RDU Neil

It is something I think about every time Hulk rips a car in half to hit somebody with. That car probably only had liability. That car was the key to somebody holding on to their job, and they probably didn't have money for a new down-payment just sitting around.

When they do blow apart the boulder, why would I not be surprised if they found a squashed coyote underneath it?

Report Reveals Jesus Christ May Have Benefited From Father’s Influential Position To Gain High-Powered Role As Lord And Savior
 
"Examining evidence from the Gospels, as well as recently unearthed ancient Christian and Gnostic texts, researchers at Yale Divinity School concluded that Christ’s close familial relationship to the Creator of Heaven and Earth likely contributed to His meteoric rise from obscure carpenter to high-level divinity"

Or, you could do what other countries do, and subsidize their training.
 
On a slightly different note, both grandparents on my Dad's side were country doctors in Central Maine during the middle part of the 20th century, starting pretty much around the time of the Great Depression. They were sometimes paid in apples, or potatoes, or chickens, and neither would have been considered very wealthy, and my Mom had commented that they were retired and still paying on their student loans.

They call that 'having standards'.

Sure, he could've also created an alternate reality where no one suspects he actually destroyed half of all life and the populace of each planet watches a story of heroes that takes place over 11 years on movie screens culminating in BARELY defeating an amazingly talented and handsome purple supervillain.

I never understood all the fan contempt for Ben's Daredevil. I thought it one of the more faithful comic-book adaptations from its era. Certainly not a perfect film, but with a lot to recommend it.

Just wanted to post my reaction after finally seeing Endgame. 
 
Spoiled for language. 
 

"The "tension" reminds scientists of just how much they still don't understand about the underlying laws of nature."
I like when human intellectual arrogance receives a cold dose of humility.

Sunset on Mars:
 

Does it open a stargate?

The best way for a kid to handle a broken arm:
 
Utah teen goes viral for awesome Infinity Gauntlet cast from 'Avengers: Endgame'
 

Literal Vampire Cast for Next Batman Film
 
Despite some of the films on his resume, this actually seems like an okay choice.

Heroic level games where the use of special abilities and powers are difficult and rare but generate a dramatic effect while being very exhausting... I think that is a GREAT place for more traditional END rules... and in fact remove ways to make reduced END possible. I'd just figure out a formula that shows "X END per action = Y Actions before REC/vulnerability is necessary, and how many RECs before back to full" as a way of comparing playability. Can certain characters effectively "go forever" with their main action/attack... while others are effectively limited like they had charges? That kind of balance needs to be very clear, and are the players ok with how that will actually come about in the game?  "Hey... the warrior can only really swing a sword, but he can do it all day... the Wizard gets maybe three actions... but they will be whoppers!  Are we ok with that?" (e.g. only).

Again, I just feel there has to be a better way to get to the dramatic moment of, "We've driven back the first wave, but gods, I can barely lift my sword!" where usually it is all about tactical rule playing, "If we rotate front line fighters every three actions, then no one ever runs out of END and everyone is always at full STR."  I hate that stuff, though a lot of people think that kind of thing is what gaming is all about. 
 

100% agreed

Heroic level games where the use of special abilities and powers are difficult and rare but generate a dramatic effect while being very exhausting... I think that is a GREAT place for more traditional END rules... and in fact remove ways to make reduced END possible. I'd just figure out a formula that shows "X END per action = Y Actions before REC/vulnerability is necessary, and how many RECs before back to full" as a way of comparing playability. Can certain characters effectively "go forever" with their main action/attack... while others are effectively limited like they had charges? That kind of balance needs to be very clear, and are the players ok with how that will actually come about in the game?  "Hey... the warrior can only really swing a sword, but he can do it all day... the Wizard gets maybe three actions... but they will be whoppers!  Are we ok with that?" (e.g. only).

Again, I just feel there has to be a better way to get to the dramatic moment of, "We've driven back the first wave, but gods, I can barely lift my sword!" where usually it is all about tactical rule playing, "If we rotate front line fighters every three actions, then no one ever runs out of END and everyone is always at full STR."  I hate that stuff, though a lot of people think that kind of thing is what gaming is all about. 
 

I agree... as I've stated before, Steve/Caps arc was that of recklessly self-sacrificing maturing to a point of enlightened self-interest. This was counterpoint to Tony's arc from hedonistic self-interest to the ultimate sacrifice. Steve realized that to deny himself what he fought for others, diminished the achievement... Tony learned to accept what was greater than himself. Parallel arcs crossing each other.

Captain America has massive, mega-scale powers that are all bought with fully invisible power effects.
 
He didn't face off the armies of Thanos alone because he was suicidal.  He was taking an iconic poster-worthy pose to (gestures, concentration, extra time: full phase) to cast an all-stat / all-powers aid buff on the incoming armies.
 
Think D&D style paladin aura at a larger scale.  One might even argue that his Mind Control:  Only to make people do the right thing is what made Tony Stark take himself out to save the world.
 
DM made him do that since his back-story was normal human enhanced to maximum possible potential by the super soldier serum.
 
Ok, I'm not even remotely serious, but I do like hero builds using effects along those lines. 

I don't have the personal "favorite" aspect when it comes to Thor. He was always just around, and certain runs of the comic were good, but the character never connected with me... not like Cap or Daredevil or Iron Fist... characters I really loved in my formative days. I say that because I did love Thor: Ragnarok and "The Dude" Thor... not because I became personally attached to him, but because it made for good cinema. I absolutely LOVED the scene with his mother. Probably my favorite scene in a movie full of them. 

And I feel that his breaking of the hot headed, somewhat egotistical Odinson persona lent real credence to the awesome "Cap with Mjolnir" moment and his excited, "I knew it!" line which did more for his character than anything. 
 

And if every single character had this same, steadfast attitude, then it wouldn't be special or interesting or dramatic or powerful when it is shown. It would diminish Capt. America and his steadfast courage, if that was just how all the heroes act.