Old Man

What category does Bazza fall into?

Schnapps?! Where? Where?

Like Lucius I mainly use Hero for fantasy. However I could get behind a more clear delineation between Fantasy Hero and Champions. Ever since 4th ed FH has been Fantasy Champions, all in the name of unified system. Unfortunately, for all its versatility, Champions has issues when ported to fantasy. One, it's not costed correctly--Flight is too cheap, and STR absolutely needs to cost 2/pt if it defines how much damage your character inflicts and what its defenses are. Two, more areas need to be better defined, including but not limited to magic, healing, magic, spells, magic, armor, skills, special effects, and sorcery. I don't think we need to go as far as actually having two sets of rules for the different genres. I'd be more inclined to have generic Hero underpin all genres and institute a campaign-preferences system that lets GMs tweak things like the CV range, cost of certain powers and stats, access to powers, and so on. Then we would put out slightly more genre-specific versions of Hero, to lower the learning curve and make the system fit better. And once players catch on, if they want to start tweaking the rules, the crunchy stuff is there to support them. Anyway that would help prevent the genres from holding each other back, if it actually happens.

Speaking of EDC survivalist d-bags, I've noticed a cottage industry of apparel geared toward "contractors" or concealed-carry d-bags, that have many concealed pockets for firearms, magazines, knives, and whatnot. These might be good options for corporate mage security bad guys.

Road trip!

Dying to see Interstellar, but the kids were dying to see Big Hero 6, and, well, they whine louder. Pretty solid superhero movie, though interestingly, it's also cyberpunk without the grimness. Best parts for me were Gogo's superhero character concept and the setting of San Fransokyo, which I would move to instantly if it really existed.

"Babylon 6" just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

Personally I am hoping that it isn't the Higgs, that the Standard Model is wrong, and that there is a wide range of yet undiscovered particles and forces that will eventually allow faster than light travel.

Wouldn't it have benefited from more action? Even though the starship combat sequences, when they did occur, were awesome?

Ha, I always thought that was a Foreigner song.

Is that like how the Food Machinery Corporation made these?

Krycek, right? The guy who was like the X-Files version of Kenny from South Park?

I always used to get Toto and Styx mixed up. They sound exactly the same to me. They're part of this whole Toto-Styx-Foreigner-Kansas synth rock continuum that I just can't distinguish.

Tinnitus brings back fond memories of going to the Pantera/White Zombie concert. Three hours in a mosh pit with no hearing protection. I started a new job the next day and I couldn't hear a damn thing.

Mulder used a tape recorder? Not just an impossibly bright flashlight?

Depends, is it an STD?

Did you know that when they wrote that song, they hadn't yet decided whether Elsa was going to be a villain or not? So it could be read either way? Also, which do you prefer, Elsa, or Anna?

Wasn't that Pariah?

You're the expert.

I thought Snape was Master of Potions?

I believe we've established that Pariah is a Wiccan, L. Marcus is a sick squirrel, and I am absolutely, positively not a werewolf, correct?

Still? Don't you know that I have been so aggressively unsockpuppeted that I actually have other people's accounts merged with mine? Do you realize how confusing that is when I look at old threads and read posts I posted that I didn't post? Wouldn't you be irritated too?

I hadn't actually meant to imply that, but now that you mention it, can you prove that it isn't the case?

We do that all the time. They're called Marines.

Don't you realize that all pros practice almost daily? Is BC also the sick squirrel or is that aylwin?