Ockham's Spoon

We put up with George W for 8 years, complained but ultimately accepted it.  So apparently this is something that we can do, and have done in the past.
 
Trump is different. 
 
I could write books on why Trump is different than a crappy president like George W, who was very crappy indeed, but I don't think going on and on about Trump's myriad of flaws would do anything beyond cause your friend to entrench further.   So just let your friend know that we have been there and done that, but find Trump to be a horse of a different color.

+CON, "only to prevent or recover from CON stun"?

2d6 Healing can only heal a maximum of 6 BODY, since Adjustment powers only have half effect on 'defensive powers' like BODY, STUN, CON, PD, ED, etc (see 6e Vol 1 pg141).  And it can only heal 6 BODY if you roll 12 on the dice which isn't likely in the middle of combat, although out of combat you can keep trying until you get it.  While 2d6 Healing would probably work for this concept, you still have to link it to a Killing attack of similar or higher active cost, so we are looking at a 50+ Active Point spell.  Since combat spells can't usually take a lot of limitations without making them useless in combat, this ability gets pretty expensive in terms of Real Points.
 
Regeneration at 4 points only gets you 1 BODY/day.  If you want 1 BODY/turn, that is 16 points, which is a lot for a fantasy level character.  Also, you can't use Regeneration on others.

My favorite version of this happened on Babylon 5. A shady character told Mr. Garibaldi something like, "You and I have something in common." Garibaldi responded with, "We've both slept with your sister?"

In some of the cheaper pictures I have noticed a lot of swearing for the sake of swearing

So, recently on the Politics thread, I mentioned that I'm transgender. When I came out a couple of months ago, I changed my gender field on my profile to female, and put real pic of me as a profile pic. But I didn't post anything here. I'd considered doing it at the same time I was coming out on social media, but I didn't. I'm not sure why. I only brought it up in the politics thread because it was relevant to the argument I was making.
 
But this evening, when I was watching a show with a trans character, I started thinking about how important representation is to me, and to all people, really. I was thinking about the fact that, until someone says something otherwise (or their name indicates otherwise) on these boards (and on the internet in general) , I tend to imagine them as a straight white male. I think a lot of people do that. I mean, I don't think we even do it consciously, but I'm aware of the times when someone says something that reveals that they aren't a SWM, and I'm a little bit surprised. I don't like that. It bothered me when I identified as a straight white male, and it bothers me now.
 
And that's why I'm posting this. Representation is important. I want any other LGBTQ folks on the boards to know they're not alone. Also, if anyone's curious about what it's like to be trans, and to transition, I way overshare on my Tumblr, or feel free to ask me any (not too personal) questions here.
 
 
 

"Hero" was a top assassin or master thief but now after a change of heart will use his abilities for good.  Because those skills sets just scream righteous behavior when applied correctly.
 
The villain or hero being able to kill large numbers of people with little apparent consequence (well the villain gets killed in the end by the hero of course).  The police must be too busy issuing traffic tickets to investigate mass killings (except during the aforementioned car chases, because the police can never catch main characters).

"Hero" was a top assassin or master thief but now after a change of heart will use his abilities for good.  Because those skills sets just scream righteous behavior when applied correctly.
 
The villain or hero being able to kill large numbers of people with little apparent consequence (well the villain gets killed in the end by the hero of course).  The police must be too busy issuing traffic tickets to investigate mass killings (except during the aforementioned car chases, because the police can never catch main characters).

As you say, eyesight already has discriminatory built in, but I like the idea and here's how I'd run it:
 
Watch the TV show Sherlock or the Downey jr Holmes films, not so much for their accuracy to the character and stories, but for how his perception and ability to pick up clues is depicted.  That's how I'd treat it, a sort of super-perception that picked up information better than those around them.  You see blue eyes, he sees certain patterns of blue that are distinct to a kind of genetic condition.  You see a raincoat, he sees stains from a kind of mud and a pattern of wrinkles that indicates sitting for a long period of time.  Discriminatory Sense on eyesight for humans allows easier and quicker gathering of information that is technically available to everyone, but only really noticed by the person who bought it.

I'm also against the different rules for draining different types of stats. Keep It Simple Stupid, I like to tell myself.
 
