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Here's the Media pages for my prior (Boston) campaign. It includes two plucky female reporters, plus some male reporters (including the son of Jimmy "Gyro Jim" Dugan). BostonMedia.pdf

My go-to response when someone's (justifiably) complaining about something major is, "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

For mooks / minions / agents, I combine groups of them into single meta-characters for combat purposes, with higher stats based on how many "doublings" they have. So an 8-man group of agents has 3 Doublings (2 x 2 x 2) and gets +3 OCV, +30 STUN, and +3 DC on attacks, but only rolls once to attack and do damage. As they lose STUN, their numbers are halved and their OCV and damage drop appropriately. I have different rules for dealing with AoE attacks, odd attacks, and so on. It requires the GM to do a little work, but some of that can be figured out beforehand, and the work you have to do on the fly is more than balanced out by not having to track and roll for 8 different characters every time their Phase comes around.

Favorite comment: "Get outta here with your sensible, measured & informed response to rampant speculation. This is THE INTERNET, g*******! Rampant speculation is what we do!!"

Have to admit - I read that as "Battle of Narnia."

I have it on good authority the Lions will win. You see... Hell has frozen over (at least for the rest of the week).

They declare that members of the School Board must be made of wood.

We had a way-early TV video game where we had to put semi-transparent static-cling film overlays on the TV screen to represent the play area. Can't remember whether that was Pong or something else. Edit: Did a little research online, looks like it was the Magnavox Odyssey.

He has no Enhanced Senses, and no Movement powers. I'd think at least Nightvision would be good to add, and some additional Running and Leaping. Personally, I'd put the two Aids and Healing into a Multipower, and then do an Aid to Running and Leaping as an additional slot. I think you have to keep the Resistant Protection out of the Multipower because of the Continuing Charges, but I believe the others can work fine in there as-is. 30 Hyde's Little Helpers: Mutlipower 60 points, OIF (OIF, drug, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Charges (12, -1/4) [12 Charges] 2f Hyde's Strength Increase Drug: Aid Fixed Effect Strength+30AP (Fades 5AP/Turn)(+0), Focus (OIF, drug, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Charges (3, -1 1/4) [3 Charges] 2f Hyde's Haste Drug: Aid Fixed Effect Speed +30AP (Fades 5AP/Turn)(+0), Focus (OIF, drug, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Charges (3, -1 1/4) [3 Charges] 2f Hyde's Healing Meditation: Healing 6d6, Simplified, Focus (OIF, drugs, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Charges (3, -1 1/2) [3 Charges] 2f Hyde's Mobility Increase Drug: Aid Fixed Effect Running and Leaping +18AP (Fades 5AP/Turn)(+0), Expanded Effect (2 Powers)(+1/2), Focus (OIF, drugs, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Charges (3, -1 1/2) [3 Charges] This should save you 22 points overall. With some of those points, and being a big fan of bad puns, I'd add another Illegal Medication: 18 Hyde's Hide and Seek Drug: Invisibility to Sight and Smell / Taste Groups, No Fringe, Focus (OIF, drugs, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Charges (3 Continuing Charges Lasting 5 Minutes Each, -1/2) [3 Continuing Charges, 5 Minutes Duration] With the remaining points: 4 Hyde's Better Eyesight Drug: Nightvision and Infrared Perception, Focus (OIF, drugs, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Charges (3 Continuing Charges Lasting 5 Minutes Each, -1/2) [3 Continuing Charges, 5 Minutes Duration] Edit to add: Oops, I just saw the Running and Leaping in the Hyde Formula. So omit that Mobility Increase drug, unless you want to really boost his mobility. Or maybe give him an Aid to his Presence instead.

I think you just need to chill a little.

What has Iceland ever done to you?

Does this mean Brent Spiner is going to be elected to the US Congress?

Let's be honest here - if Trump was on every state's ballot, there were no ongoing criminal trials involving him, and he were to lose the 2024 election - there would still be alternate slates of electors, election challenges, CONSTANT objection to seating delegates when the time comes to certify the delegates, as well as CONSTANT baseless claims of a stolen election in the years following the election. As support to this claim, I submit as evidence: the 2020 election and the last 3 years. When dealing with a toddler prone to tantrums, giving in is not the way to go. You nip that **** in the bud.

2020.

I know, right? I mean, it drives me batty.

I came home from shopping and told my wife that two girls were checking me out at the mall. I told her, "They were really admiring my waistline and my rear end." "Oh, really?" she said skeptically. "Sure," I replied. "One looked at me and said, 'What a waste!" And the other said, 'Yeah, what an a**!'"

And the synagogue soon had no squirrel problem at all after the first bris.

What he's not telling you is, this is his phone.

IME, 90% of the non-clergy people who spout off about what the Bible says, have hardly (if at all) read it.

A year or more too late, IMO: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress at year-end (msn.com)

Rich McGee, all I can say is: Especially loved the reference to the Greatest American Hero. Okay, I've copied down the text and picture, and will absolutely have him appear in my Champions campaign. I'm sure my players will get a kick out of him.

Neither I nor the article said he was releasing all of his holds. As to the final sentence, I didn't figure that was in doubt, but FWIW, I agree.

DEATH. He'll hook a pair of wild boars to a sled and ride around trying to restore faith in somebody called the Hogfather. NT: Once he's done filling in for Santa Clause, what's Death going to do?

A monastery has a rule where the junior monks must take a vow of silence, except for once a year when they may speak two words. After joining the monastery, one monk reaches the end of his first year and may speak his two words. He says, "Bed's hard." A year later, when he can speak his two words, he says, "Oatmeal's cold." The next year, he says, "I quit" and walks out. The head monk (who's allowed to speak freely) says, "No surprise there. He was always complaining."

Frickin' finally! Sen. Tommy Tuberville drops his hold on hundreds of military nominees (msn.com)