BoloOfEarth

[sarcasm]Yep, definitely demonstrates the 2nd amendment need right there.  Responsible gun ownership for the win.[/sarcasm]

This kinda stuff really makes me sick.

22 hours ago, Pariah said:

"And I've tried everything. I tried the gum, I couldn't keep it lit. I tried the patches, they pulled the skin off my lips."

And it may be easy to roll those patches up, but do you know how hard it is to light them and get them to stay lit?  

"I tried everything to quit smoking.  Hypnosis.  Nicotine gum.  Nicotine patches.  That thing with needles... um, heroin..."

We used the Champions cardboard heroes / villains for years and years, as well as a number of the Steve Jackson Games ones.  Along the way, I made a template in Word and pasted in pics of homebrew characters (usually pics downloaded along the way and used as inspiration for my own characters), with the character's names on the back. 

Only recently have I begun collecting and painting minis.  Also purchased a bunch of second-hand DC and Marvel HeroClix figures, removed them from the too-large HeroClix bases, and glued them onto smaller bases bought online.  I probably have a good 200 of those, and for any given adventure i might pick out ones that are close enough to the characters in play that we can all tell who's who.  

However, the cardboard characters have a special place in my heart.  

13 hours ago, death tribble said:

NT: What dos the Easter Bunny do for the rest of the year ? (the more bizarre the better)

Guards the Cave of Caerbannog.  "Look at the bones!" 

NT:  So, who is going to announce his/her presidential run next?  (The sillier, the better.)

It seems to me his name would be better spelled starting with another letter, probably from earlier in the alphabet than "T"

46 minutes ago, Pariah said:

New Topic: Recipe substitutions that are a really bad idea.

Substituting anything for bacon.  Honestly, there's nothing on Earth better than bacon.

Story not related to bacon, but related to recipe substitutions.  When I was a kid, my older sister decided to make a "healthy cake" by substituting  "healthier" options for the ingredients in a normal cake.  For instance, she used wheat flour instead of white flour, carob instead of cocoa powder, and Sweet and Low in place of sugar.  However, she didn't change the amounts at all, and I think the Sweet and Low was what did the cake in.  It was absolutely horrendous.  

On 4/18/2023 at 8:20 PM, Bazza said:

Woman on radio 4 was just talking about her dog, 'Hamlet' and I said “presumably a Great Dane", and got nothing from my family. Not even a smirk.

On 4/19/2023 at 7:10 AM, Bazza said:

c’mon, Hamlet, Denmark, great Dane… is it just me? 

On 4/19/2023 at 10:07 AM, tombrown803 said:

got it, just didn't find it funny

Well, I did.   

I gotta go with the B-25, because it looks like a B-24 had a baby.  Plus, y'know, the Doolittle Raid was pretty gutsy, with those taking off from a carrier.

Winston Churchill vs. Teddy Roosevelt

18 hours ago, Clonus said:

I just bought a wall mounted phone.  

I remember one day when my kids were small (like, preschool age), and I was looking for our cordless phone handset.  My oldest said, "They should invent a phone that's connected to the wall by a cord, so you can't lose it."  She was totally serious.  I just smiled and said, "yeah, that's a good idea."

In fairness to DT, I didn't get that last bit at all until Certified's post.  Even then, I had to go back and look at the original post - and I don't really see him being all that swole.

3 hours ago, death tribble said:

Tell that titbit about the B17 to B24 crews and see what happens......

As the son of a former B24 pilot, I approve this message.

Binge-watched season 1 of Extraordinary on Hulu.  A world where everybody (well, nearly everybody, except the main character) gets a super-power at / around age 18.  Not all powers are great - a guy working at a party store has the ability to exhale helium, and a woman seen at a bar can instantly change her hair color, style, and length.

Not a great show IMO, but entertaining enough for me to watch all 8 episodes.  I think it's been picked up for another season.

Gold for command. They're more likely to piss their pants and need to hide it, than to get shot and need to hide it.  Though why they didn't do brown trousers, we'll never know.

