Captain Obvious

Re: LET'S HACK: The Turakian Age

I hear people complain about the Hero timeline, but I honestly don't see why it's such an issue. It's way too easy to ignore when it gets in the way of enjoyment. I personally wouldn't want to run Alien Wars with the assumption that superheros used to exist and now don't, because it doesn't make sense to me in the context of the Alien Wars. At the same time, it's fine that Alien Wars the somewhat near future for Champions, and the past for Galactic Champions. So when I run either flavor of Champions, Alien Wars is part of the timeline...when I run Alien Wars, Champions is not part of the timeline.

It's such a non-issue, that I'm almost embarrassed to have spent so much time composing this post...I really don't understand.

Re: "Neat" Pictures

The Fiend Folio had some fairly cool monsters, but there was a lot of WTF in there too.

Re: World War Two Campaign

One ready made villian is the Juggarnaut renamed Dreadnought in classic enemies (4th) it was developed during WWII. Well the end of the war' date=' who said it couldn't have been used earlier? Or stopped before it could have been massed produced?[/quote']

 

Not to mention any prototypes that were made...

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore

Is that North Korean' date=' or South Korean?[/quote']

 

She didn't say anything about grass or shoe leather, so I'm guessing South.

Re: World War Two Campaign

Unless you have some Superman level hero who can come in and defeat the Axis by himself, I don't see how a WWII supers game in theater would diminish the sacrifice of the actual soldiers any more than movies like Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen, or Saving Private Ryan.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares

Eep Op Ork Ah-Ah Maybe, by Carly Rae Jetson

Re: Fantasy worlds you had to "rework" years later once you've grown up and knew bett

When I started GM'ing, I didn't have any published game worlds: all I had was a copy of the AD&D player's manual. So I had no idea of how things were "meant to be". So, I built my game world on the fantasy and myth I loved: Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, Conan, Lord of the Rings and old norse tales. As a result, my fantasy world was middle to low magic and relatively low-monster. It's held up surprisingly well: I'm still using it after 27 years. What I tend to do is choose one area of the map, develop that and run a campaign there. After a few years of play, that part of the world is heavily detailed, and I bring the game to a close and start up somewhere else. So far I have only detailed about half the world, so there's a good quarter century left in it, I reckon.

 

cheers, Mark

It should be pretty dang awesome by the time we get up that old-gamer's-home campaign we keep talking about on the boards...

Re: Order of the Stick

Just the males? She is a shapeshifter you know.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

I'd like to see her try it with a palindromedary.

On second thought, I'm not sure I want to see her try it with a palindromedary

I suppose the females are possible too, but technically, the demons that sex up women in their sleep are called incubi.

And I'm not sure I want to see a palindromedary try it with a palindromedary...

Re: Order of the Stick

Given the nature of a succubus, I think it's safe to say she's been with most of the evil male characters she's known in the strip. And I don't think Nale, as a guy who's seeing a succubus, is unaware of it.

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore

I put on too much of the oil-and-vinegar and the bread got mushy quickly, though.

This is why I like hard rolls for sandwiches. I can't convince my wife that soft bread doesn't go well with wet condiments.

Re: "Neat" Pictures

They come in just two classes.

I might go get some of those. I better hit that streets a-running, try to beat the masses....

Re: "Neat" Pictures

I find this very uplifting:

 

http://senorgif.memebase.com/2012/07/09/funny-gifs-munn-tastic/

See the glow? That must be what was in the case in Pulp Fiction...

Re: "Neat" Pictures

Must spread rep.

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore

That sounds great. Might have to leave off the hot sauce though. I'm kind of a wimp about spicy.

Corned beef hash can be a little bland. A drop or two of hot sauce peps it up without becoming spicy hot. Even my pepper-averse kids put a drop or so in their hash.

Re: Jokes

Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity...two weeks from everywhere.

Re: What Non-Fiction Book have you just finished?

It was a near run thing. The British were busy fighting France at the time, and weren't all that worried about a bunch of colonial yahoos.

Re: Jokes

A Zombie wouldn't eat a Mummy - No brains.

He wouldn't mind drinking from a canopic jar, though.

Re: "Neat" Pictures

Huh...I wonder if those other seemingly random collections of letters are words drawn from some obscure source...

Re: "Neat" Pictures

How about putting Munchkins in a three-way battle with Ewoks and Oompa Loompas?

Well, the Oompa Loompas were specifically taken in by Willy Wonka because they were too weak to make it on their own, IIRC. The Munchkins were mostly too terrorized by the witch to be worth much in a fight...the Lollipop Guild would go down swinging, but I think there's just too much PTSD in Munchkinland...the Guild doesn't have the numbers to stand. This one goes to the Ewoks.

Re: Using DEX instead of STR for precision attacks.

Personally, I would give him some PSLs to offset the difficulty of hitting a specific hit location. That's all a "precision attack" is, hitting the vital spots rather than pounding at all the parts that don't hurt so easily.

Re: "Neat" Pictures

Maybe because Australia is sometimes call Oz?

That kinda makes sense...

Re: Space plane spends 15 months in orbit, mission still secret.

How sure are you that a lot of this doesn't get run through me? I don't tell you everything.

Nefarious!

Re: Cryptic Concept Art for Nighthawk

The hood is toned down enough that it'll be hard to call him "Captain Duck Hat" and get it to stick with the CO-but-not-Hero-Games types.

Re: Space plane spends 15 months in orbit, mission still secret.

What would they have to say to make you think it's not nefarious? I'm not sure you're contrary enough that you'd think it wasn't if they said it was...

Re: Civilisation 3991 A.D. or the 1700 Year War

Post-apoc nuclear Vikings. Awesome.