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Max grabs shots and passes them out to everyone. "This isn't VIP service?? Or do they come all naked for that??"
Max heads for the empty corner booth for strategic reasons. He waves for the others to follow.
Max drops Celebryn and as many others as fit up front and leaves the hover bike. Like many pilots, he is expected to have the ride ready to go. ”No selfies or thumbprints!! No paparazzi!!” Max immediately starts chatting up the security guards. He explains he may pop on for a drink, but his primary responsibility is making sure a quick exit can happen if needed.
Max smiles and nods at Ruhk. "Three things pilots like--scarves, goggles, AND Velcro. I will help whip up some nice designs with my printer." All Max's flight suits have plenty of Velcro attachments for patches. He produces some more attachments that can be sewn on and continues to make two common patches: his caricature of Celebyn all dressed up and a Kyonin flower. Max was going to explain how pilots don't wear goggles indoors when he finds online goggles with multiple visors that pop up to cover the eyes including a no visor option. Excited, he orders a pair and has them delivered to his location. He particularly likes the option to project eyes that are open and alert on the visor, and realizes that this has been used by many to fall asleep at meetings unnoticed. Probably also useful to cover his hangover eyes.
”We will rent a proper jet bike for the day. Your time is so valuable you needed to be shuttled then biked around as fast as possible by the best in the business.” Max links his watch to his laptop. An encrypted connection allows him to bring up local jet bike rentals. I hope I get my deposit back this time.
Max laughs
Max prints out a Velcro patch for his flight suit with a picture of Celebryn in all his glory and attaches it to his flight suit. He picks an elaborate scarf that almost touches the ground in the traditional colors. It is all about accessorizing they say!!
Max loads the winnings of his poker hands into his account. ”Level 40–let’s go!! A flight suit is the dress for all occasions!!”
Max looks at his cards and gathers up the creds to put in his cheeks.
”I am not much for fancy talking—pour me another!!”
Max holds up his hands:
He also mentions "Your wikipedia entry mentions you are good at graffiti too." Max puts his custom Level 21 patch on with the scantily clad woman over a two card blackjack on his flight suit. "I am declaring for you guys."
Sensing a lull in the conversation -- Max jumps to his feet to scan the room.
Max looks at the fellow Ysoki with a smile as he sits down.
He looks at Ruhk expectantly.
Max is streetwise -- always show up at the meet early. He will encourage others to join him and thoroughly explore the area a half hour early. Using stealth and being small, he will look for threats and try to see if anyone is prepping something nefarious.
Max slaps his new patch on his flight suit and finishes his quadrocino, a four shot espresso. "I'm ready!!?"
Max makes his own level 21 knockoff patch to put on his flight suit. It is a scantily clad woman showing an ace and a jack. Under the patch it says Level 21 Elite. "Wait for me!!"
Max let his companions speak, but they were unusually quite except for the human who was going to hit the streets. Max points to his comm unit, "Stay on the comm net. I am going to see about getting out to the Hardscrabble fleet, but first I am going to see if there is anyone at their office." Max begins to print up patches for both the Astral Extractions and Hardscrabble Collective. Unsure which one to afix to his flight suit for now, he is content to have them in his cheek pouch for quick retrieval. He heads to the physical address of the Hardscrabble Collectiive, who is sure is the good guys, upset that in this era of ecommerce he had to resort to a physical trip. And, it was not enough to justify renting a jet bike. He beckons for the others to follow. "Who is gonna keep me outta trouble??"
Max checks out his new laser pistol.
Max talks excitedly to whoever will listen as he heads to Hardscrabble Collective.
He excitedly searches for any pictures and news of the Acreon or its crew as he walks using his laptop to search the infosphere.
"It appears we stumbled into a proxy war between the Hardscrabble Collective and Astral Extractions over the drift rock. The street gangs are just pawns, these two companies are the players. Given the nature of the two groups, the Hardscrabble collective is more trustworthy and have the better claim and may be acting defensively. I think I will visit them first." He waves the others to join him.
