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Today, 04:09 AMThe weird part is how it trails off on the lower end. Everything from Iris' hand on up is normal, that's how climbing ropes look when they are coiled...34 replies | 1658 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:02 PMMechalich replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsSolo had really bad press and an immense burden associated with being the Star Wars film that came out after The Last Jedi. The single group of...48 replies | 1538 view(s)
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Yesterday, 03:18 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsAnd here is a story of a group of five middle-aged women fighting off a mountain lion. They survived the initial attack, and then pinned the animal...45 replies | 848 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 06:09 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsThe 'if they fought at full strength with the understanding that the situation is life or death' caveat is important. Four people chosen at random...45 replies | 848 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 04:46 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsFour humans with baseball bats and pocket knives in a cage match with a grizzly bear or tiger would, in fact, beat it to death fairly easily if they...45 replies | 848 view(s)
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2024-05-05, 11:53 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsI'd venture this is deliberate, given the publishing history. The rights to the oWoD as a property are owned by Paradox Interactive - the Swedish...45 replies | 848 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 09:46 PMWell, in some sense, the Jedi are all that there is. Star Wars is an aggressively, deliberately, generic franchise. The OT strips everything away...620 replies | 25744 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 05:50 PMFallout also has a much higher barrier to entry as a franchise than Elder Scrolls. Fallout is a post-apocalyptic setting, but the pre-apocalypse...102 replies | 2825 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 11:57 PMMechalich replied to a thread TV Star Wars: Tales of the Empire official trailer in Media DiscussionsAgreed. Seven years ago, SWTOR dropped the 'Betrayed' trailer for its Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion. And while it looks fantastic, it was...12 replies | 1552 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 02:33 AMThe thing about Dwarves and Merfolk, and most other 'earth' or 'water' fantasy beings is that they live in the respective environment. With both air...28 replies | 1580 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 12:57 AMStar Wars is very much a space fantasy, so while the technologies on display are a mess (though I feel expectations do need to be calibrated to...211 replies | 18235 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 07:11 PMThere's even more stuff going on in the locations in FO76, in which pretty much every location on the map either has some kind of connection to the...102 replies | 2825 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 05:16 PMProsthetic robot arms, 'bionic arms' as the various companies hyping them seem to have chosen to go with, are no longer mere science fiction and...34 replies | 1658 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 04:38 PMMechalich replied to a thread Vampire: The Masquerade - Best Edition for a Noob? in Older D&D/AD&D and Other SystemsThere are three major options for Vampire: the Masquerade. First is the 1998 Revised Edition, which was the last edition published under the auspices...45 replies | 848 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 04:13 PMCritically, there has been a relative lack of collateral damage for some time. The big combat set pieces in England: the dome, the island; and the...1423 replies | 124399 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 03:57 PMBut if you explore the map thoroughly (especially with DLC) your character can very easily hit such a point. Want to get all the companion perks?...102 replies | 2825 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 03:51 PMI'd phrase that much stronger. A group of twelve players, in tabletop, is doomed, full stop. A group that large will not function. If Talakeal is...434 replies | 20251 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 05:25 AMHer having lost the arms in some sort of childhood accident is the more likely explanation, since a child with such a severe congenital disability is...34 replies | 1658 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 12:33 AMThe trick is to get the players to increase their personal investment in the gameplay and not the OOC interpersonal table dynamics. After all, the...434 replies | 20251 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 05:17 PMIt's mostly a late game thing, admittedly. Once you hit a level ~75 or so, quest XP just kind of stops making any difference. At that point only the...102 replies | 2825 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 04:48 PMThe Fallout games are notable for their location-based storytelling. All the terminals, object placements, holotapes, and other artifacts that tell...102 replies | 2825 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 03:37 AMUnfortunately, FO4's post nuclear loot goblin experience leaves much to be desired. Because of the way both the loot generation and leveling system...102 replies | 2825 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 08:18 PMFallout 3 is where the 'modern' iteration of the franchise under Bethesda starts. It established the structure of the games as FPS-RPG hybrids in 3D...102 replies | 2825 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 05:39 PMOr possibly channeled. Martellus seems to genuinely enjoy making big fuzzy monsters and going on big old-fashioned hunts with them. If he can just be...1423 replies | 124399 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 04:24 PMForce users, in combat against other Force users, innately defend against other Force abilities, forcing them to defer to the use of physical weapons...620 replies | 25744 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 04:42 PMHis drive isn't diminished, exactly, rather it has been redirected. Once he acquired control over the galaxy, his goals shifted from temporal power...620 replies | 25744 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 08:22 PMThe absence of records is less helpful, actually, since that ought to increase suspicion rather than defray it. What ought to be in the canon (but as...620 replies | 25744 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 05:04 PMThe Heterodyne lineage has been referred to as 'the House of Heterodyne' on more than one occasion, suggesting the family has some level of official...1423 replies | 124399 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 04:51 PMSo, really important point here regarding the overall structure of the Star Wars galaxy and why the Clone Wars happens: one planet can build a large...620 replies | 25744 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 02:40 AMThis might work out better, but there are a lot of contingencies. In this scenario Palpatine will immediately turn on Anakin following killing...620 replies | 25744 view(s)
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