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Old 07-12-2019, 08:49 AM   #861
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Default Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG

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507b) A 20 stories building intact except for one set of apartments having collapsed straight down is unlikely.
Look up Ronan Point some time. Representative photo at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/w...flats-1968.jpg .

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507c) A 20 stories building intact except for now being horizontal instead of vertical? That's even worse.
For a while this was happening every few years in China, when people were skimping on foundations to get the blocks up faster. But yeah, some impact damage.

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507d) Not even a critical success in Freight Handling should allow someone to carry a pile of bricks taller than himself on his head.
Yeah, he'll need a bicycle.

http://photos.travellerspoint.com/20...ith_bricks.jpg
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