Max looks around at the group assembled:
He looks at the elf. "My friends used to call the Gap the time after drinking and before waking up, but I assume you mean something else."
Max approves of the upgraded accomodations and realizes that this may be the time to live it up after his encounter with a laser pistol. His flight suit was supposed to be fireprooof, but it wasn't laser proof. He nods approvingly as the elf pulls off the negotiations.
Max took an efficiency in the Moons, not trusting a place not recommened by the SFS.
Max seems a little sad.
Max holds out his own mug as he didn't want to take a Starfinder mug with him.
Max nods and opens up his laptop. He does a web search on both gangs to see how active they were on social platforms. After drinking the coffee and smiling at their hosts.
Max was looking for a power outlet for his coffee machine and perks up. "Quadruple espresso with lots of milk froth! Or I can make my own with the water and a standard power hookup!"
Max slides over with a look of total disappointment.
Max gets in and sits on his booster seat in the driver compartment so he can look out the window. ”I’ll drive, just point the way. Better that than cleaning this nice car after our trip. Let’s see what this baby can do!.”
Max clambers up on a desk to look to eye to eye with the inspector. "He was paying us and giving us a job. So his effects probably have a contract or specifics about what we needed to do."
”The dwarf was with us. We will pay for a proper send off, but we are going to need his personal property.”
In the confusion, Max rushes to the downed gangster to retrieve his laser pistol, he had brought a needler to a laser pistol fight and had the burns to prove it.
Max subtly pockets the laser pistol as he spits out his earbuds from his mouth and turns to everyone holding his earbuds aloft. "My earbuds, there they are!!"
Max holds his breath and moves to join Valtri behind the console.
Max yells to Valtri ”Change this mall Muzak to Metallica first!” He adds ”I have my earbuds out.” Max loved Metallica!
Max moves to the left to get a clear shot at the gangster that shot him and he gets a nasty laser burn.
Max advances to another set of pallets and sees a hostile ahead. He tries to surprise him with a shot from his needler pistol.
Max shot first "I'll try to clear the way."
I think grenades target grid intersection at DC 5, so target bottom right of SM square and make 20 foot range smoke cloud. Turns out STR is modifier —go figure Roll result is 4-1 - range increment vs 5 = miss So probably some scatter chart action
"Let's pop smoke to mess up laser fire." Max scurries to the next spot of cover and tosses a smoke grenade.
Smoke grenade: Description
A smoke grenade deals no damage; instead, it releases a cloud of dense smoke. Each character who inhales smoke must succeed at a Fortitude saving throw each round (DC = 15 + 1 per previous check) or spend that round choking and coughing; he can do nothing else. A character who chokes for 2 consecutive rounds takes 1d6 nonlethal damage. (Active environmental protection from a suit of armor prevents this effect altogether.) Regardless of the armor a character wears, smoke obscures vision, providing concealment.
Max keeps his distance and moves to get a shot at the suspicious ones.
Max is both slowing the taller man and using him for cover, nimbly skiing behind him on the smooth surface of the terminal.
The short ysogi looks out the vision port and the slow approach actually made Max a little sick. He spit tablets out of a cheek pouch and began to chew on the antacids to make his stomach feel better. When Max wasn't at the controls, any space motion was upsetting to him. His hands were shaking, as he was not drinking coffee so he could hold it all the way to Abasalon station. He realized he failed to make it all the way, and Max quickly slipped into the flushie to relieve himself one more time before docking, a quick burst of motion and he is in and out in two minutes. Not a record for him, but still pretty good. He knew washing his hands would have taken too long. He takes his seat and pulls out his laptop and scans a list of local corporations that did runs to and from Absalon, spits an appropriate velcro flight patch out of his cheek pocket, and affixes it to his flight suit. He liked to fit in.
No problem here. Max is like my dad, he doesn't get dizzy when he drives, he just gets dizzy when others drive!!
Max was excited to return to Absalom.
