Well, that goes back to the 'I don't code.'
I know you aren't, but it almost feels like you're saying 'don't run a game unless you can code your own system from scratch'?
Because I said at the very beginning I wanted a system that's simple and doesn't need to be coded anew.
@faraday said in Potential Game / Temperature Read:
If you set aside the superpower stuff, I really don't see the appreciable difference between FS3 and nWoD.
I have to wholeheartedly disagree.
FS3, to notice something: +roll Alertness
nWoD: Wits + Composure + any additional stuff from merits, which may include an 8- or 9-again... and so on.
When I 'run' in nWoD, I have to keep this on hand: http://files.meetup.com/3797562/Cheat Sheet - nWoD Master.pdf
Another example from there:
nWoD: Foot Chase- Stamina + Athletics + eq bonus vs. Stamina + Athletics + eq bonus, extended and contested
FS3: roll name/Athletics vs name/Athletics
When I ST on FS3, I just keep a character sheet in view as a quick-ref for skills. I'll often reference PC sheets before the scene so I know any useful BG skills they have. That's it. That is all I need.
I don't need multiple books (some of which contradict one another) or cheatsheets.
I play WoD, but I hate STing in it. I just don't find it enjoyable to ST in at all. And that's a bad thing when I want to run a game.
BSU people can attest to the fact that I will, when inspired, ST a lot! And I'm generally down to run stuff on request for friends on other games.
But I don't enjoy STing in WoD. I'll do it. I've been told I'm good at it. But I have absolutely no enjoyment and when I do, it's just to make someone else happy. So that makes any form of it likely a no go for a game I'm running.
(Unless I someday convince people to work on a Hunter-only MU* and then I'd ST ridiculous things for TFV all day long. But that's another thread.)
@tempest said in Random links:
@auspice Was that the US vs Japan thing, or something else?
Yep!
You can watch the duel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ouLX8Q9UM
@arkandel said in Potential Game / Temperature Read:
@auspice Suggestion: Whatever system you choose, make sure the material is easy to find (free and available online is probably the best bet, else popular is almost as good).
If players need to find (more so, buy) five different obscure splatbooks to play a brand new game they don't even know if they will like... they probably won't.
Oh yeah, for sure. I hate going through PDFs in general, so easy is important.
@wtfe said in Potential Game / Temperature Read:
I'll add a vote for Magician, and for system I'd suggest Word Mill's Mythic.
I've also not heard of this system. Got a link / PDF?
I'm happy to vet other systems. I'd prefer to. Because I honestly don't want to use WoD, even a streamlined version.
I'd heard about kickbacks, but it blew my mind to have a doctor straight-up lie to me like that. Or at least to have been exposed to his blatant ignorance about this medication. Like, I commute daily and it specifically warns against next-day driving and that people have reported falling asleep at the wheel. I've TOLD this doctor about having suicidal thoughts in the past, and he didn't mention the reports of overdose on this drug, at all, and gave me about 2 weeks' worth. Like, this just seems fucking inept.
Sounds like new doctor time to me.
I've been there. It blows. And I don't recommend sticking with the doctor if you can.
D&D game. The concept was an Adventurer's Guild. So we each had multiple characters and we'd take turns DMing.
My favorite character was my Drunken Monk.
Now, for a bit of backstory: we had a houserule that if you rolled a nat20 on attack, you rolled again. If it was another nat20, you instakilled your foe. Why? Because why not.
Anyway. So my drunken monk was off on an adventure with his guildmates. We end up in a cave an holyshitdirecavebear. So my turn comes up:
"You mentioned an underground lake. Does it have any of those blind cave fish in it?"
DM: "Uh, yeah?"
"Alright. I'm going to catch one."
DM: "Ookay."
So I did.
My next turn comes up (meanwhile, the party is floundering against this thing already).
"I attack the bear with the fish."
Everyone's just sort of facepalm, but hey. Drunken monk. Improvised weapons. I gave no shits I only roll a d4 on damage for them. I WAS ATTACKING A BEAR WITH A FISH.
Nat 20.
DM: "...roll it again."
19.
The DM decided it was just too ridiculous not to: "...You impale the bear through the eye. With the fish."
To this day, one of my most glorious D&D moments.
That's the problem with so many of those. A lot of the 'new miracle drugs' for fibro / chronic pain have the same issues. That they cause suicidal thoughts, etc... it's why I won't go near them.
I hate when doctors mislead you like that. 
GIANT ROBOT BATTLE TIME: https://go.twitch.tv/megabotsinc
(The actual battle begins at 7:35p PST)
They think my partner has developed ovarian cancer.
It's really not fucking fair at all. I'm tired as fuck, and I can't imagine what she's going through.
Super lame. I'm sorry to hear it.
So I just want to give props to the Vampire sphere on F&L. I've never been much of a vampire player in general, let alone nWoD, but I've been giving it a chance. Luxor is doing a great job and the players themselves have been really welcoming.
I dunno how anything on the rest of the game is, but Vampire's been good to me.
@darkdeleria said in Potential Game / Temperature Read:
As for a game system of which I know not a whole lot outside WoD (or at least, which I've played). Why not use a reworking of WoD? Someone mentioned magic is just a headache amongst the various books. Is there a way of scaling it down to be easy(-ier) to understand the mechanics, but still adds complexity to "will casting Bujold's Sorcerous Nail Extraction work on this thick 2x4 plank in front of me?")
If there's both a scaled down version that's approachable and code to support it, maybe.
But Mage 2.0, as it stands, makes me angry. If I wouldn't want to ST for my own game because the system frustrates me endlessly... I'm not going to foist it onto anyone else, either.
I also don't want, with Mage 2.0 as it stands, to have to constantly vet sheets to make sure people aren't overly min-maxing just to be stupid.
I personally feel the level of reworking Mage to make it fit the setting is too massive.
As for this Witchcraft RPG - I've never heard of it. Anyone got a PDF or link so I can look it over? (Tho that'd go back to one of my big issues: I am a shit coder and I have no coder on call)
I'm trying to decide which is worse:
Underwire breaking during the middle of the workday (and thus no escape for hours) or wandering around a city with your underwear showing.
One is painful, the other is painfully embarrassing (at least for an anxiety-fool like me).
@auspice I'm kind of at "boob emergency" stage of buying a bra right now because everything I own keeps STABBING ME but I'll definitely keep an eye on amazon/zulily/whatever for the future. Thanks for the headsup.
http://www.breakoutbras.com - I 
them. Their storefront was local to me when I lived in SC and staffed by lovely people. They sometimes have sales and their prices tend to be the lowest of 'storefronts' online.
@auspice Holy shit these bras are even cute!
And they soooometimes go on sale on Amazon. Sadly at my size, CK has few and not in many colors (like, black and 'nude')... But it's one of the few decently comfortable bras I've had and I've seriously gotten compliments*.
*Not skeevy ones. Women who ask me what bra I'm wearing because my boobs look awesome and they want one. XD
ETA: Panache makes a great sports bra, too, if you're in need of that.
A friend just shared her experience in an Uber. It was driven by a friar.
The quote, as passed along: "We're the FUN Catholics. We have brunch...and we drive Uber to raise money for the friary. It's a heck of a lot more fun than begging!"
I think that's adorable and kind of awesome.
But seriously. My good bra broke and all I have left are these inferior substitutions all of which stab me in different ways. ALL.
Ugh. How hard is it to make a bra that doesn't twist its hooks out of shape or poke out underwires or. Whatever.
Curvy Kate, Daily Dream. It's a workhorse of a bra and makes your boobs look awesome.