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  2. Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND

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    5 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said:

     

    Because the Ancient One illustrated that Banner taking the Time Stone would create an alternate time line where "her" Earth was deprived of its greatest mystic defense. She said Banner's time line would be fine, hers would be screwed.

     

    There's always a problem with trying to make decisions by previous writers square perfectly with those by later writers. Throwing in time travel makes it even more confusing. :wacko:

    But Then! The AO just used her mirror universe powers to make a copy.....

  13. A Thread For Random RPG Musings

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    On 11/6/2021 at 12:59 PM, Spence said:

     

    They may not be "resistant to learning Hero" as much as "resistant to having to create literally everything whole cloth to play Hero".

     

    Once the PC's and NPC's/Creatures are complete on the sheets, Many have found Hero to actually run easier than many of the other games.   I have been tinkering (for a very long time and very slowly) with a set of Prebuilt options at predetermined costs that a new player can use to build their Fantasy Hero PC's much like they do in other games. 

     

    If building a new PC in a new to the player game takes longer than 10 or 15 minutes there is usually resistance.  The more time it takes the harder to bring the new player in.  There are exceptions based on name/brand recognition, but even D&D5e recognizes the issue and provides a large spread of pregenerated PC's built with sheets from 1st to 10th level.    I have seen avid Star Trek fans quickly lose interest in Star Trek Adventures during their "life path" character generation.  Not only is it long, but the play has to make up important traits based on "past life" experiences.  That may not seem to be a big hurdle, but remember how hard it is for some people to pick a name.  Most of the games I have run for STA use pregens. 

     

    I know that one big reason that many of the gamers here are into Hero is its customization and the ability to build exactly what you want.  You don't introduce a new driver to a car by putting them in a  Formula 1 race car during the Grand Prix on the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore and just say "GO!".   No, you take them to a empty parking lot with a lot of empty space and let them try things and get a feeling for the car at a very slow speed.  

     

    Hero is a very simple game that is attached to a very complicated build system plus literal pounds of additional "options".    

     

    I live in the hope that someone with far more talent than me will read one of my rants and actually put on paper what I see in my minds eye :think:

    I have some decks of cards from a kickstarter that makes building Champs chars dead easy...maybe it is for sale? Champions character creation cards.....

  14. Coronavirus

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    On 11/19/2021 at 5:01 PM, Matt the Bruins said:

    I got my Pfizer booster shot this morning (wanted Moderna, but oh well). So far the only side effect is slight touchiness at the injection site, just like the last time.

    I'll be getting numba three on 12/6...

  19. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    1 hour ago, csyphrett said:

    My guy is in oklahoma

    https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/11/16/oklahoma-judge-admits-sexual-conduct-with-prosecutor-sparking-appeal/8631514002/

    Apparently the DA there is looking at going for sexual battery for the complaints. I don't know if he's going through the motions or really intends on messing this judge up.

    CES 

    It's OK, so who knows?

    2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said:

     

    Yes, thank you! I've said that for a long time too. I'm willing to accept that looking at them as tools doesn't necessarily blunt responsibility in how they're treated; but as toys, items for entertainment, that can easily lead to trivializing how serious they are.

     

     

    True, but firearms are designed to kill, more efficiently than anything humanity has yet invented. That's what the great majority of guns in this world are intended for. Yes, there are a very few other uses for them, like target practice or "plinking." I can use a garden rake as a back scratcher if I want to, but that doesn't change what it was made for, and what it does best.

    "It's a tool, used for killing. That is it's use, nothing else" Source of quote: Me, speaking with my son.

  21. Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND

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    2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said:

     

    I very much do not want to see the true Dr. Doom actually. I would much prefer he remain fictional. :fear:

    trevor is available after Shang-Chi.....he could play a fictional super villian.....

    2 hours ago, Starlord said:

     

    Well, you wouldn't actually see the true Doom.  He would send a Doom-bot.  Doom would never sully his hands with us mere mortals.  :)

    If we Gender swap...it could be a Fem Bot! Yeah baby!

  22. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

    in Non-Gaming Discussion

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    On 11/16/2021 at 11:32 AM, Pariah said:

    Looks like they're kicking her out of the club ... even though she continues to be one of the most Conservative lawmakers in the House. Loyalty to Trump matters more than actually being a Conservative, I guess.

     

    Wyoming GOP votes to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a Republican

    This may be the first step in the end of the Republican party. If Liz starts a new conservative party around classic conservative principles that is....

  24. El Espectro

    in Champions

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    A Higo El Spectro sounds like a cool idea...I'd say a 20 St (30 when grown) A Monster hunters art (martial arts, with full grapples and escapes) and the Silver Mask +10 Pres defensive, +20 Pres vs spirits and gods etc and maybe a Cosmic power pool/Multi Only in the ghostworld -2 ? It can just be a muguffin though, as no supernatural creature is going to risk facing it's power. So he mostly uses Pres based attacks on spirit creatures, and manly fists on Chupacabra and the like.

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