Cool—let’s light the rockets
Max Tweek is fixed, thanks hustonj. I wonder if the electrical and water lines running from his coffee maker/booster seat can be easily hooked up to any ship?? I guess we will find out. Woe be it to the mechanic that can't make that work.
Max is 90% complete. His equipment is not fully complete, but I grabbed some things he would need and have not made sure he spends his 1000. If you want to go with another pilot, I can make up an envoy.
Max Tweek (Tweek and Tweak were already taken -- lots of Southpark fans) will be ready to go shortly. I also owe Skulls and Shackles an oracle, but I gotta start this first as it is my first Starfinder character. Some day we will have Ysogi avatars.
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Trailer for new Animaniacs series on Hulu Season 1 (13 episodes) premieres November 20th, 2020. Season 2 is coming early 2021.
WandaVision is scheduled to premiere in December 2020 on Disney+, and will consist of six episodes.
Wonder Woman 1984 first trailer, U.S. premiere on June 5, 2020.
Variety: "Rutger Hauer, ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star, Dies at 75" While I think his role in Blade Runner elevated the film to a classic, I will always remember him most fondly for his role in Lady Hawke. Requiescat in pace, Mr Hauer.
The Boys takes place in "a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame" and "revolves around a group of vigilantes known informally as 'The Boys,' who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty." The Boys premieres July 26, 2019 on Amazon Video. Edit: And the show is already renewed for season two.
Normally when I get to the end of a thread, I click the hierarchical directory links/ribbon at the bottom or top of the thread to hop back to the main (sub)forum. For ex: Community / Forums / Gamer Life / Off-Topic Discussions / CURRENT THREAD I'M READING Starting today, if I click the Off-Topic Discussions link on the current thread page to hop back to the main OTF, it frequently kicks me all the way back to Home (Paizo.com). It's been doing it in Gamer Life & OTF, and it's done it a couple times so far in Website Feedback. Is this a known thing or something unexpectedly new? Edit: It's now doing it from the main forum too when I try to click on the subforum links.
Oooo, been waiting for an alchemist product from Legendary Games. 
Swamp Thing: Alec (Holland) trailer Swamp Thing: Abby (Arcane) trailer Swamp Thing premieres May 31st, 2019 on the DC Universe streaming service.
Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth's Stumptown graphic novels are being adapted into a TV show on ABC, with Cobie Smulders (multiple Marvel movies, How I Met Your Mother) as the lead, Dex Parios. Here's the first trailer. It's expected to premiere this fall (2019) Wednesday nights at 10PM on ABC.
Deadwood: The Movie (2019) trailer IT'S HAPPENING!!!
Ooo, thankies!
As a long time Shadowrun fan, I've been keeping my eye on this one while it was in closed playtesting, but now it's launched its Kickstarter: Carbon 2185 | A Cyberpunk RPG by Dragon Turtle Games More info on the setting here (scroll down).
It's been blindingly obvious to us pugwampis that too many of you posters are either too shy (maybe) or too dumb (more likely) to ask for advice, tips, and good ideas when you should. Well, we gremlins are here to help with all of Life's questions. To start, here's a sample of our most frequently asked questions: Q) Is it recommended for my young child/hatchling/spawn/involuntarily assimilated unit/Tamagotchi to play with scissors, swords, matches, napalm, MIRVs, Necronomicons, and air-dropped anvils/pianos? A) Yes. In fact, you should join them. Nothing teaches like experience, and Q) Is it recommended for my young child/hatchling/spawn/involuntarily assimilated unit/Tamagochi to play with Kinder Surprise eggs? A) No. The small toys inside might constitute a choking hazard. Q) Is that weird thing in the dungeon a trap? A) No. Nooooooo. Of course not. Don't be ridiculous. Go poke it with a stick, preferably a very short one. You could get lucky and win a character-building experience. You want to win, right? Winning is fun. Go on, do it. And don't use a summoned critter or unseen servant to do the job. They might win the prize. You wouldn't want them to win your prize, would you? See, quality sagacious advice. So ask away, and marinate your sun-dried raisin brains in the sweet juices of a gremlin's wisdom!
