Recent content by Trickstergod

I can't play a dog striker? That's rough.

That's not really a problem with the system, though - Power Level is set by the Offensive and Defensive caps. If a character has a +8 to hit and damage with their Blast power, that character is a PL 8 Offensively. If that same character only has a +6 to their Defense and Toughness saves, they're...

Mal's quite firmly in the Neutral camp. Probably right-square at True Neutral. Potentially even leaning towards Good, considering how often he gets tripped over things like, oh...rescueing hapless girls, returning much needed medicine, only stealing from those that can really afford it, all of...

Rarely. Out of a 6 or so year old campaign, I think I only used dragons 3-5 times out of the entire game. Fighting a dragon should be A Big Frickin' Deal. I didn't use the first dragon up until the party was around 10-12th level. Little pissant dragons are not satisfying; I don't think they...

Well, yeah. This is because fanboys are dumb. The nature of Fett's demise is one of the better parts of the film. I take nothing but joy in seeing a hyper-competent bad-*** get humiliated. The silly ghosts go back to Empire. The music does not a bad movie make.

A Game of Thrones: This is the one I really wish I had a play group for. Even forgetting about the novels the game's licensed from, it has some solid game play. The game's still kicking around, but it apparently hasn't sold quite so well as it had in previous years. Jyhad (Vampire: The Eternal...

Right! Forgot Big Love. Bill Paxton easily outdoes the two I mentioned. And, yeah - agreed on the talent. I especially like seeing them pop up elsewhere. Though I had to hang my head and sigh a bit when I saw Marlo in the Max Payne ads. Step down, that. Though I suppose most anything is a step...

And it also doesn't grant you the visual or olfactory abilities of the new form, despite the fact that, by all rights, the new form's nose and eyes should all be exactly the same as an ordinary specimen of the assumed form. Yeah, a case could be made that the spell turns you into a sexually...

Technically, Alter Self doesn't seem to specify whether it's possible or not. Considering the change isn't pervasive enough to give you low-light vision if you turn yourself into an elf, I'd also say it isn't pervasive enough to give you a womb or fertile semen. I am aware that changelings...

Jaime was 15 when he joined the Kingsguard and it was 2 years later when he killed Aerys. As I recall, the series takes place 14 years after Robert's victory - that'd put Jaime and Cersei at around 31 come the series start. And, so far, most of the actors mentioned thus far are too old or...

What's easier, fiddling with every low-level beasty to make it more of a challenge or having the option to start 3 levels lower? I'd rather 4th edition gave us the 1st level nobody and then stated that 4th level is the default starting level.

This. While I generally preferred starting my previous editions games off at around 2-5th level, I like at least the option of starting them as relatively unimpressive nobodies one sword's blow away from death. 4th lacks that option and I think that's a problem.

I just scanned the top 15 or so - and it's a poor sign when even the top 15 can barely put together anything all that noteworthy or that isn't otherwise debatable. ZOMG, Fett went out like a punk! So what? The various "coincidences"? Not all that hard to believe. Jabba? Looked great. What...

Return has one flaw: the ewoks. It is otherwise eminently superior to the first Star Wars film, which is only marginally better than the prequels.

Not really, no. Then again, I didn't really care about the Spider-Man movies the first three times around. Decent but ultimately cheesy fares the first couple times around, not even that the third time.