Stargate SG-1 team (TV show, season 1) vs. Stargate team (movie)

2 hours ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said:

 

That might more accurately be called a "wrasslin' match"

6 hours ago, L. Marcus said:

LotR or The Silmarillion?

LotR, as the other one has a silly name.   Plus I'm pretty sure LotR sold a lot more copies.

A Star Wars Stormtrooper vs. a Star Trek Federation red-shirted ensign.

On 4/5/2023 at 8:52 PM, Logan D. Hurricanes said:

A Texas man bragged about stealing $50,000 from a Mexican drug cartel. He was kidnapped less than 2 hours later and is still missing.

Was that Texas man formerly from Florida?  That would explain a lot.

1 hour ago, Hermit said:

Nice.

Though I should say, as I hope to eventually get these published somewhere if I can, I can't use your ideas. Not exactly to be sure.

 

I don't mean that cruelly.  I am glad it's inspired you!

Oh, I didn't expect them to become canon in the Fish-Guy-verse.  I just wanted to share them because I had fun writing them up, and also to check whether I had Pinprick's wording okay.  Though if there is anything in there you wish to use, feel free.  I make no claim to ownership at all.

I plan to use the Miscreants (well, my version) in my next Champions adventure, set in San Francisco.  (In my game world, superpowers have only been around a few years; the government just revamped Alcatraz to be a super-prison, and I'm planning a prison riot / jail break.  The uncaptured members of the two villain groups planning the jail break have convinced the Miscreants to pull their normal schtick in nearby San Jose, to draw the heroes out of town and buy them time to get things rolling at Alcatraz before the heroes can return to town.)

Okay, I added a new Miscreant (Red Robin Hood).  Sorry, Pinprick, but they have an archer now (kinda sorta).

Miscreants.pdf

Edited to add:  I updated the PDF - it occurred to me that since the new member wasn't mentioned in the Sammies' run-in with the Miscreants in the first book, I should reword what Pinprick had to say so he says that he hadn't seen her in person but saw video of her afterward.  

2 hours ago, Hermit said:

Though, if I may drift a bit, I did consider having at least one hero out there who has an origin as wanting to join the Miscreants at first, only to end up being repulsed when they really get to know the team and guilt sets it.

Hmmm...  that's an idea - have a member of the Miscreants who is actually redeemable, having their doubts, and the heroes might turn to their side.  I might add another member to the team.  Since I currently have seven players, an 8th villain isn't too overpowering, and if the players see the opportunity, they might actually turn the tables on the villains.

Beyond that, thanks for the kind words.  I had a lot of fun writing them up.  And I liked having all of the info (except the direct quotes from the villains) being one extended briefing by Pinprick.  He is an awesome character.

Okay, so I finally got the Miscreants written up for my Champions campaign, and thought I'd share them here.  Note that my world's version of PRIMUS is called PRIME, and that characters started at 315 points. (Well, 300 points plus up to 15 additional for picture, background, and NPCs.  Since I do full writeups for my villains, I give the villains the full 15 extra points.)  I try to keep the villains at the same power level as the heroes, hence why the Miscreants are all 373 total points.  Also, I allowed the PCs to have 5 of their base 60 Complication points come from five 1-point Quirks (brazenly stolen from GURPS), and always do that with the villains.  (I find it rounds them out nicely.)

My apologies in advance to Hermit for any major divergence these are from the Miscreants in his world, or if the character pics aren't at all how he sees his characters.  Also, I decided to do the text write-ups (Background, Personality, Powers/Tactics, and Appearance) as if from one long briefing from Pinprick, so I also apologize for any places where I mis-characterized the diminutive archer.

Miscreants.pdf

So...  Last week, Trump told everybody he'd be arrested Tuesday.  I waited all day, and dang it, it didn't happen.  In retrospect, I should have realized that would be the case.  After all, he lies like most people breathe.  Still, I was hopeful this would be the one time he told the truth.  Ah, well, I guess I can still hope...

I'm ready for when the next person posts about something measured in giraffes, or puppies, or whatever.

I was going to post this in the Funny Pics thread, but worried someone would go all gun-rights on it, so I'm posting it here instead.  The patent for the most American mousetrap ever.