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BlackSword

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  1. Re: Star Wars: Technological Stagnation? Part of that is because he had to keep it hidden and had no one to talk to about the relationship and his fears. In some of the Old Republic comics the Jedi were still in contact with their families and some even raised children. So the policy of "no marriage" is one that was introduced over the time between the Old Republic and the rise of the Empire.
  2. Re: A Thread for Random Musings It wasn't a very Good Friday in St. Louis. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/?n=04_22_2011 While I live and was having dinner in the region of the supercell, the tornado skipped over my part of the region. Driving to work Monday and going past the destruction was surreal.
  3. Re: Ideas for a trip on Black Forest
  4. Re: Ideas for a trip on Black Forest One idea I had that I wanted to implement was a spirit of the forest that would give the players some advice/premonition or direction. The idea was based on tree colonies which can be quite old:
  5. Re: Musings on Random Musings I watched two episodes of Decoded because I was home due to snow, and thought it may be a good source of conspiracy theories. It was so bad, it was physically painful to watch. I think I will find other ways to discover conspiracy theories.
  6. Re: Musings on Random Musings It happened before the internet. Civil War buffs would scoff at you if you used thread similar to that of 1862 to attach buttons from 1863.
  7. Re: Super Heroic Behavior I can understand the interest in having a strict rule for enforcing superheroic conventions. I have had difficulty in the past with people not understanding, or not wanting to play/act in the superheroic ways after agreeing to play in a superhero game. It can be frustrating, especially when there is no strong way to enforce the convention. In one instance I used XP penalties, in-game consequences, and out-of-game discussions over dinner; I still had players murdering NPCs in cold blood. I think the list earlier in the thread is a good starting place for a discussion with players. If there are movies or cartoons that fit in how you conceive the campaign, sit down with players and watch those together and have a frank discussion of the campaign you want to run.
  8. Re: HSMA: A combat test Escrima can use a mix of weapons, from two sticks (dobleteros), stick and knife (espada y daga), and single stick with empty hand.
  9. Re: Estimated date for affordable and portable Augmented Reality?
  10. Re: Estimated date for affordable and portable Augmented Reality? Current hang up is the HUD. They are developing HUD contact lenses, but they are in very preliminary state and being tested on bunnies. Not sure how long it will take to develop glasses that are fashionable, but most of the technology is available now. Small accurate accelerometers for determining position of the head, current smartphones can already determine location and heading, and have limited augmented reality capability. Tying it together is a software and hardware problem, but with how tech progress, I think Sundog's approximation of 5 years is good.
  11. Re: Musings on Random Musings Not that bad, but one time one of my co-workers brought his computer to a meeting because, "I've got a lot to do, so I'll try to pay attention but have some other work I have to do." As I was sitting behind him, I got to see that he apparently had a lot of Facebook statuses to update, because that was what he was doing.
  12. Re: Order of the Stick "If I win I get to be a king. If I lose I get to be a legend."
  13. Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Batman&Superman: Apocalypse. Another enjoyable direct to video animated adventure from DC. The Green Arrow short was enjoyable as well. Of the ones that have come out so far, I think this one moved up to my favorite. There were a few things I thought could have been done better to make the movie go together better. Overall though it was a lot of fun, and the final fight was awesome.
  14. Re: Revisit: Doc savage vs Batman. I changed my mind. Well that's what happens when Superman gets excited.
  15. Re: New DC Adventures/M&M 3rd Ed into Hero System 5th Ed For the old stats, the attribute bonuses were calculated as: Bonus = (Attribute - 10)/2 (round down). So to determine the 2nd Edition attributes from the 3rd Edition/DC Adventures, Attribute = (Bonus * 2) +10
  16. Re: Rules of thumb for the "challenge level" of bad guy creation? An excellent summary. That is close to how I build my encounters and organize the types of threats the PCs may face. I will add one thing I often do is adjust on the fly. If an NPC is giving the PCs too much trouble I will sometimes adjust the values down in play (and can play it off as the villain getting tired). If an NPC is ineffective they get a little power boost (no reason to hold back anymore).
  17. Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore Why does everything have to include bacon now? I mean its a simple way to add flavor, but perhaps the superchefs could, I don't innovate something. In the meanwhile I have perfected the request of "no bacon."
  18. Re: Alternatives to the internet? Never saw the episode, but I had a similar thought for a short story. Thinking about an extraterrestrial colony and everyone has implanted computers, in particular communication devices. All communication is passed through the ship, and it retransmits everything back to all devices. The devices also have a slight buzz of a thousands of people talking, but quiet enough that to most people its just background noise. One day the ship stops transmitting and all the devices go quiet. In the further conversation, its an example of a problem with a centralized communication network. The main node goes down and everyone is isolated.
  19. Re: Musings on Random Musings Awesome, more German Chocolate Cake for me.
  20. Re: FANTASY HERO Sneak Peek #1: The Cover! That is a great cover.
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