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by tussock
Sun Oct 27, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Ok, so what the fuck *ARE* Pokemon, mechanically?
Replies: 10
Views: 2257

Re: Ok, so what the fuck *ARE* Pokemon, mechanically?

Bonded magical creature works well, they have a few supernatural and spell-like abilities from a small list for each, they go up in HD and eventually size to get higher level effects. The guy with the balls gives them extra abilities through training time and helps them level up. They need actual he...
by tussock
Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: 2024 Election Thread
Replies: 270
Views: 24383

Re: 2024 Election Thread

Buzz seems pretty positive about Harris, though I had to love the accepting the ... uh, president's endorsement, speech, which was basically, I'm a cop, he's a crook. I'm a cop, he's a crook. I'm a cop, he's a crook, who you gunna vote for? Which, yeah. I guess that works. She is going to make Trump...
by tussock
Wed Jul 17, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: 2024 Election Thread
Replies: 270
Views: 24383

Re: 2024 Election Thread

For the US, Trump is going to be terrible. Mainly because he wants a trade war with China, already talking up massive tarrifs and forcing other Asian countries to do the same, and like, a great deal of US industry, and therefore jobs, relies on importing low value and exporting high value shit to an...
by tussock
Tue Jul 02, 2024 3:38 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 979
Views: 920203

Re: The Biden Administration (No Lago)

The ruling is really, that the courts can decide if a president was doing a president thing, and if he was, by say, being a republican president, that is above the law and only the senate can remove him from office because of it, and if he was not doing a presidential thing, by say, being a democrat...
by tussock
Thu Jun 20, 2024 2:46 pm
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 979
Views: 920203

Re: The Biden Administration (No Lago)

Biden is protecting US foreign interests. The interests in Israel, are that they buy US weapons, many billions of dollars worth. This is a thing, where the US state can magic up some money, and gift it to Israel, on condition that they buy weapons from the US with it. This money goes back to US arms...
by tussock
Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:32 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What's your favorite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?
Replies: 58
Views: 17707

Re: What's your favorite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?

Fucking hell.

The fucking thread title is right there when you post replies.

What is your favourite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?

Like, ... what is even the point. Bunch of fuckwits.
by tussock
Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:04 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What's your favorite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?
Replies: 58
Views: 17707

Re: What's your favorite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?

Lol. Phonelobster, did you really just suggest the problem with giving PCs things to do is that the BBEG will immediately know about that, know when and where they are, and take the time to kill them? Because, fuck that is a terrible argument. Mwahahaha, yes I teleported in when you crossed the bord...
by tussock
Wed Dec 07, 2022 5:54 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What's your favorite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?
Replies: 58
Views: 17707

Re: What's your favorite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?

I was positing giving the PCs something to do that the high level folk could not in fact do. It's in the bit of my post you snipped out, you dick.
by tussock
Sun Nov 27, 2022 1:51 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What's your favorite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?
Replies: 58
Views: 17707

Re: What's your favorite kind of high level "friendly" NPC?

It kind of makes sense for high level NPCs to be in a state of détente. Where they're regularly talking so they don't kill each other, and the talks have in fact resulted in a few peace agreements, requiring them to not wander around murdering enormous numbers of things in each other's territories. ...
by tussock
Fri Nov 18, 2022 10:49 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Dissociated in 3E
Replies: 126
Views: 38892

Re: Dissociated in 3E

Yeah, it's all over the Alexandrian articles on it. Associated is where the Wizard's brain breaks if he tries to fireball twice because he only has room for one fireball in his brain, but disassociated is where fighters hitting things a cool way can't be once per day because that makes no sense. And...
by tussock
Mon Nov 14, 2022 3:55 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: 2022 primaries
Replies: 3
Views: 2570

Re: 2022 primaries

The supreme court's ruling on abortion would be funny, really, if it wasn't so tragic. Correct in that historically, all abortion was banned, but incorrect in that Roe vs Wade recognised that historical fact and fixed it in law, forbidding bans on abortion before viability. Because in history, you w...
by tussock
Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:55 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System
Replies: 167
Views: 57348

Re: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System

Heh, yeah, it'd have to be always on, really. Some people just need to take a beating, and whatever the partial effect is on "if you were immune to death" on the finger of death can contribute to that, so people don't feel too bad about trying things. Like it does when you zap a Vampire wi...
by tussock
Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:31 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System
Replies: 167
Views: 57348

