unclevlad

Not entirely sure what you're trying to say here...this VPP a) does not use variable SFX. It's a VPP; I simply change the definition of the power. b) goes WELL beyond Variable SFX. Variable SFX technically allows switching between PD and ED...but the VPP allows AVAD, AVAD Does Body, and even stuff like AP, Penetrating, 1 pip + 2 points of Reduced Negation, etc. etc. If you're suggesting that it goes way too much? That's why it's so insanely rude. No, I wouldn't allow it very often.

That's why you need to look at p. 405. You're correct...*for normal damage*. And for *weapons*. The HA attack doesn't sound like a weapon. See Exceptions. The 5E rules are...overly convoluted, IMO. Feels like a full-page flow chart is needed to figure it out. Utensil: to what point? The rules already say, tack on an Energy HA and it's an energy attack. Slap into a 2-3 slot MP; long as they're all HAs, you can slap a custom MP Only modifier. (This approach means, it doesn't affect the slots, because the HA limitation is handled in an odd manner.) You don't increase the END cost; you don't have to answer questions like, how does this impact the damage cap, how does this impact the actual dice of damage when something else gets applied? Take the easy route. A *rude* stunt in 6E is to define a VPP that is 5 base, 6 Control Cost. Zero phase, no skill roll. HAs/HKAs only...I'm calling that a -1. 10 points. That lets you build a 1d6 versus PD or ED (with any SFX desired), 1/2 d6 AVAD or NND (against Rare defenses), or 1 pip NND, Does Body, versus a rare defense. Yeah, there's only a few STOP!!! signs about that, but hey.....

RAW says it's all energy. If you split it into physical and energy components, then...do you apply both PD and ED??? That obviously destroys the attack. In 6E, everything adds up. So if it's 4d6 from STR...it's 12d6. If there's extra damage from MA DCs or maneuvers, add them as well. In 5E, the material you want is on page 405. The base rule is you can't do more than double the base damage...but...with HAs, the base damage is treated as STR + HA. (This is NOT the case with killing attacks.) There's also the side note about Ninja Hero, allowing martial stuff being counted in the base because non super martial artists rarely have serious STR.

Yeah, I'm basically hearing Aid to END Reserve, objects only. Feels like the rest is overthinking it.

I'm not sure if this was a contractual requirement (in terms of the timing), or a vote of no confidence...but the Giants have declined Daniel Jones' fifth year option. Before even getting to preseason workouts for his 4th season. The Giants can choose to franchise tag him after the season...but for substantially more.

Kenobi....Obi-Wan Kenobi... (ok, so a Bond-style intro doesn't fit at all, deal with it 😁 )

From a yahoo! sports article about it:

At least that one makes sense. The kid's in his 6th year at the school...not a johnny-come-lately transfer or a 5 star recruit being bribed. Granted, that won't be the end of it.

I don't know if this exercise would be more chilling or sobering, but... Without going back to Google...just using your own memory...how many mass shootings, school or otherwise, can you remember? So this one makes 10. These are the ones that stick for one reason or another, so they come up readily. And many are horrifically *recent*.

Isildur

Cornelius, Jerry

Wives

The coolest thing in the Edmonton game was the goal Calgary pulled off. Down 3-2 mid 3rd, and a man down... https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/watch-flames-rasmus-andersson-scores-improbable-short-handed-goal-vs-oilers/2769159/ I get it. It clearly got up above board level...and at that point? Black on black. Finding it later...good luck. The guy wasn't even trying to score, he was just killing time and clearing.

Quadruple amputee.

In Georgia primaries, Trump-backed candidates lost. For Sec of State, it wasn't close: 52-33. For governor, it was a total, complete wipeout: 73-21.

Halitosis

Is it excessively cynical to think that some Republicans are actively in favor of these incidents, as the impetus to push toward their police state? With them in charge, of course. In favor *completely* in private, of course.

Of course the Republican leadership doesn't care. Look who the victims were.

Unfortunately they did...so this wasn't in the best of taste. 19 dead at an elementary school shooting, if I read the last update from NYT right... 18 KIDS.

deafness

Union Station...take your pick of which, there's at least Denver, Chicago, DC, and St. Louis.

Wonder when that meme will be updated to use Mar-a-Lago...

Well, there's Albany, Sacramento, Austin, Tallahassee, Columbus, Lansing, Harrisburg................

the starting point for the Hogwarts route...King's Cross Station, London

Hogwart's