Men in Black International first trailer Starring Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson, and Emma Thompson. Premieres June 14th, 2019
SWEET!
(I think there was another thread about a different bird webcam about a year ago, but I couldn't find it.) For anyone needing a break from the news or other crappy things happening right now, I thought a thread of various animal webcams could be a nice distraction. Harriet the Eagle has been something of a local (N. Fort Myers, FL) celebrity for several years/a decade now. She has once again returned to her regular nest and laid another egg. They are predicting if it hatches, it'll happen sometime around Christmas.
(Yes, I know about the ban, and I fully expect to reap the consequences. So be it.) After yesterday's forced resignation of recused Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Trump has replaced him with Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker*. AG Sessions had previously agreed he would recuse himself from oversight over the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference & related crimes during the 2016 U.S. Elections, handing off responsibilities to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Before becoming AAG, Whitaker has been openly critical about the Special Counsel investigation, even offering a strategy to shut down the investigation by denying its funding. Now, as Acting Attorney General, Whitaker takes control over the U.S. Justice Department, including DAG Rosenstein's roles overseeing the Special Counsel investigation and the ongoing criminal investigation by the Southern Distict of New York's into. Late yesterday night, MoveOn.org Civic Action sent out the call to action notifications: Thursday, November 8th, 2018, there will be nationwide protests calling for Action Attorney General Whitaker to commit to protecting the Special Counsel investigation and to call for Congress to pass the Mueller protection legislation. You can read more about the plan and search for a local protest near you in which to participate. If you cannot make a protest, please contact your Representatives and Senators via phone, fax (House Representatives & Senators), or ResistBot:
I apologize to the employees of Paizo for breaking the No Politics rule. I also apologize to you all, Paizo's fans and gamers, for my willful disruption and violation of the established community rules. I fully accept the punishment for my actions. I felt that this moment is likely a critical point in how -- if -- the U.S. can continue to function as a democracy from this point forward. Please stay safe, and thank you for your time. * There's been a large burst of editing on Whitaker's Wikipedia page recently, so I'm not sure how much of the information there is still correct or what has been excised.
(Yes, I know about the ban, and I fully expect to reap the consequences. So be it.) After yesterday's forced resignation of recused Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Trump has replaced him with Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker*. AG Sessions had previously agreed he would recuse himself from oversight over the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference & related crimes during the 2016 U.S. Elections, handing off responsibilities to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Before becoming AAG, Whitaker has been openly critical about the Special Counsel investigation, even offering a strategy to shut down the investigation by denying its funding. Now, as Acting Attorney General, Whitaker takes control over the U.S. Justice Department, including DAG Rosenstein's roles overseeing the Special Counsel investigation and the ongoing criminal investigation by the Southern Distict of New York's into. Late yesterday night, MoveOn.org Civic Action sent out the call to action notifications: Thursday, November 8th, 2018, there will be nationwide protests calling for Action Attorney General Whitaker to commit to protecting the Special Counsel investigation and to call for Congress to pass the Mueller protection legislation. You can read more about the plan and search for a local protest near you in which to participate. If you cannot make a protest, please contact your Representatives and Senators via phone, fax (House Representatives & Senators), or ResistBot:
I apologize to the employees of Paizo for breaking the No Politics rule. I also apologize to you all, Paizo's fans and gamers, for my willful disruption and violation of the established community rules. I fully accept the punishment for my actions. I felt that this moment is likely a critical point in how -- if -- the U.S. can continue to function as a democracy from this point forward. Please stay safe, and thank you for your time. * There's been a large burst of editing on Whitaker's Wikipedia page recently, so I'm not sure how much of the information there is still correct or what has been excised.
