Hive! I summon thee! Come forth!

[Relique du Madde]

All I remember from Urban Arcana is Explosive Runes on e-mail. But I'm pretty sure even that wasn't there actually, but instead something I amused my brains with.

It is close. It was more like a spell that allowed you to cast magic missile and have it delivered by email to one person at a time.

One of the problems with 3x is listed in the description of one of the badguys in the book. Get this: A 20 CR DROW news whore doesn't like going out in the day time because of her race's weakness to sunlight. YET the description of Drows say that sunglasses overcomes their light blindness.

What does light blindness do?

Stuns 1 round. A cumulative -1 penalty on all attack rolls, saves, and checks made in bright light. I assume it's -1/round, but the fact that putting on a pair of shades automatically negates it is laughable. At least 4e got rid of that stupidity.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Then we rich european snobs can come and take your stuff

You guys already do. I hear stories about how some Europeans supposedly go to New York with empty luggage then buy a lot of expensive clothing because it's cheaper then buying it in say London or Paris. Then they go back and avoid the tariffs by claiming that they brought it with them.

 

[Blackrat]

You guys already do. I hear stories about how some Europeans supposedly go to New York with empty luggage then buy a lot of expensive clothing because it's cheaper then buying it in say London or Paris. Then they go back and avoid the tariffs by claiming that they brought it with them.

Very much possible. My GF buys stuff from US by the web 'cause they are cheaper even with all the shipping and tax expences. She just bought a pair of shoes that costed around 150€ with all the expences. Buying the same shoes from a local store would have cost 200€.

 

[Blackrat]

It is close. It was more like a spell that allowed you to cast magic missile and have it delivered by email to one person at a time.

Yeah, I figured the Explosive Runes was just something I amused myself, but if I'm ever going to run Urban Arcana game, I'll definetly have the BBEG have Explosive Runes on his screensaver...

 

[Relique du Madde]

Yeah, I figured the Explosive Runes was just something I amused myself, but if I'm ever going to run Urban Arcana game, I'll definetly have the BBEG have Explosive Runes on his screensaver...

What I think would be a better and nastier use of the spell would be to send it via text message.

 

[Blackrat]

What I think would be a better and nastier use of the spell would be to send it via text message.

Better have an unlisted number or the BBEG is going to be nasty fellow

 

[Relique du Madde]

Better have an unlisted number or the BBEG is going to be nasty fellow

Exactly which is why batman has the bat-sign and doesn't carry a cell phone. All the Joker has to do is hire a cell phone hacker and they could steal all the info from his cell phone from like 50 feat away. And you know that the Joker is the type of ******* who would call Bruce Wayne at all hours of the day from random phone booths while acting like he's drunk dialing.

 

[Blackrat]

Heh... Ow... I need to convince my group to play a game of D20 modern someday. Hafta figure out a lot of ways of using modern equipment creatively...

 

[WhatGravitas]

And you know that the Joker is the type of ******* who would call Bruce Wayne at all hours of the day from random phone booths while acting like he's drunk dialing.

Considering the nature of Joker, the latter is probably the more annoying part for Batman.

Also, once you - as a superhero - give out your number, you probably have to cope with the Call of Cthulhu. Perhaps even repeatedly!

Cheers, LT.

 

[Blackrat]

Also, once you - as a superhero - give out your number, you probably have to cope with the Call of Cthulhu. Perhaps even repeatedly!

People are giving funny looks when I laugh this hard... That's awesome...