D&D Demotivators Episode VIII: [Demotivating Intensifies]

[Time Blossom]

If you give it something like the Celestial or Fiendish template, it should qualify for Leadership, at least.

If you want an intelligent rust monster cohort that doesn't require transplanar breeding programs... would using Baleful Polymorph on it, then Awakening it, then using Dispel Magic to turn it back into a rust monster work? A brief bit of googling results in a great wailing and gnashing of teeth and shrugging of shoulders as to whether a creature laboring under the first would qualify for the second. Though I think I would allow it, personally, if the original creature possessed animal-level intelligence (or if they failed their will save).

This gives me a crazy itch for an adventure hook, too: an awakened animal is being pursued by a group of adventurers. Said adventurers are the awakened animal's former allies; they Awakened him after a run-in with the baleful polymorph spell, as above, and now have access to Dispel Magic and want to return him to normal. But that would mean that the personality he has now would be completely erased when the old self is brought back, since dispelling the polymorph returns one's old ability scores and memories.

Also I wonder if you could BP a given creature, claim the resulting kitty-cat as an animal companion and then dispel it. But I think that, at the very least, is way too ripe for abuse, all things considered. :P

Anyway! An unrelated poster:

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Seriously Larry, I know it's a class feature, but horses are completely impractical for spelunking.

[Arkhosia]

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[Arbane]

...Somebody run this game? Please?

Titan World.

[Arkhosia]

Ohmygodiwannaplaythat!

[Shadow Viper]

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Source please

[Arbane]

Source please

Attack on Titan.

It's very a grim anime/manga, quite good, and I recommend it if blood and gore don't bother you.

DO NOT LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET BEFORE WATCHING, unless you want some HUGE plot-twists completely spoiled.

[Amaril]

Ohmygodiwannaplaythat!

I'm in a game of it right now on the Playground. Of the ten PCs we started with, seven have died so far. In the first episode. It's awesome

[Sith_Happens]

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I'm deeply worried if no one has made this joke before

At the bottom.

I'm in a game of it right now on the Playground. Of the ten PCs we started with, seven have died so far. In the first episode. It's awesome

Attack on Titan: The only setting besides Paranoia where going through a character per session is considered a good thing.

[Necroticplague]

Attack on Titan: The only setting besides Paranoia where going through a character per session is considered a good thing.

Only A character? I'm pretty sure a game of paranoia should be a character per player.At least, after the inevitable last-second orgy of backstabbing. Which most certainly never happens because Friend Computer is more than capable of mediating all disputes that could lead up to such.

[Sith_Happens]

Only A character? I'm pretty sure a game of paranoia should be a character per player.At least, after the inevitable last-second orgy of backstabbing. Which most certainly never happens because Friend Computer is more than capable of mediating all disputes that could lead up to such.

I meant as a single player.

[Amaril]

Speaking of Paranoia...

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[Morph Bark]

Speaking of Paranoia...

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Or, you know, something that might be equal or probably even better.

[Ionbound]

Or, you know, something that might be equal or probably even better.

I dunno. GLaDOS has a smooth confidence the other two don't that truly exemplifies Friend Computer...At least in her public moments.

[Drascin]

Only A character? I'm pretty sure a game of paranoia should be a character per player.At least, after the inevitable last-second orgy of backstabbing. Which most certainly never happens because Friend Computer is more than capable of mediating all disputes that could lead up to such.

...one character per player per session? What? This is Paranoia. Games don't LAST more than a session. And players get six lives at a minimum.

Also, Friend Computer should have a friendly voice. Making him sound sinister misses the point. He should be terse and friendly even as he sentences people to death for treason.

[GPuzzle]

Speaking of Paranoia...

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Nope, Wheatley and Cave Johnson are also pretty good choices for the Friend Computer.

[Time Blossom]

Attack on Titan
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IMHO, it went a bit downhill after [REDACTED] happened. It kinda went from being "The Madoka of Shonen Anime" to being "A (Pretty Good But Still Mostly Just Another) Shonen Anime."

(I would like to point out I still put "pretty good" in that description.)

Anyway! Some Nobilis love:

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[Arkhosia]

But TB, the Female Titan Debacle.

[Waker]

Nope, Wheatley and Cave Johnson are also pretty good choices for the Friend Computer.

Oh, we're talking about Cave Johnson now?

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[Dienekes]

Nope, Wheatley and Cave Johnson are also pretty good choices for the Friend Computer.

Honestly, the one time I ran Paranoia, my Friend Computer voice was based around the voice of the Turrets. My friends thought it was creepy, so I think it worked well.

[No brains]

*Pssh* All this talk of "omnipotent" computers. Just get me an ax. If Brimley can take em', so can I.

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[Necroticplague]

...one character per player per session? What? This is Paranoia. Games don't LAST more than a session. And players get six lives at a minimum.

Also, Friend Computer should have a friendly voice. Making him sound sinister misses the point. He should be terse and friendly even as he sentences people to death for treason.

They only last that long because re-inserting a character back in the middle of a mission is a pain. So any deaths are final until the next mission. Its not as much a 'how will we fulfill our mission' as to 'how hilariously/disastrously off-rail can we go before someone blows us all up'.

(Note: If a grenade says it's timer is 11 seconds, check to see what number system its written in. The difference between binary and decimal can be very big while 'priming' a grenade).

[AngelSword]

*Pssh* All this talk of "omnipotent" computers. Just get me an ax. If Brimley can take em', so can I.

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[Pink]

(Note: If a grenade says it's timer is 11 seconds, check to see what number system its written in. The difference between binary and decimal can be very big while 'priming' a grenade).

Off topic, but thank you for wonderful evilness that i shall remember when I get a chance to run paranoia.

[Doorhandle]

Nope, Wheatley and Cave Johnson are also pretty good choices for the Friend Computer.

I always thought those sort of computer should have a more booming murderous monotone than most of those examples. AUTO from WALLE is a decent example.

[Andezzar]

(Note: If a grenade says it's timer is 11 seconds, check to see what number system its written in. The difference between binary and decimal can be very big while 'priming' a grenade).

You can also do it in hexadecimal: "DO [insert whatever needs doing for the plot] EXACTLY AFTER A SECOND(S)."

and not to forget there are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.

[Sith_Happens]

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Inspired by the above:

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[Time Blossom]

Agreed. It's why I like Toriko: 90% of the point of fighting monsters in that world is so you can eat them. I need to start watching that anime again...

...Thaaaaaaanks, Doorhandle. I had stuff to do the last couple of days, ya know. :P

Seriously, that show is so silly and dumb and amazing. It's like Fist of the North Star if you gave it a sense of humor and replaced all the exploding bikers with Redwall-level food porn.
(Also, the producers for the English dub are named Hunter and Cook? Funimation, you are having a giraffe.)

But TB, the Female Titan Debacle.

I know to what you refer, but not why you bring it up. :P
So I'll just say that the show is good at what it does, but doesn't do what I wanted it to, and trust that will serve as an adequate response!

And now, a poster addressing a subject that is near and dear to my heart:

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Seriously. Camping is like half of your job, guys. If you're still using a blanket and bedroll your second week on the road because you're saving up for armor or whatever you really need to examine your priorities.

Edit: actually, how about we make a challenge out of that, since there doesn't seem to be one going? Roll out your best homages to decadent homelessness.

[Arkhosia]

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[Forrestfire]

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Digging out this image saddened me, because I'd forgotten how many neat 3.0 books had, that the 3.5 books lacked.

[Erik Vale]

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I actually tend to play characters that don't sleep, and who mock the others while standing guard.