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Re: Character: No-One
I think I've seen more interesting characters, but No One comes readily to mind.... [cue rimshot]
One quick question: No One has The Band as DNPCs and The Police as a hunted. Has No One got something going on with 60's and 70's musical groups?
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Re: Changing direction mid-jump
Buy a limited form of Gliding defined as "changing direction during a jump through sheer muscle control" (or something equally daft).
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Re: The Question write up?
So many great moments from JLU. My favorite:Supergirl: Have you been going through my garbage?
Question: Please...I go through everyone's garbage.
Great moment indeed. And Jeffrey Combs is perfect for his voice.
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Re: Answers & Questions
A: That's 4.71 hours of my life I will never get back. Thank you!Q: What did I say to my ex-girlfriend after watching Titanic?
A: It's not the most disgusting thing I've seen today, but it's close.
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
Rorschach. Not just because he'd be a lousy neighbor, but that neighborhood is a sewer. And his landlady? No thanks.
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
NT: Things to make the Joker happyHarlequin, Poison Ivy, and a big vat of strawberry Jell-O.
New Topic: Superman's most embarrassing moment.
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
NT: How the Champions plan on spending Memorial Day weekend.They're appearing in a Celebrity Supers Softball Tournament against the Avengers, the West Coast Avengers, and the X-Men. Look out, Defender, Wolvie is one sneaky pitcher.
New Topic: Creative uses for an abandoned VIPER base.
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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
He was out to sea for an entire year after that' date=' he could have got seduction.. just not the kind he was expecting.[/quote']'Ello, Poppet....
Yeah, we're seeing Pirates 3 today.
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Re: Viper/Demon and organization in other fiction like them
In the Stargate SG-1 universe, the obvious candidates are the NID and their successors, the Trust. They have all the cool toys, and lots and lots of agents. And they're doubly dangerous because they have substantial government contacts.
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Re: Colossus
It is my understanding that an attack had to do body damage to cause Knockback.Perhaps I may be of assistance. Yes, an attack does need to do BODY damage to cause Knockback. So attacks that don't do BODY--most NND attacks, for example--don't cause Knockback. Attacks that have the potential to cause BODY damage, like standard EBs, KAs, or punches, can also do Knockback as a result.
Here's the critical bit: a character does not need to suffer BODY damage from an attack to take Knockback from it.
Example I: My version of Colossus has 20 DEF and an average 12d6 attack would be worth 12 BODY and 42 STUN. So if he was hit with an attack like this he would take 0 BODY and 22 STUN. Apply his Damage Reduction and he ends up taking 11 STUN from the attack. No BODY damage got through so Knockback was not caused by the attack.Standard, Resistant, and even Hardened Defenses have no effect on Knockback. The only things that affect Knockback, if I recall correctly, are Density, Growth, and Knockback Resistance.
Let's take look at your example above. Your version of Colossus would, indeed, take 11 STUN and no BODY from the attack. However, Knockback is determined independently of all that. Let's say this attack was a punch thrown by another brick--Arclight, for example. After tallying the STUN and BODY, Arclight's player rolls two additional dice. Let's say she rolls 7. She subtracts this from the BODY total to get 5" of Knockback (12 - 7 = 5). Assuming that Colossus has one level each of Growth and Density Increase, as suggested by some of the other builds, we factor those into the Knockback calculation as well: Growth gives -1" Knockback/Level and Density Increase gives -1"/level. So, in the end, you end up with a total of 3" Knockback that Piotr takes from the attack (5 - 1 - 1 = 3).
In short, you can do Knockback to a character without getting any BODY through their defenses. For example, I remember a fight between several of Colossus' teammates and Juggernaut. Juggy hit Rogue and sent her flying several hundred feet (and through a stone fence, as I recall). Rogue spent the trip shouting "Ow-ow-ow-ow-OW-ow-ow...", but when she got up, she had no bruises, broken bones, or other impairing injuries. In other words, she'd taken a lot of Knockback--enough to send her trough a stone fence--but had taken no BODY damage.
I hope that helps.
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
NT: Thing not to do instead of Kneeling Before Zod."Yeah, I blew out my ACL a couple of fights back. You'll have to settle for a semi-respectful curtsy, big fella."
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Re: Superhero Images
I used Daz Studio' date=' a free 3d art package available from www.daz3d.com - which I prefer to the more advanced (and expensive!) Poser software. There are people on these boards using Daz Studio far better than I however, I am just a hobbyist.Thanks for the tip. I think I'll download it and play with it myself. Rep to thee!
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
NT: unusual quiz night topics"I'll take The Paris Sewer System for $200, Alex."
(Les Miserables had 50+ pages on the topic, as I recall.)
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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
GM: Do you have Seduction?
Billy: I spent three years of my life stranded on a deserted island. Who would I have seduced? {puts arm around imaginary palm tree} "Hello, my darling. Your bark is looking particularly radiant today...."
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
NT: The best way you can think of to quit your current job."Of the eight of you in this class, three of you will end up on welfare, two of you will spend most of your lives in jail, one of you will be a college dropout, one of you will join the Army and be dishonorably discharged, and one of you will most likely shoot yourself and save your spouse the trouble. I'm SO outta here."
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
NT: Professional sports leagues that will never get started' date=' unfortunately.[/quote']Professional Parachuting-Politician Skeet Shooting League.
New Topic: Really bad perfumes / colognes.
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
NT: Signs you weren't really cut out to play professional hockey.Your passport was issued by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(Go Senators!)
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Re: Answers & Questions
A: They're burying this thingQ: Nice terracotta army you've got there. What's with all the dirt?
A: It's not that difficult, if you've got the right equipment.
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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
NT: Bad effects of typographical errors in the writing of poetry about Unicorns.Folks from Roanoke, Richmond, and Blacksburg start chasing after the poor critters because they remember reading about how a unicorn can only be ridden by a Virginian.
New Topic: Roses are red, violets are blue, ___________________________.
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Re: Countries that don't exist (but should)
Hail! Hail! Fredonia!I think my personal favorite is Anvillania.Rep to both o' yas!
WWYCD: Grrrl Power- emphasis on Grrr
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Re: WWYCD: Grrrl Power- emphasis on Grrr
Thunderstrike suddenly misses Black Cat and Gibraltar, who have been off-world for years, quite a bit less.
Jack Diamond begins investigating what has happened, and when he finds out how it all started, he tries to find a way to fix it selectively--leaving the female members of Vengeance's staff more aggressive than normal, for example.
Morningstar seeks out out Terminal Velocity, who's overdue for a beating.