Re: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System

I think it probably makes a better D&D game to define leaders in general, where all PCs are (at least 4th level + or so), and NPCs that are obviously in charge of a group, and like Beholders or whatever. Where leaders don't roll for morale failures, are immune to social skills, never die (or tak...
by tussock
Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:14 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System
Replies: 167
Views: 57348

Re: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System

DnD solved the "you might die" problem right from the start, by giving PCs stacks of hit points, and having monsters do not enough damage to kill them in one hit, but that in turn reduced their hit points until one hit would eventually kill them. But you could see it coming, and do somethi...
by tussock
Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:30 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System
Replies: 167
Views: 57348

Re: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System

Yar, the question was, how to you have save or die mechanics in these modern games with multi-hour sessions dedicated to character creation, rather than the, 3d6 in order and you're probably a fighter and you have 10 hp, welcome to dnd, of old. And I think just having random death kinda everywhere i...
by tussock
Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:45 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System
Replies: 167
Views: 57348

Re: How to Implement Save or Dies in a Balanced D&D System

Someone had a thing with the death flag. Where, nothing can kill your PC, because they're a PC, unless you think it's dramatically appropriate to risk that. Boss NPCs can have the same trick. Then, get like +4 to hit and damage and +1 attack, or -4 to opponent saves, or whatever, but you earn that b...
by tussock
Wed Oct 05, 2022 6:25 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: 6th edition / One D&D
Replies: 31
Views: 16634

Re: 6th edition / One D&D

The thing where your feats are set by what stat you have to push to 20 to be competitive is, ... I mean, probably better than choosing stats or a feat, but it's also poorly indexed for that purpose. Like, if you're going to be a Stronk, finding out what options you really have isn't easy. Then, how ...
by tussock
Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:24 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 979
Views: 920203

Re: The Biden Administration (No Lago)

So by 538.com the House is 70:30 likely to go republican, and the Senate is 70:30 likely to go democrat. So, that, like, kills all the Trump inquires? Can actually put sane judges in place, not that it matters at this point. About 7-8 R majority in the house, so, maybe get basic legislation passed, ...
by tussock
Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:16 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: 6th edition / One D&D
Replies: 31
Views: 16634

Re: 6th edition / One D&D

Have they done that well on the cleaning up the whole race thing? Like, can't help but note Orcs are still bred for war, Gnomes are still supernaturally cunning trickster illusionists, Elves are still the old biblical folk created and fallen from grace that still live for centuries and yearn for tim...
by tussock
Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:57 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 979
Views: 920203

Re: The Biden Administration (No Lago)

Jesus the SC has just gone full on bullshit, eh. Separation of Church and State, gone. State teachers may force students to pray with them, but in reality, of course, only the Christian ones. Treaties with the various American tribes, just torn up and chucked in the rubbish, tribal law no longer exi...
by tussock
Fri May 20, 2022 2:19 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 979
Views: 920203

Re: The Biden Administration (No Lago)

That 5th circuit ruling about how federal agencies don't actually have the power to do anything, there seems to a be a lot of lawyers suggesting this will be catastrophic, like, described as an openly nihilist approach to government. But, like, where normally the SC would bin that, because, lol, reg...
by tussock
Wed May 04, 2022 7:30 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
Replies: 979
Views: 920203

Re: The Biden Administration (No Lago)

Just a bit shocked, that the whole "fuck the privacy of your physical body, no" thing coming down from the supreme court soon, which, like, it's behind all of modernity in the US, got all leaked and shit, and Biden's first speech after was how that could be bad and is a good reason for peo...
by tussock
Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:16 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...
Replies: 3918
Views: 994772

Re: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...

The US invasion of Iraq (major nuclear power invading nation of ~40 million) was wall to wall news for like six months, the main difference was the treated the US side as truth and the minor Iraqi successes along their steady defeat as propaganda so weak as to be laughed at. Literal comedy shows doi...
by tussock
Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:04 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...
Replies: 3918
Views: 994772

Re: [Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...

The normal means of governing a parliamentary democracy at war time are to form a government of national unity and give ministerial and cabinet positions to the opposition, effectively running the place as a one-party state that includes members of all previous parties until the war is over. It lets...