Pezler the Polychromatic Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 THE POWERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 10 minutes ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: THE POWERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylverthorne Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 hours ago, CaptainPete said: Make sure it's Hoyle's. No joke, they're the best for Deadlands. You'll need a deck to create a character and need one as a player if you're playing a Huckster, Shootist, or maybe a Mad Scientist. Playing the game requires two decks: One for the players, one for the Marshal. I have a novelty oversized deck I use for my Marshal deck. Some people think that I'm compensating for something. It's not that, it's easier to keep track of which card is mine and can't get mixed in with any of the other decks. You're forgetting the big one: Wind loss from Wounds. Each wound causes 1d6 Wind damage. So, you have to roll to hit, roll a d20 for Wound location, and then dice for damage, and THEN roll a d6 per Wound. What I do is have you roll the d20 for location with the attack roll (since you're not going to be using a d20 for that). After you figure out Wounds, the target takes 3.5 Wind per Wound (rounding down). It isn't as dramatic as the original system but it sure moves faster. When it comes to chips, *always* cash in the reds for Bounty Points. Lest you have to pay the Marshal's Tithe. The real trick to getting a group into Deadlands is letting them read the background information in The Quick and The Dead (the two not always mutually exclusive in the Deadlands setting). If that doesn't hook them, probably nothing will. I like telling people about the Arcane Backgrounds. Hucksters, Blessed, Mad Scientists, Shamans, and Harrowed, just from the core book. You have Martial Artists, Voodoo shenanigans, Shootists, just to name the major ones. There's more. No worries. Cards (and dice. Can't forget those) are probably the one thing I don't have a shortage of. And I came out of a Deadlands Kickstarter with two more decks of cards (.. it.. seemed like a good idea at the time?). Poker chips, now... I don't have any of those. Pretty sure the great big heavy things we got with the Dark Eye Kickstarters won't work... although they are very nice. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Here’s your ironic story of the day. Older beagle was 2 lbs overweight last vet visit, so we bought weight control dog food for him. He is constantly hungry, so we can “sneak” him a little extra food and he thinks he’s getting extra even thought it is less calories overall. The younger beagle likes the taste of the new food so has been eating everything at her meal times rather than leaving half like she does the normal food. So she is getting fat on the weight control food! Just can’t seem to win. 3 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 ReaperLand! #044. Started at 3:00 PM. Currently showing a countdown screen. https://www.twitch.tv/reaperminiatures 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monster Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Gadgetman! said: Today was... mostly not all that fun... Planned to take my car today, so I got up a abit later than usual, and even had a leisurely breakfast. Yay! Got in the car and headed dow towards the main road while sipping tea. Yay! Saw the bus pass the intersection just before I got there. No matter... More traffic the other way... My car stalls... happens sometimes... No matter... Traffic clears! Time to stop saving petrol! Turns key... Huh? And again... And again... Not even a click from the starter solenoid... Not fun. Got it pushed into the parking lot of the local gas station that just so happens to be at the intersection. Tries the ignition ac couple of time more, just in case... No case... By then it's only 25 minutes until the next bus... Ended up getting to work almost exactly and hour after I planned to arrive. Normally not an issue as I have flexible working hours, but... I had promised to visit a location to swap out the old network switch today at a certain clock. Hasty messages sent everywhere, then grabbing switch, diagnostics tools, screwdrivers, hot-melt glue and a hammer... That switch is going to fit in that box... one way or another... Had to stop and refuel the work car... anothr delay... my fault this time since it was I who used it last... Halfway to the site.... BAM! Rock to the windshield. The car is leased, and I effing hate talking to the lease company... Maybe I can get someone else to do it on monday? Next onto a site where a WiFi access point wasn't working. 'Not enough power' we thought. Even if it had worked when we had a isco switch there. Hooked up a 48V PSU to test... Startd up all right... but went straight to fault when we switched on anything using WiFi. Plugged in the Fluke and tested the cable. 3 out of 4 pairs were 40,2 meters. The last was 37meters. 'Bad termination'... Not in the wall socket in the corridor... I have no idea what the cable monkeys did in the rack because it was terminated in a panel that should be possible to pull forward to access the cables. Nope, not moving. One user 'why not hook it up to a connection in an office'... There's no hole in the wall I pointed out... He came back with a battery drill with a 1" masonry bit... No, he didn't let me use it... Durn! And no, it wasn't your usual battery-powered drill, either. It was massive. No fair that users should have better toys than me... How do you get an BMW owner to help push start a junky old car? Ask him if he's as tough as his car hints at... My car died again when I was about to drive it into the garage, but... It only weighs a ton, so I managed to push it the last few meters by myself. I'm so ready for the weekend now... Just a guess, it sounds like you have a corroded main battery cable/terminal that is intermittently disconnecting all electrical power to the vehicle. GEM Best of luck with the troubleshooting/repair. Addendum: It's an extremely rare occurrence but you might have a battery with a warped plate. If that is the case the warped plate can intermittently cause an internal short circuit when the plate makes contact with the adjacent plate. A load test will often reveal the presence of such a defect. Edited February 26, 2021 by Green Eyed Monster tentacles 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zink Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: Going to be offline for a few hours, dropping my interNET. When you see me again, I will have gone infiNET. (Zink will most likely know what I'm talking about) Too high tech for down here. Ours is pretty slow for current standards but beats what I'm used to on the farm. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaganMegan Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just read an article on the stages of marriage. Honeymoon stage, where everything is rose colored glasses. First few years. Bickering stage, where you start to find faults you didn't notice before, about five to maybe ten or fifteen years in. Then quiet partnership, now that you know each other, and are willing to give each other room. Somehow I think Grump and me skipped both of the first two stages, and slid right into quiet domesticity. No mad passionate romance, but our bickering is mostly about rules for games. It helps that each of us knows how to blast the other out of our funks. I shoved him into the after school game, and he dropped a 3D printer on me. We were both right! We also both made damned sure we knew each others faults. Grump tried to scare me off with his! I'm so mean and nasty! Grrr! Would you like another pork chop? 10 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman! Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 45 minutes ago, Green Eyed Monster said: Just a guess, it sounds like you have a corroded main battery cable/terminal that is intermittently disconnecting all electrical power to the vehicle. GEM Best of luck with the troubleshooting/repair. Addendum: It's an extremely rare occurrence but you might have a battery with a warped plate. If that is the case the warped plate can intermittently cause an internal short circuit when the plate makes contact with the adjacent plate. A load test will often reveal the presence of such a defect. I believe my battery is in pretty decent shape, but I'll check it first. It started on the first try when I took it out of the garage... My own guess is the starter leads. It's not that long since I had this pile of parts apart to swap the clutch, and the starter is one of the parts that has to be removed... (well, I didn't remove it, I just unbolted it and pulled it from the gap in the bell housing and left it dangling along the side of the motor while I used blunt force and ignorance to remove the driveshafts and gearbox... Doing a clutc swap on a FWD car with transverse engine is not a fun job) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Deep Thoughts (that aren't really relevant 2021) by MvM: Shania Twain's song "That Don't Impress Me Much" from 1997 had the lyrics "Ok, so you're Brad Pitt... That don't impress me much." I wonder how that made Brad Pitt feel. This has been a Deep Thought (that isn't really relevant in 2021) brought to you by MvM. Think deeply, my friends. 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuldGrump Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, PaganMegan said: Just read an article on the stages of marriage. Honeymoon stage, where everything is rose colored glasses. First few years. Bickering stage, where you start to find faults you didn't notice before, about five to maybe ten or fifteen years in. Then quiet partnership, now that you know each other, and are willing to give each other room. Somehow I think Grump and me skipped both of the first two stages, and slid right into quiet domesticity. No mad passionate romance, but our bickering is mostly about rules for games. It helps that each of us knows how to blast the other out of our funks. I shoved him into the after school game, and he dropped a 3D printer on me. We were both right! We also both made damned sure we knew each others faults. Grump tried to scare me off with his! I'm so mean and nasty! Grrr! Would you like another pork chop? The Dark SideTM we are each the other's enabler... "Honey, can I spend a couple of hundred dollars on an undead army Kickstarter?' 'Ooh! Cool! Order me the dark elves, while you're at it!' Not a random example.... (And due in the mail, any day now.) HIS HERS The Auld Grump - and it wasn't pork chops... it was pot roast. Edited February 26, 2021 by TheAuldGrump 3 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted February 26, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: THE POWERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Careful, I've heard that it corrupts. Also, Heavy Metal is GOOD for you: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/is-heavy-metal-bad-for-your-mental-health/?fbclid=IwAR14tjcNI69gYiC4vqgPSjQLsxU-Py1PQ70hG1OJbL8801ZjDedokZ2imdo 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicalFeline Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) I am so through with arguing on the internet. Edited February 27, 2021 by MusicalFeline 7 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Zink said: Too high tech for down here. Ours is pretty slow for current standards but beats what I'm used to on the farm. 1 hour ago, Chaoswolf said: Careful, I've heard that it corrupts. Also, Heavy Metal is GOOD for you: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/is-heavy-metal-bad-for-your-mental-health/?fbclid=IwAR14tjcNI69gYiC4vqgPSjQLsxU-Py1PQ70hG1OJbL8801ZjDedokZ2imdo Just changed internet plans (SaskTel was shutting down my old service on Mar.1, so it was a necessary switch), now I have internet speed that's 8 times faster. ZOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!! 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted February 27, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 27, 2021 29 minutes ago, MusicalFeline said: I'm am so through with arguing on the internet. Good call. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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