@Jennkryst said in Good or New Movies Review:
Because if the Joker were a character in a MU, he has spent all of the XP in 'The Goddamned Batman' specialties. Academics 2/BATMAN 99. Because of weird houserules, cross-skill/synergy bonuses, and whatever else.
Except he really hasn't, given how easily he can manipulate just about everyone else in the DC Universe.
That said, about Rogue One: I haven't seen it, but if K-2S0 says "It's Wesselton!" I may lose my shit.
@Catsmeow said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
So... I walked 2 miles and called it. I actually consider this a success. So is anyone else trying to get healthier? Trying to eliminate debt? Trying to live on the cheap? Those are all my 2017 things. So if so, let's support each other.
I decided to go hard this year running, and brought myself up to 3.5 miles in about two months.
Then, my fascia tore. It hurt to walk. A lot.
Go slow. Go real slow. I'd do 1 mile every other day to start. My partner used an app called Couch Potato to 5K, or something like that -- it's totally worth it.
I'm more put off a bit that someone in a school would be giving my child dating advice, not really what it is.
A school can teach "home economics" without giving dating advice. It's not difficult.
@de-villefort said in MUs That We Would Love To Make (But Won't):
World of Darkness is even worse because you are literally trained ICly to see everyone as a potential enemy who isn't in your click.
Yeah, I think this is at best half-true, and inapplicable depending on how you read the books.
I prefer to think of most WoD games as being a clowder of cats.
Kitties are pretty; kitties are cute; but put enough of them in a room and the cuddling gets overwhelmed by the fighting and the stench. Staff, basically end up like this:
But people still like cats.
@Catsmeow said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I bumped up my 30 minutes of cardio by a whole speed step on the treadmill tonight. Also started easy strength training.
You've been at this for 2 weeks? 3? Let's say it's three.
If you started at a pace of 2.0 miles per hour, then after 6 months, you'll be closer to 3.0 miles. You will have increased your ability by 50%. Go for a full year, and you will be at 4.0 miles, which is a 100% increase.
Find something else whose performance improves by 100% in a year. It's a hard search. So, you're doing kickass. Never forget that.
-- Ganymede, the Eunuch of You Can Do Eet.
(Edited because I'm an idiot.)
@surreality said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I agree with some general premises I extract from the quote: "don't specialize yourself into such a corner you can do nothing else", "people should be encouraged to know how to handle a variety of life skill basics broadly to at least some extent", and "don't hesitate to learn something just because its outside your area of focus," -- all of which I think are useful concepts that people sometimes struggle with.
I got a simpler message: humans have the capacity to be many things, so you don't need to specialize. Also, in the context of fiction, I believe this is the trope of the competent man/woman.
@arkandel said in Antagonistic PCs - how to handle them:
The too-cool-for-school mindset that rolls over these things for everyone.
As usual, it's the players who ruin everything.
@il-volpe said in Antagonistic PCs - how to handle them:
This challenges my suspension-of-disbelief a lot more than a PC acting the clown, but unlike fishmalks and superfriends, it's not a WoD-player-virtue to hate it.
The last time I played a "fish-malk" he bluffed his way into securing the Seneschal's seat.
I do miss him.
I will take a dozen fish-malks over one grim-darque supremacist.
uh oh guys you better stop before @surreality shows up and tells you off for not using the political forum and having too much fun
Politics brews anger. That's why it's not appropriate for RL Things I Love.
Yes, the economic factors are the result of EPA regulations that the Obama administration put into effect.
Which economic factors are those? You mention them without specificity.
Like, are you talking about the reason it retired Unit 1? That was because Los Angeles Department of Power and Water sold its 21% share to a public utility, the Salt River Project.
Maybe we should take it from Peabody Energy, who provided the NGS with coal and filed for bankruptcy last year: "The company cited an “unprecedented industry downturn,” which it attributed to a range of factors including an economic slowdown in China, low coal prices and “overproduction of domestic shale gas.” In the United States, cheap natural gas, driven by the shale-gas boom, has been steadily eating into coal’s share of electricity generation."
So, how has the Obama Administration responsible for: (1) the economic slowdown in China; (2) low coal prices; and (3) the overproduction of domestic shale gas? And, presuming these facts to be true, how can these not be linked to Republican policies regarding: (1) enforcing competition laws against China; (2) de-regulating coal to lower its cost; and (3) permitting and proliferating shale gas mining operations in order to combat OPEC-directed oil shortages?
Please respond with something more than "because." I'm interesting to know how Pruitt plans to change all of this, and meet Trump's mandate of "saving coal."
If your character exists to be a social butterfly then there should be mechanics for those proficiencies.
I agree with this.
The tough part isn't the social rolling, though. I don't know if FFG uses the Honor system, but if it does that is a whole other mess that requires staff/GM intervention constantly.
