In reply to Edmund Kirby Smith IV (msg #88):

Hey Kirby, have you had your go for this CA? Because it looks like only you and Orlando haven't had your turns yet.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:52, Sat 31 Mar 2012.

In reply to Xuan Tien John Wu (msg #89):

I think unloading the clip was Kirby's action?? Or was that last turn?

Everyone has gone, I was just waiting on Max, he went.  I am uploading the next map and getting us moving along. I will update today.

Seeker please explain what level of pain one would experience taking one point of damage to each body part, just so I would know what pain Max is  experiencing now and in the near future...

That shouldn't be percieved as of yet as unberable pain. This game takes pain into account. Through major wounds and minus to skills, like the one Tsunami just encountered:)

A good section to read is the RQII section of Combat for major wounds and what happens once your hitpoint location reaches 0 or more. I am not going to worry about any mass damage, I only care about the part when you hitpoint reaches 0 or greater, and/or when some combat manuvers cause certain modifiers to happen.

In reply to Seeker of Truth (msg #93):

Seeker another game mechanics question. When making an opposing skill check IE my psi against whatever Alex rolled. Does Max want to roll a high number or low number for best results? I just like to know, not that it's going to determine my roll...
This message was last edited by the player at 00:31, Sun 01 Apr 2012.

Skill X is 55% and you want to attack them. You want to roll under your skill to be successful, but for a normal success you want to roll as high as you can not going over your skill. So a roll of 55 would be the best. A crit is 10% of your skill so (rounding up) your crit range is 1-6.  Any roll from 1-6% is a crit. This also means that a 7 is the worst roll you could make while still succeeding at a skill check.

A roll of 1 is a perfect roll. 2-6 are crits, but the 2 roll is beaten by the crit roll of a 5. 5 is higher than 2, the higher roll is what you want. So other than a 1, the 6 would be the second best crit roll you could make in the case of this skill. The 2 would be the worst crit you could roll. Worst crit is an oxymoron I know, but I want you to understand for comparison.


Baddy X rolls to attack. His skill is at 60%. He rolls a 33%. He succeeds in attacking.
Your skill is 40%. You have to roll a resist check. You roll a 39%.
You succeed. Your roll was a higher success than Baddy X's and under your skill.

I think you're wrong about the actions. Kirby unloaded his clip in the CA where I shot a Chi Blast at FX.
In FX's turn, he evaded the barrage, and then appeared behind me to attack. This started the next CA. Kirby has not had a chance to go. Neither has Orlando.

Wait, my mistake. I guess nobody has actually attacked yet.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:43, Sun 01 Apr 2012.

In reply to Seeker of Truth (msg #95):

Man that seems a bit complicated....what happened to good old THACO...ahhhh the good old days...can you show me in a PM how it went down with Max and Alex, specifically...

In reply to Max Jackson (msg #97):

THACO rocks for us fighters but it sucks ass for you magic users.

P.S. my bend bars/ lift gates sucks - but Cool Hands (and Fx) have us well covered there.

In reply to Xuan Tien John Wu (msg #96):

No id say Alex has attacked...the one aspect of roll playing I DISLIKE the most...is when a real powerful good guy gets totally jimmy jacked-off...and starts killing the good team, before they've even really became the good team...did I leave any details  out? I hate it, when that happens, boy I hate that...but I'm really smiling inside like the joker...

It's funny you say the joker, that's kind of my view of Fx right now.

I'll tell you here Max so everyone can see.

You rolled a 54 to attack him with your psionics skill.  Your skill is 83.
He rolled a 72 to save and his persistance is 74.  His 72 is higher than you 54.
He makes the save.  I use the term save just to make it seem more familiar, but almost every skill has a counterbalancing skill.
Earlier Aeviternus tried to use magnetism to link the bad guys together. They all rolled 20-33% brawn checks against him. They succeeded but rolled lower than his attack, which means that he beat them. Well the fourth guy actually failed the roll. But Aeviternus got all o them.  With his attack.

Now like all good comics you can keep concentrating and try the same attack next round and give it another go. Basically wearing him down.

In reply to Orlando Tibbs (msg #100):

Yeah that's the insane, shit eatin, purple lipped grin I see on his face right now toooooooooooooooo!

In reply to Seeker of Truth (msg #101):

Thank you for that insightful concise explanation....dude I still think you have a lot to figure when the boys start playing hard ball...LOL...glad you're doing it and not me~~~~~~~

Complete with the Ryan Reynolds smirk too.  And I don't mean to meta game, but you do realize your a heart beat away from that fucker stickin you from behind as well.

In reply to Orlando Tibbs (msg #104):

I have to make a check first if thats not good...then..nite sweet prince...yeah that's one classic comic cover...killing joke...which is just what this is turning into...

for your INSANE enjoyment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM

Ahhhh Maaannn! Come on Seeker, if I'm gonna go down, and not get an action, I should at least be able to write my own death scene!
Let's take a vote. All who want to write their own tragic, beautiful end of life scene:

Aye!

sure if I kill you, then you can write your scene, you aint dead yet bitch, there's a cleric in the group.

In reply to Xuan Tien John Wu (msg #106):

Don't die yet Johnny, Max still wants to see you eat a shark...

Is one of the weapons being used laced with LSD? I'm seeing some very weird colors...

In reply to Max Jackson (msg #109):

I think this is the RPoL representation of "April fools" colors.

By the way, I know I'm an old school nerd for sure because I laughed my balls off about THAC0 and Kirby's BB/LG.

Back when all you needed was a good Armor Class.

In reply to Aeviternus (msg #110):

Nice new picture. I take it there was nothing more obscure?

By the way, I won't be able to post until at least (my) tonight. Just FYI.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:50, Sun 01 Apr 2012.

Good armor, cloak and a bag of holding.

In reply to Orlando Tibbs (msg #112):

I liked my hole of holding, deck of many things and hammer of thunder bolts...