So for the past several months, I've found myself taking over the food management (shopping & cooking) duties for my parents, and it looks like this'll be the permanent new normal. I find that I usually only have one day a week, rarely 2, to prepare and cook a full meal from scratch (like Monday's cottage pie, parm-rosemary version of these biscuits, and a basic lettuce-tomato-onion-carrot salad). And Mom & Dad won't eat most of my usual inexpensive single-slaad fare (ramen, beans & rice, hamburgers, microwave burritos, etc.*) So, do you all have any suggestions for family dinner meals, especially ones that are simple and/or easy to cook & prep (like slow cooker meals)? Do you have any go-to meals that your families enjoy? FWIW, tonight's dinner is slow-cooker chicken breasts in half-marinade/half-chicken broth, (canned) creamed corn, baked potato, and stuffing (from a box). (* Yes, there is more to my diet than peppermint and coffee.)
Sources confirm Margot Robbie is producing and starring in the upcoming Birds of Prey set in the current DC Comics film universe. The movie will feature Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain, Renee Montoya as The Question and Robbie reprising her role as Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad. The (a?) currently unnamed villain they will be facing "is a Batman character never before seen on the big screen." No additional casting has been announced. Birds of Prey is set to be directed by Cathy Yan from a script written by Christina Hodson.
As a fan of the old G1 cartoon (for all its faults and shortcomings), I absolutely loathed the Michael Bay films. But this new film (which seems to be a franchise reboot), for which I had absolutely no hope, looks like it has a surprising amount of potential to actually be a good movie. And it's directed by Travis Knight, of the excellent Kubo and the Two Strings.
We've all seen the blog post announcing it, and likely read one of the many threads discussing it: goblins will be a core race/ancestry for players in the PF2E playtest and core rulebook. If you are a fan of goblins or goblin-curious or even goblin-curious-with-some-reservations, what will a goblin PC look like to you? Are there some new character ideas you'd like to explore as a goblin PC or some favorite standbys and tropes you'd like to re-explore now but with a goblin character? How would such a character retain & express his or her innate goblin-ness without disrupting or undermining a typical adventuring party? And I ask politely but emphatically: if you cannot accept a non-evil, non-disruptive goblin PC as a core character option, please take non-constructive and argumentative comments to one of the other threads above or elsewhere. Thank you.
It's here! {flails arms Kermit-ly}
This sounds awesome. 
SOON!
Natasha Romanoff is finally getting her movie! ‘Black Widow': Blacklist Alum Jac Schaeffer to Write Marvel Movie (After ScarJo's repeated box office performance as an action movie star and Marvel hero...
Edit: Oops, link fixed.
Maybe your team ran across a tough cybered-up badguy who almost TPKed you all... Maybe you found leftover implants in a abandoned medbay during a run... Maybe you know you need a little edge, but can't afford the ultra-expensive brand new model augmentation... Maybe you were celebrating a successful run with a few-too-many intoxicants, saw a bodyshop, and thought "What the hell? Why not?"... Whatever the reason, despite any misgivings or hesitation you might have had, you got some previously-used (hey, technically it's new to you!) cyberware, bioware, or nanoware implanted. But after you got it, you've discovered it comes with an atypical hiccup, glitch, or drawback. Not bad bad enough to get it removed, but it makes your life a little more interesting or weird. So, what is it? ---8<--------------------- 1) You got some great used headware/neuroware, or a hacking/communication system... and now you just can't say, type, or communicate certain words or phrases. You still understand the meaning of them, and can hear others say them, but for you, you just can't vocalize them or you stutter on them so badly it's incomprehensible.
My current mouse, a Logitech Anywhere MX, has a left-button microswitch that is failing. This is a known issue with at least several models of Logitech mice. I used to exclusively use Microsoft wireless mice, but their universal receiver is incompatible with this notebook... believe me, I've tried everything, and I used to do tech support & driver/software qc. So, I'm going to need a new mouse soon. Wireless is preferred, but not a requirement. It must connect via USB, directly or via wireless dongle; no Bluetooth. It must have tracking technology for use on non-optimal surfaces at least as good as Bluetrack (Microsoft) or Darkfield (Logitech). Any suggestions/recommendations?
