So You Want To Play A Skunk
Exalted Skunk-40 PointsAttribute Modifiers: ST -4 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [-24]; DX +2 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [24].Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM -3.Advantages: Acute Hearing +5...
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Corvith
Corvith ST 4; DX 14; IQ 4; HT 10Will 10; Per 12; Speed 7; Dodge 10;Move 7 (Ground)SM -3; 8 lb.Traits: Acute Vision 3, Enhanced Move 1 (Air Speed 28); Extra Arms (Foot Manipulators); Extra Legs (Four...
View ArticleUnFamiliar
Statting out the corvith reminded me to read up on how to get a familiar in the 4e rules.It was not near so complicated as I'd feared it would be.It's under the Ally advantage and there's notes...
View ArticleI Chewed!
Harvey made meatball subs and, without thinking about it, used the right side of my mouth to chew.That's where the temp-crown is and I had no problems beyond noting that I'm a little more temperature...
View ArticleReally Unfamiliar
I looked up familiars in the D&D books I have.AD&D and AD&D 2e's find familiar spell summons a real creature and grants powers to both the wizard and familiar.OG's list of familiars is a...
View ArticleTurkoon
The corvith just gets me going on all other kinds of hybrid animals that could be created if a wizard is responsible for things like the owl-bear.Same sort of thing, except turkey and racoon....
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Fuck This I'm Out UPDATED
I said with The Biscayne that I was never doing unreliable AC again.The Beast has unreliable AC.I'm out.I don't have the resources to keep fixing things and never getting to the modding part of hot...
View ArticleRetired Names
The two storms that went over my house last year have had their names retired.That's a first for me.Helene and Milton will not be used again.
View ArticlePersonally Affected
I ordered a spare keyboard for DerpyPuter on ebay.It was in China.Tracking says, "returned to shipper."I'm thinking the tariffs have something to do with that.But if that helps to get Chairman Pooh...
View ArticleFull Restoration
A side effect of living in the same town as Iowa State University is rubbing shoulders with both agronomy students and farmers.You pick up bits and pieces of practical genetic manipulation here and...
View ArticleSkunk Rewrite
I think I messed up the affliction for the skunk.Bad Smell is, I believe, the primary effect of being sprayed by a skunk with blindness and coughing only happening as follow-on secondary effects.Going...
View ArticleThanks Unnamed Asshole
The entire point of having an NAS is to be able to access and edit my files from any machine on the network.That point is defeated if the files become read only.I am not sure how it got set, but...
View ArticleIn Accordance With Departmental Guidelines?
These four officers are fucking heroes. No doubt about it.Unloading on an autistic kid with a knife while on the other side of a barrier.I, for one, am ecstatic that they all got to go home...
View Article366.24
Did you know that every year the earth actually rotates 366.24 times?"But there are only 365 days in a year!" I hear you object.Both are true.We lose a "day" each year to our rotation around the...
View ArticleMovement
A Swiss pharmaceutical company is either building a new plant or expanding an existing one here in the US.This is in response to the Chinese tariffs and not on the Swiss ones.Interesting.Even better,...
View ArticleGone Like The Mastodon
Every single thread on SKS's mentions the $50 Chinese guns from the late 80's.Dear Boomer: That was 40 years ago, at least.Even accepting the government's numbers, that SKS should be $150 today.But it...
View ArticleParadigm Shift
If your car has electric power steering: The reservoir is the battery and the pump is the alternator.Hope this helps.
View ArticleDraining
The temporary crown is ill fitting.The material it is made from is a way better temperature conductor than natural tooth.If I forget and get something hot or cold on the temporary crown it sets off my...
View ArticleHear Me Out
Will simply labeling an aircraft "10mm Socket" cause it to disappear?Worth trying.
View ArticleI Disagree
Bearing Arms author Tom Knighton feels that shooting that autistic kid was self defense on the part of the cops.I have a huge problem with that.All they needed to do was to step back four feet from the...
View ArticleDidn't Come To Fruition
GURPS, technically, has a default campaign setting.It's a multiverse time-travel cops sort of deal.I only glanced at it and I can't be arsed to even look up the name.OK, I lied, I couldn't not look it...
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That's Cheating
Pic stolen from Irish.Here are some more examples of things my players would scream bloody murder about if they got caught up in them.The Traps/TL skill does give a roll to spot these dirty tricks, but...
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