Steve Jackson Games - Site Navigation
Home General Info Follow Us Search Illuminator Store Forums What's New Other Games Ogre GURPS Munchkin Our Games: Home

Go Back   Steve Jackson Games Forums > Roleplaying > Roleplaying in General

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-11-2020, 08:21 AM   #2212
Daigoro
 
Daigoro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Meifumado
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Quote:
Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
Tired of Cordyceps, and need a different species whose gametes are the source of a nanoplague/zombie infection/other spreading infestation? Take this one, it flings pollen!


Don't know about zombie plagues, but sounds like a good excuse for a plant to shoot high speed darts.
__________________
Collaborative Settings:
Cyberpunk: Duopoly Nation
Space Opera: Behind the King's Eclipse
And heaps of forum collabs, 30+ and counting!
Daigoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-12-2020, 06:18 AM   #2213
Anaraxes
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Let me dig up Douglas Cole's ballistics spreadsheet so I can work out the damage for that pollen.
Anaraxes is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-13-2020, 11:00 AM   #2214
Anders
 
Anders's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

A robot moved by a slime moulds fears.

They can be used to create biorobots. I for one welcome our new slime mould overlords.

Edit: Also, Antarctic glacier is bleeding.

This has to be a sign of the apocalypse. Or an Old One testing site. Could also be the inspiration of an extra-terrestrial site.
__________________
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

Last edited by Anders; 02-13-2020 at 02:44 PM.
Anders is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-19-2020, 07:25 AM   #2215
Dr. Beckenstein
 
Dr. Beckenstein's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Man invests more points in flight-advantage (or gadget?), improves jet pack, does looping, lands with parachute.

https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-jetpa...-ir-1841753006

TL 9 is just one soft landing away ...
__________________
""The origin of everything good is due to games." - Friedrich August Wilhelm Froebel, creator of the kindergarten.
Dr. Beckenstein is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2020, 08:15 AM   #2216
Anaraxes
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Beckenstein View Post
improves jet pack
I wouldn't classify it as a "jet pack" since it has that solid fixed wing. It's a small jet aircraft with a human payload slung underneath. "Jet pack", to me, lacks aerodynamic lift and just relies on the jet thrust to stay aloft (as this pilot does early on, before transitioning to level flight -- at which time the wing is just dead weight). Not to say that using a wing is a bad idea; there's a reason we put them on planes. But it's more of a TL9 ultralight than a TL9 jetpack. Still perfectly cool thing to put into your games, whatever it's called.
Anaraxes is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2020, 03:52 PM   #2217
Anders
 
Anders's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

The malignant tetrad seems promising for a classic kind of villain.
__________________
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius
Anders is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 03-03-2020, 03:52 PM   #2218
Daigoro
 
Daigoro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Meifumado
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Need an ancient, undiscovered city for your modern day mysteries campaign? Just make one up, they're literally everywhere anyway:

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-archae...d-kingdom.html
__________________
Collaborative Settings:
Cyberpunk: Duopoly Nation
Space Opera: Behind the King's Eclipse
And heaps of forum collabs, 30+ and counting!
Daigoro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-04-2020, 01:06 PM   #2219
tshiggins
 
tshiggins's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Denver, Colorado
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Quote:
Originally Posted by Daigoro View Post
Need an ancient, undiscovered city for your modern day mysteries campaign? Just make one up, they're literally everywhere anyway:

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-archae...d-kingdom.html
Sometimes, it's sorta frustrating to live in such young country in the New World.

I'm never going to accidentally uncover the remnants of a 3,000 year-old Bronze Age civilization while digging in my neighborhood.

The best I can do is shards of bone from poor people whose bodies were never properly exhumed and moved as the city expanded, because the undertaker charged with the task took all the money and spent it on booze, instead.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...re%3f_amp=true
__________________
--
MXLP:9 [JD=1, DK=1, DM-M=1, M(FAW)=1, SS=2, Nym=1 (nose coffee), sj=1 (nose cocoa), Maz=1]
"Some days, I just don't know what to think." -Daryl Dixon.
tshiggins is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-04-2020, 01:13 PM   #2220
Anders
 
Anders's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Yeah, we have quite a few buildings in Gothenburg that are older than the U.S.
__________________
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius
Anders is online now   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
blueberry muffin, fermi paradox

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Fnords are Off
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:35 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.