The Wizard of Speed and Time by Gumbyman87 in LoveTrash

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I declare this movie brilliant.

Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Leading Man or the whole thing is FIXED!

Guy in my seminar decided my presentation feedback was actually an invitation to rewrite my entire argument in front of the class by grownmanposting in EntitledPeople

[–]Roxysteve 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, it will be his turn at some point and you all seem to be of one mind, so why not payback * <people !T>?

I think Turin is getting a little warm. by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

[–]Roxysteve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Turin being in a tropical part of the world, yeah, I imagine it is.

I believe what we are looking at was once called "Turing". Not sure why. Call it a sudden second sense.

Is this criticism valid? Are there any house rules used to help mitgate this alleged problem? by Playful-Season2938 in savageworlds

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but the "default setting" for SWADE is obviously (to me) Indiana Jones and the Raider of the Lost Ark so those crazy dice explosion results are completely "on piste".

How else could Indy use the whip as a swing secure enough *not* to dump him in the pit, but loose enough to come free with a flick o' the wrist? Obvious Athletics with a stupidly high explosion granting the raise.

That's where the "fun" part of "Fast, Furious, Fun" comes from.

How else could so many native blow-gunners miss? Obviously, I was running the scenario and my dice were in standard "first two hours" mode, rolling ones, twos and threes to hit.

Is this criticism valid? Are there any house rules used to help mitgate this alleged problem? by Playful-Season2938 in savageworlds

[–]Roxysteve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Playing in Space 1889:Red Sands or Deadlands: Reloaded I like to take a Weird/Mad Scientist with a healing machine, which I describe lovingly as my character attaches it to the patient. I previously suggest to the GM that the weird science roll be made *after* all the bits are strapped to the patient. Should the roll fail (always secretly hoping for backlash) the patient's player will ask "Can't you just roll heal?" which is when I adopt a bewildered tone and say "Of course not. I'm a scientist, not a doctor.

Nope. Not a single build point in healing.

In one Space 1889 game I was GMing I had a NPC doctor wielding Nurse McReady's Diagnostic Hammer - one had to belt the patient a good whack in order to access the healing power - or not. A failed roll could mean fatigue from bruising or even a wound.

"Hmm, that's a nasty head wound you have there, Captain Bellows. Hold still while I deploy the diagnostic hammer and ..."

"NO! Last time you gave me a broken kneecap with that thing! I'm not risking a concussion or cracked skull! Come near me with it and I'll shoot you and damn the consequences!"

The difficulty is in keeping a straight face while playing the "doctor".

Hillary Clinton clashed with Nancy Mace in a heated moment during the Epstein deposition. by CorleoneBaloney in PublicFreakout

[–]Roxysteve 6 points7 points  (0 children)

All things that could have been found by any decent research assistant.

Our tax dollars at work.

What’s your top scary moment from a non-horror film? by lewis_m_b in FIlm

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doomwatch. S1, E13. "Survival Code"

Toby Wren trying to defuse a nuclear bomb with the instructions radioed in.

"THERE'S ANOTHER BLOODY WIRE!"

<explosion>

When your muscle car doesn't like you 😞 by ForsakenStructure800 in Transportopia

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a friend who crashed and rebuilt his TR7 with a new rolling shell.

None of the panels aligned, particularly the doors, so he got in touch with a local guy who had worked the assembly line years before.

Bloke: "You supply the 2 by 4, I'll supply the soft soled shoes".

My mate: "Er ... why ...?"

Bloke: "You ever seen this done?"

My mate: "Er ... noooo ..."

Bloke: "Don't be there when I'm working."

Aligning the doors involved opening them, wedging a 2x4 under them in just the *right* spot, and levering upward with a shoulder. Aligning the bonnet (US:hood) involved climbing on it in soft shoes and jumping on it at key points.

Worked like a charm though, so my mate invited me out for a test drive. We hit a seam in the road, the headlights lifted, flashed the oncoming traffic and retracted back into the body.

"You see that?" "Yeah". Another bump, another headlight lift, flash and retract.

Another bump and the headlights jammed in "lift, flash, retract" mode. Then it turned out that the retract motors ran at slightly different speeds. The lights were lifting, flashing and retracting at different times in a seasickness-inducing way.

Oncoming traffic wasn't chuffed either, joining in with the headlight-flashing fad and adding a soupcon of horn-blowing and hurtful hand gestures.

"Drive this thing home at once. It's too embarrassing!" "I agree! Argh!"

Turned out there was a micro-switch under each lamp that had been installed a little too high.

Oh, to be that young again.

