Gary Miles
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I'm old enough that I bought the entire run of that magazine as they came out in the local comic shop.
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How about a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?
Why am I the only one who has that dream?
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Wife and I saw it Tuesday. We both LOVED it. In my mind, it is the best Tarzan movie ever made. Sure, it takes liberties with some of the "canon", but is well-written, well-acted, and very fun and exciting. And SLJ is at his best.
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After me and my frinds coms to an argument abut OIF-Bulky, and i uses in vaicel howe esy cud a person remov a wepon from a shif or not if it is OIF, Is a OIF a part of the ship for the purpus of durabilety ans so foth
What language is this?
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We usually visualize it by taking the actual dice rolled, and placing them in the hexes, largest-to-smallest, from the target hex out. This also helps to visualize the area covered by the explosion.
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Does whoever put this up on Scribd have permission from the copyright holders?
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A new heroine:
Firefly!
The heroes will cancel her in less than a season...
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If you don't mind print-and-play cardboard mini's, here are all you could ever want, in EVERY genre. For FREE!!!:
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Thanks for the PDF. I think I had that at some point on another laptop, and didn't know where to find it again. It will at least give me some ideas where to start with the builds.
I'm trying to write-up a TOS-era Miranda, a RomBOP, a D-7, and a few others.I've got the TOS-era HERO Trek PDF. If you have other stuff, I'd love to see what you have. THANKS!
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If so then I think they are making a serious strategic error. The same error that movie producers make when they take a movie that could easily appeal to all ages, and turn it into a kid's movie.
For instance, the original Star Wars (i.e., A New Hope, prior to the special edition changes) was a movie that appealed to all ages. Every Star Wars movie after Empire progressively lost this quality, and increasingly leaned on elements too juvenile for adults to enjoy or relate to. The equivalent for Supergirl, I think, would be to "target" women and girls, almost to the exclusion of men (who would ordinarily tune into any superhero show you put on the air) rather than making it appeal to viewers of both genders.
It seems that only a tiny handful of creators in Hollywood understand that you can make a show that women/girls will enjoy without having to pander to them.
As opposed to 90% of TV that panders to men? Sounds kind of sexist to me.
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I'm talking about regular Star Hero-style vehicle writeups- STR, DEX, BOD, SPD, equipment builds, etc. I want to use Hero, not some other game.
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Does anyone have any writeups of Star Trek ships? I'm starting a Trek HERO one of these days, and I'd rather not have to start off totally from scratch.
I've got the Trek HERO pdfs, but they don't have much in the way of ships.
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Can a 54-year old man squee?
Oh, heck...
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The fans, their faces wet...
Leonard, boldly going...
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The sad thing about that headline for me is the word 'shocking' ... The Feds may find it so, I find myself depressingly unsurprised.
- Hermit and Shadow Hawk
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Yeah its a multiplayer first person shooter so either LoL or Call of Duty, really.
More like TF2 with supers.
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Re: Margarita Man for 6th Edition...
Margarita Man
Nibblin' on sponge cake
Helping a thug make
The smartest decision he's made in some time
Yeah he'll get off scott free
But that doesn't bug me
'Cause the three he'll turn in are the worst kinds of slime.
Savin' the day again, I'm Margarita Man
Scanning for some good deed I can do
Some people claim the fact I'm here is a shame,
But I know, that they don't have a clue.
That mugger was stalking
A young woman walking
But now he's freaked out and his mind's come unglued
She's a real beauty
A Mexican cutie
She's had a close call, but she hasn't a clue.
Savin' the day again, I'm Margarita Man
Scanning for some good deed I can do
Some people claim the fact I'm here is a shame,
But I know, that they don't have a clue.
Lucius Alexander
Some people claim that Jimmy Buffet's to blame,
But I know, it's the palindromedary's fault.
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Here's how I usually handle items (magical and non-magical)-
All characters get to start with a logical set of armor, and any normal weapons they have Skills for. Also clothes and basic adventuring gear.
If the player wants to have a magic item for his character at the beginning, they pay for it from their starting Character Points.This means they have less points for skills, characteristics, etc.
If they acquire magic items during play, they can keep it, without paying points for it.
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You both are right. I like the speculative Season 5 Refit, which was talked about in one of the Enterprise Novels.
I couldn't find a good TOS looking Miranda Class. Thanks for the nice looking render.
In the TOS days (pre movie Trek) there was an idea that early Human Federation ships weren't all saucer shaped. With them being more square looking. Starting in one of those blocky ships with Armor and no shields would be very interesting to me.
If you like that shot, look at the entire thread here on the TrekBBS...
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I actually was responding to Tasha's remark about a TOS-era Miranda.
Though I've always liked Drexler's NX-refit a lot.
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That does touch on one other thing as far as my tastes go. If I were to run an Enterprise Reboot campaign, I would abandon the TNG looking Akiraprise NX-1 and go for a Ship design that looks either like the USS Kelvin from the movies or something that looks like a TOS version of a Miranda Class.
If you had to stick to the NX design the upgraded Columbia is a step in the right direction.
http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Columbia_class?file=NX-01_refit_quarter.jpg
So, something like this?
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My characters don't use cannons, but some of them use machine guns...
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I would love to see people's write-ups of Jack Burton -- his own real ability is when he says "It's all in the reflexes." And I guess the ability to think he is the main character of the story when he is actually a sidekick.
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is also interesting because it was originally written by W. D. Richter to be a western.
From Surbrook's Stuff:
http://www.devermore.net/surbrook/adaptationsmovie/btilc/jackburton.html
Val CHA Cost Roll Notes18 STR 8 13- Lift 303.1 kg; 3 1/2d6 HTH Damage [4]15 DEX 15 12- OCV: 5/DCV: 520 CON 20 13-12 BODY 4 11-13 INT 3 12- PER Roll 12-13 EGO 6 12- ECV: 413 PRE 3 12- PRE Attack: 2 1/2d614 COM 2 12-8 PD 4 Total: 8 PD (0 rPD)6 ED 2 Total: 6 ED (0 rED)3 SPD 5 Phases: 4, 8, 128 REC 040 END 031 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 72Movement: Running: 6"/12" Leaping: 3"/6" Swimming: 2"/4"Cost Powers & Skills2 "He Showed Great Courage": +5 PRE; Only Defend Against Presence Attacks (-1)35 "It's All In The Reflexes": Missile Deflection (Thrown Objects), Missile Reflection, Reflect At Any Target15 The Luck Of Heroes: Luck 3d6 Perks0 "The Porkchop Express": Vehicle Skills10 "It's All In the Reflexes": +5 with Missile Deflection3 AK: Pacific Coast 12-3 CK: San Francisco 12-3 Combat Driving 12-1 Disguise 8-2 Gambling (Mahjongg) 12-2 Language: CB Lingo (fluent conversation)0 Language: English (idiomatic; literate)3 Mechanics 12-3 Oratory 12-1 Persuasion 8-2 PS: Truck Driver 11-2 TF: Common Motorized Ground Vehicles4 WF: Small Arms, Blades, Thrown Knives, Axes, and DartsTotal Powers & Skill Cost: 91Total Cost: 16375+ Disadvantages15 DNPC: Truck, the "Pork Chop Express" 11- (Normal)0 Normal Characteristic Maxima15 Psychological Limitation: "Everyman Hero" Mentality (Common, Strong)15 Psychological Limitation: Overconfident; "Tough Guy" Mentality, A Legend In His Own Mind (Common, Strong)5 Psychological Limitation: Protective Of His Truck (Uncommon, Moderate)10 Unluck: 2d628 Experience PointsTotal Disadvantage Points: 163[/quote]
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