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5 hours ago, Cancer said:

 

Q: So what did you find under your daughter's bed?

 

A: It only takes 100 psi to assemble and paint, but 1500 psi to clean.

Q: How many telekinetic slaves did you need for YOUR doomsday device?

A: I said rinsable, making it reusable is just silly.

tango

Either Captain Marvel or the Hulk may or may not be multiforms, depending on the preference of the player and the style of the GM. Even Johnny Storm could be a multiform (his flaming form retaining an accidental change for being soaked with water) if that's what is desired.

Gutted

Plaid

Strangely, I find that my enjoyment of a DCEU movie is the inverse of my familiarity with the print media.

I wonder if I had read more Jonah Hex from the newsstand if I would have liked the movie as much.

2 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said:

A: For a species that went extinct eighty million years ago, it certainly has a thriving colony here on Mars.

Q: What was Professor Challenger saying about diplodocus and the fourth one out?

A:  I believe the extinction of the dinosaur was due to a slight miscalculation in the rules they used for baseball.

On 2/19/2020 at 9:39 PM, Asperion said:

 

A: Land of the never born fruit.

Q: What do you call this place, other than your seedy, little apartment?

A: Just my luck, the only airbnb's at my destination are in a tent city.

On 2/14/2020 at 10:52 PM, Michael Hopcroft said:

A: I am Vengeance. I am the Night. I -- could really use a good stiff drink right about now.

Q: What was Dan Aykroyd saying about those skull-shaped bottles?

A: H.P.'s penmanship is so bad I can't tell if this is his new manuscript or the notes from last night's performance of Othello.

I think the point about casting a teenage heartthrob and turning this into Batman/Twilight is probably on target. Hollywood refuses to spend money on a new story because they can make money with the same old story time and time again. It could be worse... or maybe it is, is there anyone that can verify we won't be seeing Black Widow/Hunger Games in May?

Let's get some of the youngsters involved.

Every team needs a good con artist, call in Ferris Bueller .

And, if he can figure out how to operate the umbrella/spell-n-speak/rotary saw blade/record player, Elliot could be useful as long as he phones a friend.

54 minutes ago, Old Man said:

 

Of those, only The Running Man had a happy ending.

 

 

Comfort Food Conflict III:

 

Grilled Mac and Cheese Sandwich vs. Ice Cream Brownie vs. Fried Chicken With Mashed Potatoes

I don't know, the dystopian nightmare that is reality has some promise (translation - I long for the relief that death will bring).

The only one my grandma ever made was Fried Chicken With Mashed Potatoes

How about a battle of the second stringers.... Matt Helm vs Derek Flint

Spatula

The hero carries a stereo cassette deck with him, when combat starts he uses his first phase to set it down and turn it up.

FWIW, I've had NPC's do this and played the Carl Douglas tune for the players at the table so they would get the full effect.

14 hours ago, Pariah said:

A: No reply at all.

Q: What sort of reply will he get, shouting at the microphone like that?

A: Somebody find Dad's glasses, he's shouting "breaker one nine this here's the Rubber Duck, Uh you got a copy on me Pig Pen C'mon" at the mouse again.

Personally, I'd go with the END Reserve/Slow Recovery option. It's true that this doesn't enforce "five minutes active, one hour cool down" with rigid precision. However, setting the power and END Reserve up to approximate that idea and using RP to model what remains would work for me. In fact, I'm going to incorporate the idea in "Frogboy" as soon as possible:

Frogboy has a five SPD, so will have twenty-five phases in a five minute period, however, I'll just RP him as being able to use his Mechano-Froglegs for five minutes at a time, with an hour between uses to cool down the pneumatic chamber and refill the air tank.

Cost 6 points
Mechano-Froglegs:  Leaping +21m (25m forward, 12 1/2m upward) (11 Active Points); OIF (-1/2), no Noncombat movement (-1/4)
costs 1 END
Cost 11 points
Endurance Reserve  (25 END, 25 REC) Reserve:  (25 Active Points); REC:  (18 Active Points); Slow Recovery 1 Hour (-4)

18 hours ago, Pariah said:

A: If you need me any time in the next 36 hours, I'll be in the loo.

Q: How do you really feel about the President's Independence Day Parade?

A: Because stupidity is such a big target it's always easier to hit.

On 6/26/2019 at 9:36 PM, Pariah said:

A: You give love a bad name.

Q: Don't you want somebody to love?

A: Love hurts.

On 6/21/2019 at 8:48 PM, Michael Hopcroft said:

A: Yes, I have danced with the devil in the pale moonlight. Thanks for asking. Now DIE!

Q: Have you ever been to the Debutante Ball?

A: Don't ask me, I can't even remember yesterday's lunch.

4 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said:

A: All in all, you're just another brick in the wall.

Q: What did the warden say to Grond the last time they caught the poor guy?

A: You've barely been gone long enough to be missed, but we did watch the Game of Throwns finale without you.

3 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said:

A: I'm pretty sure having seventeen players at the line of scrimmage has to be a penalty, but it's not being called.

Q: Did you see what happened the last time the Duggers played croquet?

A: Those are some wicked wickets.

Ok, don't tell my players (who immensely enjoyed ditching their OMCV as soon as they could), but no GM worth his salt can see that trend without a sly smile. Wait till they face the awesome villainy of Brainsling, and his devastating Synaptic Chaos effect:

Synaptic Chaos Ray, 8d6 EB, AVAD vs OMCV (+1) All or Nothing (-1/2), 60 points

On 6/10/2019 at 1:10 PM, Cassandra said:

 

Multiform is a Standard Power and can be put into a Multipower.  That's the way Hank Pym does it when he goes from Yellowjacket, Ant-Man, and Goliath.

I never understood this. Multiform also gives you double the number of forms for a five point adder, so why would you need to put it in a multipower?

I personally detest that sort of thing. In my games, the quickest way for it to be your turn in the barrel is to declare winners and losers. If you desire competition, learn to play chess. At my table, we cooperate to build a story. That means the hero gets his clock cleaned on occasion.

Maybe he's kidnapped by pirates, maybe he has a hand lopped off, maybe he has to decide whether or not to kill his lover and use the body as food for his starving to death mutant dog. But without a few bruises, there's nothing heroic about beating the big bad.

But I digress, this isn't about that. I feel I've a fairly good grasp of the rules, and there are many I deliberately ignore. Each GM has to choose the level of mechanical precision that works for him. Although I have played with some that were rigid about this, I can't say that effort improved the game.

2 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said:

A: You told me we'd go clubbing tonight!  But there's no band here, just a whole bunch of helpless baby seals...

Q: Why aren't you wearing your waders?

A: Because he's at Mar-A-Lago this weekend, we probably won't even need the shovels.