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Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist.
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fdw3773 reacted to a post in a topic: Silver Age Sentinels Tri-Stat/d20 System...any experience with it?
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Derek Hiemforth reacted to a post in a topic: Silver Age Sentinels Tri-Stat/d20 System...any experience with it?
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I liked Tri-Stat when it debuted as Big Eyes, Small Mouth but it grew increasingly clumsy as they tried to apply it to wider genres. In particular, it was a d6 roll under system, but they came up with the peculiar idea of having higher power characters use larger dice (d10 for typical supers, d12 for the likes of The Authority ). Obviously that makes it harder, not easier, to roll under a given number. There was a fudge I don't recall which made it work, but it always felt like a fudge, as if they'd forced the idea to fit. And then they went and called the book of female character
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BigJackBrass reacted to a post in a topic: The Turakian Age is Seriously Underrated
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Derek Hiemforth reacted to a post in a topic: Mental power
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According to Champions Complete page 144, no. "… Mental Combat works on a Line Of Sight basis; if an attacker can see the target, he can attack him without suffering the Range Modifier. Typically, none of the Combat Modifiers apply either."
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And now, for your daily dose of cute...
BigJackBrass replied to teh bunneh's topic in Non-Gaming Discussion
Well, mum's is called Winnie. No idea about the rest. -
And now, for your daily dose of cute...
BigJackBrass replied to teh bunneh's topic in Non-Gaming Discussion
My mum has a new lodger. Half chihuahua, half French bulldog… I feared she'd look like one half of Ren & Stimpy but happily she seems to have taken the better qualities of each breed. Also shown here with her posse, who are not prepared to take any of your nonsense. -
My preference is for more of a Charles de Lint style, I think. Buffy and its ilk seem to suck all the magic out of the idea of adding magic to the world.
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pinecone reacted to a post in a topic: DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...
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BigJackBrass reacted to a post in a topic: Explain This, Comics Guys!! Podcast
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I've not seen a remastered version but the original is certainly enchanting and entertaining. Kaye's talent seems to spill out from the screen, more than a mere movie could contain. Such a pity that, by very many accounts, he was a deeply unpleasant person to work with. A favourite comment from Vincent Price: "Yes, it amuses me how many people thought I was like the monster in the Edgar Allan Poe movies and thought Danny Kaye was a nice man."
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DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...
BigJackBrass replied to Cassandra's topic in Non-Gaming Discussion
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BigJackBrass reacted to a post in a topic: Turakian Age Cities Poll -- What Would You Most Like Steve To Consider Working On?
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I am speaking up purely to express my outrage at The Banana Splits show being called "tacky"! 😉
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A sustained Flight movement question
BigJackBrass replied to BigJackBrass's topic in HERO System Discussion
Well, I've been passing some of the suggestions along to my player and honestly they're all helping us to get a better grasp of the rules and options. -
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A sustained Flight movement question
BigJackBrass replied to BigJackBrass's topic in HERO System Discussion
Thank you for that. I passed it along to the player and he's happy that it gives him some options as well as confirming his thought that the pre-designed power from the cards is a good, quick place to start but not quite what he wants. After the first adventure wraps up he's going to do some work on it. -
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BigJackBrass reacted to a post in a topic: Western Hero 6th edition
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My group started The Island of Dr Destroyer recently, 6E rules using Champions Complete as our primary source. I'm running it, but my usual GMing approach is rules-light (Tunnels & Trolls , for example) and much hand-waving, whereas I'm hoping to make better use of the Hero mechanics. One of my players who is, to say the least, considerably more technically minded than I asked a question about sustained Flight for his character and I'm hoping that more experienced brains can offer an answer or point me in the right direction. The character was designed using the Champions Char
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DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...
BigJackBrass replied to Cassandra's topic in Non-Gaming Discussion
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Explain This, Comics Guys!! Podcast
BigJackBrass replied to Darren Watts's topic in Non-Gaming Discussion
Nothing relevant to the current episode, but thanks for adding to this thread which finally, after months of blindly overlooking it, popped up and caught my attention. Listened to the first episode and thoroughly enjoyed it. -
DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...
BigJackBrass replied to Cassandra's topic in Non-Gaming Discussion
That's an appealing bit of casting. I still can't bring myself to hold out much hope for a DC movie after the lengthy string of soulless disasters, but maybe, maybe…