for a villian is teleport for a good clean getaway especially with a trigger if you get ko'd

Re: Jokes They're Back!--Church Bulletins: Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services: The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "Hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing: "Break Forth Into Joy." --------------------------------------------------------------------- Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days. --------------------------------------------------------------------- A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What Is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at PAM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge--Up Yours" ---------------------------------

Re: Jokes Marine Date Two widows, are talking at the Bowling Alley. Martha says, "That nice George Johnson asked me out for a date. I know you went out with him last week and I wanted to talk with you about him before I give him my answer." Edna: "Well, I'll tell you. He shows up at my apartment punctually at 7 P.M. Dressed up like such a gentleman in a fine suit. And he brings me such beautiful flowers! Then he takes me downstairs and what's there but a beautiful car. . . a limousine, uniformed chauffeur and all. Then he takes me out for dinner. . .marvelous dinner - lobster. Then we go see a show. Let me tell you, Martha, I enjoyed it so much I could have just died from pleasure! So then we are coming back to my apartment and he turns into an ANIMAL!!! Completely crazy. He tears off my expensive new dress and has his way with me two times! He's a retired Marine!" Martha: "Goodness gracious! .. . so you are telling me I shouldn't go out with him? Edna: "No . . . I'm just saying, wear an old dress."

Re: Anywhere but your own country Hong Kong Prior to and after the handover. East meets west,Modern and ancient street gangs martial arts Both British and American bases (prior) just over the border from communist China. A large number of local islands with several different nationalities a whole host of ideas for champions and dark champions as well as heroic modern adventures.

Re: Floorplans for a Military base? [attach]21446[/attach] My first scan and attachment yay it succeeded

Re: Jokes MEMO FROM: Bin Laden, Osama. TO: Al Qaeda Fighters. SUBJECT: The Cave Hi guys. We've all been putting in long hours recently and we've really come together as a group, I love that! However, while we are fighting a jihad, we can't forget to take care of the cave, and frankly I have a few concerns: First of all: While it's good to be concerned about cruise missiles, we should be even more concerned about the dust in our cave. We want to avoid excessive dust inhalation, (a health and safety issue) - so we need to sweep the cave daily. I've done my bit on the cleaning roster - have you? I've posted a sign-up sheet near the cave reception area (next to the Halal toaster/griller). Second: It's not often I make a video address but when I do, I'm trying to scare the hell out of most of the world's population, okay? That means that while we're taping, please do not ride your scooter in the background or keep doing the 'Wasssuuup' thing. Thanks. Third: Food. I bought a box of Bega cheese recently. I clearly wrote "Ossy" on the front, and put it on the top shelf of the fridge. Today, two of my Bega slices were gone. Consideration. That's all I'm saying. Fourth: I'm not against team spirit and all that, but we must distance ourselves from the Infidel's bat and ball games. And Please - do not chant "Ossy, Ossy, Ossy. Oii Oii Oii" when I ride past on the donkey. Thanks. Fifth: Graffiti. Who wrote "OSAMA F**** DONKEYS" on the group toilet wall? It's a lie. The donkey backed into me, whilst I was relieving myself at the edge of the mountain. Sixth: The use of chickens is strictly for food. Assam, the old excuse that the 'chicken backed into me, whilst I was relieving myself at the edge of the mountain' will not be accepted in future. (With donkeys, there is a grey area). Finally, we've heard that there may be Western soldiers in disguise trying to infiltrate our ranks. I want to set up patrols to look for them. First patrol will be Omar, Muhammad, Abdul, Akbar and Dave. Love you lots, Group Hug. Os. PS - I'm sick of having "Osama's Bed Linen" scribbled on my laundry bag. Cut it out, it's not funny anymore.

Re: The “Unofficial†Ultimate Mentalist Project (Fan Version “What Do *You* Want To See?" Just finished watching the series The Omega Factor on dvd and felt that it has something to offer as a resource, general exploration of a range of abilities and a conspiricy to investigate only ten episodes long and about thirty years old but well worth considering.

