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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Sell my blood. And my wife's blood. And my kids' blood. NT: Appropriate ways the common man and woman should "reward" oil executives for another quarter's record profits.

Re: All Your Base Belong to Us You never know until you ask. When my players decided to take over a VIPER base they had uncovered, I cut the cost by the total of the DEF, BODY, and Size that VIPER had already paid. If not, it'll cost 4 more points apiece, or you can cut some stuff to bring it down a point or two.

Re: All Your Base Belong to Us For 4 points apiece, your five heroes can have the Sea Trawler. (You may need a few more apiece if you want to also get a basic computer to help run things.) This barnacle-covered undersea habitat was found sitting on the sea floor, apparently left behind long ago by persons unknown. The habitat has treads, allowing it to travel (verrrrry slowly) along the sea floor, though typically it is left in one spot. This writeup assumes the heroes get to/from the base under their own power or using a submersible that docks with the structure. Cost -- Characteristics 24 -- DEF 10 8 -- BODY 10 20 -- Size 16x32=512 hexes (22,036 sq ft), DCV -10 25 -- Location (Distant, Underwater) Cost -- Equipment [END] 7 -- Micro-Fusion Plant and Batteries: 70 END Reserve, 10 REC/turn; OIF: -½; Immobile, -1 7 -- Rebreather: LS: scb; Costs END: -½ [1] 7 -- Filters: LS: Disease/Toxin/Poison, All Diseases & Bio Agents; Costs END: -½ [1] 1 -- Temperature Control: LS: Envir - Intense Cold; Costs END: -½ [1] 1 -- Structure: LS: Envir - High Pressure 1 -- Food Supplies: LS: Diminished Eating (once/week) 11 -- Passive Sonar: Spatial Awareness; Increased Arc: 360-Degree, +5; IIF: -¼; Immobile, -1; Micro-Fusion Plant must be operational: -¼ 4 -- Telescopic Sense (Hearing, +6 to PER vs. Range); IAF: -½; Immobile, -1; Micro-Fusion Plant must be operational: -¼ 4 -- Heat-sensitive External Cameras: Infrared Perception; Increased Arc: 360-Degree, +5; IAF: -½; Immobile, -1; Micro-Fusion Plant must be operational: -¼ 4 -- High Range Radio; IAF: -½; Immobile, -1; Micro-Fusion Plant must be operational: -¼ 25 -- Pop-Up Sonic Blasters: 10d6 EB; IAF: -½; Immobile, -1 [2] 10 -- Additional 3 Sonic Blasters (4 Total) [2 each] 8 -- Regen Tube: 2d6 Healing; Any one physical characteristic at a time, +½; OIF -½; Immobile, -1; Extra Time: 5 min., -2 [1] 1 -- Sea-Bottom Treads: Running (+1", 1", NC: 2"); Extra Time: 5 min., -2 [1] Cost -- Labs/Skills 17 -- No Records: Concealment, 16- 9 -- Barnacle-covered: Disguise, 12- 9 -- Machine Shop: Mechanics, 12- 5 -- Marine Biology Lab: SS: Marine Biology, 12- 9 -- Med Lab: Paramedics, 12- 9 -- Crime Lab: Criminology, 12- 225 Total Base Cost 100+ Disadvantages 100 -- Look What We Found! (Cost rebate for original structure / size / location / power plant / LS except food) 5 -- DNPC: Marine Biologist / Caretaker (Normal, 8-, Useful Skills) 10 -- Hunted by ??? (Original owners) 10 -- Mystery Disad (for GM to decide) 125 -- Disadvantages Total Cost: 100/5 = 20

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat A rack... of lamb. "Bub snikt bub bub snikt bub, Pilgrim..."

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station With my tongue Then spend one more minute with you..."

