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I actually like what they are doing with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. better then The Winter Soldier.

While AoS doesn't have the huge effects budget, the writers have more time to be subtle.

Because of the time limitation, they had to expose the conspiracy too quickly - robbing it of its punch.

Lord Fyre wrote:

Jaelithe wrote:

And the point that I was trying to make is that the "they're gods" argument is obviously the far stronger one.

"Obviously?"

Just because something is obvious to you, does not mean that others will see it your way.

I'm talking about sheer weight of canonical evidence, not my mere opinion.

No one's saying that the "powerful aliens" idea hasn't been postulated. I acknowledged it myself. But the overwhelming majority of material speaks of the Asgardians, Olympians, et al., as gods, and they've performed actions that only the gods can.

So ... yes, "obviously" is accurate.

The cinematic universe clearly espouses a different paradigm, and I certainly wouldn't discount the possibility of the comics ret-conning Thor into the scion of extraterrestrials.

You are factually correct, the Godhood of the Asgardians is established in the comics from the very first issues, all the way back to Journey into Mystery #83. (Thor's divine status is surprising due to the Comics Code Authority - in full effect at the time.)

However, you asserted your viewpoint without providing facts - which would have been comic references in this case. This presumed a familiarity with the character's publication history which is not always present.

And the point that I was trying to make is that the "they're gods" argument is obviously the far stronger one.

"Obviously?"

Just because something is obvious to you, does not mean that others will see it your way.

+1 For Doom, he is hands down my favorite villain.

I actually like the Fantastic Four themselves, and would also like to see them brought into the MCU.

Pity. This is one of the few MMO's I was really looking forward to...

http://www.ccpgames.com/en/home

You have to admit though, 8 years of "development hell" was quite enough.

Back to the subject at hand:

I want to see what happens next episode. Colson's team has no clue of Ward's treachery. Unless, of course, Colson is the puppet master.

Ah, for some reason I thought Maria was the blond neighbor lady.

Sharon Carter was a relatively minor character.

Mike "Deathlok" Peterson - Fighter or maybe Barbarian, some kind of half-construct template (or wait until Iron Gods hits for possible cyborg rules)

Right Now: TN Half-Construct Barbarian. (LE if his pronouncement that Mike Peterson is dead, is true.)

Lord Fyre wrote:

Hrothdane wrote:

If the Silver Crusade got its way, the Pathfinder Society would be much more like S.H.I.E.L.D., but as of right now, there isn't really a perfect analogue.

If the Chelaxian faction had its way, the Pathfinder Society would be much more like HYDRA. (Read the faction goals.)

LOL

Yep. It's why half my PFS characters are Silver Crusade and none are Chelaxian :D

(... or are they? :) )

Did you realize that the film actually fails the Bechdel Test?

1 - At least two named female characters - Natasha Romanoff and Maria Hill. (Pass)
2 - That talk to each other. (Questionable. They are part of a larger conversation in the bunker.)
3 - About something other then a man. (Fail. While they briefly discuss balistics, that part is so short that it is really about Nick Fury.)

Given the strong, smart, capable women in the film, I was shocked that it actually failed in this measure.

If the Silver Crusade got its way, the Pathfinder Society would be much more like S.H.I.E.L.D., but as of right now, there isn't really a perfect analogue.

If the Chelaxian faction had its way, the Pathfinder Society would be much more like HYDRA. (Read the faction goals.)

LOL

Lord Fyre wrote:

Speculation: is Antoine Triplett going to replace Grant Ward as the team's muscle?

It would help with the "whiteness" of the core cast.

!/3 are minorities. Asian.

Correct. However, adding a black or hispanic team member would still be a good thing.

Perhaps the closest to S.H.I.E.L.D. are the Steel Falcons and the Gray Corsairs branches of Andoran's Eagle Knights.

The Black Eagles of Lambreth could be Hydra.

The Eagle Knights (especially the Grey Corsairs and the Twilight Talons) is a good idea.

The Black Eagles are too localized to be a good Hydra analog.

Speculation: is Antoine Triplett going to replace Grant Ward as the team's muscle?
It would help with the "whiteness" of the core cast.

Hydra could be Aspis Consortium

Possibly.

I know that the Hellknights think of themselves as "S.H.I.E.L.D." but I am not sure that it fits (even after "outed" in the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. is still too covert in its methods for the Hellknights.)

I am Shocked that this hasn't been done yet.