Re: Best way to model a booming voice? Volume when we speak is a factor of the amount ofair passing through the vocal cords to shout you need to intake more breath than normal and requires more physical effort. The physical effort involved in breathing uses your chest and stomach muscles /the diaphragm. If your character is stonger and has greater than average con and endurance then they should be able to have a louder more distinct voice. If you want a more specific effect then use added presence or mind control only when speaking.

Re: Jokes The boy is holding a 2p coin. Suddenly, the boy starts choking, going blue in the face. The father realizes the boy has swallowed the coin and starts panicking, shouting for help. A well dressed, attractive and serious looking woman, in a blue business suit is sitting at a coffee bar reading a newspaper and sipping a cup of coffee. At the sound of the commotion, she looks up, puts her coffee cup down, neatly folds the newspaper and places it on the counter, gets up from her seat and makes her way, unhurried, across the book store. Reaching the boy, the woman carefully drops his pants, takes hold of the boy's testicles and starts to squeeze and twist, gently at first and then ever so firmly. After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up the 2p coin, which the woman deftly catches in her free hand. Releasing the boy's testicles, the woman hands the coin to the father and walks back to her seat in the coffee bar without saying a word. As soon as he is sure that his son has suffered no ill effects, the father rushes over to the woman and starts thanking her saying, "I've never seen anybody do anything like that before, it was fantastic. Are you a doctor?" "No," the woman replied. "Divorce lawyer".

Re: Jokes On their golden wedding anniversary, an elderly couple, childhood sweethearts who had married and settled down in their old neighborhood, decided to visit their high school. As they walked home hand-in-hand, they noticed a bank bag lying in the gutter. Sally picked it up and they hurried home. They opened it and inside was fifty thousand dollars! Billy said, "We should take it to the police." Sally said, "Finders, keepers!" and she hid the bag of cash in their attic. The next day, two FBI men showed up. "We're investigating a big bank robbery yesterday. Have either of you seen a bag of money?" Simultaneously, Sally said, "No" as Billy said, "Yes." Billy recovered first. "She's lying. She hid it in our attic." She said, "Don't believe him. He's senile." The agents looked serious. "Okay, sir, why don't you just start at the very beginning and tell us the whole story." Billy began, "Yesterday, when Sally and I were walking home from school..." The agent interrupted, "That's it. We're outta here..."

Re: Jokes Object Gender: Ziploc Bags? Male, because they hold everything in and you can see right through them. Copiers? Female, because once they're turned off, they take a while to warm up again. Hot Air Balloon? Male, because to get it to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under it. Sponges? Female, of course: they're soft, squeezable, and retain water. Subway? Male, because every day it uses the same old lines to pick people up. Web Page? Female, because they're always getting hit on. Hammer? Male, because even though it hasn't changed in 5,000 years, it's still handy to keep around. Hourglass? Female, because over time its weight shifts to the bottom. Remote Control? Female. You might think it should be male, but just think about how much pleasure it brings a man and how he'd be lost without it!

Re: Jokes Man discovered weapons and invented hunting; woman discovered hunting and invented furs. Man discovered colors and invented painting; woman discovered painting and invented make-up. Man discovered speech and invented conversation; woman discovered conversation and invented gossip. Man discovered agriculture and invented food; woman discovered food and invented diet. Man discovered friendship and invented love; woman discovered love and invented marriage. Man discovered woman and invented sex; woman discovered sex and invented headaches. Man discovered trade and invented money; woman discovered money and after that, man was a complete mess!

Re: You've taken over the world. Now what? Rather than mind control how about a form of viral transformation, something that makes over their mindset in your image or to meet your desires. You could in theory eliminate the selfish and evil desires to create heaven (hell) on earth Imagine a world where the characters are the only ones able to see whats wrong resist the transformation and everyone would be trying to subdue the evil insane types.

