Kestrel

Sexual Liberation in Frozen?

People like to get upset over shit that doesn't matter. I think someone somewhere on the interwebz called it the 'offended-boner' or something. Meanwhile media like to write shit that sells and go figure, there's enough idiots around to make a living out of the bullshit.

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Fallenreaper said
I hope that wasn't directed at me...cause if it is, I'm sorry. I was bored and I never said the arrow hit. :p

Nah. Sometimes players need to post more because they're interacting, others I need to post a bit more frequent to provide more material. Your post is fine.

EDIT: Besides, do I seem like the kinda guy who would be subtle about that? ;)

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Usually the post order is GM->players->GM ;p

@rtron Alpha is right on the money regarding spirits. Knights can summon their spirits in physical form, but other holders their spirits are invisible to the world (outside of loopholes like telepathy.) As for everything else, I'd still like to know the mechanics behind the summoning of kids and the skill HEAL requires 5 AGI. Looks like this'll be fun though.

Smogon: I call bullshit (Pokemon)

Banning swagger sounds retarded. I'd like a link to the reasoning because from the top of my head it sounds well, retarded. It doesn't shut you down completely but makes it a 50/50. Getting two layers of spikes off a swagger is, while very good, not game-breaking IMHO. EDIT: Ok I read it and it's more an annoyance ban than viability ban. That's retarded.

As for everything else though; evasion makes it a hax game, taking away prediction and replacing it with one that relies on luck. Mega Luc and Kanga are banned because you're guaranteed to sacrifice at least one mon to deal with it if they're played right regardless of team. Luc got extremespeed which is a huge deal to go along with it's power (read: 2hko errthing all day errday). Kanga has retarded attack and an ability that breaks sub/sash/sturdy. Also GL switching in that ghost type because crunch will eat you alive with or without parental bond (even -1 EQ is a guaranteed 2hko after SR on mega banette.) They're beatable by revenge kills, sure, but pro-tip; switching is a thing. Which ironically brings me to Gengar. Gengar is OP based on a support characteristic and can dismantle your team easy and early. Sub-toxic checks and counters for your sweeper, sacrifice gengar, go to town. In fact I'd rather use my mevo slot for gengar than the other two. That's how good it is. Yeah, it can be killed by plenty of stuff, but that's not the problem; the problem is that it will destroy everything else without giving them a chance to switch out netting tons of free kills/cripples.

OU is a shitty metagame anyway though. I'm glad they're trying to trim it, because if you played BW you would get that facing rain stops being fun after fighting 20 near identical teams in a row and that's exactly what they're trying to avoid now. Sure it might get some controversy and I don't really play pokémon anymore anyway, but I don't think most bannings are inherently bad. Especially because they try to ban certain sets instead of entire pokémon.

Also I swear to god BW OU made me hate politoed.

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Hive of Minds

It was abnormal how much the forest had changed over mere weeks. Rather than a lofty, lush green forest it was filled with dead wood and infested with fungi. Brown leaves covered the ground as if it was autumn and a foul rotting smell lingered every turn. During a previous mission (by the name of postmortem dogma,) the forest had housed reanimated corpses of animals. Now they were nowhere to be seen and instead a gigantic wasps hovered across the area, scourging for food.

Daniel, Ramza and Deneaerys had been briefed about the events that had unfolded previously. The last team had been sent to investigate the nature of the forest's rapid perishing and found that it had been the result of radiana experiments by none other than Ophelia Mercelliér, an ex-librarian turned traitor. She created two new breeds of insects; a parasitic one that nested and laid eggs in living beings and controlled them, as well as the giant wasps that were their natural predators to keep herself safe from infection. However, the wasps were reproducing far too quickly and with Ophelia apprehended; it was up to the Library to stop that from happening. Already there had been sightings of the giant wasps in towns and it likely wouldn't be long until they'd start ravaging the province...

The librarians arrived at the edge of the forest and met with Hertz Rhajo, a forest ranger under whose name they had been hired. He'd given them maps and a compass, although Hertz had also warned them that the maps were no longer entirely accurate because of the recent developments in the forest's wildlife. “The nest is uphill near the lake here.” Hertz pointed out a blue blob on the map. “If you keep walking east from where we are now you will find a river. Follow it upstream and you should find your destination, but be careful if you see any of the wildlife or lone wasps. There are still some parasites loose and the wasps are getting more desperate for food.” The forest ranger explained, scratching his goatee while keeping his eyes on the map, instead of meeting the eyes of those he was conversing with. It was clear the man was still in shock, and who could blame him after what he had been through.

“If you have any questions, please ask me now as I won't be joining you into the forest.”

On average, how many RPs are you in at once?

Right now I'm in three. Which is easily enough. 'specially since the one I'm GM'ing is pretty intensive.

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That's actually a double-edged sword. It's like a good book with a slow, slow intro where should've been a quick hook. Still, not really something to worry about 'cause we've got a consistent player base and survived two and a half years and seem to still be getting new players.

EDIT: A Hive of Minds is up! Rtron and Chadsworth, let me know how far along your characters are.

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Hive of Minds will be up soon then!

Lyzan said
The minions' stats in the CS have been updated accordingly. And Kestrel, I think the OP is still very well formatted compared to most threads out there, so you needn't worry too much on that note, mate. Anyway, I think Ramza won't mind going for the as well.

Fair enough, but I can't help but wonder how hard it is to get through an info dump like it for new players :P Formatting generally helps a lot with that. RPG has limited tools to work with, though. Well that and I don't wanna touch .pdf host sites and indesign with a ten foot pole.