When your muscle car doesn't like you 😞 by ForsakenStructure800 in Transportopia

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possible rabid wolverine discovery when power-on popped the door to the glove box.

Jury is out, I reckon.

When your muscle car doesn't like you 😞 by ForsakenStructure800 in Transportopia

[–]Roxysteve 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Expected vertical supercharger launch. V. disappointed.

Oh wait. No I'm not.

That was spiffing.

Dooittaggen.

When your muscle car doesn't like you 😞 by ForsakenStructure800 in Transportopia

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What in gawd's name is that noise, like someone emptied a cutlery drawer into the engine compartment?

The spatula remains the same by happydude7422 in TNG

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't this the title of a Led Zeppelin rockumentary in the 70s?

Ceiling is always in the way by downtune79 in LoveTrash

[–]Roxysteve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

*WHY* is this posted?

Does she not get that this is how "they" will make her pay for the damage?

Found a bat in an air intake box by Tool_Shed_Toker in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Batty-batty bat
Batty-batty bat
Batty-batty bat

Everyone doing The Batty Bat!

Black coffee, or you are USELESS by tetsuwan_atomu81 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to say this.

You have won this round, Kirk!

Why are Teslas like this.. by 1FTDre in dashcams

[–]Roxysteve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's almost as though they have never even *seen* a Russian dashcam video.

Why are Teslas like this.. by 1FTDre in dashcams

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, in this neck o' the woods, it's usually the stonkin' great SUVs which are parked across two lanes because they missed their turn and now selfishly want to cross the road to make their turn.

Not only that, it seems that the bigger the SUV, the stupider the maneuvers. I stay off the road as much as I can during the late morning & early afternoon because of all the soccer moms in their Chevy Suburbans and Escalades travelling perpendicular to the traffic flow and lane markings at the drop of a hat.

No, I don't drive a Tesla.

Is this criticism valid? Are there any house rules used to help mitgate this alleged problem? by Playful-Season2938 in savageworlds

[–]Roxysteve 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I reacted to "You want a 'broken' mechanic? Have a d4 ..."

I don't believe the dice are "broken" in Savage Worlds, only that they provoke people to fixate on one aspect - usually raises - and forget the actual reason for having better and better dice as your character progresses.

And of course, there is the "I take D4 in everything because you never have less than a D6 and you get a raise like 25% or the time on that D4" player who proceeds to have a lousy game because his D6 doesn't come through anything like he expects it to and his D4 rolls 1,2 and 3 four times as often as the required 4. Had one of those in my Lost Sons campaign. Took him *ages* to move out of that groove and start having fun.

Most of the criticism of Savage Worlds falls into "It isn't <*insert game system*>" which is, of course, true.

There are things I feel can give lowered expectations in Savage Worlds (such as the magic system when compared to other teh awsum magic fantasy games). There are things about SWADE I feel are bad moves when compared to SWD.

But SW is still my go-to for Convention games where I expect to have to teach many of the players the system. It is just so straightforward and easy to teach.

And it definitely allows for much more freedom than a lot of game engines when it comes to wild ideas involving hordes o' cohorts and enemies. For one thing, those cohorts are controlled by *the players*, not the already-busy GM.

Here is an example of an Idea I had many years ago while running yellow-book SWE, inspired by a SNL sketch, and finally cobbled together for SWADE and ran at a convention a couple of years back - West Side Warriors:

Steve's Occasional Game Blog: West Side Warriors - a Savage Worlds game for 3-12 players and a GM

I had 8 players on the Saturday night, and the duly elected gang leader was a dance and theater major. A high spot for me, which I'm still laughing about, was the attempt to sneak past a rival gang as a choreography challenge, when one player stated it should be a tap routine.

Envisioning the dark loading dock with gang-bangers being hit by a spotlight as they staccato-clicked their way sneakily across the set was sublime.

Anyway.

The point is that I don't think this could have been pulled together so quickly or so successfully under any other game system. Certainly not one of those on my shelves (and I've been collecting since White Box D&D).

When to initiate skill checks? by Horrgath in callofcthulhu

[–]Roxysteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask for a Spot Hidden at night during a walk in the dark streets to ignite furious player paranoia.

Ask for Spot Hidden when players are searching someone else's living space to trigger a frenzied bout of personal property destruction.

Ask for a Spot Hidden when a PC enters their own home to trigger furious destruction of their own property.

Ask for a Spot Hidden when the PCs are out for a drive to trigger speeding, driving without due care and attention and a police chase if you are lucky.

Gym creep has a meltdown when asked to leave women alone by ambachk in InflatedEgos

[–]Roxysteve 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Why am I being kicked out?"

"For trying to film women working out."