How would you convert the core characters from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

My first guess would be:

Does Golarion have a good "stand in" for S.H.I.E.L.D.?

What about HYDRA? Hail HYDRA!

It was amazing. It all falls into place so well.

So well that watching Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D. in the wrong order doesn't do any harm. :)

I am a bad person.

I saw the movie today - after seeing this week's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

No matter. It was still Amazing.

** spoiler omitted **

Well, since Ward is carrying all the data from the Bus, he wasn't going to bring it up. ;)

** spoiler omitted **

[speculation] Wheels within Wheels? [/speculation]

Greetings Lord Fyre,

I just reviewed your order and it did indeed leave our warehouse on the 19th. The package had an estimated arrival time of up to 5 business days, and we're currently on the 9th day since its departure, putting it well past our estimated arrival time. On rare occasion packages can go past their estimated arrival times, and I'd like to give this one a bit more time to make its way to you.

If you haven't seen the package by mid next week however make sure to follow up with me here so I can assist you further.

Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll be glad to address them. Thanks!

- Erik Keith

As directed above by Mr. Keith, I have waited an additional week.

Still no shipment.

What can be done at this point?

Four more episodes after the new one until the season is done, so it should be one helluva ride from here on out.

Season Finale or Series Finale?

Mind Blown!

My mind has been blown. Tonight's show was the direct and immediate sequel of Captain America 2. Is it ok to spoil yet? what's the rule on TV show spoiler waiting time? :)

The West Coast hasn't seen it yet!

Cool idea and it kind of matches the whole she was too late thing from the movie as well.

That is a problem with the character.

Taarna wasn't very good at her job. :(

JoelF847 wrote:

Agree 100% I can't wait to see the next few episodes. I also have some questions about the 2nd season in a big way. I hope it gets renewed to be able to answer them.

It was renewed several months back, now. I think after the 3rd or 4th episode.

It helps that Disney owns both ABC and Marvel.

Nuts!

Next Year

The Return of the Shadow Lodge

This would be 100% awesome!

Taking a few people and applying their attitudes/ideas to everyone else is usually pretty disingenuous, especially in the age of the internet when you can always find an example of someone with an idea you don't care for.

Then let us circle back from this tangent (which while relevant, is still a tangent), to a discussion the much more ubiquitous sexualization of women in media and advertising.

The Year of the Dark_Mistress?

Then you cover the orcs in bbq sauce and march them back to the dragon. Whats the problem?

Orcs are rarely that cooperative.

I do not know if I would like dragon's in every encounter for a year of the Dragon but if all linked together, it could lead to a whole new stand alone lvl 12 module where we have to kill some huge dragon with the season ender being the set up where we have to kill another ancient dragon and in doing so, find access to a forgotten stronghold.

Actually, a "Year of the Dragon" could also justifiably deal with the results of an Ancient Dragon appearing and displacing the residents of a stronghold. If the humanoids displaced were already a "hostile" type, such as (Orcs, Ogres, Giants) then their forced migration would send further shock-waves that would produce more scenarios.

Imagine the race to reclaim that stronghold if it were on the edge of Belkzen, near Lastwall.

Year of the Technomancer

Year of the Fallen Star
Year of Sundered Mountain
Year of the Argent Delves

I've visualized some great T-shirts for this. I'm assuming the focus will be on exploring Jormunder and some parts of the Silver Mount. So with the exception of the first suggestion, the others cover both of these focus areas.

Wouldn't it be cool if they named the PFS "year" for the Second AP, rather then the first?

Hello Lord Fyre,

I thought i could help you with this.

Only UPS and Standard Postal shipments are trackable.
Only UPS 2nd Day Air and UPS Next Day Air shipments have guaranteed transit times.

Thank You.

Upgraded all future shipments to UPS Ground. :)

You could consider leaving out part 4. It reads like it's a very good adventure. It just doesn't fit well into the AP.

** spoiler omitted **

That is a significantly better plot then the one in the AP.

Greetings Lord Fyre,

I just reviewed your order and it did indeed leave our warehouse on the 19th. The package had an estimated arrival time of up to 5 business days, and we're currently on the 9th day since its departure, putting it well past our estimated arrival time. On rare occasion packages can go past their estimated arrival times, and I'd like to give this one a bit more time to make its way to you.

If you haven't seen the package by mid next week however make sure to follow up with me here so I can assist you further.

Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll be glad to address them. Thanks!

