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@Paul It was specifically targeting groups with 'tea party' and 'patriot' in their name. The IRS then lied about it.

And now that BNW has raised the boogyman of the Koch brothers (apparently in his view Soros doens't exist, and MMFA is a figment of the imagination) I'm quite convinced my analogy was correct. He feels the tea party groups 'had it coming'.

But I've said my piece, I'm done with it.

I like the witch and the inquisitor.

Re impeachment. One of the charges specifically was using the IRS to target 'enemies' Apparently BNW doesn't feel this rises to high crimes.

Also, these groups were targets specifically because of their beliefs. BNW seems fine with that. So they 'had it coming' I'm just wondering if those he feels that way about those girls in Cleveland "Well she took a ride home with a stranger, it's her own fault." It also looks like they were going after groups that *gasp* wanted an informed populace. And there's now reports of Jewish groups being targeted.

but hey, BNW has no problem with the government investigating him because he's speaking out right?

No worries though. After all the IRS is going to be the enforcer of Obamacare. Surely they'd never abuse that power.

pres man, Except it's not just 'low level' anymore.

BNW. So... you disagree with the articles of impeachment for Richard Nixon?

And 'Mouthpieces of the political party?' Do also feel those three girls in Cleveland 'had it coming?'

@Sior, I'm just being optimistic that the "at this time" means that at a future time, we'll see a scenario where it can be remade. Call me an optimist.

Matthew Morris wrote:

I'm assuming/hoping that there will be a season 5 follow up where you can have him fixed/finished. If so... PLEASE allow him to be finished in a different form of sword (heavy blades). I think it would make him more 'desirable' for players.

I doubt there will ever be a scenario which would allow you to reforge him. Which is fine. Also, why would a sword that's already made be fixed to be a bigger sword? Besides, wouldn't making him a heavy blade mean most characters are no longer proficient with him, making him more 'desirable' for fewer players?

I don't have my CRB up, but aren't Long Swords in the 'heavy blades' group?

As to growing/shrinking, I was going by the sheet and John's post that, "the Chronicle sheet notes that at this time the Pathfinder Society has no means to repair Gamin. It's not that he's broken; he simply was never finished correctly."

I'm assuming there will be something in season 5 planned that allows you to 'finish it' correctly. So why not finish into a different sword? I'm just tossing my two c-bills out there.

After watching IM3, I think it would be funny now to play a snarky Oracle with the tongues curse, who switches to 2400 baud modem when in combat, and even when out of combat will occasionally end a sentence with the wrong cranberry.

Make whole is not capable of repairing Gamin the Misforged, and the Chronicle sheet notes that at this time the Pathfinder Society has no means to repair Gamin. It's not that he's broken; he simply was never finished correctly. At this time Gamin also follows the rules for upgrading named magic items, which is to say it cannot be.

Based on my reading of the magus archetype, a bladebound magus's blade is a unique and independent acquisition with its own progression of Intelligence, Ego, and abilities. Gamin the Misforged cannot serve as such a bound blade, but he could still work with a bladebound magus as a "typical" intelligent blade.

I'm assuming/hoping that there will be a season 5 follow up where you can have him fixed/finished. If so... PLEASE allow him to be finished in a different form of sword (heavy blades). I think it would make him more 'desirable' for players.

No Cap, until issue #4

Which got a nod in Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. (I still have that on the DVR, Cap taking on the entire team was one of the highlights for me.)

"I'm too sexy for this cake, too sexy for this cake..."

@Hama

Only if they don't have the reflexes/thought processes to keep up. Peter David really played with that in X-Factor, even coining Pietro Maxmimoff Syndrome. Now Jarvis (and face it, maybe Cap*) could tag him, Thor could call the lightning, etc. It also depends on how high his power level is. Even in the comics he's 'only' super sonic, not Wally West speeds.

Oooh, just thought of another super hero sibling set that Marvel *might* own the rights to. Auora/Northstar.

*

Jim Groves wrote:

I love the depiction of Seoni as a bride!

I've got an image in my head now of Seoni the bride with the rest of the female iconics as her bridesmaids, at Ye Olde Chypinndaels flinging coins at the male iconics going the full monty.

Then at the Bachelor party... Mammy Graul! comes out of the cake.

Edit: Fixed

Silly question.

Can I sign these myself if I'm the GM? No biggie since I have 'em on the PC/Tablet, but it would save time.

(As I said elsewhere, the only time I've cracked one of my PF books is when I loan em.)

Valeros's picture (not shown) is one of the other ones in the "huh, never expected that" category (and no, it's not about his outfit).

Valeros joins the temperance league?

