Recent content by GMMichael

My take: if someone doesn't understand what Fight Club is about, it's because they're taking how the movie was sold, with sex and violence, and they're not connecting that with what the movie has to say, which is about philosophy. It's not the movie encouraging viewer mistakes. It's the...

A good question, and I think we see the answer in one of the OP fights. The sword is kind of useless, and the winning combatant seems to get more use out of her buckler by stabbing with it. Interesting to me: while both fighters wear their shields in the stylish, Elden Ring latidudinal style...

I hear showing ankles can get you prostitution charges in the wrong precinct. That'll do it. I was kind of dreaming up something rock-paper-scissors based: if you failed your pheromones check (i.e. auto-attraction), instead of a Seduction skill (which would probably work universally), you'd...

So what can non-horror games use/learn from horror games regarding TPKs? I'm finding it weird that horror games reportedly have less threat of death than non-horror games. (I also can't remember the last TPK that I saw, but some people seem to think they're a problem.)

Alright, it's debatable whether O'Doyle had the hots for Billy, but it's not debatable that O'Doyle gave Billy some good attention. For the characters whose relationships are just as indeterminate, making the determinations is one of the most popular plot points in movies. And novels. So why...

Ah - the higher the number, the more tedious to track. Especially when avoiding the danger-low quantities is effortless. Except, what village has 10 days of salt-pork and sun-dried veggies, per adventurer, for sale? You could go find a standing army's quartermaster or even the marshal, and...

I picked up random bits that were worth looking up from early Final Fantasy games, like Asura, Bahamut, and Aegis. That's in addition to a year or two of Christian mythology from the local church.

Oh! That explains all the nicknames! Like "brekkie."

Looking at that latte... do you need a roommate?

Welcome to the forum, Hooded. Way to throw down the gauntlet! Just FYI, it seems we moved on from this conversation six years ago.

People are not noticing the quotes for Doomsday's statement. I, for one, could not. Well, maybe I could.

Oh. Also not something he should be doing, with a fanny pack containing Pampers. A REAL motorcycle guy leaves mom and baby two states behind and steals gasoline, if we're getting picky about it.

Captain Dad-Bod? It's pretty hard to be a biker-rebel (cough cough) with a bike named "Triumph" when you have to change diapers and buy groceries.

Me neither. But if the reason is really interesting or fun, I'd be okay with it. I guess there's a compromise: if the GM says in session zero that there's "always a chance" that the whole party dies, that would be fair warning without ruining a surprise. This is fun: rewards for TPK. The...

I'm not privy to that info. Maybe it's just the timing, but to me it looks like Captain America performed his own immaculate conception. Immaculate birthing too, given how pristine that scene is.