- Erik Keith

Just to avoid this problem in the future, what shipping options include a tracking number? :)

Tonight's show was FANTASTIC!

Was the fake clairvoyant the guy from Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers (Grima Wormtongue)

Yes confirmed: Brad Dourif was the fake clairvoyant.... I only hope he downloaded his consciousness and we'll see him again on a BIG ROBOT CHEST SCREEN ;)

But, does that mean ...

My account says that this left your warehouse in 3/19/14.

But, I haven't received it yet. This could be a problem.

Ross Byers wrote:

Oh. Good. It's this thread again.

This.

If all the NPCs in relationships were straight, no one currently complaining would be complaining that it was unrealistic for no LGBT couples to exist.

Except, what Joana is saying - with a small handful of exceptions - is also true.

Speaking as a straight female gamer, I've found the APs to be frustrating. The female NPCs are all attractive and intriguing (even those who aren't described as particularly sexy in the text get sexy art because fantasy artists like drawing sexy women), while the male NPCs are often explicitly called out as middle-aged or unattractive, in a not-very-subtle attempt to not be competition to the (presumably male) PCs for the hot chicks.

... but this is a huge thread derail.

what do you guys think about tonight's Marvel: Assembling a Universe documentary? I like the previews/concept art for Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver! :) Nice additional shots from Guardians of the Galaxy as well... :)

I also enjoyed the extended commercial. :)

Hitdice wrote:

I think the Con ad is just trying to appeal to the male attendee market.

Except the ad pretty much makes it unappealing to a good chunk, if not most, female attendees.

I don't think the Con's management and the ad creator's are necessarily sexist, or regularly engage in sexist behaviors. I'm guessing they just didn't consider how female potential con attendees would perceive it. But as a female nerd that is attracted to other females, that ad is still not appealing to me. If they were running a similar ad with male cheesecake to appeal to female gamers and gay male gamers, I'd have any easier time accepting their marketing campaign's "cheekiness."

Actually, most male gamers would find it funny. But, this is because men don't have to deal with the ubiquitous objectification that women do.

Posts deliberately controversial comment on the recently inactive thread in a desperate plea for attention.

Casts aspersions on Cthulwho's gaming experience!

Lord Fyre wrote:

Endzeitgeist wrote:

Yes, I think so. While it does not feature naval combat, it's a great horror-themed ship adventure. And hard. So yes, Skull and Shackles and Razor Coast benefit from having this one added.

I've heard some complaints about the "navel combat" system in Skull & Shackles, so that might be a good thing ...

... unless I can get my GM to invest in Fire as she Bears.

A friend of mine is running Skull and Shackles. I gave the group a copy of Fire as she Bears, but they decided to go with the system as written in the AP. I have not heard any complaints from them about it.

I am not a player in that game, and I have not read the AP yet, so I cannot comment on the quality of the system.

The system in the AP works quite well. The problem is that it becomes a duel between one player and the GM.

Fire as she Bears, does a much better job of involving the entire group in the action.

That is why I was look for this to suggest as a plug in, as it is a group adventure.

Well, it's not exactly that I expect May to be soft with Ward, since that's not a great match for her character.

It doesn't require much though. Just a simple "not being angry with him" might have been better.

My problem is more with the fact that the show as a whole fails to recognize Ward as the victim here.

Hopefully, they remember to pick this thread up in the next episode.

Agent May may not be emotionally sensitive enough to recognize that Agent Ward may have some problems (with the loss of control), but Skye might be aware enough to see it.

While longish, this review points out that they wasted some opportunities with Lorelei.

Yes, I think so. While it does not feature naval combat, it's a great horror-themed ship adventure. And hard. So yes, Skull and Shackles and Razor Coast benefit from having this one added.

I've heard some complaints about the "navel combat" system in Skull & Shackles, so that might be a good thing ...

... unless I can get my GM to invest in Fire as she Bears.

@Lord Snow:

** spoiler omitted **

It is also clear that Agent Melinda May is more emotionally compromised then she admitted in T.R.A.C.K.S.

Still, if she had shown more concern for what Agent Ward just went through when breaking their "thing" off, it would have been better. :(

I'm very interested in some thematic or mechanical niches that you feel are missing for evil characters. What builds would you like to see that don't quite fit well into existing materials? What thematic angles are under-represented by the axis of evil?

What would I really like to see from my villains?

Answer: Round 4.

Mild NSFW and could be considered sexest

Not sure if thats the right way to promote something like this.

I like it!