The only possible spoiler we have for the moment is Whedon talking about two new characters who are siblings. So everybody suppose it is Scarlet witch and Quicksilver.

I'd like to see Summer Glau as Wanda, or Eva Green!

Hmm, Wiccan and Speed? (Aside, I'd rather see Morena Baccarin as Wanda)

@Terquem

I'd guess that he encoded them to at least 'protect Pepper' when she's not glowing at 3000 degrees and wearing a nomex bra :-)

Like I said, I'd have liked a 'Rescue' reference.

Re Tissue Paper Man.

Clearly, Tony needs to find out what's in that bra Pepper's wearing and make his next armor out of that. :-)

@ Scott, That's exactly the point I'm making. For some people it's a big deal for demographics if there are a sufficient number of lefties. For others it's GLBLTALPHABETSOUP. I don't give either much thought. I *have* played with gender roles in my writing.* But that's more of a 'how would such a society develop' vs making any sense of balance. I don't find making sure there's X relationship any more important than making sure there are left/right handed ratios.** It's not discrimination, it's indifference.

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One other thing...

SOmetimes a name can have a second level of humor.

My half orc lore warden is Enuck. When he drinks a potion of enlarge person he shouts 'Enuck Chug!' If I get him to living monolith, I'll declare he grows when he calls 'Chuk'. (Yes it's obscure, but I couldn't resist.)

Mostly I try to keep names pronouncable, but obscure. Sometimes, they get nicknames of their own though.

So can we safely say...

"Dreamscarred isn't the 'official' Psionics rules of Pathfinder... But they should be." :-)

Watched it yesterday, enjoyed most of it in the theatre, but after I left the fridge knocked me upside the head. (Massive spoilers)

In general
The Good

The Bad

The Fridge

Have you ever seen the TNG episode "Paralells"?

Pretty much states as cannon that the universe is CONSTANTLY fracturing off into alternate time lines. That's why I never understood why the alternate timeline thing in the first Abrams Trek ruffled so many feathers. It was the 97th time they used the plot device, so no biggy, IMHO.

I called it 'Crisis of Infinite Worfs"

If they ever go through and 'remaster' TNG like they did TOS, that is one episode I want to see them go hog wild with models on. Infinite Alternate Enterprises. Bonus if we can identify the ISS Enterprise-D :-)

*sigh* My cable's been wonky and I've not been able to catch the BBCA for two weeks now :-(

Now if it had Coerul and Deep CRows... That would be awesome :-)

Well he had a strong dislike for Kirk in Space Seed, when they first met, mainly because Kirk didn't kiss is rear as some semi-divine being. I'm not sure we need a whole lot of background relationship to develop a hatred between the two. All you need is a couple of alpha males getting into a scrap with each other.

Would irony be Khan takes the Enterprise and leaves Kirk on Seti Alpha V? :-)

Mark,

Does this mean we'll see mythic content in PFS?

You don't need youngish kirk to find the botany bay, iirc it was using an impulse drive (so not moving particularly fast relatively[?] speaking). If the federation got all gung-ho after kirk's dad got wasted, someone else could have easily run across it even earlier than what happened in TOS.

Good point. Let's hope the writer/director remembers that.

Matthew Morris wrote:

And I agree Enterprise is still canon in the Abramsverse. In fact I'd love it if we found out Trip was in charge of section 31, after the poor series ending Enterprise got.

Except Trip died in that last episode, didn't he?

It's my understanding that in the novels (semi-canon) it is revealed that Trip's death was faked for a deep cover mission. I'd love to see that, if for no other reason than I like Conner Trineer (even if I can't spell his name) and think it would be cool as heck to have him cameo as the director of section 31.

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In the case of Khan, the character was not previously established in the film canon

Yes he was, in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN and the episode 'Space Seed' before that.

My somewhat snarky point that got lost was, if we ignore Hemidal's appearance in the comics and other material arguing 'film continutiy' then we can ignore Khan's TV/Movie apperances too.

:-)

And I agree Enterprise is still canon in the Abramsverse. In fact I'd love it if we found out Trip was in charge of section 31, after the poor series ending Enterprise got.

New player vs. Old player moment.

One of our local players was playing a new PC, a gnome paladin. She previously played a gnome sorcerer who was tormented by mites. (well to be precice she was tormented by my bad jokes, using mites as a proxy) She HATES the little blue buggers.

New player had just bought a Pathfinder Battles box, and pulled out (among other things) a mite mini. She doesn't have a mini for her new gnome on hand.

"Well you could use my mite mini..."
*death glare from the player, while those of us in on the joke crack up laughing.*

It's situational, but it made us laugh.

