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l found the first two episodes to be good. High production values. Good performances. The beginnings of a very large tale. I suspect a shift in the third episode … so the values might not be maintained. And we will have to see if the larger story fulfills the initial promise. TomB

To follow up: Two kinds of failure can occur. These result from a core system features: Fun is obtained, for the most part, by being successful. Success in turn depends on a combination of character effectiveness and player skill. Character effectiveness is measured against the game’s...

Hmm, I‘m considering some confounding issues. These are from 3/3.5E. Feats that added background to a character (my character grew up on a fishing boat; he has skill focus swimming), which take away combat focused feats. The consequence is that effectiveness and background are mutually...

Those match my calculations: { 4 } 10 { 3 } { 1 } 360 { 2 } { 2 } ((10 x 9) / 2) x ((4 x 3) / 2) : 270 { 2 } { 1 } { 1 } (10 x 9 x 8) x (((4 x 3 / 2 ) x 2) / 2) : 4320 { 1 } { 1 } { 1 } { 1 } 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 : 5040 TomB

Another problem .. with four numbers, double doubles are possible (2244), (1177), etc. (Obscure note: This problem of double doubles feels related to interesting things that happen with rotations in 4 dimensions, where two independent rotation axis are possible.) TomB

How about … O Mammon, your gold is ready. As you are appreciating an accurate accounting, so as to know you are not being cheated, and that the dwarves can be shown to be scrupulous in fulfilling their contracts, the official counter has begun counting the delivery. This is of course being...

So … how technical do you want to get, and, how much do your players know about radiation? Penetrating radiation (gamma and x-rays) will cause harm based on intensity and duration of exposure. Intensity falls off off at the inverse square of the distance from the emitter. Non-penetrating...

Also ... the last episode provides much less closure than either WandaVision or Falcon and the Winder Solder. Perhaps that is a consequence of there being a definite second season of Loki. I'm glad that there will be a second season. I've found this first season to be refreshing and...

I have to ask ... how does resetting the time-line prevent the events from deviating in exactly the same way what caused them to be reset? It would seem that "deviant" means "not following the desired goal", in which case, folks have free decision making, but are not allowed to meaningfully...

+1. Loki has a prescribed role, as described in one of the initial episodes. I’m thinking their deviation from that role creates the deviant. It would seem that the TVA is too narrowly constraining the timeline, and deviations are a normal thing, especially with creatures such as Loki, which...

I’m with the idea that the gender of Loki is fluid, and, according to what matters to the TVA, un-important. This is refreshing to have in a series as built-in and not worth drawing attention. And, it makes for interesting discussion re: Loki falling in love with themself. Having the two...

I was thinking that pruning was limited in extent — to the region so far affected by the deviant. Which ought to spread at the speed of light, although I can see the comic book effect only counting large effects and being slower. It Seems the amount of time which is pruned before there is a...

My issues have been, not that there are dungeons, but more how they are laid out, and what is (or was) their intended use. That leads into questions of what would be in them. I prefer a location that has an explanation: A history and a purpose. For example, I had location which was a tower...

One thing I’m finding amusing is how this seems to be a crisis on infinite earths in reverse. In the DC television universe, the crisis was resolved by collapsing the plenitude into a single time time. in the marvel cinematic universe, it seems that there will become many timelines out of one...

Hmm. This isn’t indicated anywhere. But the alternate Loki’s could explain if the sacred timeline was more of a sacred braid of nearly equivalent timelines. Branches having inconsequential changes that eventually merge back. TomB

Additional text omitted. The variants did originate in branches, but up now (in the current TVA frame), those branches were all pruned. Any surviving variants would be in the sacred timeline, and should be able to encounter each other. *Except, if the variants stay in self pruning apocalypses...

It seems that the TVs links to the timeline when dealing with a deviant. There was a discussion about needing to go real-time or something like that. Then the monitoring was occurring at the same “time” as the bombing, and should detect these all at the same time. what seems to not work is...

Check out this “Without the Hot Air”: David MacKay FRS: : Contents A really great resource for understanding energy use and options for changes how we get energy. TomB

Eh, a major problem is the huge imbalance in energy expenditures per capital, with the United states being a big problem. We are making progress, but it’s not nearly enough. What happens if everyone shifts to the same per capita consumption as the United States? One needs to think big … not 5...

Haha, that first drop is really great. There are two issues: First, there needs to be a stack of more than 10 bowling balls. Bowling ball density is close to that of water. (Bowling balls less than 12 lbs float. The maximum density possible is about 1.3g/cc.) Second, the gel was...