Old Man

Isn't it ironic?

Translation: "We broke X while 'fixing' your truck and now we had to order another part"

And Ace of Base.

The wind breaking in my jeans?

Another reference character would be Pitch, aka The Boogeyman, from Rise of the Guardians: (scroll down to powers and abilities) "Dreamsand" again amounts to magic, more or less, but it would unify the listed powers under a single special effect of "directing magic stuff". Rise of the Guardians was a surprisingly good film--basically a superhero movie with Santa Claus.

I think these are the key--just overall, lower the resolution of the combat in both time and space. So instead of 2m hexes and individual segments, go a turn at a time with city block-sized hexes, and work out how many mooks on either side get killed. This way, if there are supporting-cast combats happening alongside the main PC-villain combat, it can still happen without causing too much delay. Basically each post-12 you would just work out what's happening between the National Guard and the Chitauri, and where the big crowds of innocent bystanders are.

Huh? What?

Had a Dreamliner outside my office window this morning. Surprisingly small, but pretty, airplane. F-22s at full burner are really loud.

I would define her powers as mentalism/dimensional. She is psychically attuned to a non-Euclidean dream dimension, from which she is able to draw energy and beings that take the form of the fears she gets from other people. (See: Ghostbusters' Zuul, Clive Barker's Imajica, HP Lovecraft's Dreamlands.) Of course it's only a matter of time before she gets noticed by sanity-shattering extradimensional bad guys who use her as a conduit to enter our plane.

Well we know who this particular perp is--a disgruntled former member of the IT staff. So no, although I get what you mean about the Feds.

I am now really good at working out percentages in my head, especially percentages that are in multiples of 25%. (I've often wondered if Hero would be a bit easier for new players if advantages and disadvantages were expressed in percentages instead of fractions.) I've also learned that martial arts are worth every point. Even in real life. Literally one of the reasons I started taking MA was to increase my real life 'point total'.

Does it matter?

The FBI is not calling me back, and the perp is still trying to get into the network.

I can't stand most Pearl Jam songs. Something about Eddie Vedder's monotone just drives me up the wall.

Not light years?

You can blame the identity thieves for that one. I applied to one job a couple of months ago where I needed to submit hard copies of my resume, transcripts, a five page cover letter addressing each job requirement, three letters of recommendation, and two forms, via snail mail. For an IT position.

After five months, eighty job applications, and twelve interviews, today is my first day at the new job, which I started yesterday. I've already had to call the FBI!

After five months, eighty job applications, and twelve interviews, today is my first day at the new job, which I started yesterday. I've already had to call the FBI.

From what I understand talking someone down off the ledge is pretty unusual. I'm sure you'd be as good as anyone else at it, but I think many people have pretty much made up their minds by the time they literally get to the edge. Just be glad you weren't there to see it (or to break the fall).

No one is claiming this is a new source of energy. It's big for the Navy because it would let them use their reactor-equipped vessels to turn seawater into oil for non-nuclear ships while at sea. My own interest is as a means of removing carbon from the seas and thereby countering climate change. Taking CO2 out of the oceans at 92% efficiency would make carbon sequestration much more cost effective.

20,000 Leagues Above the Clouds for hot steampunk blimp action.

The three skilled combatants followed classic Fantasy Hero tactics against massed enemies--half move back and hold action, half move back and hold action. It worked pretty well mainly because the unskilled combatants were playing to lose. They kept holding back while their comrades engaged their foes in one-on-one combat, completely negating their numerical advantage.