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If (the Daughters of Lilith) aren't there in time, (Eris will) know that they're captured and will probably just move on. That's not good. That is the main issue, and the Daughters are simply time-sensitive leverage for such. The party has a brief period to establish a relationship with Eris before...

On S.o.S. One problem with the Conan D20 magic system being used in Shadow over Stygia was that of misaligned expectations. The Necromancy style isn't available until 4th-5th level*, and the only demonic summoning available at low levels involves a fairly explicit pact. Neither really comes online a...

Any opinions on how to corral the currently kowtowed co-ed cultists? The party could take them straight to Eris at the dairy so as to deal with her directly. That would have them meeting around 10:30-10:45, which is probably the outside limit of Stan's Presence effect keeping the student ghouls from...

After the first two bosses the difficulty drops until the very end, so don't let the bastards grind you down. Save before opening containers, since most of them are randomized, and there are items of wildly disparate strength available on each level. Don't allow much to any overlap in equipment usag...

"Sure." Phone already in hand, Stan looks to the woman in cornrows: "Where were you scheduled to meet? We can arrange transport to there and then to anywhere you'd like to go." Text: to his retainers Clay and Steven - Bring two vehicles to (so-and-so alley). Likely trouble. To Su...

Well, Bojack is playing Secretariat as a horseman in track shorts, and in the chicken episode they allude to the difference between food chickens and people chickens as being at least partially a lack of education in the former. I'd say in-universe he's an actual horse.

Mechanically, they'd each just have different descriptors, and would thus be subject to different Nullify effects/called shots. Note technology can be purchased more easily as Equipment/Devices, and since palladium magic has ranges more comparable to archers than snipers, it could have less access t...

(Stan spends a Willpower point and activates Majesty. The Charisma+Intimidate for a target's Courage roll is 7.) Stan addresses the bloodthirsty sorority girls with an air of folksy charm: "You probably have some questions, and we're well disposed to help you. The police are conducting a hunt f...

(Let me know when Stan arrives at Max's location, apparently without backup. I'd be cool with accidental manhole damage.)

I'll often play a Face when not playing face-to-face. In person I'll fiddle with the first or second largest subsystem, assuming it isn't the sort that excludes other players.

Stan walks back to Elysium while sending a text to the group: "Max is trailing the chip, which is currently a minute drive away. Meet me outside if anyone feels like tagging along." After retrieving his car he drives to catch up with Max.

Shrapnel, I don't know your stance on knockoffs, but do you know of a good source for seeking them out? I'm just hoping to find a decent KO G1 Soundwave and examples of different cassette molds as an office toy. Particularly in the case of the cassettes I'd be cool with someone printing them out to ...

(I'm going in a different way than this original post, so I'll just say I'm reserving this spot for notes that couldn't fit in the OP.)

Please forgive my ignorance: Is it possible to have both avoidable sprite encounters and random encounters in the same RPGmaker game? I could see value in the former being used in quests to clear undesirables from an area as part of establishing trade routes, with the latter reserved for bandits pre...

I tend to think that 3rd edition fixed more problems than it created, and the elements that became more handwavey are generally to the benefit of a PbP game, which needs all the help it can get in not getting bogged down. If I were to in this case value a cohesive ruleset over a clean one I'd go wit...

"Charlie, let me go ahead and walk you back to the rectory." Stan brusquely herds the priest out the door.

Sotto voce, to Max: "Who knows what's been placed on the roof?"

A pang of nostalgia has cut deeply enough to expose my inner adolescent, and the only salve is kitchen sink crazytown. Mutants and Masterminds can be a relatively streamlined way to play what, in lieu of calling a conversion we'll consider an homage to beyond-clunky source material. Allow me to prop...

While Fr. Yazzie inspects the iconostasis for damage, Stan gives the carpeting a once over.

"If you insist on sticking around, Charlie, take a look to see if any of the icons have been disturbed. I'm afraid the church may have fallen victim to some subtle vandalism."

"We might be a minute, Charlie, so I'll drop the keys off when we're done. Tell you what, I'll preside over this Thursday's Akathist. Why don't you take a few days off for some quiet contemplation, and let me have you flown up to Protecting Veil of the Theotokos in Anchorage tomorrow morning?&q...

Stan could Majesty Tracker, if the specific nature of the ritual combat needs to be redefined. Other than that he'd go with townies with shotguns. RE:Elysium: I say our characters pull up roots and relocate E. to somewhere hopefully not compromised. If looking at other holdings, there's the Safehous...

Bloodline has proven a better slow burn than expected, and has served as an ersatz placeholder for True Detective.

(We'll say Stan doesn't have a key as a ready excuse to use a proxy) Stan calls up his ally Fr. Yazzie, whose residence is adjacent to the church, and asks him to unlock the building. "A friend dropped an electronic doodad inside during a recent visit. Would you be so kind as to take a look ins...

Whispered, to Suzanne: "My Prince, briefly putting aside our lack of involvement in the murder, the situation has been addressed in legitimized sources, leaving but the New Media. At our disposal are local agents which may serve to discredit amateur journalists." (Edit: also, Stan is freak...

Stan checks out both the AP feed and the Juneau Empire mobile site to see what retraction/clarification the group's ally has submitted. (Edit: I should have specified he would have done this upon awaking. Hopefully it doesn't come across as a faux pas by being done in front of a Cam. rep..)