Per the Starfinder corebook, we know that drow are seemingly thriving on Apostae. Their society is still evil, demon-worshipping, elf-haters, but now they apparently run their Houses like corporations and specialize in weapons/arms sales. Any ideas or speculation of what else you might hope to see revealed about the Starfinder drow? Any specific things you hope break even further from ingrained TSR/WotC lore, or even diverges from pre-Gap Golarion lore/flavor?
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s “Good Omens” will be adapted by Amazon.com into six one-hour episodes. Michael Sheen has been cast as Aziraphale, and David Tennant has been cast as Crowley.
I was already looking forward to this, but now: A bestiary of new monsters found in the shattered continent, by Jim Groves, Isabelle Lee, and Luis Loza. Ooooo! Hurry up Thursday!
Ant-Man and the Wasp hits theaters in the U.S. on July 6th, 2018. At Comic-Con 2017, Marvel announced that the original Wasp, Janet van Dyne (Pym), will be played by Michelle Pfeiffer. I'm kinda bummed they didn't go with Catherine Zeta-Jones, but I think Pfeiffer is a fine choice.
These cecaelias look awesome. :) I hope Mikaze gets to see/play them. Edit: I also hope that more products will break out the racial traits of the more powerful races like this.
This seems intriguing: An unaccomplished and frustrated artist builds a cardboard box fort in his living room and winds up trapped with a gang of oddball explorers in a fantasy world of his own creation, threatened by booby traps and a bloodthirsty Minotaur.
Netflix will be releasing the first season of their Castlevania anime series on July 7th, with season 2 coming sometime in 2018.
Assuming of course that Distant Shores was financially successful enough to warrant a sequel, what six cities (or their nations/areas for new/unnamed cities) would you like to see detailed in a "Distant Shores, Vol. II" 1)
Keeping in mind the limited space for each city (9-10 pages), is there anything you'd consider critical to be included in your specific city selections that wasn't included in the city write-ups for the first Distant Shores?
I didn't see an option during checkout... is it possible to gift a PDF anonymously?
There is a new Russian superhero film, Guardians (Защитники Zaschitniki) coming out in early 2017. It looks like action-packed fun with some expensive special effects. 
Oooo, want!
Now that Legacy of Dragons is about to ship to subscribers, and will be available soon to everyone else, what new dragon options would you like to see for players? For GMs? (perhaps an Inner Sea Dragons bestiary?) What existing lore and mysteries would you like to see fleshed out? What hooks, themes, and new lore would you like to see explored? What Earth myths and legends would you like to see adapted, or used as inspiration? What else? (See also the previous "How about a Blood of Dragons? thread.)
We know Paizo has announced they are working with 3PPs for Starfinder. So far:
What other existing 3PP products would you like to see newly updated to Starfinder? What all new 3PP products would you like to see for it?
Just last week, Prince's private flight was re-routed and he was rushed to the hospital. He had been recuperating at home. This morning, police are reporting he was found dead at his home recording studio. He was only 57. :(
It was just announced that Disney-owned Freeform (formerly ABC Family) will be adapting Cloak and Dagger (possible future spoilers from the comics) into a live action, "young adult" targeted TV series. 
20th Century Fox has announced a New Mutants spin-off/tie-in to their Marvel X-Men franchise. Josh Boone (The Fault In Our Stars) will direct, and he has co-written the script with Knate Gwaltney. Casting announced so far: Ororo Munroe/Storm: Alexandra Shipp (also plays Storm in this summer's X-Men: Apocalypse)
...officially drops on September 30th. An early Sweet Christmas! Starring Mike Colter as Luke Cage, Mahershala Ali as Cornell Stokes (Cottonmouth?), Simone Missick as Misty Knight, Theo Rossi as Alvarez / Shades, Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple, and Sonia Braga as Soledad Temple (Claire's mom).
It seems fitting that with Hell's Vengeance about to start, we would have to face yet another temptation to buy more. :)
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