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On a related note, I know that I remember reading a discussion of M&M's health system, and the flaws therein. I...*think* I saw it in the Healing Surge discussion, but I'd rather not wade through that mess if I don't have to. "I mean, fucking goddam, when there's a 5% chance of taking down ...

Well, never read any Green Lantern comics myself...But basically he makes mental constructs using a fancy ring, which happens to be green and glowy. Or there's folks like Psylocke, with that soulknife-like weapon. Basically, my point was that the medium of it doesn't hugely matter, whether it be fan...

Mister_Sinister wrote: I was thinking more or less the same thing. As for the ectoplasm angle, it's a little too unsubtle for my liking - I would rather have something that dealt with mental images or 'mind-ghosts' or something.

Hmm, sorta like Green Lantern?

Interesting take on the psion so far. I'm a little surprised you aren't trying to use some existing powers for it, though (rather than all spells). I mean, even something like Sense Link would be handy, as you can hijack somebody's senses, or have them experience your own. Other than taking some psy...

So, I recently looked at the quick start pdf for True20, and was impressed enough to buy the revised full version of the system. What shortcomings and strengths should I be aware of? And does anyone have any useful house rules for it? Personally, I'm not all that keen on rolling damage soaks, myself...

There was a thread on /tg/ about this, as well as some site I don't care about. It lasted three threads. They're all archived. http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2709630/ http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2710711/ http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2711290/ Now, for...

Well, I think it's because your nation takes ridiculously long to just about anything involving the electoral process. Up here in Canada (minority governments aside), election periods are like, 6 weeks long. That's it. And getting the new Prime Minister in takes like, MAYBE a week. Where Obama has b...

Well, if that's the case, then why not split it into two skills, maybe? One being all about toughing shit out by being a hard man, and the other by being some weird mentalist. Perhaps one would be like 4e/Saga's Endurance (going without food, shrugging off environmental crap, whatever or Use The For...

Well, there *sort of* is such a skill, but it only partly helps with that. The name? Autohypnosis, that skill from the XPH (Yes, boo hiss, I know.). Let's you auto-stabilize, ignore secondary poison damage, roll to ignore fear effects (Fear is the mind killer, bitch), and memorize shit. Not quite, b...

Personally, I don't get why they don't do what the Prometheus did, and have emitters all around. Use them to make Holographic security teams with safety protocols removed. Impervious to most weaponry, but can kill you. Just need to have that function on a closed system, perhaps

Slight hijack here, but...I remember reading the original Dead Man's Hand thing just a couple months ago, then it seemed to vanish. All links, such as this: http://bb.bbboy.net/thegamingden-viewthread?forum=1&thread=1004&postnum=31&highlight=Anansi go to some bullshit maintenance thing. ...

Interestingly, I did see an article on solar cells that also (only?) absorb energy from the infrared spectrum. Plus side: You get INSANE amounts of power most of the day. Down Side: The current is so strong that no resistor in existence can stand it. The frequency is something like, 1 TRILLION or hi...

I'm from the dirty 'Shwa, of course. (Oshawa)

Block Associations need to die in a fire. With cancer. Seriously, man. Anyway, I've always wanted to get those solar panel shingles I saw advertised, or even slate roofing. Both are expensive as hell, but yeah. Or there's even that weird grass roof deal, that recycles water and stuff. Requires struc...

Honestly, I don't know all there is about current nuclear reactors; I'm no physicist nor have I read about it extensively. That said, I do know that my nation's CANDU reactor type is extremely efficient and have numerous effective fail-safes, and have never become an active danger. According to all ...

I dunno there, most common buffs are only in the rounds or minute range 9something 5 or 10, but yeah), and rarely hours. In most cases the buffs will wear off between battles anyway, unless they're constantly refreshing them. Of course, such practices would be well known in the game world, which wou...

Well, if one goes encounter based you could totally steal the swordsage progression for prepped spells or whatever. It's something I've pondered, and hell, the book even suggests a spellcasting SS variant. And regrading SP/PP, 1/4 PP would work, but then there's crap like racial bonuses, Int/Cha/Wis...

Personally, in my experience (yeah yeah) it's never been an issue of "Owning or sucking", except at like, lvl 1-3 but magic already has that issue. Honestly, in all the psi characters I've fielded in the last year or two, running out of PP or being useless has only rarely occurred. Yeah, p...

Personally, I like having the discretion of how I allocate my power with psionics. Sometimes you don't need to spend full cost some something, which means you can further extend your longevity. Or if you don't have a high lvl power that fits your current need, you simply brute force a lower level on...

Oh, here we go again...

If I've learned anything from the threads on how humanity is pretty damn awesome, I'd say it matters on how long we hold out. Given enough time, humanity would undoubted reverse engineer magical stuff, make magic-enhanced equipment, or go like Outlaw Star and have those anti-magic bullets. Humanity ...

Oh, I honestly refuse to play Vancian classes when I can help it, but again, a unified magic system is the best bet.

Iffen you want, I can send you a screencap or something on the way the pdf did it.

Hmm.... I sorta like what I've seen so far, PR. Defenses, amalgamated skills, and other stuff. That said, the class setup, talents, and your casting methods are confusing me some. Admittedly, part of that is my not having read them all in-depth yet, but yeah. Personally, I'm a huge psionics player, ...

Personally, I loved the old 3E softcover splat books, too. Weird classes and neat ideas abound! I particularly enjoyed Song and Silence due to the *awesome* mundane gear it had: mechanical lock picks, harpsichords, garrotes, grapple crossbows, etc. Really, 3.0 had the edge in style and substance for...

Just finished reading "The Fire Duke" by Joel Rosenberg. It's the first of a trilogy of a pretty swanky world with Norse stuff being just out of synch of ours, reachable via "Hidden Ways". Stuff happens. Most Aesir and Vanir are dead or sorely weakened from age, etc. Also, has lo...