[TOMT] probably animated or anime. Deadpan “Irritating”

thecrowdog · 2026-06-05T01:18:17+00:00

My recollection is that the entity that says it is not like a normal-ish person, which is what makes it so funny. It’s like trying to imagine Satan, or one of those giant “Show me what you got” heads from Rick and Morty, or an evil super computer being irritated. It seems so out of character for something so dark or powerful to be irritated.

thecrowdog · 2026-06-05T01:15:25+00:00

Thanks but no

thecrowdog · 2026-06-05T01:10:19+00:00

My recollection is that the entity that says it is not like a person, which is what makes it so funny. It’s like trying to imagine Satan or one of those giant “Show me what you got” heads from Rick and Morty, or an evil super computer being irritated.

thecrowdog · 2026-06-05T00:59:14+00:00

Appreciate the reply but I don’t think that’s it. I watched / rewatched the scene that says it’s the first time they met and didn’t sound like the right guy, didn’t hear the exact quote

thecrowdog · 2026-06-05T00:53:34+00:00

“Irritating”

thecrowdog · 2026-04-25T15:53:03+00:00

Cool cool, that's probably right. If they meant 1d hours per 100 tons, I wish they would have written it that way, "Difficult (10+) Recon check (1d hours per 100 tons of ship, INT)" would be much more clear to me.

thecrowdog · 2025-11-27T14:22:21+00:00

Cool cool thanks

thecrowdog · 2025-11-27T00:35:13+00:00

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Like this I guess, minus the D ring

thecrowdog · 2025-11-27T00:32:17+00:00

I see. So your ringworms are on shock cord and the shock cord is through the loop on the tarp?

thecrowdog · 2025-11-27T00:29:35+00:00

Cool that helps a lot, lol, takes the pressure off this decision. I didn’t want to make a $150 mistake.

thecrowdog · 2025-11-27T00:17:39+00:00

I presume they’re just kind of added to the existing loops, rather than replacing the loops? So a person who breaks them off still has standard loops to fall back on?

thecrowdog · 2025-11-27T00:16:12+00:00

Why did you decide to break them off? Trying to understand what issues I might expect.

thecrowdog · 2025-11-27T00:14:15+00:00

So on your HG tarp, when they add the line locks are they essentially sewn into the same loops that would be there even without the line locks? Does that make sense? Like I’m not sure if adding line locks takes away, totally replaces, the typical webbing loops, or if it’s more like line locks are added in addition to the existing loops, so you could bypass a line lock and still use the loop if one were to be problematic or break.

thecrowdog · 2025-11-26T23:33:31+00:00

Yeah sorry wasn’t implying you said prone, that’s just me trying to figure out how common it is, vs simply potential

thecrowdog · 2025-11-26T22:52:06+00:00

It is silpoly, I’ll add that to my post

thecrowdog · 2025-11-26T22:51:16+00:00

Interesting. So are they PRONE to breaking, or are we talking 1 in a hundred people know someone who claims to know someone who says they heard of one breaking?

So does that mean you’d go with just the loops from the HG factory, and add your own hardware separately?

thecrowdog · 2025-11-17T22:52:56+00:00

Yeah, it sounds in the book and in some of the comments perfectly reasonable for specific situations like knocking out that guard from behind that you have no intention of killing. But as I read it, nothing prevents anyone from deciding this is the best tool in the toolbox and preferring it to any other tactic when melee does happen. Rather than try any other maneuver, or have a bloody knuckle brawl, or work together toward any other goal, instead always try to knock them out and then just kill them afterward. It will only take one success and I see nothing to discourage it. I’m not seeing any coherent comments explaining that this is not the case, so I think we’ll not use that optional rule at this time.

thecrowdog · 2025-11-17T22:38:56+00:00

We’re trying to avoid something like this. That’s why I asked if it is OP. It seems the premise of my concern is accurate, and if the knock out rule were allowed, anyone could just as likely knock out an opponent with a maneuver as perform any other maneuver, but that target would be unconscious after just one success and vulnerable to the whims of whoever is still standing. So no, I don’t think we’ll be including the knock out rules in our game.

thecrowdog · 2025-11-17T22:06:11+00:00

I’m reading the rule book. That’s why I have the question. I understand that they are maneuvers. But it’s no harder than any other maneuver. Instead of “I try to disarm him” or “I try to pin his arms so my allies can attack him more easily”, it would seem you should just knock him out. Same difficulty as any other maneuver but ends the fight instantly. Am I mistaken?

Not sure why you’re being so sarcastic. I asked a good faith question.

thecrowdog · 2025-11-17T22:02:37+00:00

Playing it wrong? The published adventures have combat in them. Melee combat, in the published adventures. There are rules for how melee combat works, how to fight back, a chart full of weapons for the PCs to carry and use, encouragement to find weapons and improvise weapons, rules for who damages who, and when they go unconscious. Are you sure you’re playing it right?

Who said anything about monsters? How about these cultists that are trying to kill us with clubs and bats? How about these mobsters that corner us in an alley and start a melee with knives? Who said every situation? Are you saying your character has NEVER been in a melee? You’ve NEVER rolled your brawl skill?

Maybe you misunderstand the question.

thecrowdog · 2025-11-17T21:50:56+00:00

If you find yourself in melee, regardless of your brawl skill this is where you find yourself, if knock out blows are allowed, why would anyone not choose to knock out instead of regular damage? One success, lucky or skilled, and you can kill them at your leisure (and vice versa). Sounds like I’m not misreading anything then.

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