Tangental, but funny.

kmal2t wrote:

I'm sorry are we playing an RPG setting or a Disney setting? Because if we're throwing out things that realistically occur (whether it be homosexuality, racism, or bigotry) to make Unoffensive Land then its time to throw out Mr. Paladin which is a ridiculous reinterpretation of what knights actually were...warmongering noble thugs that exploited, abused and raped common people and got away without because of the institutions that exhalted and protected them.

I'm having a really hard time seeing how you're capable of defending the purposeful exclusion of homosexuality, while simultaneously attacking people for suggesting that you maybe purposefully avoid the inclusion of real-world bigotry that some people might find tough to deal with.

So how many lefties do you have in your NPCs Scott?

@Werthead
"In the case of Thor, the character was not previously established in the film canon. An ultra-powerful alien being from another galaxy can be whatever skin colour he damn well wants to be ;-)"

In the case of Khan, the character was not previously established in the film canon. :-)

More seriously, I want to see how the character shows up.

Wild Mass Guessing Below.

BBEG Aside:

Tangentally, I enjoyed the Fourth Doctor Special. I'd have preferred another episode than Pyramids of Mars (So far all the episodes they've shown are on Amazon Prime) It was nice to see Lis spoken of in such glowing terms, as well as John Lession and Louise Jameson. It is an interesting omission though that Romanna and Adric weren't mentioned (I could see Adric being considered a Fifth Doctor Companion, but to not mention Romanna at all was an oversight.

Of course the Doctor is fallible... but he's still always the smartest person in the room. River Song's sole purpose seems to be tearing him down and embarrassing him at every opportunity. That doesn't work for me.

Calybos1,

I recommend watching the Key to Time series on Amazon if you can,

Romanna I made River positively endearing by comparison. (Now it's true Romanna II took a level in cute and a lobotomy, but Romanna I constantly showed him up.) That's not including K-9, Adric, Tegan at some points. Hells Tegan could out snark Amy :-)

Aside, one reason I love Alex Kingston is the scene where she finally admits to Amy and Rory that she's Melody. The look of joy, relief and fear of rejection in her voice and body...

If you're bringing handedness up, then you should strive for some kind of balance. If people are only lefthanded when it's a clue to prove them innocent (or guilty) of something then that breaks it for me. It will make me look hard at anyone who's handedness is mentioned, if nothing else.

The difference I've been trying to point out, without much success apparently, is that while at first glance there seems to be a parallel between bringing up sexual preference and bringing up handedness, the comparison falls apart when you look at how often heterosexuality comes up without intent. Thus my constantly mentioning married couples and similar things. It's just that, because it's so normative we're all kind of blind to it.
In a more visual medium, the parallel would be closer because you'd be able to see the handedness of the people depicted. As you can see the sexual orientation of many people in a game without it ever being explicitly stated.

Respectively, I disagree.

If you're looking for same sex couples, then the lack of them is an issue for you. If you're looking to include same sex couples, in the name of 'diversity' then where do you stop?

If something comes up 'without intent' then what's the issue? If something stand out, it will draw attention. For you it's handiness, for someone else, it's Bill and Ted.

I'd be interested if Blacklops stuck around now. A meeting between the two could be funny.

Cyclops: An alternate me! Come to the Xavier school so we can fight oppression.

Blacklops: Oppression? You call this Oppression? Let me tell you about Oppression, whitebread.

(Aside, Glad to see Blacklops and Gayverine survived. Wish the book had gone on longer and they hadn't killed all the Nightcrawlers.)

Perils of being a subscriber.

*opens box* "Hmm, I didn't realize how think it was when I read it."

I've given some thought about the 'schools' of magic and how they percieve it. I'll write up the 'memory palace' when I get home.

I'd like to see Sorcerers get healing (and cleric) spells. It would 'make up' for their delayed casting, and make them unique again.

Ezren: "I am sorry m'lady. I have studied every arcane theory. From Azlanti texts, to the lost writings of Hao Jin. I am afraid arcane magic is no help to your husband."

Seoni: *casts heal*

Ezren: "How the hell did you do that?

:-)

The iconic fighter is ambidextrous. Does that count for anything?

Nope. :P

See, here's the thing. Basically, James and James both pointed out that you *can't* have a left handed iconic, or a right handed one for that matter. Because of the nature of the medium sometimes art gets flipped. (Case in point, look at Seelah in the CRB, and then the cover of Champions of Purity.)

I don't think it is some Right-Wing conspiracy. I don't see Paizo as anti-sinister, nor as it being 'Dextro-normative'. That Paizo hasn't gone to exceptional steps to make a definitive left handed iconic, despite making iconics that cater to a much smaller population, isn't a slam on we Southpaws.

