Sent downrange at approximately 830 fps?Originally Posted by chirine ba kal
Sent downrange at approximately 830 fps?
I don't care if you respect me, just buy my fucking book.
Formerly known as Old Geezer
I don't need an Ignore List, I need a Tongue My Pee Hole list.
The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
That's certainly one way to get the desired result - shooting sure did improve my tonicity.
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Amen to that.
Thank you, Chirine and Gronan, for clarifying the origin of the "Hero of the Age" concept. And thanks, Chirine, for your reply on Lady Jay as Flamesong.
These exchanges on "power gamers" very much remind me of the discussions I had with my rpg buddies in the late 80s and early 90s.
It wasn't the same context at all: we were in our mid to late teens years then and were playing RPGs in a French context, mainly with French, British and US games.
The prototypical "power gamer" was then called "Gros Bill", which literately translates as "Big Bill". These were the players who were solely interested in amassing more weapons, more spells, more powers, more treasure, more of everything in fact, all the way up to challenging gods and demons in their own domains ... just for the hell of it. And, yes, we too were appalled by them, and we gladly made fun of them.
But that's just how some peeps like it. I still feel now as I felt then though: they're missing the point.
They're not missing the point. They know very well where they want the point to be for them.
What I can say is that the point they're chasing is at best of secondary interest to me
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Oh, no, my General! Such things are a momentary pleasure and only get one talked about. I refer to:
Alex Bates, 'Forge of Ice'; "Sleazy Merchant And Drowsy Guards"
Remember all those sleepy guards we used to have to deal with? Now, I have them, along with their erstwhile employer. 7 piece set.
David Soderberg, 'Dead Earth Imperial Citizens': new female warriors
Nice ladies with swords, daggers, and what are not radium pistols. Five new figures.
Dr. Mike Burns, 'Dark Fable Miniatures': "Legend of Cleopatra"
Samples from his upcoming Kickstarter. multiple figures, and I won't spoil it for anyone.
I am back to painting, and having a great time. Got the lasers for the radium cannon for the skyships, as well as the brass and copper tubing for the barrels. It's H.G. Wells meets Edgar Rice Burroughs head on, with the kind of game played by boys and the better sort of girls, as old H. G. once remarked in a set of miniatures rules we both enjoy...
I enjoy it myself, although 7.7mm Arisaka rounds are a little hard to come by. Took the girls out to the range a while back, and let them blast away to their hearts' content.That's certainly one way to get the desired result - shooting sure did improve my tonicity
You're welcome! Happy to help.
I don;t like 'power gamers'; seen too many of them go by, over the years, and they tend to make everyones' game unpleasant. See also Gary Fine's book, if you want details on the 1970s group.
Agreed, and they are usually unpleasant to game with as well. I avoid them, and have done so for decades.They're not missing the point. They know very well where they want the point to be for them
What I can say is that the point they're chasing is at best of secondary interest to me
John Bobek's "Little Wars" game at this last GaryCon had a pair of nine-year-old girls happily slicing each others' armies to ribbons. Bloodthirsty little Amazons, they were.
I don't care if you respect me, just buy my fucking book.
Formerly known as Old Geezer
I don't need an Ignore List, I need a Tongue My Pee Hole list.
The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
Chirine,
A question regarding the city of Sarku. Does the CoS have any other major temples located within its walls, or is it pretty much a one horse town when it comes to Pavar's other deities?
Shemek.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
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