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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... The heroes of S-Squad are still on the trail of the missing soldiers far underground, and Styx captured a super (Cornerstone) who works with the Subterrans. GM: So, what are you doing with the guy you caught? Styx: I'm asking him questions. (mimes beating a head into the ground) Does this hurt? How about this? The heroes followed the soldiers' trail into a large (220 foot tall cylinder about 200 feet in diameter) cylinder buried over a mile underground. (If you've ever played the D&D module Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, that's basically what they're in.) They know the size because of Sentinel's x-ray vision, but it can't penetrate the hull so they're forced to do a more thorough search inside. Serendipity is searching down one corridor, and stops to inspect something lying in the hallway. Luckily, she made a PER roll... GM: You see two spiders coming down from the ceiling. Serendipity: How big? GM: Did you see that Harry Potter movie with the spiders... Serendipity: I take off back down the hall at top speed, yelling "SPIDER!" over the team radio. Cornerstone finally wakes up, and the heroes are discussing what to do if he tries to teleport away. Sentinel: Maybe we can track him. You got a bug? Styx: Yeah. (points back down the hall) Spiders down the hall... After some of the heroes fought a bunch of vegepygmies, basically small semi-sentient vegetable life forms: GM: So, what did you guys do with the vegepygmies you knocked out? Synergy: I guess they're tied up. *I* didn't kill any. (turns to Squeeze) Did you? Squeeze (sheepish grin): I thought they were dangerous... The heroes find and rescue a British cave explorer (Barry Pethwick) who found the buried spaceship four years ago and has been a captive of the vegepygmies ever since. The heroes learned Pethwick is able to communicate with the vegepygmies. Squeeze: So, how intelligent are they? Pethwick: The vegepygmies have instinctual intelligence, like animals. It's akin to talking to a very bright monkey. Or a Frenchman. The heroes take Pethwick to the medical area for treatment by a medical android (female form) they found earlier. This time, they have a working language translator and are talking to it. Squeeze: Have you ever heard of Mechanon? Synergy (OOC imitating the female android): Oh, he's dreamy! Next door, the heroes run into a berserk surgical android. Android: Ah, my patient! We must prepare you for surgery! Styx: Exactly which surgical procedure are you going to perform? Android (pause): All of them! Heroes are jokingly discussing the surgical procedures awaiting Styx. Squeeze: Hernia... Synergy: Sex change... Best taken out of context: Styx: Mmmmmm! Chief goes good with ranch dressing!

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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat The "local" community college is now located 1,200 years in the past. NT: Eight year-old Vic von Doom's entry in his elementary school science fair.

Re: Value of AVLD I personally agree, which is why my initial writeup had NND Does BODY. I only changed it to a 4d6 HKA because Checkmate said he didn't want to do NND Does BODY.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Wayne Industries begins manufacturing and giving out free lead-lined underwear to all women in Metropolis.

Re: seeking the seeker To add to DT's info, the running gag in 4th edition came from several covers where Seeker was either already KO'd or clearly outmached.

Re: Value of AVLD So, amending my earlier build to fit things said afterward: Cut through nonliving: 4D6 HKA (5d6+1 with STR), Reduced END (0 END, +1/2), OAF (-1), Does no damage to organics (-3/4) = 33 points + Impact damage: 6d6 HA, AVLD (+3/4, defense is organic PD), Does BODY (+1), Reduced END (Half END, +1/4), OAF (-1), Linked to HKA (-1/2), HA Limitation (-1/2) = 30 points. This drops the NND Does BODY from the HKA, as Checkmate indicated, and adds Does BODY and drops Does No Damage to Inorganics from the HA.

Re: Value of AVLD The problem with the Multipower (at least, IMO) is that it's one or the other. With the way he described the sword, if I was wearing plate mail, it would slice through it but not slice through me -- however, it would hurt me (STUN only). The Multipower would either (1) slice the plate mail but do nothing at all to me, or (2) hurt me, but do nothing at all to the plate mail. I think a Linked attack fits better. For example: Cut through nonliving: 2D6 HKA (3d6+1 with STR), NND (+1, defense is organic matter), Does BODY (+1) Reduced END (0 END, +1/2), OAF (-1) = 52 points + Hurt the living: 6d6 HA, AVLD (+3/4, defense is organic PD), OAF (-1), Does no damage to inorganics (-1/2), Linked to HKA (-1/2) = 15 points. Against Mechanon, the sword would do the HKA damage to the mechanized menace, like a hot knife through butter. Against Defender, the sword would seriously damage his battlesuit (HKA damage to the OIF) and hurt him underneath (poor Defender only gets his natural PD against the HA). Against Windstorm, the HKA does nothing at all, but the HA bypasses his non-living "wind force field" and he only gets his natural PD against that damage. Against Grond, the HKA does nothing at all, and most of the HA damage is deflected by his natural armor. Against the first Terminator robot, the skin covers the metal completely (so the HKA does no damage), and the robot is inorganic (so the HA does no damage). At least, that's my take on it.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... (sniff, sniff) (shurg) Well, we *are* gamers, after all. "It burns, like hygeine!"

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Well, since I work at the university's Department of Human Genetics... instant superhero origin! NT: What Cancer is *really* using that telescope for.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Just don't let him hear you say the "M" word...

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat If you don't like your mother-in-law, you could ask her to cancel her mom's return ticket...

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Power Girl's new burka.

Re: Answers & Questions

Re: Some questions about Stronghold

Re: A Game Of Questions Could someone tell me the rules of this game?

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Looks like a toned-down pattern from the back of playing cards. Very nice, BTW, Storn. Love the look, and the name (Facecard) too.

Re: You, or your PC?

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Double the points if you get a basket after bouncing it off someone's head.