I'll go so far as to say I like the idea that drains et.al. ARE especially dangerous types of attack that bypass normal defenses. This allows my fantasy settings to have truly scary necromancers with horrible "death touch" spells and what have you. It keeps the uber muscled barbarians on their toes, which seems genre appropriate.

Well I missed the fact that Healing is exempted from the doubling rule that applies to other Adjustment powers for defense powers, thanks for pointing that out.  Personally I don't like the doubling rule at all; it seems lopsided, adds complication, and makes some power concepts clunky to implement, all with the goal of addressing a balance issue that was never a problem in games I have played.

Just out of curiosity, where is this second mouth?  Or do I even want to know?
 
For most campaigns I don't see this having serious impact on game play, so I would just call it Distinctive Features.  Yes, it might be slightly harder to gag or suffocate the person, but I think this falls within the realm of special effects.  Consider the various martial arts maneuvers that do NND; some are pressure point strikes that don't hurt those in rigid armor, some are choke holds that only affect those that breathe through their neck.  I don't have to pay any extra to define my armor as rigid, it is just conceptual and so a special effect.  Similarly, if I made a MODOK knockoff, he has no neck and can't be strangled, but I didn't pay points to move his face into his torso - it is just a Distinctive Feature.
 
If there is a major benefit for having a second mouth due to the nature of your campaign (strangle holds are very common to prevent spell casters from using magic for instance), then Extra Limb would be a reasonable way to go, but I think that is probably the exception rather than the rule.

Just out of curiosity, where is this second mouth?  Or do I even want to know?
 
For most campaigns I don't see this having serious impact on game play, so I would just call it Distinctive Features.  Yes, it might be slightly harder to gag or suffocate the person, but I think this falls within the realm of special effects.  Consider the various martial arts maneuvers that do NND; some are pressure point strikes that don't hurt those in rigid armor, some are choke holds that only affect those that breathe through their neck.  I don't have to pay any extra to define my armor as rigid, it is just conceptual and so a special effect.  Similarly, if I made a MODOK knockoff, he has no neck and can't be strangled, but I didn't pay points to move his face into his torso - it is just a Distinctive Feature.
 
If there is a major benefit for having a second mouth due to the nature of your campaign (strangle holds are very common to prevent spell casters from using magic for instance), then Extra Limb would be a reasonable way to go, but I think that is probably the exception rather than the rule.

Just a warning that Combat Healing is usually excessively expensive, and Healing generally seems to be intended to be used outside of combat. "Drain-Tanking" simply isn't a cost effective strategy in HERO compared to taking less damage (via defense powers) or doing more damage (via attack powers).

Top 10 jokes from the Edinburgh film festival

1. Stewart Francis - "You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks."


2. Tim Vine - "Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. Luckily I was the one facing the telly. "


3. Will Marsh - "I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister."


4. Rob Beckett - "You know you're working class when your TV is bigger than your book case."


5. Chris Turner - "I'm good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet… I don't know Y."


6. Tim Vine - "I took part in the sun tanning Olympics - I just got Bronze."


7. George Ryegold - "Pornography is often frowned upon, but that's only because I'm concentrating."


8. Stewart Francis - "I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!"


9. Lou Sanders - "I waited an hour for my starter so I complained: 'It's not rocket salad."


10. Nish Kumar - "My mum's so pessimistic, that if there was an Olympics for pessimism… she wouldn't fancy her chances."

Re: Jokes
 
How do you recognize a field service engineer on the side of the road with a flat tire? ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
And the related problem:
 
 
How do you recognize a field service engineer on the side of the road who has run out of gas? ...
 
 
 
 

Re: Jokes
 
How about a funny limerick?
 
(12 + 144 + 20 + 3 * 4 ^ .5) / 7 + 5 * 11 == 9 ^ 2 + 0
 
 
 
 

The Send is from an Azurite cleric, so we know that she is telling Haley that Xykon is on the move, and will be at Girard's Gate shortly:
 
the sequence of events:
 
i) Xykon loses his phylactery down a sewer grate and promises to move on to Girard's Gate the moment he finds it: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0662.html
i.5) Hinjo agrees to coordinate the effort to protect the Gates from his new base on an island off the Western Continent: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0671.html
ii) The phylactery is recovered, and the Azure Resistance Sends a warning to Hinjo that Xykon is on the move: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0827.html
iii) Hinjo receives the warning, and sets out to warn the Order of the Stick. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0865.html