Re: You've taken over the world. Now what? http://www.humorix.org/articles/2005/12/domination/ Survey: Evil Geniuses Less Interested In World Domination Fake News written by James Baughn on December 16, 2005 from the do-henchmen-get-health-insurance? dept. Facing growing expenses and a lack of motivation, many of the world's leading evil geniuses and conspirators are no longer plotting world domination, according to a new survey conducted by the US Census Bureau. "World domination has always been the holy grail of organized crime, but it's becoming harder and harder to achieve domination over even a single county or region," said Kahn Speerator, founder of the Criminal Mastermind Shopping Club. "And with rising expenses -- hired goons and henchmen are commanding the highest wages in history -- the entire industry is really feeling the pinch." In 1980, when the Census Bureau first started to study evil masterminds, over 1,400 people indicated on their census forms that they held an occupation of "full-time evil genius, criminal mastermind, global conspirator, and/or world domination seeker." A follow-up survey revealed that nearly 500 different world domination plots were in various stages of development, including 52 weather control schemes, 38 asteroid diversion plans, 19 financial market manipulation plots, and even 2 joke warfare strategems (presumably inspired by a Monty Python sketch). "Most of these plots were probably hoaxes," said a Census Bureau statistician. "But I suspect a few were legitimate. At any rate, these people are clearly a dying breed: by 1990 the number of US citizens claiming an occupation of 'evil genius' dropped by nearly 75%, and in 2000 the number was in the single digits. It might even be zero now." Mennon Black, chief conspiriologist for Humorix, argues that the Census numbers are probably wrong. "Only an idiot evil genius reports their activities to the Census Bureau! There's got to be more schemes out there -- with a population of six billion and growing, the world becomes a better target every day. And let's not forget about our world domination comrades in other countries. World domination is... well, a worldwide occupation." Nevertheless, many former criminal masterminds have stepped forward to discuss their transition back into more acceptable trades, such as used car salesmen or software patent attorneys. "A smart lawyer can make more money and control more people than a guy with a weather machine could ever hope to achieve!" exclaimed Brain, a world domination expert who previously disguised himself as a lab rat on a popular animated TV show to avoid detection, but is actually a real-life evil genius. "I once tried over 700 different schemes to achieve global control, all of which went horribly wrong. Now I'm focusing on something just as rewarding, but much more realistic: I'm becoming an IP lawyer." Dr. XYZ, who once tried to start World War III with his patented Death Laser until he accidentally put out his remaining eye, was nostalgic about his days as the CEO (Chief Evil Officer) for a major multinational world domination company, but is much happier in his current life. "I once had over 1,000 henchmen working under me, but it was a management nightmare. They had to have gourmet food, free health care, and their own Olympic-sized swimming pool right there in my secret underground lair. And now that most mercenaries are unionized, they wouldn't even let me put implants in their necks to make sure they didn't run away or snitch. And then my [expletive] chief scientist installed the laser backward, causing me to go blind! If this is the only kind of help available, then nobody will ever achieve world domination!" After spending a couple years in rehab, Mr. XYZ -- now known as John Smith -- has entered the business world with the hopes of achieving another kind of world domination: cornering the entire market for classroom spinning globes. "It may not be quite the same, but at least I can walk around in public without worrying about that James Bond party-pooper sneaking up on me."

Re: Dispelling Advanced Technology With the nuclear weapon why examine the problem from the point of the explosion. Look at the problem prior to that either by draining the battery of the weapon electronics, prevent the non nuclear explosive from detonating or applying an area affect device nuclear damper if the metal fails to reach critical mass then its not going to explode.

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread My cable channel started showing itv 4 and over the past few days I,ve seen episodes of Monkee,The Water Margin,Jason King,Danger man and Space 1999 I'm looking fwd to seeing what itc gems the next few days bring

Re: That flat cardboard tank doesn't look threatening... The following site gives a good account of all 1:72 scale toy soldiers http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Index.html If you look at the modern period there are manufacturers giving a good range of useable figures. The links provide a varied range of websites company and shops. I reccomend looking at the caesar miniatures who have pictures of their upcoming products for urban terrorists and the US Army in desert gear