Posts made by Ganymede

@Tyche

To be fair, you haven't really posted a political thought here either.

@Warma-Sheen said in Fires of Hope: A Star Wars Story:

This is the problem with Saga. If everyone starts at 4 and you have force users with SF: UtF, force users are OP. But if you don't allow SF:UtF, they're easy targets. And the higher levels you go, the worse UtF will scale.

So, how exactly are Force Users OP'd in SAGA? I want to understand a contrary perspective.

@Auspice

Yeah, I'll still take a soldier with a nice blaster rifle over a Jedi.

@lordbelh

Sorry, old chap. I'll amend.

Regardless of what that Norwegian goof said, I still think this is a silly idea for all of the reasons I've previously stated. Whatever you do, don't do what the Scandinavians recommend.

@Tempest said in Fires of Hope: A Star Wars Story:

And then on top of that it looks like you are /completely/ neutering the FUs you do allow, mechanically speaking.

SAGA does a good job on making Force Users mechanically gimped as is too. Let's not forget that. Force people into starting at Level 1, and, believe me, you should have few Force Users when folks start seeing how easy they can be capped by a Soldier.

@SunnyJ said in Game Concept: Paying for rare things:

The Rarity System from the vampire game I played was used to allow the hyper rare Bloodlines to remain rare, and to give players incentives to play 'the norm'.

In the oWoD, there is a built-in reason to play the norm: not getting killed because you were weird. No matter how rare the bloodline, you simply do not traipse around flaunting yourself as an Old Clan Tzimisce, as that should get you killed real fast by the two major factions. Gargoyle? Be prepared to be assraped by Tremere. I'm not even going to start with our good friends, the Salubri.

In the nWoD, it makes more sense to simply restrict a bloodline based on location. It is highly unlikely that a Csalad is going to show up in Podunk, Iowa, so you can just ban them outright.

I side with @lordbelh here. This is going to cause more problems than it will solve. The norm in nWoD is just to let people be what they want to be, and this seems sensible to me.

Honestly, I think this is a terrible idea. It's like having to pay extra for some special rifle to play an online-mostly FPS.

I didn't like Fallen World's idea, and I didn't really participate in it.

I thought we had passed the days when we ridiculed concepts based on perceived speshulness. I thought we all came to our senses and realized that it's not the concept that makes someone a snowflake, but the player behind it.

@Cobaltasaurus said in Tales of Cobalt-Colored Woe:

Life's rough, but I'm still kicking.

Life's not rough. It's seriously trying to anally rape you with Lucille.

Holy fuck.

@Ghost said in RL Anger:

Took him 60+ years, but my dad just now discovered what internet trolling is.

I wouldn't hesitate to unfriend him. My feed is cluttered enough as it is.

I don't mean to be political, but this really did tickle me the right way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopDK_jI6DI

@Auspice said in RL Anger:

Largely because I don't want someone to only show me affection on one day out of the year.

True, but pon farr is appealing to those who get nothing.

@surreality said in RL Anger:

Fuck. This. Day. I hate this day. I refuse to call it a holiday. It is a helliday,

I love St. Valentine's Day.

I love watching people deck their loved ones with gifts and affection, as if that makes up for the remainder of the year's shallow sullenness and petty squabbles. I love to hear the stories of love-lost and chagrin as lovers realize that love is, in fact, transient and intransigent when it comes to scorn. I love the misery it spawns: the awful, grueling realization that nothing is permanent. That death is upon you. That this day is but a single day of ephemera in a lifetime of loneliness and ostracism.

It is especially appealing to watch younger people wrestle with this truth. When they finally break into tears and sobbing, that is when they become acceptable members of my inner circle.

So, enjoy your falsehoods and frauds!

I will be waiting.

@Arkandel said in RL Anger:

My lawyer has advised me to not answer any questions about this. You know the drill.

Unfortunately, this is a deposition, and the question is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of salacious evidence. You must answer it, but your lawyer's objection is noted for the record. If you still refuse to answer, I will call the judge for a ruling on the matter.

@Arkandel said in RL Anger:

Have you tried turning your toe off and on again?

