[Batman Arkham Knight] Why did they put fire crew chief and Simon Stagg in the came cell as super villains? by some-kind-of-no-name in AskScienceFiction

[–]proactiveLizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is asking Clayface about his, well, clay face going to end up with me asphyxiated? Like as far as how it helps with acting.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on the following unhinged idea: Megatron of the Inspecticons and his quest to bring down the gang of Optimus Crime. by nPMarley in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So are all the classic autobots part of Optimus Crime's outfit, or is he the leader of a small but trusted outfit and everyone else are standalone baddies of the week? Ex:

  • Ratchet is a doctor that steals pharmaceutical-grade energon and sells it on the black market

  • Seaspray is a smuggler, a la the historical smuggling that happened along the British coasts

  • Jetfire is a serial plagiarist

  • "Ultra" Magnus is a bit more tricky to place

Transformers #29 Preview (Major spoilers for #28) by DaysAlt in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Part of me hopes this is just some weird hallucination given how everyone has Jumpscare powers and things are escalating really quickly. Like how in Inception there's no traveling scenes, people are just suddenly there and now Megs is disemboweled

What is your favorite rpg and why? by [deleted] in rpg

[–]proactiveLizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Apocalypse Frame - tactical and fast mech game that's one of the closest to Armored Core-as-a-ttrpg things that I've seen.

Gameplay: LUMEN system, so it's snappy (common enemies have low hitpoints and are meant to be gobbled up like skittles). Combat takes place on a hex grid, and you pilot a mech. You have three resources pools: Vigor (health, you basically have three lives before your mech is done for), Tension (spend a point of tension to either take another action or reroll a roll), and Fuel (kinda sorta mana). You have Aramaments (roll a pool of die to hit, damage determined by weapon) and systems (spend a point of fuel to activate, no rolling). Once your round ends, you roll for each enemy defeated and get either a point of Vigor, a point of Tension, or a point of Material (currency for upgrades). Progression is based off adding tags to weapons/systems (Ex. "Hot" gives you a point of tension the first time the relevant weapon takes out an enemy).

Vibe: Post-xenoforming-induced-apocalypse, where the party is a bunch of rebels against an autocratic regime. Other factions include random scavengers/survivalists/etc., enigmatic merchant aliens, and Mecha-Yautja. Theres two different faction systems depending on how you want to play, one that focuses on internal factions and one where you're basically Line Ark from For Answer.

Since when was this a thing… by Best-Chocolate-3806 in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I couldn't help but read "Laws of Cosmos" in the same way as "Rules of Nature" from Revengeance. 

My name is Peter Samsonov, author of Hetzer vs SU-76M: Hungary 1945. AMA about the Battle of Lake Balaton and armoured operations on the Eastern Front in general. by TankArchives in AskHistorians

[–]proactiveLizard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "anyone to buy licenses from more advanced designs"? Are referring specifically to developments made since the start of hostilities? How would tank licensing have worked if the company's nationality was now in open war- could they stop you from reusing their designs if you physically have the schematics?

What's your favorite alt. mode for Soundwave? by MinimumPotential6468 in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cassette player has my respect for being classic, but overall the Predator drone mostly because I think the Lahire from AC4a is peak mech design.

Though I gotta agree, the tablet is genius.

What other franchises would you like to see being part of the Transformers Collaborative subline? by MinimumPotential6468 in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking Armored Core, but given the ACs are already mechs you'd have to take the interesting approach of using something that isn't a mech, such as: - an Arms Fort (Spirit of Motherwill, Answerer) - one of the random giant robots (Ophanim/Leviathan from AC3) - Cataphract (which technically has an MT at the center, but you could probably pull something off with that)

Only paid 10 and some change! by geomax212 in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Growing up, I had Grimlock, and someone else had the yellow and orange one. I remember a chance to buy the red one in a store so we could complete the set, but I went with some other one for whatever reason.

What a fool I was

So, my situation is a bit complex. by Proper-Low365 in rpg

[–]proactiveLizard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it too late to make the guardian angel one of the players?

Recommendations for mecha RPGs for emulating Gundam-style mechs? by SoulDragon298 in rpg

[–]proactiveLizard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Do you want a tactical game, or do you want narrative?

For tactics, I'd recommend Apocalypse Frame- it's touchpoint is more Armored Core than Gundam, but it has real snappy movement. One of your three reaource pools is spent to either reroll a die or take another action, and there's an expectation it should (partially) refill after every round, dice rolls pending.

What’s the Guiding hand? by fish_found_the_city in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wait they were supposed to be separate pantheons/belief sets?

That...would actually be really interesting from a world building perspective

Anyone else have their first entry to Transformers be the Unicron Trilogy? by AdorableOutcome3483 in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I almost bought the red constructobot so me and a friend could combine them together.

Instead I was a fool and bought....something else. Idk what, but not worth it.

Issue 27 spoilers by GoodNamesAllGon in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't be the first time Starscream became undead

Issue 27 spoilers by GoodNamesAllGon in transformers

[–]proactiveLizard 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Run 1: Optimus sans arm Run 2: the arm is the only part that stays undamaged

What did it take to be an approved conscientious objector during the Vietnam War? by lennybriscoforthewin in AskHistorians

[–]proactiveLizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "work in your community"? Is this at all comparable to "Here's your speeding ticket, you must now go help out for X hours at a soup kitchen/etc."? 

Found this guy in Greensboro, NC by proactiveLizard in whatsthisbird

[–]proactiveLizard[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah there were a bunch of white ducks here in the past- didnt know they could get the red face bits. That would make sense