It is that they've not worried too much about it.

All these people who are lamenting the 'default' of straight white males, how many lefties do you have? How much thought do you give to it? Likely the exact same amount of thought some people give to GBLTALPHABETSOUP interests.

The only time it becomes an 'issue' is when it is plot related. If I'm playing with players who like a CSI: Golarion story, the issue of handiness will come up in murder scenes. It means I can paint a character guilty as sin, and the deciding factor in his innocnence is that the attacker was right handed, while he's left.

If (generic) you want to make sure there's the occasional gay couple, fine. If (generic) you want to make the island Lesbos, knock yourself out. Don't assume that because some people don't think about it, it's a slight on you.

Calybos1 wrote:

To me, River Song comes across as another 'producer's pet' character, i.e., "This character IS fascinating, and you WILL love her!"

Sorry, no. The Doctor is not supposed to be humiliated and shown up all the time by a wisecracking know-it-all... HE'S supposed to be the wisecracking know-it-all.

Actually most of the Doctors have tripped over themselves in various ways because they didn't know it all at the time. And River Song has a very good reason for her knowledge, remember she's from the future, when the bulk of these adventures have already been noted in her diary, which is safely ensconced in a library no one dares travel to.

Romanna comes readily to mind. To a lesser extent Nyssa, Tegan and Adric.

(cute seen in the Five Doctors, Five says comments on Tegan's lack of faith, tries to open the TARDIS doors and fails. She simply says "Do you blame me?)

My problem with that explanation is that they don't really seem to give a damn about the wizard/sorcerer spell list trampling practically every other niche in the game.

The spell list also doesn't make any sense.

I mean, explosive runes is abjuration. Well I guess that might be justified because it is a defensive ward- Wait, none of the symbols are abjuration! And why is shield abjuration, and mage armor conjuration, when most every other spell with the force descriptor is evocation?

I'd love a top to bottom rewrite of the spell lists. If you give up defense (allegedly Abjuration) you shouldn't get it back willy nilly with the blasting school (evocation), for example.

Now if you want *higher level, less effective* evocation spells that defend you, sure.

Here's One link

If you dig, there might be other notes, and some SGA ideas as well.

Morgen wrote:

<rant>
The issue I had was with the albatross of the River Song character dragging down every episode it was ever in. I could not have cared less about that character and it was just annoying to see it popping up so much. It got way too much focus and I am quite happy to see it gone.
</rant>

Well, she's back for the last episode this season, so you're not quite out of the woods yet.

Me, I actually like her. I think Kingston does a solid job, and the character is a nice addition to the Doctor Who mythos.

I'll agree. I'm very impressed with Kingston. If I'm remembering correctly (and I'm sure Vic will correct me) One thing they were hoping to do with McCoy's Doctor was, with the longer episodes, work more with the companions than exposition. While I'd be happy to have normal, non timey-wimey companions (Martha, and maybe Donna are the only two in NuWho) I don't mind giving them additional depth.

Aside, I'd love to see a teen/college age companion who goes on 'Bill and Ted' style adventures with the Doctor.

*Doctor shows up in modern times, has crazy adventure with new companion.*
"Wow, that was amazing." *looks at clock* "Oh no, I'll never be able to finish my research on Abraham Lincolm before my report!"
"What? No, did you forget what the <bad guy of the week> said?" *snaps fingers, Tardis opens her doors.* "Time Lord. You want to research Lincoln? Let's just go ask him himself!"

Then you could have an amazed companion both for exposition and for commentary, and play up the Doctor's eccentricities. "You thought Abe Lincoln was impressive, let's go talk to the President of Earth in the year 3000!"

Kirth Gersen wrote:

super-fabulous pink fighter and swishy wizard

Ooh! That's frickin' hilarious. To think, Temple of Elemental Evil has been in my consciousness since prepubescence and I never made that connection....That totally justifies another round of this thread.

Also, the Crimson Masque approves!

It wasn't until I was much older that I realized Misters Went and Kidd were more than eccentric assassins in Diamonds Are Forever.

That works. It's be fun to play a super powered housecat spellcaster.

Tangent:

Another alternative, using the essay posted above, might allow an arcane caster to bolster some effects. Off the top of my head...

Well, if you expand necromancy to positive energy, you can get thematic healing.

I'm trying to finish up the first in (hopefully) a new series of Donna's Dozens called 'If all you have is a hammer' Looking at new ways of using the 'traditional schools' To that end I have a few spells, like this.

Just as an example.