I'm not sure this will do the trick. Does it work with your spouse?

@Arkandel said in RL Anger:

I assume you went to a doctor since you can name it. Get well soon.

Of course I can name it. I have the internet. Plus, this isn't the first time I've had turf toe.

It's getting better, but I'm still damn grumpy.

Also, you get used to medical terminology when you review medical records as part of your ordinary course of business.

@surreality said in Mass Effect MU*?:

I am super happy to hear this. If I am in a headspace-place to help you out with wiki things (if you want me to, obviously) when it's time for that stuff, I would be happy to help out.

Oh, yes. Oh, heavens, yes. I suck with wikis.

@Thenomain said in Mass Effect MU*?:

The roller would be stupid simple, tho we will see what the Talents do to it.

Add a bonus here and there for particular rolls. That's about it.

@surreality said in Mass Effect MU*?:

Paging @Ganymede (hopefully)...

@Thenomain has flogged me back into working on this. We're on Version 3.0.

Stripped down the system again. Die rolling / resolution will be simple: Blood Bowl simple. If he can get the roller working with the stats, that'd be great.

Planned features:

• Statistics: Six relevant statistics with mechanics based on who has the higher score.
• Skills: Proficient or not? That will affect the resolution.
• Traits: Risk-reward system. Intentionally fail? Get a Drama Point. Spend a Drama Point? Automatic success. Gather more Drama Points in combat and live? Extra Advancement Points to boost your PC.
• Talents: Give you the edge in combat.
• Weapons: Deadly! Violent! Pew pew pew! Zorch!
• Races: Asari, Humans, Krogans, Quarians, Salarians, and Turians. Oh my!
• Templates: Staff-prepared templates/archetypes that you can select to get into the action quickly! Also, meat for the grinder.

This seems to seriously be on the move. No kidding. We may be looking for play-testers soon. Like, in six months -- but hopefully much sooner.

It's back again. The ennui. It feels sort of like this:

It's hard to put your finger on it. You're not quite sure what's wrong. After all, you have a good job, a good car, good kids, and, by all accounts, a good life. You worked to get there too: 5 degrees and about 14 years of schooling after high school, off and on. Medical coverage? Retirement account? Not issues you worry about on a daily basis. Maybe preschool expenses, but they are manageable.

You made it. That's what your Dad tells you. Your kids are great. That's what your Mom tells you.

Really. There's nothing wrong.

Not one thing.

So, you go out to celebrate your fortune, but you've no one to go with. You call as many people as you know, but they are busy; that's fine when you're a busy person because busy people know busy people who are often busy with their own lives, and you're too busy to be anything but happy for them.

So, you go out on your own, and you try to meet other people. Most look the other way: they don't know you, and they are there to have their own good time. That's fine, you tell yourself, because at least you're out and enjoying your good fortune on a Saturday night. You're out to have fun, not to mope.

So, you buy a drink, and it tastes good, but not great. It tastes like every other drink you've had for the past month or so. Same drinks; same taste; same effect. And, the same venues, the same people that blow you off, the same people that don't pay attention.

You sit on a stool, maybe. Or perhaps you stand outside for a smoke. Maybe you take a moment to look around. Maybe not. The cigarettes don't taste good, but they don't taste bad. They taste like the drinks: shallow, repetitive, and empty.

You can have everything to celebrate, yet still feel an unbearable lightness of being. You can have nothing to worry about, and feel completely unattached to your life at the same time.

This is not my melancholy; this is my boredom. I've felt it for almost five months. It goes away on the rare occasion that something or someone quickens me again. But then, nothing lasts forever, and the beer becomes a sodden lump in my threat.

Tomorrow's Monday. I look forward to it because it's not Sunday.*

@Faceless said in RL Anger:

I'm sorry. Seriously, that sounds like it fucking sucks. I hope you feel better soon.

Thanks.

Like, I don't care if I hurt myself. Well, I do. I just hate it when I'm hurt and I don't know how the fuck it happened. Granted, I tore this tendon back a year and a half ago when I was doing pushups barefoot.