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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from Cancer in A Thread for Random Musings
Whilst driving today, I came to one of those intersections where your road goes straight, but there's a 90 degree intersection to one side. Like a sideways T or something.
The branching road went over a bridge.
The branching road was named "Illusion Street."
So ... successful saving throw on my part?
(I am not making this up.)
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from Logan D. Hurricanes in The cranky thread
I was diagnosed with it not too long ago myself. Fortunately, I'm on a medicine that seems to be doing a good job of slowing, if not outright stopping, the progress of the disease. You have my sympathy and I wish you the best of luck coping with it.
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CrosshairCollie reacted to Lord Liaden in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)
I have to address one point that I keep reading and hearing mistakenly asserted. People entering the United States at other than an established checkpoint, who claim refugee status and request asylum, are not entering the country illegally. American law grants them the right to enter and remain within the United States until their claim for asylum is reviewed. This is done because people suffering persecution in their home countries are rarely allowed to travel freely to points of entry in potential sanctuary countries.
Moreover, asylum seekers who enter the United States between those points of entry can exit custody on payment of a bond, and an immigration judge has the jurisdiction to reduce or even waive the bond if circumstances warrant. OTOH people arriving at a point of entry can't pay a bond -- their disposition is wholly at the discretion of ICE officials. Given the publicized attitude of the current American government toward immigrants, that incentivizes crossing the American border at some other location.
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from Iuz the Evil in Cyberpunk 2077
I prefer First Person, myself, just 'cause my brain has trouble aiming in third, even with a crosshair in the middle of the screen.
From the looks of things, though, 2077 may be its release date.
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from death tribble in Funny Pics II: The Revenge
"God, will today be a good day?"
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from pinecone in Funny Pics II: The Revenge
"God, will today be a good day?"
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from Matt the Bruins in Growth vs Multiform
1. Active Points and point costs don't tell the whole story. They're a good starting point for balance for direct, straightforward things like attacks vs defenses, but when you get into the less direct aspects of character building, you can't just go by the numbers. It's entirely possible to have a cheap game-breaking power, or an expensive power than doesn't accomplish all that much.
2. Remember that you can always say 'that was a mistake, it's unbalancing the game, we need to do something about that'. GMs make mistakes, and aren't omniscient ... it's impossible to foresee every possible situation a PC might end up in or how they might (ab)use a power.
On a more 'which power to use' front, assuming all the forms are bipedal/raptor-bodied dinosaurs, this doesn't sound like Multiform to me, just maybe a Multipower with a Growth slot and a Shrinking slot, since the skills and overall powers remain the same.
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from Vanguard in Growth vs Multiform
1. Active Points and point costs don't tell the whole story. They're a good starting point for balance for direct, straightforward things like attacks vs defenses, but when you get into the less direct aspects of character building, you can't just go by the numbers. It's entirely possible to have a cheap game-breaking power, or an expensive power than doesn't accomplish all that much.
2. Remember that you can always say 'that was a mistake, it's unbalancing the game, we need to do something about that'. GMs make mistakes, and aren't omniscient ... it's impossible to foresee every possible situation a PC might end up in or how they might (ab)use a power.
On a more 'which power to use' front, assuming all the forms are bipedal/raptor-bodied dinosaurs, this doesn't sound like Multiform to me, just maybe a Multipower with a Growth slot and a Shrinking slot, since the skills and overall powers remain the same.
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from Grailknight in Funny Pics II: The Revenge
"God, will today be a good day?"
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from Ternaugh in Funny Pics II: The Revenge
If you're gonna hack a roadsign, do it with style.
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CrosshairCollie got a reaction from Cancer in Funny Pics II: The Revenge
If you're gonna hack a roadsign, do it with style.