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Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG
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07-12-2019, 09:21 AM | #862 |
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Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG
With the amount of "people carrying silly amounts of <stuff> stacked really tall"-images from various third world countries, I'd call that a normal success on a roll with a -5 penality.
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07-12-2019, 11:03 AM | #863 |
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Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG
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If they're locking pliers, that could work, although with a substantial penalty to any control rolls. I mean, as long as you can turn the steering column, you can turn the wheels; the steering wheel just makes it easier and more intuitive.
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07-12-2019, 11:57 AM | #864 |
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: USA, Arizona, Mesa
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Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG
Can confirm, driving a car with locking pliers (or an adjustable wrench) in place of steering wheel is possible, though definitely at a significant penalty. I'd call it -5 for the locking grips, -7 for the adjustable wrench (it tightens down enough but is more likely to slip loose). Shave a point or two off the penalty if you have two of them, and there's room to attach both — gives you a much better grasping area.
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07-13-2019, 10:00 AM | #865 |
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Pennsylvania
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Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG
I've seen both of these in person. In g's case, the balcony is just there for ascetics. In the second case, renovations have removed what the door used to go to.
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07-13-2019, 04:11 PM | #866 | |
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The front porch and front balcony were removed when the road was widened and paved, as they were on the roadway easement. The building still stands, with a 2nd floor door to drop on the road. Historic preservation is supposedly going to put a faux balcony to restore the original look. |
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07-13-2019, 05:20 PM | #867 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG
Then there's the Winchester House in San Jose, CA. It has at least two doors that lead to drops (both outside and inside), and staircases that go all the way up into a solid ceiling. Lots of money, weird legal covenants, a probably not entirely mentally stable owner, and the 1906 earthquake all add up to an odd building. Its backstory is weird enough that your players wouldn't believe it wasn't contrived if it showed up in an RPG, so you're pretty safe with whatever reason you come up with for your inaccessible balcony and unsafe doors.
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07-13-2019, 10:55 PM | #868 |
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Oz
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Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG
My aunt & uncle's house had the latter, with a projecting beam and rail for mounting a pulley on. It was for hoisting supplies into and large works out of my aunt's studio.
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08-11-2019, 09:26 PM | #869 |
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Re: Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG
508) I can't have an alien species with Intuitive Mathematician on their racial templates using 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 16, 20, 25, 30, 34, 39, 41, 46, 47, 49 and 50 cents coins so that they always give change with only two coins.
508a) Yes, it makes sense for a mathematically inclined alien species to optimize things like that in their currencies. My players however are not that mathematically inclined and are tired of trying to figure out just how much alien money they got when they looted something/someone and get a stack of 24 one cents coins, 31 3 cents coins, 12 four cents coins, 7 nine cents coin, 27 eleven cents coin, 13 sixteen cent coins, 5 twenty cent coins, 9 twenty-five cent coins, 6 thirty cents coins,13 thirty-four cent coins, 11 thirty-nine cent coins, 27 forty-one cent coins, 33 forty-six cent coins, 28 forty-seven cent coins, 29 forty-nine cent coins, and 3 fifty cent coins. |
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